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        of Sean Parker\u2019s new $9M bet, explained in 3\u00a0charts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/the-challenge-of-sean-parkers-new-9m-bet-explained-in-3-charts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945513,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T06:13:24Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Local       Motors, Inc. announces the launch of the       3D Printed
        Car Design Challenge to inform and influence the       design of the vehicle
        that will be manufactured at IMTS \u2013 The       International Manufacturing
        Technology Show 2014 in\u00a0Chicago,\u2026","title":"Local Motors Launches
        Design Challenge for First 3D-Printed\u00a0Car","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/local-motors-launches-design-challenge-for-first-3d-printed-car/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945512,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T12:00:18Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Guest
        Post In the third installment of this eight-part series, Demiurge Studios
        turned its focus on in-game\u00a0events.","title":"Marvel Puzzle Quest\u2019s
        road to the mythical $1 ARPDAU, Part 3: Event-design\u00a0improvements","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-3-event-design-improvements/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945511,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T15:25:37Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"","title":"War
        of the Vikings: Historical, challenging\u00a0combat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/war-of-the-vikings-historical-challenging-combat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945510,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-21T19:30:58Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Guest
        Post There is a belief in the business world that founders can\u2019t scale.
        But one terrifically successful founder, Gail Goodman of Constant Contact,
        has some advice on how to prove that belief\u00a0wrong.","title":"How to smash
        the myth that \u2018founders can\u2019t\u00a0scale\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/founders-cant-scale-fact-or-fiction/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945509,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T09:15:49Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"If
        you steal my data, I\u2019m going to hunt you down and kill you. That\u2019s
        the premise behind the multiplayer mode in Watch Dogs, the highly anticipated
        video game about a hacker who controls a city with his smartphone.","title":"Don\u2019t
        mess with my data in multiplayer Watch Dogs (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/dont-mess-with-my-data-in-multiplayer-watch-dogs-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945508,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T08:30:10Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Albert
        Reed is the CEO and cofounder of Demiurge Studios.\u00a0Follow the entire
        series\u00a0here.","title":"Marvel Puzzle Quest\u2019s road to the mythical
        $1 ARPDAU, Part 6:\u00a0Alliances","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-6-alliances/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945507,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T13:30:19Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Guest
        Post This week, CEO Albert Reed explains the metrics his team\u2019s using
        and goes through a couple of examples of how they\u2019re applying\u00a0them.","title":"Marvel
        Puzzle Quest\u2019s road to the mythical $1 ARPDAU, Part 7: Event\u00a0Analytics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-7-event-analytics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945506,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T08:49:22Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"A
        slew of tech and education industry leaders sent California governor Jerry
        Brown a letter today, asking him to meet with them about California\u2019s
        computer science education, or lack thereof.","title":"Jack Dorsey & Salesforce\u2019s
        Benioff challenge California governor to push tech in\u00a0schools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:23:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/jack-dorsey-salesforces-benioff-challenge-california-governor-to-push-tech-in-schools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945505,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T19:50:19Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"These
        are the games and the memories they represent that I will carry with me for
        the rest of my\u00a0life.","title":"The Games We Carry: An ongoing look at
        the games that impacted my\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:23:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/the-games-we-carry-an-ongoing-look-at-the-games-that-impacted-my-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945504,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T09:00:38Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Guest
        Post As Demiurge wraps up its series on making Marvel Puzzle Quest a success,
        it shares it most important lesson: Your No. 1 risk is\u00a0fun.","title":"Marvel
        Puzzle Quest\u2019s road to the mythical $1 ARPDAU, Part 8: Card store overhaul\u00a0redux","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:23:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-8-card-store-overhaul-redux/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945503,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T03:00:00Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Master
        Chief heads to Xbox One in Halo 5:\u00a0Guardians.","title":"In Halo 5: Guardians,
        Master Chief tackles his biggest enemy yet: A midlife\u00a0crisis","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:23:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/halo-5-announcement/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:21:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945502,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T06:30:08Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The research team was working with a number of companies to test the
        real-world application of their research.  Around this time, I was hanging
        out at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), focusing on
        data integration and software\u00a0engineering.","title":"Embracing the data
        variety challenge:  The time has\u00a0come","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:23:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/embracing-the-data-variety-challenge-the-time-has-come/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945501,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T05:05:25Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Local       Motors, Inc. is excited to announce the winners of the first
        3D       Printed Car Design Challenge that was launched in April to       uncover
        concepts that will inform and influence the vehicle that will be       printed
        live at IMTS\u00a0\u2013\u2026","title":"Local Motors Announces Winners of
        First-Ever 3D-Printed Car Design\u00a0Challenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:23:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/local-motors-announces-winners-of-first-ever-3d-printed-car-design-challenge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945500,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T23:00:32Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Guest
        Post The collaborative economy requires efficient and effective resolutions
        in order to scale. And trust is\u00a0essential.","title":"Here are the keys
        to crack the code of the collaborative\u00a0economy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:23:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/collaborative-economy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T12:00:50Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Christopher
        Tin talks about the long-term success of his work on Civilization IV, his
        return to the franchise with Civilization Online, and his second album\u00a0release.","title":"How
        Civilization Online brought a Grammy-winning composer back to games\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:23:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/how-civilization-online-brought-a-grammy-winning-composer-back-to-games-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945498,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T15:58:59Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"We
        spend countless hours playing games, but few make a lasting impression on
        us. These are the games we\u00a0carry.","title":"The Games We Carry Part II:
        An ongoing look at the games that impacted my\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:23:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/the-games-we-carry-part-ii-an-ongoing-look-at-the-games-that-impacted-my-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945497,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T16:04:59Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Wii
        U indie title Temple of Yog offers old school challenge and\u00a0charm.","title":"Wii
        U indie title Temple of Yog offers old school challenge and\u00a0charm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:23:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/wii-u-indie-title-temple-of-yog-offers-old-school-challenge-and-charm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945496,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T08:50:13Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Guest
        Post What do you do when someone offers you 1% of the total amount you\u2019re
        trying to raise \u2013 are you potentially fragmenting your cap table, causing
        headaches for yourself down the road, or are you making a smart strategic\u00a0play?","title":"Pulling
        in an army of investors has more perks than you\u00a0think","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:22:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/pulling-in-an-army-of-investors-has-more-perks-than-you-think/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945495,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T08:18:32Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"When
        Demon\u2019s Souls first arrived back in 2009, few expected it to be such
        a surprise hit. Aside from its appealing aesthetics, ingenious level design,
        methodical combat, and numerous customization options, it boasted a brutal
        yet rewarding difficulty level the likes of which haven\u2019t been seen since
        the days of the NES, and never did a game feel it did so as fairly as Demon\u2019s
        Souls. Now, Dark Souls, its spiritual successor, seeks to take those same
        positive traits and add onto it substantially. How, you ask? By making it
        harder, more beautiful, deeper in its lore, and more open in terms of exploration
        and customization so that more people can enjoy it, that\u2019s how. And it
        pulls it off splendidly. Dark Souls succeeds where Demon\u2019s Souls fell
        short, and ultimately becomes the better game because of it.","title":"The
        Art of Death: My Dark Souls\u00a0review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:22:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/the-art-of-death-my-dark-souls-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945494,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T07:16:13Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"From
        every angle, Aereo\u2019s streaming service is finished.","title":"Aereo CEO
        calls on users to challenge Supreme Court\u00a0ruling","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:22:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/aereos-ceo-calls-for-users-to-protest-the-supreme-court/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945493,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T00:01:59Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Analytics
        and cloud technologies will help developers do lots more with APIs than just
        introduce them into\u00a0applications.","title":"Why the growing API economy
        gives developers limitless\u00a0opportunities","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:22:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/api-economy-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945492,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T21:50:35Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Can
        you imagine 2,000 watts of alternating current electrical power coming out
        of a device no larger than a small laptop?","title":"Google & IEEE launch
        $1M \u2018Little Box\u2019 challenge to shrink power\u00a0inverters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:22:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/google-ieee-launch-1m-little-box-challenge-to-shrink-power-inverters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945491,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-12-06T06:14:23Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Toast
        to ShanghaiHere is our initial impression of bustling Shanghai. Our encounter
        with venture capitalist Mark Hsu also gave us insights into the differences
        between Asia\u2019s hottest business capital and good \u2018ol Silicon Valley.","title":"The
        Shanghai scene \u2014 phallic symbols, and my encounter with Mark\u00a0Hsu","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/12/06/the-shanghai-scene-phallic-symbols-and-my-encounter-with-mark-hsu/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945490,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-09T11:16:44Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Mobile
        life is blooming. Some 47 mobile social network companies have emerged globally,
        to help cater to our need to message and communicate while on the go.","title":"Analysis:
        MySpace and Facebook challenge mobile-only social\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/09/analysis-myspace-and-facebook-challenge-mobile-only-social-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945489,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-30T20:59:37Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Online play has never been very important to me. I\u2019m happy playing
        the single-player modes of a number of titles with great multiplayer options.
        Brian\u2019s a big fan of multiplayer games, and he details how playing with
        others without leaving the comforts of home has inspired and entertained him.
        I wonder if it\u2019s too late for a old grumpy guy like me to join in the
        fun? -Jason","title":"Why Online Gaming Shall Always Be a Part of My\u00a0Diet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/30/why-online-gaming-shall-always-be-a-part-of-my-diet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-13T16:22:00Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Most
        years, I don''t bother to make New Year''s resolutions. Like most people,
        my resolution doesn''t usually survive past the conception stage, and a year
        later I''m no further along. However, this year something has to give.\u00a0","title":"My
        2011 Backlog\u00a0Challenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:22:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/13/the-2011-backlog-challenge-checkpoint-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945487,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-02T15:05:10Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"HP\u2019s
        failed acquisition of Autonomy is arguably even worse than the AOL-Time Warner
        merger in 2000. What\u2019s more, the company ignored a long list of warning
        signs about Autonomy ahead of the\u00a0acquisition.","title":"Autonomy now
        a challenger for worst corporate acquisition\u00a0ever","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/02/autonomy-worst-merger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945486,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T13:00:30Z","slug":"my-hall","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Ian Stocker enjoyed my mom\u2019s review of Dark Souls II so much that
        he wanted her to play his game, Escape Goat\u00a02.","title":"Developer challenges
        my mom to review Escape Goat\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/developer-challenges-my-mom-to-review-escape-goat-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945485,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-14T13:00:20Z","slug":"penance-hall","summary":"Update:
        This two-part series is now available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle for
        your reading comfort.","title":"The making of the Xbox: How Microsoft unleashed
        a video game revolution (part\u00a01)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/14/making-of-the-xbox-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945484,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-02T20:43:35Z","slug":"penance-hall","summary":"Life
        in a video game is cheap. Odds are you bite it on a fairly regular basis just
        bopping through the campaign. Your character explodes in a shower of meaty
        parts or he simply ragdolls, letting out a manly, yet shrill scream. But then
        the game resets, you\u2019re up again, and everything\u2019s back to normal.
        Certain death averted, however many tries it takes.","title":"5 very memorable
        video game\u00a0deaths","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:20:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/02/5-very-memorable-video-game-deaths/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945483,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-19T17:47:22Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"The
        Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, makes really freaking
        cool horse-robots. Or spider-robots. I\u2019m not sure what this thing resembles,
        but it\u2019s a human-sized robot that can now do more than trot along and
        get back up if it falls \u2014 it can stalk you.","title":"U.S. military makes
        robo-horse of doom (well, maybe not doom, but it\u2019s\u00a0cool)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/19/darpa-ls3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945482,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-07T05:30:01Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Based
        on electronics modeled after the human ear, the Audience Smart Sound Processor
        will enable better voice calls and speech\u00a0recognition.","title":"Audience\u2019s
        super-smart audio chips promise far better sound quality for cell\u00a0phones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/07/with-audiences-smart-sound-processor-youll-be-able-to-actually-hear-your-cell-phone-calls/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945481,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-15T06:22:05Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Not
        many people liked Damnation, a game that showed promise but failed on many
        counts. Lead designer Jacob Minkoff delves into its\u00a0development.","title":"Second
        glance: Investigating the creation and failure of Damnation with lead designer
        Jacob\u00a0Minkoff","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/15/second-glance-investigating-the-creation-and-failure-of-damnation-with-lead-designer-jacob-minkoff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945480,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-05T16:36:34Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"The
        wait is over, one of the most anticipated survival horror games just hit the
        shelves. But is Dead Space 3 deserving of the very title of survival-horror
        that it helped reinvent? With all the added new features, how does Dead Space
        compare to the scares of the\u00a0past?","title":"How the Dead Space 3 Demo
        Changed My\u00a0Mind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/05/how-the-dead-space-3-demo-changed-my-mind/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945479,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-13T08:00:30Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Tempo
        uses artificial intelligence to keep you on time, deliver context for your
        next meeting, and suggest who should\u00a0attend.","title":"Tempo AI comes
        up with a smart calendar that keeps you on time and\u00a0organized","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/13/tempo-ai-comes-up-with-a-smart-calendar-that-keeps-you-on-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945478,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-16T13:52:34Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Guest
        Post I find more than ever the instincts and experiences that served me well
        in corporate America are even more valuable in the startup\u00a0world.","title":"Look
        before you leap: Advice for professionals considering a\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/16/look-before-you-leap-advice-for-professionals-considering-a-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945477,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-24T06:44:56Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Monaco\u2019s
        co-op is something special even if the single-player mode is a bit\u00a0lonely.","title":"Monaco\u2019s
        co-op gameplay will steal your heart\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/monaco-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945476,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-28T07:25:52Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"The
        horror, the horror. This will remind you a lot of Resident Evil, but its creators
        say they will throw in original\u00a0twists.","title":"Resident Evil creator
        returns to pure survival horror with The Evil Within\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/resident-evil-creator-returns-to-pure-survival-horror-with-the-evil-within-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945475,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-11T16:57:27Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Daylight
        is publisher Atlus\u2019s first title for the next generation of consoles.
        It\u2019s dark, lonely, and partially created by IGN host Jessica\u00a0Chobot.","title":"Daylight:
        Atlus\u2019s first foray into the next generation is for the PlayStation\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/daylight-atlus-first-foray-into-the-next-generation-is-on-playstation-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945474,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-28T11:00:23Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Killer
        is Dead follows the Suda 51 formula of stylish kills and bizarre humor, but
        it falls short in a few key\u00a0places.","title":"Killer is Dead\u2019s strong
        swordplay almost redeems its problems\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/28/killer-is-dead-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-04T06:00:38Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Outlast
        is a new first-person survival horror game in the same vein as Amnesia: The
        Dark Descent. But is it just as\u00a0scary?","title":"The inmates are running
        the asylum in Outlast, and they\u2019re terrifying\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/04/outlast-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945472,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-20T11:07:24Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Rocketcases
        gives your iPhone a retro gamer\u00a0look.","title":"These cases give your
        iPhone a retro Game Boy\u00a0look","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/20/these-cases-give-your-iphone-a-retro-game-boy-look/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945471,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-09T20:10:11Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"We
        know free-to-play can be a pusher, but it can also be a\u00a0paragon.","title":"Why
        the power of free-to-play\u00a0matters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/09/why-the-power-of-free-to-play-matters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945470,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-10T05:54:36Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Resident
        Evil 6 holds a secret message for those who can see the truth in its\u00a0hallways.","title":"Why
        Resident Evil 6 gives this graduate student\u00a0chills","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/10/columbia-university-is-full-of-zombies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945469,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-11T10:30:49Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Capcom
        shows off the game in action in two new\u00a0clips.","title":"PlayStation
        4-exclusive Deep Down\u2019s gameplay doesn\u2019t look quite as beautiful
        as the original\u00a0trailer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/11/playstation-4-exclusive-deep-downs-gameplay-doesnt-look-quite-as-beautiful-as-the-original-trailer-capcom-debuted-at-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945468,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-31T06:53:39Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"A
        few shots of vintage horror, from Alien to\u00a0Elvira.","title":"These are
        the best horror games you never played \u2014 from arcades to old\u00a0PCs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/31/a-few-shots-of-vintage-horror-from-alien-to-elvira/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945467,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-06T17:59:34Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"What\u2019s
        better than running around an abandoned asylum and hanging out with a bunch
        of face-hungry kooks? Running around an abandoned asylum and hanging out with
        a bunch of face-hungry kooks with a night vision\u00a0camera.","title":"Outlast
        provides nightmare fodder for the squeamish\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/outlast-provides-nightmare-fodder-for-the-squeamish-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945466,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-07T11:11:11Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Aliens
        vs Marines. Whoever wins, I\u00a0lose","title":"This ain\u2019t happening,
        man!\u2014On Aliens: Colonial\u00a0Marines","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/07/this-aint-happening-man-on-aliens-colonial-marines/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945465,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-14T08:00:04Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Two
        years after its founding and a few months after Facebook agreed to buy it
        for $2 billion, Oculus makes a triumphant return to\u00a0E3.","title":"How
        Oculus VR is starting to change the direction of gaming\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/14/how-oculus-vr-is-starting-to-change-the-direction-of-gaming-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945464,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T08:18:32Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"When
        Demon\u2019s Souls first arrived back in 2009, few expected it to be such
        a surprise hit. Aside from its appealing aesthetics, ingenious level design,
        methodical combat, and numerous customization options, it boasted a brutal
        yet rewarding difficulty level the likes of which haven\u2019t been seen since
        the days of the NES, and never did a game feel it did so as fairly as Demon\u2019s
        Souls. Now, Dark Souls, its spiritual successor, seeks to take those same
        positive traits and add onto it substantially. How, you ask? By making it
        harder, more beautiful, deeper in its lore, and more open in terms of exploration
        and customization so that more people can enjoy it, that\u2019s how. And it
        pulls it off splendidly. Dark Souls succeeds where Demon\u2019s Souls fell
        short, and ultimately becomes the better game because of it.","title":"The
        Art of Death: My Dark Souls\u00a0review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/the-art-of-death-my-dark-souls-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945463,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-28T22:12:17Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"updated","title":"Glam
        offers new video ad network, gets acquisition offer for\u00a0$1.3B","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/28/glam-offers-new-video-ad-network-gets-acquisition-offer-for-13b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945462,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-18T02:05:38Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"The
        big video games of the E3 Media and Business Summit have been blasted across
        magazine covers and websites for the past few months, but the show still offers
        a large selection of lesser-known games that are worth a look\u2014even if
        they lack the marketing muscle of the blockbusters. The following list contains
        solid sleepers, some of which have received positive buzz and press coverage,
        but none of which made Dean Takahashi\u2019s \u201cmost anticipated\u201d
        games of E3 list.","title":"The top 10 sleeper video games of\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/18/the-top-10-sleeper-video-games-of-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945461,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-22T23:05:31Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: I\u2019m not usually a big one for lists, but I really like the idea
        of celebrating those under-appreciated characters that make our video games
        work. I can\u2019t wait for part two! -JamesEveryone loves a hero \u2014 and
        great villains, too. But what about the ones that don\u2019t quite make the
        cut? You know, characters who exhibit hero-like or villian-like qualities
        but don\u2019t have the gravitas to seem important. They are the anti-centerpieces,
        and they don\u2019t fall into the realm of grizzled protagonists or shifty
        usurpers. But some quirk or flaw that makes them memorable. ","title":"10
        Characters We Hate to Love (Part\u00a0One)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/22/10-characters-we-hate-to-love-part-one/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945460,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-11T13:23:21Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"GamesBeat@GDC
        was all about networking and bringing people together. Some of the conversations
        spilled from the stage out into the hallways of Moscone Center.","title":"GamesBeat@GDC
        2010 in pictures \u2013 Part\u00a03","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/11/gamesbeat-2010-in-pictures-part-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-13T06:14:10Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"ScreenBurn:
        Day 1","title":"Bitmob @ ScreenBurn: Day\u00a01","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/13/bitmob-screenburn-day-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945458,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-30T20:09:11Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Ok,
        I''ll get this out of the way immediately. The Inaugural PAX East was phenomenal,
        and when I say \"very little ugly,\" I mean very little. The only two unpleasant
        things I witnessed were both before the show officially started while waiting
        in line at the merch booth. One was a girl yelling at the enforcers because
        they cut the line off to keep from blocking a hallway, and the other was another
        enforcer losing his shit on the guy running that same line. That was really
        it, and it seemed that everyone followed Wil Wheaton''s rules for PAX. The
        most important one, of course, being \"Don''t be a dick.\" The rest of the
        convention was a great experience, but there is room for improvement.","title":"PAX
        East 2010: The Good, The Bad, and Very Little\u00a0Ugly","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/30/pax-east-2010-the-good-the-bad-and-very-little-ugly/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945457,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-12T01:01:00Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"When
        we get together with our old friends/former co-workers for any sort of coverage,
        we generally take things a little less seriously.","title":"21 Random Qs:
        Getting to Know\u2026Shawn Smith\u00a0(Ninjatown)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:19:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/12/21-random-qs-getting-to-knowshawn-smith-ninjatown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-17T21:23:00Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"In
        a dimly lit meeting room sequestered from E3''s frenetic show floor, Valve''s
        Erik Johnson was on hand to discuss the gritty details of Portal 2, which
        aims to\u00a0exceed the level of success achieved by its predecessor. Helping
        them achieve this is Portal''s ensemble of quirky characters \u2014 including
        the sidesplitting GLaDOS \u2014 who return to the Aperture Science Enrichment
        Center.","title":"E3 2010: Five New Things in Portal\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/17/e3-2010-five-new-things-in-portal-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945455,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-30T10:43:17Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"If
        you\u2019re a player in technology, you\u2019ll want to come to\u00a0DEMO,
        our big technology conference scheduled to hit Silicon Valley on September
        13-15.","title":"The three people you need to hear from at DEMO, September\u00a013-15","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/30/demo-fall-2010-bill-mcdermott-jack-dorsey-andrew-mason/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-10T14:54:19Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Rarely
        have I been as excited about the huge trends we\u2019re seeing in technology
        as I am right now. Billion-dollar businesses are being created and destroyed.
        And the best place to get into the thick of things is\u00a0DEMO Fall 2010,
        right here in Silicon Valley, next Monday through Wednesday, September 13-15.","title":"Five
        more reasons DEMO Fall 2010 will really\u00a0jam","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/10/demo-fall-2010-jeff-weiner-phil-mckinney-dave-girouard-sean-finnegan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945453,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-12T15:51:00Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"What
        is it?","title":"E3 2011: Best of Square Enix \u2014 Deus Ex: Human\u00a0Revolution","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/12/e3-2011-best-of-square-enix-deus-ex-human-revolution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-15T22:24:24Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"If
        I ever stumble upon the unlikely combination of a cat wearing a tiny conductor''s
        hat and stuffed into a sock while walking in the park, I''m tossing my homebrewed
        capture balls at it. And by \"capture balls\" I mean \"heavy rocks.\"","title":"Video
        Blips: Final Fantasy 13-2, Syndicate, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City,
        and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/15/video-blips-final-fantasy-13-2-syndicate-resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945451,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-19T13:36:44Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"It
        may not have the ring of Beverly Hills, 90210, but Menlo Park, 94025 is arguably
        the most elite zip code in the nation now that Facebook has moved to town.","title":"Check
        out Facebook\u2019s new 1M-square-foot Menlo Park campus\u00a0(pics)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/19/facebook-menlo-park-office/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-09T14:35:18Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Here\u2019s
        why you need to come to DEMO, the big product launch event set for Oct 1-3.","title":"DEMO:
        The big Silicon Valley launch extravaganza set for Oct.\u00a01-3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/09/demo-the-big-silicon-valley-launch-extravaganza-set-for-oct-1-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945449,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-22T10:32:51Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Passing
        notes is pass\u00e9. Teens supplement books and backpacks with smartphones
        and social networks and while we\u2019re sure your kid is the good kid, a
        reported one in four teens are being bullied online, and 50 percent of teens
        are using the Internet to\u00a0cheat.","title":"It\u2019s 10 p.m.: Where are
        your kids being bullied today? (Answer:\u00a0Facebook)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/22/online-bullying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-21T13:13:40Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"We
        know. You\u2019re counting the minutes until Turkey Day. We are too, but here\u2019s
        a quick reminder that our annual cloud computing event \u2014 CloudBeat 2012
        \u2014 is next Wednesday and Thursday!","title":"What we\u2019re thankful
        for: The amazing lineup at CloudBeat\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/21/what-were-thankful-for-the-amazing-lineup-at-cloudbeat-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-24T13:00:42Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Now
        that we\u2019ve reached the end of 2012, it\u2019s time to sit back and reflect
        on all the things that let us down this year. That\u2019s totally healthy,\u00a0right?","title":"The
        biggest gaming disappointments of\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/24/biggest-disappointments-of-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-03T08:00:55Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        bug bounty program is growing up and giving out lots of\u00a0money.","title":"Facebook
        pays out $1M to people hacking\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/03/facebooks-bug-bounty/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945445,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-05T13:20:42Z","slug":"hallways","summary":"Here\u2019s
        what it\u2019s like to go to Def Con, the world biggest hacking\u00a0conference.","title":"Def
        Con 21 in pictures: Surveillance, Snowden, and civil\u00a0liberties","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/05/def-con-21-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-09T08:00:32Z","slug":"hallst","summary":"Developer
        Mojang is using its most popular game to improve people\u2019s lives in the
        real\u00a0world.","title":"The best Minecraft mod is the one we live\u00a0in","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/09/mojang-block-by-block-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945443,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-20T13:00:25Z","slug":"hallst","summary":"King
        is already trying to push other games out of the market that use the\u00a0word.","title":"All
        the King\u2019s sweets: Candy Crush Saga studio gets trademark for the word
        \u2018Candy\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:18:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/20/all-the-kings-candy-candy-crush-saga-studio-gets-trademark-for-the-word-candy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:15:50Z","domain":"washingtonpost.com","id":3945442,"news_source":"Washington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-29T13:15:49Z","slug":"penance-hall","summary":"The
        socks are arranged on the table like thin cuts of tenderloin.\n\"These are
        over a year''s worth of effort,\" says one sock guy.\nThere are eight pairs,
        each a different color, vivid and rich and juicy-looking.\n\"This is $10,000
        in socks,\" says...","title":"For three young entrepreneurs, dreams of fashion
        success start at the toes - The Washington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:15:50Z","url":"http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/for-three-young-entrepreneurs-dreams-of-fashion-success-start-at-the-ankles/2013/12/29/a2ad604e-6bf1-11e3-b405-7e360f7e9fd2_story.html"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:15:48Z","domain":"racked.com","id":3945441,"news_source":"Racked
        National","publication_date":"2014-07-29T13:15:47Z","slug":"penance-hall","summary":"The
        entrepreneurs behind Penance Hall are working on creating a line of luxury,
        made-in-America socks while simultaneously working day jobs as Naval Officers.","title":"Start-Up
        Wire","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:15:48Z","url":"http://dc.racked.com/tags/penance-hall"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:15:46Z","domain":"properkidproblems.com","id":3945440,"news_source":"Proper
        Kid Problems","publication_date":"2014-07-29T13:15:45Z","slug":"penance-hall","summary":"Two
        Saturdays ago, I flew up to Washington DC to celebrate one of my closest friend''s
        20th birthdays. \u00a0For the past four or five years, we''ve had a \"tradition\"
        in celebrating one another''s special day with great food, excellent conversations,
        and...","title":"A Recap on DC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:15:46Z","url":"https://www.properkidproblems.com/tag/penance-hall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:15:37Z","domain":"blogspot.com","id":3945439,"news_source":"Blogger","publication_date":"2014-07-29T13:15:36Z","slug":"penance-hall","summary":"\"You''re
        hired, Penance Hall. Hello!\" Mr. Justin Pitt, Doubleday Publishing \nShortly
        before Mr Pitt''s death, he sat down with the boys at Penance Hall and designed
        a sock that would stay up but that wasn''t too tight. \"Pitty,\" as the boys
        at...","title":"Mr Pitt & Penance Hall Socks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:15:37Z","url":"http://thetrad.blogspot.com/2014/01/mr-pitt-penance-hall-socks.html"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:15:35Z","domain":"commandyourbusiness.com","id":3945438,"news_source":"The
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        and Israel join forces in a $300 million deal to exchange students and jointly
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        contest entries for do-it-yourself hardware projects are pretty\u00a0zany.","title":"Eager
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        things work out the way organizers want them to, Metis could become more effective
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        additions could help Microsoft mobile devices running Cortana gain a cult
        following in\u00a0academia.","title":"Microsoft merges academic results into
        Bing with hopes of pairing up Cortana with\u00a0researchers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/microsoft-merges-academic-results-into-bing-with-hopes-of-pairing-up-cortana-with-researchers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945399,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T10:00:18Z","slug":"world-wide-education","summary":"The
        new console will be like the Nintendo Wii, but with the purpose of making
        gamers\u00a0smarter.","title":"LeapFrog jumps into game consoles for kids
        with educational\u00a0LeapTV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/leapfrog-jumps-into-kids-game-consoles-with-educational-leaptv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945398,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T10:25:31Z","slug":"world-wide-education","summary":"Gamers
        are gearing up to shoot some aliens in Destiny, and that is potentially causing
        problems with\u00a0PSN.","title":"PlayStation Network is down intermittently
        today as gamers prepare for Destiny\u2019s\u00a0beta","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/playstation-network-down-intermittently-today-as-gamers-prepare-for-destinys-beta/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945397,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T12:30:03Z","slug":"world-wide-education","summary":"Data
        might just be\u00a0the new driver of business success.","title":"How to find
        \u2014 and hire \u2014 data\u00a0scientists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/how-to-find-and-hire-data-scientists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945396,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T17:05:55Z","slug":"world-wide-education","summary":"Let\u2019s
        say you want a job making apps or sites. A charming new video from learn-to-code
        online school Treehouse lays out the\u00a0basics.","title":"Treehouse claims
        it can turn waitresses & electricians into $80K/year coders in just two\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/reehouse-claims-it-can-turn-waitresses-electricians-into-80kyear-coders-in-just-two-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945395,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T08:19:37Z","slug":"world-wide-education","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Sam Smith has been home-schooled for three years. He\u2019s now getting
        his education by making games, and Spacepants, his first published effort,
        has been a great\u00a0success.","title":"Meet the 12-year-old boy who makes
        games instead of going to\u00a0school","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/the-12-year-old-boy-who-makes-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945394,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-25T12:00:18Z","slug":"chaos-to-beauty-creative-group","summary":"With
        outlandish lawsuits, a botched IPO, and a detailed social record of historic
        world events, 2012 will be remembered as a year of extreme highs and lows
        in social media. Here are the top 10 social stories that defined the\u00a0year.","title":"The
        top 10 social-media stories that shaped\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/25/top-social-news-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945393,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-24T14:00:15Z","slug":"chaos-to-beauty-creative-group","summary":"A
        book about video game history doesn\u2019t have to be a boring\u00a0read.","title":"\u2018Stay
        Awhile and Listen'': How Diablo became the game that fascinated millions and
        helped make Blizzard\u00a0famous","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:13:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/24/stay-awhile-and-listen-book-1-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:12:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945392,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T15:37:13Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Hard
        Rock Cafe Sr. Director of Digital Marketing & CRM Kim Matlock, along with
        Privy CEO & Founder Ben Jabbawy, will discuss a user-case of marketing tech\u2019s
        impact on growth in a one-on-one\u00a0session.","title":"The Hard Rock Cafe
        spotlights how it uses online marketing tech to drive\u00a0growth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:12:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/the-hard-rock-cafe-spotlights-how-it-uses-online-marketing-tech-to-drive-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:12:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945391,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T12:02:09Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Guest
        Post A new wireless standard could produce speeds up to 4X faster than the
        current state of the art, 802.11ac. But let\u2019s not get ahead of ourselves
        just\u00a0yet.","title":"Why we need to slow down on the gigabit Wi-Fi standard,\u00a0802.11ax","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:12:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/why-we-need-to-slow-down-on-the-gigabit-wi-fi-standard-802-11ax/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:12:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945390,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T17:00:16Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Guest
        Post For some startups, going mobile first will kill you, while going mobile
        second will let you live long and prosper. Here are four things VCs will tell
        you about going mobile first \u2014 and how to answer each\u00a0one.","title":"Mobile
        first? Forget it: Go mobile second \u2014 you\u2019ll live\u00a0longer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:12:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/mobile-first-forget-it-go-mobile-second-youll-live-longer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:12:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945389,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T12:13:02Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Updated
        at 3:14 p.m. Pacific with comment from AppDynamics.","title":"AppDynamics
        built its monitoring tool while founders still worked for a competitor, CA\u00a0alleges","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:12:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/appdynamics-built-its-monitoring-tool-while-founders-still-worked-for-a-competitor-ca-alleges/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:12:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945388,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T12:56:40Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"This
        summer, two of the leading tech conferences are breaking through the clutter
        of data, growth, marketing and customer experience. Starting with GrowthBeat
        in San Francisco, followed by the GROW Conference, in\u00a0Whistler.","title":"This
        summer, don\u2019t miss GrowthBeat & GROW\u00a0Conference","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:12:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/this-summer-dont-miss-growthbeat-grow-conference/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945387,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T14:33:24Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"GrowthBeat,\u00a0our
        new event exploring the data, apps, and science of successful marketing, is
        coming up on Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 in San Francisco.","title":"Adobe VP of strategy
        to discuss marketing cloud at\u00a0GrowthBeat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/adobe-vp-of-strategy-to-discuss-marketing-cloud-at-growthbeat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945386,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T15:40:51Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Don\u2019t
        know what to do with your big data? Don\u2019t freak. You can sign up reports
        for the latest data technology, and even ask for some hands-on help, from
        a new startup founded by renowned\u00a0data scientist Hilary Mason.","title":"Ex-Bitly
        chief scientist Hilary Mason launches Fast Forward Labs as an all-in-one emerging
        tech\u00a0consultant","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/fast-forward-labs-hilary-mason/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945385,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T01:30:16Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"While
        big companies are working hard to impose standards on the burgeoning Internet
        of things (IoT), little Octoblu is willing to be the translator between whatever
        protocols to connect every thing with every other thing.","title":"Internet
        of things startup Octoblu designs a platform that translates\u00a0protocols","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/internet-of-things-startup-octoblu-designs-a-platform-that-translates-protocols/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945384,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T05:00:18Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"AppDynamics,
        a company with software for tracking the performance of applications, can
        keep spending money on product development and sales amid a competitive market,
        thanks to $120 million in fresh financing.","title":"AppDynamics picks up
        $120M in the race to replace old-school monitoring\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/appdynamics-funding-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945383,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T05:01:47Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Their 40-hour work week might look a little different than yours, but
        here is what ad sales executives are really doing \u2014 and how they\u2019re
        proving a ROI from their business development\u00a0efforts.","title":"Why
        ad sales executives are\u00a0lazy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/why-ad-sales-executives-are-lazy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945382,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T08:00:50Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Customers,
        the company said, \u201ccan now get a complete picture of their time from
        the past to the\u00a0future.\u201d","title":"Time-tracker Harvest releases
        time planning Forecast\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/time-tracker-harvest-releases-time-planning-forecast-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945381,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T08:00:51Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post When reducing friction for users meant switching from a desktop computer
        to a laptop, the validity of that phrase wasn\u2019t just obvious, it was
        inarguable. But what about now, when reducing friction means going from two
        taps in an app to just\u00a0one?","title":"Redefining friction in a mobile-first\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/redefining-friction-in-a-mobile-first-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945380,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T10:54:16Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"CallidusCloud
        is an odd duck.","title":"Marketing automation for sales: CallidusCloud inserts
        \u2018mini-Hootsuite\u2019 into\u00a0Gmail","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/calliduscloud-says-crm-doesnt-add-value-delivers-marketing-automation-for-sales-right-inside-gmail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945379,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T12:50:51Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Teradata
        is not about to let Hadoop and its circle of companies get all the attention
        and revenue when it comes to big data.","title":"Teradata grabs startups Hadapt
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        changes are coming.\u00a0\u2026","title":"Nadella\u2019s first full quarter
        at Microsoft barely beats revenue predictions, but profits\u00a0slip","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/microsoft-2q14-earnings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945377,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:44:18Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Microsoft\u2019s
        quickly maturing Azure public cloud looks to be generating more revenue for
        the company \u2014 fortunately for cloud-obsessed chief executive Satya Nadella.","title":"Microsoft
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        announced today\u00a0via its marketing blog that it has acquired B2B marketing
        platform Bizo for $175M, its second acquisition this year after acquiring
        data insights and technology company Bright back in February.","title":"Linkedin
        + Bizo: LinkedIn solidifies lead within B2B enterprise\u00a0advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/linkedin-solidifies-lead-within-b2b-enterprise-advertising/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945375,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T21:02:19Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Docker
        has bought a little startup that based its service on Docker\u2019s underlying
        open-source\u00a0technology.","title":"Docker buys Orchard, a 2-man startup
        with a cloud service for running Docker-friendly\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/docker-buys-orchard-a-2-man-startup-with-a-cloud-service-for-running-docker-friendly-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945374,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T04:00:16Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Making the right funding choices when you are starting to grow greatly
        affects the future trajectory of your company. What\u2019s important \u2013
        from launch to sustainable growth \u2013 is to make sure you are aware of
        all the funding options and figure out what is right for\u00a0you.","title":"The
        6 most important questions to ask about raising capital for your\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/the-6-most-important-questions-to-ask-about-raising-capital-for-your-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945373,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T09:01:08Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Ever
        since the dawn of digital communications, marketers have faced the same problem
        time and time again. How do you quickly, easily and effectively segment your
        data and send a message to your clients \u2014 via email or within your app
        \u2014 without having to involve engineers, developers, and other teams in
        the process?","title":"Mass marketing is dead? Intercom breathes new life
        into customer\u00a0relationships","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/mass-marketing-is-dead-intercom-breathes-new-life-into-customer-relationships/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945372,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T09:30:46Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Join
        us for an upcoming webinar on August 7 at 10 am Pacific where we\u2019ll be
        diving deep on mobile app security with top execs from Dell, Expedia, the
        US Air Force, and Forrester.","title":"Dell, Expedia, US Air Force to explore
        mobile app security in a BYOD\u00a0organization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/dell-expedia-us-air-force-to-explore-mobile-app-security-in-a-byod-organization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945371,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T12:55:06Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Get
        ready for Trifacta\u2019s Hadoop-focused data transformation to become a more
        common piece of the big data\u00a0toolkit.","title":"Thanks to new CEO, Trifacta\u2019s
        data-cleaning tech could show up in a lot more\u00a0places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/thanks-to-new-ceo-trifactas-data-cleaning-tech-could-show-up-in-a-lot-more-places/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945370,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T08:00:25Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Talk to any sales rep in the tech world and you\u2019ll hear about the
        gap. It\u2019s the gap between marketing and CRM.While maybe not as big as
        the Grand Canyon, that gap is big enough to hold the mile-high frustrations
        of countless sales representatives who\u2019d love to spend more time selling
        and less time in task\u00a0management.","title":"Is sales automation the missing
        piece to turbocharging\u00a0revenues?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/is-sales-automation-the-missing-piece-to-turbocharging-revenues/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945369,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:00:22Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Pinterest
        is no National Security Agency, but the company, which identifies itself as
        a \u201cvisual discovery tool,\u201d has grown into a collector of plenty
        information. Like Twitter, Facebook, Google, and other web giants, Pinterest
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        built a tool that lets lots of employees get at it.","title":"Pinterest has
        big data, and it knows how to\u00a0share","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/pinterest-has-big-data-and-it-knows-how-to-share/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945368,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T11:51:00Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Turns
        out Hewlett-Packard means business when it comes to big data, not just cloud
        computing.","title":"HP drops $50M into Hadoop company\u00a0Hortonworks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/hp-drops-50m-into-hadoop-company-hortonworks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945367,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:15:37Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Rackspace
        doesn\u2019t want to be in the commodity public cloud business. But it is
        making one concession to those fast-moving\u00a0companies.","title":"Rackspace
        is now ready to talk about charging for cloud infrastructure by the minute\u00a0(updated)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/rackspace-by-the-minute/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945366,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:43:18Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Amazon
        Web Services has been hiring big time, and meanwhile revenue growth is not
        what it used to\u00a0be.","title":"Amazon Web Services revenue growth is way\u00a0down","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/aws-revenue-2q14/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945365,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T14:32:01Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"The
        losses announced today were larger than analysts had expected, and larger
        than investors were comfortable with. Amazon stock was off 7.5 percent in
        after-hours\u00a0trading.","title":"Amazon stock falls after company reports
        $126M net loss in the second\u00a0quarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/amazon-stock-falls-after-company-reports-126m-net-loss-in-the-second-quarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945364,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T17:39:45Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Updated
        Friday with clarification that Sacks\u2019 memo was a Yammer message, not
        an email.","title":"Here\u2019s Yammer cofounder David Sacks\u2019 goodbye
        memo to his team at\u00a0Microsoft","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/david-sacks-goodbye-memo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945363,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:10:31Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"GrowthBeat
        is coming up on August 5-6, and it\u2019s shaping up to be one of the most
        provocative marketing\u00ad-tech events of the year.","title":"Cutting-edge
        marketers, here\u2019s why you don\u2019t want to miss\u00a0GrowthBeat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/heres-why-every-marketer-should-come-to-growthbeat-last-chance-to-save-200/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945362,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T14:00:55Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"IBM\u2019s
        division is losing money, but it reportedly rejected\u00a0offer.","title":"Talks
        to sell IBM\u2019s chip-manufacturing business to Globalfoundries fall\u00a0apart","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/talks-to-sell-ibms-chip-manufacturing-business-to-globalfoundries-fall-apart/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945361,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T17:30:41Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Google
        has given those who work with Microsoft Word another reason to move documents
        to the cloud.","title":"Google Docs now works with uploaded tracked changes
        from your Word\u00a0documents","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/google-docs-now-works-with-uploaded-tracked-changes-from-your-word-documents/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945360,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:57:55Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Savvy
        brick and mortar retailers are using some of the Internet\u2019s own tools
        \u2014 and customer feedback \u2014 to fight back against online\u00a0competitors.","title":"7-Eleven
        & Medallia to open up on how to create fierce customer\u00a0loyalty","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/7-eleven-medallia-to-open-up-on-how-to-create-fierce-customer-loyalty/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945359,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:02:12Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"With
        a title like \u201csenior maverick,\u201d it\u2019s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions\u2019 Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future of
        wearables.","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from wearables, says
        Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior\u00a0maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945358,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:00:16Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile\u00a0technologies?","title":"Hootsuite
        & Get Satisfaction to share strategies on how to keep customers coming\u00a0back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945357,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T10:00:37Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Finally,
        the web comes to financial\u00a0analysis.","title":"Thinknum\u2019s web-based
        financial modeling gets $1M in\u00a0validation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:11:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/thinknums-web-based-financial-modeling-gets-1m-in-validation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945356,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T10:02:22Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"How
        do you keep track of an explosive emerging sector? With data, of course.","title":"Venture
        Scanner tracks 332 marketing automation companies, shows you who\u2019s on\u00a0top","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/venture-scanner-adds-marketing-automation-scan-tracking-332-weapons-of-mass-marketing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945355,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:38:52Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"Hortonworks
        just got some more acknowledgment in the Hadoop businses as Pivotal comes
        around to the open-source Ambari management\u00a0tool","title":"Hortonworks
        gains ground as its Hadoop management tool gets adoption at\u00a0Pivotal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/hortonworks-gains-ground-as-its-hadoop-management-tool-gets-adoption-at-pivotal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945354,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:00:41Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"The
        funding is an indication of how much demand there is, in modern corporate
        computing environments, for clusters of\u00a0servers.","title":"Bright Computing
        raises $14.5M to expand services for Linux cluster\u00a0management","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/bright-computing-raises-14-5m-to-expand-services-for-linux-cluster-management/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945353,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T18:30:30Z","slug":"enterprise-technology-services","summary":"No
        longer must developers sign in to one or more online portals and hit a bunch
        of buttons to load up or adjust the public-cloud infrastructure they use.
        With Terraform, that work can happen right from a developer\u2019s command\u00a0line.","title":"Meet
        Terraform, a simple command-line tool to manage all your cloud\u00a0infrastructure","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/terraform-hashicorp/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945352,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-12T15:58:45Z","slug":"boys-and-girls-club-of-the-east-valley","summary":"Many
        fans of The Social Network, the new movie about the founding of Facebook,
        have one big problem with the film \u2014 its shabby treatment of women. See,
        for example, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin\u2019s appearance on The Colbert Report,
        where news-comedian host Colbert asks why most of the movie\u2019s female
        characters are \u201chigh, or drunk, or fucking guys in the bathroom. Why
        are there are no other women of any substance in the movie?\u201d","title":"Aaron
        Sorkin: The Social Network''s sexism comes from real\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/12/aaron-sorkin-social-network-sexism/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945351,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-09T08:30:05Z","slug":"boys-and-girls-club-of-the-east-valley","summary":"Bravo
        TV\u2019s latest \u201creality\u201d show, Silicon Valley, makes a mockery
        of how Silicon Valley really works. But what really has me steamed is the
        way it abuses the word\u00a0\u201cgeek.\u201d","title":"Help me, my valley
        is being overtaken by frat\u00a0boys","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:10:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/09/geeks-and-frat-boys-omg/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:09:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945350,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-09T12:38:43Z","slug":"bannerview-com","summary":"Guest
        Post The platform you choose may determine the fate of your business. Instead
        of relying upon other people\u2019s platforms, why not build, control, and
        own your\u00a0own?","title":"Your platform might determine your startup\u2019s
        success \u2014 so why not build your\u00a0own?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:09:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/09/your-platform-might-determine-your-startups-success-so-why-not-build-your-own/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:09:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945349,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-12T17:44:45Z","slug":"vibram","summary":"Here
        is a round-up of today\u2019s funding news, all dressed up in its holiday
        finest! Looking\u00a0good.","title":"Funding Daily: Ugly sweater\u00a0party","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:09:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/12/funding-daily-ugly-sweater-party/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:09:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945348,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-20T13:55:47Z","slug":"vibram","summary":"If
        the apocalypse really does happen tomorrow, we don\u2019t want our VentureBeat
        readers to be without a valuable set of tips and tools for survival. If techies
        don\u2019t survive, our readership will\u00a0plummet.","title":"A techie\u2019s
        guide to surviving the\u00a0apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:09:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/20/a-techies-guide-to-surviving-the-apocalypse-tomorrow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945347,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-14T10:45:38Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Online
        payment company PayPal has expanded beyond a standalone payment service into
        being a developer  platform, with the stated goal of powering all the e-commerce
        on the  Web. Now it\u2019s focused on getting developers to use its tools
        to power cool payment-related applications.","title":"PayPal chooses top 10
        apps for its developer\u00a0challenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/14/paypal-chooses-top-10-apps-for-its-developer-challenge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945346,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-04T06:52:57Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Scvngr,
        the maker of a check-in app that asks users to complete activity challenges,
        today announced it has secured a second round of funding for $15 million,
        according to\u00a0the company blog. Investors included Balderton Capital,
        with participation from previous investors Google Ventures and Highland Capital
        Partners.","title":"Scvngr grabs $15M more to locate challenges\u00a0abroad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/04/scvngr-15m-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945345,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-24T13:03:05Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"Over
        at VentureBeat proper, Matt highlights a theory advanced by venture capitalist
        Keith Benjamin, who argues that the credit crunch now threatening the private-equity
        boom may have the unexpected effect of boosting returns in technology investments.
        (Keith puts this all down in his own words on his personal blog and in this
        contributed piece at VentureBeat.)","title":"The credit crunch: A capital
        bypass for life\u00a0sciences?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/24/the-credit-crunch-a-capital-bypass-for-life-sciences/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945344,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-13T16:22:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Most
        years, I don''t bother to make New Year''s resolutions. Like most people,
        my resolution doesn''t usually survive past the conception stage, and a year
        later I''m no further along. However, this year something has to give.\u00a0","title":"My
        2011 Backlog\u00a0Challenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/13/the-2011-backlog-challenge-checkpoint-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945343,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-06T20:31:20Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Latest action: ThinkGreen, MingleNow shuts, Freewebs
        relaunches,\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/06/latest-action-thinkgreen-minglenow-shuts-freewebs-relaunches-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945342,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-07T18:56:21Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"1.
        Niche social networks grow, market leaders level off","title":"Roundup: Smaller
        social networks growing, Stage6, Sandvine and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/07/roundup-small-social-networks-growing-stage6-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945340,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-22T11:00:26Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Scvngr,
        the maker of a check-in app that asks users to complete activity challenges,  is
        defying the conventional wisdom that services which broadcast one\u2019s location
        to friends aren\u2019t ready for the mainstream. Just yesterday, the app has
        reached 1 million users, founder and chief executive Seth Priebatsch tells
        VentureBeat, and added nearly 10,000 new users since then.","title":"Scvngr
        finds 1 million users willing to complete location\u00a0challenges","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/22/scvngr-1-million-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945341,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-19T00:00:00Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"    I\u2019m
        a little late to this party, but Edge magazine had a retrospective look at
        the making of X-COM: UFO Defense (or, UFO: Enemy Unknown, as it was titled
        in Europe.)\u00a0 Being the obsessive X-COM geek that I am, I\u2019ll gladly
        jump on any opportunity to discuss this great game.\u00a0 Though Edge references
        the much rumored new X-COM game supposedly being developed by 2K Boston, the
        article concludes with a dismissive proclamation on any attempts to revitalize
        the series; basically, that any new X-COM is likely to fall short of the original.\u00a0    X-COM
        has a troubled history worthy of a soap opera.\u00a0 The original was a surprise
        success for Julian and Nick Gollop.\u00a0 Wanting to capitalize on this success,
        publisher MicroProse set out to issue a quick sequel.\u00a0 X-COM: Terror
        from the Deep was developed and published by MicroProse without the involvement
        of the Gollops shortly after the release of the original.\u00a0 Critics slammed
        the game for simply being UFO Defense with a new setting, different weapons,
        larger maps, and creating a punishingly more difficult scenario (although,
        Terror from the Deep will always hold a special place in this gamer\u2019s
        heart as it was my introduction to the series.)    During this time, the Gollops
        had been hard at work developing their version of a sequel to UFO Defense,
        X-COM: Apocalypse.\u00a0 Grand in scope, Apocalypse set out to expand and
        improve upon everything in the original.\u00a0 In the end, the troubled development
        of the game caused a number of interesting features to be dropped from the
        shipped product.\u00a0 Furthermore, the combination of a turn-based and real-time
        engine led to neither working optimally.\u00a0 After Apocalypse, the last
        strategy-based game to bear the X-COM name was X-COM: Genesis, but the title
        was never seen to completion.    Others have attempted to reboot the genre
        of small scale, squad-based, tactical combat combined with an overarching
        resource management game to connect the tactical engagements to one another.\u00a0
        The UFO: After[...] series (Aftermath, Aftershock, and Afterlight) picked
        up a final failed push for another X-COM game by the original developer Mythos
        Games, The Dreamland Chronicles: Freedom Ridge.\u00a0 Developer ALTAR Interactive
        sharply departed from the original X-COM games by implementing a real-time
        engine solely.\u00a0 None of ALTAR\u2019s X-COM inspired games have been particularly
        compelling for me, for a variety of reasons, but there\u2019s little need
        to go into them here.    Another notable-yet-poor implementation of the X-COM
        concept was Chaos Concept\u2019s UFO: Extraterrestrials.\u00a0 Excluding the
        laughably ridiculous title, the game attempted to recapture the essence of
        X-COM.\u00a0 Combat was again turn-based, but so many other parts of the original
        X-COM had been whittle-down to nothing or outright removed that this latest
        attempt fell far short of a the standard set by UFO Defense.    I\u2019ve
        written my thoughts on X-COM and what makes the game so compelling, even to
        this day, in many different, dark corners of the internet for as long as I
        can remember.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had a lot of time to think about, synthesize,
        and refine these thoughts, so I\u2019m happy to present them once more.    There
        are two overarching components that make X-COM the addictive experience that
        it is: the degree of control and the title of \"director\" awarded to the
        player.\u00a0 These two concepts create an interlocking experience for the
        player that hasn\u2019t been fully recaptured by any of the spiritual successors.    The
        degree of control is best evident in the meta-game strategy layer of X-COM.\u00a0
        Base management gave the player a load of interesting choices to make that
        were all interrelated to one another \u2014 scientists needed to be hired
        to conduct research, engineers for manufacturing, and soldiers for your ground
        missions.\u00a0 Equipment could be purchased from a general store, and their
        use and function varied greatly.\u00a0 Interceptors were purchased and maintained
        by the player to shoot down detected UFOs.\u00a0 Bases even needed to be properly
        garrisoned in the event of a ground assault from the alien menace!    I\u2019m
        oversimplifying a lot of what the player can do, but the important thing about
        the strategy-layer in X-COM is that all of these choices are meaningful to
        the player and are interrelated.\u00a0 Allocated scientists to research new
        alien technology produces better equipments for soldiers.\u00a0 Engineers
        then use that research to build equipment for use in the field.\u00a0 Equipment
        takes up space in your base and must be managed through a series of storage
        units.\u00a0 Interceptors are launched from hangers to shoot down UFOs and
        troop transports bring your soldiers to battle.\u00a0 Alien technology found
        in the tactical game can be researched by your scientists, and the cycle continues.    To
        make all of these decisions meaningful, X-COM provides a goal that focuses
        the player \u2014 the need to keep the funding countries happy (since X-COM
        is a product of the United Nations) in order to maintain the necessary funds
        required to continue operations.    This degree of control over the X-COM
        organization provides a sense of personal stake and attachment to the success
        of the organization as a whole.\u00a0 But the amount of control that creates
        this personal attachment isn\u2019t solely delegated to the strategy level
        \u2014 the tactical combat part of the game continues the tradition.    One
        of the key reasons that X-COM offers a deep degree of control while not also
        becoming overwhelming for the player is the fact that the engine is turn-based.\u00a0
        I\u2019m aware that turn-based is like a dirty word for those in marketing,
        but I stand by this statement.\u00a0 X-COM\u2019s turned-based engine allows
        the player to make numerous tactical choices without feeling rushed or overwhelmed.\u00a0
        Though a real-time engine generally has a pause function, I feel that such
        functionality really breaks the pace of the game.\u00a0 A turn-based game
        keeps the pace feeling natural, while the real-time game makes tactical engagements
        feel like they\u2019re being played out in slow motion.    In addition, the
        turn-based aspect of X-COM\u2019s tactical play also plays a key role in the
        player as \"director.\"\u00a0 I mean director in the sense of a filmmaker
        \u2014 X-COM gives the player the opportunity to create original stories within
        the game, and the turn-based engine is a catalyst for this function.    Because
        the game is turn-based, the player is essentially forced to focus on one soldier
        at a time.\u00a0 Such close attention to the movements and actions of individual
        soldiers creates another sense personal attachment.\u00a0 This close focus
        also provides the nerve-racking tension of tactical battles.    Your soldiers
        have readied themselves for entry into a downed UFO.\u00a0 You ready yourself
        to send in your first soldier \u2014 will your soldier be shot by reaction
        fire, or will your soldier have the ability to fire off the first round?\u00a0
        You won\u2019t know until you send him or her into harm\u2019s way, but the
        key is that you will know and your attention won\u2019t be diverted at a key
        moment by events unfolding on the other side of the map.\u00a0 You will watch
        this story unfold, in sequence, without interruption; a story that you, the
        director, initiated, shaped, and completed in one step.    And you\u2019ll
        create hundreds of these stories, many of them more memorable than the ending
        of the game.\u00a0 You\u2019ll remember the time that rookie soldier successfully
        gunned down three aliens against all odds.\u00a0 You\u2019ll remember the
        first time you encounter Ethereals and had your top captain mind-controlled,
        who then proceeded to gun down your own soldiers before even setting foot
        outside the transport.\u00a0 You\u2019ll remember the daring escape of another
        soldier who dropped his or her equipment in order to carrying a bleeding comrade
        back to the transport for dustoff.\u00a0 You might even add another personal
        touch by naming all of these soldiers after people you know.    This is really
        why I think X-COM is so compelling after so many years \u2014 the game is
        really about creating a story of a rag-tag group of rookie soldiers who save
        the world.\u00a0 You\u2019re there from the beginning, planning everything,
        and watching every event unfold.\u00a0 Add in X-COM\u2019s randomized maps,
        events and enemy AI, and completely destructible environments and you\u2019ve
        got a very unpredictable game that feels refreshing every play through.\u00a0
        Every game your story will be different, and this is one gamer who can\u2019t
        wait to write the next epic tale.","title":"Looking Back on\u00a0X-COM","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/19/looking-back-on-x-com/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-21T23:16:51Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"A
        small country is in danger, and gamers everywhere are helping. You should,
        too!","title":"G-A-M-E-R Spells \u201cHelp\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/21/help-is-on-the-way-for-haiti/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945338,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-28T09:42:34Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"If
        you\u2019re a decision maker and you aren\u2019t on top of the social media
        revolution, you\u2019re probably going to go out of business, said VentureBeat
        editor-in-chief Matt Marshall.","title":"Matt Marshall warms up the DEMO Spring
        2011\u00a0crowd","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/28/demo-2011-spring-introduction/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945337,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-11T07:20:51Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"As
        Japan got hit by the double whammy of an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and the
        subsequent tsunami, the disaster\u2019s effect on technology came into play,
        endangering cloud computing and mobile services.","title":"Japan''s 8.9 quake
        puts cloud data at risk, stresses mobile\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/11/japans-8-9-quake-puts-cloud-data-at-risk-and-stresses-mobile-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-11T14:00:15Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"FON,
        a company that manages a large network of wi-fi hotspots, is opening up its
        500,000 some-odd hotspots in Japan to web surfers for free until the country\u2019s
        state of emergency following a massive earthquake and tsunami comes to an
        end.","title":"Japan gets free wi-fi from FON until quake emergency\u00a0ends","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/11/fon-wifi-hotspot-free-japan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-02T16:03:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"March
        is Women\u2019s History Month, so it\u2019s time for us to reflect on the
        virtual girls who made our lives. Here are the rules for this month\u2019s
        Bitmob Writing Challenge:","title":"March 2011 Bitmob Writing Challenge: The
        Real Girls of\u00a0Gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/02/march-2011-bitmob-writing-challenge-the-real-girls-of-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945334,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-12T15:49:20Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"Japan\u2019s
        network infrastructure has stayed largely intact despite the huge earthquakes
        and tsunami which struck the island nation Friday.","title":"Japan''s Internet
        holds up despite quake,\u00a0tsunami","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/12/japan-quake-tsunami-internet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945333,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-04T15:01:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Anyone
        can create an article at Bitmob just by clicking the \u201cNew Post\u201d
        button at the upper-right corner of the web page. Some writers, however, need
        a helping hand with choosing their first topic. Each month, the Bitmob Writing
        Challenge gives our community a new subject to write about and hone their
        skills. The series helped me out when I first started, and hopefully this
        month''s Crossover Appeal challenge does the same for you.\u00a0","title":"Bitmob
        Writing Challenge (May 2011): Crossover\u00a0Appeal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/04/may-2011-bitmob-writing-challenge-crossover-appeal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945332,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-15T05:59:52Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"MotorStorm:
        Apocalypse has encountered some controversy as of late. The series moves from
        it''s stylish exotic getaways, and puts the player in a fictional city that
        is falling apart from natural disasters including earthquakes. The controversy
        began in New Zealand after an Earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 affected
        the country this past February. The game has been delayed indefinitely in
        New Zealand as a result. The release date of MotorStorm: Apocalypse is also
        delayed indefinitely in Japan as well after an 8.9 magnitude Earthquake struck
        the island last week.","title":"MotorSotrm: Apocalypse & the Earthquake in\u00a0Japan","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/15/motorsotrm-apocalypse-the-earthquake-in-japan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945331,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-15T14:19:00Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"March
        11th, 2011 is a date that will stick in the minds of many people \u2014 myself
        included \u2014 for quite some time.\u00a0","title":"After the Sendai earthquake:
        Reflections on\u00a0docu-games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/15/post-sendai-earthquake-whither-docu-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-15T19:01:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"So
        many games, so many endings. Can you remember every title you\u2019ve ever
        beaten? How about a little trivia? Here are eight screenshots of eight different
        old-school endings. Some are pretty easy, but others not so much. How many
        can you get right?","title":"Puzzler: Game-endings challenge (episode\u00a01)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/15/game-endings-challenge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945329,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-18T01:11:02Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"The
        aftermath of the Japanese earthquake may disrupt the flow of supplies for
        Apple\u2019s iPad 2, according to the latest intelligence from market researcher
        IHS iSuppli. Other electronics manufacturers could also see disruptions due
        to logistical problems.","title":"Japan''s quake aftermath poses supply risks
        for iPad\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/18/japans-quake-aftermath-poses-supply-risks-for-ipad-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945328,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-07T18:28:23Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"\u00a0Motorstorm
        Apocalypse can''t get a break. The game was scheduled to be released a week
        after a 9.0 Earthquake struck Japan, and was delayed around the world as a
        result. The delays began in Japan and trickled to Europe which also scheduled
        Motorstorm Apocalypse to be released a week after the Earthquake in Japan.
        The delay in Europe was understandable. I figured the release date of April
        12th in North America would be solid since it would be a month since the disaster.
        I was wrong. Days after delaying the game in Europe Sony announced they were
        delaying the release of Motorstorm Apocalypse in North America. I knew the
        game was doomed after that.","title":"RIP Motorstorm Apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/07/rip-motorstorm-apocalypse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945327,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-17T03:08:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Writing
        an article to express your unique point of view is great and all, but at the
        end of the day, you''re only one opinion out of billions of contrasting ones.
        How can you possibly present all the angles of an issue properly?","title":"June
        2011 Bitmob Writing Challenge: Knights of the\u00a0Roundtable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/17/june-2011-bitmob-writing-challenge-knights-of-the-roundtable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945326,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-07T12:00:16Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"We\u2019ve
        collected some of the finest journalists covering the game industry to moderate
        the 28 different sessions at GamesBeat 2011, which takes place July 12-13
        at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Our full agenda is here. Please meet
        the cast of characters.","title":"GamesBeat 2011: Meet the\u00a0moderators","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/07/gamesbeat-2011-meet-the-moderators/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945325,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-01T10:00:44Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Today
        we\u2019re revealing the ninth group of speakers for our third annual\u00a0GamesBeat
        2011 conference. These speakers are going to engage in a debate about The
        Shallow or the Deep End of Gaming. Trion Worlds\u2019 Lars Buttler will argue
        that the deep end of the pool is where you want to be: the hardcore online
        games that take years to make and can last for years under subscription models.
        But Pocket Gem CEO Daniel Terry claims the \u201cshallow\u201d end of the
        pool is best: casual, short time demand games that are made by small teams
        in a matter of months. Which is the path to riches?","title":"A GamesBeat
        2011 debate: Will the deep end or the shallow end of gaming\u00a0thrive?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/01/a-gamesbeat-2011-debate-will-the-deep-end-or-the-shallow-end-of-gaming-thrive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-12T19:32:27Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"Why
        was DOOM 3 such a horrible game? The general consensus from everything I''ve
        heard is simple: DOOM 3 is a poor imitation of the FPSes present at its release
        date.","title":"Classic DOOM is not the kind of game it\u00a0pioneered","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/12/classic-doom-is-not-the-kind-of-game-it-pioneered/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945323,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-07T08:48:48Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"PopCap
        is moving to unbundle two different mobile branches of its incredibly popular
        gem-matching game franchise Bejeweled, splitting the quick-to-play Bejeweled
        Blitz into a free download separate from the more freeform core game, which
        will remain pay-to-play.","title":"PopCap splits mobile Bejeweled Blitz into
        separate products to embrace freemium\u00a0model","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/07/popcap-splits-mobile-bejeweled-blitz-into-separate-products-to-embrace-freemium-model/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945322,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-09T20:40:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"There
        is a monthly prompt held by Bitmob called the Bitmob Writing Challenge. The
        challenge is helping quite a few community members find rather interesting
        topic ideas and vastly improve their skills.","title":"July 2011 Bitmob Writing
        Challenge: Passive\u00a0Aggression","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/09/bitmob-writing-challenge-july-2011-passive-aggression/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945321,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-08T10:00:37Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"Gameloft,
        the Paris-based mobile game developer, has released a bunch of new titles
        this fall and it took the wraps off two more this week. Dungeon Hunter III
        (pictured above) is coming out of stealth mode today, and the company also
        unveiled Real Soccer 2012. They\u2019re not exactly holiday-themed, but Gameloft\u2019s
        believes they\u2019ll be popular titles in the holiday app-buying season.","title":"Gameloft
        is filling the App Store with mobile games like Dungeon Hunter\u00a0III","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/08/gameloft-is-filling-the-app-store-with-mobile-games-like-dungeon-hunter-iii/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945320,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-04T03:03:24Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"So
        much writing pertains to gameplay, characters, and other tangible elements
        of video games, but what about something that''s right in front of our faces
        the entire time we''re playing? Setting can provide atmosphere, give us context,
        or put us in the frame of mind needed to engage with a developer''s vision.","title":"Bitmob
        Writing Challenge August 2011: The importance of game\u00a0settings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/04/bitmob-writing-challenge-august-2011-setting-piece/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-14T08:50:30Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"The
        past two years have seen a marked rebound in the number of venture-backed
        technology companies that are going public. After the depths of the \u201cgreat
        recession\u201d in 2009, it\u2019s quite a relief for venture capitalists
        and those who invest in their funds.","title":"Buying IPO stock? Might as
        well forget about rich\u00a0returns","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/14/buying-ipo-stock-might-as-well-forget-about-rich-returns/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945318,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-03T07:02:28Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"A
        job posting on developer DICE\u2019s website reveals the company\u2019s\u00a0plans.","title":"Battlefield
        3 graphics for mobile? EA has developer DICE on the\u00a0job","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/03/developer-dice-working-to-bring-battlefield-3s-graphics-engine-to-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945317,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-09T17:35:42Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"ChallengePost,
        a site where anyone can post a public challenge, has pulled in a $4.1 million
        first round of funding.","title":"With Michelle Obama and New York City as
        clients, ChallengePost raises\u00a0$4.1M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/09/challengepost-challenges-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945316,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-22T16:00:36Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"Apple
        made the announcement on its Chinese home page today, along with a message
        of condolence, saying that \u201cour hearts are with the victims of the Sichuan
        earthquake,\u201d and that Apple employees in the area would be on stand-by
        to help out with disaster relief\u00a0efforts.","title":"Apple donates $8M
        in cash for Sichuan earthquake victims, plus Apple devices for local\u00a0schools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/22/apple-donates-8m-in-cash-for-sichuan-earthquake-victims-plus-apple-devices-for-local-schools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945315,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-08T20:22:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Bitmob
        is a great outlet for amateur journalists to hone their skills. What about
        those of us, however, who aspire to not just write about video games, but
        to actually write the stories for the titles themselves? This month\u2019s
        challenge is for those people.","title":"Bitmob Writing Challenge September
        2011: Stick to the\u00a0script","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/08/bitmob-writing-challenge-stick-to-the-script/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945314,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-13T13:00:18Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"CES
        is going to have a lot of wearables, startups, and 150,000\u00a0attendees.","title":"CES
        boss Gary Shapiro describes the coming madness of tech\u2019s biggest trade
        show\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/13/ces-boss-gary-shapiro-describes-the-coming-madness-of-techs-biggest-trade-show-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945312,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-27T19:02:16Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"September''s
        winding down, and we''ve had a grand total of zero entries submitted for this
        month\u2019s writing challenge. Now is as good a time as any to remind you
        that it''s still going on. So take off those journalist hats and put on those
        game-writer ones as you delve into what it takes to write for the the titles
        you love and play so much.","title":"Reminder: Bitmob Writing Challenge September\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/27/reminder-september-bitmob-writing-challenge-stick-to-the-script/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945313,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-29T22:20:05Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"Electronics
        Arts showed off its new mobile and social games for the holiday season and
        beyond today at an event in San Francisco. Among the big titles were Battlefield
        3 Aftershock for Apple devices, a free version of The Sims for Apple, and
        a refresh of the classic Tetris game for both Apple and Android.","title":"EA
        shows mobile and social games for winter fun, from Battlefield 3 Aftershock
        to a new\u00a0Tetris","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/29/ea-shows-mobile-and-social-games-for-winter-fun-from-battlefield-3-aftershock-to-a-new-tetris/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945311,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-02T19:00:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"We
        have all played a bad game at some point in our lives. Not an average game.
        Not a game that failed to live up to the hype. A terrible game. The Bitmob
        Writing Challenge encourages our community members to try out new topics,
        and you can share your worst experiences with us for the October 2011 prompt:
        Levels of Shame.","title":"Bitmob Writing Challenge (October 2011): Levels
        of\u00a0Shame","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/02/bitmob-writing-challenge-october-2011-levels-of-shame/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945310,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-19T02:35:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Thanks
        to the NeoGAF forums, we discovered this wonderful thing: a random-headline
        generator for video-game websites\u2026guaranteed to bring in the clicks if
        you''re at a loss for new story ideas!","title":"Top 10 (randomly generated)
        headlines\u2026plus a special Bitmob Writing\u00a0Challenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/19/random-headline-challenge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945309,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-05T02:13:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"It''s
        December, and that means the annual holiday exchange of presents is coming
        up. While material goods are easy to present to people in real life, it''s
        a touch harder with Internet friends. And that''s not taking into account
        the fact that Bitmob''s great community is made up of writers. What do you
        even get for a writer? Well, I''ve got a gift for all of you that will not
        only help you find something for your Bitmob buddies, but it will also allow
        you to flex your own writing muscles. Ladies and gentlemen, we''re having
        a Secret Santa, and it''s this month''s writing challenge.","title":"Bitmob
        Writing Challenge December 2011: Secret\u00a0Santa","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/05/december-2011-bitmob-writing-challenge-secret-santa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945308,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-08T14:55:54Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Electronic
        Arts today launched its new e-sports video game tournament, exclusively on
        the Playstation 3. The EA Sports Challenge Series is designed to determine
        the most skilled Madden NFL 12, NHL 2 and FIFA 12 players, and is offering
        cash prizes of up to $140,000 to the best players.","title":"EA Sports Challenge
        launches on PS3, with $1 million prize fund up for\u00a0grabs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/08/ea-sports-challenge-launches-on-ps3-with-1-million-prize-fund-up-for-grabs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945307,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-06T03:53:22Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"The
        Bitmob Writing Challenge is entering its third year, and its mission is to
        help our community members come up with unique topics and hone their craft.
        These prompts can be useful to both new writers and veterans.","title":"Bitmob
        Writing Challenge January 2012: Gaming\u00a0Criticism","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/06/bitmob-writing-challenge-january-2012-gaming-criticism/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945306,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-08T15:01:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"The
        Bitmob Writing Challenge encourages community members new and old to submit
        an article based on a specific topic. We had a very successful prompt last
        month, and I will post a roundup of the entries soon. But for now, let''s
        carry that momentum into February''s edition, shall we?","title":"Bitmob Writing
        Challenge February 2012: Coins and\u00a0Sense","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:08:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/08/bitmob-writing-challenge-february-2012-coins-and-sense/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945305,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-19T17:02:58Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Last
        December, I challenged myself to use the Kinect to help improve my health.
        But my goal isn''t to blandly recount how workout software actually does its
        job. I''m out to prove that the real key to losing weight is having fun while
        attempting to do it, and video games are the perfect tool.","title":"2012
        Fitness Challenge: Happy Action\u00a0Theater","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/19/2012-fitness-challenge-happy-action-theater/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945304,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-23T05:12:58Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"T-Mobile
        may have taken a beating in its fourth quarter earnings yesterday, but there
        is hope on the horizon. The company announced a new \u201cchallenger strategy\u201d
        that involves a massive revamp of its business and a $4 billion investment
        to arm itself with a LTE 4G network by next year.","title":"After dismal Q4,
        T-Mobile reveals a $4B \u201cchallenger strategy\u201d to roll out LTE in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/23/after-dismal-q4-t-mobile-reveals-a-4b-challenger-strategy-to-roll-out-lte-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945303,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-13T03:04:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"The
        Bitmob Writing Challenge gives new and veteran community members a chance
        to create an article based on a specific topic. This month, we\u2019re going
        to discuss how games have been represented in the outside world and how we
        have expressed our passion for the medium.","title":"Bitmob Writing Challenge
        (March 2012): The World That Games\u00a0Built","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/13/bitmob-writing-challenge-march-2012-the-world-that-games-built/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945302,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-06T22:55:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Normally,
        the Bitmob Writing Challenge asks community members to write an article about
        a specific topic every month. Today, however, we\u2019re heading back to the
        drawing board for the first time in over a year.","title":"Bitmob Writing
        Challenge (April 2012): Cartoon\u00a0Opinion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/06/bitmob-writing-challenge-april-2012-cartoon-opinion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945301,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-04T14:00:24Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"The
        Heisman Challenge mode in NCAA Football 13 brings an interesting mix of star
        power and individualism to\u00a0fans.","title":"NCAA Football 13\u2019s Heisman
        Challenge mode puts the \u201cI\u201d in team (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/04/ncaa-13-heisman-challenge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945300,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-13T23:00:01Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Opera
        is releasing version 12 of the Opera browser today, with new features for
        theming, controlling your computer\u2019s hardware from the browser without
        using a plugin, speed, and security.","title":"Opera 12: new version, new
        features, new competitive\u00a0challenges","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/13/opera-12-new-version-new-features-new-competitive-challenges/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945299,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-15T12:28:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"The
        Bitmob Writing Challenge is a monthly prompt we host to help both new and
        veteran writers generate interesting articles and look at the game industry
        from different ways. I took a break last month following the drawing-based
        Cartoon Opinion challenge, so let''s get back to speed with a more traditional
        assignment.","title":"Bitmob Writing Challenge (June 2012): Market\u00a0Value","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/15/bitmob-writing-challenge-june-2012-market-value/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945298,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-07T14:58:09Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"The
        Bitmob Writing Challenge helps both new writers and veterans come up with
        article ideas. While school may be out for the summer, it\u2019s never far
        from the minds of people. Education plays a vital role in creating a well-informed
        populace, but it has had a love-hate relationship with video games in the
        past. So I want you to examine gaming and education from one of two perspectives:
        At a K-12 level and at a university level.","title":"Bitmob Writing Challenge
        (July 2012): Extra\u00a0Credit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/07/bitmob-writing-challenge-extra-credit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945297,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-03T15:58:03Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Each
        month, the Bitmob Writing Challenge offers both old and new community members
        a chance to write on a specific topic. If you find this introduction a bit
        bland, then that\u2019s what I want to hear \u2014 this month we\u2019re going
        to cover how to make a great first impression in your articles.","title":"Bitmob
        Writing Challenge (August 2012): In The\u00a0Beginning","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/03/bitmob-writing-challenge-august-2012-in-the-beginning/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945296,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-09T08:30:17Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Join Appcelerator\u2019s first-ever Mobile Developer Challenge! They
        will be awarding over $25,000 in prizes and giving the top two apps the chance
        to present their app on stage at CODESTRONG 2012 in San\u00a0Francisco\u2026","title":"Win
        $15k in Appcelerator\u2019s Mobile Developer\u00a0Challenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/09/win-15k-in-appcelerators-mobile-developer-challenge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945295,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-07T23:30:00Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Fun
        for newcomers and veterans alike, the Bitmob Writing Challenge asks our community
        to write about a specific topic every month. Now is the time, however, for
        you to get a grip on reality \u2013 virtual reality.","title":"Bitmob Writing
        Challenge (September 2012): Total\u00a0Control","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/07/bitmob-writing-challenge-september-2012-total-control/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945294,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-30T10:58:43Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Barnes
        & Noble has dropped the price of its back-lit Nook e-reader to $119 from $139
        at several retailers to prepare for Amazon\u2019s upcoming Kindle Paperwhite,
        which also retails for\u00a0$119.","title":"B&N Nook with GlowLight drops
        to $119 to challenge Kindle\u00a0Paperwhite","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/30/barnes-noble-nook-glowlight-119/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945293,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-02T12:59:22Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Want
        to go green(er) in 2013? A bunch of cloud companies are more than happy to
        help you out with\u00a0that.","title":"Google, HelloFax, and Fujitsu challenge
        businesses to go paperless in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/02/paperless/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945292,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-28T08:00:17Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"GameStop
        earned $261.1 million in profit while its overall sales dropped\u00a0slightly.","title":"GameStop
        profits up despite dipping revenues, expects a \u2018challenging\u2019 2013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/gamestops-profits-are-up-despite-flat-revenue-expects-a-challenging-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945291,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-09T13:50:36Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"VentureBeat
        has learned that under-the-radar video-based social network, which just hit
        58 million users, is currently raising a massive $100 million round of\u00a0financing.","title":"Video-based
        social network Keek hits 58M users, raising $100M to challenge Instagram,\u00a0Vine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/09/video-based-social-network-keek-hits-58m-users-raising-100m-to-challenge-instagram-vine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945290,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-04T15:14:52Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick MongoDB has now raised more money for its Nosql technology than the two
        leading vendors of Hadoop combined. Here\u2019s\u00a0how:","title":"How MongoDB
        raised $150M in warp speed to challenge IBM, Oracle, and\u00a0SAP","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/04/how-mongodb-raised-150m-in-warp-speed-to-challenge-ibm-oracle-and-sap/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945289,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T09:00:26Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Sponsored
        Post While marketers continued to hone their social strategies and experiment
        with big data and omni-channel tactics in 2013, this coming year will pose
        its own\u00a0hurdles.","title":"3 challenges facing marketers in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/3-challenges-facing-marketers-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945288,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T06:32:02Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Intel
        lost its challenge today against the European Union\u2019s 2009 decision to
        fine the company a record $1.44 billion for trying to take down rival chipmaker
        AMD, Reuters reports. The fine is for a record setting $1.44 billion dollars.","title":"Intel
        loses court challenge against record $1.4 billion EU\u00a0fine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:07:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/intel-loses-court-challenge-against-record-1-4-billion-eu-fine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945287,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T21:50:35Z","slug":"hall\u00b2","summary":"Can
        you imagine 2,000 watts of alternating current electrical power coming out
        of a device no larger than a small laptop?","title":"Google & IEEE launch
        $1M \u2018Little Box\u2019 challenge to shrink power\u00a0inverters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/google-ieee-launch-1m-little-box-challenge-to-shrink-power-inverters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945286,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-12T00:17:09Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Justin
        Rattner almost made it through his speech at Intel\u2019s Research Day without
        controversy. But the chief technology officer of Intel decided to take questions.
        Then, as he was about to get off the stage, someone asked him what the world\u2019s
        biggest microprocessor maker thought about graphics processors.","title":"Intel
        takes another jab at Nvidia during its research\u00a0day","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/12/intel-takes-another-jab-at-nvidia-during-its-research-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945285,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-10T09:13:17Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Apple gets busted, original Rickroller
        feels played and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/10/roundup-microsoft-and-apple-get-busted-original-rickroller-feels-played-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945284,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-29T17:35:28Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"The
        consensus is building that Apple is designing its own chips in an effort to
        create exclusive features for the gadgets that it plans to sell in the future.","title":"Apple
        Inside? The perils for Apple in creating its own\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/29/apple-inside-the-perils-for-apple-in-creating-its-own-chip-team/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945283,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-10T16:33:26Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"The
        guts of Apple\u2019s newest gadgets are usually the subject of great scrutiny,
        largely because they push the technological limit on what is possible in cramming
        a computer into a phone.","title":"iPhone guts exposed,\u00a0analyzed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/10/iphone-guts-exposed-analyzed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945282,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-24T17:42:36Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Google
        AdSense Mobile  \u2014\u00a0Yes, Google ads on your phone is a big deal. But\u00a0Greg
        Yardley, CEO of mobile analytics startup Pinch Media, warns against dreams
        of Google megabucks for iPhone apps: \u201cThe bulk of applications either
        have a limited shelf life (just like a console game) or are used rarely, like
        a reference or utility app, and therefore are better candidates for paid sales
        \u2013 they just don\u2019t generate enough impressions.\u201d Yardley thinks
        only the minorty of mobile apps that are used regularly over time will benefit
        from AdSense. [Photo by Ubergizmo]","title":"Roundup: Zune HD specs, Google
        mobile ads, the most obscure Apple upgrade\u00a0ever","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/24/roundup-tk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945281,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-02T14:04:55Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"The
        net is abuzz today with talk of Yello Strom, the German utility that reportedly
        takes smart grid technology and web integration to the max with its new Sparzahler
        meter \u2014 rivaling U.S. utilities that are just beginning to adopt green
        initiatives. But, on closer inspection, it\u2019s simply the first to integrate
        a lot of features that debuted in the U.S.","title":"German utility Yello
        Strom steals the smart grid spotlight \u2014 at least for\u00a0today","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/02/german-utility-yello-strom-steals-the-smart-grid-spotlight-at-least-for-today/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945280,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-10T00:33:54Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"In
        an interview with the New York Times columnist David Pogue, Apple chief executive
        Steve Jobs emphasized that Apple was going after the video game market, particularly
        with its iPod Touch gadget.","title":"Steve Jobs is going after the game\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/10/steve-jobs-is-going-after-the-game-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945279,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-01T10:15:53Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Twitter
        creator Jack Dorsey just launched the site for his up-and-coming mobile payments
        startup, Square.","title":"Twitter creator Jack Dorsey shows off his new mobile
        payments\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/01/twitter-co-founder-jack-dorsey-shows-off-his-new-mobile-payments-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945278,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-03T14:17:12Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"The\u00a0International
        Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the gadget industries SuperBowl.
        This year\u2019s CES events start Tuesday. Floor show exhibits open on Thursday
        and run through Sunday. VentureBeat\u2019s Anthony Ha and I will be covering
        lots of stories at the show. There are in reverse order, from No. 13 to No.
        1. (Here\u2019s our post mortem from last year, FYI).","title":"What to watch
        for at the Consumer Electronics\u00a0Show","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:06:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/03/what-to-watch-for-at-the-consumer-electronics-show/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945277,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-09T13:01:17Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"The
        first big hit in gesture control technology was the mouse. If you\u2019re
        too young to have any pre-digital memories, this might seem like an odd claim.
        My three-year-old is no more mystified by mice and touchpads than she is by
        building blocks. Once upon a time, though, we needed lessons in how the motion
        of a peripheral device rolling around on the table related to the motion of
        something on the screen called the \u201cpointer.\u201d","title":"Point, click:
        a review of gesture control\u00a0technologies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/09/point-click-a-review-of-gesture-control-technologies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945276,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-05T13:00:50Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Not
        one to be left behind by Panasonic, General Electric, Siemens and  the other
        corporate giants working to build a better battery, Hitachi claimed  today
        that it has  developed a method to make lithium-ion batteries last twice as
        long as  the current models on the market \u2014 a change that could have
        a major  impact on plug-in cars and portable electronics.","title":"Hitachi
        claims it''s doubled lifespan of lithium-ion\u00a0batteries","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/05/hitachi-claims-its-doubled-lifespan-of-lithium-ion-batteries/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945275,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-09T01:02:58Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Microsoft rolls out Office apps for
        free on the web, Turkey blacklists Google, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/09/roundup-microsoft-rolls-out-office-apps-for-free-on-the-web-turkey-blacklists-google-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945274,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-26T14:32:06Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"For
        technology to spread beyond geeks, it has to have the same kind of appeal
        as high fashion. The enthusiasts can appreciate it, but so can the mass market.","title":"Geek
        chic: fashion and tech aren''t strangers anymore (photo\u00a0gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/26/geek-chic-fashion-and-tech-arent-strangers-anymore-photo-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945273,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-08T12:27:24Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Zynga
        is finally bringing its mega-popular Texas HoldEm poker game to the living
        room TV set, but it\u2019s not going through a major video game console manufacturers
        to get there.","title":"Zynga bets on Google TV with new Texas HoldEm Poker\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/08/zynga-googletv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945272,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-11T19:09:04Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Brian
        Lam is the editor of Wirecutter, a list of the very best gadgets.","title":"The
        magical (and sometimes ridiculous) gadgets of\u00a0tomorrow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/11/magical-gadgets-of-tomorrow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945271,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-29T09:27:13Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Wireless
        charging is less efficient and takes longer \u2014 but it\u2019s cool and
        science-y, and Google beat everyone to the punch on getting it into your\u00a0hands.","title":"Android
        beats the competition to wireless charging with Nexus\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/29/wireless-charging-nexus-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945270,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-11T07:30:32Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Think
        that the Galaxy Note was the biggest Samsung was willing to go with smartphones?
        Think\u00a0again.","title":"Samsung\u2019s latest stupidly massive smartphone:
        The Galaxy\u00a0Mega","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/11/samsung-galaxy-mega-stupid-big/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945269,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-07T10:05:26Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Wearable and Glass technology is beginning to revolutionize the way creators
        and consumers interact with all types of\u00a0data.","title":"Stained Glass
        Labs presents the Glazed\u00a0Conference","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/07/stained-glass-labs-presents-the-glazed-conference/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945268,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-26T15:00:28Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick That, coupled with news that Samsung is announcing its first-ever developer
        conference this morning, is fueling speculation that the Korean company will
        be launching Tizen, its first Tizen smartphone, and perhaps even the long-rumored
        S Cloud in late October, all\u00a0together.","title":"Samsung postponing launch
        of Android-competing Tizen\u00a0smartphone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/26/samsung-postponing-launch-of-android-competing-tizen-smartphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945267,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-27T12:05:04Z","slug":"lifesta","summary":"The
        journey from the corporate world to the startup world might seem simple to
        some. There\u2019s no reason you can\u2019t take what you learned working
        at a successful, established company, apply it to your startup and expect
        the same results, right? Wrong. Entrepreneurs who come from a corporate setting
        need to \u201cunlearn\u201d what has been ingrained in their brain for so
        long, or they risk putting their startup at jeopardy.","title":"Tips for moving
        from the corporate world to a\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:05:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/27/tips-for-moving-from-the-corporate-world-to-a-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945266,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-10T00:35:18Z","slug":"furniture-brands-international","summary":"Sony
        will launch its much-anticipated virtual world, Home, for the PlayStation
        3 on Dec. 11. The service will still be in beta testing but it will now be
        freely available to all 16 million-plus PS 3 users.","title":"Sony to launch
        Home virtual world for PlayStation 3 on Dec.\u00a011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/10/sony-to-launch-home-virtual-world-for-playstation-3-on-dec-11/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945265,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-11T13:11:49Z","slug":"furniture-brands-international","summary":"Sony
        launched its Home virtual world for the PlayStation 3 today, opening up its
        beta test to all 16 million PS3 owners. We\u2019ve tested Home in a closed
        beta so far, but now we will find out if it is ready for millions of people.
        Jack Buser is the director of Home for the U.S. market. We talked with him
        by phone yesterday about Sony\u2019s plans for expanding the world and what\u2019s
        there now. [FYI: At the moment, I''m having trouble logging into Home; apparently,
        it''s crowded]","title":"Sony takes micro-transactions into a whole new world
        with launch of\u00a0Home","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/11/interview-with-sonys-us-home-virtual-world-chief-jack-buser/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945264,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-03T10:46:19Z","slug":"furniture-brands-international","summary":"U.S.
        financial firm JP Morgan is continuing to buy up stakes in select Rocket Internet
        online fashion retailers \u2013 first in\u00a0Europe\u00a0(Zalando), then
        in\u00a0Brazil\u00a0(Dafiti) and now in Russia, with Rocket\u2019s\u00a0Lamoda\u00a0today
        announcing a cash-for-equity deal, terms undisclosed.","title":"\u201cBlitzkrieg\u201d
        story continues: JP Morgan pumps $40M-$80M into Russian fashion company\u00a0Lamoda","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/03/blitzkrieg-story-continues-jp-morgan-pumps-40-80m-into-russian-fashion-company-lamoda/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945263,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-04T17:44:29Z","slug":"furniture-brands-international","summary":"Life
        in the tech scene is a lot like life on the Africa savanna. Read more to find
        out which 15 companies drank from investor watering holes\u00a0today.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Hakuna\u00a0Matata","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/04/funding-daily-hakuna-matata/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945262,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-17T17:20:53Z","slug":"furniture-brands-international","summary":"A
        frenzy of media-related funding news. I\u2019m the guy on the\u00a0left.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Media\u00a0frenzy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/17/funding-daily-media-frenzy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945261,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-24T11:30:26Z","slug":"furniture-brands-international","summary":"These
        companies have collectively raised $2.8 billion in 2013\u00a0alone.","title":"The
        11 blockbuster funding rounds of\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/24/the-11-blockbuster-funding-rounds-of-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945260,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-09T22:07:01Z","slug":"allied-technical-services","summary":"Republicans
        in the House of Representatives have been going around for the last couple
        of weeks, accusing Democrats of trying to censor the free speech rights of
        any House member. I\u2019ve been trying to figure out what\u2019s really going
        on through all the political spin. In sum, it seems like the Republicans have
        pinpointed a particular representative\u2019s trouble in articulating House
        rule changes intended to officially let House members speak more freely on
        the web. Before I get into the increasingly messy politics of the situation,
        I\u2019m happy to say that I think we\u2019re looking at positive early steps
        in making the historically hard-to-access dealings of the House more publicly
        accessible. More on that further down.  First, here\u2019s what sparked the
        controversy: Democratic Representative Michael Capuano sent a letter last
        month, written in bureaucratese, to a House administrative committee, trying
        to propose that Congress should create a more official way to represent official
        congressional communication on the Internet. The letter, dated June 24th,
        has been widely circulated by a Twitter user and Republican representative
        named John Culberson, who rallied congressional allies against the proposal.  Specifically,
        Culberson has been saying that Capuano wants to censor his usage of web tools
        like messaging service Twitter and video-streaming site Qik.  The rules in
        question:  Here\u2019s Capuano\u2019s proposal, directly quoted from the letter
        (which you can find in its entirety here)","title":"Democrats and Republicans
        fight about making the web more accessible to congress \u2014 at least they''re\u00a0trying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/09/democrats-and-republicans-fight-about-making-the-web-more-accessible-to-congress-at-least-theyre-trying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945259,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-25T09:47:32Z","slug":"allied-technical-services","summary":"Microsoft
        has initiated one of its biggest management shakeups in years, as it announced
        today that Robbie Bach and J Allard, the masterminds behind the company\u2019s
        hugely successful push into video-game consoles, are leaving the company after
        decades of leading the Windows giant into new markets.","title":"The rise
        and fall of Microsoft''s Xbox champions, Robbie Bach and J\u00a0Allard","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/25/microsofts-longtime-entertainment-executives-robbie-bach-and-j-allard-resign/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945258,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-30T16:53:55Z","slug":"allied-technical-services","summary":"A
        Survey of the 2013 Gaming Post-Apocalypse","title":"Survey of the 2013 Gaming\u00a0Post-Apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:04:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/30/survey-of-the-2013-gaming-post-apocalypse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:03:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945257,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-15T09:00:59Z","slug":"allied-technical-services","summary":"But
        she says the game servers can now meet demand and EA has learned valuable\u00a0lessons.","title":"EA\u2019s
        Lucy Bradshaw acknowledges SimCity \u2018stumbled out of the gate with our
        service\u2019\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:03:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/15/eas-lucy-bradshaw-acknowledges-simcity-stumbled-out-of-the-gate-with-our-service-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:03:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945256,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-12T13:45:31Z","slug":"allied-technical-services","summary":"The
        end of GameSpy means the end of online support for a lot of EA\u00a0games.","title":"EA
        to soon end online support for Battlefield 1942, Crysis 2, and 48 other\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:03:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/12/ea-to-soon-end-online-support-for-battlefield-1942-crysis-2-and-48-other-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945255,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-15T15:40:37Z","slug":"georgia-tech-edison-fund","summary":"You
        know how when there\u2019s a Monday holiday and you come back on Tuesday to
        over nine thousand new emails and a to-do list longer than Jay-Z\u2019s money?
        That\u2019s Funding Daily\u00a0today.","title":"Funding Daily: Freakin\u2019
        Columbus\u00a0Day","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/15/funding-daily-freakin-columbus-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945254,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-11T13:19:09Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"For
        every 120 tablets sold, a server has to handle the web traffic they\u00a0generate.","title":"Tablets
        and smartphones are driving demand for Intel\u2019s data center server\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/11/tablets-and-smartphones-are-driving-demand-for-intels-data-center-server-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945253,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-28T08:00:02Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post Everything is turning into software, and that means humans are generating
        vast amounts of data. Our data centers need to become much more efficient
        and flexible to deal with\u00a0it.","title":"As humans embrace software, it\u2019s
        time for data centers to catch\u00a0up","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/28/software-defined-datacenter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945252,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-09T21:01:06Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"IBM
        says the technology is ready for commercialization, just in time for the era
        of Big\u00a0Data.","title":"Silicon nanophotonics: IBM\u2019s light chips
        could save data centers from bandwidth traffic\u00a0jams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/09/silicon-nanophotonics-ibms-light-chips-could-save-data-centers-from-bandwidth-traffic-jams/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945251,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T12:30:57Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"NFC
        is expected to become ubiquitous in mobile devices, providing short-range
        data\u00a0transfer.","title":"Broadcom unveils a four-way radio chip to slash
        the costs of\u00a0NFC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/broadcom-unveils-a-four-way-radio-chip-to-slash-the-costs-of-nfc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945250,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T21:24:26Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Jibe
        Mobile enables real-time games to communicate with each other with faster
        connections and rich communications (such as video\u00a0chat).","title":"Jibe
        raises $8.3M to build rich, real-time communications for games and\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/jibe-raises-8-3m-to-build-rich-real-time-communications-for-games-and-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945249,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-07T09:32:04Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Disney\u2019s
        digital push will drastically change the experience for visitors to Walt Disney
        World, the Orlando, Fla.-based edition of the company\u2019s theme park\u00a0empire.","title":"Disney
        World\u2019s RFID bracelets use data to bring fantasy to\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/07/disney-magic-bands/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945248,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-04T05:00:47Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"The
        deal will help Flash memory to disrupt hard drives in enterprise data\u00a0centers.","title":"Violin
        Memory expands its strategic alliance with Toshiba for Flash-based data\u00a0centers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/04/violin-memory-expands-its-strategic-alliance-with-toshiba-for-flash-based-data-centers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945247,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-28T10:00:50Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post This post covers the things you always wanted to know about BYOD but
        were too afraid to\u00a0ask.","title":"The Dark Side of BYOD: Privacy, personal
        data loss, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/the-dark-side-of-byod-privacy-personal-data-loss-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945246,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-01T16:33:48Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Exciting
        public-data-search startup Enigma has won TechCrunch Disrupt NY\u2019s Startup
        Battlefield amid strong\u00a0competition.","title":"Beating out tough competition,
        \u2018Google for public data\u2019 Enigma wins Disrupt\u00a0NY","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/01/beating-out-tough-competition-google-for-public-data-enigma-wins-disrupt-ny/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945245,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-31T09:00:07Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"To
        fix the plumbing with the technical equivalent of a plunger, IBM is creating
        its 9HP siclion germanium chip\u00a0technology.","title":"IBM\u2019s new radio
        chips could help unclog wireless data\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/31/ibm-new-radio-chips-could-relieve-the-plumbing-bottlenecks-in-wireless-data-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945244,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-18T00:01:31Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"This
        startup is trying to organize and make useful just about every kind of data
        imaginable \u2014 not only large volumes of data but also data that appears
        at high\u00a0velocities.","title":"\u2018Big data\u2019 startup SpaceCurve
        raises\u00a0$10M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/18/spacecurve-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945243,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-30T10:36:37Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"While
        Bradley Manning was found not guilty of Aiding the Enemy, he was found guilty
        of most other\u00a0charges.","title":"Bradley Manning guilty of nearly 20
        charges, faces over 100 years in\u00a0jail","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/30/bradley-manning-guilty/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945242,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-12T23:00:13Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"One
        Russian senator is on a crusade to take Twitter to task for violating laws
        on privacy \u2014 from the EU\u2019s Articles of Convention on Human Rights
        to Russia\u2019s own Personal Data\u00a0Law.","title":"Twitter suspected of
        data misuse, law violations in EU and\u00a0Russia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/12/twitter-suspected-of-data-misuse-law-violations-in-eu-and-russia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945241,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-24T10:33:54Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Two
        out of five software engineers working on big data solutions say that government
        agencies are tracking the data they\u2019re\u00a0collecting.","title":"39%
        of big data developers say government agencies are spying on our\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/24/39-of-big-data-developers-say-government-agencies-are-spying-on-their-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945240,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-29T10:09:37Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Since
        2010, the National Security Agency\u00a0has been creating social graphs of
        some Americans,\u00a0according to newly disclosed documents and interviews
        by the New York Times.","title":"The NSA collects data on Americans\u2019
        social graph \u2014 while Germans offer \u201cEmail made in\u00a0Germany\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/29/the-nsa-collects-data-on-americans-social-graph-while-germans-offer-email-made-in-germany/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945239,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-30T05:00:14Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The Strata + Hadoop World conference attracts the biggest names in big
        data, but it also gives some smaller, emerging players a chance to shine.
        Here are six promising startups we met at\u00a0Strata.","title":"Big data,
        little companies: These six startups want to disrupt the data\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/big-data-little-companies-these-six-startups-want-to-disrupt-the-data-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945238,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T07:00:17Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Hotels
        will be able to make money from their in-room movie boxes by letting LeoNovus
        use them for data center\u00a0processing.","title":"LeoNovus to turn hotels
        into virtual data centers with smart set-top\u00a0boxes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/leonovus-to-turn-hotels-into-virtual-data-centers-with-smart-set-top-boxes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945237,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-02T12:39:36Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"DigitalOcean\u2019s
        data center footprint is growing\u00a0quickly.","title":"Cloud startup DigitalOcean
        brings new Amsterdam data center online\u00a0(update)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/02/digital-ocean-cloud-amsterdam-data-center/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945236,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-25T08:00:40Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"After
        scanning recent news releases, and consulting our followers on Twitter, here
        are the buzz words we expect to take off in\u00a02014.","title":"\u2018Hyperdata,\u2019
        \u2018growth hacker,\u2019 & other awful buzzwords that will rule in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/25/hyperdata-growth-hacker-other-awful-buzzwords-that-will-rule-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945235,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-26T08:47:20Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Target
        maintains that shoppers\u2019 personal identification numbers (PINs) are safe
        following the credit card hack that affected more than 40 million customer
        accounts. But one report says\u00a0otherwise.","title":"Target challenges
        report that hackers stole PINs in data\u00a0breach","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/26/target-challenges-report-that-hackers-stole-pins-in-data-breach/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945234,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-28T11:33:38Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"This
        is a guest post by Vanessa Camones, founder and CEO of theMix agency.\u00a0","title":"Startups
        can no longer count on traditional PR \u2014 here\u2019s\u00a0why","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/28/startups-can-no-longer-count-on-traditional-pr-heres-why/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945233,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-07T08:08:44Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Oracle
        has decided to make another software-defined networking acquisition. This
        time, Corente could give Oracle new abilities to quickly connect data centers
        through\u00a0software.","title":"Oracle buying Corente to quickly connect
        data centers through\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/07/oracle-buying-corente-to-quickly-connect-data-centers-through-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945232,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-13T16:23:03Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Carriers
        know you want to upgrade your phone more than once every two years. Sprint,
        after offering an easy way to make this happen for a few months, has apparently
        changed its mind.","title":"Sprint bids sudden goodbye to its One Up upgrade\u00a0plan","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/sprint-bids-sudden-goodbye-to-its-one-up-upgrade-plan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945231,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-16T13:51:26Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"The
        U.S. National Security Agency may be storing your text\u00a0messages.","title":"The
        NSA reportedly collects a \u2018goldmine\u2019 of data from nearly 200 million
        texts\u00a0daily","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/16/the-nsa-reportedly-collects-a-goldmine-of-data-from-nearly-200-million-texts-daily/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945230,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T09:25:56Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Trying
        to counter widespread criticism of the National Security Agency\u2019s surveillance
        programs, President Obama on Friday announced a number of reforms to the way
        U.S. intelligence agencies\u00a0operate.","title":"Obama: NSA will not hold
        telephone metadata, nor spy on heads of\u00a0state","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/obama-nsa-speech-reforms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945229,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-14T08:10:03Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Anaplan
        has been adding features to its cloud-based financial planning software to
        improve user experience, and it\u2019s aiming to collect more data to improve
        things\u00a0further.","title":"Anaplan\u2019s CEO gets it: Use data to make
        your software a\u00a0hit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/14/anaplans-ceo-gets-it-use-data-to-make-your-software-a-hit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945228,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-24T18:45:27Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"U.S.
        president Barack Obama is preparing a legislative proposal that would overhaul
        the way the National Security Agency collects and stores data, according to
        a report in The New York Times.","title":"Obama plans legislation to stop
        NSA\u2019s mass collection of phone data\u00a0(report)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:02:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/24/obama-plans-legislation-to-stop-nsas-mass-collection-of-phone-data-report/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945227,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-25T18:15:47Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"The
        proposal responds only to one slice of the NSA\u2019s data-collection efforts:
        Namely, its collection of metadata about phone\u00a0calls.","title":"Maybe
        we don\u2019t really need legislation to curb the NSA\u2019s voracious appetite
        for\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/25/maybe-we-dont-really-need-legislation-to-curb-the-nsas-voracious-appetite-for-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945226,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T07:16:58Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Internet
        radio on your mobile device is about to get a lot more interesting, according
        to\u00a0XAPPmedia.","title":"Internet radio ads get voice control as XAPPmedia
        lands\u00a0$3M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/internet-radio-ads-get-voice-control-as-xappmedia-lands-3m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945225,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T18:22:38Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ObserveIT,       a leader in privileged user activity monitoring, announced
        today the       appointment of Paul Brady as the company\u2019s Chief Executive
        Officer. Mr.       Brady, a software and security industry veteran is based
        in ObserveIT\u2019s\u00a0new\u2026","title":"ObserveIT Appoints Paul Brady\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/observeit-appoints-paul-brady-ceo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945224,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-04T13:27:36Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Breakups
        are always hard, and sometimes kind of messy. Such is the case between PayPal
        and its (now former) director of strategy Rakesh \u201cRocky\u201d Agrawal,
        who parted ways as of this weekend.","title":"PayPal parts ways with exec
        Rakesh \u2018Rocky\u2019 Agrawal after Twitter\u00a0tirade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/04/paypal-parts-ways-with-exec-rakesh-rocky-agrawal-after-twitter-tirade/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945223,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T09:03:50Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post MapR       Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution
        for       Apache Hadoop, today announced that DataSong,       a company specializing
        in customer insights for modern marketers,\u00a0has       selected the MapR
        Distribution for\u00a0Hadoop\u2026","title":"DataSong Relies on MapR Technologies
        to Help Retail Clients Optimize Marketing and Cu...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/datasong-relies-on-mapr-technologies-to-help-retail-clients-optimize-marketing-and-customer-targeting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945222,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T14:05:39Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"At
        our DataBeat event next week, we\u2019ve handpicked many of the most astute
        \u201cbig data\u201d investors to join us in debate about how companies can
        use data to achieve more profitability.","title":"Meet 10 of the top data
        investors at DataBeat (special\u00a0offer)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/meet-10-of-the-top-data-investors-at-databeat-special-offer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945221,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T11:00:39Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"We
        received over 100\u00a0quality startup applicants to the DataBeat Innovation
        Showdown, one of the highlights of VentureBeat\u2019s second\u00a0annual big
        data\u00a0event (next Monday and Tuesday, May 19 and May 20, in San Francisco).","title":"Drumroll:
        Announcing the 2014 DataBeat Innovation Showdown\u00a0finalists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/announcing-the-2014-databeat-innovation-showdown-finalists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945220,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T19:00:16Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"More
        companies are watching their revenues increase or seeing their costs drop
        as they analyze big piles of data. And that means the enabling tools stand
        to become more\u00a0popular.","title":"Here\u2019s the coolest tech we saw
        at DataBeat\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/heres-the-coolest-tech-we-saw-at-databeat-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945219,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T08:15:15Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post MapR       Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution
        for       Apache\u2122 Hadoop\u00ae, and Syncsort,       a global leader in
        Big Data software, today announced at Hadoop       Summit a partnership enabling
        mission-critical data and\u00a0processing\u2026","title":"MapR Technologies
        and Syncsort Partner to Optimize Enterprise Data Architecture with ...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/mapr-technologies-and-syncsort-partner-to-optimize-enterprise-data-architecture-with-apache-hadoop/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945218,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T07:19:04Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Fine       Point Technologies today announced the limited release of
        Mountain       View, a Java-based application that represents the industry\u2019s
        first       scalable, stable device management software requiring minimum
        hardware, simplified\u00a0integration\u2026","title":"Fine Point Technologies
        Announces Unmatched Broadband Device Management Software Solu...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/fine-point-technologies-announces-unmatched-broadband-device-management-software-solution-for-global-communications-providers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945217,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T20:00:57Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"We\u2019re
        facing a \u201cbleak\u201d future if more isn\u2019t done to protect individuals\u2019
        private data. That\u2019s what Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said today.","title":"Microsoft
        predicts a grim future if the government keeps collecting data\u00a0illegally","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/microsoft-says-future-looks-bleak-if-government-continues-unlawful-data-collection/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945216,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T09:02:45Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Nautilus Technologies, Inc., provider of enterprise middle-ware with       consulting
        and development for Hadoop environment, and MapR       Technologies, Inc.,
        provider of the top-ranked distribution for       Apache Hadoop, today announced
        that\u00a0Gurunavi\u2026","title":"Gurunavi Chooses MapR Distribution for
        Apache\u2122 Hadoop\u00ae to Strengthen its Big Data&...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/gurunavi-chooses-mapr-distribution-for-apache-hadoop-to-strengthen-its-big-data-analysis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945215,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:42:42Z","slug":"rad-data-communications","summary":"Virtru
        was launched by two brother\u2019s with extensive experience in the NSA and
        protecting White House\u00a0communications.","title":"Virtru launches killer
        NSA-grade encryption for\u00a0enterprise","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/virtru-launches-killer-nsa-grade-encryption-for-enterprise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945214,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-20T05:00:14Z","slug":"magmic","summary":"Social
        networks give us better friend connections, but Rabbit gives us live video
        chat\u00a0sessions.","title":"Rabbit pulls reimagined video chat out of its\u00a0hat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/20/rabbit-pulls-re-imagined-video-chat-out-of-its-hat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945213,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-28T04:00:24Z","slug":"magmic","summary":"The
        San Francisco company wants to reinvent chat by creating a better user interface
        for grouping people\u00a0together.","title":"Rabbit raises $3.3M to turn video
        chat into truly social\u00a0communication","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/28/rabbit-raises-3-3m-to-turn-video-chat-into-truly-social-communication/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945212,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-07T09:44:09Z","slug":"spock","summary":"","title":"Woz,
        Spock & the best party you ever missed\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:01:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/07/vbweekly-live-long-and-party/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945211,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-25T20:15:06Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Xactly,
        maker of software that measures and tracks employees\u2019 sales performance
        and compensation, has bought its major competitor, human resources software
        provider Centive. The stock-based deal gave San Jose, Calif.-based Xactly
        all of the company\u2019s assets and employees for an undisclosed sum.","title":"Compensation
        software co. Xactly buys rival\u00a0Centive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/25/compensation-software-co-xactly-buys-rival-centive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945210,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-23T07:44:32Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Has
        is become too\u00a0easy?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/23/has-is-become-too-easy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945209,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-24T11:28:23Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Unlike
        a few years ago, the line between SEO and social media is starting to blur.
        Google and Bing are using social signals more than ever in their ranking algorithms;
        and they\u2019re not only monitoring what\u2019s happening off your site,
        but also what\u2019s happening on it.","title":"Top 10 most important SEO
        & social media marketing tactics of\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/24/top-10-most-important-seo-social-media-marketing-tactics-of-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945208,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T13:07:10Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"As
        a new generation of startup entrepreneurs is emerging in Russia, the local
        startup scene tends to look more like its American, European and Asian\u00a0counterparts.","title":"How
        to invest in Russian startups: An investor\u2019s\u00a0guide","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/how-to-invest-in-russian-startups-an-investors-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945207,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-03T13:31:10Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Last
        week\u2019s Pentagon report disclosing the breach that allowed Chinese hackers
        to infiltrate some of America\u2019s most advanced weapons systems reveals
        the U.S.\u2019s gaping online vulnerabilities.","title":"Israeli cyber-security
        experts discuss zero-day exploits, virtual money laundering\u00a0techniques","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/03/israeli-cyber-security-experts-discuss-zero-day-exploits-virtual-money-laundering-techniques/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945206,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-08T17:12:41Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Dell\u2019s
        largest outside shareholder is gearing up for a fight against the company\u2019s
        plans to go\u00a0private.","title":"Dell\u2019s largest shareholder fights\u00a0takeover","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/08/dells-largest-shareholder-fights-takeover/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945205,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-23T14:14:40Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Game
        and television composer Jamie Christopherson gives us some insight into the
        peculiar heavy metal sound track in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Metal
        music isn\u2019t Christopherson\u2019s strong suit, but Platinum Games thought
        he was perfect for the\u00a0job.","title":"The peculiar origin of Metal Gear
        Rising: Revengeance\u2019s heavy-metal sound\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/23/the-peculiar-origin-of-metal-gear-rising-revengeances-heavy-metal-sound-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945204,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-13T09:14:59Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Enterprise
        software titan Oracle has agreed to acquire Nimbula \u2014 a cloud infrastructure
        management software company founded by former Amazon Web Services\u00a0gurus.","title":"Oracle
        to acquire cloud management software biz\u00a0Nimbula","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/13/oracle-buys-nimbula/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945203,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-03T21:49:48Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Femtocells,
        human organs, and space: funding daily for April 3 is full as 13 companies
        raised money, financing, or were\u00a0sold.","title":"Funding daily: Money,
        money, money, as no fewer than 13 companies get funded or\u00a0acquired","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/funding-daily-money-money-money-as-no-fewer-than-13-companies-get-funded-or-acquired/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945202,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-12T07:08:24Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Guest
        Post So, what will tax filing be like five years from now if technologies
        continue to advance and consumers demand better tax policies and better software
        solutions? Will this process be easier or the same? Lets take a\u00a0look:","title":"The
        future of tax season in America \u2014 Will filing taxes get\u00a0easier?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/12/the-future-of-tax-season-in-america-will-filing-taxes-get-easier/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945201,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-29T10:03:56Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"\u201cImagine
        all diagnostics some day being reduced to a simple blood test,\u201d said
        CEO Roopam Banerjee, who believes Raindance products are a \u201cstep in that\u00a0direction.\u201d","title":"Raindance
        Technologies gets $20M to improve genetic testing, signs deal with Myriad\u00a0Genetics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/29/raindance-technologies-gets-20m-to-improve-genetic-testing-signs-deal-with-myriad-genetics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945200,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-05T03:00:20Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Personal
        Capital, the startup that claims to be the world\u2019s first digital wealth
        management service, just raised a $25 million third funding\u00a0round.","title":"Former
        PayPal CEO gets $25M to scale his wealth management service for the \u2018forgotten
        middle\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/05/former-paypal-intuit-ceo-gets-25m-to-scale-first-digital-wealth-management-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945199,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-02T08:11:24Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"SigFig
        helps amateur investors understand the stock market, and better manage their\u00a0money.","title":"SigFig
        nabs $15M to help you manage your\u00a0investments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/02/sigfig-nabs-15m-to-help-you-manage-your-investments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945198,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-28T06:00:29Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"The
        average member on Trusted Insight manages more than $5 billion. This global
        community of institutional investors has raised funds of its\u00a0own.","title":"Got
        $1B under management? Trusted Insight is a social network for\u00a0you","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/28/got-1b-under-management-trusted-insight-is-a-social-network-for-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945197,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T07:00:57Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Sol Voltaics plans to begin production of nanotechnology that makes solar
        more\u00a0efficient.","title":"Updated: Sol Voltaics gets $9.4M to build 25%
        more efficient solar\u00a0cells","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/sol-voltaics-gets-6m-in-financing-to-build-25-more-efficient-solar-cells/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945196,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-30T01:02:17Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Sponsored
        Post 6fusion, the company standardizing economic measurement of IT infrastructure
        and enabling a global marketplace for buyers and sellers, has signed a non-binding
        Letter of Intent (LOI) with CME Group, the world\u2019s leading and most diverse
        derivatives marketplace, to explore the development of an Infrastructure-as-a-Service
        (IaaS)\u00a0Exchange.","title":"6fusion, CME Group Sign Letter of Intent to
        Explore Development of IaaS\u00a0Exchange","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/6fusion-cme-group-sign-letter-of-intent-to-explore-development-of-iaas-exchange/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945195,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-10T07:41:18Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Today
        LiquidM is launching its white-label mobile ad management platform, an all-in-one
        solution that lets ad firms manage and optimize their\u00a0campaigns.","title":"LiquidM
        puts the \u2018tech\u2019 back in ad tech: Raises $5M for a white-label mobile
        ad management\u00a0platform","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/10/liquidm-puts-the-tech-back-in-ad-tech-raises-5m-for-a-white-label-mobile-ad-management-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945194,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-16T14:57:37Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Accela,
        a startup that provides software to bolster civic engagement, just raised
        $40 million in a fourth round of\u00a0funding.","title":"GovTech startup Accela
        raises $40M for public land management, health, safety (and\u00a0more)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/16/govtech-startup-accela-raises-40m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945193,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-25T15:21:54Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"2K
        Sports\u2019s NBA franchise is taking big steps for next-gen\u00a0gaming.","title":"NBA
        2K14 is making sports a showcase for your next-gen\u00a0console","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/25/nba-2k14-is-making-sports-a-showcase-for-your-next-gen-console/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945192,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-27T13:30:04Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Guest
        Post Every day, someone proclaims that publishers and advertisers have yet
        to crack the code on mobile monetization and achieve business success. But
        the code is cracking and premium video is the\u00a0key.","title":"How video
        can help businesses drive engagement and revenue on\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/27/how-video-can-help-businesses-drive-engagement-and-revenue-on-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945191,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T08:30:41Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Guest
        Post Why passwords are a\u00a0problem.","title":"Your password management
        strategy stinks: Here\u2019s\u00a0why","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/your-password-management-strategy-stinks-heres-why/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945190,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-04T09:19:30Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Argent       Wealth Management and Pillar       Financial Advisors have
        merged effective November 1, 2013. The new       firm, now known as Argent
        Wealth Management, LLC, will manage a combined       $1.2 billion in client
        assets and will continue\u00a0to\u2026","title":"Argent Wealth Management
        and Pillar Financial Advisors to\u00a0Merge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/04/argent-wealth-management-and-pillar-financial-advisors-to-merge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945189,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-01T01:00:23Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Investing in Venture Capital has historically been both risky and difficult
        to access. While equity crowdfunding has created unique access to the asset
        class, in many ways, the risk has actually\u00a0increased.","title":"The 5
        keys to becoming a MicroVentures angel\u00a0investor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/01/the-5-keys-to-becoming-a-microventures-angel-investor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945188,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-02T02:02:14Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Sponsored
        Post RainDance Technologies, Inc., an innovative genomics tools company       making
        molecular testing of complex diseases more standardized and       readily
        available, today announced that it has closed a $16.5 million       Series
        E financing round\u00a0extension\u2026.","title":"RainDance Technologies Closes
        Series E Financing with GE\u00a0Ventures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:59:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/02/raindance-technologies-closes-series-e-financing-with-ge-ventures/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945187,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-12T07:00:15Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Sales
        taxes. Customers hate them, retailers hate them \u2014 or do they?","title":"TaxJar
        bottles up $600K from investors to sweeten sales tax\u00a0management","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/12/taxjar-bottles-up-600k-from-investors-to-sweeten-sales-tax-management/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945186,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-17T05:00:14Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"One
        developer has been able to triple user engagement and boost in-app revenue
        thanks to\u00a0nGen.","title":"Tapjoy unveils one-stop platform nGen for mobile
        app\u00a0monetization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/tapjoy-unveils-one-stop-shop-ngen-platform-for-mobile-app-monetization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945185,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T12:30:26Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Guest
        Post Want more than a t-shirt for investing in a startup? Then rewards-based
        crowdfunding may not be for you. Here\u2019s what you need to know about investing
        for\u00a0equity.","title":"Equity crowdfunding for dummies: How it works &
        how to get in on the\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/equity-crowdfunding-how-it-works-and-how-to-get-in-on-the-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945184,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T15:46:45Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Financial
        technology is hot right now, and automated-investment service Wealthfront
        is cashing in on that.","title":"Even millennials need money-management help:
        Wealthfront raises\u00a0$35M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/even-millennials-need-money-management-help-wealthfront-raises-35m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945183,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T06:08:18Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"What
        does it take to bring an asymmetrical, party real-time strategy game to the
        Wii U? With only days left to go in his studio\u2019s Kickstarter campaign,
        Prismatic Games\u2019 Chris Jennewein answers this question and more about
        the developer\u2019s debut project, Hex\u00a0Heroes.","title":"How Kickstarter
        game Hex Heroes is reimagining the real-time strategy genre for the Wii U\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/interview-how-kickstarter-game-hex-heroes-is-reimagining-the-rts-genre-for-the-wii-u/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945182,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T09:01:51Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Brandcast
        fits somewhere between old-school on-premises software and template-oriented
        cloud services for publishing websites. And that position makes sense to Marc\u00a0Benioff.","title":"Brandcast\u2019s
        simple but powerful site management tech wins $1.5M from\u00a0Benioff","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/brandcasts-simple-but-powerful-site-management-tech-wins-1-5m-from-benioff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945181,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T05:00:37Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Users
        can access these workspaces through a giant multi-touch display wall or a
        desktop PC browser or mobile\u00a0device.","title":"Bluescape launches huge
        virtual whiteboards to help your team\u00a0collaborate","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/bluescape-launches-cloud-based-visualization-walls-for-collaboration/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945180,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T16:53:24Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: A deluge of\u00a0deals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/funding-daily-a-deluge-of-deals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945179,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T13:50:57Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Social
        startup Sprinklr, which reports it is growing by leaps and bounds, announced
        today it has raised $40 million in a\u00a0fourth\u00a0round of funding and
        is launching a paid social media management module.","title":"Social management
        platform Sprinklr nets $40 million it \u2018didn\u2019t need\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/social-management-platform-sprinklr-nets-40-million-it-didnt-need/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945178,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T13:32:40Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Sponsored
        Post roundCorner,       Inc. a leading provider of cloud-based nonprofit fundraising
        and       donor\u00a0engagement solutions backed by salesforce.com,\u00a0today
        announced it       has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FoundationConnect,       the
        industry-leading\u2026","title":"roundCorner Signs Definitive Agreement to
        Acquire NPower\u2019s FoundationConnect, I...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/roundcorner-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-npowers-foundationconnect-industry-leading-grants-management-system-for-foundations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945177,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T15:00:50Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Managing
        all of your IT equipment gets easier with this startup\u2019s\u00a0software.","title":"Oomnitza
        swoops into big IT shops & tracks all their\u00a0gear","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/oomnitza/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945176,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T05:08:42Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Tarmin       Inc., a global pioneer of Data Defined Storage solutions,
        today       announced key executive hires to fuel further growth of its technology       platform.
        Tarmin is bolstering its team with the addition of Chief Operating\u00a0Officer,\u2026","title":"Tarmin
        Bolsters Rapid Corporate Expansion with Senior Team of Storage and Data Manage...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/tarmin-bolsters-rapid-corporate-expansion-with-senior-team-of-storage-and-data-management-veterans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945175,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T10:46:22Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"You
        don\u2019t need one cloud to run your applications anymore. It\u2019s increasingly
        a multi-cloud world. And Citrix gets\u00a0that.","title":"Citrix gets cloud
        management tech with the acquisition of\u00a0ScaleXtreme","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/citrix-gets-cloud-management-tech-with-the-acquisition-of-scalextreme/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945174,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T05:05:05Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Propel       Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing
        and       creating value in leading consumer brands, has acquired substantially       all
        of the assets of Summit Products LLC.              The assets of Summit Products,\u00a0which\u2026","title":"Propel
        Equity Partners Acquires Assets of Summit\u00a0Products","updated_at":"2014-07-29T13:00:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/propel-equity-partners-acquires-assets-of-summit-products/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945173,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-24T14:00:36Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Guest
        Post Focusing on malware detection as a frontline cybersecurity strategy puts
        IT security teams in a never-ending game of cat and\u00a0mouse.","title":"Forget
        malware \u2014 stolen credentials are the real enterprise\u00a0threat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/24/forget-malware-stolen-credentials-are-the-real-enterprise-threat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945172,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T14:42:13Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Microsoft
        and Salesforce.com chiefs say it\u2019s about giving customers what they want.
        But the moves should also pay off in greater usage and less frustration over
        a lack of interoperability.","title":"Salesforce and Microsoft throw grudges
        aside, form new\u00a0partnership","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/salesforce-and-microsoft-throw-grudges-aside-form-new-partnership/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945171,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T06:40:11Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS       Labs), creator of the
        world-renowned artificial intelligence       software AISight\u00ae,       today
        announced a $5.2M USD software order as part of Brazil\u2019s       infrastructure
        modernization project\u00a0securing\u2026","title":"BRS Labs\u2019 AISight\u00ae
        Video Surveillance Analytics Software Deployed to Enhance S...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/brs-labs-aisight-video-surveillance-analytics-software-deployed-to-enhance-security-and-emergency-management-at-the-upcoming-world-soccer-tournament-in-brazil/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945170,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T09:05:15Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"The
        new service will provide ads and tap-to-play\u00a0games.","title":"TreSensa
        launches a mobile web game feed to help boost engagement and revenues\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/tresensa-launches-a-mobile-web-game-feed-to-help-boost-engagement-and-revenues-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945169,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T05:07:15Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Magnolia       International has released the 5.3 version of its award
        winning web       content management (WCM) platform. This release focuses
        on building       personalized online experiences, enhancing collaboration
        for content publishers\u00a0and\u2026","title":"Magnolia Extends Customer
        Experience Management Capabilities for Marketers and\u00a0D...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/magnolia-extends-customer-experience-management-capabilities-for-marketers-and-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945168,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:35:34Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Frontier
        Capital made a $14 million investment in information security firm BEW\u00a0Global.","title":"BEW
        Global gets $14M to protect intellectual property for\u00a0businesses","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/bew-global-gets-14m-to-protect-intellectual-property-for-businesses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945167,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-09T11:28:33Z","slug":"ge-asset-management","summary":"Guest
        Post For marketers, there are big changes ahead for Digital Asset\u00a0Management.","title":"Why
        there\u2019s radical change ahead for the digital asset management\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:58:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/09/digital-asset-management-changes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945166,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-21T13:21:32Z","slug":"cpi-international","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the danger in becoming a well-known venture capitalist: You may well become
        the locus for heated debates over cleantech and environmentalism, even when
        you\u2019re not expecting it. That\u2019s what happened to Vinod Khosla yesterday,
        when the Wall Street Journal lashed out with a short hit piece on his policies
        titled \u201cKhosla\u2019s Conspiracy\u201d.The motivator was a lengthy interview
        in last week\u2019s San Francisco Chronicle, in which Khosla, asked whether
        biofuels are driving up food prices, agreed that they are but said the much
        greater problem is the price of oil used for transportation. He also suggested
        that a PR campaign has been organized to smear biofuels. That\u2019s where
        the WSJ took offense:","title":"Biofuel battle: WSJ hits Khosla, Khosla hits\u00a0back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/21/biofuel-battle-wsj-hits-khosla-khosla-hits-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945165,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-06T20:55:25Z","slug":"cpi-international","summary":"Note:
        This article was written in December of 2008.\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013","title":"Injecting
        Imagination","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/06/injecting-imagination/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945164,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-16T09:50:11Z","slug":"cpi-international","summary":"Peter
        Relan wants to build a mobile gaming empire, one app at a time. The chief
        executive of CrowdStar\u00a0and chairman of game incubator YouWeb has pivoted
        from Facebook games to mobile games in a big way. His company formed a mobile
        game studio and has focused so far on making games for girls and young female
        teens.","title":"Peter Relan on how to get two iPhone games into the top\u00a025","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/16/peter-relan-on-how-to-get-two-iphone-games-into-the-top-25/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945163,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-04T12:44:47Z","slug":"cpi-international","summary":"Secretary
        of State Hillary Clinton announced the Alliance for Affordable Internet, a
        public-private partnership to expand internet access in the developing world,
        during her final press\u00a0conference.","title":"Tech companies could make
        billions by serving the \u2018next\u00a0billion\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/04/tech-companies-could-make-billions-by-serving-the-next-billion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945162,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-02T09:21:23Z","slug":"cpi-international","summary":"Guest
        Post In the private sector, startups are coming up with ideas to keep students
        from falling into crippling debt. Will they\u00a0work?","title":"Can\u2019t
        afford college tuition? These startups can\u00a0help","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/02/cant-afford-college-tuition-these-startups-can-help/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945161,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-11T10:02:07Z","slug":"cpi-international","summary":"Guest
        Post Imagine that you lead a rapidly growing national company, and you are
        ready to take your products to foreign\u00a0markets.","title":"3 phases of
        taking payments international: Why expanding cross-border is harder than it\u00a0looks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/11/3-phases-of-taking-payments-international-why-expanding-cross-border-is-harder-than-it-looks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945160,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-24T05:00:47Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Here\u2019s
        something you never see anymore in the game industry: a new startup making
        console games.","title":"Judobaby plans to muscle its way onto the Nintendo\u00a0Wii","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/24/startup-to-make-family-games-for-the-nintendo-wii/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945159,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-29T08:44:45Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Symantec
        announced today it has paid $370 million to buy encryption firms PGP Corp.
        and GuardianEdge Technologies.","title":"Symantec buys two encryption firms
        for\u00a0$370M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/29/symantec-buys-two-encryption-firms-for-370m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945158,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-25T16:13:48Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Video
        games have evolved rapidly over the last 20 years into a fledgling artistic
        medium. Starting as simple computational representations of more traditional
        \u2018games\u2019 (e.g. Tetris (Pazhitnov, 1984) is a spatial awareness puzzle,
        Pac-Man (Namco, 1980), a game of chase) and steadily developing more and more
        narrative context as technology improved to accommodate more elaborate visual
        representations and characterization, video games have evolved to the point
        where story can be essential to the success of video game. I say \u2018can\u2019
        because the term \u2018video game\u2019 encompasses an incredible variety
        of works, often completely dissimilar to each other. For the purposes of this
        essay I shall look exclusively at video games with narrative ambitions and
        not at genres like sporting simulations or puzzle games that, generally speaking,
        do not emphasize narrative.","title":"What Techniques and Limitations do Contemporary
        Video Game Designers Have to be Aware of When Attempting to Tell\u00a0Stories?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/25/what-techniques-and-limitations-do-contemporary-video-game-designers-have-to-be-aware-of-when-attempting-to-tell-stories/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945157,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-05T12:13:54Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"This
        story was contributed to VentureBeat by Paul Grim, a General Partner at venture
        capital firm SunBridge Partners. Grim blogs on wireless issues at Grim Times.","title":"Why
        Apple can''t beat\u00a0Android","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/05/why-apple-cant-beat-android/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945156,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-15T17:48:08Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Star
        Wars: The Old Republic; Class Breakdown Pt.\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:57:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/15/star-wars-the-old-republic-class-breakdown-pt-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945155,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-19T08:53:40Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"If
        you were in any doubt that technology is now a fundamental part of kids\u2019
        lives, these statistics prove it: 69 percent of children aged 2-5 can use
        a computer mouse, but only 11 percent can tie their own shoelaces.\u00a0More
        young children know how to play a computer game (58 percent) than swim (20
        percent) or ride a bike (52 percent). There is no gender divide. Boys and
        girls under the age of 5 were equally adept at using technology.","title":"Generation
        tech: More kids can play computer games than ride a\u00a0bike","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/19/kids-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945154,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-24T05:00:05Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Olympus
        Games has created a social marketplace for uploading and downloading user-generated
        modifications to games known as \u201cmods.\u201d","title":"Startup creates
        social marketplace for game \"mods\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/24/olympus-games-mods-marketplace/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945153,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-08T06:00:02Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Most
        film makers aren\u2019t encouraging digital pirates to illegally copy their
        works. But Lloyd Kaufman (pictured above) isn\u2019t your usual film maker.
        The controversial movie maker has been making low-budget, exceedingly gory,
        vomit-filled and highly sexualized horror movies since the 1970s under the
        Troma Entertainment brand.","title":"Steal this movie: cult film maker lets
        digital pirates share his\u00a0content","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/08/cult-film-maker-let-digital-pirates-have-fun-with-your-stuff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945152,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-20T12:07:01Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"The
        U.S. Department of Energy said today it will grant\u00a0up to $130 million
        to renewable energy projects that can\u2019t find funding from private investors.","title":"DOE
        to grant up to $130M for renewable energy\u00a0projects","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/20/arpa-e-funding-130-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945151,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-21T19:05:00Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"I
        have this problem when it comes to playing shooters: I may be the worst player
        in the world when it comes to titles that rely on aiming and accuracy.","title":"Struggling
        to keep up with the shooter-focused\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/21/should-i-give-in-to-an-increasingly-shooter-based-gaming-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945150,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-22T07:00:58Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Game
        developer NaturalMotion\u00a0showed off a cool, super-realistic horse simulation
        game on the iPad this week that wowed attendees at the Casual Connect game
        conference in Seattle.","title":"NaturalMotion shows off a cool horse game
        for the iPad\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/22/naturalmotion-ipad-horse-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945149,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-05T16:49:26Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Salesforce
        partner GlobalOne and Google enterprise partner Cloud Sherpas\u00a0are merging
        together to form a new cloud consulting firm.","title":"Google Apps provider
        Cloud Sherpas raises $20M, merges with\u00a0GlobalOne","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/05/cloud-consultant-cloud-sherpas-raises-20m-merges-with-globalone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945148,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-10T10:44:40Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"President
        Barack Obama reportedly asked Steve Jobs what it would take to bring iPhone
        manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. to which Jobs replied, \u201cThose jobs
        aren\u2019t coming back.\u201d","title":"The future of U.S. manufacturing:
        Nanotech, 3D printing, and self-aware\u00a0factories","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/10/the-future-of-u-s-manufacturing-nanotech-3d-printing-and-self-aware-factories/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945147,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-25T10:00:11Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"We\u2019ve
        seen endless articles about how to market to Millennials. But how about the
        younger cohort right behind them, Gen C, the \u201cconnected generation\u201d?
        This is the group (those born after 1998) that won\u2019t be able to comprehend
        life before the Internet and won\u2019t even remember life before the smartphone
        or tablet. Email will be for \u201cold people,\u201d and touch screens will
        be the norm.","title":"Reaching the continually connected: Marketing to Gen\u00a0C","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/25/reaching-the-continually-connected-marketing-to-gen-c/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945146,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-17T12:00:23Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Sitting
        at the intersection of group messaging and social networking is Everyme, a
        startup so zeroed in on private communication that it prevents sharing beyond
        its walls. Today the company, which allows users to post updates and photos
        to groups, has released apps for Android and the web to make its growing service
        accessible everywhere.","title":"Everyme, the truly private social network,
        arrives on Android and the\u00a0web","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/17/everyme-android/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945145,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-12T05:00:34Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"The
        coffee was brewing as usual, and patrons were as caffeine-crazed as any other
        day, but something curious was happening behind the scenes at beloved and
        bemoaned coffee giant Starbucks on March 9, 2012.","title":"How Starbucks
        is turning itself into a tech\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/12/starbucks-digital-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945144,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-14T07:30:33Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Willy
        Shih, a professor at Harvard University, warns that manufacturing is key to
        the economy and the country should do what it can to hang onto\u00a0it.","title":"Silicon
        Valley and the nation still need manufacturing jobs for economic survival\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/14/silicon-valley-and-the-nation-still-need-manufacturing-jobs-for-economic-survival-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945143,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-19T17:06:58Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"\u201cI
        think we\u2019ve sequenced the DNA of Republicans and Democrats,\u201d Mintigo
        general manager and CMO Jason Garoutte told me today. \u201cBased on words
        on someone\u2019s website, we\u2019d have a very good chance of of determining
        who is a Democrat or a\u00a0Republican.\u201d","title":"This search engine
        sequences the DNA of politics to determine whether you\u2019re Republican
        or\u00a0Democrat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/19/this-search-engine-sequences-the-dna-of-politics-to-determine-whether-youre-republican-or-democrat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945142,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-01T19:07:16Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"A
        first of Movember overview of the deals that went down today in the technology\u00a0sector.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Knowledge is power, moustache is\u00a0king","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/01/funding-daily-knowledge-is-power-moustache-is-king/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945141,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-09T08:00:14Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Venture capital\u2019s gut-call days are\u00a0over.","title":"Venture
        capital picks up the Moneyball\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/09/startup-algorithm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945140,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-09T11:28:33Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Guest
        Post For marketers, there are big changes ahead for Digital Asset\u00a0Management.","title":"Why
        there\u2019s radical change ahead for the digital asset management\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/09/digital-asset-management-changes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945139,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-21T09:24:54Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Guest
        Post Could Eloqua become Oracle\u2019s Autonomy \u2014 a failed acquisition
        that undermines Oracle\u2019s entire\u00a0foundation?","title":"Eloqua may
        become Oracle\u2019s Autonomy, its Achilles\u2019\u00a0heel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/21/failed-acquistion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945138,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-05T12:46:35Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Equidity\u2019s
        outspoken founder and CEO Mona DeFrawi sees some major structural problems
        with the IPO process. Namely, she said that markets have shifted from being
        investor-focused to trader-focused, and \u201cno-one has\u00a0noticed.\u201d","title":"How
        one entrepreneur plans to fix the \u2018broken\u2019 IPO\u00a0process","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/05/how-one-entrepreneur-plans-to-fix-the-broken-ipo-process/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945137,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-24T11:11:20Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Guest
        Post In the past few weeks we\u2019ve been under a data\u00a0deluge.","title":"Why
        everyone needs to care about\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/24/why-everyone-needs-to-care-about-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945136,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-18T13:35:24Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"The
        Washington Post at long last decides to charge for its digital content, but
        only for people who directly consume more than 20 articles a month from the
        online\u00a0site.","title":"The Washington Post\u2019s first paywall is more
        like a delicate\u00a0fence","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/18/the-washington-posts-first-paywall-is-more-like-a-delicate-fence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945135,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-28T08:15:30Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Guest
        Post Most startup employees will shape the direction of the product without
        understanding how things operate under the hood. Here\u2019s how you can break
        down communication barriers between engineers and everyone else at your\u00a0company.","title":"This
        is why you need to learn how to talk to\u00a0developers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/talking-to-engineers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945134,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-19T10:32:59Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Think about your best interactions as a customer. What made those experiences
        so great? Was it the consistency? The way the business knew what you needed
        without asking? The fact that they made you feel appreciated? Or a combination
        of all the\u00a0above?","title":"Creating the perfect customer experience
        starts and ends with\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/19/creating-the-perfect-customer-experience-starts-and-ends-with-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945133,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-29T15:44:26Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Guest
        Post More than 35 years later, I still draw upon five important lessons the
        military taught me \u2013 lessons that I believe executives at startups and
        SMEs can also employ to achieve\u00a0success.","title":"5 lessons the military
        can teach you about running a\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/29/5-lessons-the-military-can-teach-you-about-running-a-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945132,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T13:55:04Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Silicon
        Valley-based Comprehend provides the requisite tools for customers in the
        life sciences sector to collect data, and most importantly, mine it for relevant\u00a0insights.","title":"Comprehend
        gets $8.4M from Sequoia to mine clinical data for\u00a0insights","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/comprehend-gets-8-4m-from-sequoia-to-mine-clinical-data-for-insights/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945131,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T11:36:16Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Guest
        Post While tech companies are adept at building incredible devices and software,
        the truly innovative content that families love isn\u2019t necessarily making
        it to apps. Here\u2019s\u00a0why.","title":"Why tech titans are shying away
        from children\u2019s\u00a0content","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/why-tech-titans-are-shying-away-from-childrens-content/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:09Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3945130,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-29T12:56:08Z","slug":"ovo-fund","summary":null,"title":"Augmedix
        Raises $3.2M To Make Google Glass Standard Kit For Future Doctors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:09Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/19/augmedix-raises-3-2m-to-make-google-glass-standard-kit-for-future-doctors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945129,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-20T07:30:01Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick VentureBeat caught up with some of Silicon Valley\u2019s power players
        to gauge their opinions on Google\u2019s new initiative to prolong human\u00a0life.","title":"Calico:
        How Google\u2019s stab at the fountain of youth could transform health\u00a0care","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/20/calico-how-googles-stab-at-the-fountain-of-youth-could-transform-health-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:07Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3945128,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-29T12:56:05Z","slug":"ovo-fund","summary":null,"title":"SoundFocus
        Raises $1.7M To Adjust Music To The Way You Hear","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:06Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/20/soundfocus-raises-1-7m-to-adjust-music-to-the-way-you-hear/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945127,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-22T09:00:59Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Guest
        Post We asked two brave volunteers to sign up for five online dating services.
        Did they find love? Or did we just subject them to the most awkward week of
        their\u00a0lives?","title":"5 dates in 5 nights: Our spies test Grouper, Tinder
        &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/22/the-epic-review-5-dating-apps-in-5-nights/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945126,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-27T11:19:59Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Because
        being challenging and being frustrated isn\u2019t always the same\u00a0thing.","title":"Nintendo
        Hard, or Hardly\u00a0Working?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/27/nintendo-hard-or-hardly-working/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945125,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-26T11:01:31Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Safely
        consumable alcohol is probably the greatest thing to have been created by
        man. I certainly prefer it to video games. You can, however, combine the two
        and have a lot of fun. Be careful though: sometimes it makes you say silly
        things as\u00a0well.","title":"First one in, last one out: Think before you
        drink, or at least before saying something\u00a0silly","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:56:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/26/first-one-in-last-one-out-think-before-you-drink-or-at-least-before-saying-something-silly/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945124,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T16:31:18Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"From
        superpopular video game franchises to really obscure indie games, from the
        ancient Apple vs. Android battle to brand-new programming languages, from
        kids acting awesome to grownups acting completely childish, this year had
        a little bit of\u00a0everything.","title":"VentureBeat\u2019s 12 most popular
        stories from\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/venturebeats-12-most-popular-stories-from-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945123,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T18:30:16Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Small-business\u00a0accounting-software
        maker Intuit says it has bought the Sydney, Australia-based startup Invitco,
        whose technology eases the burden of accountants by receiving and reading
        supplier bills\u00a0in the cloud.","title":"Intuit buys Invitco to help bookkeepers
        put bill processing in the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/intuit-buys-invitco-to-help-bookkeepers-put-bill-processing-in-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945122,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-08T21:01:35Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"SteelSeries
        is launching its eye-tracking control system, so you can get the jump on other\u00a0gamers.","title":"SteelSeries\u2019
        Sentry eye tracker lets you control a PC game with your\u00a0eyes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/08/steelseries-sentry-eye-tracker-lets-you-control-a-computer-game-with-your-eyes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945121,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-06T10:00:40Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"Five
        developers share their experiences on creating games at the end of the longest-running
        console\u00a0generation.","title":"9 years later, developers weigh in on making
        games for the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360\u00a0generation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/06/last-gen-development/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945120,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-08T10:25:25Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"If
        the economy is any indicator of what\u2019s to come in the next few years,
        things aren\u2019t looking too good for most startups. Yet, against the odds,
        500 tech startups have seen positive growth over the last few years, and are
        projected to continue growing, according to Lead411\u2019s Technology 500
        list.","title":"Technology 500: Tech industry is on an upward\u00a0swing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/08/technology-500-tech-industry-is-on-an-upward-swing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945119,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T04:30:42Z","slug":"adept-technology","summary":"File
        storage company Hightail acquired security company adeptCloud today, continuing
        its quest to compete with major names in the cloud file-sharing industry.","title":"Hightail
        buys adeptCloud to make file storage safer in the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/hightail-adeptcloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945118,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-03-27T21:03:37Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"Silver
        Lake and six other buyout firms were putting the finishing touches on an $11.3
        billion acquisition of software giant SunGard tonight. Here\u2019s our story
        to run in tomorrow\u2019s Mercury News (free registration), or see extended
        entry.","title":"Silver Lake leads acquisition of SunGard, largest tech buyout\u00a0ever","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/03/27/silver-lake-leads-acquisition-of-sungard-largest-tech-buyout-ever/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945117,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-03-29T08:17:48Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"SMART
        Modular Technologies, a Silicon Valley (Fremont) provider of memory products,
        in a deal we haven\u2019t quite fully comprehended, has just announced $125
        million in \u201cnew financing,\u201d apparently from the sale of debt, and
        an additional $35 million line of credit. Texas Pacific Group and Francisco
        Partners are involved.","title":"Like we said, deals are flying. SMART gets\u00a0$125M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/03/29/like-we-said-deals-are-flying-smart-gets-125m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945116,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-05-08T07:24:28Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"Former
        con man Frank Abagnale to help start-up 41st Parameter \u2014 Frank Abagnale
        (see left), a former a con man who assumed various identities, committed forgery
        and eluded police (his memoirs, Catch Me If You Can, were adapted to the Academy
        Award winning motion picture), is an advisor  to The 41st Parameter, a start-up
        providing security software for the online retail and banking industry. The
        company has secured $11.2 million in Series B funding from Silicon Valley
        firms Kleiner Perkins and Norwest Venture Partners. Abagnale long ago decided
        to work with the FBI. Probably good this company is based all the way out
        in Arizona.","title":"Silicon Valley today: surveillance, spying, turncoats,
        radars, defections\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/08/silicon-valley-today-surveillance-spying-turncoats-radars-defections/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945115,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-06-06T07:46:04Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"Pure
        Digital\u2019s cool video camera \u2014 Pure Digital Technologies, the San
        Francisco start-up that came out last year with a $29 disposable camcorder,
        has generated some buzz with its latest release: a Point & Shoot Video Camcorder
        (click on image to enlarge) for $129.99, that is apparently dead simple to
        use, for transfers to PC, and so on \u2014 and getting rave reviews from Walt
        Mossberg. This company has backing from Benchmark and others.","title":"Tuesday
        essentials: Pure Digital, Friendster CEOs & other\u00a0fundings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/06/tuesday-essentials-pure-digital-friendster-ceos-other-fundings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:55:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945114,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-07-21T11:10:38Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"37signals,
        the jazzy Web 2.0 company, takes funding from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos \u2014
        See the company\u2019s announcement here about why. We last mentioned the
        company here. The company boasts: Since we launched Basecamp we\u2019ve been
        contacted by nearly 30 different VC firms. We\u2019ve never been interested
        in the typical traditional VC deal. With a few exceptions, all the VCs could
        offer us was cash and connections. We\u2019re fine on both of those fronts.
        We don\u2019t need their money to run the business and our little black book
        is full. We\u2019re looking for something else\u2026We found a perfect match
        in Jeff. Jeff is our kinda guy.","title":"Roundup: 37Signals, MetroFi, CaliSolar
        & Duffield''s taxes\u2026and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/21/roundup-37signals-metrofi-calisolar-duffields-taxesand-more-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945113,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-11T13:25:44Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"The
        NYT is reporting that a consortium of investment firms are near a deal to
        buy Freescale Semiconductor, a former unit of Motorola, for more than $16
        billion, which would be the largest buyout ever in the tech industry.","title":"TPC,
        Blackstone consortium to buy Freescale for\u00a0$16B?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/11/tpc-blackstone-consortium-to-buy-freescale-for-16b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945112,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-12T10:13:02Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"Two
        high-profile Silicon Valley investors known for their aggressive support of
        alternative energy have helped pump $20 million into a new Emeryville biology
        company called Amyris.","title":"Amyris gets $20M from high-profile investors
        to find alternative\u00a0fuel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/12/amyris-gets-20m-from-high-profile-investors-to-find-alternative-fuel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945111,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-24T07:11:07Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"Chip
        giant Intel and buyout firm Texas Pacific Group are investing $36.5 million
        in Vietnam\u2019s largest software company, FPT.","title":"Intel, TPG invest
        $36.5M into Vietnam tech outsourcing co.,\u00a0FPT","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/24/intel-tpg-invest-365m-into-vietnam-tech-outsourcing-co-fpt/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945110,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-12-12T08:40:46Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"Sabre
        Holdings, the travel reservation company once owned by American Airlines,
        agreed to be sold late last night for about $4.3 billion to Menlo Park\u2019s
        Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group, according to the NYT. The
        deal is expected to be announced today.","title":"Sabre Holdings, travel reservation
        co., sold to private equity firms for $4.3\u00a0billion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/12/sabre-holdings-travel-reservation-co-sold-to-private-equity-firms-for-43-billion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945109,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-03T06:32:39Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"XDx,
        a Brisbane, Calif. company that monitors the immune system with personalized
        medicine based on insights from the Human Genome Project, said it is raising
        up to $25 million more in cash.","title":"XDx looking to raise $25 million
        more for personalized\u00a0medicine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/03/xdx-looking-to-raise-25-million-more-for-personalized-medicine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945108,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-20T22:11:15Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"(Update:
        This just in: Texas Pacific Group and Goldman Sachs\u2019 private equity arm
        have agreed to acquire Alltel, the wireless phone company, for $27.5 billion,
        the largest telecom buyout ever. There\u2019s a frenzy of activity in the
        private equity world, and we\u2019re likely seeing its peak.)","title":"China
        acquires $3 billion stake in\u00a0Blackstone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/20/china-acquires-3-billion-stake-in-blackstone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945107,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-23T13:45:30Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"So
        why are we holding our MobileBeat conference tomorrow?","title":"MobileBeat:
        Mobile success\u00a0stories","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/23/mobilebeat2008-catch-it-all-live-tomorrow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945106,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-14T10:30:33Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Our
        best pattern recognition reveals the tech trends that will be copied over
        and over again until someone gets it\u00a0right.","title":"The consumer technology
        trends that will matter most in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/14/the-view-from-ces-the-top-technology-trends-that-will-matter-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945105,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-25T07:00:01Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"When
        the chief executives of the Big Three automakers went to Washington, D.C.
        with tin cups in hand asking for a $25 billion government bailout, they triggered
        public outrage when it was revealed they\u2019d flown in on luxury private
        jets. With shareholder and taxpayer frustration growing, companies are starting
        to see corporate jets as a liability.","title":"Silicon Valley''s airline:
        XOJET takes off as corporate jets lose\u00a0favor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/25/silicon-valleys-airline-xojet-takes-off-as-corporate-jets-lose-favor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945104,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-22T08:00:07Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the full year\u2019s worth of interviews with the movers and shakes of\u00a0gaming.","title":"GamesBeat
        2012 interview vault: Check out our archive of conversations with industry\u00a0leaders","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/22/gamesbeat-2012-interview-vault-check-out-our-archive-of-conversations-with-industry-leaders/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945103,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-28T11:00:45Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"If
        you recognize the patterns of platform history, you can anticipate changes
        and pursue the right\u00a0strategy.","title":"Game companies are adapting
        to platform changes more\u00a0quickly","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/28/game-companies-are-adapting-to-platform-changes-more-quickly/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945102,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-26T23:08:04Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"Silicon
        Valley may have the most established and well-known startup incubator in the
        form of Y Combinator, but other areas are joining in, with TechStars in Boulder,
        Colo., Launchbox Digital in Washington, D.C., and Start@Spark in Boston, Mass.
        \u2014 and Austin, Texas is getting into the game with Capital Factory.","title":"Capital
        Factory''s Joshua Baer on incubating startups in\u00a0Austin","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/26/capital-factorys-joshua-baer-on-incubating-startups-in-austin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945101,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-12T08:35:21Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"The
        $35 Raspberry Pi computer gets some brick-building action in the form of Mojang\u2019s\u00a0Minecraft.","title":"Mojang
        releases Minecraft: Pi Edition for the Raspberry Pi Linux\u00a0computer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/12/mojang-releases-minecraft-pi-edition-for-the-raspberry-pi-linux-computer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945100,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-07T12:52:50Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"(Updated
        List of known utility applicants for DOE stimulus funds below)","title":"Utilities
        jockey for position following deadline for DOE stimulus\u00a0funds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/07/utilities-jockey-for-position-following-deadline-for-doe-stimulus-funds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945099,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-12T10:00:58Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"We
        speak with Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford (Borderlands 2 and Aliens:
        Colonial Marines) about the state of triple-A development and whether big
        publishers are in this business for the wrong\u00a0reason.","title":"Aliens:
        Colonial Marines dev discusses the highs and lows of triple-A development\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/12/gearbox-software-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945098,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-24T10:05:39Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"The
        AP and New York Times win a battle with a content\u00a0scraper.","title":"Why
        scraping online news stories could land you in a copyright\u00a0calamity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/24/why-scraping-online-news-stories-could-land-you-in-hot-water/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945097,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-29T19:07:27Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"British  Gas,
        the major electrical and gas utility in the United Kingdom, has decided to
        go with Landis+Gyr to build the 1  million smart meters it plans to deploy
        throughout its coverage  area. This is a big victory for the Swiss meter maker,
        which is racing  against American contenders like Itron and Echelon.","title":"Landis+Gyr
        to supply smart meters to British Gas on way to\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/29/landisgyr-to-supply-smart-meters-to-british-gas-on-way-to-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945096,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-12T06:19:51Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The team behind Turntable debuted a new smart radio service called Piki
        that offers yet another spin on music\u00a0discovery.","title":"Turntable
        co-founder explains Piki\u2019s \u2018recipe\u2019 for people-powered smart\u00a0radio","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/12/piki-turntable-music/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945095,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-03T12:28:44Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Creators
        of Internet cat meme videos Nyan Cat (a kitty with a poptart body that flies
        through space on a rainbow) and Keyboard Cat (aka Charlie Schmidt\u2019s cat
        Fatso made famous in this 2007 video) are suing the media company for copyright\u00a0infringement.","title":"Sweet
        irony: Warner Bros. faces lawsuit over illegal use of Nyan & Keyboard\u00a0cats","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/03/sweet-irony-warner-bros-faces-lawsuit-over-illegal-use-of-nyan-keyboard-cats/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945093,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-19T12:32:29Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"Toshiba,
        a Japanese mega-conglomerate that produces products ranging from power infrastructure
        tools to consumer electronics, announced today that it is purchasing electricity
        monitoring device manufacturer Landis+Gyr for $2.3 billion.","title":"Toshiba
        buys smart meter maker Landis+Gyr for\u00a0$2.3B","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/19/toshiba-landis-gyr-acquisition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945094,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-10T08:00:55Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"The
        Nintendo Entertainment System, now nearly 30 years old, is not just a platform
        for fueling misty-eyed nostalgia. Gamers also embracing a growing homebrew
        scene that\u2019s resulting in new physical releases for the aging, but far
        from dead, gray\u00a0box.","title":"Consoles that won\u2019t die: The\u00a0NES","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/10/consoles-that-wont-die-the-nes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945092,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-28T13:00:12Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"The
        creators of Puzzle Axe explain what makes the game so special and different
        from the other puzzle games out\u00a0there.","title":"Jigsaw puzzles are cool
        again in Puzzle Axe: a game of monsters and\u00a0music","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/puzzle-axe-mobile-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945091,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-25T08:25:26Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"VisionTech
        Components sold a large amount of semiconductor chips to more than 1,100 customers
        from its office in Clearwater, Fla. Unfortunately, federal prosecutors allege,
        the chips were counterfeits. In this case, the perpetrators were brought to
        justice when authorities uncovered the $16 million counterfeiting operation.
        A sentencing in the case will happen at the end of this month.","title":"Feds
        close huge chip counterfeiting case\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/25/feds-close-the-books-on-a-huge-chip-counterfeiting-scheme/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945090,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-06T12:22:37Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Kamcord
        is also providing new trimming and clip-sharing\u00a0features.","title":"Let\u2019s
        play: Mobile startup Kamcord adds voice-over recording for\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/06/lets-play-mobile-game-recording-startup-kamcord-adds-voice-over-recording/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945089,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-18T12:00:42Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Guest
        Post The mobile gaming industry has grown up. Digi-Capital reports that online
        and mobile games made up 49 percent or $31 billion of the entire gaming industry
        in\u00a02012.","title":"Emerging markets: how to conquer the\u00a0unconquerable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/18/emerging-markets-how-to-conquer-the-unconquerable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945088,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-27T14:49:42Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"A
        call for a more inviting\u00a0community.","title":"Drawing battle lines: Why
        exclusionary attitudes hurt the gaming\u00a0community","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/27/the-new-gamer-civil-war/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945087,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-26T11:36:03Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Doggyloot
        is a daily deals site for dogs and their people. Today it announced closing
        $2.5 million in its first round of financing\u00a0.","title":"Doggyloot aims
        to become big dog in online pet\u00a0commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/26/doggyloot-aims-to-become-big-dog-in-online-pet-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945086,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-15T13:43:38Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"After
        months of delay, social game maker Zynga is finally about to go public. The
        company priced its stock moments ago at $10 a share, the upper-end of the
        price range.","title":"CashVille: Zynga prices at a high $10 a\u00a0share","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:54:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/15/cashville-zynga-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945085,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-27T12:25:11Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"King
        alleges that 6waves copied parts of Pet Rescue Saga and Farm Heroes\u00a0Saga.","title":"King
        sues 6waves for allegedly copying two social games\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/27/king-sues-6waves-for-allegedly-blatantly-copying-two-social-games-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945084,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-05T08:57:25Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Subscription
        billing service Zuora announced a $50 million funding round today. That\u2019s
        just the latest confirmation that online subscription services are thriving.","title":"Zuora\u2019s
        whopping round shows the subscription economy is here to\u00a0stay","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/05/the-subscription-economy-is-here-to-stay/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945083,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-27T08:00:46Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"FarmVille
        took Facebook by storm in 2009 and gave rise to a sea of rival farm simulations.
        But those games have begun to decline, and they are giving way to social casino
        games according to research collected by analytics firm Kontagent.","title":"Casino
        games surpass farm games as the darlings of social\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/27/casino-games-surpass-farm-games-as-the-darlings-of-social-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945082,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-29T14:25:43Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"AngelList,
        a\u00a0site that helps angel investors invest in technology startups by providing
        screening information about the companies, last week announced AngelList Syndicates.","title":"How
        AngelList Syndicates could actually hurt some angels, help some\u00a0VCs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/29/how-angellist-syndicates-could-actually-hurt-some-angels-help-some-vcs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945081,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-14T18:05:37Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"They
        may not win Golden Globes or walk the red carpet in couture, but these startups
        raised millions from investors\u00a0today.","title":"Funding Daily: I\u2019m
        not Honey Boo Boo\u00a0Child","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/14/funding-daily-im-not-honey-boo-boo-child/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945080,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-01T08:30:00Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"With
        the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, we\u2019ve seen a new drama
        nearly every day. Here we round up 12 of the most controversial moments from
        what have been a truly explosive two\u00a0weeks.","title":"Two weeks, 12 dramas.
        The most controversial console generation\u00a0yet?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/01/two-weeks-twelve-dramas-console-controversies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945079,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-02T10:11:37Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"The
        notorious Berlin-based incubator launched a peer-to-peer lending platform
        called Lendico which connects borrowers with lenders, along the lines of LendingClub,
        Prosper, and\u00a0Zopa.","title":"Rocket Internet\u2019s latest venture Lendico
        is a P2P lending\u00a0clone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/02/rocket-internets-latest-venture-lendico-is-a-p2p-lending-clone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945078,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-19T13:50:42Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Dell\u2019s largest shareholders are still not convinced they should
        accept the buyout offer. But the stalled privatization plan is the least of
        Dell\u2019s\u00a0troubles.","title":"Dell\u2019s dilemma: How to reinvent
        itself as the board fights over its\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/19/dells-dilemma-how-to-reinvent-itself-as-the-board-fights-over-its-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945077,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-13T13:00:18Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"CES
        is going to have a lot of wearables, startups, and 150,000\u00a0attendees.","title":"CES
        boss Gary Shapiro describes the coming madness of tech\u2019s biggest trade
        show\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/13/ces-boss-gary-shapiro-describes-the-coming-madness-of-techs-biggest-trade-show-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945076,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-11T18:16:34Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"What
        if you opened a gift under a sparkling Christmas tree to find, holy crap,
        there are hundreds of millions of dollars in here?!","title":"Funding Daily:
        Christmas comes\u00a0early","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/11/funding-daily-christmas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-29T12:30:55Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Computer
        scientists are breaking out of the traditional computing paradigm in strange
        new directions, embracing quantum computers and circuits that \u201clearn\u201d
        like human\u00a0brains.","title":"Scientists exploring computers that can
        learn and\u00a0adapt","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/29/scientists-exploring-computers-that-can-learn-and-adapt/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945074,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T09:45:27Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"Lilyhammer,
        Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and Battleground are just a few of the strong
        programs that digital media companies are fielding in the competition to monetize
        online video. But ultimately, original series and other linear programming
        simply won\u2019t be a match for the perennial most-viewed champion: sports.","title":"Netflix
        can bet on Lilyhammer, but live sports are way more important to streaming\u00a0video","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/netflix-can-bet-on-lilyhammer-but-live-sports-are-way-more-important-to-streaming-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-23T13:00:52Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"King
        has copied games in the past. Now, it wants legal protection against others
        that want to copy its\u00a0games.","title":"Candy Crush Saga publisher allegedly
        contracted a developer to explicitly copy another studio\u2019s game in\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/23/candy-crush-saga-publisher-contracted-an-indie-developer-to-explicitly-copy-another-studios-game-in-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945072,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-08T10:13:40Z","slug":"texas-pacific-group","summary":"See
        PEHub piece here.","title":"Texas Pacific Group to raise global mid-market
        buyout\u00a0fund.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/08/texas-pacific-group-to-raise-global-mid-market-buyout-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945071,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-27T14:00:11Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Guest
        Post This is upsetting to many people looking at this issue, especially smaller
        developers, who feel that no company should be able to \u201ctrademark\u201d
        a common word like candy. But it\u2019s not quite that\u00a0simple.","title":"Did
        King.com really \u2018trademark\u2019 the word\u00a0candy?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/27/did-king-com-really-trademark-the-word-candy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945070,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-13T12:11:19Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"No
        longer must we operate in the realm of passive aggressive text messages and
        awkward conversations to get friends to pay\u00a0up.","title":"Square Cash
        unveils \u2018request\u2019 feature for collecting money over\u00a0email","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/13/square-cash-unveils-request-feature-for-collecting-money-over-email/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945069,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-01T10:30:15Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Twitch
        Plays Pok\u00e9mon will move on to the second generation of games tomorrow\u00a0morning.","title":"Twitch
        Plays Pok\u00e9mon continues with second-gen game \u2014 will keep going as
        long as people\u00a0care","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/01/twitch-plays-pokemon-to-continue-with-second-gen-game-tomorrow-will-keep-going-as-long-as-people-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945068,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-07T12:04:24Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Uber\u2019s new service may compete with WunWun, Postmates, eBay Now,
        and others, as it allows users to purchase items ahead of time and schedule
        pickup and delivery via its\u00a0app.","title":"Uber is launching an on-demand
        courier service tomorrow\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/07/uber-is-launching-an-on-demand-courier-service-tomorrow-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945067,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T08:30:03Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"One
        of Nintendo\u2019s popular franchises that it has never released in the states
        is finally making its way\u00a0here.","title":"Americans love crazy, too:
        Nintendo bringing life sim where cats marry marine biologists\u00a0Stateside","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/americans-love-crazy-too-nintendo-bringing-life-sim-where-cats-marry-marine-biologists-stateside/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945066,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T01:00:58Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"PICOOC,
        the Beijing, China-based health-tracking device maker, has finished a\u00a0Series
        B round of funding that raised $21 million, led by existing investor\u00a0Gobi
        Partners and joined by Tencent and JD.com.","title":"Chinese investors like
        clone makers: PICOOC picks up $21M Series\u00a0B","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/chinese-investors-like-clone-makers-picooc-picks-up-21m-series-b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945065,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T12:32:33Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Al Hope has seen Alien over 100 times. Listen as he explains why the
        film is so great and how it\u2019s influenced the development of his upcoming
        survival-horror game, Alien:\u00a0Isolation.","title":"Alien: Isolation\u2019s
        creative director talks through the classic film in this audio commentary
        track\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/alien-isolations-creative-director-talks-through-the-classic-film-in-this-audio-commentary-track-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945064,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T22:00:38Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Today
        the National Institutes of Health announced they are offering my Lean LaunchPad
        class (I-Corps @ NIH) to commercialize the life sciences. There may come a
        day that one of these teams makes a drug, diagnostic, or medical device that
        saves your life.","title":"How lean-startup ideology could save your\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/how-lean-startup-ideology-could-save-your-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:55:21Z","slug":"choicestream","summary":"E-commerce
        websites like Zappos rely heavily on advertising to engage and re-engage shoppers
        online.","title":"How Zappos is personalizing the consumer ad\u00a0experience","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/how-zappos-is-personalizing-the-consumer-ad-experience/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945062,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T09:45:18Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"The
        Cloud Wars are in full force.","title":"iCloud in a box: Bitcasa CloudFS API
        gives devs \u2014 and users \u2014 control, privacy,\u00a0ownership","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/icloud-in-a-box-bitcasa-cloudfs-api-gives-devs-and-users-control-privacy-ownership/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945061,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T06:00:35Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"If
        You Can Company has a monthly subscription game that it hopes parents and
        kids will\u00a0like.","title":"Trip Hawkins releases second chapter of his
        \u2018If\u2019 iPad game for teaching kids emotional life\u00a0skills","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/trip-hawkins-releases-second-chapter-of-his-if-ipad-game-for-teaching-kids-emotional-life-skills/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945060,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-19T18:39:25Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Updated","title":"Seedcamp,
        ''08: In a pack of copycats, two start-ups\u00a0shine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/19/seedcamp-08-in-a-pack-of-copycats-two-start-ups-shine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945059,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-22T11:46:39Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"I\u2019ve
        been in Germany since Sunday for the Berlin Web 2.0 Expo, where I participated
        in a workshop to help European start-ups improve their pitches.","title":"The
        German start-up scene: Copycats, but getting\u00a0smarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/22/the-german-start-up-scene-copycats-but-getting-smarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945058,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-14T15:31:59Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Whenever
        we play video game, especially advanced ones involving dungeons and/or dragons,
        we always feel really bad when we kill things. Seriously, guys \u2014 we don\u2019t
        mean it! The wee little lass in this old-school Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
        Intellivision commercial on the other hand\u2026 [via Retroist]","title":"Holy
        Cats: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Intellivision\u00a0Commercial","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/14/holy-cats-advanced-dungeons-a-dragons-intellivision-commercial/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945057,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-25T16:06:07Z","slug":"mtpv","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Gears
        of War 3 embraces the\u00a0horror","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/25/gears-of-war-3-embraces-the-horror/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945056,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-31T09:00:22Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Mark
        Pincus, chief executive of social gaming giant Zynga, denied that Zynga copied
        a rival\u2019s Bingo game on Facebook. Instead, he said in an exclusive interview
        with VentureBeat that the accuser in this case borrowed from Zynga.","title":"Zynga
        CEO: We aren\u2019t the copycats on Bingo social game (exclusive\u00a0interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/31/zynga-mark-pincus-copycat-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945055,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-05T08:55:08Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Just
        days after Google demoed wearable computing platform Project Glass by spectacularly
        skydiving from a blimp and biking and rappelling down a building, Olympus
        has hastily announced an \u201cultra-compact wearable display prototype.\u201d","title":"Note
        to Project Glass copycats: ugly is definitely\u00a0out","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/05/note-to-project-glass-copycats-ugly-is-definitely-out/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945054,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-04T14:04:40Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"OK,
        so first it was condoms. Then it was same-day cat delivery service. And now,
        on-demand car service Uber is offering Christmas tree deliveries.You better
        have a pretty flush wallet, though.Uber announced on its blog today that it
        is initiating Christmas tree delivery service in 10 cities in partnership
        with Home Depot, including New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. I just
        spent $40 on a 7-foot Noble Fir, but Uber will charge $135 for the same tree.Ouch!There
        is a bit more too it, of course. Not only do you get the tree \u2014 and the
        door-to-door delivery \u2014 you also get a tree stand and an unspecified
        \u201cUber gift.\u201d That\u2019s probably a discount or voucher for Uber
        service. And there\u2019s no need for cash, Uber will take payment via PayPal,
        Google Wallet, or credit card (score one for digital wallets!).To get your
        ho-ho-ho via Uber, download the app and request the tree between 11AM and
        8PM on Thursday this week. Other cities that are participating are Atlanta,
        Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Washington DC.But you\u2019d
        better do it early.Uber says availability will be \u201cvery limited.\u201d","title":"New
        Uber delivery option: First condoms, then cats \u2026 and now $135 Christmas\u00a0trees","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/04/new-uber-delivery-option-first-condoms-then-cats-now-135-christmas-trees/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945053,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T12:32:26Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Reddit
        released its stats for 2013, revealing some staggering new numbers about visitors
        and page views, votes and comments, and the top posts of the\u00a0year.","title":"Reddit
        in 2013: 56B pageviews, 41M posts, 405M comments, and oh-so-many\u00a0cats","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/reddit-in-2013-56b-pageviews-41m-posts-405m-comments-and-oh-so-many-cats/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945052,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-23T10:00:01Z","slug":"cats-co","summary":"Nexon\u2019s
        Owen Mahoney is driving his company toward more creative free-to-play\u00a0titles.","title":"Nexon\u2019s
        Owen Mahoney sees salvation through original hardcore games, not Flappy Bird
        copycats\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:53:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/23/nexons-owen-mahoney-sees-salvation-through-hardcore-original-games-not-flappy-bird-copycats-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945051,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-15T18:00:30Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Today,
        a startup that helps farms got funding and we\u2019re tickled piggy-pink about
        it.","title":"Funding Daily: Farms","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/15/funding-daily-farms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945050,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-21T10:58:20Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Sabre
        is the parent company behind Travelocity, a popular site for booking flights,
        hotels, rental cars, activities, and finding travel deals. The company revealed
        its intent to go public today and could raise up to\u00a0$750M.","title":"Travelocity
        parent company Sabre could raise up to $750M in\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/21/travelocity-parent-company-sabre-could-raise-up-to-750m-in-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945049,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-23T07:00:20Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Guest
        Post These 7 different types of native ads are just the beginning of what
        we\u2019ll see from the\u00a0genre.","title":"So we all know what native ads
        are, right? Maybe\u00a0not","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/23/so-we-all-know-what-native-ads-are-right-maybe-not/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945048,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T09:47:17Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"The
        Salt Lake City-based company closed $41 million in funding today, which closely
        follows a $33 million round in early January. This brings its total funding
        amount to just shy of $100\u00a0million.","title":"VCs bet $100M that Health
        Catalyst can take on Oracle &\u00a0IBM","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/vcs-bet-100m-that-health-catalyst-can-take-on-oracle-ibm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945047,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T17:05:01Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"There\u2019s
        a whole lot of funding going down today, especially within the areas of crowdfunding,
        healthcare, and digital publishing.","title":"Funding Daily: Teamwork\u00a0edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/funding-daily-teamwork-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945046,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-27T20:10:43Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Shopify\u2019s
        software now powers over 100,000 online storefronts in 122 countries ,and
        it\u2019s client roster is growing fast: Tesla, Google, Gatorade, the Los
        Angeles Lakers, the Beastie Boys\u00a0\u2026","title":"Shopify looking at
        a $100 million\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/shopify-looking-at-a-100-million-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945045,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-28T09:08:49Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"With
        fast-growing revenue and a huge merger underway the GrubHub-Seamless family
        is ready for its moment in the\u00a0spotlight.","title":"Here\u2019s the full
        filing for GrubHub\u2019s $100M\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/28/heres-the-full-filing-for-grubhubs-100m-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945044,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T09:27:20Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"The
        spat between venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and activist investor Carl
        Icahn took another turn yesterday, with the former accusing the latter of
        \u201cmaking up a fake conspiracy theory out of thin air.\u201d","title":"Andreessen
        shoots back after Icahn accuses him of misconduct in Skype\u00a0purchase","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/andreessen-shoots-back-after-icahn-accuses-him-of-misconduct-in-skype-purchase/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945043,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T05:30:19Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"The
        team of seasoned game veterans from companies like Rovio is focused on next-generation
        mobile\u00a0games.","title":"With $6M raised, Finland\u2019s Next Games plans
        big mobile games like The Walking\u00a0Dead","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/with-6m-raised-finlands-next-games-plans-big-mobile-games-like-the-walking-dead/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945042,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T06:00:02Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Startup
        aims to offer gesture controls based on software that adapts to\u00a0humans.","title":"Aquifi
        offers a new generation of gesture controls with Fluid\u00a0Experience","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/aquifi-offers-a-new-generation-of-gesture-controls-with-fluid-experience/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945041,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T14:30:43Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"If
        you want to learn more about Nosgoth\u2019s human-vampire conflict, or if
        you\u2019re wondering how Psyonix\u2019s game fits within the lore, start\u00a0here.","title":"A
        beginner\u2019s guide to the history between Nosgoth and Legacy of\u00a0Kain","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/nosgoth-and-the-history-of-legacy-of-kain/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945040,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T15:30:23Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"How
        much do you make? How much should you make? PayScale probably knows.","title":"PayScale
        lands $100M commitment from Warburg\u00a0Pincus","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/payscale-lands-100m-commitment-from-warburg-pincus/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945039,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-02T12:45:53Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Students
        now have the option of taking an online driver\u2019s education course through
        an iOS app from\u00a0Austin-based startup Aceable.","title":"For the first
        time ever, students can take driver\u2019s ed from an iPhone app\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/02/for-the-first-time-ever-students-can-take-drivers-ed-from-an-iphone-app-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945038,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-10T09:45:12Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Why are U.S. investors squeamish on one of the most exciting investment
        opportunities on planet Earth right now? We found it comes down to misconceptions
        about the Chinese startup\u00a0market.","title":"Why U.S. VC firms missed
        out on Alibaba \u2014 and most other big Chinese\u00a0opportunities","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/10/why-u-s-vc-firms-missed-out-on-alibaba-and-most-other-big-chinese-opportunities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945037,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T06:00:11Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Kony,       Inc., the leading enterprise mobility company, today announced
        the       appointment of John R. Joyce as chief financial officer (CFO) and
        vice       chairman. Joyce served in a variety of senior posts during his
        30-year       career at\u00a0IBM,\u2026","title":"John R. Joyce Appointed
        as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of\u00a0Kony","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/john-r-joyce-appointed-as-vice-chairman-and-chief-financial-officer-of-kony/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945036,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T16:00:40Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Funded:
        An ecommerce site, and software to get social media mavens to tweet about
        products for sale on that ecommerce\u00a0site.","title":"Funding Daily: On\u00a0holiday","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/funding-daily-on-holiday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945035,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T21:30:56Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Russian
        seed-stage fund SpinUp Partners has invested in two Asian startup accelerators,
        a pioneering move among Russian funds that usually look to\u00a0California.","title":"SpinUp
        Partners leads Russian startups to global markets via Singapore\u00a0accelerators","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/spinup-partners-leads-russian-startups-to-global-markets-via-singapore-accelerators/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945034,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T12:00:11Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Atmel
        moves into wireless chips for internet of things\u00a0applications.","title":"Internet
        of Things heats up for chip makers as Atmel pays $140M for Newport\u00a0Media","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/internet-of-things-heats-up-for-chip-makers-as-atmel-pays-140m-for-newport-media/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945033,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T12:20:48Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"One
        of Google\u2019s partners in crime on Tango 3D sensing project has just nabbed
        fresh venture\u00a0funding.","title":"3D-sensing camera startup Matterport
        grabs\u00a0$16M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/3d-sensing-camera-startup-matterport-grabs-16m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945032,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T16:30:02Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Plenty
        of money to be made in the mobile business, it\u00a0seems.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Mobile this, mobile\u00a0that","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/funding-daily-mobile-this-mobile-that/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945031,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T01:00:37Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Bill
        Gates, Larry Ellison, and Jeff Bezos are among some of the wealthiest tech
        tycoons here in the U.S., but there are plenty of extremely wealthy tech executives
        across the globe who are making major contributions to their country\u2019s
        tech\u00a0scenes.","title":"Meet 14 of the richest tech tycoons from around
        the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/meet-the-richest-tech-tycoons-in-14-major-countries-around-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945030,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T15:44:44Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Here\u2019s
        our roundup of all the notable funding news of the\u00a0day.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Tracking apps, security intelligence, & the\u00a0anti-Snapchat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/funding-daily-tracking-apps-security-intelligence-the-anti-snapchat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945029,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-03-27T21:03:37Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Silver
        Lake and six other buyout firms were putting the finishing touches on an $11.3
        billion acquisition of software giant SunGard tonight. Here\u2019s our story
        to run in tomorrow\u2019s Mercury News (free registration), or see extended
        entry.","title":"Silver Lake leads acquisition of SunGard, largest tech buyout\u00a0ever","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/03/27/silver-lake-leads-acquisition-of-sungard-largest-tech-buyout-ever/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945028,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-02T00:00:08Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"We
        first met Blake Ross at Silicon Valley\u2019s Cafe Coupa more than a year
        ago.","title":"Firefox Kid Blake Ross to launch Parakey \u2014 this could
        be\u00a0big","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/02/firefox-kid-blake-ross-to-launch-parakey-this-could-be-big/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945027,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-15T09:35:09Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Sigvion
        Capital, a Chicago VC firm specializing in life-science investing, hopes to
        raise between $50 million and $100 million for its second fund, VentureWire
        reports (subscription required). The firm anticipates a boom in healthcare
        startups in the Great Lakes region.","title":"Sigvion Capital aims for $100M
        healthcare-startup fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/15/sigvion-capital-aims-for-100m-healthcare-startup-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945026,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-15T01:46:57Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"With
        a fresh $32 million funding going to nanotechnoloy firm NanoGram, mainly for
        development of next-generation solar cells, it\u2019s a good time to point
        out some up-and-coming technologies that work on very small scales to make
        photovoltaic cells more efficient.","title":"The future of solar is nanotech:
        Nanogram, Sunflake and other upcoming\u00a0technologies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/15/the-future-of-solar-is-nanotech-nanogram-sunflake-and-other-upcoming-technologies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945025,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-18T05:00:44Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"As
        expected, online media company LiveUniverse has acquired Pageflakes, the online
        site that provides people with a starting page where they can import all their
        favorite content.","title":"LiveUniverse acquires Pageflakes, creates personalized
        media\u00a0pages","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/liveuniverse-acquires-pageflakes-creates-personalized-media-pages/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945024,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-16T13:57:55Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Venture
        capital remained crucial to national economic growth over the last two years,
        according to a new study conducted by IHS Global Insight and commissioned
        by the National Venture Capital Association.","title":"Venture capital still
        a big deal for the US economy, study\u00a0says","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/16/report-venture-capital-still-a-big-deal-for-the-us-economy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945023,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-09T10:31:59Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"The
        company that created the popular Habbo virtual world plans to lay off 20 percent
        of its employees, according to published reports.","title":"Vacancies at the
        Habbo hotel? Sulake laying off 20\u00a0percent","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:52:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/09/vacancies-at-the-habbo-hotel-sulake-laying-off-20-percent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945022,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-13T12:15:18Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"If
        you\u2019re the stylish type and want to customize your clothing orders, there
        are lots of options for you on the web. Now it\u2019s time to take that bring
        that approach to jewelry, says Matt Lauzon, founder and president of a company
        called Paragon Lake.","title":"Paragon Lake will let you customize jewelry\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/13/paragon-lake-will-let-you-customize-jewelry-on-the-web/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945021,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-29T11:42:04Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Palo
        Alto, Calif.-based venture capital firm Pacific Lake Partners is still looking
        to raise $35 million for a rather interesting new fund. The fund will specifically
        target young entrepreneurs looking to buy and turn around other people\u2019s
        startups \u2014 a fairly uncommon approach for investors.","title":"Pacific
        Lake Partners raises $35M fund to back young entrepreneurs'' buyouts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/29/pacific-lake-partners-raises-35m-to-back-young-entrepreneurs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945020,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-20T02:00:14Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Virtual
        worlds aren\u2019t fashionable in the age of social networks. But Finnish
        virtual world operator Sulake reported strong growth in the first quarter
        as its Habbo Hotel expanded quickly despite the lingering recession.","title":"Sulake''s
        Habbo virtual world for kids keeps growing at fast\u00a0clip","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/20/sulakes-habbo-virtual-world-for-kids-keeps-growing-at-fast-clip/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945019,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-07T11:45:16Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"The
        venture capital industry has been incredibly volatile recently \u2014  with
        funds and deal sizes shrinking, and many firms simply running  aground, unable
        to raise new funds at all. But this hasn\u2019t deterred  Olympus Capital,
        a brand new venture capital firm  launching today with a modest $150 million
        first fund.","title":"Olympus Capital debuts with $150M for cleantech, IT
        amid VC\u00a0turbulence","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/07/olympus-capital-debuts-with-150m-for-cleantech-it-amid-vc-turbulence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945018,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-24T09:06:57Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Private
        equity firm Silver Lake \u00a0is teaming up with billionaire George Soros\u2019s
        fund to invest in \u201cthe energy and resource sectors.\u201d","title":"Silver
        Lake launches new cleantech fund with George Soros''s\u00a0firm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/24/silver-lake-launches-new-cleantech-fund-with-george-soross-firm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945017,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-09T17:50:28Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Yozma
        Venture Capital is in talks to sell its share of Conduit, an Israel-based
        company that creates user engagement tools,\u00a0for more than $200 million,
        Globes\u00a0reported\u00a0Thursday.","title":"Silver Lake buys stake in Conduit,
        giving Israeli investors 200x\u00a0return","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/09/yozma-reaps-a-huge-return-on-the-sale-of-its-stake-in-israel-start-up-conduit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945016,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-25T16:30:08Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Habbo
        Hotel, a social game for teens, is back online in three countries after shutting
        down amidst reports of pornographic chat targeted at underage\u00a0users.","title":"Sulake
        un-mutes Habbo Hotel in select countries for first time since sex\u00a0scandal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/25/habbo-hotel-back-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945015,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-19T11:13:50Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"The
        company says it will continue\u00a0operating.","title":"THQ files for bankruptcy,
        assets sold to investor Clearlake for\u00a0$60M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/19/thq-files-for-bankruptcy-assets-sold-to-investor-clearlake/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945014,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-14T12:31:42Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Here are seven promising startups we saw at last week\u2019s Capital
        Factory demo\u00a0day:","title":"7 promising Austin startups from Capital
        Factory\u2019s Demo\u00a0Day","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/14/7-promising-austin-startups-from-capital-factorys-demo-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945013,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-24T18:35:04Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"German
        angels have landed in San Francisco.","title":"German angels arrive in the
        Valley: Say hello to Point Nine\u00a0Capital","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/24/german-angels-arrive-in-the-valley-say-hello-to-point-nine-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945012,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-21T16:08:11Z","slug":"lake-capital","summary":"Although
        Firelake Capital was started to invest mainly in public cleantech companies,
        the firm has decided to open a new $100 million fund for private sector investments.","title":"Firelake
        Capital Management raising $100M for cleantech\u00a0investment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/21/firelake-capital-management-raising-100m-for-cleantech-investment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945011,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-13T06:00:58Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Glitchy
        gameplay, lifeless environments, and a short campaign keep Contrast\u2019s
        highlights in the\u00a0shadows.","title":"Contrast\u2019s technical bugs and
        barren world keep this noir puzzle-platformer in the dark\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/contrast-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945010,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T03:00:41Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Crytek\u2019s
        Ryse is an excellent launch title, but it isn\u2019t the same kind of system
        seller as\u00a0Halo.","title":"Ryse: Son of Rome is a bloody good reason to
        own an Xbox One\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/ryse-son-of-rome-unleashes-the-raw-brutality-of-the-roman-empire-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945009,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-25T08:21:51Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"For
        those you love and those you hate, GamesBeat brings you an alternative holiday
        shopping guide for the gamers in your\u00a0life.","title":"GamesBeat\u2019s
        2013 \u2018Naughty and Nice\u2019 Alternative Holiday Gift Guide for your\u00a0geek","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/25/the-gamesbeat-2013-naughty-and-nice-alternative-holiday-gift-guide-for-your-geek/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945008,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-29T10:30:28Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Here\u2019s
        our roundup of the best-of-the-best subscription services for the 2013 gift-giving
        season. Our list includes options for just about everyone, be they new moms,
        avid readers, or serious\u00a0meat-lovers.","title":"The 10 best subscription
        boxes to give in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/29/the-10-best-subscription-boxes-to-give-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945007,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-24T07:00:59Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Guest
        Post Wearable technology is not only changing the way in which we interact
        with technology, it\u2019s also providing retailers with benefits they never
        thought\u00a0possible.","title":"Wearable tech: If it benefits you, it benefits\u00a0retailers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/24/wearable-tech-if-it-benefits-you-it-benefits-retailers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945006,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-28T05:02:10Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"As
        I did last year, I thought it would be interesting to survey what the next
        year has to offer between consoles, handhelds, and PCs focusing mainly on
        NA by taking a large sampling of what (we hope) will show up on time and go
        from there with a few thoughts on them in\u00a0general.","title":"A Survey
        of the 2014\u00a0Gamescape","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/28/a-survey-of-the-2014-gamescape/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945005,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-13T19:38:49Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Who
        doesn\u2019t like free? Are you one of those people who think free-to-play
        games are never as good as the rest of them? Five years ago I would have agreed
        with you, but the gaming industry has changed, and each time more and more
        free-to-play games come out that have nothing to envy from paying experiences.","title":"Free
        to play game of the week \u2013 Dota\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/free-to-play-game-of-the-week-dota-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945004,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-14T10:00:50Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Square
        Enix and Silicon Studio forgo the standard aesthetic options so you can customize
        your special attacks, monster encounter ratio, and even specific\u00a0taunts.","title":"Bravely
        Default wants to make customization mean something in Japanese\u00a0RPGs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/14/bravely-default-wants-to-make-customization-mean-something-in-jrpgs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945003,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-16T09:00:36Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Intel
        wants to take its Quark family of chips into everything from smartwatches
        to fitness\u00a0gadgets.","title":"How Steven Holmes will take Intel into
        fashion and jewelry design\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/16/how-steven-holmes-will-take-intel-into-fashion-and-jewelry-design-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945002,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T17:36:42Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"With
        his first game, Josef Fares directed his team to accomplish something completely\u00a0new.","title":"Novelty,
        Oh Novelty: On Starbreeze Studios\u2019 Brothers: A Tale of Two\u00a0Sons","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/novelty-oh-novelty-on-starbreeze-studios-brothers-a-tale-of-two-sons/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945001,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-05T12:06:07Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Celery
        says your business can begin accepting pre-orders in less time than it takes
        to brush your\u00a0teeth.","title":"Celery sets up preorder payment systems
        with 2 lines of\u00a0code","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/05/celery-sets-up-pre-order-payment-systems-with-2-lines-of-code/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3945000,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-12T15:39:11Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"The
        target customer is \u201csomeone who is looking to buy a new snowboard on
        Amazon,\u201d said the founder, \u201cbut would rather find it\u00a0here.\u201d","title":"Yerdle
        goes national with battle cry of \u2018share, not\u00a0shop\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:51:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/yerdle-goes-national-with-battle-cry-of-share-not-shop/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944999,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-14T14:13:34Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"With
        Lighting Returns out this week maybe you\u2019re considering trying other
        games for the first time in the Final Fantasy Franchise. Here are my impressions
        of the all the main numbered entries minus the online and spin-off entries
        to help you pick the game that\u2019s right for\u00a0you.","title":"A Look
        Back At The History Of Final\u00a0Fantasy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/14/a-look-back-at-the-history-of-final-fantasy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944998,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T15:33:42Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"99
        Levels looks a lot like Derek Yu\u2019s platformer Spelunky \u2014 but it\u2019s
        a different game in many\u00a0ways.","title":"99 Levels to Hell is Spelunky
        meets Bubble Bobble in a total\u00a0bloodbath","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/99-levels-to-hell-spelunky-roguelike/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944997,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-05T09:00:57Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Integration
        of social tools, and fostering online community may be the most influential
        factors in which of the two consoles take the superior position in terms of
        market share and consumer loyalty in the eighth generation console\u00a0war.","title":"Social
        networking will win the console\u00a0wars","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/social-networking-will-win-the-console-wars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944996,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-10T22:30:24Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"My
        view has become more nuanced after 365 days and 15,243 miles of of blizzards,
        bird droppings, heat, cold, glitches, groceries, dogs, road trips, drag races,
        Superchargers, traffic jams, service visits, vampire draw, software updates,
        and \u201cCheck Tire Pressure Monitoring System\u201d\u00a0warnings.","title":"One
        year and 15,000 miles with a Tesla Model\u00a0S","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/10/one-year-and-15000-miles-with-a-tesla-model-s/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944995,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T08:30:31Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Diablo
        III\u2019s real-money auction house let some players make serious cash. With
        the auction house now shut down, GamesBeat caught up with these gold and item
        traders to find out how they did\u00a0it.","title":"Meet the gamers who earned
        big in the now-closed Diablo III real-money auction\u00a0house","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/meet-the-gamers-who-earned-big-in-the-now-closed-diablo-iii-real-money-auction-house/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944994,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-22T04:40:16Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"In
        trying to be grander in scale than its predecessor, Darksiders II pushes its
        mechanics to breaking point and forces players to repeat themselves more often
        than is\u00a0desirable.","title":"Darksiders II is almost fourteen times as
        long as Beowulf (starring Ray\u00a0Winstone)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/22/darksiders-ii-is-almost-fourteen-times-as-long-as-beowulf-starring-ray-winstone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944993,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T11:02:31Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Before
        playing the demo, I honestly was not completely sure what to expect of Conception
        II.\u00a0 I have never played the first one (which was release on the PSP
        and with no English version).\u00a0 I had received emails from Atlus informing
        me of the demo\u2019s release date and containing videos introducing the characters.\u00a0
        I liked the art style and the music.\u00a0 I then went to the official Atlus
        site for the game and saw the explanation of the combat and the party system.\u00a0
        It didn\u2019t really all click until I got my hands on the 3DS demo that
        went live this afternoon.\u00a0 I literally spent HOURS playing it.\u00a0
        Needless to say, I am completely convinced that Conception II will be an amazing
        game.\u00a0 So much so that I am pre-ordering my 3DS copy in the mourning.\u00a0
        So, what was so good?","title":"Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
        demo\u00a0impressions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/conception-ii-children-of-the-seven-stars-demo-impressions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944992,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T17:28:22Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Guest
        Post I\u2019m an enormous believer in the value of outside directors relatively
        early in the life of a company. I like to keep boards small and weighted toward
        outside directors as the companies\u00a0grow.","title":"Here\u2019s how to
        find & keep a great outside board\u00a0member","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/if-youre-going-to-have-an-outside-board-member-look-for-an-independent-thinker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944991,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-05T09:57:27Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Kabam
        says it is investigating the cheaters and is working to end the behavior.
        But players say this has been going on for way too\u00a0long.","title":"Kabam
        warns players of fraud in 2 of its highly profitable\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/05/kabam-warns-players-of-fraud-in-2-of-its-highly-profitable-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944990,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T16:36:42Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"This
        crafty iOS game breaks Hitman down into bite-sized chunks of stealth and\u00a0assassination.","title":"Hitman
        Go proves murder can still be fun as a turn-based\u00a0puzzler","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/hitman-go-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944989,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T00:56:40Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"The
        ambitious new property from Ubisoft makes some bold claims and backs a lot
        of it\u00a0up.","title":"You\u2019re the king of Watch Dogs\u2019 open world
        \u2014 until the story hacks into it\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/youre-the-king-of-watch-dogs-open-world-until-the-story-hacks-into-it-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944988,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T10:00:29Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"The
        Glitch Ray enables you to create your own \u201cglitches\u201d to manipulate
        enemies and the\u00a0environment.","title":"Axiom Verge combines Metroid,
        Game Genie, and glitches into a frantic\u00a0sidescroller","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/axiom-verge-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944987,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T09:54:28Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Nintendo
        teased new Zelda, Star Fox, and Mario games during its pre-E3\u00a0briefing.","title":"Nintendo\u2019s
        E3 event: All the news and trailers including Zelda Wii U and\u00a0Amiibo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/nintendos-e3-event-all-the-news-and-trailers-including-zelda-wii-u-and-amiibo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944986,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T08:00:37Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"We
        talked to 18 game industry executives and developers about the state of the\u00a0gaming.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: What the industry\u2019s top leaders have to say about the video
        game\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/the-deanbeat-what-the-industrys-top-leaders-have-to-say-about-the-video-game-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944985,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-06T10:00:40Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Five
        developers share their experiences on creating games at the end of the longest-running
        console\u00a0generation.","title":"9 years later, developers weigh in on making
        games for the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360\u00a0generation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/06/last-gen-development/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944984,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T09:00:54Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"The
        last great prison break game I played was way back in 1986. Roofer turned
        game developer Chris Davis is aiming to make up for lost\u00a0time.","title":"The
        Escapists is bringing the prison break genre back to life \u2014 on a shoestring\u00a0budget","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/the-escapists-prison-break-genre/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944983,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-20T12:27:31Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"As
        the Chicago Climate Exchange began trading as part of the Regional Greenhouse
        Gas Initiative (RGGI) on Friday, considerable doubt remained about whether
        the cap-and-trade system will actually effect emissions reductions. The system
        is plagued by poor design, merely a marginal improvement over the status quo.The
        RGGI, a cooperative of 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic state governments,
        saw trading of 70,000 carbon permits on its first day. The RGGI only regulates
        emissions from power generators, and sets an emissions cap of 188 million
        tons per year from 2009 to 2014, which is more than what is currently emitted.
        The cap is then expected to decrease by 2.5% annually from 2015 to 2018. States
        are required to auction off at least 25% of allocated credits.There are several
        critical design flaws that will hinder the market\u2019s effectiveness, the
        first problem being the high cap. The price of emissions is tied to the volume
        of credits available, and the high cap will lead to low carbon prices, hindering
        the effectiveness of the RGGI. The price of carbon closed at $3.66 per credit
        (which buys a tonne) on Tuesday, well below the EU trading scheme\u2019s closing
        price  of \u20ac24.25.Also, the RGGI trades in short tonnes, limiting its
        compatibility with international markets. Its omission of industrial and agricultural
        emitters is also a mistake, leaving two significant sources of greenhouse
        gases unregulated. The initiative only reins in the ever-increasing emissions
        from fossil fuel generated electricity and produces no real reductions. The
        scope and implementation of the RGGI leaves it ill equipped to stimulate investment
        in clean technologies \u2014 a light breeze when strong winds are required
        to topple the status quo.The RGGI is seen as a limited measure that will eventually
        transition into some incarnation of the national climate legislation being
        negotiated in the Senate. There are also other regional schemes in the works,
        including the Western Climate Initiative (WCCI), a group of four Canadian
        provinces, California and six other western states. In May, the WCCI released
        a proposal calling for reductions 15% below 2005 levels by 2020. If enacted,
        the WCCI would provide for a more vibrant and efficient market than the RGGI,
        acting as a catalyst for investment in wind, solar, nuclear, hyrdoeletric,
        and geothermal power. It has been estimated that carbon prices of $25 to $50
        would make many types of clean energy, as well as natural gas, competitive
        with coal generation.Following the 2008 Presidential election, we will likely
        see national-level climate legislation similar to the WCCI, at least in earlier
        years. Senator McCain\u2019s cap-and-trade proposal mirrors the WCCI\u2019s
        requirements, while calling for 66% reductions below 2005 levels by 2050.
        Senator Obama supports the Climate Security Act, which calls for 19% reductions
        by 2020, while his campaign platform calls for a 80% reduction in greenhouse
        gas emissions by 2050. Regardless of who is victorious in November, the next
        administration will see the passage of a comprehensive cap-and-trade system,
        sparking investment and innovation in cleantech.","title":"Regional carbon
        market will have a limited effect on cleantech\u00a0investment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/20/regional-carbon-market-will-have-a-limited-effect-on-cleantech-investment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944982,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-27T00:00:00Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Dear
        BitMobbers,\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 I know everyone has different thoughts on renting,
        but mine may or may not be different. \u00a0Really to me there is only two
        viable options since a third party is just not there for me, but I will put
        one any ways. \u00a0Option 1:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Many will tell me my better
        option would be Gamfly to get games. \u00a0Then again from everyone I know
        they wait like weeks on new releases. \u00a0Only the people who perfected
        to get games on day one are the people who have been using this system. \u00a0Now
        really is it worth getting one at a time? \u00a0I mean if you live out in
        the sticks like me that is at least a good 2 to 4 days with out a game. \u00a0However
        it does have nice offers if you are a continued customer that does help with
        buying used games. \u00a0Better this is you don\u2019t waste gas as this is
        all done by mail.Option 2:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Block Buster even though it
        is that big wig place. \u00a0This block buster has a deal for movie and games
        unlimited for about 23 dollars a month. \u00a0Bad part about this one is the
        same as above. \u00a0Limited stocking items as well as not getting some titles
        for your console. \u00a0How ever with this plan you can keep the game as long
        as you want. \u00a0Now really depending on how far you are from one this may
        not be your option of choice.\u00a0Option 3:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Maybe at a
        third choice there is another video store that is not Block Buster. \u00a0They
        may have specials and limited stock as well, but it also supports your local
        community. \u00a0There may be other options as well. \u00a0Just save the money
        you would spend on a rental and wait to buy the game. \u00a0This might not
        be the best option, but you will be happier in the end. \u00a0Owning a game
        I know gives me a sence of secutriy and enjoyment.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0So I
        gave three different options, but really in the end it is what ever you can
        manage. \u00a0I hate waiting to get games like everyone else. \u00a0Because
        reviews will come in and cloud judgement on what a great game is and a good
        game tries to be. \u00a0Please be weary on the reviews to the games your waiting
        on that your reading. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Have a great gaming day.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cheers,\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0
        \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Toby (ATC)\u00a0","title":"Renting
        Thoughts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/27/renting-thoughts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944981,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-10T23:16:02Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Steam
        Sales","title":"Steam Sales, Jake Jabbs, and the Perceived Value of Intangible\u00a0Items","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/10/steam-sales-jake-jabbs-and-the-perceived-value-of-intangible-items/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944980,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-19T01:41:44Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Public
        libraries have been waging a war for our attention for years. In an attempt
        to appear more relevant and progressive, many libraries now carry a selection
        of CDs and DVDs alongside the usual staples like novels and microfiche. Last
        week, I learned that public libraries in Edmonton, Alberta have taken the
        battle one step further by stocking video games.","title":"My Library Carries
        Video\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/19/my-library-carries-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944979,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-11T05:24:18Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"This
        post was inspired by Brendon Mroz''s piece, Print is Dead; Long Live Print.
        I started thinking about what it would take to get me to pick up a gaming
        magazine again. Nostalgia aside, I don''t think it would take much\u2026 but
        things would certainly have to be different this time around.","title":"A
        Hole in My Heart The Shape of Envelope\u00a0Art","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/11/a-hole-in-my-heart-the-shape-of-envelope-art/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944978,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-29T19:19:00Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Managing
        Editor''s note: A number of errors originally ran in this article. With the
        help of the author, we have corrected those errors. We apologize for the editing
        lapse. -Jason","title":"Lessons Learned From My First\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/29/what-e3-taught-me-about-video-game-journalism/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944977,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-07T21:47:23Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"\u00a0","title":"My
        Local Video Game\u00a0Store","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/07/my-local-video-game-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944976,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T08:51:09Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Intel
        aims to boost the self-driving car market with its own technology platforms.
        Get ready for Intel Inside your\u00a0car.","title":"Intel Inside your car?
        Chip giant unveils its technology for autonomous\u00a0cars","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/intel-inside-your-car-chip-giant-unveils-its-technology-for-autonomous-cars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944975,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-30T08:00:50Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post This may be the most informative wearable technology post to date\u2026and
        definitely the\u00a0cutest.","title":"What do kids really think of wearable
        technology?\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/30/what-do-kids-really-think-of-wearable-technology-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944974,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T06:05:14Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Xcovery,       a developer of next-generation targeted therapeutics for
        cancer, today       presented preliminary results at the annual meeting of
        the American       Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) from a phase 1 study
        of X-396, a potent\u00a0small\u2026","title":"Xcovery Presents Interim Phase
        1 Results of X-396 in ALK positive NSCLC at the Americ...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/xcovery-presents-interim-phase-1-results-of-x-396-in-alk-positive-nsclc-at-the-american-society-for-clinical-oncology-annual-meeting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944973,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-30T22:00:06Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"There
        are numerous comparisons between Google\u2019s new Google+ social offering
        and Facebook, but most of them miss the mark. Google knows the social train
        has left the station and there is a very slim chance of catching up with Facebook\u2019s
        750 million active users. However, Twitter\u2019s position as a broadcast
        platform for 21 million active publishers is a much more achievable goal for
        Google to reach.","title":"Google+ could make Twitter the next\u00a0Myspace","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/30/google-could-make-twitter-the-next-myspace/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944972,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T08:11:39Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post MapR       Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution
        for       Apache Hadoop, today launched at Hadoop       Summit the industry\u2019s
        first Hadoop application gallery. Launching       with solutions from a wide
        range of Hadoop\u00a0ecosystem\u2026","title":"MapR Technologies Launches
        Industry\u2019s First Apache Hadoop Application\u00a0Gall...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/mapr-technologies-launches-industrys-first-apache-hadoop-application-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944971,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-10T01:37:36Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"The
        idea of an economy is a joke in most MMOs. Items drop off from monsters like
        candy, and there is an endless amount of gold to be earned and spent. Player\u2019s
        can buy gold from farmers in China if they don\u2019t feel like spending the
        time to earn their money. In EVE the economy is very real, living entity that
        is highly effected by the players.","title":"The EVE Virgin: Holy Economy\u00a0Batman!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/10/the-eve-virgin-holy-economy-batman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944970,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T08:15:15Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post MapR       Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution
        for       Apache\u2122 Hadoop\u00ae, and Syncsort,       a global leader in
        Big Data software, today announced at Hadoop       Summit a partnership enabling
        mission-critical data and\u00a0processing\u2026","title":"MapR Technologies
        and Syncsort Partner to Optimize Enterprise Data Architecture with ...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/mapr-technologies-and-syncsort-partner-to-optimize-enterprise-data-architecture-with-apache-hadoop/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944969,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-15T03:32:54Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"I
        got my start with the Nintendo. My mom didn''t get me an Atari, because she
        was afraid I''d succumb to the video game lifestyle; not playing outside (meaning
        soccer), losing my eyesight, and becoming overweight and lazy (Boy was she
        wrong!\u2026ahh hem).","title":"My First Real RPG: Illusion of\u00a0Gaia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/15/video-game-memories-my-first-real-rpg/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944968,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T07:10:55Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"French
        policed announced Sunday they\u00a0had\u00a0arrested a suspect in the terror
        attack against the Jewish Museum in Brussels, where four innocent people were\u00a0shot
        dead last week.","title":"What the Jewish Museum shooting tells us about face-recognition
        technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/what-the-jewish-museum-shooting-tells-us-about-face-recognition-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944967,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-04T07:20:35Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"What
        do venture firm\u00a0Andreessen-Horowitz\u00a0and successful internet companies\u00a0Opentable,
        Paypal, Netflix, Yelp\u00a0and Shopzilla\u00a0have in common? Rental eCommerce
        company, Rentcycle and its first $1.4 million round.","title":"Rentcycle raises
        $1.4M from Andreessen-Horowitz, cast of internet\u00a0stars","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/04/rentcycle-andreessen-horowitz/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944966,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-07T10:57:36Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Facebook
        will host an event for academics as it studies the broader world, including
        developing\u00a0countries.","title":"EXCLUSIVE: Facebook plans event to recruit\u00a0sociologists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/07/exclusive-to-sell-ads-in-the-developing-world-facebook-is-hiring-sociologists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944965,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-19T02:58:09Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Putting
        the word \u2018harvest\u2019 in front of any game revolving in the slightest
        towards the farming culture has paid off for games in the past. Harvest Fishing
        tells the unlikely tale of a young boy, whose sister has fallen into a comatose
        sleep, even if they can still communicate. His goal is to become a worldly
        renowned fisherman by only using a fishing rod, instead of professional equipment.
        By capturing the infamous River King fish, he hopes to use his scales to wake
        his sister and gain stardom; but this will require loads of training. From
        then on, the fishing may commence ad nauseum. It\u2019s hardly the best plot
        device, but then again, what ever is?","title":"Harvest Fishing a.k.a. River
        King: Mystic Valley | A casual\u00a0pick-up","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/19/harvest-fishing-aka-river-king-mystic-valley-a-casual-pick-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944964,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T04:05:40Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Owner\u00a0of
        Logitech\u2019s popular Harmony remote control have a few more things they
        can do with it: It now controls multi-room sound systems from Sonos and lights
        from Philips.","title":"Logitech adds Sonos support to its Harmony universal
        remote, voice search to its\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/logitech-adds-sonos-amazon-fire-support-to-its-harmony-universal-remote/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944963,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-06T23:09:28Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Maybe
        I am getting old, but parents seem to be a little more dense than they used
        to be\u2013or a lot more paranoid.","title":"What is Wrong with Parents?:
        When Games Meet Reading and\u00a0Morality","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/06/whats-wrong-with-parents-when-games-meet-reading-and-morality/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944962,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T05:00:15Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post OpenX Technologies, Inc. (OpenX), a global leader in web and mobile       advertising
        technology, today announced the launch of the next       generation of OpenX
        SSP (Supply Side Platform), transforming the concept       of SSP with Demand
        Fusion\u00a0technology\u2026.","title":"OpenX Transforms Concept of SSP with
        Industry-First Demand Fusion\u00a0Technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/openx-transforms-concept-of-ssp-with-industry-first-demand-fusion-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944961,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-21T13:24:17Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"In
        our many trips to the Google campus during 2011, we heard and saw a lot of
        what the company got up to in 2011.As one of the foremost Google+ skeptics,
        I personally got called in not once but twice to have the company\u2019s social
        vision patiently explained to me.And I also got to talk with the company\u2019s
        patent law and Android experts on how Google plans to survive the current
        mobile OS war, where it\u2019s currently under fire from Apple and Microsoft
        and waiting for reinforcements in the form of a Motorola Mobility acquisition
        that may or may not happen.These stories and many others weave together in
        the rich and detailed tapestry that is Google\u2019s year in review.Google
        and its partners are getting sued to heck and back over Android. \u201cWhy
        would anyone hate on a poor, defenseless, open-source operating system?\u201d
        you might ask yourself.Considering Android is soaring in market share far
        beyond what anyone could have anticipated, it\u2019s no wonder that players
        such as Apple (which sued HTC) and Microsoft (which is suing Motorola) are
        threatened. So those companies and others have struck out against Android
        and its manufacturers in the ever-so-entertaining theater of patent law.Most
        troubling, perhaps, is Oracle\u2019s assertion that the Android operating
        system\u2019s code base itself is infringing on its copyrights and patents.
        Oracle, through a series of corporate acquisitions, got its mitts on Java,
        the open-source programming language upon which Android is based, two years
        ago. It filed suit against Google last year, and after three mediation hearings,
        a trial is still scheduled to take place.Google+ was launched in the summer
        of 2011, and we \u2014 like most \u2014 first assumed it was a Facebook competitor
        and fawned excessively over the infant social product.However, as time wore
        on, we (ok, I, the only VentureBeat staffer who refused to get a Google+ account
        in the first place) began to gain a deeper understanding of Plus. It is not
        a social network, actually. According to the company\u2019s words and actions,
        it\u2019s a unifying set of tools that\u2019s supposed to make using all Google\u2019s
        web products a more cohesive experience.So while Google+ continues to roll
        out new features, what we find most exciting is its integration into all of
        Google\u2019s other web-based products, from Reader to Gmail to Blogger and
        beyond. Eventually, you\u2019ll see that integration everywhere, on every
        part of the web that Google controls.In May, Google announced it would be
        launching Google Music, a.k.a., the worst-kept secret on the Internet. After
        months of leaks, rumors and speculation (based on gossip-happy Hollywood types
        with whom Google had to work to get Music off the ground), we finally got
        to see it for the first time at Google I/O, the company\u2019s developer conference.While
        not everyone was thrilled with the early beta of the product, we\u2019re optimistic
        that Google Music can win in the long term, especially since it recently launched
        a music store that supports peer-to-peer sharing features.Of all the accusations
        leveled at the Android operating system, none has been flung out so often
        nor so vociferously as that of fragmentation. Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest
        Android variant, was created with that accusation in mind.The previous 2.X
        and 3.X forks were intended to run either on tablets or on smartphones. But
        the new OS runs on all web-connected devices, from smartphones to tablets
        and far beyond. It was intended to make development for Android much easier
        and to make a diverse marketplace of devices more cohesive.For consumers,
        it features an all-new, gorgeous design aesthetic, complete with a homebrewed
        new typeface, Roboto. Who knows, Android might even be as good-looking as
        the new Windows Phones one of these days.Remember those complicated patent
        lawsuits we were telling you about earlier? When those bad boys started, Google
        held fewer than 1,000 patents. Total. For all its technologies and products.With
        Android getting pummeled with patent lawsuits, Google found an expeditious
        way to beef up its patent portfolio: In August, it announced its intention
        to acquire Motorola Mobility, itself the holder of 17,500 mobile tech patents
        with an additional 7,500 patents pending.While U.S. and EU regulators are
        still putting the deal through a gamut of investigations to determine whether
        it crosses certain antitrust lines, Google says Moto will continue to operate
        as a separate entity \u2014 the only way such an acquisition could allow the
        competitive Android ecosystem to survive. As unlikely as it sounds, a competition-friendly
        Moto acquisition actually makes sense to us.Chrome, Google\u2019s fast and
        simple web browser, was launched in late 2008, and its growth has been nothing
        short of phenomenal. Just this month, we learned that Chrome had eclipsed
        Firefox as the world\u2019s second-most popular browser.While being second-best
        might not seem brag-worthy to you type-A nutjobs out there, keep in mind who
        is (still) winning the browser wars: Internet Explorer. But IE\u2019s market
        share is waning, falling from 26.6 percent at the end of 2009 to just 40 percent
        two years later. Currently, Chrome claims a 25.7 percent share of the global
        browser market. If Chrome\u2019s growth keeps up, it may be sitting on top
        soon enough.There are a lot of ways to measure popularity, and Android is
        killing it in almost every metric. Not only are Android smartphones the most
        desired gadgets in their class; they\u2019re also dominating in terms of actual
        market share. One area where Android lags is in popularity with developers
        \u2014 and consequently, number of currently available Android applications,
        especially for tablets.Another big announcement from Google I/O was the Chromebook,
        Google\u2019s hardware project for Chrome OS. The company touts Chrome OS
        as an operating system, but (and this frustrates the heck out of purists of
        any stripe) the so-called \u201cOS\u201d is simply Chrome, the browser, running
        on top of a Linux distribution that the user can\u2019t access without rooting
        the machine.It seems that Google is trying to prove the irrelevance of the
        operating system as it exists \u2014 a layer between the user and the hardware
        and the Internet. And as it pushes the relevance of \u201cthe cloud\u201d
        and beefs up its own range of web products, Google is particularly peddling
        Chrome, Chrome \u201cOS\u201d and Chromebooks to the enterprise and to educators.Finally,
        Google nuked a few products, most notably Gears, its behind-the-scenes syncing
        and caching system; Buzz, the social product that preceded Google+; and Wave,
        the semi-social collaborative suite that preceded Buzz.Wave was possibly one
        of the most ambitious and most disappointing projects in the company\u2019s
        history. Wave lives on as an Apache project, which it\u2019s been since late
        last year; however, Google finally axed it officially last month.Buzz was
        looking semi-promising until it ran into a deal-breaking privacy snafu that
        added up to a multi-million dollar legal payout to angry users.Finally, Google
        did a bit of corporate shopping, shall we say, this year. Notable acquisitions
        include:fflick, bought for $10 million: This Twitter movie recommendation
        engine team contributed to the new YouTube redesign and integrations with
        Google+.Dealmap: We called this startup \u201cthe missing link between Google
        Offers and Google Maps.\u201dPostRank: The acquisition of this social ranking
        service came just days after Google announced its +1 buttons and before it
        launched Google+.Next New Networks, bought for less than $100 million: The
        NNN team is providing audience development, programming experience and partner
        guidance for YouTube.Zagat, bought for $151 million: The famous restaurant
        review company fit perfectly into Google\u2019s overarching plan for Places,
        Offers and other local business plays.Admeld, bought for $400 million: This
        ad startup will help Google deliver its ad customers more data about how their
        ads are performing.Green Parrot Pictures: This Irish startup\u2019s technology
        helps to improve YouTube video processing.Apture: This acquisition was a talent
        and technology grab to help make Chrome even faster.","title":"Google\u2019s
        top 10 news items from\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/21/google-in-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944960,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T07:45:12Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Procore       Technologies Inc., the leader in cloud-based construction
        management       software, announced today it has closed $15 million in a
        series D       funding from Bessemer       Venture Partners (BVP). The funding
        will be used to\u00a0accelerate\u2026","title":"Procore Technologies Inc.
        Raises $15 Million to Accelerate Growth of Construction Sof...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/procore-technologies-inc-raises-15-million-to-accelerate-growth-of-construction-software-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944959,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-12T06:51:24Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"\u00a0","title":"My
        Money Is For\u00a0Everyone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/12/my-money-is-for-everyone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944958,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T07:30:12Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Netflix
        looks a little different today.","title":"Netflix flaunts new logo alongside
        brighter site\u00a0design","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/netflix-flaunts-new-logo-alongside-brighter-site-design/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944957,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-22T07:39:06Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"My
        Weekend in games is a more casual feature by me where I talk about the ups
        and downs of what I''m playing. As you can probably tell from the title, last
        weekend was a whole bunch of Dark souls.","title":"My Weekend in Games, February
        18th edition \u2013 Dark Souls\u00a0Addiction","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/22/my-weekend-in-games-february-18th-edition-dark-souls-addiction/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944956,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T07:30:11Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"With
        virtual reality and eye-tracking, gaming\u2019s biggest trade show wasn\u2019t
        disappointing with new\u00a0tech.","title":"The 10 coolest technologies for
        gamers at this year\u2019s\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/the-nine-coolest-technoloiges-for-gamers-at-this-years-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944955,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-23T22:02:37Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"There\u2019s
        something deceptively seductive about tactical role-playing games: instead
        of the instant-gratification of combat seen in other genres, tactical RPGs
        requires patience and careful calculation from the player as they move each
        of their warriors from one square block to the next. Trying to second-guess
        your opponent\u2019s moves adds another layer of strategy, as even a slight
        misstep could spell game over at any moment.","title":"Review: Hero Academy
        fills up a dark, empty void in my\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/23/review-hero-academy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944954,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T08:00:05Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Photoblogging
        app Storehouse\u00a0is announcing new discovery features today. The\u00a0iPad
        app will now include three separate channels at login, the ability to switch
        between the classic streaming layout and a new grid layout, and recommended
        posts showing up in user profiles.","title":"Photoblogging app Storehouse
        debuts new story-discovery\u00a0features","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/photoblogging-tool-storehouses-new-features-aim-to-show-you-photos-havent-seen-yet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944953,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-27T11:50:27Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick 2012 will see some of the biggest releases ever in the massively multiplayer
        online role-playing game genre. GamesBeat has rounded up the most promising
        titles and asked their developers, \u201cWhat makes your game\u00a0unique?\u201d","title":"The
        top 5 MMOs of 2012 \u2014 and what they\u2019re doing\u00a0differently","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/27/top-5-mmos-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944952,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T06:17:16Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Battery-electric bus manufacturer Proterra Inc. has raised more than
        $30       million in additional funding to accelerate further deployment of
        its       industry-leading zero-emission EV transit technology. Participation
        in       this round of\u00a0funding\u2026","title":"Proterra Secures Additional
        $30 Million in Financing to Meet Rapidly Growing Demand f...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/proterra-secures-additional-30-million-in-financing-to-meet-rapidly-growing-demand-for-ev-transit-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944951,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-28T17:00:16Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Here
        are five objects that don\u2019t act like their real-world counterparts\u2026and
        the truth behind their strange\u00a0behavior.","title":"The \u201creal\u201d
        science behind five video game\u00a0items","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/28/5-game-items-and-their-fake-science/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944950,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T22:00:38Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Today
        the National Institutes of Health announced they are offering my Lean LaunchPad
        class (I-Corps @ NIH) to commercialize the life sciences. There may come a
        day that one of these teams makes a drug, diagnostic, or medical device that
        saves your life.","title":"How lean-startup ideology could save your\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/how-lean-startup-ideology-could-save-your-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944949,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T05:32:15Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ExThera Medical Corporation announced today that U.S. Patent No.       8,758,286
        has been issued to the Company relating to its Seraph\u00ae       Microbind\u00ae
        Affinity Blood Filter (Seraph). ExThera Medical       also announced that
        it has listed an\u00a0executive\u2026","title":"U.S. Patent No. 8,758,286
        Issued to ExThera Medical, Whose Seraph\u00ae Technology is Des...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/u-s-patent-no-8758286-issued-to-exthera-medical-whose-seraph-technology-is-designed-to-combat-drug-resistant-superbugs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944948,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-03T09:00:12Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"We
        interview Patrick Hudson, chief executive of Robot Entertainment, about the
        recent moves that they have made for their popular iOS strategy game, Hero\u00a0Academy.","title":"Aggressive
        expansion: How Hero Academy came to embrace China and Steam\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/03/aggressive-expansion-how-hero-academy-came-to-embrace-china-and-steam-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944947,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T06:32:25Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Schoology       has closed a new $15 million round of funding led by
        Intel Capital along       with new investors Great Oaks Venture Capital and
        Great Road Holdings.       Existing investors participating in this round
        are FirstMark Capital and\u00a0\u2026","title":"Schoology Secures $15 Million
        to Fuel Growth and Product\u00a0Innovation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/schoology-secures-15-million-to-fuel-growth-and-product-innovation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944946,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-20T15:56:00Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"My
        thoughts on Diablo\u00a03.","title":"My thoughts on Diablo\u00a03","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/20/my-thoughts-on-diablo-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944945,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T07:19:04Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Fine       Point Technologies today announced the limited release of
        Mountain       View, a Java-based application that represents the industry\u2019s
        first       scalable, stable device management software requiring minimum
        hardware, simplified\u00a0integration\u2026","title":"Fine Point Technologies
        Announces Unmatched Broadband Device Management Software Solu...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/fine-point-technologies-announces-unmatched-broadband-device-management-software-solution-for-global-communications-providers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944944,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-19T17:25:38Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"A
        hump day round up of startup funding\u00a0news","title":"Funding Daily: My
        humps, my humps, my\u00a0humps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/19/funding-daily-my-humps-my-humps-my-humps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944943,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T08:02:24Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Airwolf 3D, a privately-held designer, manufacturer and distributor of       high-performance
        3D printers, has once again delivered on its strategic       vision for the
        3D printing industry by unveiling the AW3D HD2x dual hot       end 3D printer,\u00a0streamlining\u2026","title":"Airwolf
        3D Achieves Breakthrough 3D Printer Technology with New Dual Hot End Model
        fo...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/airwolf-3d-achieves-breakthrough-3d-printer-technology-with-new-dual-hot-end-model-for-under-4000/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944942,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-08T05:00:10Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"XCOM:
        Enemy Unknown is unlike any game you\u2019ve ever played before, melding real-time
        resource management with turn-based, squad-level\u00a0tactics.","title":"XCOM:
        Enemy Unknown is peerless in modern game design\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/08/xcom-enemy-unknown-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944941,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T08:00:42Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The word revolutionary is over-used in the technology field, but there\u2019s
        no other way to describe the impact of digital photography. It has never been
        easier to capture high quality photos and videos, and we share hundreds of
        millions of them on the Internet every single\u00a0day.","title":"A snapshot
        history of digital camera\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/a-snapshot-history-of-digital-camera-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944940,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-08T12:00:57Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick MySpace might be a joke to many. But it is no laughing matter for Tim
        and Chris Vanderhook, brothers not grim about the social network\u2019s chances
        at a full-fledged\u00a0comeback.","title":"Remaking MySpace: How Tim and Chris
        Vanderhook are turning around the web\u2019s biggest\u00a0joke","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/08/making-myspace/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944939,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T09:03:47Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Can
        an array of tiny gadgets stop the wanton and massive destruction of tropical
        rainforests? Yes, says engineer Topher White.","title":"Your old smartphone
        could pinpoint illegal logging & save the\u00a0rainforests","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/your-old-smartphone-could-pinpoint-illegal-logging-save-the-rainforests/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944938,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-16T10:00:01Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Explore
        possible skill progressions for your soldiers and learn how to better enact
        your Earthly vengeance against the alien menace on the\u00a0battlefield.","title":"The
        XCOM field commander\u2019s tactical guide to Enemy\u00a0Unknown","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/16/xcom-enemy-unknown-game-guide-tactical/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944937,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T20:00:35Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Science
        fiction is quickly becoming science reality. Many of the technologies that
        we saw in \u201cStar Trek\u201d are beginning to materialize, and ours might
        actually be better than Starfleet\u2019s. Best of all, we won\u2019t have
        to wait 300\u00a0years.","title":"How today\u2019s technology is rapidly catching
        up to \u2018Star\u00a0Trek\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/how-todays-technology-is-rapidly-catching-up-to-star-trek/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944936,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-17T19:00:27Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Covering
        how to use Satellites, which alien abduction missions to prioritize, how to
        design your main base, and more, this guide to Enemy Unknown\u2019s strategy
        layer will have you beating back the alien invasion in no time at\u00a0all.","title":"8
        tips for saving the world in XCOM: Enemy\u00a0Unknown","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/17/xcom-enemy-unknown-game-guide-strategic/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944935,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-08T14:35:35Z","slug":"osama-bedier","summary":"Osama
        Bedier, the head of Google Wallet, has left the\u00a0company.","title":"Google
        Wallet chief leaves the\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/08/google-wallet-head-out/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944934,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T05:42:34Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The carbon footprint of the cement and concrete industry will be       smaller,
        and commercialization of a new sustainable cement and concrete       will
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        developer Gameloft looked at the rich character depth and cheerful world in
        My Little Pony: Frienship is Magic and decided \"Yeah, that''d be a pretty
        good free-to-play game.\" I''m not sure why I''m surprised by that decision,
        since pony-themed microtransactions and hordes of bronies (serious adult fans)
        equals infinite financial gain for both Hasbro (the company that owns MLP)
        and Gameloft, but I am.","title":"My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a
        free-to-play\u00a0nightmare","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/10/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-is-a-free-to-play-nightmare/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944932,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T11:55:02Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Apple
        said in April that it would discontinue support for AIM in iChat for people
        using a me.com or mac.com ID on Macs running OS X Lion 10.7.1 or earlier.
        Today is the the\u00a0day.","title":"Apple ends support for .Mac and .Me AIM
        logins for OS X 10.7.1 or\u00a0earlier","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/apple-ends-support-for-mac-and-me-aim-logins-for-os-x-10-7-1-or-earlier/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944931,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-13T00:00:16Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Treyarch took a risk of shaking up one of the world\u2019s most valuable
        video game franchises, and it paid\u00a0off.","title":"Breaking down the four
        different games in Call of Duty: Black Ops II\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/13/call-of-duty-black-ops-ii-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944930,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T16:30:12Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"We\u2019re
        sorry. That was the response of Facebook\u2019s Sheryl Sandberg, who for the
        first time publicly addressed the raging firestorm about the secret study
        conducted on 700,000 unknowing users by injecting their feeds with negative
        information to see if it made them feel, like,\u00a0sad.","title":"Facebook
        takes heat for secret study; Sheryl Sandberg\u00a0apologizes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/facebooks-takes-heat-for-secret-study-sheryl-sandberg-apologizes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944929,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-15T10:46:57Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Nintendo
        adds Epic Mickey 2 and a classic PC adventure game to the 3DS eShop this week.
        Also, Adam Sandler is\u00a0there.","title":"This week in the Nintendo Download:
        Epic Mickey, Myst, and Hotel\u00a0Transylvania","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/15/this-week-in-the-nintendo-download-epic-mickey-myst-and-hotel-transylvania/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944928,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T09:42:59Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Facebook
        played with 700,000 of its users\u2019 emotions by deliberately feeding them
        gloomy and depressing\u00a0information. The world got upset, shockingly. And\u00a0Facebook\u00a0COO
        Sheryl Sandberg apologized yesterday.","title":"No, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
        did not apologize for that creepy psych\u00a0study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/no-facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-did-not-apologize-for-that-creepy-psych-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944927,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-10T07:00:52Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"LiveGamer
        helps Meteor get ready for a major free-to-play worldwide launch of\u00a0Hawken.","title":"Meteor
        Entertainment taps Live Gamer to power virtual economy and payments for Hawken\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/10/meteor-entertainment-taps-live-gamer-to-power-virtual-economy-and-payments-for-hawken-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:49:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944926,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T10:15:31Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"While
        talking about immigration, Fox News used art from a game that criticizes protectionist
        immigration\u00a0beliefs.","title":"Fox News appropriates BioShock Infinite
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        carnies sounds like something from our nightmares, but it actually makes for
        a somewhat enjoyable adventure\u00a0game.","title":"Developer Ron Gilbert
        unravels the mysteries of The Cave and calls time of death on physical media\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/18/the-cave-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944924,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-05T13:30:45Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"China\u2019s
        newly-listed microblog service Weibo has entered a partnership with CSM Media
        Research, a TV and\u00a0radio audience-measurement institute, to collaborate
        on the Weibo TV Measurement Index, a big data analysis system for\u00a0evaluating
        TV program impacts based social media stats.","title":"Like Twitter, Chinese
        microblog service Weibo is playing the TV ratings\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/05/like-twitter-chinese-microblog-service-weibo-is-playing-the-tv-ratings-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944923,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-06T10:04:22Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"New
        games come out in waves these days, but has one ever left an impression on
        you so profound that the memory sticks with you\u00a0forever?","title":"Playing
        Final Fantasy VII is my fondest gaming\u00a0memory","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/06/what-is-your-fondest-gaming-memory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944922,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-13T11:16:39Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"First
        Rap Genius helped the Web understand rap. Then the startup set out to annotate
        everything, from literature and history to sports and film.","title":"The
        history of Rap Genius: from rap lyrics blog to annotation\u00a0powerhouse","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/13/the-history-of-rap-genius-from-rap-lyrics-blog-to-annotation-powerhouse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944921,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-28T12:20:25Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Wal-Mart
        experiments with a new crowdsourced delivery system where Walmart in-store
        customers deliver to online\u00a0shoppers.","title":"Wal-Mart dabbles with
        \u2018sharing economy\u2019 to implement same-day\u00a0delivery","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/wal-mart-dabbles-with-sharing-economy-to-implement-same-day-delivery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944920,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T10:49:16Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Ken
        Moss comes from eBay and Microsoft, and he will help EA prepare for a future
        that relies more on live\u00a0services.","title":"EA\u2019s new chief technology
        officer might have the know-how to prevent another SimCity-like\u00a0fiasco","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/electronic-arts-brings-in-new-chief-technology-officer-to-oversee-its-digital-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944919,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T08:19:26Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Transcriptic
        is opening up its application programming interface today, so that scientists
        can control experiments in the company\u2019s robot-run lab.","title":"Transcriptic\u2019s
        robot-run biology lab lets researchers run experiments\u00a0remotely","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/transcriptics-robot-run-biology-lab-lets-researchers-run-experiments-remotely/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944918,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-03T13:46:43Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Consumer
        attitudes and behaviors surrounding renting, borrowing, and leasing items,
        versus ownership, are shifting around the country, according to a study conducted
        by Sunrun and Harris\u00a0Interactive.","title":"Disownership is the new normal:
        the rise of the shared economy\u00a0(infographic)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/disownership-is-the-new-normal-the-rise-of-the-shared-economy-infographic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944917,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T05:02:47Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Hyperice has officially launched a campaign to bring their latest and       most
        exciting fitness and recovery innovation to reality through       Kickstarter,
        a crowdsourcing platform that funds thousands of creative       projects,
        business ideas\u00a0and\u2026","title":"Hyperice Launches First-Ever Kickstarter
        Campaign Driven by Superstar Athletes to Int...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/hyperice-launches-first-ever-kickstarter-campaign-driven-by-superstar-athletes-to-introduce-revolutionary-fitness-and-recovery-technology-device-the-vyper/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944916,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-05T16:30:50Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"The
        most incredible open world experience I\u2019ve had in a\u00a0game.","title":"My
        thoughts on Far Cry\u00a03","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/05/my-thoughts-on-far-cry-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944915,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T14:10:34Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Updated
        at 3:10 p.m. Pacific with comment from Airbnb and Automation Everywhere.","title":"Airbnb\u2019s
        new logo looks a lot this other company\u2019s logo\u00a0[updated]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/airbnbs-new-logo-looks-a-lot-this-other-companys-logo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944914,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-18T06:00:00Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Disney
        returns with yet another spin-off of its Where\u2019s My \u2026 ? physics
        puzzlers, but this time it features one of its own \u2014 Mickey\u00a0Mouse.","title":"Disney\u2019s
        Where\u2019s My Mickey? combines physics puzzles with new\u00a0cartoons","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/18/disney-wheres-my-mickey/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944913,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T12:23:01Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"The
        French are having a hard time adjusting to\u00a0technology.","title":"Why
        a French court fined a food blogger $3,400 for criticizing a\u00a0restaurant","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/why-a-french-court-fined-a-food-blogger-3400-for-criticizing-a-restaurant/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944912,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T09:46:35Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Hadoop
        startup DataTorrent has raised $8 million to bring data analytics up to warp\u00a0speed.","title":"DataTorrent
        raises $8M to bring Big Data from real-time to \u2018Nowtime\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/datatorrent-raises-8m-to-bring-big-data-from-real-time-to-nowtime/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944911,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T08:50:32Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"No,\u00a0design
        pros aren\u2019t taking Airbnb\u2019s new logo\u00a0as hard as you are.","title":"Top
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        Post Peers is a self-described \u201cgrassroots organization\u201d that launched
        last month to \u201cmainstream, protect, and grow the sharing\u00a0economy.\u201d","title":"The
        \u2018sharing economy\u2019 now has its own advocacy\u00a0group","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/15/sharing-economy-peers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944909,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T12:00:19Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Valve
        dropped some face buttons to add a traditional analog\u00a0thumbstick.","title":"Looks
        like the Steam Controller is evolving again \u2014 it now sports an analog\u00a0stick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/looks-like-the-steam-controller-is-evolving-again-now-sports-an-analog-stick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944908,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-27T11:27:59Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"With
        the brand new \u201cEnemy Within\u201d content quickly approaching for the
        excellent tactical strategy game, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, I figured what better
        time to offer some tips on making your playthrough a successful one. Rise
        above where I\u00a0failed!","title":"Commander! Incoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown
        Tips and\u00a0Tricks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/27/commander-incoming-xcom-enemy-unknown-tips-and-tricks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944907,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T22:30:31Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"The
        Altimeter Group has just released The 2014 State of Digital Transformation,
        its second report on the topic this year. Principal analyst Brian Solis spent
        time researching and interviewing leading businesses from different industries
        to see how they interact with customers through technology. The challenges
        faced in the process were also examined.","title":"People are more important
        than technology, according to new Altimeter Group\u00a0study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/people-are-more-important-than-technology-according-to-new-altimeter-group-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944906,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-06T09:57:14Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Guest
        Post A few months ago, I decided to experiment with a virtual assistant through
        Zirtual, a service that connects you with a dedicated, local\u00a0assistant.","title":"My
        week with a virtual\u00a0assistant","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:50:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/06/my-week-with-a-virtual-assistant/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944905,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T12:37:28Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"With
        1,400 marketing-tech vendors touting solutions that can drive ROI, increase
        visitors, and raise revenue, even the most experienced, up-to-date marketer
        gets overwhelmed. And companies offer no assurance of interoperability across
        these\u00a0products.","title":"1,400 marketing tech vendors! How to select
        technology without dying\u00a0trying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/1400-marketing-tech-vendors-how-to-select-technology-without-dying-trying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944904,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-20T10:00:34Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Guest
        Post Shipping is one of the most challenging parts of the Kickstarter campaign.
        It\u2019s often just as complicated and expensive as producing the\u00a0product.","title":"3
        semis, 65 countries, 36 tons: Shipping my\u00a0Kickstarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/20/3-semis-65-countries-36-tons-shipping-my-kickstarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944903,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T14:30:30Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"Considering
        that ComiXology is the leading seller of digital comics in the U.S., this
        is pretty big\u00a0news.","title":"ComiXology starts offering DRM-free downloads
        on (some) digital comic book\u00a0purchases","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/comixology-starts-offering-drm-free-downloads-on-some-digital-comic-book-purchases/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944902,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-10T13:02:01Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Sorry, Mom. You\u2019re going to be stuck in your dream kitchen for a
        while if Whirlpool and CES have anything to say about\u00a0it.","title":"The
        problem with CES and \u2018MommyTech\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/10/the-problem-with-ces-and-mommytech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944901,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:30:53Z","slug":"log-n","summary":"5G
        is still only in its early stages, but Mayor Boris Johnson has promised that
        London will have the world\u2019s first major 5G\u00a0network.","title":"London
        to pioneer 5G technology, the city\u2019s mayor\u00a0promises","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/london-to-pioneer-5g-technology-the-citys-mayor-promises/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944900,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-23T14:02:30Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"My
        New Year\u2019s resolution: Stop obsessing over completing Metroid-style games.
        Well \u2026 maybe after\u00a0Strider.","title":"Strider is my next obsessive
        nightmare\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/23/strider-is-my-next-obsessive-nightmare-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944899,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T15:24:20Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"We
        aren\u2019t just playing games when we sit down with our favorite franchises,
        the games that resonate with us can have a deep and lasting\u00a0impact.","title":"Goodnight
        Irene: How a second playthrough changed my opinion of Bioshock\u00a0Infinite","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/goodnight-irene-how-a-second-playthrough-changed-my-opinion-of-bioshock-infinite/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944898,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T13:30:19Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"Guest
        Post This week, CEO Albert Reed explains the metrics his team\u2019s using
        and goes through a couple of examples of how they\u2019re applying\u00a0them.","title":"Marvel
        Puzzle Quest\u2019s road to the mythical $1 ARPDAU, Part 7: Event\u00a0Analytics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-7-event-analytics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944897,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T07:00:03Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"The
        soul of gaming is changing, and that\u2019s reflected in the board of the
        academy that gives out gaming\u2019s\u00a0Oscars.","title":"The game academy\u2019s
        new board signals the shift to digital gaming\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/the-game-academys-new-board-signals-the-shift-to-digital-gaming-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944896,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T08:18:32Z","slug":"rent-my-items","summary":"When
        Demon\u2019s Souls first arrived back in 2009, few expected it to be such
        a surprise hit. Aside from its appealing aesthetics, ingenious level design,
        methodical combat, and numerous customization options, it boasted a brutal
        yet rewarding difficulty level the likes of which haven\u2019t been seen since
        the days of the NES, and never did a game feel it did so as fairly as Demon\u2019s
        Souls. Now, Dark Souls, its spiritual successor, seeks to take those same
        positive traits and add onto it substantially. How, you ask? By making it
        harder, more beautiful, deeper in its lore, and more open in terms of exploration
        and customization so that more people can enjoy it, that\u2019s how. And it
        pulls it off splendidly. Dark Souls succeeds where Demon\u2019s Souls fell
        short, and ultimately becomes the better game because of it.","title":"The
        Art of Death: My Dark Souls\u00a0review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/the-art-of-death-my-dark-souls-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944895,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-26T09:52:18Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"ViOptix,
        maker of a device that measures tissue oxygen levels for various medical applications,
        has brought in $895,000 in equity and debt, according to a filing with the
        SEC. Last December, during an especially tough time for biotech companies,
        it successfully raised $4.4 million, closing its fourth round of financing
        at $16.6 million.","title":"ViOptix spies $895K to measure tissue\u00a0oxygen","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:48:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/26/vioptix-spies-895k-to-measure-tissue-oxygen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944894,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-29T06:00:43Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Offerpal
        has quietly built a special offer empire. On its two-year anniversary, the
        company is announcing that it has issued more than 730 billion virtual points
        to 160 million consumers.","title":"Offerpal hits more than 160 million consumers
        with special\u00a0offers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/29/offerpal-hits-more-than-160-million-consumers-with-special-offers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944893,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-09T11:08:18Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Advanced
        Power Projects, a company that revamps power plants to make them greener and
        more energy efficient, will shutter this week, in hopes of reemerging next
        week as a brand new company with a more expansive roadmap, according to Dow
        Jones VentureWire.","title":"Advanced Power enters week-long rebranding\u00a0cocoon","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/09/advanced-power-enters-week-long-rebranding-cocoon/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944892,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-17T23:27:32Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Quantenna
        Communications, maker of chips used for wireless video services in the home,
        has raised $4.5 million of a targeted $15 million fourth round of venture
        funding, according to a filing with the SEC. Based in Fremont, Calif., it
        is backed by\u00a0Grazia Equity,\u00a0Sequoia Capital,\u00a0Sigma Partners,\u00a0Southern
        Cross Venture Partners,\u00a0Swisscom,\u00a0Venrock and\u00a0TPG Ventures.","title":"Quantenna
        funnels $4.5M into wireless video\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/17/quantenna-funnels-4-5m-into-wireless-video-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944891,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-18T17:02:57Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Beating
        long-standing predictions that it would be one of the first clean technology
        companies to go public in the next year, cylindrical solar-panel maker Solyndra
        has filed for an IPO that could amount to as much as $300 million.","title":"Solyndra
        files for $300M public sale \u2014 kicking off cleantech IPO\u00a0rally?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/18/solyndra-files-for-300m-public-sale-could-kick-off-cleantech-ipo-rally/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944890,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-31T17:14:29Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"It
        was a big year for cleantech. After a dismal start in the first quarter, things
        picked up, leaving it in prime position to be one of the largest areas of
        investment in 2010. Overall, 2009 saw 356 deals totaling $4.85 billion, according
        to a new report released by Greentech Media. That\u2019s six more deals than
        in 2008, but almost $3 billion less. Last year was a banner year for the sector,
        but this is also telling that investors leaned toward more smaller deals,
        mitigating risk while still placing their bets.","title":"2009''s top 9 forward-looking
        cleantech\u00a0investments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/31/2009s-top-9-forward-looking-cleantech-investments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944889,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-11T09:42:34Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"SeaChange
        International, one of the biggest providers of on-demand television, as well
        as digital advertising and content placement, has officially bought VividLogic,
        a Fremont, Calif.-based maker of software that handles the decoding and display
        of different types of digital content on televisions. VividLogic previously
        raised $3 million from Constellation Ventures, according to Private Equity
        Hub.","title":"SeaChange acquires cable television software maker\u00a0VividLogic","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/11/seachange-acquires-cable-television-software-maker-vividlogic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944888,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-11T22:54:45Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Oorja
        Protonics, maker of methanol fuel cells used to charge batteries for powering
        forklifts, pallet loaders and other industrial vehicles, has raised $450,000
        in debt, warrants and rights, according to a filing with the SEC. Based in
        Fremont, Calif., the company is backed by Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, Artis
        Capital Management, McKenna Management, Northshore Partners and Spring Ventures.
        It raised $500,000 in September 2009.","title":"Oorja charges up with $450K
        for forklift fuel\u00a0cells","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/11/oorja-charges-up-with-450k-for-forklift-fuel-cells/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944887,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-25T10:34:42Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"ViOptix,
        maker of a device that measures tissue oxygen levels for various medical applications,
        has landed $3 million in bridge funding that should segue nicely into a targeted
        $5 million fifth round of venture funding, according to Dow Jones VentureWire.
        Based in Fremont, Calif., the company is backed by BioAsia Management, Canadian
        Medical Discoveries Fund, Channel Medical Partners, Lincoln Funds International
        and Morningside Technology Ventures. It took in $895,000 in October.","title":"ViOptix
        finds $3M to measure oxygen levels in human\u00a0tissue","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/25/vioptix-finds-3m-to-measure-oxygen-levels-in-human-tissue/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944886,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-17T14:21:16Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Sequoia
        Capital-backed Oorja Protonics may be making methanol fuel cells to  charge
        batteries in forklifts \u2014 but its new product, the OorjaPac Model  1,
        could give it a big-time entree into the plug-in vehicle market.  Supplying
        50 times more power to on-board batteries than competing fuel  cells, the
        Model 1 could extend the range of electric vehicles like  General Motors\u2019
        Chevy Volt or Nissan\u2019s Leaf by two to three times \u2014 a  game-changing
        development that could make green cars much hotter  sellers.","title":"Oorja
        unveils methanol fuel cell that could triple EV driving\u00a0ranges","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/17/oorja-unveils-methanol-fuel-cell-that-could-triple-ev-driving-ranges/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944885,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-23T08:00:41Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Offerpal
        Media is expanding into mobile today with its acquisition of Tapjoy, a company
        that helps monetize mobile apps.","title":"Offerpal Media buys Tapjoy to expand
        into mobile app\u00a0monetization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/23/offerpal-media-buys-tapjoy-to-expand-into-mobile-app-monetization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944884,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-02T15:48:37Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Following
        its loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, solar  module maker
        Solyndra has been facing a battery of audits. Sounds like simple due diligence,  but
        now auditors have called attention to the Fremont, Calif. company\u2019s  avalanche
        of debt and regular losses \u2014 findings that could actually  dash its hopes
        for a $300  million public sale.","title":"Audit dims Solyndra''s IPO\u00a0ambitions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/02/audit-dims-solyndras-ipo-ambitions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944883,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-11T16:31:52Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Concentrating
        solar got a big boost today, with solar module maker Solaria bagging $45  million
        in new venture funding. With funding shifting away from  capital-intensive
        renewable energy products, this is a big win for the  company, which aims
        to lower panel price tags by cutting down on silicon  requirements.","title":"Solaria
        snaps up $45M for high-efficiency solar\u00a0modules","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/11/solaria-snaps-up-45m-for-high-efficiency-solar-panels/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944882,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-27T17:18:45Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Tesla
        Motors CEO Elon Musk seems to have it all. The electric-car entrepreneur is
        the toast of Silicon Valley, Sacramento, and Tokyo after unveiling a plan
        to revive Toyota\u2019s shuttered NUMMI plant last week. And deal-hungry Wall
        Street bankers are angling to take his company public. He\u2019s even a Hollywood
        star, with\u00a0a cameo in the hit Iron Man 2 movie, said to be based on his
        life story.","title":"Tesla''s Elon Musk: \"I ran out of\u00a0cash\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/27/elon-musk-personal-finances/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944881,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-02T13:15:11Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Last
        week, VentureBeat reported that\u00a0Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk personally
        running low  on cash, a fact he disclosed in court papers as part of his divorce  proceedings.
        We asked if the company, which is seeking to go public, should have included
        those facts in its filings with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Now,
        the company has responded, by way of a revised S-1 form  filed today.","title":"Tesla
        backs up: New S-1 language tackles Musk finances,\u00a0divorce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/02/tesla-backs-up-new-s-1-language-tackles-musk-finances-divorce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944880,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-15T12:01:02Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Tesla  Motors,
        one of the most-watched cleantech IPO candidates this year \u00a0since it
        filed at the end of January, has made its date with destiny: June  29. And
        it\u2019s raised its sights on how much it hopes to raise from public investors,
        from $100 million  to $178 million \u2014 or 11.1 million shares sold for
        between $14 and  $16 apiece.","title":"Tesla''s $178M IPO: A blockbuster or
        dud come June\u00a029?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/15/teslas-178m-ipo-a-blockbuster-or-dud-come-june-29/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944879,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-17T11:41:13Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Stealthy
        thin-film solar panel developer Stion  announced yesterday that it has landed
        a partnership with the Taiwan  Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).
        Today, it\u2019s keeping the  good news rolling with announcements of $70
        million in fourth-round capital and new  plans to expand its San Jose, Calif.
        manufacturing facility in size and  headcount.","title":"Solar maker Stion
        follows TSMC deal with $70M and plan to create 500\u00a0jobs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/17/solar-maker-stion-follows-tsmc-deal-with-70m-and-plan-to-create-500-jobs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944878,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-18T00:25:53Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Solyndra,  the
        maker of cylindrical solar cells that filed to go  public late last December,
        has withdrawn that filing from the SEC, choosing instead to raise $175 million
        by  selling convertible promissory notes to some of its existing  investors.
        The news spells trouble for  the rapidly growing company, and its thin-film
        solar peers.","title":"Solyndra nixes its IPO, but brings in $175M to keep
        the ball\u00a0rolling","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/18/solyndra-nixes-its-ipo-but-brings-in-175m-to-keep-the-ball-rolling/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944877,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-30T03:06:14Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Zenprise,
        a company offering tools for IT departments to manage their team\u2019s smartphones,
        has raised $9 million in new funding.","title":"Zenprise raises $9M to manage
        company\u00a0smartphones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/30/zenprise-9m-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944876,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-07T07:58:55Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Offerpal
        Media said today that it will help developers make money from the social games
        and apps that are distributed on Yahoo\u2019s application platform.","title":"Offerpal
        to help Yahoo''s developers make money on\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/07/offerpal-to-help-yahoos-developers-to-monetize-their-applications/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944875,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-20T06:00:20Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Offerpal
        Media got stung last week when it was told it wouldn\u2019t be providing special
        ad offers for Facebook\u2019s new Facebook Credits virtual currency platform.
        That threatened the startup\u2019s business with Facebook app developers,
        who are widely expected to adopt Facebook\u2019s in-house Credits,\u00a0leading
        to layoffs at Offerpal.","title":"Offerpal launches SocialKast to recruit
        social game fans on any\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/20/offerpal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944874,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-16T09:04:15Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Dell
        today announced that it would purchase 3Par, a data storage and management
        firm, for about $1.15 billion. Dell is offering $18 a share in cash, an 87
        percent premium over 3Par\u2019s $9.65 Friday closing price.","title":"Dell
        acquires data storage company 3Par for\u00a0$1.15B","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/16/dell-acquires-data-storage-company-3par-for-1-15b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944873,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-14T15:10:52Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"HipLogic
        is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at   the DEMO Fall
        2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley.  After our selection,
        the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage  of them  remains objective.","title":"DEMO:
        HipLogic''s Spark brings social media, news updates to your Android home\u00a0screen","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/14/demo-hiplogic-spark-social-media-news-android/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944872,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-27T06:30:26Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Semiconductor
        chip company Quantenna Communications has closed a $21 million fifth round
        of funding, the company announced today. The Fremont, Calif.-based company
        enables consumers to wirelessly stream high-definition video to home devices.","title":"Quantenna
        brings in $21M to carry faster Wi-Fi into the\u00a0home","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/27/quantenna-brings-in-21m-to-bring-faster-wi-fi-into-the-home/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944871,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-12T22:35:49Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Redwood
        Systems, a company that installs LED, or light-emitting diode, systems in
        commercial buildings, has raised $15 million in equity. Battery Ventures,
        U.S. Venture Partners and Switzerland-based Index Ventures participated in
        the round, according to a filing with the SEC.","title":"Redwood Systems gets
        $15M to help buildings reduce lighting\u00a0energy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/12/redwood-systems-gets-15m-to-help-buildings-reduce-lighting-energy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944870,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-23T14:43:03Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"updated","title":"When
        Tesla''s lockup expires Monday, will its stock drop? Short sellers think\u00a0so","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/23/when-lockup-expires-monday-could-teslas-stock-drop-short-sellers-think-so/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944869,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-24T06:00:51Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding announcements include technology to run farms efficiently, monetize
        videos and monitor theft in stores:","title":"Deals & More: Novariant grabs
        $4.5M for hands-free farm\u00a0equipment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/24/deals-more-novariant-grabs-4-5m-for-hands-free-equipment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944868,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-29T15:15:02Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"It\u2019s
        been quite a year for energy-related investments and other ventures looking
        to make some green from green. Here\u2019s a look back on the biggest successes
        and flops of 2010.","title":"VentureBeat''s best and worst of cleantech in\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/29/the-best-and-worst-of-cleantech-in-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944867,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-02T06:00:30Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"
        Today\u2019s funding announcements include companies focused on cleantech,
        advertising, ethernet and mystery topics:","title":"Deals & More: Napster
        founder grabs $250K more for\u00a0Supyo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/02/deals-more-supyo-additional-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944866,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-19T13:50:03Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Multimedia
        software maker Arcsoft on Monday announced it has raised a $20 million round
        of funding, with the intention of creating mobile and cloud-based browser
        applications, and investing in core technologies.","title":"Multimedia software
        maker Arcsoft raises $20M to build mobile and cloud\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/19/arcsoft-raises-20m-mobile-cloud-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944865,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-21T08:59:32Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Tactus
        Technology said today that it has raised $6 million to develop its next-generation
        touch interface components for all sorts of touch-enabled devices.","title":"Tactus
        Technology raises $6M for very cool dynamic touchscreen\u00a0buttons","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:47:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/21/tactus-technology-raises-6m-for-very-cool-dynamic-touchscreen-buttons/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944864,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-23T14:13:39Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"A
        startup is hard at work making a new type of high-speed memory that stores
        data even when the power is turned off. Avalanche Technology, a company focused
        on Spin Programmable Memory (SPMEM) non-volatile memory class storage solutions
        (not pictured), has raised $11.5 million in a new round of funding.","title":"Semiconductor
        startup Avalanche closes $11.5M funding\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/23/avalanche-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944863,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-17T00:01:22Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Based
        on conventional wisdom, Quantenna shouldn\u2019t exist as a startup maker
        of Wi-fi chips. It has huge competitors among chipmakers Broadcom, Marvell,
        and Qualcomm-Atheros. But Quantenna is announcing a gargantuan $79 million
        funding round today because it has figured out how to do Wi-Fi chips that
        are faster and have greater range than its rivals.","title":"Quantenna raises
        astounding $79M round so you can have wire-like wireless\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/17/quantenna-raises-astounding-79m-round-so-you-can-have-wire-like-wireless-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944862,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-07T05:00:49Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Quantenna\u2019s
        802.11ac wireless networking can transfer four high-def videos at the same\u00a0time.","title":"To
        boost faster Wi-Fi, STMicroelectronics licenses Quantenna\u2019s technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/07/to-boost-faster-wi-fi-stmicroelectronics-licenses-quantennas-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944861,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T07:00:18Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Startups
        are setting up shop on Fremont Street in the heart of the downtown corridor
        in Vegas. To cater to the needs of the new arrivals, new office spaces, co-working
        spots and trendy restaurants have rapidly\u00a0emerged.","title":"Why investors
        & tech startups are flocking to downtown Las\u00a0Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/part-3-why-investors-tech-startups-are-flocking-to-downtown-vegas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944860,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-05T16:00:18Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Quantenna
        makes chips that provide WiFi that can handle data at up to 1.7 gigabits a\u00a0second.","title":"Quantenna
        promises triple-speed Wi-Fi routers in deals with hardware\u00a0partners","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/05/quantenna-promises-triple-speed-wifi-routers-in-deals-with-hardware-partners/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944859,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-21T09:17:06Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Over
        the past few years, San Francisco has gradually started to view itself as
        part of Silicon Valley.","title":"Silicon Valley is more than just social
        media and $4 toast \u2014 way\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/21/silicon-valley-is-more-than-just-social-media-and-4-toast-way-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944858,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T05:00:11Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"With
        \u2018massive MIMO,\u2019 Quantenna will be able to take wireless internet
        speeds to new\u00a0levels.","title":"Quantenna promises to make Wi-Fi almost
        six times faster with new wireless\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/quantenna-promises-make-wi-fi-almost-six-times-faster-with-new-wireless-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944857,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T16:30:08Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: Let\u2019s get\u00a0Sapphic","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/funding-daily-lets-get-sapphic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944856,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-19T04:00:51Z","slug":"fremont-ventures","summary":"Space-Time
        Insight raises $14 million in its second round of\u00a0funding","title":"Opus
        Ventures takes Space-Time Analytics into its second dimension of\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/19/opus-ventures-takes-space-time-analytics-into-its-second-dimension-of-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944855,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-03T08:55:55Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"We
        were blown away by the quality of the 200 plus cloud startup applicants to
        the CloudBeat 2013 Innovation Showdown, one of the highlights of our third
        annual cloud adoption event (September 9-10 in San\u00a0Francisco).","title":"Meet
        the 10 startups competing in the CloudBeat \u2018Innovation Showdown\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/03/meet-the-10-startups-competing-in-the-cloudbeat-innovation-showdown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944854,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-04T17:31:57Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Sick
        of hearing smartwatch news? Read about startup funding news\u00a0instead!","title":"Funding
        daily: Take a smartwatch\u00a0break","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/04/funding-daily-take-a-smartwatch-break/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944853,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-05T16:44:33Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Alchemist
        only selects startups that are focused on selling to businesses, rather than\u00a0consumers","title":"Alchemist
        Accelerator\u2019s fourth class practices a different brand of startup\u00a0alchemy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/05/alchemist-accelerators-fourth-class-practices-a-different-brand-of-startup-alchemy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944852,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-10T17:43:50Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"These
        five companies were the finalists among more than 200\u00a0entrants.","title":"PrivateCore
        claims top CloudBeat early-stage startup\u00a0honors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/10/privatecore-claims-top-cloudbeat-early-stage-startup-honors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944851,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-11T23:59:18Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"It
        really was a cloudy day for funding \u2014 in a good way.","title":"Funding
        Daily: More love for the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/11/funding-daily-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944850,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-16T11:03:00Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Guest
        Post Where is the smart money going in content\u00a0advertising?","title":"Content
        marketing: 6 categories VCs are betting on right\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/16/content-marketing-6-categories-vcs-are-betting-on-right-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944849,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-15T07:00:08Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"After
        three years, the Istanbul startup has more than 11.8 million daily active\u00a0players.","title":"Peak
        Games dominates mobile social games in the Middle East and\u00a0Turkey","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/15/peak-games-dominates-mobile-social-games-in-the-middle-east-and-turkey/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944848,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-15T07:00:20Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Cozy
        scored $5 million in first round funding in a round led by General Catalyst\u00a0Partners.","title":"Cozy
        gets $5M to make it easier to pay rent\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/15/cozy-gets-5m-to-make-it-easier-to-pay-rent-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944847,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-01T01:00:42Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post CRM, Marketing Automation, Support Desks, Web Analytics, and more services
        are emerging every day that are designed to capture precious data about your
        customers. Businesses are armed with more data than ever before about leads
        and customers. But how do you leverage that data to drive more revenue? Let\u2019s
        explore the problem with your\u00a0\u201cCRM\u201d.","title":"The problem
        with your \u2018CRM\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/01/the-problem-with-your-crm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944846,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-06T09:41:19Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Catalyst
        launched its social, local, mobile application today (never seen those three
        things together before), that seems to do little other than pull concepts
        from Instagram, Foursquare, Path, Highlight, Tinder, etc. and bundle them
        into\u00a0one.","title":"Kicking a dead horse: This social app helps shy people
        meet strangers nearby\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/06/kicking-a-dead-horse-this-social-app-helps-shy-people-meet-strangers-nearby-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944845,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-07T13:12:14Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"A
        new Honolulu-based startup accelerator program, called Energy Exceletor, recently
        raised $30 million from the U.S.\u00a0Navy.","title":"Hawaii\u2019s Energy
        Excelerator pours $5M into innovative cleantech startups\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/07/hawaiis-energy-excelerator-pours-15m-into-innovative-cleantech-startups-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944844,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-13T14:36:51Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Zenefits has managed to do the impossible \u2014 get people excited about
        back office\u00a0operations.","title":"Zenefits adds more features to save
        businesses from loads of \u2018admin crap\u2019\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/zenefits-adds-more-features-to-save-businesses-from-loads-of-admin-crap-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944843,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T15:46:27Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"We
        saw lots of other deals, but we kinda feel bad for any company that planned
        to announce their own sweet fundraise today. On this day, Spotify is the whale,
        and everyone else is a mere\u00a0minnow.","title":"Funding Daily: Spotiwhat?\u00a0Spotiwho?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/funding-daily-spotiwhat-spotiwho/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944842,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-05T09:00:45Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Health
        care providers are laden with antiquated technological infrastructures and
        are afraid to bring them online for fear of violating HIPAA or other industry
        regulatory requirements. While there\u2019s reason to tread carefully, with
        old tech comes new\u00a0opportunity.","title":"ClearDATA scores $14M to bring
        health IT to the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/05/cleardata-14m-series-b-health-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944841,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-08T08:33:39Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"One
        only has to look a few months back to the disastrous rollout of HealthCare.gov
        to get a glimpse at the historically tenuous relationship between health insurance
        and technology. But Oscar, a new health insurer, aims to buck the\u00a0trend.","title":"Health
        insurer Oscar nabs $30M to bring practical tech to\u00a0patients","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:46:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/08/health-insurer-oscar-30-million-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944840,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-08T09:30:31Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Guest
        Post 2014 2ill see a big move from Facebook, an explosion of Internet Everywhere,
        and big innovation from outside Silicon\u00a0Valley.","title":"5 big changes
        we\u2019ll see this year, starting with new messaging from\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/08/5-big-changes-well-see-this-year-starting-with-a-new-messaging-from-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944839,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-15T12:54:44Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"A
        stealthy, Boston-based startup with under 10 employees just pocketed a sizable
        funding round to kickstart its\u00a0business.","title":"Cloudy new startup
        ClearSky Data nabs\u00a0$12M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/15/cloudy-new-startup-clearsky-data-nabs-12m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944838,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-15T18:00:30Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Today,
        a startup that helps farms got funding and we\u2019re tickled piggy-pink about
        it.","title":"Funding Daily: Farms","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/15/funding-daily-farms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944837,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T10:08:08Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"\u201cIt\u2019s
        one thing to see numbers on a piece of paper: about retention, the wage gap,
        women asking for fewer promotions at wor. It\u2019s another completely to
        join the workforce and experience\u00a0them.\u201d","title":"Leaning in: Levo
        League nabs $7M to grow its \u2018career cockpit\u2019 for\u00a0women","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/leaning-in-levo-league-nabs-7m-to-grow-its-career-cockpit-for-women/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944836,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-20T11:58:08Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"The
        company has pocketed an additional $50 million in funding today to accelerate
        its global\u00a0expansion.","title":"MindBody, a Salesforce-like CRM for health
        & wellness, takes $50M\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/20/mindbody-a-salesforce-like-crm-for-health-wellness-takes-50m-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944835,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T12:44:16Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post DocuSign       announced the company has raised an additional $85 million
        with the vast       majority from large institutional public funds and the
        balance from       existing investors. DocuSign will use the funds to fuel
        continued growth as\u00a0the\u2026","title":"DocuSign Raises $85 Million to
        Accelerate Growth as The Global Standard for Digital T...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/docusign-raises-85-million-to-accelerate-growth-as-the-global-standard-for-digital-transaction-management/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944834,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T14:27:50Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Clinicient,
        a cloud-based solutions provider focused on the billion dollar-plus market
        for outpatient physical therapy and rehab services, raked in a $15 million
        C round led by Catalyst Investors of New York. The Portland, Oregon startup
        has raised $26 million to date.","title":"Outpatient cloud company Clinicient
        scores $15\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/outpatient-cloud-company-clinicient-scores-15-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944833,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T16:03:22Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Big
        deals to report today \u2014 nothing under $8 million, in\u00a0fact.","title":"Funding
        Daily: March 4,\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/funding-daily-march-4-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944832,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-13T22:00:57Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"We
        are witnessing the emergence of a new industry of collaborative enterprises
        that let consumers bypass traditional, inefficient companies to get the products
        and services they want.Zipcar (automobiles), Airbnb (rooms to rent for vacationers),
        and BookCrossing (a social book sharing community) all help people find what
        they want quickly, cheaply, and efficiently \u2014 from each other.From Etsy
        to TaskRabbit to Lyft, the sharing economy is on the rise. Your customers
        are sharing products rather than buying them \u2014 and that\u2019s a disruption
        to you.Sharing is not new, but with the emergence of digital connections,
        it is taking on a different dimension. The sharing mentality is making a dent
        in economic models, businesses, and resource-inventiveness. The traditional
        roles of business and consumer are blurring. Consumers are now creators, producers,
        financers, hoteliers, and more. People are bypassing traditional businesses
        to find custom services and products that better fit their needs.This change
        will be more obvious as the millennial generation moves from a culture of
        owning assets to a culture of owning experiences.Your consumers are asking:Do
        I need a new snow blower, or should I just rent one when the need rises?Do
        I need a new car (and all the miscellaneous services to support it \u2013
        gas, insurance, parking fees, maintenance), or can I just borrow one when
        I need one to run errands?Should I rent out my spare bedroom and make some
        cash while supporting the tourist influx into the city for the big concert?For
        my new report \u2018Sharing is the New Buying,\u2019 I partnered with Vision
        Critical and surveyed over 90,000 people in the US, Canada, and the UK and
        estimated that \u201csharers\u201d (people interested in sharing) make up
        nearly 40% of the population in these regions. About 75% of these sharers
        cite convenience as their main incentive, and more than 50% cite lower costs.If
        large corporations think that web-based sharing companies will take years
        to achieve scale or disrupt the current climate, they need to think again.
        Internet in households and on a mobile device, magnified by social connections,
        is powering these businesses like never before. Tech giants like Facebook
        and Google want to bring the Internet to every household worldwide and have
        added these goals to their company mission statements, so demand for these
        services is only going up.The survey findings highlight numerous opportunities
        for established businesses:No single category of the emerging sharing services
        enjoys more than 10% of population patronage, signaling room for growth and
        new players.The number of neo-sharers (sharers using emergent sharing platforms)
        is set to double in the next 12 months.The emerging-sharing platforms like
        Etsy, Uber, and Taskrabbit are set to grow at the same rate as the mature
        re-use marketplaces like eBay and Craigslist, spelling similar consumer acceptance
        over time.Nearly half of the neo-sharers are millennials, so we can expect
        this trend to grow in the coming years, and that\u2019s one of biggest reasons
        corporations need to wake up.Neo-sharers engage in mainstream life-style choices
        and hence look a lot like your average consumers \u2013 so if you can reach
        your consumers you can reach these sharers!Another important result is that
        these neo-sharers are not driven by economic need, rather they form a part
        of the affluent population that sees \u201csharing\u201d as a natural extension
        of their lives.So why adopt the collaborative economy, and why now?- The millennial
        generation is moving away from an ethos of ownership to one of access, sharing
        and community support, driven by altruism (sustainable living) and pragmatism
        (cheaper goods and services in a tough economy).- An ecosystem of middlemen,
        startups, and early adopters, enable these exchanges and provide trusted platforms
        to fund, design, develop, rent, sell, and service offerings from within communities.-
        Sharing businesses are fostering new-age parallel services and businesses.-
        The Internet of things is able to tap into unused resources and turn them
        into revenue through sensors and other hi-tech monitoring.The economic impact
        could be huge. I estimate that each properly shared car replaces nine or more
        purchased cars, with obvious ripple effects to the auto manufacturing, dealer,
        insurance, and financial sectors that serve the car market.Whether you\u2019re
        a big company or small, nearly every vertical is being impacted by the sharing
        economy. So what should your company do about it?The first step is to recognize
        this change and disruption that is growing with every new user connected to
        the Internet or a smart mobile device.The next step is to create a culture
        for innovation and change in the organization to be nimble in response to
        these changes.Then you want to look for the opportunity in this new ecosystem
        and have the courage to change what\u2019s \u2018not working\u2019.Corporations
        can not only just stay relevant, but also lead the charge in their own community.
        North America is leading on this mindset, but I am really excited about the
        potential for the sharing economy in Asia.This April, I will be speaking at
        the Crowdsourcing Week Global Conference in Singapore on how the collaborative
        mindset can propel Asia into a new era. Asia has 1 billion people online,
        but this is just 30% of its population. This number is increasing every day
        along with smartphone usage, and a high percentage of these users are from
        English-speaking countries. Crowdsourced labor is helping micro-entrepreneurs,
        and Zhu ba jie, China\u2019s crowdsourcing platform, boasts more than 8 million
        workers.The travel industry is set for disruption and creating a ripple in
        Asia with parallel services booming.We live in a very exciting age, and now
        is the time to shape the conversation on what the future of collaborative
        business will look like in the coming months and years.Jeremiah Owyang is
        chief catalyst and founder of Crowd Companies. He helps\u00a0major companies
        navigate the first phase of sharing, called social media. He\u2019s committed
        to helping companies through the second phase of sharing, as people share
        and create the physical world around them. He was previously a founding partner
        and research director at Altimeter Group. Prior to that, he was an analyst
        with Forrester\u00a0covering social computing for the interactive marketer,
        and he handled\u00a0Global Web Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems, where he
        launched the social media program. You can follow him\u00a0on\u00a0Twitter,\u00a0Facebook,
        and\u00a0Google+.","title":"Why your company needs to wake up to the collaborative\u00a0economy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/13/why-your-company-needs-to-wake-up-to-the-collaborative-economy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944831,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T16:50:53Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Here\u2019s
        today\u2019s heap of funding news.","title":"Funding Daily: April 10,\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/funding-daily-april-10-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944830,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T11:30:57Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Today,
        Mozilla has named a new leader: One Chris Beard, who held various positions
        at Mozilla, including a CMO stint, for eight long years.","title":"Mozilla\u2019s
        next CEO is longtime Mozillan and Greylock EIR Chris\u00a0Beard","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/mozillas-next-ceo-is-longtime-mozillan-and-greylock-eir-chris-beard/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944829,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T16:46:00Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: Recharging your
        batteries, answering your email, & encrypting your\u00a0IMs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/funding-daily-recharging-your-batteries-answering-your-email-encrypting-your-ims/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944828,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T16:30:26Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Discovering
        key trends in data, great talent and awesome news, that\u00a0is.","title":"Funding
        Daily: The discovery\u00a0edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/funding-daily-the-discovery-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944827,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T08:00:37Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"We
        talked to 18 game industry executives and developers about the state of the\u00a0gaming.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: What the industry\u2019s top leaders have to say about the video
        game\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/the-deanbeat-what-the-industrys-top-leaders-have-to-say-about-the-video-game-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944826,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T08:18:32Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"When
        Demon\u2019s Souls first arrived back in 2009, few expected it to be such
        a surprise hit. Aside from its appealing aesthetics, ingenious level design,
        methodical combat, and numerous customization options, it boasted a brutal
        yet rewarding difficulty level the likes of which haven\u2019t been seen since
        the days of the NES, and never did a game feel it did so as fairly as Demon\u2019s
        Souls. Now, Dark Souls, its spiritual successor, seeks to take those same
        positive traits and add onto it substantially. How, you ask? By making it
        harder, more beautiful, deeper in its lore, and more open in terms of exploration
        and customization so that more people can enjoy it, that\u2019s how. And it
        pulls it off splendidly. Dark Souls succeeds where Demon\u2019s Souls fell
        short, and ultimately becomes the better game because of it.","title":"The
        Art of Death: My Dark Souls\u00a0review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/the-art-of-death-my-dark-souls-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944825,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T13:00:36Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"The
        Connected Cloud Summit will bring together executives from the leading IoT
        players and innovative enterprises deploying the IoT solutions. The Summit
        will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to pursue new business
        opportunities and overcome the technology challenges created by IoT to better
        serve their customers, create new offerings, and gain a competitive advantage
        in the\u00a0marketplace.","title":"Connected Cloud Summit showcases the latest
        Internet of things\u00a0innovations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/connected-cloud-summit-showcases-the-latest-internet-of-things-innovations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944824,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T02:00:50Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Accel\u2019s
        Michael Treskow discusses the firm, what it\u2019s looking for in startups,
        and the potential in\u00a0Berlin.","title":"Accel Partners is coming to Berlin.
        Here\u2019s how to score a\u00a0meeting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/accel-partners-is-coming-to-berlin-heres-how-to-score-a-meeting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944823,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T16:30:02Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Plenty
        of money to be made in the mobile business, it\u00a0seems.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Mobile this, mobile\u00a0that","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/funding-daily-mobile-this-mobile-that/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944822,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T19:03:57Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Vision
        Critical receives $16 million more in funding to expand its customer intelligence\u00a0platform.","title":"Vision
        Critical raises $16M in additional\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/vision-critical-raises-16m-in-additional-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944821,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-09T21:36:22Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Catalyst
        Mobile, a startup that delivers mobile music and entertainment for large partners
        like China Mobile, has raised $10 million in funding.","title":"Catalyst Mobile,
        mobile application supplier, raises\u00a0$10M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/09/catalyst-mobile-mobile-arms-supplier-raises-10m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944820,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-31T21:00:33Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"With
        two new products available in beta testing today \u2014 Flash Catalyst and
        Flash Builder 4 \u2014 Adobe is hoping to reinvent the way that websites and
        applications are built in the Flash format.","title":"Adobe gives web designers
        more power with Flash\u00a0Catalyst","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/31/adobe-gives-web-designers-more-power-with-flash-catalyst/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:12Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3944819,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-29T12:45:12Z","slug":"gigi-levy","summary":null,"title":"Stevie
        brings MTV-style social video curation to the iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:12Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2012/09/24/stevie-ipad-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944818,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-03T10:48:47Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Credit
        reports leader Equifax has agreed to buy the credit services unit of Computer
        Sciences Corp. (CSC) for $1 billion in\u00a0cash.","title":"Equifax buying
        CSC\u2019s credit-services biz for $1B in\u00a0cash","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/03/equifax-buys-csc-credit-unit-1b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944817,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-20T12:57:03Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Six
        months after the departure of cofounder John Simon, General Catalyst Partners
        has scooped up Adam Valkin from Accel Partners, where he has worked since
        April\u00a02010.","title":"General Catalyst hires Adam Valkin from Accel\u2019s
        London\u00a0office","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/20/investor-switch-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944816,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-22T14:46:53Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Handybook
        has swept up $10 million and released a new mobile app today to let you book
        house cleaners, handymen, furniture builders, movers, and\u00a0plumbers.","title":"Big
        dollars for dust: Home services startup Handybook raises\u00a0$10M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/22/big-dollars-for-dust-uber-for-home-services-startup-handybook-raises-10m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944815,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T05:30:50Z","slug":"catalyst-it-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Decisyon Inc., provider of the industry\u2019s only unified, collaborative       business
        intelligence (BI) and performance management platform, today       announced
        it received\u00a0$22 million\u00a0in Series B funding from a group of       investors
        led by\u00a0growth\u2026","title":"Decisyon Raises $22 Million Series B Led
        by Catalyst\u00a0Investors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:45:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/decisyon-raises-22-million-series-b-led-by-catalyst-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944814,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-05-19T14:50:42Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Kleiner
        Perkins has been hiring partners at a rate of one every two weeks lately.
        Dana G. Mead is the just the latest to join Kleiner, which is one of Silicon
        Valley\u2019s most respected venture capital firms. This is the second hire
        in a row that bolsters Kleiner\u2019s biotech capabilities, something that
        may not be coincidental.","title":"Kleiner hiring like there''s no\u00a0tomorrow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/05/19/kleiner-hiring-like-theres-no-tomorrow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944813,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-18T06:24:35Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Portola
        Pharmaceuticals, a South San Francisco biotech company developing cardiovascular
        and vascular disease therapies, has raised $20 million in debt financing from
        Hercules Technology Growth Capital.","title":"Portola Pharma gets $20M debt\u00a0financing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/18/portola-pharma-gets-20m-debt-financing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944812,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-24T07:04:29Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Just
        three weeks after setting terms for its initial public offering, Mountain
        View medical device company Asthmatx has pulled its IPO filing.","title":"Medical
        co''s., Asthmatx and BioVex, pull IPOs \u2014 Vanguard''s rocky ride\u00a0continues","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/24/medical-cos-asthmatx-and-biovex-pull-ipos-vanguards-rocky-ride-continues/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944811,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-29T11:36:37Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Aegerion
        Pharmaceuticals, a Bridgewater, N.J., specialty pharmaceuticals company focused
        on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, said it hopes to raise up to $80.5
        million in an initial offering, down slightly from its earlier plan to raise
        as much as $86.5 million. The company plans to offer five million shares,
        plus a possible overallotment of an additional 750,000 shares, at a per-share
        price of $12 to $14.","title":"Aegerion Pharma lowers sights, aims for $80.5M\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/29/aegerion-pharma-lowers-sights-aims-for-805m-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944810,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-20T08:15:07Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"ImaRx,
        a Tuscon, Ariz., biotech developing new ways to dissolve blood clots in the
        lungs, lowered its IPO sights and now expects to raise no more than $17.3
        million in the offering. (Its latest SEC filing is here.) Late last month,
        the company had hoped to raise as much as $25.9 million by pricing its shares
        between $6.50 and $7.50 apiece.","title":"ImaRx: A blood-clot attacker with
        sinking IPO\u00a0hopes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/20/imarx-a-blood-clot-attacker-lowers-ipo-terms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944809,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-24T07:24:24Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Venture-capital
        financing may be at a six-year high, but the picture in life sciences is a
        mixed one. After a blowout first quarter, second-quarter fundings in biotechnology
        actually dropped 19 percent, to $1.1 billion, compared to the same period
        last year, according to data from Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.
        Medical-device investments, however, were on a tear, with VCs funneling more
        than $1 billion into the sector during the quarter \u2014 the highest total
        on record.","title":"Biotech venture funding takes a hit, but devices are\u00a0hot","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/24/biotech-venture-funding-takes-a-hit-but-devices-are-hot/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944808,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-11T13:25:22Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Guest
        Post Cities are doing a lot to build and promote their own startup communities.
        But Silicon Valley is still king, and it\u2019s growing even more powerful
        in startup investments. How do we fix\u00a0this?","title":"Will Silicon Valley
        ever share the\u00a0wealth?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/11/will-silicon-valley-ever-share-the-wealth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944807,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-03T14:00:56Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The old Star Wars game business apparently wasn\u2019t enough to carry
        the longtime studio into the new age of\u00a0games.","title":"LucasArts\u2019
        mixed legacy: A breeding ground for great games and designers that relied
        too much on Star\u00a0Wars","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/lucasarts-mixed-legacy-a-breeding-ground-for-great-games-and-designers-that-relied-too-much-on-star-wars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944806,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-09T10:08:37Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"(UPDATED
        at 6:40pm PT: See below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Aug.
        9,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/09/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-aug-9-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944805,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-05T12:51:22Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Ghost
        Group, a venture capital firm located in Newport Beach, California, has raised
        a $1 million fund to provide people with an opportunity to invest in the growing
        marijuana\u00a0industry.","title":"VC firm hopes for high returns with fund
        for\u00a0marijuana","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/05/vc-firm-hopes-for-high-returns-with-1-million-fund-for-marijuana/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944804,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-13T13:16:53Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"(UPDATED:
        See below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Aug. 13,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/13/life-sciences-briefing-monday-aug-13-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944803,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-13T10:12:18Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Guest
        Post With very few job openings a year, landing that dream job in venture
        can be harder than you think. Here\u2019s some tips to optimize your\u00a0chances.","title":"So
        you want to be a venture\u00a0capitalist?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/13/so-you-want-to-be-a-venture-capitalist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944802,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-21T09:46:16Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"(UPDATED
        at 7:40pm PT: See below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Aug.
        21,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/21/life-science-briefing-tuesday-aug-21-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944801,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-11T10:15:54Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A vocal subset of the community are fighting tooth and nail for ridesharing
        to\u00a0succeed.","title":"Uber & Lyft have a secret weapon in the fight for
        regulatory approval:\u00a0You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/11/ridesharing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944800,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-19T10:00:38Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Featured
        companies: Acceleron Pharma, AdvanDx, Altheus Therapeutics, BiPar Sciences,
        Coventina Healthcare Enterprises, ForteBio, Ganymed Pharmaceuticals, Mako
        Surgical, Nile Therapeutics, Novate Medical","title":"Life sciences briefing:
        Wednesday, Sept. 19,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-sept-19-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944799,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-08T17:09:11Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Desire2Learn
        does not want to miss out on the massive open online course trend, often referred
        to by insiders as\u00a0\u201cMOOCs.\u201d","title":"Desire2Learn rolls out
        online education service to rival Coursera &\u00a0Udacity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/08/desire2learn-rolls-out-online-education-service-to-rival-coursera-udacity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944798,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-20T10:00:36Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Featured
        companies: Allergan, Athenahealth, Atria Genetics, Celera, Esprit Pharmaceuticals,
        Vida Diagnostics","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Sept. 20,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/20/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-sept-20-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944797,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-21T07:43:34Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Featured
        companies: CG Therapeutics, Complete Genomics, ConforMIS, Flexible Medical
        Systems, LeMaitre Vascular, MAP Pharmaceuticals, ParaPro, Vascular Architects,
        Zars Pharma","title":"Life sciences briefing: Friday, Sept. 21,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/21/life-sciences-briefing-friday-sept-21-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944796,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-10T09:00:46Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"New
        golf app aims to turn every round you play into a tournament with\u00a0friends.","title":"Fore
        app makes every golf round you play into a tournament with\u00a0friends","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/10/fore-app-makes-every-golf-round-you-play-into-a-tournament-with-friends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944795,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-01T13:03:56Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Featured
        companies: Abiant, CellXplore, Diffusion Pharmaceuticals, WMR Biomedical,
        Zosano Pharmaceuticals","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Oct. 1,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/01/life-sciences-briefing-monday-oct-1-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944794,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-11T11:00:43Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Big
        data researcher can draw conclusions about our personalities based on our
        social media\u00a0opinions.","title":"How IBM\u2019s Michelle Zhou figured
        out my personality from 200 tweets\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/11/how-ibms-michelle-zhou-figured-out-my-personality-from-200-tweets-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944793,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-03T12:32:30Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Featured
        companies: Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Aviir, deltaDot, Origen Therapeutics","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Wednesday, Oct. 3,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/03/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-oct-3-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944792,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-15T22:30:55Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"When
        I travel outside the Mile High City, I\u2019m often asked what makes Denver
        so attractive for startups. While\u00a0our tech community and the\u00a0companies
        it\u2019s home to are gaining traction by the month, the benefits of launching
        a startup in Denver aren\u2019t necessarily as obvious as those associated
        with major tech destinations like the Valley and, more recently, New York.","title":"Denver
        vs. Silicon Valley: Where we\u2019re better and where we need to\u00a0grow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/15/denver-vs-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944791,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-17T07:56:46Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Featured
        companies: Algorithme Pharma, Bacchus Vascular, Botaneco, Cubist Pharmaceuticals,
        Ikonisys, Healthcare Management Systems, Illumigen Biosciences, Kilmer Capital
        Partners, Medical Specialties Distributors, Metastatix, Microphage, Orthosoft,
        Thomas McNerney & Partners, TranS1, TriReme Medical, Wren Medical, Zimmer","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Wednesday, Oct. 17,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/17/life-sciences-briefing-wedneday-oct-17-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944790,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-19T09:00:53Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"The
        toy becomes \u201csmart\u201d when you insert a smartphone or iPad mini in
        the top of its head, and zip it\u00a0closed.","title":"Meet Ubooly, the smart
        toy that can teach your child\u00a0math","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/19/meet-ubooly-the-smart-toy-that-can-teach-your-child-math/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944789,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-28T15:58:53Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Bioheart\u2019s
        IPO-related chest pains continue \u2014 The week of Oct. 22 has come and gone,
        and there\u2019s no sign of the scheduled \u2014 and already battered \u2014
        IPO of Bioheart, the Florida company that hopes to treat damaged hearts with
        patients\u2019 own muscle stem cells. IPO Home now lists the IPO as scheduled
        on a \u201cday-to-day\u201d basis.","title":"IPO roundup: Bioheart, Merrion
        Pharma in limbo; Reliant vs. Reliant road shows; upcoming\u00a0offerings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/28/ipo-roundup-bioheart-merrion-pharma-in-limbo-reliant-vs-reliant-road-shows-upcoming-offerings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944788,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-23T21:00:05Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"The
        fast-growing online education provider has partnered with 100 academic institutions.
        It now offers 500 courses and works with 5 million students around the\u00a0world.","title":"Coursera
        hits 100 partner milestone on its journey to make higher-ed open to\u00a0anyone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/23/coursera-hits-100-partner-milestone-on-its-journey-to-make-higher-ed-open-to-anyone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944787,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-21T07:56:30Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Featured
        companies: Cerus, LabNow, Reliant Pharmaceuticals","title":"Life sciences
        briefing: Wednesday, Nov. 21,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/21/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-nov-21-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944786,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T08:00:09Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Guest
        Post The story of how Bobbi Perreault, a struggling mom of four, became a
        developer and built one of the most successful sports apps in the\u00a0world.","title":"Swing
        by Swing: The unexpected journey of a \u2018renegade entrepreneur\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/swing-by-swing-the-unexpected-journey-of-a-renegade-entrepreneur/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944785,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-28T07:04:35Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Featured
        companies: American Aerogel, Clinicient, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, Genome
        Diagnostics, RadPharm, RainDance Technologies, Vivacta","title":"Life sciences
        briefing: Wednesday, Nov. 28,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/28/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-nov-28-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944784,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-12T22:00:22Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Guest
        Post Many technologies that we take for granted today came out of the last
        space race \u2014 laptops, solar panels, lithium batteries, and even the dust
        buster. Here\u2019s why the new space race will be even more\u00a0productive.","title":"Space
        Race 2.0  \u2014 why this is a great time to invest in space\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/12/space-race-2-0-why-this-is-a-great-time-to-invest-in-space-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944783,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-26T16:52:29Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Dec. 26,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/26/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-dec-26-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944782,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-19T10:45:41Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Guest
        Post Some interesting validations for a theory about how to build a community
        ripe with entrepreneurship and\u00a0innovation.","title":"Two theses for building
        an entrepreneurial ecosystem in your\u00a0community","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/19/two-theses-for-building-an-entrepreneurial-ecosystem-in-your-community/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:44:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944781,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-15T08:28:34Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"LIfe sciences briefing: Tuesday, Jan. 15,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/15/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-jan-15-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944780,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-11T22:50:17Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Lijit,
        a startup whose widget allows blog readers to search across multiple sites
        and accounts, is planning to launch an ad network on top of its search tool,
        and has raised $7.1 million to make it happen.","title":"Blog search startup
        Lijit raises $7.1M to launch ad\u00a0network","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/11/blog-search-startup-lijit-raises-71m-to-launch-ad-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944779,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-06T02:52:47Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Feb. 6,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/06/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-feb-6-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944778,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-15T04:14:03Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"In
        a bid to bring what Y Combinator has done in mentoring young tech startups
        to the aerospace industry, a Boulder, Colorado-based space incubator called\u00a0eSpace
        has announced\u00a0its first three companies.","title":"Space startup incubator
        funds fake moon rock, space\u00a0junk-fighting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/15/space-startup-incubator-funds-fake-moon-rock-space-junk-fighting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944777,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-07T07:49:56Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Feb. 7,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/07/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-feb-7-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944776,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-10T06:00:07Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"(Editors\u2019
        note: Ali Davar is the CEO of Worio, a Vancouver-based startup. He submitted
        this column to VentureBeat.)","title":"Running a startup outside of the\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/10/running-a-startup-outside-of-the-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944775,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-11T08:43:28Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Feb. 11,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/11/life-sciences-briefing-monday-feb-11-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944774,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-14T13:19:40Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"If
        you\u2019re a tech company in driving distance from Boulder, Colo., and are
        considering launching your product over the next year or so, you should join
        VentureBeat for a meetup with Foundry Group in two weeks.","title":"Colorado
        companies: Get feedback from the Foundry\u00a0Group","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/14/colorado-companies-get-feedback-from-the-foundry-group/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944773,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-03T15:50:19Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"If
        you\u2019re a tech company in the Boulder, Colo. area and  are working on
        a new idea to launch in the next year or so, join VentureBeat and DEMO for
        a meetup with Foundry Group one week from Wednesday on June 15.","title":"Colorado
        companies: Get feedback from the Foundry\u00a0Group","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/03/colorado-companies-get-feedback-from-the-foundry-group-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944772,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-13T06:41:18Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Feb. 13,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/13/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-feb-13-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944771,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-16T11:54:50Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Sun
        Microsystems co-founder and former CEO Scott McNealy is taking an unconventional
        approach to launching his new startup: He\u2019s using little more than Twitter
        to publicize it.","title":"Former Sun CEO launches new startup using just\u00a0Twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/16/former-sun-ceo-launches-new-startup-using-just-twitter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944770,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-09T13:31:47Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Wednesday, April 9,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/09/life-science-briefing-wednesday-april-9-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944769,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-20T06:00:47Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group,
        PLLC, a law firm specializing in the representation of entrepreneurs. He submitted
        this column to VentureBeat.)","title":"How to launch a startup and avoid ending
        up in\u00a0jail","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/20/how-to-launch-a-startup-and-avoid-ending-up-in-jail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944768,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-03T06:00:04Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding announcements include new online communities for images, ideas and
        local traffic announcements:","title":"Deals & More: Cold Brew Labs pins down
        $700K for social catalog, PacketMotion gets $2.7M to monitor enterprise\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/03/deals-more-cold-brew-labs-pins-down-700k-for-social-catalog-packetmotion-gets-2-7m-to-monitor-enterprise-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944767,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-21T09:45:20Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Startup
        incubator\u00a0TechStars\u00a0announced today it has raised a new $24 million
        fund, providing an additional $100,000\u00a0for each of the companies under
        its wing.","title":"With $100k bonus funding, TechStars startups get Christmas
        in\u00a0September","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/21/with-100k-bonuses-its-christmas-in-september-for-techstars-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944766,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T06:20:44Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cardax, Inc. (\u201cCardax\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d) (OTCQB:
        CDXI), announced today       a suite of online corporate communication channels
        to maintain on-going       direct communication with shareholders and other
        interested parties. The       Company has\u00a0launched\u2026","title":"Cardax
        Launches Digital Corporate Communication\u00a0Channels","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/cardax-launches-digital-corporate-communication-channels/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:44Z","domain":"apple.com","id":3944765,"news_source":"Apple","publication_date":"2014-07-29T12:43:42Z","slug":"hobizbo","summary":"Exclusively
        plug into the OC and LA real estate markets and make an ''Instant Appointment''
        when you want it with agents on demand. Hobizbo your offer with ''Instant
        Offers'' to save time and paper. ","title":"Hobizbo live on the app store","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:43Z","url":"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hobizbo/id879384193?ls=1&mt=8"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944764,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-02T13:50:16Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Mosoro,
        a startup that makes Bluetooth hardware with\u00a0complimentary\u00a0smartphone
        apps, has raised $1.5 million in its first round of funding.","title":"Bluetooth-accessory
        startup Mosoro gets $1.5M in\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/02/mosoro-series-a-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944763,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T05:07:12Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cardax, Inc. (\u201cCardax\u201d) (OTCQB:CDXI) announced today the appointment
        of       George W. Bickerstaff, former CFO of Novartis Pharma AG (NYSE:NVS),       Tamar
        D. Howson, former senior business development executive at       Bristol-Myers
        Squibb\u00a0(NYSE:BMY)\u2026","title":"Cardax Appoints Former Novartis, Bristol-Myers
        Squibb, and Boehringer Ingelheim Execu...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/cardax-appoints-former-novartis-bristol-myers-squibb-and-boehringer-ingelheim-executives-as-directors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944762,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-12T10:02:52Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"","title":"How
        the quiet Adam Rothenberg become number two at hot startup incubator, TechStars\u00a0NY","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/12/techstars-ny-adam-rothenberg-startups-finance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944761,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-12T10:04:32Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Arca
        Discovery, a Denver developer of a next-generation beta blocker for heart
        failure, raised $18 million in a second funding round. (The release is out,
        but not yet available on the Web.) The round was led by Skyline Ventures and
        joined by Interwest Partners, Atlas Ventures, Boulder Ventures and the Peierls
        Foundation.","title":"Arca Discovery raises $18M for cardiovascular\u00a0drug","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/12/arca-discovery-raises-18m-for-cardiovascular-drug/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944760,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-14T13:00:28Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Venture
        capital industry interest and investment in smart grid startups has been up
        and down over the past five years, ranging from a peak of nearly $316 million
        in 2009 to around $100 million or less in 2011 (as of the end of September).
        There\u2019s reason to be optimistic about the future growth of the sector,
        however. Powerful fundamental factors \u2014 the shift to cleaner, renewable
        energy sources and market deregulation among them \u2014 continue to support
        growth, as do smart grid proponents and technology providers.","title":"Smart
        grid startups compete for highly variable venture\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/14/smart-grid-startups-compete-for-highly-variable-venture-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944759,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-09T20:00:26Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"San
        Francisco-based drug company Portola Pharmaceuticals has taken a $60 million
        extension to its third round of funding to see it through Phase II trials
        for betrixaban, a drug intended to prevent blood clots.  The company is also
        working on an antiplatelet agent called PRT060128. If its drugs do well in
        trials, the company will likely head to an IPO, as we reported alongside its
        last $70 million fundung.","title":"Cardio drug maker Portola Pharmaceuticals
        takes $60M\u00a0extension","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/09/cardio-drug-maker-portola-pharmaceuticals-takes-60m-extension/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944758,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-08T10:46:30Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Guest
        Post How to build regional entrepreneurial communities has just gotten it\u2019s
        first \u201chere\u2019s how to do it\u201d\u00a0book.","title":"\u2018Startup
        Communities\u2019 book delivers roadmap for Silicon Valleys\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/08/startup-communities-book-delivers-roadmap-for-building-startup-clusters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944757,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-14T11:20:11Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Anthera
        Pharmaceuticals has raised $19 million in a second round of funding led by
        Caxton Advantage Life Sciences Fund and HBM BioCapital. Existing investors
        VantagePoint Venture Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, Pappas Ventures and Mitsubishi
        International Corporation also participated.","title":"Anthera Pharmaceuticals
        raises $19M for anti-inflammatory drugs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/14/anthera-pharmaceuticals-raises-19m-for-anti-inflammatory-drugs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944756,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-05T17:15:23Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Venture
        capital gives startups runway to develop, launch, and grow. Here are the companies
        putting funding through their\u00a0grinders.","title":"Funding Daily: Startup\u00a0Grind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/05/funding-daily-startup-grind/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944755,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-28T02:23:10Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Menlo
        Park, Calif.-based Cogentus Pharmaceuticals has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy,
        despite $83 million raised in equity capital. At the time of the filing, the
        company reported $2.2 million in assets and liabilities totaling $17.2 million.","title":"Cardiovascular
        drug developer Cogentus files for Chapter\u00a07","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/28/cardiovascular-drug-developer-cogentus-goes-belly-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944754,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-06T09:40:11Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"At
        the VCIR conference to showcase the mountain region\u2019s startups, Colarado\u2019s
        governor spoke about his state\u2019s commitment to tech. In a private meeting
        with the press, he stressed his mission to turn Colorado into the most pro-business
        state without jeopardizing its natural\u00a0beauty.","title":"Gov. Hickenlooper:
        Why Colorado is the new Silicon Valley\u00a0(Q&A)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/06/gov-hickenlooper-why-colorado-is-the-new-silicon-valley-qa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944753,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-08T10:16:32Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Portola
        Pharmaceuticals, a South San Francisco, Calif., biotech aiming to develop
        treatments for blood clots and other heart-related problems, raised $70 million
        in a third round of financing dominated by late-stage and public-market investors.","title":"Cardiovascular
        biotech Portola Pharmaceuticals raises $70M, eyes\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/08/cardiovascular-biotech-portola-pharmaceuticals-raises-70m-eyes-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944752,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-13T11:02:41Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Grotech
        Ventures announced the close of its eight fund at $225 million. The Vienna-based
        firm invests in early-stage companies along the East Coast and in\u00a0Colorado.","title":"Grotech
        closes new $225M fund to support startups in \u2018underserved markets\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/13/grotech-closes-new-225m-fund-to-support-startups-in-underserved-markets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944751,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-09T06:36:23Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"See
        David Hamilton\u2019s story over at VentureBeat Life Sciences.","title":"Cardiovascular
        biotech Portola Pharmaceuticals raises $70M, eyes\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/09/cardiovascular-biotech-portola-pharmaceuticals-raises-70m-eyes-ipo-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944750,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-03T17:08:21Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"In
        2012 alone, \u201cSilicon Mountain\u201d entrepreneur launched 122 digital
        technology startups, and 69 received\u00a0funding.","title":"Colorado entrepreneurs
        say they are doing \u2018awesome\u2019 & have the data to prove\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/03/colorado-entrepreneurs-say-they-are-doing-awesome-now-have-the-data-to-prove-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944749,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-13T22:06:49Z","slug":"vascular-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Public
        biotech company VIA Pharmaceuticals secured a loan of up to $10 million from
        Bay City Capital to fuel further development of its lead drug candidate for
        cardiovascular disease, reports VentureWire. Bay City was the company\u2019s
        only backer before it went public in 2007.","title":"VIA Pharmaceuticals nabs
        loan for cardiovascular\u00a0treatment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/13/via-pharmaceuticals-nabs-loan-for-cardiovascular-treatment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944748,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T07:00:18Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Startups
        are setting up shop on Fremont Street in the heart of the downtown corridor
        in Vegas. To cater to the needs of the new arrivals, new office spaces, co-working
        spots and trendy restaurants have rapidly\u00a0emerged.","title":"Why investors
        & tech startups are flocking to downtown Las\u00a0Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/part-3-why-investors-tech-startups-are-flocking-to-downtown-vegas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944747,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-12T14:37:21Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Convercent
        is an up-and-coming startup in Denver\u2019s quickly growing scene, and its
        new office is\u00a0killer.","title":"Convercent just moved into one of the
        coolest new startup offices in\u00a0Denver","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/convercent-just-moved-into-one-of-the-coolest-new-startup-offices-in-denver/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944746,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-18T11:23:50Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Updated
        November 19 with a quote from Google Ventures","title":"Google Ventures-backed
        ad startup Trada laying off staff, \u2018restructuring\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/18/google-ventures-backed-trada-laying-off-staff-possibly-closing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944745,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-06T16:41:17Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"VC
        fund Foundry Group led an AngelList Syndicate for OnTheGo Platforms, which
        claims to make \u201csmart glasses smarter.\u201d FG Angel put $330,000 into
        the $700,000 seed\u00a0round.","title":"Foundry Group makes its first AngelList
        Syndicate investment in smart glasses\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/06/foundry-group-makes-its-first-angellist-syndicate-investment-in-smart-glasses-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944744,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-09T13:00:39Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Sponsored
        Post This week at NAB Show, startup program SPROCKIT is shining a spotlight
        on entrepreneurs in media and\u00a0entertainment.","title":"Out of the mouths
        of SPROCKIT\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/09/out-of-the-mouths-of-sprockit-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944743,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T14:30:08Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"It
        could be Cheech and Chong\u2019s vision of what the future would look like
        if grownups ever got hold of marijuana.","title":"Pot startups now have their
        own joint working space in\u00a0Denver","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/pot-startups-now-have-their-own-joint-working-space-in-denver/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944742,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T09:18:56Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"\u201cThe
        universe is a really incredible place if you put it to good use,\u201d 6Sense
        CEO Amanda Kahlow said during a conversation with VentureBeat last\u00a0week.","title":"Hard
        knock life for this family led to 3 CEOs & 4\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/hard-knock-life-for-this-family-led-to-3-ceos-4-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944741,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-06T11:24:15Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"Colorado
        Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) revealed in a private meeting with the press that
        the state is backing a new venture\u00a0fund.","title":"New $150M venture
        fund will support Colorado\u2019s startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/06/new-150m-venture-fund-will-support-colorados-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944740,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-08T08:28:49Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"An
        unusually high-calibre group of startups debuted at VCIR, which is billed
        as Colorado\u2019s largest and longest-running tech\u00a0conference.","title":"4
        Colorado startups about to break into the big\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/08/4-colorado-startups-about-to-break-into-the-big-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944739,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T10:50:39Z","slug":"startup-colorado","summary":"This
        is a true David versus Goliath\u00a0lawsuit.","title":"Colorado startup sues
        GoPro for allegedly infringing camera-mount\u00a0patent","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:43:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/colorado-startup-sues-gopro-for-allegedly-infringing-camera-mount-patent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944738,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-24T08:24:48Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Here\u2019s
        an entertaining video taken of Roger McNamee, of Elevation Partners by Kara
        Swisher.","title":"KKR''s single golf hole on Sand Hill Road \u2014 never\u00a0visited","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/24/kkrs-single-golf-hole-on-sand-hill-road-never-visited/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944737,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-22T10:45:47Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"You
        may have heard about the recent power outages on Sand Hill Road, the home
        of most of Silicon Valley\u2019s high-powered venture capitalists.","title":"Why
        VCs have fallen for alternative\u00a0energy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/22/why-vcs-have-fallen-for-alternative-energy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944736,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-11T05:59:12Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Facebook,
        the popular social network, is considering raising another round of capital
        that will easily value it in the billions of dollars, according to AllthingsD\u2019s
        Kara Swisher.","title":"Facebook raising another round of\u00a0financing?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/11/facebook-raising-another-round-valued-in-billions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944735,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-21T05:00:16Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"If
        there is a hit factory in casual video games, it\u2019s PopCap Games. While
        other companies drove the industry to increasingly complex and narrowly-focused
        games, Seattle-based PopCap has broadened the market for games and revived
        the arcade-like feel of early video games. About 76 percent of its customers
        are female and 89 percent are 30 or older. The top reason people play: stress
        relief. (So says the company\u2019s surveys).","title":"PopCap Games executive
        interview: Don''t be stupid, have\u00a0fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/21/popcap-games-executive-interview-dont-forget-about-the-fun/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944734,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-14T23:33:33Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Where
        is technology headed?","title":"Top 10 tech trends: Smart phones, alternative
        energies, Boomer\u00a0technologies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/14/top-10-tech-trends-the-boomer-internet-smart-phones-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944733,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-08T16:18:13Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"The
        $50 billion video game industry is rife with opportunities, so it only makes
        sense that someone is creating a venture capital firm that will focus on investing
        in all stages of the global game industry ecosystem.","title":"GCube Ventures
        to invest in game companies at all\u00a0stages","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/08/gcube-ventures-to-invest-in-game-companies-at-all-stages/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944732,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-21T08:26:57Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"John
        Riccitiello has been driving a lot of change at Electronic Arts. He was president
        and chief operating officer of the big independent video game publisher from
        1997 to 2004. Then he left to co-found Elevation Partners. He engineered a
        deal to invest $400 million in acquiring a majority stake in the game development
        firms, BioWare and Pandemic. While he was gone, EA suffered lackluster financial
        performance and its games were often mocked as dull and uninspired. Riccitiello
        rejoined EA as CEO in May 2007, and reorganized EA so that it could operate
        its game studios as a bunch of city-states. EA acquired BioWare/Pandemic for
        $800 million. The aim is to get the game maker out of its funk and to produce
        original content that hardcore gamers won\u2019t sneer at and nongamers will
        try out. EA\u2019s games are indeed looking better; I put three of them on
        my list of the top 10 games of E3. But it may be some time before anyone can
        declare that Riccitiello has engineered a turnaround.","title":"E3 perspective:
        An interview with John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic\u00a0Arts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/21/e3-perspective-an-interview-with-john-riccitiello-ceo-of-electronic-arts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944731,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-23T15:13:04Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Update:
        Elevation\u2019s Roger McNamee has just responded, saying the reports are
        untrue: \u201cForbes absolutely denies this rumor, and has no knowledge of
        the source. Forbes Russia is also not for sale to the ONEXIM group.\u201d","title":"Russian
        investment firm ONEXIM to acquire\u00a0Forbes?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/23/russian-investment-firm-onexim-to-acquire-forbes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944730,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-23T09:59:50Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Just
        a day after the long-suffering smartphone and handheld maker Palm picked up
        a $100 million investment from Elevation Partners, mobile computing startup
        Motion Computing is announcing a smaller, $6 million investment of its own.","title":"Motion
        Computing picks up $6M for tablet\u00a0PCs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/23/motion-computing-picks-up-6m-funding-for-tablet-pcs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944729,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-09T11:09:10Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"If
        you heard U2 was teaming up with a mobile phone maker for its latest tour,
        you probably thought that meant Apple or Palm. But neither are right. Instead,
        the company will be teaming up with BlackBerry maker RIM, according to CNBC.","title":"While
        Apple and Palm bicker, U2 sides with . . .\u00a0RIM","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/09/while-apple-and-palm-fight-u2-sides-with-rim/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944728,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-07T07:15:58Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Ray
        Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk are the medical doctors who found a second career
        in video games. They\u2019re the co-chief executives of BioWare, the division
        of Electronic Arts that is known for its outstanding role-playing games. BioWare\u2019s
        pattern is to create a universe first and then build a game around that fiction.
        If it\u2019s a hit, then they do more games in the same universe. Their latest
        project is Dragon Age Origins, a new fantasy game in a brand new universe
        that uses much of the same technology of BioWare\u2019s recent big hit, Mass
        Effect. This game is a spiritual successor to BioWare\u2019s Baldur\u2019s
        Gate series and it will debut this fall on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation
        3. We caught up with them at the recent Game Developers Conference in San
        Francisco.","title":"BioWare''s founders envision Dragon Age Origins as dark
        heroic fantasy\u00a0universe","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/07/biowares-founders-envision-dragon-age-origins-as-dark-heroic-fantasy-universe/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944727,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-02T08:00:00Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: As a Washington D.C. resident, Daniel looks at the fidelity of Fallout
        3\u2019s game world. All that subtlety was lost on me \u2014 I\u2019ve never
        been there! -Demian","title":"I Live in Fallout\u00a03","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/02/i-live-in-fallout-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944726,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-26T13:11:08Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Running
        can be a lonely endeavor without a running mate to push you further. But what
        if you knew you had a live audience? RunKeeper, which offers an iPhone app
        that lets you track your distance, time, elevation, pace, and path on a map,
        has now updated its app to let others watch your progress, live, online.","title":"RunKeeper''s
        iPhone app lets you broadcast your morning run to a live\u00a0audience","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/26/runkeepers-iphone-app-lets-you-broadcast-your-morning-run-to-a-live-audience/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944725,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-30T20:19:04Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Startup
        FitnessKeeper, the parent company of the RunKeeper smartphone app, has raised
        $1.11 million and will use the money to build out its nine-person operation
        and dive into the highly competitive world of now-fashionable mobile fitness
        applications.","title":"FitnessKeeper scoops up $1.1M to build out fitness\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/30/fitnesskeeper-scoops-up-1-1m-to-build-out-fitness-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944724,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-26T12:37:10Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Marc
        Bodnick, the cofounder of Silicon Valley private-equity firm Elevation Partners,
        is leaving to join Quora, according to multiple reports. (VentureBeat first
        reported his pending departure yesterday.)","title":"Open question: What is
        Marc Bodnick going to do at\u00a0Quora?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/26/marc-bodnick-quora/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944723,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-08T12:40:57Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Popular
        local search and reviews site Yelp is getting closer to a possible public
        stock offering.","title":"Yelp has a new CFO. An IPO can\u2019t be far\u00a0off","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/08/yelp-cfo-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944722,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-12T07:00:25Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Update:
        This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon\u2019s Kindle
        bookstore.","title":"How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social
        game\u00a0powerhouse","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/zynga-history/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944721,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-18T08:00:39Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"BioWare\u2019s
        epic new online game Star Wars: The Old Republic debuts on Tuesday. A persistent
        world known as a massively multiplayer online game (MMO), the title is one
        of the most ambitious video games in history. One of its many lofty goals
        is to challenge World of Warcraft, the seven-year-old fantasy role-playing
        world that is the world\u2019s biggest money-making online game with more
        than 10.3 million paying subscribers and around a billion dollars a year in
        revenue. Another is to take the Star Wars fan base and bring it into the modern
        age of the MMO, ensuring that George Lucas\u2019s franchise lives on in the
        age of massive blockbuster games. And it is also aimed at bringing in a steady
        stream of revenue for Electronic Arts, elevating it and its developer BioWare
        into the stratosphere of the game industry, where respect and revenues go
        hand in hand.","title":"Star Wars: The Old Republic debuts on Tuesday as one
        of the most ambitious games\u00a0ever","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/18/star-wars-the-old-republic-debuts-on-tuesday-as-one-of-the-most-ambitious-games-ever/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944720,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-06T08:00:16Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Game
        fundings destroyed the record book for fundings this year as 145 companies
        raised more than $1.540 billion in 2011, not counting initial public offerings.","title":"DeanBeat:
        Game companies raised a record-breaking $1.54B in\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/06/deanbeat-game-companies-raised-a-record-breaking-1-55b-in-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944719,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-01T16:22:33Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Mark
        Zuckerberg controls a majority of Facebook\u2019s voting rights, and will
        continue to enjoy that control after it goes public, according to an unusual
        arrangement he struck with some key investors and colleagues among Facebook\u2019s
        shareholders.","title":"Power play: How Zuckerberg wrested control of Facebook
        from his\u00a0shareholders","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/01/zuck-power-play/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944718,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-11T16:25:26Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Crowdfunding
        website IndieGoGo has flipped the switch on its promotional algorithm, which
        pushes campaigns to a coveted spot on its front page. The company says the
        algorithm adds more democracy to a human-bias driven industry.","title":"IndieGoGo
        releases new algorithm for promoting crowdfunding\u00a0projects","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:42:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/11/indiegogo-algorithm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944717,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-02T11:41:54Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Cloud
        storage powerhouse Dropbox revealed today that half of the mega-popular rock
        band U2, Bono and The Edge, are investors in the company, according to a Dropbox
        tweet this morning.","title":"U2\u2019s Bono and The Edge revealed as investors
        in\u00a0Dropbox","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/02/u2-bono-edge-dropbox/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944716,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-16T12:44:04Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Is data the new oil? If you\u2019re not paying for the product, are you
        the product? Pick your meme \u2014 the debate about how companies are using
        personal information has grown intense over the past few\u00a0months\u2026","title":"Exploring
        the future of digital privacy, identity and\u00a0reputation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/16/exploring-the-future-of-digital-privacy-identity-and-reputation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944715,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-02T12:40:13Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Google
        is trying really hard to get people interested in Google+\u2019s group video-chat
        feature, Hangouts. The company has brought on celebrities, political figures,
        and is now trying to attract its own Silicon Valley neighbors to participate
        on the social network through \u201cVC Office Hours.\u201d","title":"Get funded
        on Google+: Silicon Valley VCs are holding\u00a0hangouts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/02/get-funded-on-google-silicon-valley-vcs-holding-hangouts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944714,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-18T16:14:34Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"The
        funding is flowing this mid-June Monday. A big round went to wireless speaker
        company Sonos today, and a few cloud companies picked up some cash. Check
        out who else scooped up funding below.","title":"Funding daily: Rock out with
        wireless\u00a0speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/18/funding-daily-june-18-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944713,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-20T18:34:22Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"If
        you read newspapers, blogs and other popular reports on renewable energy,
        you are very likely hearing almost exclusively about power generation advances
        in solar cell or wind turbine efficiency or ways to reduce production costs.","title":"Storage,
        not generation, is the challenge to renewable\u00a0energy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/20/storage-not-generation-is-the-challenge-to-renewable-energy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944712,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-18T04:30:21Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"GENWI
        hooks extra $2M to distribute content to mobile\u00a0devices.","title":"GENWI
        takes extra $2M to be the delivery boy of mobile\u00a0content","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/18/genwi-takes-extra-2m-to-be-the-delivery-boy-of-mobile-content/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944711,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-18T18:28:34Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Venture
        Capital throws its money into recycling robots, luxury villas, flash storage,
        and fibrous\u00a0greens.","title":"Funding Daily: If the world was run by\u00a0robots\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/18/funding-daily-if-the-world-was-run-by-robots/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944710,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-08T05:00:39Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Crowdfunding
        is a young industry, but it\u2019s growing rapidly, with over 1 million campaigns
        successfully funded last\u00a0year.","title":"Crowdfunding nearly doubled
        last year with 1M successful\u00a0campaigns","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/08/crowdfunding-nearly-doubled-last-year-with-1m-successful-campaigns/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944709,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-04T08:00:31Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"With
        cash from Nexon, the CEO of Rumble Entertainment says he has time to get game
        quality just\u00a0right.","title":"Rumble\u2019s Greg Richardson on building
        games that last forever\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/04/rumbles-greg-richardson-on-building-games-that-last-forever-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944708,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-20T13:00:42Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"John
        Riccitiello is getting active in game startups. We\u2019ll see what his vision
        looks\u00a0like.","title":"EA\u2019s ex-CEO John Riccitiello to speak at GamesBeat\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/20/eas-ex-ceo-john-riccitiello-to-speak-at-gamesbeat-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944707,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-02T06:56:59Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Fitbit\u2019s
        fitness trackers could soon take a big step forward.","title":"Leaked: Fitbit\u2019s
        next fitness tracker, the Fitbit\u00a0Force","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/02/leaked-fitbits-next-fitness-tracker-the-fitbit-force/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944706,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-22T18:44:31Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"In
        the sea of cloud and infrastructure startups, sometimes it\u2019s worth calling
        out that really cool piece of recreational tech: sports.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Sports\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/22/funding-daily-sports/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944705,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-08-14T15:09:32Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Here\u2019s
        our story (free registration) in today\u2019s Mercury News about Silicon Valley
        investor Roger McNamee, and his latest move \u2014 to create Elevation Partners.
        Some people have called him one of the smartest guys in the valley. The story
        is part of the Mercury News\u2019 quarterly venture capital survey.","title":"Roger
        McNamee & Elevation\u2013 w/ note on Agilent\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/08/14/roger-mcnamee-elevation-w-note-on-agilent-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944704,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-14T09:00:31Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Game
        investing is still going strong, even though it did take a hit during the
        recession. We calculated that game companies raised $600.5 million in 2009,
        down 36 percent from the year before. But game-savvy venture capitalists are
        still bullish on games. We did a roundtable Q&A with some of the best-known
        investors, in conjunction with the launch of Interactive Age, a new magazine
        focused on the business of games. The magazine is edited by N. Evan Van Zelfden,
        who has written for us, and will debut around the time of the Game Developers
        Conference in March. ","title":"Venture capitalists are bullish on the future
        of game\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/14/venture-capitalists-are-bullish-on-the-future-of-game-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944703,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-14T15:31:32Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Mitch
        Lasky sold his mobile entertainment business, Jamdat Mobile, to Electronic
        Arts for $680 million in late 2005. He left the company a year later and became
        partner at Benchmark Capital. But he\u2019s since become a bit of a thorn
        in EA\u2019s side and criticized its strategy in a recent blog post.","title":"Game
        venture capitalist and Electronic Arts trade\u00a0barbs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/14/game-venture-capitalist-and-electronic-arts-trade-barbs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944702,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-02T11:41:53Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Ad
        marketplace Reply.com filed for a $60 million IPO in February. But now the
        company has taken another $15 million from Hercules Technology Growth Capital,
        a Palo Alto-based firm that feeds both VC and private equity-backed companies.","title":"Hercules
        Technology Growth Capital lends $111M to nine companies, still has more to\u00a0invest","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/02/hercules-technology-growth-capital-commits-111m-including-reply-com/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944701,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-24T01:17:01Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Elevation Partners cuts back, Cisco
        invests $1B in Russia, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/24/roundup-reports-of-iphone-4-screen-discoloration-ciscos-1b-russian-infusion-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944700,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-24T23:56:57Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Elevation funding Pandora, MiaSole scores
        solar supply deal, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/24/roundup-elevation-funding-pandora-miasole-scores-solar-supply-deal-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944699,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-25T16:34:09Z","slug":"elevation-capital","summary":"One
        of the most-watched private-equity partnerships in Silicon Valley is coming
        apart.","title":"Superstar Marc Bodnick leaving Yelp, Facebook investor Elevation\u00a0Partners","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:41:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/25/marc-bodnick-leaving-elevation-partners/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944698,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-13T21:03:09Z","slug":"corent-technology","summary":"IBM
        announced its new cloud services platform today, which aims to make it easier
        for communications service providers (CSPs, which include communication companies
        like telcos, ISPs, and satellite companies) to take advantage of cloud computing.","title":"IBM''s
        new platform delivers cloud computing to telcos and\u00a0ISPs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/13/ibms-new-platform-makes-cloud-computing-a-reality-for-communications-service-providers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944697,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-24T15:25:55Z","slug":"corent-technology","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The third annual Cloud Channel Summit will be on Monday, November 4 at
        the Computer History Museum in Mountain View,\u00a0CA.","title":"Join AWS,
        Google, Salesforce.com, VMware & Oracle at Cloud Channel\u00a0Summit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/24/join-aws-google-salesforce-com-vmware-oracle-at-cloud-channel-summit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944696,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T12:51:38Z","slug":"corent-technology","summary":"An
        acquisition of Micros would give Oracle some more hardware to sell, not just\u00a0software.","title":"Oracle\u2019s
        reported $5B acquisition of Micros firms up its reach into the hospitality\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/oracles-reported-5b-acquisition-of-micros-firms-up-its-reach-into-the-hospitality-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944695,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-07T08:08:44Z","slug":"corent-technology","summary":"Oracle
        has decided to make another software-defined networking acquisition. This
        time, Corente could give Oracle new abilities to quickly connect data centers
        through\u00a0software.","title":"Oracle buying Corente to quickly connect
        data centers through\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/07/oracle-buying-corente-to-quickly-connect-data-centers-through-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944694,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T04:00:43Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"When
        Apple introduced the first iPhone in 2007, many AT&T customers rushed to sign
        up for the now-defunct unlimited data plan, viewing it as the best way to
        cover all of their data needs all the time. But ItsOn thinks the answer is
        actually flexible personalization.","title":"ItsOn gets $12.5M to work with
        carriers because one (mobile data plan) does not fit\u00a0all","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/itson-gets-2-5m-to-help-carriers-because-one-mobile-data-plan-does-not-fit-all/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944693,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T11:00:42Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Disney
        Magical World is more game, less life-sim than the Nintendo franchise that
        inspired\u00a0it.","title":"Forget ripoff: Disney Magical World is better
        than Animal\u00a0Crossing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/forget-ripoff-disney-magical-world-is-better-than-animal-crossing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944692,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-03T15:53:07Z","slug":"mosaic-storage-systems","summary":"This
        article was originally written for my blog.","title":"Where I Read \u2013
        Analog Computing Issue\u00a0#2","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/03/where-i-read-analog-computing-issue-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944691,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T17:43:15Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Gary
        Chen, a serial entrepreneur in China\u2019s music industry, never\u00a0believed
        digital music content could be a significant revenue source for\u00a0musicians.","title":"These
        smart headphones sound better than Beats & let you chat with\u00a0musicians","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/these-smart-headphones-sound-better-than-beats-let-you-chat-with-musicians/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944690,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-16T10:25:47Z","slug":"mosaic-storage-systems","summary":"Tibbr\u2019s
        6.5 million paid users will see some changes when they log into the enterprise
        social network today.","title":"Tibbr introduces \u2018Pages\u2019 and teams
        up with Huddle to make document collaboration (even more)\u00a0social","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/16/tibbr-introduces-pages-and-teams-up-with-huddle-to-make-document-collaboration-even-more-social/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944689,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T07:00:04Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Digital marketers have one goal in mind: boosting sales and revenue through
        their company\u2019s online presence. Instead, you should be focused on the
        long-term insights you can gather about your\u00a0audiences.","title":"5 ways
        to get better results from data-driven\u00a0marketing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/1449300/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944688,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T12:30:42Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"The
        Xbox One loses the Kinect and gets a $100 price cut. Microsoft is ready to
        get back into the fight with\u00a0Sony.","title":"Microsoft on the new Xbox
        One vs. PS4 battlefield: Same price but \u2018we have the better\u00a0games\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/microsoft-on-the-new-xbox-one-vs-ps4-battlefield-same-price-but-we-have-the-better-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944687,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T08:53:13Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Today
        Foursquare split itself in two.","title":"How Foursquare plans to weave you
        in & out of its new\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/how-foursquare-plans-to-weave-you-in-out-of-its-new-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944686,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T08:21:47Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Analytics
        startup CrowdSystems has raised a fresh $1 million round of funding, the company
        announced today.","title":"\u0421rowdSystems grabs $1M to give retail stores
        better\u00a0analytics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/%d1%81rowdsystems-grabs-1m-to-give-retail-stores-better-analytics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944685,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T21:00:08Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Dyn\u00a0and
        Renesys\u00a0want to make the Internet a friendlier place for businesses.","title":"Love
        and DNS: Two web analytics companies announce wedding\u00a0plans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/love-and-dns-two-web-analytics-companies-announce-wedding-plans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944684,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-30T05:40:33Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Slowly
        but steadily, LG has become an Android phone maker to watch.","title":"How
        LG plans to make you care about its new G3\u00a0smartphone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/30/how-lg-plans-to-make-you-care-about-its-new-g3-smartphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944683,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T12:30:03Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Data
        might just be\u00a0the new driver of business success.","title":"How to find
        \u2014 and hire \u2014 data\u00a0scientists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/how-to-find-and-hire-data-scientists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944682,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T15:14:52Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"The
        country\u2019s third and fourth largest wireless carriers, Sprint and T-Mobile,
        are planning to announce a merger later this summer, multiple publications
        are reporting today.","title":"Sprint & T-Mobile may announce merger plans
        this\u00a0summer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/sprint-tmobile-announce-merger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944681,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T14:40:42Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"But
        don\u2019t expect to see shows based on other game properties that Microsoft
        had hinted at\u00a0before.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s Halo digital video and
        Halo TV shows aren\u2019t dead, but original TV show effort will\u00a0end","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/microsoft-reassures-gamers-halo-digital-video-and-halo-tv-shows-arent-being-canceled/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944680,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T11:19:05Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Computers
        may have solved number-crunching and turning data into digestible information,
        but what about the translation of human languages?","title":"Unbabel scores
        $1.5M to add a human touch to machine-powered\u00a0translation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/unbabel-scores-1-5m-to-add-a-human-touch-to-machine-powered-translation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944679,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-07T10:57:36Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Facebook
        will host an event for academics as it studies the broader world, including
        developing\u00a0countries.","title":"EXCLUSIVE: Facebook plans event to recruit\u00a0sociologists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:40:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/07/exclusive-to-sell-ads-in-the-developing-world-facebook-is-hiring-sociologists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944678,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T09:00:32Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"It
        costs $350, which isn\u2019t that cheap. But it\u2019s less expensive than
        changing around your office furniture or buying a standing\u00a0desk.","title":"Cubii
        lets you pedal under your desk to stay fit while you\u00a0sit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/are-you-suffering-from-sitting-disease-exercise-your-feet-with-cubii/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944677,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T19:29:02Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"About
        95% of PS4 gamers are on the PSN, and the\u2019re about to get a lot more\u00a0content.","title":"Sony
        beefs up PSN with YouTube, better game spectating, and 25 free-to-play\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/sony-beefs-up-psn-with-youtube-better-game-spectating-and-25-free-to-play-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944676,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T08:00:51Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post When reducing friction for users meant switching from a desktop computer
        to a laptop, the validity of that phrase wasn\u2019t just obvious, it was
        inarguable. But what about now, when reducing friction means going from two
        taps in an app to just\u00a0one?","title":"Redefining friction in a mobile-first\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/redefining-friction-in-a-mobile-first-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944675,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T13:10:14Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Facebook
        wants to bring the Internet to everyone in the world, and Facebook wants to
        bring, well, Facebook to everyone in the world, too.","title":"Facebook\u2019s
        Android app will soon work much better in emerging countries with weaker\u00a0infrastructure","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/facebooks-android-app-will-soon-work-much-better-in-emerging-countries-with-weaker-infrastructure/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944674,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T14:16:58Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Nokia:
        a lead weight for\u00a0Microsoft?","title":"Nokia adds $1.9B to Microsoft\u2019s
        revenue in Q4 but cuts into firm\u2019s\u00a0profit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/nokia-adds-1-9b-to-microsofts-revenue-in-q4-but-cuts-into-profit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944673,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-21T21:00:34Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"HelloFresh\u00a0delivers
        a food box that lets subscribers make high-quality self-cooked meals at home.
        Customers can pick between different recipes and receive the exact number
        and portion of the ingredients needed. That way they get the right ingredients
        and are not stuck with leftovers. HelloFresh claims to deliver well over one
        million meals per month.","title":"With $50M banked, HelloFresh CEO plans
        \u2018global consumer food brand\u2019\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/21/with-50m-banked-hellofresh-ceo-plans-global-consumer-food-brand-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944672,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T09:30:46Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Join
        us for an upcoming webinar on August 7 at 10 am Pacific where we\u2019ll be
        diving deep on mobile app security with top execs from Dell, Expedia, the
        US Air Force, and Forrester.","title":"Dell, Expedia, US Air Force to explore
        mobile app security in a BYOD\u00a0organization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/dell-expedia-us-air-force-to-explore-mobile-app-security-in-a-byod-organization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944671,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T08:00:03Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"The
        crises in Israel and Ukraine have disrupted games, but game developers plod\u00a0onward.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: When real-life war intrudes on game\u00a0development","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/the-deanbeat-when-real-life-war-intrudes-on-game-development/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944670,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T07:56:07Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"By
        now you\u2019ve likely heard about Yo, the new messaging app that does nothing
        more than send one word, \u201cYo,\u201d to a contact (who also has to be
        signed onto the app).","title":"Come on, Silicon Valley, you can do better
        than\u00a0Yo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/come-on-silicon-valley-you-can-do-better-than-yo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944669,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:00:32Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Yeah
        for charts!","title":"Diversity by the numbers: All the Internet giants in
        one big\u00a0chart","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/diversity-by-the-numbers-all-the-internet-giants-in-one-big-chart/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944668,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T17:30:51Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Another
        startup has brought on a data scientist to achieve strategic\u00a0goals.","title":"SpoonRocket
        hires a data scientist as it plans to expand to more\u00a0cities","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/spoonrocket-data-scientist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944667,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-12-13T08:34:22Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"For
        two years, Google has brutalized its competition and other start-ups by grabbing
        the best talent with two sexy pieces of bait: the stock option, and its fun
        brand.","title":"Google''s reign of terror over Valley workforce coming to\u00a0end?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/13/googles-reign-of-terror-over-valley-workforce-coming-to-end/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944666,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T16:22:33Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Physician
        referral has become a big business as people begin to think\u00a0less like
        passive patients and more like health care consumers.","title":"BetterDoctor
        raises $10M more for health-provider referral\u00a0platform","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/betterdoctor-raises-10m-more-for-health-provider-referral-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944665,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-07T13:54:24Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"This
        year has become the \u201cshow-me\u201d year. Internet start-ups showing no
        traction are getting shut down, or trimmed \u2014 abandoned by once wide-eyed
        investors.","title":"Web 2.0 bubble bursting: Peerflix cuts workforce, carnage
        mounting\u00a0elsewhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944664,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-26T06:31:10Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Xora,
        a Mountain View, Calif. provider of mobile workforce management technology,
        has raised a $4 million venture loan from MMV Financial Inc, according to
        VentureWire (subscription required).","title":"Xora raises $4M for mobile
        workforce management\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/26/xora-raises-4m-for-mobile-workforce-management-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944663,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-26T15:14:53Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"CNET,
        one of the largest and oldest publishers of online technology news, is laying
        off ten percent of its workforce, or 120 employees.","title":"Online publisher
        CNET lays off ten percent of workforce in face of hostile\u00a0takeover","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/26/online-publisher-cnet-lays-off-ten-percent-of-workforce-in-face-of-hostile-takeover/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944662,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-18T15:27:51Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Glam
        Media, one of the newfangled content and advertising networks assumed by many
        industry observers to be vulnerable to financial meltdown, says it still hasn\u2019t
        seen any marked decline in online display advertising. Yet, to be cautious,
        it is slashing salaries by moving to a system called \u201cvariable pay.\u201d","title":"Ad
        network Glam sees record 4th quarter, puts entire workforce on \"variable\"
        pay","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/18/ad-network-glam-sees-record-4th-quarter-puts-entire-workforce-on-variable-pay/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944661,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-28T15:52:22Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"With
        two cofounders, three developers, and less than $1 million in seed funding,
        Sher.ly intends to bypass one of the most frustrating, ubiquitous parts of
        cloud storage:\u00a0syncing.","title":"Meet Sher.ly, the ambitious \u2018cloud\u2019
        startup that plans to destroy\u00a0sync","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/28/meet-sher-ly-the-ambitious-cloud-startup-that-plans-to-destroy-sync/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944660,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-05T01:54:16Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"South49
        Solutions, provider of web-based applications that let field employees schedule
        projects and submit status updates online or by mobile phone, just brought
        in $1.2 million in first-round financing from Originate Ventures and several
        angel investors. The Sterling, Va.-based company says it plans to use the
        new money to expand into new markets.","title":"South49 nabs $1.2M for remote
        workforce\u00a0management","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/05/south49-nabs-12m-for-remote-workforce-management/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944659,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T11:08:57Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Cutting
        back on greenhouse gases is only one part of the fight against climate change.
        The planet will also need to capture and store \u2014 or, better yet, capture
        and re-use \u2014 the gases already out there.","title":"Princeton researchers
        use sunlight to convert CO2 more efficiently than plants\u00a0do","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/princeton-researchers-use-sunlight-to-convert-co2-more-efficiently-than-plants-do/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944658,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-23T19:42:52Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Visage  Mobile,
        a former mobile virtual network operator that has rebranded  as a maker of
        workforce management software for enterprises, has brought in $4.5  million.
        Based in San Francisco, the company is backed by Qualcomm Ventures, ATA Ventures,
        Emergence  Capital Partners, Vesbridge Partners and Worldview Technology Partners.","title":"Visage
        Mobile dials up $4.5M to expand into workforce management\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/23/visage-mobile-dials-up-4-5m-to-expand-into-workforce-management-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944657,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-18T22:57:34Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"If
        a manager instructed me to complete a project by \"crafting items,\" I''d
        back away slowly and call Human Resources.","title":"News Blips: Gamers in
        the Workforce, Xbox 360 USB Storage Support, GoogleTV Announcement, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/18/news-blips-gamers-in-the-workforce-xbox-360-usb-storage-support-googletv-announcement-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944656,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-10T06:50:36Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Crowdcast,
        a startup that helps companies make better decisions by harnessing the knowledge
        and opinions of their employees, just announced $6 million in new funding
        from Menlo Ventures.","title":"Crowdcast raises $6M to tap the wisdom of your\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/10/crowdcast-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944655,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T22:03:21Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Tattoo
        audio headphones + smartwatch set launched on Indiegogo\u00a0today.","title":"Tattoo
        Audio plans headphones with integrated\u00a0smartwatch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/tattoo-audio-plans-headphones-with-integrated-smartwatch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944654,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-25T06:00:28Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Rob Eleveld is CEO of Shiftboard, Inc. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
        ","title":"5 reasons you should care about the flexible\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/25/5-reasons-you-should-care-about-the-flexible-workforce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944653,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-04T04:10:26Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"A
        startup called Gigwalk is launching a service today to help businesses manage
        and recruit workers for basic jobs that can be accomplished on their iPhones.
        The company has already attracted $1.7 million in seed funding from some well-known
        investors.","title":"Gigwalk helps businesses recruit a mobile\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/04/gigwalk-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944652,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T12:49:39Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Xero\u2019s
        announced today that the rumors are true, it\u2019s planning on filing for
        a U.S. initial public offering in 2015; Intuit\u00a0quivers.","title":"Xero
        plans on a U.S. IPO for\u00a02015","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/xero-plans-on-a-u-s-ipo-for-2015/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944651,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-15T10:22:49Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"This
        article is sponsored by TriNet.","title":"Growing your green\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/15/growing-your-green-workforce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944650,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:35:06Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Draper\u2019s
        plan would make Silicon Valley into its own state and make it way easier for
        billionaires to influence the\u00a0government.","title":"Stephen Colbert drills
        VC Tim Draper about his \u2018Six Californias\u2019 plan\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/stephen-colbert-drills-vc-tim-draper-about-his-six-californias-plan-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944649,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-15T18:00:17Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Sequoia
        Capital made a $30 million investment in MeLLmo Inc.\u2019s first round of
        funding today, not long after it extended its Roambi product reach outside
        of San Diego to Boston, New York City, San Francisco, London and Shanghai.","title":"Sequoia
        Capital believes in the mobile workforce, invests in\u00a0MeLLmo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/15/mellmo-sequoia-capital-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944648,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-03T04:01:59Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Customer
        and workforce analytics software company Enkata on Monday announced it has
        raised a new $4.4 million funding round, with goals of expanding the company
        and continuing to help improve customer service tools.","title":"Enkata raises
        another $4.4M to improve cloud-based workforce and customer service\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/03/enkata-raises-another-4-4m-to-improve-cloud-based-workforce-and-customer-service-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944647,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-04T07:46:23Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"It\u2019s
        raining pink slips at Yahoo today, as the iconic tech company announced it
        was laying off\u00a02,000 employees \u2014 or 14 percent of its total workforce
        \u2014 as part of a massive restructuring effort.","title":"Update: Yahoo
        gives the axe to 2,000 employees (or 14 percent of its\u00a0workforce)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/04/yahoo-cuts-2000-employees/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944646,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-17T00:07:29Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Terabitz
        is launching a comprehensive site for home buyers wanting to organizing and
        map information about their prospective homes.","title":"Terabitz: a better
        way to plan your next home\u00a0purchase","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/17/terabitz-a-better-way-to-plan-your-next-home-purchase/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944645,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-11T08:48:51Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"It
        seems like every company, every article, and every startup CEO today proclaims
        that the workforce is changing, and the need to be in the same physical space
        no longer exists.\u00a0Sure, we\u2019d all like to think it is. Heck, I spent
        years building software and finding tools to help me work remotely, saying,
        \u201cWe don\u2019t need an office space.\u201d I was wrong.","title":"Why
        a remote workforce is bad for\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/11/why-a-remote-workforce-is-bad-for-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944644,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-08T00:00:00Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"      Let
        me say it right up front\u2013I\u2019m a huge Lost Planet fan.\u00a0 I played
        the game nearly non-stop for about six months following its initial release,
        unlocking every achievement and devoting hours and hours to multiplayer.\u00a0
        This in mind, you can imagine how unhappy I was at the fairly poor reception
        the game received from the media (though it does have a score of 79 on Metacritic
        right now, which is fairly respectable).\u00a0 I found many of the complaints
        leveled at the game in early reviews to be unsubstantiated, the product, I
        feel, of easily frustrated reviewers who didn\u2019t give the game a first
        chance, let alone a second.\u00a0 Even so, there where some complaints that
        could not be denied by anyone.\u00a0 I\u2019ve listed those complaints below,
        along with how Capcom has addressed those complaints in Lost Planet 2.\u00a0
        Hopefully, if you didn\u2019t enjoy the original Lost Planet because of these
        flaws, seeing them corrected will get you a bit more excited about the release
        of the sequel.   Complaint 1: Two Left Feet  \"Particularly painful: Whether
        on foot or in a mech, get hit by a powerful enough shot and you go into an
        uncontrollable stumble animation that lasts too long.\" \u2013 Greg Ford,
        1Up.com  This was one of the complaints that popped up in many of the reviews
        for Lost Planet, and legitimately so.\u00a0 Both in singleplayer and multiplayer,
        it was aggravating to be repeatedly tossed on the ground and forced to watch
        your hapless avatar flail about in the snow.\u00a0 True, as a player became
        more familiar with the game such flailing occurred less and less often, but
        most gamers didn\u2019t put up with it long enough for that to happen.\u00a0
        Happily, in the spirit of not alienating players with such frustration, Capcom
        has addressed the problem: in Lost Planet 2, players can roll out of most
        stumble animations with a well-timed button press.   Complaint 2: Incomprehensible
        Drivel  \"Like some of the best bad, but fun movies to come out of Japan,
        the story itself isn\u2019t worth delving too deeply into.\u00a0 \u00a0It
        doesn\u2019t hold up to close examination\u2026\" -Patrick Joynt, Gamespy.com  There
        is no doubt on this point\u2013not even the most die-hard Lost Planet fans
        even attempt to defend the convoluted mash of dialogue and cut-scene that
        comprised the game\u2019s story.\u00a0 Only the fact that all the cut-scenes
        could be skipped prevented the story from becoming a significant annoyance.\u00a0
        With Lost Planet 2, though, Capcom has decided not to take any chances, presenting
        a bare-bones story that does little more than propel the game\u2019s action.\u00a0
        In the new game, you and your friends will take on the roles of different
        groups of snow pirates as they attempt to secure huge caches of \"thermal
        energy\", which, inconveniently enough, generally reside within the hides
        of large, glowing beasties.\u00a0 Currently, that seems to be about all the
        story we get, and that\u2019s all I really need in a good action game.  Complaint
        3: Slogging Through The Mire  \"[T]he game can be a bit sluggish. I mean that
        quite literally \u2013 Wayne and most of the Vital Suits move very slowly.
        Wayne appears to be running, but he could have fooled me.\" -Worthplaying.com  Another
        common complaint, though I, personally, didn\u2019t find it to be a huge problem.\u00a0
        Like many shooting games designed for consoles, the movement speed in Lost
        Planet was slow in comparison to other genres in order to allow for more precise
        aiming.\u00a0 The reason it was considered a problem in Lost Planet (unlike
        Gears of War, despite the fact that you moved at a snail\u2019s pace while
        aiming), was because your character moved at that speed all the time.\u00a0
        So, to address this complaint without comprimising the aiming system, Capcom
        has given players the ability to sprint.\u00a0 Much like other games that
        use this feature, you won\u2019t be able to shoot while sprinting, but you
        will be able to get from point A to point B in a right quick-like manner.So,
        to all past and present haters of Lost Planet, an entreaty: Capcom has worked
        hard to put the things you hated right, so give the sequel a chance.","title":"Lost
        Planet 2: Changes For The\u00a0Better","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/08/lost-planet-2-changes-for-the-better/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944643,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-23T13:09:34Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Stung
        by its failures in the mobile computing business, Hewlett-Packard said it
        would cut 27,000 jobs today. That amounts to 8 percent of its 325,000-person
        work force.","title":"HP plans to lay off 27,000 people \u2014 8 percent of
        the\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/23/hp-plans-to-lay-off-27000-people-8-percent-of-the-workforce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944642,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-09T08:06:19Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"There
        are a lot of companies out there that let you share plans with friends \u2014
        in fact,  a startup called Plancast just raised funding to do just that. But
        Shruti Challa, chief executive and founder of a startup called Tribal Atmosphere,
        said none of them seem to address the needs she had as a fresh-out-of-college
        entrepreneur living in San Francisco.","title":"Go Tribal aims to be a better
        way to plan\u00a0hangouts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/09/go-tribal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944641,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-05T08:00:16Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The days of workers showing up at 8 and leaving at 5 are going the way
        of the two-martini lunch. Thanks to mobile devices, employees can always be
        connected, and they\u2019re demanding increased\u00a0flexibility\u2026","title":"How
        to prepare your IT department for a mobile\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/05/how-to-prepare-your-it-department-for-a-mobile-workforce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944640,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-23T07:08:35Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Aiming
        to save cash and streamline its operations, Sony is moving its recently-created
        Sony Mobile division to\u00a0Japan.","title":"Sony Mobile heads to Japan as
        workforce gets slashed by\u00a01,000","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/23/sony-mobile-heads-to-japan-as-workforce-gets-slashed-by-15-percent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944639,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-16T22:00:23Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Plancast
        \u2014 a service that lets you share future plans with friends, and view those
        from others \u2014 just got a whole lot more useful today. The company announced
        its API (application programming interface), which gives developers the ability
        to use Plancast\u2019s data in their apps, reports the technology blog TechCrunch.","title":"Plancast
        announces API and widgets to better share your\u00a0plans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/16/plancast-announces-api-and-widgets-to-better-share-future-plans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944638,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-03T11:30:58Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"On
        the Flinja marketplace, students can offer services to build professional
        networks and earn extra\u00a0cash","title":"Flinja unleashes stealthy army
        of students on freelance\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:39:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/03/flinja-unleashes-stealthy-army-of-students-on-freelance-workforce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944637,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-01T08:26:10Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Verizon\u2019s
        new prepaid plans sound pretty cheap, but there other, more affordable options
        out\u00a0there.","title":"Verizon\u2019s new prepaid plans start at $60 (but
        you have better\u00a0options)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/01/verizons-new-prepaid-plans-start-at-60-but-you-have-better-options/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944636,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-23T15:46:39Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Zynga
        has closed its Boston studio. Plans to close Zynga Japan and U.K., while Austin
        loses a significant portion of its\u00a0staff.","title":"Zynga CEO\u2019s
        letter to employees: We\u2019ve laid off 5 percent of our\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/23/zynga-ceos-letter-to-employees-weve-laid-off-5-percent-of-our-full-time-workforce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944635,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-06T07:54:26Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Don\u2019t
        count out\u00a0HTC\u00a0just yet.","title":"HTC\u2019s turnaround plan for
        2014: A new One smartphone, its first wearable, and better\u00a0marketing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/htcs-turnaround-plan-for-2014-a-new-one-smartphone-its-first-wearable-and-better-marketing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944634,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T07:54:23Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Slowly,
        but steadily, Apple is working to make its Maps app as useful as Google Maps.","title":"Apple
        plans big Maps updates for iOS 8: Transit directions, better data, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/apple-plans-big-maps-updates-for-ios-8-transit-directions-better-data-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944633,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-16T09:09:59Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Guest
        Post One of the most worrisome aspects of rapid advances in technology is
        its impact on\u00a0jobs.","title":"Ray Kurzweil on the future\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/16/ray-kurzweil-on-the-future-workforce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944632,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-29T10:48:46Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"LivingSocial,
        once the promising number two deals company behind Groupon, confirmed today
        that it has laid off 400 workers, or around 10 percent of its global\u00a0workforce.","title":"LivingSocial
        axes 10% of\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/29/livingsocial-layoffs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944631,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T09:06:52Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"Mobile
        ads are typically ugly and intrusive, but NativeX wants to help developers
        put an end to\u00a0that.","title":"NativeX plans to make the ads in free-to-play
        mobile games work better for\u00a0everyone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/nativex-plans-to-make-the-ads-in-free-to-play-mobile-games-work-better-for-everyone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944630,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-29T13:59:13Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"TranscribeME
        has raised $900K for its unique approach to transcription that combines software
        and\u00a0crowd-sourcing.","title":"TranscribeMe calls upon international workforce
        of scribes and software\u00a0[exclusive]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/29/transcribeme-calls-upon-international-workforce-of-scribes-and-software-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944629,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T16:08:26Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"This
        versatile free-to-play war game will absolutely infuriate you. I mean that
        in a good\u00a0way.","title":"War Thunder\u2019s PS4 take is better at WWII
        tanks & planes than World of Tanks/Warplanes\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/war-thunders-ps4-take-is-better-at-wwii-tanks-planes-than-world-of-tankswarplanes-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944628,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T12:16:25Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Atlanta-based
        WebMD, the primary source of medical information on the Web, will cut 250
        jobs in the coming month as part of an ongoing effort to save $45 million
        per\u00a0year.","title":"Atlanta-based WebMD to lay off 14% of its\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/web-md-layoffs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944627,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-17T09:49:42Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"There
        are a lot of ups and downs coming out of Nokia, which is laying off or transferring
        1,120 members of its IT\u00a0department.","title":"Nokia slashes over 1,100
        jobs from its IT\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/17/nokia-axes-1120-it-workers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944626,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-25T15:30:30Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"GroundCntrl,
        which lets you delegate tasks to and motivate your mobile workforce, took
        on $1.01 million in funding today, according to a filing with the\u00a0SEC.","title":"GroundCntrl
        grabs $1M to get mobile workforces off their\u00a0butts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/25/groundcntrl-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944625,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T12:43:01Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"BackOps
        provides cloud-based accounting, HR, and finance services for small businesses
        with a combination of software and crowdsourced team of\u00a0\u2018riveters.\u2019","title":"BackOps
        raises $7M to grow workforce of moms making business\u00a0better","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/backops-raises-7m-to-grow-workforce-of-moms-making-business-better/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944624,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-14T10:08:02Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Grotech
        and Boulder Ventures have put $4.3 million into Intellinote, a startup that\u2019s
        all about putting big old enterprise functions in the cloud.","title":"Intellinote
        takes $4.3M to take workforce management to the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/14/intellinote-takes-4-3m-to-take-workforce-management-to-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944623,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T14:28:14Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Zynga\u2019s
        cutbacks are the latest in a string of cost-cutting\u00a0moves.","title":"Zynga\u2019s
        layoff of 314 employees \u2014 15% of its workforce \u2014 shows the tough
        times aren\u2019t\u00a0over","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/zyngas-layoff-of-315-employees-or-15-shows-the-tough-times-arent-over/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944622,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-12T06:19:53Z","slug":"kforce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The solution for business leaders is thankfully simple: We have to get
        out of the\u00a0way.","title":"Get out of the way: Smarter apps for a smarter\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/12/get-out-of-the-way-smarter-apps-for-a-smarter-workforce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944621,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-30T13:54:07Z","slug":"solo-energy-corporation","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Return of the Gphone rumor, Current
        TV not so profitable after all, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/30/roundup-return-of-the-gphone-rumor-current-tv-not-so-profitable-after-all-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944620,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-14T09:54:36Z","slug":"solo-energy-corporation","summary":"It
        can\u2019t be easy, being Borderlands. Released in the dead middle of the
        holiday push, the game faces stiff competition in each the 360, PS3, and PC
        markets.\u00a0 Each of these platforms has not only had their complement of
        \u201cstaple\u201d first-person shooter titles, but also major releases of
        a similar type this holiday season.\u00a0 What does Gearbox provide in its
        Space Western-cum-Loot Whoring title that makes it stand apart from acclaimed
        titles like Uncharted 2, Left 4 Dead 2, and the 8000lb. gorilla known as Modern
        Warfare 2?","title":"Borderlands; A review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/14/borderlands-a-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944619,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-26T17:17:14Z","slug":"solo-energy-corporation","summary":"So
        what''s in store for 2012?","title":"Surveying the 2012 Gaming\u00a0Apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/26/surveying-the-2012-gaming-apocalypse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944618,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-20T10:00:14Z","slug":"solo-energy-corporation","summary":"A
        talk with John Spinale, Disney Interactive\u2019s head of social games, at
        GamesBeat\u00a02012.","title":"John Spinale navigates Disney\u2019s push into
        social gaming\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/20/john-spinale-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944617,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-16T16:55:47Z","slug":"solo-energy-corporation","summary":"While
        largely overshadowed last week by the leaking of Google\u2019s patent application
        for a floating, wave-powered data center, a deal by Singapore-based tidal
        energy developer Atlantis Resources to acquire Current Resources means we
        could be moving closer to seeing the first commercial-scale turbine farm built
        under the ocean.","title":"Atlantis Resources nearing deployment of first
        commercial tidal energy\u00a0installation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:38:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/16/atlantis-resources-nearing-deployment-of-first-commercial-tidal-energy-installation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944616,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T17:10:07Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A VentureBeat investigation has uncovered dozens of pages on Facebook
        where guns are for sale. And for minors, such groups can be a very effective
        way to find sellers willing to hook them up with a weapon, no questions\u00a0asked.","title":"EXCLUSIVE:
        Buying a gun on Facebook takes 15\u00a0minutes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/exclusive-buying-a-gun-on-facebook-takes-15-minutes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944615,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T13:38:31Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"An
        EA games server has been hacked and is being used to host a phishing site
        that steals Apple IDs, according to a report from security firm\u00a0Netcraft.","title":"Hackers
        compromise EA website, use it to steal Apple IDs\u00a0(report)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/hackers-compromise-ea-website-use-it-to-steal-apple-ids-report/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944614,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-03T14:16:06Z","slug":"watermark-medical","summary":"Rock
        Health\u2019s midyear funding report found that investment in digital health
        startups is growing, but not as quickly as in previous\u00a0quarters.","title":"Digital
        health investment growing, but experienced angels are\u00a0MIA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/03/digital-health-investment-growing-but-experienced-angels-mia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944613,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T14:00:25Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"The
        IGDA\u2019s leader wants to know where game developers need help when it comes
        to diversity and advocacy\u00a0issues.","title":"Game development leader Kate
        Edwards spells out how the game industry needs to change\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/game-development-leader-kate-edwards-spells-out-how-the-game-industry-needs-to-change-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944612,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T12:00:16Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Panel
        organizers Brenda Romero and Leigh Alexander made it clear through their slate
        of speakers for the 2014 edition of #1ReasonToBe that the panel is about diversity
        in the video game industry, which goes beyond concerns only about\u00a0gender.","title":"The
        No. 1 \u2018reason to be\u2019 at the Game Developers Conference 2014:\u00a0Diversity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/the-no-1-reason-to-be-at-the-game-developers-conference-2014-diversity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944611,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T13:13:46Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"GlassBrain
        captures a live performance and real-time signals from Grateful Dead drummer\u2019s\u00a0brain.","title":"Watch
        Grateful Dead\u2019s Mickey Hart play drums with Oculus Rift \u2014 and see
        how his brain\u00a0reacts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/heres-the-grateful-deads-mickey-hart-playing-drums-with-ocuclus-rift/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944610,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T11:47:40Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Devs have GitHub. Now data scientists have more tools to help them work\u00a0together.","title":"Data
        scientists need their own GitHub. Here are four of the best\u00a0options","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/data-scientists-need-their-own-github-here-are-four-of-the-best/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944609,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-17T12:28:26Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Google
        Analytics has modified some key reporting terms, and everyone is trying to
        figure out what the heck it means.","title":"Don\u2019t panic! Google Analytics
        trades \u2018Visits\u2019 & \u2018Visitors\u2019 for \u2018Sessions\u2019
        & \u2018Users\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/17/dont-panic-google-analytics-trades-visits-visitors-for-sessions-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944608,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-25T09:00:19Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Malware
        expert Vitaly Kamluk says the scenario of Watch Dogs is already\u00a0happening.","title":"A
        security expert examines if the hackers of Ubisoft\u2019s Watch Dogs could
        actually take over a real smart city\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/25/could-the-hackers-of-ubisofts-watch-dogs-game-really-take-over-a-smart-city-in-the-real-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944607,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-26T08:44:39Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The Operation Underground Railroad startup launched last year with $1
        million and is now credited with saving children from around the world from
        human\u00a0traffickers.","title":"Tech startup Operation Underground Railroad
        is saving kids from human\u00a0traffickers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/26/tech-startup-operation-underground-railroad-is-saving-kids-from-human-traffickers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944606,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T00:35:53Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"The
        deal will substantially expand Cirrus Logic\u2019s customer base and global\u00a0reach.","title":"An
        audio chip giant is born: Cirrus Logic buys Wolfson Microelectronics in $467M\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/audio-chip-giant-emerges-from-cirrus-logic-acquisition-of-wolfson-microelectronics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944605,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T10:43:31Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Today
        at its now annual\u00a0f8 developer conference in San Francisco,\u00a0Facebook
        has announced the launch of App Links, a tool that enables\u00a0developers
        to link from one native mobile app to another.","title":"Facebook launches
        App Links, enabling developers to link mobile apps\u00a0together","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/facebook-launches-app-links-enabling-developers-to-link-mobile-apps-together/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944604,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T21:30:17Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Check
        out four pieces of gaming\u2019s often weird and fascinating\u00a0history.","title":"Four
        legends from gaming\u2019s\u00a0past","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/four-legends-from-gamings-past/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944603,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-03T12:18:10Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"\u201cI
        hate the word disrupting. I don\u2019t like this notion of you have to break
        down other industries in order to create something interesting. It\u2019s
        just about creating something\u00a0new.\u201d","title":"This woman is writing
        a VC-backed novel \u2014 & looking for new revenue for book\u00a0publishers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/03/this-woman-is-writing-a-vc-backed-novel-looking-for-new-revenue-for-book-publishers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944602,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T09:55:10Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Menlo
        Park-based security startup Area 1 Security was formed by three former spooks
        at the National Security\u00a0Agency.","title":"Former NSA teammates launch
        Area 1 Security, snag $2.5\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/05/former-nsa-teammates-launch-area-1-security-snag-2-5-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944601,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T12:06:45Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"A
        disturbing new report from the Brookings Institute finds that startup growth,
        a primary engine of America\u2019s economic power, is slowing\u00a0down","title":"How
        startups are dying faster than they\u2019re being created, in 2\u00a0charts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/how-startups-are-dying-faster-than-theyre-being-created-in-2-charts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944600,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T05:01:35Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"The
        big focus of most of the major marketing clouds that have launched in the
        past few\u00a0years is B2C: working to enable one-to-one communication between
        brands and millions of connected consumers. That\u2019s actually a departure
        from where marketing automation began, which is in the business-to-business\u00a0space.","title":"Demandbase
        launches \u2018first ever\u2019 B2B marketing cloud \u2014 which Oracle, Adobe,
        and Salesforce\u00a0use","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/demandbase-launches-first-ever-b2b-marketing-cloud-which-oracle-adobe-and-salesforce-use/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944599,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T06:00:34Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"According
        to Convo, file-sharing is just a utility without conversations.\u00a0Dropbox,
        Box, Google, and every\u00a0other file storage provider has\u00a0the business
        collaboration model dead wrong.","title":"Yammer rival Convo updates on mobile,
        says file-sharing should start with\u00a0conversations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/yammer-rival-convo-updates-on-mobile-says-file-sharing-should-start-with-conversations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944598,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T10:30:48Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Twitch\u2019s
        broadcaster count has nearly doubled since the service appeared on consoles.
        I recently sat down with the company to get its reactions on this new business\u00a0frontier.","title":"Who
        cares about the PlayStation 4-Xbox One war. Livestreaming matters more than
        consoles\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/how-twitch-could-be-the-winner-in-the-xbox-one-playstation-4-console-war/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944597,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T07:00:50Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Do you often find yourself hijacked when visiting your parents or relatives?
        Conversations often start with: \u201cOh, I\u2019m so happy to see you! I
        get this funny message when I start my\u00a0computer.\u201d","title":"How
        to save hours of PC troubleshooting with one\u00a0click","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/how-to-save-hours-of-pc-troubleshooting-with-one-click/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944596,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-22T02:25:20Z","slug":"weddingwire","summary":"Martha
        Stewart Living Omnimedia has taken a 40 percent stake in WeddingWire, investing
        an undisclosed amount into the company.","title":"MSLO makes investment in\u00a0WeddingWire","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/22/mslo-makes-investment-in-weddingwire/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944595,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T09:45:17Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Guest
        Post Analyzing data in Datameer has helped the Detroit Crime Commission discover
        human and crime relationships they weren\u2019t previously able to see when
        they checked out rows in a\u00a0spreadsheet.","title":"Detroit law enforcement\u2019s
        secret weapon: big data\u00a0analytics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/detroit-law-enforcements-secret-weapon-big-data-analytics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944594,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T20:00:50Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Guest
        Post Almost every action a user takes in our games is logged and stored so
        we can review it later. So how does this help the marketing\u00a0department?","title":"How
        SGN uses big data to make more money in mobile\u00a0gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/how-sgn-uses-big-data-to-make-more-money-in-mobile-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944593,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T05:00:53Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"The
        nemesis of the hunted creature in Evolve may very well be Daisy the\u00a0pet.","title":"2K
        Games reveals new hunters to track, burn, and kill the creature in Evolve
        (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/2k-games-reveals-new-hunters-to-track-burn-and-kill-the-creature-in-evolve-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944592,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T08:00:28Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Osmo
        marries the digital screen of an iPad with the physical play of everyday\u00a0objects.","title":"Tangible
        Play\u2019s Osmo opens up new ways for kids to play with an\u00a0iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/tangible-plays-osmo-opens-up-new-ways-for-kids-to-play-with-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944591,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T07:00:26Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"This
        is the kind of brutal and bloody game that Quentin Tarantino would design,
        if he work a game\u00a0developer.","title":"Bethesda brings out buckets of
        blood with Battlecry, its new online team action combat game (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/bethesda-brings-out-buckets-of-blood-with-battlecry-online-team-action-combat-game-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944590,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T07:50:31Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"ExtraHop,
        a company that provides wire data analytics for IT operations, announced today
        that it has raised $41 million in a third round of funding led by Technology
        Crossover Ventures.","title":"ExtraHop raises $41M to help businesses make
        sense of their wire\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/extrahop-raises-41m-to-help-businesses-make-sense-of-their-wire-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944589,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T08:00:32Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The advent of online games has put the games industry in the privileged
        position of being able to track every data event that a player undertakes.  However,
        the challenge lies in unlocking that big data to create actionable insights
        that can make environments more fun, boost player engagement and drive\u00a0revenues.","title":"Panning
        for gold: a billion to one (Part\u00a01)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/panning-for-gold-a-billion-to-one-part-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944588,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T13:55:20Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"What
        if an entire isolated community received all of its power needs from the sun?
        A remote island off of Africa is about to find out \u2014\u00a0and the project
        could be a game changer for solar.","title":"This solar-powered electric grid
        is changing the lives of 5,000 island-dwelling\u00a0Africans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/this-solar-powered-electric-grid-is-changing-the-lives-of-5000-island-dwelling-africans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944587,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-28T10:28:30Z","slug":"oxford-finance-corporation","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Friday, March 28,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/28/life-science-briefing-friday-march-28-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944586,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T04:00:37Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Data mining is great fun for analysts.  But there are certain things
        that will remove the smiles and create frustration for analysts and their
        co-workers\u00a0alike.","title":"Analytics in action: a billion to one (Part\u00a02)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/analytics-in-action-a-billion-to-one-part-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944585,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-01T14:00:17Z","slug":"oxford-finance-corporation","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Silicon Valley residents often forget how unique this place is as an
        entrepreneurial hub, and challenging it is for people in other countries.
        For these nine British natives, coming to Silicon Valley has meant breaking
        away from English\u00a0tradition.","title":"The British Invasion: Meet the
        poshest entrepreneurs in Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/01/brits-in-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944584,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-15T21:00:29Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Lucid\u2019s
        growth proves that businesses, colleges, cities, and states care a lot about
        how much energy all their buildings\u00a0use.","title":"Companies and cities
        sign on to Lucid\u2019s energy-tracking apps as the startup adds\u00a0$8M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/15/lucid-buildings-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944583,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T09:53:41Z","slug":"oxford-finance-corporation","summary":"Last
        week, London Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse paid a visit to the Bay Area, and
        sat down with execs from the fastest-growing med-tech companies. Here\u2019s\u00a0why.","title":"How
        London plans to become the \u2018health-tech capital of Europe\u2019\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/tech-city-nope-its-med-city-how-the-mayors-office-will-make-london-the-health-tech-capital-of-europe-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944582,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T09:33:30Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"More
        than five years after Google launched its Chrome developer channel, offering
        web developers early access to upcoming\u00a0Chrome features, Microsoft has
        finally\u00a0decided to release\u00a0a similar offering\u00a0for Internet
        Explorer (IE).","title":"Better late than never: Microsoft launches IE dev\u00a0channel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/better-late-than-never-microsoft-launches-ie-dev-channel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944581,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T14:15:46Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"More
        than 50% of surveyed teens send sexual texts to each other as minors, and
        28% of them are pornographic photos, according to a new study from Drexel\u00a0University.","title":"More
        than half of U.S. teens are sexting, & 1 in 4 is sexting with\u00a0pics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:37:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/more-than-half-of-u-s-teens-are-sexting-1-in-4-is-sexting-with-pics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944580,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T08:00:44Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Sponsored
        Post If you\u2019re ready to launch a mobile game, competition is stiff \u2013
        there are more than 200,000 games in the App Store \u2013 but opportunity
        is vast \u2013 mobile game usage grew 66% last year. That means getting it
        right the first time is critical, because if you don\u2019t, you risk losing
        your audience and could jeopardize your game\u2019s\u00a0monetization.","title":"Essential
        strategies for soft-launching your mobile\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/essential-strategies-for-soft-launching-your-mobile-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944579,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T06:30:42Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Despite
        all of Apple\u2019s announcements at WWDC, the iPhone\u2019s lowly calendar
        app didn\u2019t get much love. Here are some smarter\u00a0alternatives.","title":"5
        of the best smart calendar apps for your\u00a0iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/5-of-the-best-smart-calendar-apps-for-your-iphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944578,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T16:30:12Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"We\u2019re
        sorry. That was the response of Facebook\u2019s Sheryl Sandberg, who for the
        first time publicly addressed the raging firestorm about the secret study
        conducted on 700,000 unknowing users by injecting their feeds with negative
        information to see if it made them feel, like,\u00a0sad.","title":"Facebook
        takes heat for secret study; Sheryl Sandberg\u00a0apologizes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/facebooks-takes-heat-for-secret-study-sheryl-sandberg-apologizes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944577,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T08:15:15Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Now
        that mobile deep linking \u2014 the process of linking into specific sections
        of apps \u2014 has started to become widespread, it\u2019s increasingly clear
        that apps should never have been isolated from one another in the first place.","title":"Is
        Apple to blame for the mobile app deep linking\u00a0delay?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/is-apple-to-blame-for-the-mobile-deep-linking-delay/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944576,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-06T10:00:43Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"The
        youngest millennials (age 18-24) rated their mobile phones as indispensable
        to their daily lives (96%), that\u2019s higher than TV (54%), a car (80%),
        Internet access (88%) or their toothbrush (93%), according to a recent study
        from Bank of America on Trends in Consumer Mobility.","title":"Mobile advertising
        for millennials \u2014 how to do it\u00a0right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/06/mobile-advertising-for-millennials-how-to-do-it-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944575,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T23:30:22Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"In
        the U.S., every 3rd person was self-employed in 2006, and forecasts predict
        this will increase to 40 percent by the year 2020. Here are six ways to make
        the new \u201cnaked economy\u201d work for\u00a0you.","title":"6 tips to make
        freelancing pay\u00a0off","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/6-tips-to-make-freelancing-pay-off/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944574,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-13T10:04:19Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Dropbox\u2019s shift to enterprise may be inevitable, but that doesn\u2019t
        mean it\u2019ll be\u00a0easy.","title":"Why Dropbox\u2019s enterprise shift
        is the hardest thing it\u2019s ever\u00a0done","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/13/dropbox-the-enterprise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944573,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T14:30:40Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Guest
        Post Many marketers dive into mobile with too much focus on mobile-specific\u00a0tactics.","title":"Is
        your mobile marketing too precise? How over-targeting can\u00a0under-deliver","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/is-your-mobile-marketing-too-precise-how-over-targeting-can-under-deliver/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944572,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:01:44Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"The
        onset of multicore processors and cloud computing made the film\u00a0possible.","title":"How
        DreamWorks made \u2018Dragon 2\u2032 movie with the \u2018absolute pinnacle\u2019
        of tech\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-cto/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944571,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-30T10:11:12Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"VMware
        will need to beat out a number of fast-growing storage upstarts, or it could
        lose its grip on the virtualization\u00a0market.","title":"VMware fires a
        massive volley against virtualization\u00a0upstarts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/30/vmware-fires-a-massive-volley-against-virtualization-upstarts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944570,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-27T01:03:00Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"I
        do believe the week-long PlayStation Network outage can officially be deemed
        a barely controlled train wreck now. At least conductors have a loud whistle
        to blow before succumbing to the inevitable.","title":"News Blips: PSN user
        info compromised, Portal 2 could be last \u201cisolated\u201d single-player
        Valve game, Minecraft introduces mod licensing, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/27/news-blips-psn-user-info-compromised-portal-2-could-be-last-isolated-single-player-valve-game-minecraft-introduces-mod-licensing-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944569,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-06T08:00:29Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Cloud-based developer tooling is still a very new and highly volatile
        marketplace. Here\u2019s how we decided who\u2019s on the rise, who\u2019s
        on the downswing, and who\u2019s capturing the future of\u00a0development.","title":"Developers
        name their top tools: GitHub, Heroku, and yes,\u00a0Azure","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/06/developer-tools-index/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944568,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-02T06:00:44Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Egnyte, an enterprise file sharing provider based in Mountain View, CA,
        is seeking to address the rising vulnerabilities inherent with data transferred
        via the\u00a0cloud.","title":"Practicing safe SaaS: The new reality of information\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/02/practicing-safe-saas-the-new-reality-of-information-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944567,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-24T19:00:01Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Guest
        Post Developers have a lot of choices when it comes to real-time data. \u00a0It\u2019s
        smart to investigate your options to find the right fit for your next\u00a0app.","title":"What
        is this real-time web you speak\u00a0of?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/24/what-is-this-real-time-web-you-speak-of/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944566,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-25T10:30:56Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Intel\u2019s
        Jason Waxman puts micro servers in perspective as change comes to the data\u00a0center.","title":"How
        Intel will move into micro servers and avoid cannibalizing its high end\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/25/how-intel-will-move-into-micro-servers-and-avoid-cannibalizing-its-high-end-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944565,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-30T21:47:24Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Guest
        Post Every day, we are awash with news of the latest gadgets. It\u2019s easy
        to forget the important role technology can play in the lives of people in
        the developing\u00a0world.","title":"Meet 7 startups that are innovating for
        the developing\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/meet-7-startups-that-are-innovating-for-the-developing-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944564,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-02T08:00:11Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Data
        startup Knoema has thought up a way to show you data relating to the articles
        you read, by way of a simple Chrome browser\u00a0extension.","title":"Data-driven
        web browsing: Knoema\u2019s new Chrome extension adds a data layer to the\u00a0web","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/02/data-driven-web-browsing-knoemas-new-chrome-extension-adds-a-data-layer-to-the-web/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944563,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-07T11:00:34Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"The
        GameStick might look silly, but it is an ambitious Android home console with
        a great controller and easy-to-use\u00a0interface.","title":"GameStick: The
        cheaper Android console alternative that\u2019s great for kids\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/07/gamestick-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944562,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-13T06:00:04Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Killzone:
        Shadow Fall is a game with true next gen visuals, but is there more to this
        package than bloom lighting and particle\u00a0effects?","title":"Killzone:
        Shadow Fall is a gorgeous, average soldier in the PS4\u2019s launch unit\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/killzone-shadow-fall-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944561,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-05T10:58:04Z","slug":"economist-intelligence-unit","summary":"Colombia
        is the surprise winner in the Latin American venture capital landscape, according
        to a new report from the Latin American Venture Capital Association. VentureBeat
        was able to secure an advanced copy to bring you a sneak peak. See a PDF of
        the report after the jump.","title":"Report scores PE/VC environment in Latin
        America: Chile still leads while Colombia makes\u00a0gains","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/05/report-scores-pevc-environment-in-latin-america-chile-still-leads-while-colombia-makes-gains/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944560,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-15T22:29:35Z","slug":"economist-intelligence-unit","summary":"Stuxnet,
        the computer worm that spread among industrial machinery, is commonly believed
        to have been created by Israeli and American intelligence forces to take down
        the nuclear weapons machinery in Iran.","title":"Evidence suggests Stuxnet
        worm set Iran''s nuclear program\u00a0back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/15/evidence-builds-that-stuxnet-worm-was-aimed-at-averting-war-over-irans-nuclear-weapons/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944559,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T15:30:23Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Guest
        Post Native is high performance, but also high maintenance. Web gets you maximum
        reach but has its own drawbacks. And \u201cwrite once, run anywhere\u201d
        platforms are still very\u00a0new.","title":"Native, web, platform: What\u2019s
        the best way to build a new\u00a0app?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/native-web-platform-whats-the-best-way-to-build-a-new-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944558,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-01T21:01:25Z","slug":"economist-intelligence-unit","summary":"[Editor''s
        note: This article contains a few story\u00a0spoilers.]","title":"Treyarch
        unveils Call of Duty: Black Ops II, also known as Attack of the\u00a0Drones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/01/treyarch-call-of-duty-black-ops-ii/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944557,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-25T16:17:04Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"As
        the Internet of things picks up speed, connectivity and vast cloud resources
        will be important, and so will analytics\u00a0tools.","title":"Here\u2019s
        why 2014 will be the year of the \u2018Internet of\u00a0things\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/25/heres-why-2014-will-be-the-year-of-the-internet-of-things/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944556,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-02T11:31:12Z","slug":"economist-intelligence-unit","summary":"LIONS@FRICA
        brings DEMO to sub-Saharan Africa to unleash the continent\u2019s innovation\u00a0potential","title":"African
        startups sprint off on silicon\u00a0safari","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/02/african-startups-sprint-off-on-silicon-safari/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944555,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-16T15:06:41Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"The
        cash cow says, \u201cMooooooooo-ney.\u201d","title":"Funding Daily: With a
        big deal here and a small deal\u00a0there\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/16/funding-daily-with-a-big-deal-here-and-a-small-deal-there/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944554,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-08T11:00:11Z","slug":"economist-intelligence-unit","summary":"\u201cThe
        Industrial Internet is better characterized as a race with the new intelligent
        machines, not against them,\u201d GE economist write in a new\u00a0report.","title":"GE
        says Internet connected machines are no threat to human\u00a0workers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/08/ge-says-internet-connected-machines-are-no-threat-to-human-workers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944553,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-28T10:43:50Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Guest
        Post The big data ecosystem has now reached a tipping point: We are entering
        what I would call the next generation of big data \u2014 big data 2.0 \u2014
        where the focus is on three key\u00a0areas:","title":"Big Data 2.0: the next
        generation of Big\u00a0Data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/28/big-data-2-0-the-next-generation-of-big-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944552,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-05T15:08:21Z","slug":"economist-intelligence-unit","summary":"CEA
        analyst Shawn Dubravac makes sense of the rapid change in consumer\u00a0technologies.","title":"Consumer
        electronics industry is heading toward world of wearables and\u00a0sensors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/05/consumer-electronics-industry-is-heading-toward-world-of-wearables-and-sensors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944551,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-05T16:00:00Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"You
        can now store something like 68,000 hours of music on a backup drive that
        fits in a small\u00a0backpack.","title":"Thin, fast, and big capacity: Seagate
        launches a little backup drive that can store 4 terabytes of\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/05/thin-fast-and-big-capacity-seagate-launches-a-little-backup-drive-that-can-store-4-terabytes-of-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-20T12:00:46Z","slug":"economist-intelligence-unit","summary":"At
        the recent 2014 International CES tech show, we quizzed representatives from
        Sony, Microsoft, Oculus VR, and Rovio about the challenges that stand in their\u00a0way.","title":"See
        what four experts have to say about the top gaming trends of\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/20/four-views-of-the-top-trends-driving-gaming-in-2014-and-beyond/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944549,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-17T09:00:30Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Drama, greed, controversy, conspiracy, crime, risk, theft, speculation,
        wealth \u2014 such was the bitcoin in 2013. But what\u2019s really behind
        all the hype? Let\u2019s take a deep dive into the world of\u00a0bitcoin.","title":"Bitcoin
        for idiots: An introductory\u00a0guide","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/17/bitcoin-for-idiots-an-introductory-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944548,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-23T11:00:07Z","slug":"economist-intelligence-unit","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Spryfox\u2019s veteran game designer Spry Fox\u2019s Daniel Cook talks
        about player-created hierarchies, and rebellions, in\u00a0games.","title":"Creating
        games with emergent (and sometimes raucous) fan\u00a0behavior","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/23/creating-games-with-emergent-and-sometimes-raucous-fan-behavior/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944547,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-12T22:00:22Z","slug":"economist-intelligence-unit","summary":"Guest
        Post Many technologies that we take for granted today came out of the last
        space race \u2014 laptops, solar panels, lithium batteries, and even the dust
        buster. Here\u2019s why the new space race will be even more\u00a0productive.","title":"Space
        Race 2.0  \u2014 why this is a great time to invest in space\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/12/space-race-2-0-why-this-is-a-great-time-to-invest-in-space-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944546,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-20T08:00:59Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Eagle Eye Networks, Inc. formally announced today its worldwide Channel       Partner
        Program. The program delivers a solution for value-added       resellers (VARs),
        system integrators, and installers to deliver the       powerful, on-demand
        cloud\u00a0based\u2026","title":"Eagle Eye Networks Announces Channel Partner
        Program for Its On-demand Security Camer...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/20/eagle-eye-networks-announces-channel-partner-program-for-its-on-demand-security-camera-vms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944545,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-03T08:07:40Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Cisco, Dell, IBM, and HP are among the tech giants that have apparently
        come to terms with the fact that they can\u2019t be No. 1 in the public-cloud
        business. Now they\u2019re moving toward a cloud-management play.","title":"The
        best hope for a cloud company: Work with Amazon, not against\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/03/if-you-cant-beat-em-manage-em-cloud-companies-are-learning-to-work-with-amazon-instead-of-against-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944544,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-25T04:00:42Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Sponsored
        Post French entrepreneur Jerome Lecat has an open letter for the president
        of France: Build a bridge between Silicon Valley and France, and lower the
        barriers to creating startups in\u00a0France.","title":"Why France needs to
        build a bridge to Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/25/why-france-needs-to-build-a-bridge-to-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944543,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T10:15:53Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"SAN
        FRANCISCO \u2014 Today, Microsoft will release its Office package of software
        for Apple\u2019s iPad.\u00a0Finally.","title":"Microsoft finally brings Word,
        Excel, and PowerPoint to the\u00a0iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/microsoft-finally-brings-word-excel-and-powerpoint-to-the-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944542,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T13:26:56Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"After
        emerging from stealth last summer, Minassian says the Santa Clara, Calif.-based
        Crossbar is now in \u201cactive negotiations\u201d with electronics and semiconductor\u00a0leaders.","title":"Crossbar
        scores $25M to put a terabyte of data on a chip the size of a postage\u00a0stamp","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/crossbar-scores-25m-to-put-a-terabyte-of-data-on-a-chip-the-size-of-a-postage-stamp/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944541,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T04:08:45Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Eagle Eye Networks today announced that its video security system has       been
        continuously protected from Heartbleed (CVE-2014-010)       vulnerabilities
        in OpenSSL. The Eagle Eye Networks Security Camera Video       Management
        System (VMS) is a\u00a0cloud\u2026","title":"Eagle Eye Networks\u2019 Secure
        Architecture Protected Customers From Heartbleed&nbs...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/eagle-eye-networks-secure-architecture-protected-customers-from-heartbleed-bug/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944540,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-17T21:00:07Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Continuing
        its efforts to remain relevant in the post-Instagram world, Yahoo has unveiled
        updates to its Flickr app for iOS and Android.","title":"Yahoo\u2019s new
        Flickr app adds creepily accurate search\u00a0tool","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/17/yahoos-new-flickr-app-adds-creepily-accurate-search-tool/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944539,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-02T07:30:23Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Video
        rental service Netflix might be experiencing up to a 25 percent drop in streaming
        usage activity in the U.S., according to research conducted by Procera.","title":"Olympics
        could be playing havoc with Netflix streaming\u00a0activity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/02/netflix-activity-olympics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944538,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-09T09:00:21Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Nintendo
        is working on a Skylanders-style Mario game as well as hardware with \u201cnew
        thinking\u201d for emerging\u00a0markets.","title":"Nintendo turns to toys
        and China \u2014 but these won\u2019t fix what\u2019s\u00a0wrong","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/09/nintendo-turns-to-toys-and-china-but-those-wont-fix-whats-wrong/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944537,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-22T09:32:35Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"After
        a successful U.S. launch, streaming music service Spotify is now turning its
        attention to\u00a0Canada.","title":"Hey Canucks, Spotify is expanding into\u00a0Canada","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/22/spotify-canada/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944536,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-18T22:14:26Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"The
        PlayStation Mobile service is debuting in nine countries \u2014 Japan, United
        States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Australia
        \u2014 with more to follow, with 30 games at\u00a0launch.","title":"Sharp
        and Fujitsu join Sony\u2019s PlayStation Mobile program; new games debut Oct.\u00a03","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/18/sharp-and-fujitsu-join-sonys-playstation-mobile-program-asnew-games-debut-oct-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944535,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T09:00:18Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"In
        its quest to make app development 10 times easier, Firebase is adding hosting
        capabilities. Developers have less gruntwork to do\u00a0now.","title":"Firebase
        adds hosting to make app development even\u00a0easier","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/firebase-hosting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944534,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-19T11:33:58Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Stripe
        expands its payment processing platform into\u00a0Canada","title":"Where\u2019s
        online payment startup Stripe? In\u00a0Canada!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/19/wheres-stripe-in-canada/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944533,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T14:05:07Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Amid
        all of the hype around \u201cbig data,\u201d\u00a0lots of people are starting
        to doubt whether there\u2019s any evidence that it\u2019s more than just that
        \u2014 hype.","title":"10 ways to use your data to make more money\u00a0(really)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/10-ways-to-use-your-data-to-make-more-money-really/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944532,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-20T23:04:00Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"October
        is coming.","title":"Extra Life 2012: Play games. Heal kids. Join Team\u00a0GamesBeat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/20/extra-life-2012-join-team-gamesbeat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:36:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944531,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T06:45:45Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"It
        took several tries, but Microsoft has finally delivered a device that lives
        up to the bold promise of its Surface line.","title":"Surface Pro 3: Microsoft
        finally makes a killer tablet \u2014 and it can replace your laptop\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/surface-pro-3-microsoft-finally-makes-a-killer-tablet-and-it-can-replace-your-laptop-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944530,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-24T06:45:14Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Sony
        packed a lot of memory into the new PlayStation 3, which is smaller and lighter.
        But it didn\u2019t cut the price as\u00a0expected.","title":"Sony explains
        why you\u2019re getting a smaller, but not cheaper, PlayStation 3\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/24/sony-explains-why-youre-getting-a-smaller-but-not-cheaper-playstation-3-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944529,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T16:50:47Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: Cyber-sec, gadgets,
        juice delivery\u2026 this one\u2019s a truly mixed\u00a0bag","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/funding-daily-cyber-sec-gadgets-juice-delivery-this-ones-a-truly-mixed-bag/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944528,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-29T09:46:47Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"After
        many rumors, Google and Samsung have finally debuted the Nexus 10 tablet,
        one of the nicest looking 10-inch Android tablets ever and yet another potential
        competitor for the\u00a0iPad.","title":"Google and Samsung debut $400 Nexus
        10 tablet with beautiful\u00a0display","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/29/google-nexus-10-tablet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944527,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T12:40:37Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Apple\u2019s
        recent announcement of Dropbox/Box competitor iCloud Drive underscores what
        most of us already know: storage is rapidly becoming a commodity.","title":"Here\u2019s
        why Dropbox and Box need to pivot before they\u00a0perish","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/heres-why-dropbox-and-box-need-to-pivot-before-they-perish/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944526,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-08T05:00:47Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"The
        Canadians now have their own mobile game studio\u00a0incubator.","title":"Execution
        Labs raises $1.4M to incubate indie mobile game studios in\u00a0Canada","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/08/execution-labs-raises-1-4m-to-incubate-indie-mobile-game-studios-in-canada/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944525,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T08:40:05Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Forget
        the Creative Suite. Adobe\u2019s\u00a0first major Creative Cloud update\u00a0proves
        that going all-in on subscriptions was the right decision.","title":"Adobe
        launches Creative Cloud 2014 \u2014 its first massive update since killing
        the Creative\u00a0Suite","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/adobe-launches-creative-cloud-2014-its-first-massive-update-since-killing-the-creative-suite/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944524,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-23T06:36:22Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"With
        a simple software tweak, it looks like Canadian Nexus 4 users can enable nascent
        LTE\u00a0capabilities.","title":"Google\u2019s Nexus 4 actually supports LTE
        \u2014 in\u00a0Canada","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/23/nexus-4-lte-hack/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944523,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T06:20:43Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Nintendo
        just announced the Wii Mini, a budget console that offers fewer features than
        the original Wii but costs\u00a0less.","title":"Nintendo announces Wii Mini:
        A budget Wii coming to Canada for\u00a0$100","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/nintendo-wii-mini-console/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944522,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T17:00:06Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Guest
        Post CloudKit seems shy of the flexibility and scalability enterprise mobile
        development projects might\u00a0need.","title":"Is Apple\u2019s CloudKit open
        and flexible enough for the\u00a0enterprise?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/is-apples-cloudkit-open-and-flexible-enough-for-the-enterprise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944521,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-30T08:59:21Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Nine
        startups from Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec accelerator FounderFuel\u2019s recent
        graduates are coming to Silicon\u00a0Valley.","title":"9 startups coming to
        Silicon Valley from Canada\u2019s biggest accelerator,\u00a0FounderFuel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/30/9-startups-coming-to-silicon-valley-from-canadas-biggest-accelerator-founderfuel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944520,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T07:02:46Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Two
        days ago, Google revealed its next generation \u201cMaterial\u201d design
        language \u2014 \u00a0a departure from past guidelines and a clear reaction
        to design trends made popular\u00a0by Apple and Microsoft.","title":"Top designers
        react to Google\u2019s new \u2018Material\u2019 design\u00a0language","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/top-designers-react-to-googles-new-material-design-language/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944519,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-07T10:44:45Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: BioShock
        Infinite delayed, Epic Games president retires, and Kixeye expands to\u00a0Canada","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/07/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-30/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944518,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-13T07:00:54Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"New
        business models, the explosion of data, and new uses for technology topped
        the agenda at last week\u2019s IBM Almaden Institute,\u00a0 which brought
        together a group of very smart researchers and industry experts from around
        the globe. They talked about how to innovate by taking advantage of the rising
        tide of data; topics included \u201cLife on an Instrumented Planet.\u201d
        Here are some highlights from a handful of the talks at IBM\u2019s research
        center in the hills above San Jose, Calif. I think the speakers did a good
        job of reaching high elevations in their talks.\u00a0 This is the first of
        two posts on the conference.","title":"IBM Almaden Institute: highlights from
        conference on the data\u00a0tsunami","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/13/ibm-almaden-institute-highlights-from-conference-on-the-data-tsunami/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944517,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-27T11:09:54Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Guest
        Post The nation\u2019s app store can be likened to the state of Nevada in
        1951, when nuclear weapons testing sprouted a continuous stream of mushroom
        clouds throughout the\u00a0flatland.","title":"How Canada has become America\u2019s
        mobile app guinea\u00a0pig","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/27/how-canada-has-become-americas-mobile-app-guinea-pig/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944516,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-21T22:47:51Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Bill
        Watkins is a hard driver. The CEO of Seagate, the $13 billion hard disk drive
        maker based in Scotts Valley, Calif., is racing to take advantage of the boom
        in storage as digital media spreads everywhere: to iPods, home servers, game
        consoles, handhelds \u2014 not to mention desktops and laptops.","title":"Q&A:
        Hard-driving Seagate CEO talks about making money in\u00a0storage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/21/qa-hard-driving-seagate-ceo-talks-about-making-money-in-storage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944515,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-30T08:00:20Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Charles
        Yim served as head of mobile application partnerships at\u00a0Google.","title":"Mobile
        game monetization startup PlayHaven\u2019s new COO: \u2018There is life after\u00a0Google\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/30/mobile-game-monetization-start-up-playhaven-grabs-its-new-coo-from-google/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944514,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-03T20:59:53Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"\u00a0","title":"5
        Easy Ways Microsoft Could Have Avoided Pissing Everyone\u00a0Off","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/03/5-easy-ways-microsoft-could-have-avoided-pissing-everyone-off/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944513,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-15T08:00:35Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick With more than 850 million smart devices out there, the transition to
        smartphones isn\u2019t even half way\u00a0done.","title":"The DeanBeat: The
        state of free-to-play mobile gaming, by the\u00a0numbers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/15/the-deanbeat-the-state-of-free-to-play-mobile-gaming-by-the-numbers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944512,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-16T06:00:11Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"This
        VentureBeat offer allows you to unleash your playful side with this iOS controlled
        bug \u2014 and for only\u00a0$29!","title":"Unleash your playful side with
        the iBug [VB\u00a0Store]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/unleash-your-playful-side-with-the-ibug-vb-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944511,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-28T10:06:00Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Primadesk
        is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring
        2011 event taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif. After our selection,
        the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.","title":"DEMO:
        Primadesk backs up your life to the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/28/demo-primadesk-backs-up-your-life-to-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944510,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-05T20:23:20Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Sometimes
        it pays, in wars between giants, to align with one\u00a0side.","title":"How
        tiny commuting app Transit is beating Google Maps in\u00a0Canada","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/05/how-tiny-commuting-app-transit-is-beating-google-maps-in-canada/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944509,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-23T19:55:16Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"2013
        is on course to be the year that PCs show you that a smoother, higher resolution
        world exists outside of the walled gardens of gaming\u00a0consoles.","title":"Piston,
        Razer Edge could bring the rise of easy PC gaming this\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/23/the-rise-of-easy-pc-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944508,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-16T05:00:41Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"According
        to a GDC Europe survey, European developers are embracing mobile and PC/Mac
        platforms at higher rates than their North American\u00a0rivals.","title":"GDC
        poll: Only 13% of European developers working on PlayStation 4\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/16/in-europe-developers-gravitate-to-mobile-and-pc-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944507,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-26T11:28:42Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Guest
        Post Will flash or disk drives win out? The answer might surprise\u00a0you.","title":"Will
        flash or disk drives own the future of data\u00a0storage?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/26/will-flash-or-disk-drives-own-the-future-of-data-storage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944506,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-25T08:51:49Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"BlackBerry
        is still working on its turnaround, and it\u2019s losing a lot of workers
        in the\u00a0process.","title":"BlackBerry still bleeding: cuts 250 R&D jobs
        & loses PlayBook\u00a0VP","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/25/blackberrys-bleeding-continues-cuts-250-rd-jobs-loses-playbook-vp/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944505,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-09T12:24:58Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"Converting
        to the enterprise market is a top priority for\u00a0Dropbox.","title":"Dropbox
        details its shift from consumer file storage to enterprise data\u00a0hub","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/09/dropbox-details-its-shift-from-consumer-file-storage-to-enterprise-data-hub/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944504,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-16T11:15:07Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Guest
        Post It\u2019s too easy for kids to spend big bucks on games without their
        parents even knowing they do so \u2014 until the credit card bill arrives.
        This is why there should be spending caps in free-to-play\u00a0games.","title":"Free-to-play
        games are having their Soupy Sales\u00a0moment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/16/free-to-play-games-are-having-their-soupy-sales-moment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944503,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T09:00:15Z","slug":"storage-made-easy","summary":"JoliCloud
        Drive lets people consolidate their various cloud storage services and work
        with them from a single\u00a0dashboard.","title":"JoliCloud merges all your
        online storage \u2014 up to 44 free gigabytes\u2019 worth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/jolicloud-merges-all-your-online-storage-up-to-44-free-gigabytes-worth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944502,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-03T12:00:01Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"The
        game will retail for $30 on Xbox 360 and\u00a0PC.","title":"Xbox One\u2019s
        Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is $40 and multiplayer\u00a0only","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/03/xbox-ones-plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare-is-40-and-multiplayer-only/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944501,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-03T06:42:33Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Streaming
        music service Rdio is launching a new version of its app with free smart radio
        service to listeners in the U.S., Canada, and Australia today.","title":"Free
        smart radio is Rdio\u2019s big play against Spotify, Pandora, & the\u00a0rest","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/03/free-smart-radio-is-rdios-big-play-against-spotify-pandora-the-rest/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:30Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3944500,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-29T12:35:29Z","slug":"aufeminin-com","summary":"From
        little Parisian website to subscription service juggernaut, My Little Paris
        has come a long way. Earlier this week, Aufeminin acquired the company. We''ve
        learned from multiple sources that Aufeminin agreed to pay around $90 million
        (\u20ac66.7 m...","title":"Aufeminin Acquires Subscription Service And City
        Guide ''My Little Paris'' For $90 Million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:30Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/22/aufeminin-acquires-subscription-service-and-city-guide-my-little-paris-for-90-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-15T09:34:23Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Google
        finally released its Google Play Music app for iOS today, with unlimited songs,
        custom radio stations, no skip limits, smart recommendations based on the
        music you like and listen too, and more.","title":"Google Play Music finally
        released on iOS: $9.99/month for all the music you could\u00a0want","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/15/google-play-music-finally-released-on-ios-9-99month-for-all-the-music-you-could-want/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944498,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-17T10:04:23Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"The
        PlayStation 4 is flying off store\u00a0shelves.","title":"PlayStation 4 sales
        exceed 1 million in just 24\u00a0hours","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/17/playstation-4-sales-exceed-one-million-in-just-24-hours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:28Z","domain":"facebook.com","id":3944497,"news_source":"Facebook","publication_date":"2014-07-29T12:35:26Z","slug":"aufeminin-com","summary":"","title":"auFeminin.com
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        Post Big exits, fresh talent, and new programs have been transforming Canada
        into a startup\u00a0hotbed.","title":"Why Canada is where smart VC money is
        going in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/02/why-canada-is-where-smart-vc-money-is-going-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944494,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T15:05:19Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"VANCOUVER
        \u2014 In Canada, 75 percent of major retailers accept contactless payment.
        In the U.S., fewer than 2 percent of retailers do the same.","title":"Why
        Canada just might be the future of U.S. mobile\u00a0payments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/why-canada-just-might-be-the-future-of-u-s-mobile-payments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944492,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-12T12:00:17Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"The
        hockey sim suggests that Canada has a good chance to repeat as gold-medal\u00a0champions.","title":"EA
        Sports reveals the best Olympic hockey players according to NHL\u00a014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/ea-sports-reveals-the-best-olympic-hockey-players-according-to-nhl-14/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944490,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-09T03:00:20Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"iControl,
        a company working to connect your home since 2003, is adding an all-in-one
        smart home device to its\u00a0arsenal.","title":"Smart-home veteran iControl
        buys security device Piper to let you play Big\u00a0Brother","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/09/smart-home-veteran-icontrol-acquires-security-device-piper-to-truly-let-you-play-big-brother/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944489,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-11T08:00:11Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"The
        first part of the five-quest Curse of Naxxramas is free, but you\u2019ll have
        to spend cash or in-game gold to see the\u00a0rest.","title":"Hearthstone
        is getting a single-player adventure mode and 30 new\u00a0cards","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/11/hearthstone-is-getting-a-single-player-adventure-mode-and-30-new-cards/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944487,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T07:45:10Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"The
        Canadian government thinks\u00a0it\u2019s finally safe from the Heartbleed
        bug.","title":"Canada brings government sites back online after Heartbleed\u00a0bug","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/canada-brings-government-sites-back-online-after-heartbleed-bug/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944485,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-16T13:41:46Z","slug":"bottlenotes","summary":"If
        wine can make \u201c\u2026 every meal an occasion, every table more elegant,
        every day more civilized \u2026\u201d according to Andre Simon in the Commonsense
        of Wine, can it also make an online social network more fun, more witty, more
        useful? Virtual wine communities are springing up everywhere \u2013 as subsets
        of Facebook, My Space etc.; as straight bulletin boards and blogs; on paid
        subscription sites like http://www.erobertparker.com; and as wine-centric
        social networks. The leading wine-centric sites combine a social wine network
        with other free services, notably software to manage wine collections, wine
        databases and/or links to online retail listings.","title":"Online wine communities
        flourish, add new\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/16/online-wine-communities-flourish-add-new-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944484,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T12:15:58Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Blizzard\u2019s
        free-to-play card game is now out around the\u00a0world.","title":"Never stop
        playing Hearthstone: Blizzard\u2019s card battler available for iPad\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/never-stop-playing-hearthstone-blizzards-card-battler-available-for-ipad-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944482,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-05-15T20:22:08Z","slug":"bottlenotes","summary":"Skype
        announces free calls within the U.S. and Canada to any landline or mobile
        number \u2014 Wow, this is a big deal. Yep, even calls outside of Skype\u2019s
        network \u2014 via its so-called SkypeOut service \u2014 are free. Can anyone
        tell us why we shouldn\u2019t turn off our home\u2019s fixed line long distance
        service, and simply use Skype? It is only valid until end of 2006, and some
        are calling it a gimmick, but it works.","title":"Skype''s splash, Bottlenotes,
        Blogging from Word & 165 University''s Karma","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/15/skypes-splash-bottlenotes-blogging-from-word-165-universitys-karma/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944481,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T07:00:45Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Adenda
        can run animated notifications or ads on your lock\u00a0screen.","title":"Adenda
        lets games and apps display animations on your Android phone\u2019s lock\u00a0screen","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/adenda-lets-games-and-apps-display-animations-on-your-android-phones-lock-screen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944479,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T12:30:23Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"After
        toying with the idea 14 months ago, Google has finally made it possible to
        pay for apps, movies, games, and books with PayPal.","title":"Now you can
        use PayPal to buy apps on Google\u00a0Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/now-you-can-use-paypal-to-buy-apps-on-google-play/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944477,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-31T12:30:31Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Eating
        in class, teleporting out of lectures, and asking for hints in exams. All
        perks for the students role-playing their way through school life with\u00a0Classcraft.","title":"Classcraft
        makes the classroom a giant role-playing game \u2014 with freemium\u00a0pricing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/31/classcraft-role-playing-classroom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944475,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T14:00:52Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"We
        talked with Ori and the Blind Forest\u2019s producer, who promised a game
        that plays as good as it\u00a0looks.","title":"Ori and the Blind Forest\u2019s
        producer wants his beautiful Xbox One exclusive to play as good as it looks\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/ori-and-the-blind-forest-captures-the-style-of-studio-ghibli-in-a-seamless-xbox-one-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T00:01:50Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Roughly
        41 percent of respondents say they plan to fund games via\u00a0crowdfunding.","title":"European
        game developers are moving to the PC, mobile, and PlayStation\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/european-game-developers-are-moving-to-the-pc-mobile-and-playstation-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944471,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T07:00:34Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"The
        favorite world for kids\u2019 user-generated content has hit its fourth\u00a0platform.","title":"At
        60M players, Roblox takes the plunge into\u00a0Android","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/at-60m-players-roblox-takes-the-plunge-into-android/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944469,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-19T14:27:53Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Mplayit
        is known for its mobile app catalog that lives inside Facebook. There, you
        can shop for apps for your phone using a full-sized display instead of the
        one on your handset. Many of the popular titles like Sims 3 and ShopSavvy
        have playable previews. The arcade tracks the hottest apps and offers recommended
        titles.","title":"Mobile arcade Mplayit expands into Canada,\u00a0Australia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/19/mobile-arcade-mplayit-expands-into-canada-australia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944467,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-19T23:08:00Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Watching
        others play video games in real life is so yesteryear \u2014 now it''s all
        about watching other people play in virtual space!\u00a0","title":"News Blips:
        Indie PlayStation Home, Stream Netflix in Canada, Tiger Woods\u2019 Game Sales,
        and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/19/news-blips-playstation-home-goes-indie-stream-netflix-in-canada-tiger-woods-game-sales-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944466,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-23T13:45:30Z","slug":"viafone","summary":"So
        why are we holding our MobileBeat conference tomorrow?","title":"MobileBeat:
        Mobile success\u00a0stories","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/23/mobilebeat2008-catch-it-all-live-tomorrow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944464,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-02T11:55:11Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"Welcome
        to the future, PlayBook.","title":"The Blackberry PlayBook finally goes 4G
        LTE, headed to Canada August\u00a09th","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:35:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/02/the-blackberry-playbook-finally-goes-4g-lte-headed-to-canada-august-9th/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944461,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-05T17:37:06Z","slug":"247-techies","summary":"A
        look at the deals that transpired from dusk to dawn on this first Monday in\u00a0November","title":"Funding
        Daily: Daylight\u00a0Savings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/05/funding-daily-daylight-savings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-04T21:00:23Z","slug":"aspen-technology","summary":"The
        concept of the mirror world has been gaining traction. The idea is that the
        real world can be replicated in a digital form. That virtual world can then
        be annotated with comments or advertising for virtual tourists.","title":"EveryScape
        takes on Google Streetview and raises $7\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/04/everyscape-takes-on-google-streetview-and-raises-7-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-18T06:00:52Z","slug":"aspen-technology","summary":"Kaleidescape
        has established itself as a well-known entertainment server in the homes of
        video aficionados for more than five years. Its $14,000-plus movie jukeboxes
        can store an entire library of DVDs on an array of hard disks. Next to the
        yacht and the private jet, a Kaleidescape System with hundreds of DVDs on
        it is a staple in the homes of Silicon Valley gazillionaires. (I have three
        myself \u2014 not).","title":"Kaleidescape launches DVD upscalers to compete
        with\u00a0Blu-ray","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/18/kaleidescape-launches-dvd-upscalers-to-compete-with-blu-ray/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T07:29:33Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Quizup\u2019s
        success story isn\u2019t ending anytime soon.","title":"Quizup gets 1M new
        players after a week on Android \u2014 and sets sights on other\u00a0markets","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/quizup-gets-1m-news-users-after-a-week-on-android-sets-sights-on-new-markets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944451,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-10T08:58:25Z","slug":"aspen-technology","summary":"Microsoft
        to tighten ties with Facebook chat? \u2014 Steve Ballmer implies (oh so subtly)
        full interoperability between Facebook chat and Windows Live Messenger.","title":"Roundup:
        Intel pours cash into factories, N.J. goes solar, Obama taps cybersecurity
        chief, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/10/roundup-intel-pours-cash-into-factories-nj-goes-solar-obama-taps-cybersecurity-chief-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-12T12:46:51Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"VentureBeat\u2019s
        DataBeat event is coming up next Monday and Tuesday, May 19-20! ","title":"All-star
        DataBeat panel: Leveraging behavioral data to drive revenue\u00a0growth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/12/all-star-databeat-panel-leveraging-behavioral-data-to-drive-revenue-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T13:05:25Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"To
        date, Zynga.org has raised $18M for nonprofits through 150 in-game\u00a0campaigns.","title":"Zynga
        and its players donate $1M to support safe water\u00a0nonprofit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/zynga-and-its-players-donate-1m-to-support-safe-water-nonprofit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-16T01:28:44Z","slug":"aspen-technology","summary":"Steve
        Jobs is reportedly cooperating on a biographical book about himself, according
        to the New York Times.","title":"Will we get the real story of Steve Jobs''
        life in new\u00a0biography?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/16/will-we-get-the-real-story-of-steve-jobs-life-in-new-biography/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T14:05:07Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"Amid
        all of the hype around \u201cbig data,\u201d\u00a0lots of people are starting
        to doubt whether there\u2019s any evidence that it\u2019s more than just that
        \u2014 hype.","title":"10 ways to use your data to make more money\u00a0(really)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/10-ways-to-use-your-data-to-make-more-money-really/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T04:30:55Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"ClearStory
        Data wants to help people inside lots of companies analyze multiple different
        kinds of data. A new funding round should help that\u00a0cause.","title":"ClearStory
        Data takes $21M to harmonize all your different kinds of\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/clearstory-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944442,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-25T07:00:20Z","slug":"aspen-technology","summary":"If
        you subscribe to my newsletter you can read these columns a whole day before
        they appear on our website. And check out my other essays in the Dylan\u2019s
        Desk series.","title":"Dylan\u2019s Desk: It\u2019s the season for Monday-morning\u00a0quarterbacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/25/dylans-desk-its-the-season-for-monday-morning-quarterbacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T09:42:40Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Ad
        firm\u00a0Q1Media today announced it has taken in a fresh $8 million in debt
        from\u00a0Silicon Valley Bank and\u00a0Partners for Growth. In a vague statement,
        the\u00a0company\u00a0said\u00a0the new capital will help it \u201crapidly
        gain market share.\u201d","title":"Q1Media raises $8M because publisher ad
        revenues are too damn\u00a0low","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/q1media-raises-8m-because-publisher-ad-revenues-are-too-damn-low/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T14:05:39Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"At
        our DataBeat event next week, we\u2019ve handpicked many of the most astute
        \u201cbig data\u201d investors to join us in debate about how companies can
        use data to achieve more profitability.","title":"Meet 10 of the top data
        investors at DataBeat (special\u00a0offer)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/meet-10-of-the-top-data-investors-at-databeat-special-offer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944438,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T14:00:05Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"WalkMe
        offers a technology that helps companies create interactive \u201cwalkthroughs\u201d
        of their websites that help guide customers through the experience, increasing
        engagement, and reducing the bounce\u00a0rate.","title":"WalkMe raises $11M
        to hold your hand as you click through\u00a0websites","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/walkme-raises-11m-to-hold-your-hand-as-you-click-through-websites/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944437,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-23T07:12:19Z","slug":"aspen-technology","summary":"With
        Inspirato\u2019s latest product, you may finally get to that ridiculously
        posh Aspen vacation home. The downside: You could be there with your\u00a0boss.","title":"Can\u2019t
        afford Inspirato\u2019s luxury vacation homes? Now you can get your job to\u00a0pay","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/23/cant-afford-inspiratos-luxury-vacation-homes-now-you-can-get-your-job-to-pay/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944436,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T13:20:35Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"VentureBeat\u2019s
        DataBeat event is coming up next Monday and Tuesday, May 19-20.","title":"How
        data is driving ad targeting &\u00a0personalization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/how-data-is-driving-ad-targeting-personalization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944434,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T12:00:57Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"While
        Verizon\u2019s focus on social good is praiseworthy, the contest is also clearly
        a way for the company to ingratiate itself with the startup\u00a0community.","title":"Verizon\u2019s
        giving $1M to world-changing startups in education, health, &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/verizons-looking-for-even-more-world-changing-startups-with-its-2014-powerful-answers-award/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-11T10:15:54Z","slug":"aspen-technology","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A vocal subset of the community are fighting tooth and nail for ridesharing
        to\u00a0succeed.","title":"Uber & Lyft have a secret weapon in the fight for
        regulatory approval:\u00a0You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/11/ridesharing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944432,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-17T09:45:22Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"VentureBeat\u2019s
        DataBeat event is coming up on Monday and Tuesday in San Francisco, and we\u2019ve
        got the strongest lineup of data-focused execs, analysts, investors, entrepreneurs,
        and data scientists ever assembled in one room.","title":"75 reasons to come
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        service Ooomf is changing its name to Crew\u00a0and\u00a0announcing a new
        funding round of $2.1 million with participation from\u00a0AngelList founder
        Naval Ravikant.","title":"eHarmony for gigs: AngelList founder contributes
        to $2.1M investment in\u00a0Crew","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/eharmony-for-gigs-angellist-founder-contributes-to-2-1m-investment-in-crew/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944429,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-11T14:58:21Z","slug":"aspen-technology","summary":"New
        money for Palantir should come in handy as the company keeps moving away from
        government agencies for its revenue and relies more on private-sector\u00a0companies.","title":"Why
        Palantir nearly doubled its new funding round with $107M\u00a0raise","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/11/why-palantir-nearly-doubled-its-new-funding-round-with-107m-raise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944428,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T13:12:29Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"Mobile
        has become almost clich\u00e9 among Silicon Valley companies. Everyone\u2019s
        talking about their \u201cmobile first\u201d strategy.","title":"Desktop usage
        is cratering. Here\u2019s how to get ahead on\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/desktop-usage-is-cratering-heres-how-to-get-ahead-on-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944426,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T09:15:31Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Infamous
        might not have had Titanfall\u2019s hype, but that didn\u2019t stop the open-world
        superhero game from selling\u00a0well.","title":"PS4 has its first big hit
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        Aerogels, a Northborough, Mass.-based company that uses nanotech-processes
        to make insulation materials, has wrapped up a $37 million fourth round of
        funding. The round was led by Arcapita Ventures and joined by existing investors
        Lehman Brothers Venture Partners Reservoir Capital Group and RockPort Capital
        Partners.","title":"Aspen Aerogels raises $37M for nano-insulation\u00a0materials","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/25/aspen-aerogels-raises-37m-for-nano-insulation-materials/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944423,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T07:31:16Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"Italian
        startup Buzzoole launches today in public beta to help\u00a0brands find influencers
        and reward them for creating content on social media.","title":"AdWords of
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        BoxTone acquisition, revealing a price tag of $101\u00a0million.","title":"Good
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        U.S. government chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra first came to the White
        House, his Internet browser was so old, he couldn\u2019t even access his Mint.com
        account. It was just one tiny piece of the mountain of infrastructure Chopra
        must overhaul as part of his newly created position.","title":"CTO Aneesh
        Chopra says technology can''t be siloed in\u00a0government","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/04/so-what-does-us-cto-aneesh-chopra-actually-do/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944420,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T12:55:54Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Quibb
        is probably one of the quietest \u201cnews curation\u201d services and communities
        out there, but it just might be the one (little engine) that\u00a0could.","title":"Quibb,
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        are struggling to keep up with the explosion in mobile users.","title":"Case
        study in mobile marketing: How Trulia partnered with top mobile app\u00a0Pandora","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/case-study-in-mobile-marketing-how-trulia-partnered-with-top-mobile-app-pandora/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944417,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T08:00:16Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"But
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        are talking about the important role mobile is playing in driving growth across
        sectors\u2014such as\u00a0retail, services, and entertainment. But with so
        many disparate data sources, it\u2019s hard to know exactly what is going
        on with regard to consumer growth on mobile.","title":"Google\u2019s head
        of performance media explores what\u2019s really driving growth on\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/googles-head-of-performance-media-explores-whats-really-driving-growth-on-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944413,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T09:00:47Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Kamcord
        will use the cash to further developer its technology as well as expand into
        Japan, China, and\u00a0Korea.","title":"Mobile gameplay-recording startup
        Kamcord presses play on $7.1M funding\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/mobile-gameplay-recording-startup-kamcord-presses-play-on-7-1m-funding-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T14:54:10Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"Location,
        considered by many to be the \u201cmobile cookie,\u201d is being used in increasingly
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        Papay, chief executive at\u00a0Bay Area startup\u00a0Waggl, said his app is\u00a0inspired
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        mobile marketing, local campaigns can drive sales at the store level, but
        the challenge lies in scaling these benefits at national level.","title":"Here\u2019s
        how national brands are using mobile to market in your hometown, store by\u00a0store","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/heres-how-national-brand-are-using-mobile-to-market-in-your-hometown-store-by-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944407,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T19:52:56Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Convertro
        is the latest ad-tech startup to receive a high-dollar acquisition from AOL,
        who officially announced the purchase earlier today.","title":"AOL plunks
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        has the fastest adoption of any new medium ever. Companies are watching as
        consumption on mobile screens rapidly outpaces consumption on the\u00a0desktop.","title":"How
        LivingSocial baked marketing into its mobile-first\u00a0approach","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/how-livingsocial-baked-marketing-into-their-mobile-first-approach/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944404,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T08:21:47Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Analytics
        startup CrowdSystems has raised a fresh $1 million round of funding, the company
        announced today.","title":"\u0421rowdSystems grabs $1M to give retail stores
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        highlight winning strategies for tracking and serving customers and every
        phase of their journey on mobile. Visionaries from Facebook, Google, Walmart,
        Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter, L\u2019Oreal, and Clear Channel will be on\u00a0hand.","title":"Here\u2019s
        why MobileBeat is the must-attend mobile event of the\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/heres-why-mobilebeat-is-the-must-attend-mobile-event-of-the-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944401,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T05:15:25Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"This
        startup has figured out how to automate the process of focusing on some sales
        leads more before\u00a0others.","title":"Context Relevant points the way to
        the leads you should prioritize, and it gets\u00a0$21M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/context-relevant-points-the-way-to-the-leads-you-should-prioritize-and-it-gets-21m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944400,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-21T23:47:19Z","slug":"indextank","summary":"Just
        days after the announcement of a premium membership service, social news site
        Reddit has launched a new search feature. Hosted by white-label search technology
        provider IndexTank, Reddit\u2019s updated search engine lets users search
        for posts in real-time and, according to the Reddit blog, \u201cis pretty
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        is eating the world \u2014 and as it does, it\u2019s enabling some profound
        shifts in how we\u00a0live.","title":"Braintree\u2019s CEO explores the rise
        of seamless mobile payments at\u00a0MobileBeat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/braintrees-ceo-explores-the-rise-of-seamless-mobile-payments-at-mobilebeat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944397,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T19:38:32Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"You\u2019ve
        probably had some kind of medical treatment where the doctor gave you a list
        of things to\u00a0do every day while your body healed. Doctors\u00a0usually
        give instructions like this to you in a handful of\u00a0mimeographed papers,
        which are often lost or\u00a0thrown away.","title":"Filament Labs takes $1M
        to build its patient aftercare \u2018nagging\u2019 platform","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/filament-labs-takes-1m-to-build-its-patient-aftercare-nagging-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944396,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T12:41:10Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"A
        powerful trend in mobile\u00a0is taking shape: Smaller, faster, less expensive,
        and more intelligent connected devices are everywhere. Backing them up is
        increasingly powerful cloud software that leverages machine learning to draw
        inferences and make predictions.","title":"CEOs of four of the hottest predictive
        app companies join MobileBeat\u00a0lineup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/ceos-of-four-of-the-hottest-predictive-app-companies-join-mobilebeat-lineup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944395,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-03T18:20:53Z","slug":"indextank","summary":"Social
        news site Reddit has graciously decided to share its end of year growth numbers
        in a company blog post. While the company may have grown from 250 million
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        was that their search feature went from \u201csucked\u201d to \u201cworks.\u201d","title":"Reddit''s
        social news search goes from \"sucked\" to \"works\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/03/reddit-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944393,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T14:40:01Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"At
        our upcoming MobileBeat event, we\u2019ll dive into these and many other important
        questions surrounding the emerging Internet of things \u2014 including wearable\u00a0devices.","title":"AT&T
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        would be pretty easy for actor LeVar Burton to coast through the remainder
        of life taking only acting gigs he likes and getting showered with adoration
        from Geordi La Forge fans on the Star Trek convention circuit.","title":"LeVar
        Burton\u2019s Reading Rainbow Kickstarter hits $1M goal in less than a\u00a0day","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/levar-burtons-reading-rainbow-kickstarter-hits-1m-goal-in-less-than-a-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944391,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-19T10:00:31Z","slug":"indextank","summary":"K9
        Ventures has raised $40 million for its second fund,\u00a0a tech-focused micro-VC
        fund. The K9 Ventures II fund will be run by Manu Kumar, who headed the earlier
        fund.","title":"K9 Ventures raises $40M micro-VC\u00a0fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/19/k9-ventures-raises-40m-micro-vc-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944389,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T07:50:31Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"ExtraHop,
        a company that provides wire data analytics for IT operations, announced today
        that it has raised $41 million in a third round of funding led by Technology
        Crossover Ventures.","title":"ExtraHop raises $41M to help businesses make
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        traffic on mobile devices is accelerating at a rapid pace, rising 81 percent
        in the last year alone.","title":"L\u2019Oreal & Shopkick explore how brands
        can benefit from the sharp rise of consumer traffic on\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/loreal-shopkick-explore-how-brands-can-benefit-from-the-sharp-rise-of-consumer-traffic-on-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944387,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T08:00:17Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"MobileBeat
        is coming right up, and the price shoots up today (June 27) at 5 p.m. Pacific!","title":"30
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        from a Cloudera cofounder suggests there\u2019s wisdom in Statwing\u2019s
        approach to providing powerful statistical analysis through easy-to-use\u00a0software.","title":"Statwing
        picks up funding from data science luminary\u00a0Hammerbacher","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/statwing-picks-up-funding-from-data-science-luminary-hammerbacher/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944385,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T07:16:57Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"After
        being acquired by AOL in 2011 and bought back by its founders last year, personal
        homepage site builder About.me today\u00a0announced an $11 million funding
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        Ventures, SoftTech VC, CrunchFund, and Bullpen Capital.","title":"Independent
        from AOL, About.me lands new $11M\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/independent-from-aol-about-me-lands-new-11m-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944384,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T17:00:51Z","slug":"indextank","summary":"Oh,
        Funding Daily, you unpredictable world where cashmere blankets, personal loans,
        origami, skydiving, and little black dresses come together in one\u00a0place.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Cashmere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/funding-daily-cashmere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944383,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T09:56:59Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"So
        you have a great mobile app or product. But how do you attract users? And
        more importantly, how do you retain users? One key aspect is mastering the
        balance between push and pull.","title":"Yahoo Mobile\u2019s careful use of
        push messaging pays\u00a0off","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/yahoo-mobiles-careful-use-of-push-messaging-pays-off-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944382,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T09:10:24Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Right\u00a0after
        merging with UCWeb, China-based Alibaba has launched a beta version of its
        first U.S. marketplace,\u00a011Main.","title":"Alibaba opens first U.S. market
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        traffic is spiking on mobile devices. It\u2019s shifting away from the desktop,
        which is dangerous for brands that took the PC experience granted for so long.","title":"12
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        one month after Zendesk\u2019s stellar initial public offering, competing
        help-desk startup\u00a0Freshdesk\u00a0has raised some major cash from a valuable
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        say good design is about doing more with less.","title":"Yo founders to unveil
        how the stupidly simple app got such stupidly huge\u00a0growth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/yo-founders-to-unveil-how-the-stupidly-simple-app-got-such-stupidly-huge-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944378,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T11:51:20Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"Our
        seventh annual\u00a0MobileBeat event\u00a0is\u00a0just around the corner\u00a0on
        July 8-9 in San Francisco, and we\u2019ve got a limited number of tickets
        left for what we believe is the must-attend mobile event of the year.","title":"Learn
        how leading mobile publishers find the right users at the right\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:34:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/learn-how-leading-mobile-publishers-find-the-right-users-at-the-right-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944377,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T01:00:58Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"PICOOC,
        the Beijing, China-based health-tracking device maker, has finished a\u00a0Series
        B round of funding that raised $21 million, led by existing investor\u00a0Gobi
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        stakes are high in mobile retail, because suddenly more people are shopping
        on their mobile phone than ever before.","title":"Fighting the mobile retail
        war: How to meet customers every step of the\u00a0way","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/fighting-the-mobile-retail-war-how-to-meet-customers-every-step-of-the-way/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944375,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-05T11:00:01Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"Walmart
        has sought to revolutionize the in-store experience by adding navigation,
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        to its mobile applications.","title":"Driving commerce with mobile: increasing
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        after year since the big app stores launched, native apps have asserted\u00a0their
        hegemony over the mobile web. One big drawback of native apps was the inability
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        the way the web allows to link any page to any other. The workarounds already
        in place\u00a0aren\u2019t yet widely accepted\u00a0standards and create additional
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        who feel like mobile a step back in the wrong direction.","title":"The time
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        a Paris-based startup building an open-source platform for personal cloud
        storage, raised $1.1 million (800,000 euros) earlier this month.","title":"CozyCloud
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        have shown that mobile users not only expect mobile apps to be designed for
        their convenience, but they also expect their apps to\u00a0take advantage\u00a0mobile-specific
        features like location.","title":"Upsight & Grindr: Creating loyal mobile
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        round of funding.","title":"Scott McNealy\u2019s Wayin raises another $12.1M
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        upcoming GrowthBeat event \u2014 August 5-6 in San Francisco \u2014 is exploring
        the data, apps, and science of successful marketing.","title":"Marketing rockstars
        from Facebook, Walmart, Zappos, & more join GrowthBeat\u00a0lineup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/marketing-rockstars-from-facebook-walmart-zappos-more-join-growthbeat-lineup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944369,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T14:00:26Z","slug":"rpost","summary":"Today,
        we\u2019re excited to announce a new session with 6Sense CEO and founder Amanda
        Kahlow and Pure Storage head of global campaigns and demand generation Mike\u00a0Kim.","title":"GrowthBeat
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        an aging population and out-of-control healthcare costs, home care has become
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        Rock Cafe Sr. Director of Digital Marketing & CRM Kim Matlock, along with
        Privy CEO & Founder Ben Jabbawy, will discuss a user-case of marketing tech\u2019s
        impact on growth in a one-on-one\u00a0session.","title":"The Hard Rock Cafe
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        to build unified profiles from its customers\u2019 multiple digital bread
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        the question will be whether those players stay and spend money in the free-to-play\u00a0world.","title":"Grand
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        new event exploring the data, apps, and science of successful marketing, is
        coming up on Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 in San Francisco.","title":"Adobe VP of strategy
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        1,400 marketing-tech vendors touting solutions that can drive ROI, increase
        visitors, and raise revenue, even the most experienced, up-to-date marketer
        gets overwhelmed. And companies offer no assurance of interoperability across
        these\u00a0products.","title":"1,400 marketing tech vendors! How to select
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        company sells subscriptions to its cloud-based software, which helps hotels
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        \u2014 and customer feedback \u2014 to fight back against online\u00a0competitors.","title":"7-Eleven
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        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile\u00a0technologies?","title":"Hootsuite
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        Jose, California-based Altierre Corp. makes digital product labeling system
        for brick and mortar\u00a0stores.","title":"Altierre raises $21M so that retailers
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        generous contribution is a huge boon for The Oatmeal\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s
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        campaign to buy back Nikola Tesla\u2019s old laboratory in\u00a02012.","title":"Elon
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        startup has built a white-labeled platform through which personal investment
        advisors can offer some automated investment services of their\u00a0own.","title":"Upside
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        actual total is 1,030,000 comments, and it stands to reason most are prodding
        the FCC to protect net neutrality for\u00a0all.","title":"FCC receives more
        than 1M comments on net neutrality, proving the topic matters to\u00a0Americans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/fcc-receives-more-than-1m-comments-on-net-neutrality-proving-the-topic-matters-to-americans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944344,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T21:50:35Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Can
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        to shared-risk population health models have begun to attract more venture
        capital\u00a0the passage of the Affordable Care Act.","title":"Lumeris takes
        $71M to expand population health management to 12 new\u00a0markets","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/lumeris-takes-71m-to-expand-population-health-management-to-12-new-markets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944341,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T09:15:55Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Square
        Enix is looking at Bravely Default as a roadmap for its future games thanks
        to the classic-style RPG\u2019s\u00a0success.","title":"Bravely Default\u2019s
        1M copies sold reveals why it has Square Enix reconsidering its Final Fantasy\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/bravely-defaults-1m-copies-sold-reveals-why-it-has-square-enix-is-reconsidering-its-final-fantasy-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944338,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T10:00:37Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"Finally,
        the web comes to financial\u00a0analysis.","title":"Thinknum\u2019s web-based
        financial modeling gets $1M in\u00a0validation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:33:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/thinknums-web-based-financial-modeling-gets-1m-in-validation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-19T13:21:30Z","slug":"roosevelt-institution","summary":"Cornell
        University is erecting a massive, important new science and engineering campus
        on New York\u2019s Roosevelt Island, just half a bridge away from Manhattan
        in the middle of the East River.","title":"Cornell wins its bid to build a
        Stanford of the East\u00a0Coast","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/19/cornell-tech-campus/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944334,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-02T08:41:23Z","slug":"roosevelt-institution","summary":"In
        a big first for research institutions, Cornell NYC Tech will partner up with
        the U.S. Commerce\u00a0department.","title":"Cornell NYC Tech teams up with
        the U.S. Government to strip the red tape from\u00a0innovation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/02/cornell-nyc-tech-u-s-government-patents/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944333,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-01T08:43:28Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Here
        are the top cleantech stories we\u2019re following today on the GreenBeat:","title":"On
        the GreenBeat: Wind energy hits bumpy times, EMAV debuts range\u00a0extender","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/01/on-the-greenbeat-u-s-wind-has-slowest-quarter-in-years-emav-debuts-range-extender/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944331,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-27T15:16:22Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"This
        year \u2014 and next \u2014 will be a busy one for arrival of electric cars.
        The Ford Focus Electric and Coda\u2019s sedan are slated for launch by 2011.
        The Nissan Leaf is slowly making its way to buyers in the U.S. and Europe,
        the Wheego Whip and LiFe are on sale in New York,\u00a0and the partially electric
        Chevrolet Volt is on dealer lots now.","title":"Will charging infrastructure
        be the electric car''s speed\u00a0bump?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/27/will-charging-infrastructure-be-the-electric-cars-speed-bump/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944329,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-10T21:00:39Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Bump
        Technologies, the startup that first grabbed attention by allowing users to
        \u201cbump\u201d their phones together and share contact information, just
        raised $16 million in a second round of funding.","title":"Mobile sharing
        startup Bump raises\u00a0$16M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/10/bump-funding-andreessen-horowitz/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944327,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-28T08:51:02Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Gaopeng.com,
        the joint venture from Tencent and Groupon, which offers group buying deals
        to Chinese consumers, has officially opened. The venture supposedly got off
        to a clunky start, with reports saying the site went live in mid-February
        for a day before being hastily taken offline, but now Groupon has officially
        launched the site.","title":"Groupon China launches after rumors of a bumpy\u00a0start","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/28/groupon-china-launches/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944325,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-28T17:05:38Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Jake
        Mintz, cofounder of Bump, could make his social-sharing application send out
        annoying push notifications to remind users to update it and use it \u2014
        but he\u2019d rather focus on the user experience, he said.","title":"Bump
        cofounder doesn\u2019t want his sharing app to be \"a tool for\u00a0evil\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/28/bump-ceo-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-his-sharing-app-to-be-a-tool-for-evil/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944323,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-01T15:22:18Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"DEMO
        Fall 2010 alumnus Bump.com, a social network that links people through their
        car license plates, has raised more than $1 million in its second round of
        funding, VentureBeat has learned.","title":"License-plate social network Bump.com
        raises more than $1M\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/01/bump-com-funding-series-b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944320,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-12T11:36:51Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Yes,
        physical album sales are still falling like a rock \u2014 but there is hope
        for the music industry yet thanks to the rise of digital music sales.","title":"US
        music sales actually up for once (thanks to digital\u00a0bump)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/12/us-music-sales-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944318,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-23T23:26:00Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"A
        confession, first: for a video-game hobbyist of some 22-odd years, I am terrible
        at them. I can count the number of games I managed to finish in the 8- and
        16-bit eras on my fingers, while my failures are innumerable. In fact, I remain
        one of the few people in history to discover the secret tragic ending of Mavis
        Beacon Teaches Typing, in which that car skids off a road, wraps itself around
        a tree, and explodes in a shower of missed keys.","title":"Fail states: To
        live and die in L.A. Noire\u2026and Bumpy\u00a0Road","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/23/im-a-loser-baby-so-why-dont-you-let-me-carry-on-regardless/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944316,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-02T14:14:08Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"You
        might think that group-buying sensation Groupon would have to repress its
        tongue-in-cheek sense of humor as it prepares for its its initial public offering
        \u2014 and to some extent, that\u2019s true. But even though Groupon\u2019s
        IPO filing is dominated by the usual financial numbers and corporate-speak,
        a little bit of the company\u2019s mischievousness sneaks through.","title":"Groupon
        CEO to shareholders: Get ready for \"a bumpy\u00a0ride\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/02/groupon-ipo-bumpy-ride/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944314,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-14T14:15:54Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Verizon
        Wireless on Tuesday announced it would be adding 19 more U.S. cities to its
        list of locations with faster 4G LTE data service, bumping the total number
        of supported metropolitan areas up to 74. The new cities will be turned on
        Thursday.","title":"Verizon bumps up 19 more cities to 4G LTE\u00a0network","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/14/verizon-bumps-up-19-more-cities-to-4g-lte-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944312,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-27T07:23:20Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"","title":"Bump
        CEO on idea \u201cborrowing,\u201d popularity & the Chicago scene\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/bump-ceo-on-ip-borrowing-popularity-the-chicago-scene-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944310,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-16T05:00:08Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"In
        a refreshing about-face from mobile apps\u2019 usual version-to-version progression,
        the team behind phone-to-phone sharing app\u00a0Bump\u00a0has amputated all
        extraneous features from the app, mercilessly whittling it down to only two
        functions.","title":"Bump 3.0 launches today, pared down to just 2\u00a0features","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/16/bump-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944308,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-07-22T00:10:02Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Remember
        \u201cgrow big fast?\u201d It was a mantra of the dot-com boom, and it came
        to exemplify one of the problems of Webvan\u2019s failed business strategy.
        Few people remember that as well as Peter Relan, the former CIO of Webvan.
        It\u2019s one reason you probably haven\u2019t heard of his company, Business
        Signatures, until recently, even though it started nearly four years ago.
        This time, Relan started small and stayed under the radar.","title":"Webvan
        refugees start small this\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/07/22/webvan-refugees-start-small-this-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944306,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-29T10:05:30Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Goodreads
        is an app for those who are both bookish and web-friendly, and in a recent
        call with VentureBeat, founder Otis Chandler told us Facebook\u2019s new Timeline-focused
        actions are just about the best thing that\u2019s ever happened to the company.","title":"The
        \u201cFacebook Timeline bump:\u201d App usage skyrockets for\u00a0Goodreads","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/29/goodreads-facebook-timeline/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944305,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-10-04T12:58:53Z","slug":"eico","summary":"If
        you\u2019re a Mac user and you use RSS to consume your news, chances are you\u2019ve
        at least tried NetNewsWire, the hugely-popular  desktop RSS aggregator. The
        news today is that NewsGator Technologies has acquired NetNewsWire, along
        with Ranchero Software founder Brent Simmons. Simmons joins NewsGator as product
        architect. The move makes sense for NewsGator. It now has all the RSS aggregator
        pieces under one roof: a Web-based aggregator, a Windows client and now a
        Mac client. \u201cThis makes us the leader in terms of market share,\u201d
        said Greg Reinacker, founder and CTO of NewsGator. \u201cWe\u2019ve really
        wanted to extend the platform to the Mac.\u201d Reinacker also told us that
        NewsGator is exploring a subscription model for its software, with subscribers
        getting more bells and whistles.","title":"NewsGator buys NetNewsWire","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/10/04/newsgator-buys-netnewswire/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944303,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-29T05:00:59Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Bump,
        the wildly successful iPhone app, is joined today by sibling app Bump Pay,
        a new tap-to-send-money application.","title":"Bump now lets you hand out
        money by tapping your\u00a0phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/29/bump-pay/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944302,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-05T07:53:55Z","slug":"eico","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 5,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/05/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-feb-5-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944300,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-20T12:02:33Z","slug":"eico","summary":"(UPDATED:
        See below.)","title":"TrialPay gets you stuff for free \u2014 with just a
        bit of a\u00a0catch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/20/trialpay-gets-you-stuff-for-free-with-a-catch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944299,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-17T13:54:46Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"IBM\u2019s
        first quarter results for 2012 were decidedly mixed: It saw a 7 percent increase
        in net income, but its revenues were flat, the company reported this afternoon.","title":"IBM
        reports Q1 net income bump of 7 percent, but overall revenue\u00a0flat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/17/ibm-q1-2012-results/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944297,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-09T05:00:41Z","slug":"eico","summary":"A
        company called WebWars is coming out of secrecy today with a new way to play
        games across a multitude of Web sites you visit \u2014 with the action all
        layered within your browser.","title":"WebWars introduces \"layered reality
        games\" on the\u00a0web","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/09/webwars-introduces-layered-reality-games-on-the-web/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944296,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-24T07:10:54Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Just
        as we found out yesterday that much-anticipated Google Drive might replace
        Google Docs, the search giant has increased Google Docs storage to 5GB from
        1GB, indicating an imminent Drive launch with answers to all our questions.","title":"Google
        Docs storage bumped from 1GB to 5GB before Drive\u00a0launch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/24/google-docs-drive-5gb/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944294,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-07T12:10:40Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Today,
        three and a half years after mobile ad network AdMob was founded by serial
        entrepreneur Omar Hamoui, the company is about to serve its 100 billionth
        ad. That\u2019s 14 ad impressions for everyone on Earth. AdMob claims, probably
        rightly, to be the world\u2019s largest mobile ad server, even ahead of Millennial
        Media, which serves the majority of the ads delivered to America\u2019s most-subscribed
        wireless carrier, Verizon.","title":"AdMob''s 100 billionth ad marks a two-pronged
        mobile ad\u00a0turnaround","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/07/admobs-100-billionth-ad-marks-a-two-pronged-mobile-ad-turnaround/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944293,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-26T08:00:13Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Video
        editing startup Magisto has upgraded its young Facebook Timeline app with
        more social features in hopes to attract a flood of new users, the company
        announced today.","title":"\u2018Magical\u2019 video editor Magisto updates
        Facebook Timeline app, hopes for Viddy-like user\u00a0bump","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/26/magisto-facebook-timeline/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944291,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-29T02:57:34Z","slug":"eico","summary":"After
        years of being blamed for fundamental human urges, we\u2019ve become immune
        to antigaming outrage. The entire industry could be sequels to \u201cPretty
        Pink Fluffcuddlers Part Princess,\u201d and we\u2019d still be sued by outraged
        colorblinds, feminists, the Pro-Pretty-Color-Green Association, and lawyers
        who found pink fluff in a teenager\u2019s room (along with a legally purchased
        semiautomatic weapon).","title":"Gamer Rage!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/29/gamer-rage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944290,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-24T06:00:28Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Bump
        has done it again. The simple app that lets you \u201cbump\u201d phones together
        to swap data and files is now letting you do the same thing with your phone
        and a computer.","title":"Get photos from your phone onto your computer with
        a simple bump to the\u00a0spacebar","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/24/bump-news/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944288,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-13T21:00:55Z","slug":"eico","summary":"WebWars
        is launching its Weblings game today, which makes a game out of surfing the
        web. You use the web to search for and rescue magical, fairy-like beings called
        Weblings.","title":"Game co. WebWars has players surf the web to rescue\u00a0fairies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/13/webwars-launches-weblings-game-that-makes-you-crawl-the-web/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944285,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-07T07:00:23Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Facebook
        is a non-entity in China, but the country is chock full of social networking
        fans who belong to four different social sites.","title":"China\u2019s top
        four social networks: RenRen, Kaixin001, Qzone, and\u00a051.com","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/07/china%e2%80%99s-top-4-social-networks-renren-kaixin001-qzone-and-51-com/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944286,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-17T12:23:38Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Online
        log management company Loggly announced today that it\u2019s secured $5.7
        million in a second round of investment.","title":"Loggly rejects notion of
        \u2018bumps on a log,\u2019 raises\u00a0$5.7M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/17/loggly-rejects-notion-of-bumps-on-a-log-raises-5-7m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944284,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-13T06:00:37Z","slug":"eico","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Lou Hoffman is CEO of The Hoffman Agency, a public relations firm with
        multiple offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He submitted this story to
        VentureBeat.)","title":"Startup lessons learned from Warren\u00a0Buffett","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/13/startup-lessons-learned-from-warren-buffett/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944282,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-26T08:45:17Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Bump\u2019s
        apps are great for tapping two phones together to share contact info and photos.
        Now, the Bump team is unveiling Flock, a new app for sharing group photos
        easily and quickly with everyone in said group.","title":"Bump team launches
        Flock, the stupidly simple solution for group photos on your\u00a0phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/26/bump-flock-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944281,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-07T11:42:57Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Move
        over, AdMob and Millennial. Apple CEO Steve Jobs presented a slide at this
        morning\u2019s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco that claims
        that 48% of spending on mobile advertising in the United States from July
        through December of 2010 will go to Apple\u2019s iAd advertising system for
        its iPhone and iPad portable gadgets.","title":"Jobs predicts iAds will steal
        48% of mobile advertising\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/07/iad-apple-steve-jobs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944279,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-04T10:17:44Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Mixing
        politics and email sounds even worse than discussing religion on a first date.
        But for bold souls who want the world to know where they stand, the email
        signature experts at WiseStamp have just the\u00a0thing.","title":"Want to
        piss off your contacts? Add an Obama or Romney bumper sticker to your\u00a0emails","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/04/wisestamp-elections-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944278,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-07T13:29:45Z","slug":"eico","summary":"The
        Electronic Entertainment Exposition approaches, and we here at The Game Inquisitor
        had to take the opportunity to make up a bunch of random shit that we think
        is going to happen so that we''ll get a bunch of hits! Isn''t that what all
        video game sites do right before E3? The only difference with us is that our
        predictions aren''t predictions at all. They are cold, hard truths. Or, at
        least, they will be once they happen.","title":"The Game Inquisitor Issue
        #2: E3, Gex, and\u00a0Comics!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/07/the-game-inquisitor-issue-2-e3-gex-and-comics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944276,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-18T12:00:00Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Flock,
        one of the simplest, most magical photo-sharing apps we\u2019ve seen, is now
        available for a huge swath of new\u00a0users.","title":"Bump photo-sharing
        app Flock finally flies over to\u00a0Android","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/18/flock-android/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944275,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-15T21:00:05Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Magnetic,
        a startup that uses search engine data to help advertisers reach the right
        audience, has raised $4 million in its first round of institutional funding.","title":"Magnetic
        raises $4M to target ads using search\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/15/magnetic-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944273,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-03T13:52:39Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"More
        than 2.5 million people book doctor appointments online each month with ZocDoc.
        But with many folks sick or following through New York\u2019s resolutions,
        yesterday was the busiest day ever in the hot startup\u2019s five-year\u00a0history.","title":"Yesterday
        was ZocDoc\u2019s busiest day ever, with a 130% bump in\u00a0bookings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/03/zocdoc-busiest-day-ever/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944272,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-09T07:40:13Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Katie
        Jacobs Stanton, an early Googler who went on to serve in the White House and
        the State Department\u2019s office of innovation, is joining Twitter to manage
        its business and international strategy.","title":"White House staffer, early
        Googler Stanton heads to\u00a0Twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/09/katie-stanton-twitter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944270,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-13T06:40:38Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Apple
        is making some minor changes to its Retina MacBook Pro\u00a0line.","title":"Apple
        refreshes the Retina MacBook Pro with a price cut & spec\u00a0bump","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/13/retina-macbook-pro-refresh/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944269,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-12T05:00:36Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Toys
        and electronics are becoming a better and better match. The founders of Borei
        have created a new way to apply touch technology to plastic toys. The first
        product with the technology, the Paper Jamz Drum, has made it onto store shelves
        on a very short timetable.","title":"Borei breathes life into toys using touch\u00a0electronics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/12/borei-breathes-life-into-toys-using-touch-electronics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944267,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-14T09:00:30Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"You
        can stop emailing yourself PowerPoints, Dilbert. Bump has an amazing new way
        to get files from here to\u00a0there.","title":"You can now Bump any files
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        A representative for the Avenger Controller (a new one, obviously) has released
        an official statement regarding Ocean Marketing\u2019s involvement with their
        product and the actions of Paul Christoforo.","title":"Ocean Marketing: How
        to self-destruct your company with just a few measly emails\u00a0[update]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/ocean-marketing-how-to-self-destruct-your-company-with-just-a-few-measly-emails/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944264,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-29T01:10:11Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Ocean
        Marketing, a one-man PR firm led by Paul Christoforo, underwent instantaneous
        destruction this week, as we reported yesterday.","title":"Ocean Marketing
        fiasco addressed in official press\u00a0release","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/29/ocean-marketing-press-release/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944263,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-07T06:00:27Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"The
        VB Store is offering a set of BodyGuardz Bumps earbuds with microphone \u2013
        for only $19 during this limited time\u00a0offer.","title":"Kick out the jams
        with BodyGuardz Bumps Earbuds [VB\u00a0Store]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/07/kick-out-the-jams-with-bodyguardz-bumps-earbuds-vb-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944261,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-30T07:22:08Z","slug":"eico","summary":"HireVue
        has raised $22 million to streamline the job interview\u00a0process","title":"HireVue
        turns interviewing job applicants into\u00a0entertainment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/30/hirevue-turns-interviewing-job-applicants-into-entertainment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944260,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-26T09:24:54Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Apparently,
        if you run a top e-commerce website, it pays to be slow. Unless you\u2019re\u00a0Amazon.","title":"Speed
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        million times a day, a product is sold, a white paper is downloaded, some
        personal information is taken. In short, some exchange of value takes place
        \u2014 at huge, mind-boggling\u00a0scale.","title":"30 billion times a day,
        Google runs an ad (13 million times, it\u00a0works)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:32:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/25/30-billion-times-a-day-google-runs-an-ad-13-million-times-it-works/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944256,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-23T12:03:37Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"The
        new ed-tech fund is supported by LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner and Y Combinator
        founder Paul Graham, among\u00a0others.","title":"Ed-tech startups: Imagine
        K12 bumps up its accelerator funding to\u00a0$100K","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/23/ed-tech-startups-imagine-k12-bumps-up-its-accelerator-funding-to-100k/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944255,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-11T10:08:28Z","slug":"eico","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Fighting
        Sexism With\u00a0Fire","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/11/fighting-sexism-with-fire/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944253,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-23T14:03:49Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Apple
        investors did not get the shot in the arm they were hoping for this afternoon
        as the company released its second quarter numbers. At least, not from Apple\u2019s
        actual sales\u00a0results.","title":"Apple revenue up, earnings down \u2026
        and shares bump (temporarily) to\u00a0$420","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/23/apple-revenue-up-earnings-down-and-shares-bump-to-420/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944252,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-19T13:30:14Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Guest
        Post How do you determine if your mobile advertising plans have succeeded?
        Pay attention to these three key\u00a0areas.","title":"Can mobile monetize?
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        telecom company SoftBank is sweetening its offer to purchase the third largest
        wireless carrier in the\u00a0U.S.","title":"Softbank bumps its Sprint bid
        to\u00a0$21.6B","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/softbank-bumps-its-sprint-bid-to-21-6b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944249,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-01T05:00:49Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Nuance
        is making a smart argument for why voice could be the key to making money
        in mobile advertising. And it might just work\u00a0out.","title":"Nuance uses
        its voice smarts to create interactive & entertaining mobile\u00a0ads","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/01/nuance-voice-ads-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944247,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-09T10:39:36Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Sprint
        has finally completed its acquisition of wireless high speed provider Clearwire,
        which will help give Sprint customers faster data speeds and more\u00a0bandwidth.","title":"Sprint
        completes Clearwire acquisition after a long, bumpy\u00a0road","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/09/sprint-completes-clearwire-purchase/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944246,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T10:17:59Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Rocket
        Internet continues on its quest for world domination of e-commerce. The Iconic
        is the leading online fashion retailer in Australia, and wants to stay that\u00a0way.","title":"Rocket
        Internet\u2019s The Iconic raises $25.8M to conquer the Australian\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/rocket-internets-the-iconic-raises-25-8m-to-conquer-the-australian-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944244,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T17:23:58Z","slug":"eico","summary":"If
        I had a margarita for every deal that was announced today, I\u2019d have 8
        margaritas too\u00a0many.","title":"Funding Daily: If deals were margaritas\u00a0\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/funding-daily-if-deals-were-margaritas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944243,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-29T06:03:06Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Note
        to Apple: Don\u2019t change up your executive team and expect the Internet
        not to\u00a0notice.","title":"Apple quietly bumps SVP Bob Mansfield from exec
        team without\u00a0explanation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/29/apple-quietly-bumps-svp-bob-mansfield-from-exec-team-without-explanation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944241,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-02T09:35:53Z","slug":"eico","summary":"The
        company has closed $25 million from Sequoia for its \u201ctalent interaction
        platform,\u201d which leverages video technology to make each stage of the
        recruiting process more\u00a0personal.","title":"Smile for the camera: HireVue
        raises $25M to put job interviews into\u00a0hi-def","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/02/smile-for-the-camera-hirevue-raises-25m-to-put-job-interviews-into-hi-def/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944240,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-02T07:54:58Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Michael
        Dell and Silver Lake Partners have raised their bid to buy computing giant
        Dell to $13.75 a share plus a special dividend of 13 cents a\u00a0share.","title":"Michael
        Dell & Silver Lake up bid to buy Dell; deal vote bumped to Sept.\u00a012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/02/michael-dell-silver-lake-up-bid-to-buy-dell-deal-vote-bumped-to-sept-12/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944238,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T13:26:20Z","slug":"eico","summary":"People
        crying, talking animals, feats of daring, poop jokes. It\u2019s all here,\u00a0folks.","title":"These
        are the 20 most viral video ads of\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/these-are-the-20-most-viral-videos-ads-of-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944237,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-16T09:16:12Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Google
        just bought Bump, the app for iPhone and Android that transfers files, photos,
        and videos between your phone and your laptop.","title":"Google buys Bump
        to share anything between your phone and\u00a0laptop","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/16/google-buys-bump-to-share-anything-between-your-phone-and-laptop/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944235,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T08:32:16Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Guest
        Post The rise of self-driving cars will provoke a controversy as legally and
        morally heated as the current debate over gun\u00a0rights.","title":"Is America
        too safe for\u00a0innovation?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/is-america-too-safe-for-innovation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944234,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T06:56:08Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"It\u2019s
        a good morning to be a Microsoft shareholder.","title":"Microsoft announces
        new $40B share buyback program, bumps quarterly dividend by\u00a022%","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/microsoft-announces-new-40b-share-buyback-program-bumps-quarterly-dividend-by-22/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944232,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2004-12-01T06:54:55Z","slug":"eico","summary":"Overture
        Services has apparently settled a trademark infringement suit lawsuit by Geico
        that claimed the search company allowed competitors to buy ads that were linked
        to its name. The settlement could have major implications for Google, which
        was also sued by Geico on the same grounds.","title":"Overture and Geico settle
        key ads\u00a0dispute","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2004/12/01/overture-and-geico-settle-key-ads-dispute/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944231,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-30T11:31:29Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Updated
        1:05 PM PST with a comment from Twitter","title":"Twitter IPO speedbump: Sued
        for $124 million over allegations of an \u2018artificial private\u00a0market\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/twitter-ipo-speedbump-sued-for-124-million-over-allegations-of-an-artificial-private-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944230,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-23T13:30:02Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Some
        people think the buttons are stiff, but they\u2019re probably pressing them\u00a0wrong.","title":"How
        to correctly use Xbox One\u2019s bumper\u00a0buttons","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/23/how-to-correctly-use-xbox-ones-bumper-buttons/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944229,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-06T01:00:56Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"For
        now, Lyft is implementing additional insurance for drivers. In the future,
        better ways to insure car-sharing service drivers could be arriving, thanks
        to a new\u00a0coalition.","title":"Lyft bumps up driver insurance and joins
        a new insurance\u00a0coalition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/lyft-bumps-up-driver-insurance-and-joins-a-new-insurance-coalition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944228,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-13T06:00:05Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Nine
        years after it launched, Amazon Prime is getting an inevitable price increase.","title":"Amazon
        Prime gets a price bump to $99 a\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/13/amazon-prime-gets-a-price-bump-to-99-a-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944227,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-14T11:16:50Z","slug":"bump-network","summary":"Uber
        caught flak after a driver was involved in an accident that resulted in the
        death of a 6-year-old girl, even though the driver was between fares. Now
        Uber and Lyft are adding insurance for those\u00a0cases.","title":"Uber, Lyft
        bump up insurance to cover drivers in-between\u00a0rides","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/14/uber-lyft-bump-up-insurance-to-cover-drivers-in-between-rides/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944216,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-04T10:02:10Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Guest
        Post Health IT is hot, and it\u2019s about time. Investors and entrepreneurs
        alike are flocking to the sector that once seemed insurmountable, yet is desperately
        in need of imagination, creation, and\u00a0disruption.","title":"3 hot health
        IT investment\u00a0opportunities","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/04/3-hot-health-it-investment-opportunities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944214,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-09T06:39:17Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Can
        big data predict heart disease before today\u2019s doctors can? IBM thinks
        so.","title":"IBM wants to use big data to predict heart disease long before
        it\u00a0strikes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/09/ibm-wants-to-use-big-data-to-predict-heart-disease-long-before-it-strikes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944212,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-24T19:00:01Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Guest
        Post Developers have a lot of choices when it comes to real-time data. \u00a0It\u2019s
        smart to investigate your options to find the right fit for your next\u00a0app.","title":"What
        is this real-time web you speak\u00a0of?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/24/what-is-this-real-time-web-you-speak-of/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944210,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-25T10:30:56Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Intel\u2019s
        Jason Waxman puts micro servers in perspective as change comes to the data\u00a0center.","title":"How
        Intel will move into micro servers and avoid cannibalizing its high end\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/25/how-intel-will-move-into-micro-servers-and-avoid-cannibalizing-its-high-end-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944208,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-06T19:15:11Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Gain
        Fitness has raised $2.14 million to tighten and tone your body using its library
        of fitness apps. Its apps surpassed 1 million downloads and the company has
        some interesting new products and partnerships in the\u00a0works.","title":"Gain
        Fitness raises a little financial muscle to grow your actual\u00a0muscles","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/06/gain-fitness-raises-a-little-financial-muscle-to-grow-your-actual-muscles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944206,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-08T11:30:22Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Guest
        Post You heard it here first \u2014 within a few years, it will be rare to
        see an advanced web app that isn\u2019t running some JavaScript on the\u00a0server.","title":"The
        future of web apps is \u2014 ready? \u2014 isomorphic\u00a0JavaScript","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/08/the-future-of-web-apps-is-ready-isomorphic-javascript/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944204,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-10T14:01:47Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Wary
        of trusting everything to Google? With the open-source arkOS server, you\u2019ll
        be able to host your own cloud files \u2014 and your own website, your own
        email server, and your own chat server \u2014 in the privacy of your own\u00a0home.","title":"This
        23-year-old\u2019s open-source project, a server running on Raspberry Pi,
        gives the middle finger to\u00a0Google","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/10/arkos-secure-google-alternative/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944203,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-24T05:00:29Z","slug":"warner-bros-pictures-uk","summary":"With
        the new year approaching, there\u2019s no time like the present to look ahead
        to what is shaping up to be another record-breaking year in the videogame
        business. While many big games have yet to be officially confirmed or even
        announced, especially from Nintendo\u2019s tight-lipped camp, there are enough
        console games out there to compile this top ten list. I\u2019m leaving out
        downloadable games \u2013 Take 2 Interactive\u2019s Grand Theft Auto IV: The
        Lost and the Damned is likely to break records in downloadable content \u2013
        as well as PC games, and focusing instead on the meat and potatoes of the
        game industry \u2013 the consoles and portables.","title":"The ten most-anticipated
        video games of\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/24/the-ten-most-anticipated-video-games-of-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944201,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-15T00:00:00Z","slug":"warner-bros-pictures-uk","summary":"Are
        The Denizens Of Opposable Thumbed Earthlings Ready?We all have it, that one
        memory from childhood that is recalled with the utmost of detail. That one
        moment from the past which continues to live on, with vivacity, in the dark,
        mysterious depths of the brain. For most, this memory likely revolves around
        a particularly special birthday, or perhaps an especially lucrative Christmas.
        On the contrary, for me, that specific section of the medial temporal lobe
        is filled with the wondrous recollection of video games. The most lucid of
        these memories involves what is widely considered to be the first action-adventure
        game, entitled Adventure (a first-party game released in 1979 for the Atari
        2600). The game, given the time period, was archaic in both design and gameplay,
        with the player\u2019s character being represented by, yes, a square. Now,
        it\u2019s not so much the game itself that brings back the flood of memories.
        Nope. In fact, it was the pursuit thereof (though, in retrospect, it was strangely
        compelling). As a six year old, nothing was more exciting than jumping into
        the family car on a Saturday morning and heading out to the local department
        store for a day of shopping. With luck, most excursions would conclude with
        some brand new shiny object of childhood lust in my grimy little kid hands.
        One Saturday, in particular, stands above all others. It concluded, after
        endless pleas, with the acquisition of the aforementioned Adventure. The drive
        home, recalled with excruciating detail, seemed never ending; the castle atop
        the hill, the frightening fire-breathing dragon, the valiant knight with sword
        in hand, and the myriad of bright pastel colors, all of these adorning the
        cleverly conceived cover \u2013 which screamed out to be played. Even after
        all these years, the experience seems so surreal.  \u00a0If Microsoft\u2019s
        recent press announcement is to be believed, memories \u2013 such as the one
        outlined above \u2013 will cease to exist for our gaming youth. The culprit?
        DLC (downloadable content). In his speech at the recent Gamefest developer
        event in London, UK, David Gosen, Microsoft\u2019s VP of strategic marketing
        and Xbox LIVE, was quoted as saying, \"There\u2019s no question digital will
        overtake physical [media]. It happened in music and will happen to our industry.\"
        What does this mean for the future of gaming? Well, it will certainly mean
        the elimination of the brick and mortar experience. Physical activity of any
        kind will no longer be necessary to purchase the next iteration of Dynasty
        Warriors or Need For Speed (all the more reason to seek out Nintendo\u2019s
        hugely popular exercise platform\u2026 Wii Fit, baby!).   Are consumers really
        ready for a future devoid of physical media? In a perfect world, perhaps.
        But according to Gamestop merchandising VP, Bob McKenzie, we won\u2019t be
        ready until approximately the year 2020. His argument being that the current
        configuration of the Internet does not support a timely, consumer friendly
        delivery of large games. There may be some validity to his statement, but
        keep in mind that the man has a vested interest in your continual shopping
        excursions to his place of employment. Now, it obviously could be argued that
        DLC is a reality in the present, as many of us who subscribe to Xbox Live,
        PSN or Valve\u2019s hugely successful Steam could attest to. Some of my all-time
        favorite games are download exclusive, and include such expansive titles as
        Siren: Blood Curse, Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty, Castle Crashers, plus
        a plethora of bite-sized casual games. It would seem the future is a lot closer
        than we are led to believe.  There are plenty of other factors that will likely
        prevent a market predominance of DLC. First and foremost, is the reluctance
        of publishers to ship a title exclusively as downloadable content. The reason
        you ask? Well, DSL (high-speed internet) consumer penetration still leaves
        something to be desired, especially in the European market. We have already
        seen examples of this reluctance, specifically with Sony Computer Entertainment\u2019s
        Siren: Blood Curse. The game is available to North American gamers as a downloadable
        exclusive but, in Europe, the publishing giant decided to play it safe and
        offer a coinciding retail version of the game. Can\u2019t blame \u2018em,
        after all, priority number one is to recoup their development costs.  Another
        issue at the forefront of digital downloading is the gray area surrounding
        Digital Rights Management (DRM). This is where things become truly confusing
        and misleading. So, if you\u2019ve been paying close attention to PSN (Playstation
        Network, Sony\u2019s digital media delivery service), you are likely aware
        of the recently launched Sony Video Store. Within this online store you are
        treated to a wide selection of movies available for purchase or rental. Studios
        on board include Sony Pictures, MGM, Lionsgate, Warner Bros., Disney and Paramount.
        Sounds great, doesn\u2019t it? Word to the wise: before you get too download
        happy, be sure to read Sony\u2019s fine print. \"Purchased content can be
        downloaded to a single PLAYSTATION 3 or a single PSP system,\" reads the warning.
        \"Content cannot be redownloaded once it has been downloaded to either a PLAYSTATION
        3 or PSP system.\" What does this mean? Well, essentially, Sony is allowing
        you temporary ownership of your purchases. Unlike buying your movie at either
        Best Buy or Walmart where, once purchased, it is yours to keep forever, this
        new system is a category all its own, floating somewhere between rental and
        ownership. To be fair, if for any reason you happen to lose your downloaded
        content, a phone call to Sony\u2019s customer service line will allow you
        to redownload your lost content as a one-time courtesy\u2026 thanks a lot
        Sony!  So, as you can see, we are far from an ideal world devoid of \"stuff\"
        (to quote the late, great George Carlin). In all honesty, we as a gaming community
        \u2013 this includes the publishers, developers, and consumers \u2013 need
        to embrace this technology sooner than later. With the depletion of essential
        resources to make said \"stuff\" and the rise of production costs for said
        \"stuff\", a completely digital world begins to make perfect sense (regardless
        of the contradictory nature of this article). Good luck trying to convince
        the hardcore Joe gamer. You know the guy I\u2019m referring to, he who collects
        every piece of gaming/movie/anime memorabilia (toys to the rest of the civilized
        world) to display nonsensically on the walls of his bedroom. Where is this
        bedroom located you ask? In the basement of his parent\u2019s house, of course!\u00a0[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE6MSXqouSk
        425x344]","title":"The Discombobulated World Of\u00a0DLC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/15/the-discombobulated-world-of-dlc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944200,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-11T20:40:05Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"In
        1998, a new genre was born with the arrival of\u00a0Metal Gear Solid,\u00a0the
        game that effortlessly defined virtual stealth action and brought it into
        the mainstream. A huge commercial success, the game has a loyal fan base that
        is well-earned due to its incredibly cinematic story, well implemented action
        and also quirky break-the-fourth-wall humor. In 2004, the success of\u00a0Metal
        Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty\u00a0prompted a remake of the first game. This
        version implemented the control scheme from\u00a0MGS2 ,\u00a0as well as improved
        graphics, new voice acting and a very distinct cinematic style.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid \u2013 original vs.\u00a0remake","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/11/metal-gear-solid-original-vs-remake/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944198,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-05T11:31:28Z","slug":"warner-bros-pictures-uk","summary":"For
        a couple of years, even as the game industry entered a renaissance, the E3
        trade show was lost in the wilderness. But this year, it made its way back
        to center stage, with the return of squeeze-through crowds, trillion-decibel
        booths, jiggling booth babes and blockbuster games on huge screens.","title":"E3
        game conference gets its mojo\u00a0back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/05/e3-finds-its-center-again-as-the-video-game-industrys-showcase/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944197,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T13:00:42Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick At companies that run on Google Apps, the Google+ identity machine creates
        an invasive view of everything you do, including personal email and search
        conducted from work\u00a0devices.","title":"How Google+ is undermining your
        privacy at\u00a0work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/how-google-is-undermining-your-privacy-at-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944195,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-20T02:13:06Z","slug":"warner-bros-pictures-uk","summary":"","title":"Bitmobbers
        on Twitter: Field Week\u00a0Recap","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:31:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/20/bitmobbers-on-twitter-field-week-recap/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944193,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-22T16:44:27Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Genophen
        wants to tell you what diseases you might get before you ever get them.Today
        it received $2 million in its third round of funding, according to a filing
        with Securities and Exchange Commission.The company creates software that
        can look at a range of details within your lifestyle and genetics that may
        predispose you to certain diseases and sicknesses. These are medical, behavioral,
        and environmental factors that you input into Genophen\u2019s system. It then
        \u201cassesses your risk\u201d and provides you with what is inevitably a
        frightening list of illnesses you might be headed toward.But it\u2019s not
        just a fear mongering service. The technology focuses on preventative healthcare
        by suggesting a number of actions you can take to stop these issues from ever
        coming to a head.It isn\u2019t fully intended for the consumer, however, but
        rather to be used as a \u201cclinical support tool,\u201d for doctors to use
        and help walk you through.\u201dThe platform drives better medical-decision
        making through physician expertise, clinical knowledge, genome interpretation,
        and health analytics,\u201d the company explains on its website.If you don\u2019t
        have a primary care physician, Genophen will give you access to its network
        of doctors to help you find one and direct you to the necessary labwork you\u2019ll
        need to give to your doctor for the program.Genophen was founded in 2008 at
        Stanford and got its first round of funding in 2011 after relocating to Los
        Altos, Calif. It received its second round of funding in 2012. Investors listed
        on the filing include Babak Yazdani, and Farzad Naimi.","title":"This company
        predicts what diseases you\u2019ll get and helps you prevent\u00a0them","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/22/genophen-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944192,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-09T22:56:09Z","slug":"warner-bros-pictures-uk","summary":"\"Valve
        Announces Making Games is Hard.\" No foolin'' \u2014 that''s the title of
        their Portal 2-delay press release.\u00a0","title":"News Blips: Portal 2 Delay,
        Mortal Kombat Movie Teaser Info, Back to the Future, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/09/news-blips-portal-2-delay-mortal-kombat-movie-teaser-info-back-to-the-future-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944190,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-28T05:00:25Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"I\u2019ve
        promoted cloud computing since the very early days of my career \u2014 nearly
        ten years. While I still have a passion for the cloud, the technology\u2019s
        value proposition has changed drastically over time.","title":"Evolution of
        the modern cloud: How the cloud\u2019s value proposition is\u00a0changing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/28/evolution-of-the-modern-cloud-how-the-clouds-value-proposition-is-changing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944189,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-29T08:00:22Z","slug":"warner-bros-pictures-uk","summary":"They
        may not be the most glamorous ticket in town during the holiday buying season,
        but family games are one of a very small number of video game genres where
        the adults can have as much fun as the kids. Family games have seen a resurgence
        in recent years thanks to the advent of motion-gaming technologies like Nintendo\u2019s
        Wii, Sony\u2019s PlayStation Move and Microsoft Xbox Kinect that simplify
        play mechanics beyond memorizing button placements or manipulating two analog
        joysticks in tandem. Family games are more about getting everyone in the room
        involved than spending 18 hours clawing and scratching your way through a
        singular adventure.","title":"The top 10 family games of 2011: Kinect Disneyland,
        Sesame Street, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/29/top-10-family-games-of-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944187,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-03T08:00:26Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"With
        a broader marketing message, Ubisoft believes it can reach people who want
        to learn the guitar with its Rocksmith video game. And this kind of marketing
        may further open the market for learning\u00a0games.","title":"How Ubisoft
        and a marketing firm used YouTube to lure guitar learners to\u00a0Rocksmith","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/03/how-ubisoft-and-nomadic-crafted-rocksmith-campaign-to-lure-non-gamer-guitar-learners/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944186,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-16T11:38:08Z","slug":"warner-bros-pictures-uk","summary":"Google
        has signed a deal to bring more than 600 new rental titles from the MGM movie
        studio to YouTube and Google Play, the company announced Monday in a blog
        post.","title":"MGM deal brings 600 new rental titles to YouTube and Google\u00a0Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/16/mgm-youtube-google-play-rentals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944184,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-13T10:06:45Z","slug":"warner-bros-pictures-uk","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days
        that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Angry Birds,
        the Ouya console, and Penny Arcade\u2019s ad-free\u00a0gambit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/13/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-angry-birds-the-ouya-console-and-penny-arcade-sells-out/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944183,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-23T08:58:15Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Guest
        Post It\u2019s going to be a great year for\u00a0video.","title":"9 predictions
        for online video in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/23/9-predictions-for-online-video-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944181,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T08:32:47Z","slug":"warner-bros-pictures-uk","summary":"A
        pair of former media company executives will act as co-CEOs of\u00a0Mindshapes.","title":"Edutainment
        application company turns to entertainment industry veterans for\u00a0leadership","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/mindshapes-appoints-co-ceos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944180,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-05T11:00:40Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"After
        an action-packed year full of Vines, hacks, and acquisitions, Twitter is now
        a publicly traded company.\u00a0That comes with some new responsibilities,
        like narrowing the massive gap between its revenues and its sky-high valuation.","title":"How
        Twitter hopes to live up to its spectacular IPO in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/05/how-twitter-hopes-to-live-up-to-its-spectacular-ipo-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944178,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-25T07:25:31Z","slug":"warner-bros-pictures-uk","summary":"LoveFilm,
        the Amazon-owned rental service, has signed a news deal with Twentieth Century
        Fox to bring a ton of new video content to its library of streaming video
        content in the U.K., the company announced today.","title":"LoveFilm combats
        Netflix\u2019s UK takeover with Fox streaming\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/25/lovefilm-combats-netflixs-uk-takeover-with-fox-streaming-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944177,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-07T07:35:38Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Here
        are some of the smartest, funniest, and most ridiculous things said in 2013
        by the likes of Steve Ballmer, Vinod Khosla, Larry Page, and\u00a0more.","title":"VCs
        \u2018haven\u2019t done sh*t\u2019 and more choice techie quotes from\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/07/vcs-havent-done-sht-and-more-choice-techie-quotes-from-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944175,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-08T06:53:08Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Apigee,
        a seller of API management and analytics tools, has added to its big data
        capabilities by buying InsightsOne, which specializes in predictive\u00a0analytics.","title":"Apigee
        buys InsightsOne in quest to tell businesses what to watch out for\u00a0(update)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/08/apigee-buys-insightsone-in-quest-to-tell-businesses-what-to-watch-out-for/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944173,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-29T16:54:22Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Well,
        Silicon Valley finally saw some rain break the drought today. Meanwhile, it\u2019s
        been raining money pretty steady for tech startups.","title":"Funding Daily:
        Rain\u00a0check","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/29/funding-daily-rain-check/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944171,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T00:30:47Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"A
        \u20ac10 million fund will foster the growth of game startups in the\u00a0Netherlands.","title":"GameOn
        teams with Dutch government to fund mobile-game\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/gameon-teams-with-dutch-government-to-fund-mobile-game-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944168,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T06:00:37Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Game
        developers prefer to make games for the PC, smartphones, and Sony\u2019s PlayStation
        4 console over Microsoft\u2019s Xbox One, according to a survey of 2,600 game
        developers by the Game Developers Conference.","title":"Game developers favor
        the PC, smartphones, and PlayStation 4 over Xbox\u00a0One","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/game-developers-favor-the-pc-smartphones-and-ps-4-over-xbox-one/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944166,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T15:04:54Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In his new role at Artis Ventures, Hunt will advise young companies in
        their quest to win lucrative federal\u00a0contracts.","title":"Former CIA
        tech chief is on the prowl for big data & wearables startups\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/former-cia-cto-is-getting-into-tech-investment-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944164,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-24T00:01:25Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"One
        of the hottest mobile games just got an influx of cash that could help it
        grow even\u00a0further.","title":"(Correction) QuizUp developer Plain Vanilla
        buzzes in for $21.9M funding round\u00a0(corrected)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/24/quizup-sec-document/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944162,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-24T16:54:58Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"You
        asked for funding news. You get it, right here on VentureBeat\u2019s Funding
        Daily.","title":"Funding Daily: Big dollars for Lightspeed and\u00a0Actifio","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/24/funding-daily-march-24-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944160,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-26T07:00:29Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick John Carmack will be working for Facebook and other consequences of the
        Oculus\u00a0deal.","title":"The Oculus-Facebook deal could marry tech, social,
        and gaming once and for\u00a0all","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/26/the-oculus-facebook-deal-could-marry-tech-social-and-gaming-once-and-for-all/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944158,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T07:40:15Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"We
        chat with the gaming portal\u2019s new CEO to discuss Web vs. mobile, the
        mistakes the company has made, and what it\u2019s up to moving\u00a0forward.","title":"Kongregate:
        Quietly making a lot of noise in mobile and on the Web\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/kongregate-quietly-making-a-lot-of-noise-in-mobile-and-on-the-web-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944495,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-29T15:17:48Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Real
        estate modeling and the digital mapping of commercial spaces isn\u2019t the
        most exciting concept, but New York startup Floored\u2019s 3D space modeling
        is so cool that it might change\u00a0that.","title":"NYC startup Floored makes
        3D real estate modeling surprisingly\u00a0awesome","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/29/floored-3d-real-estate-modeling/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944493,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-15T12:25:22Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Normally,
        when a company claims that it\u2019s bringing the helpfulness of a Federation
        starship\u2019s onboard computer to everyday technology, I sort of roll my
        eyes and prepare to be disappointed \u2014 except this time that didn\u2019t
        really\u00a0happen.","title":"\u2018OK Google,\u2019 your conversational search
        is awesome as hell\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/15/ok-google-your-conversational-search-awesome-as-hell/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944156,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-30T13:00:32Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Will
        India\u2019s fortunes rise on the global gaming\u00a0stage?","title":"Dhruva
        CEO explains how India\u2019s game industry is coming of age\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/30/dhruva-ceo-explains-how-indias-game-industry-is-coming-of-age-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944491,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-22T09:00:30Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Microsoft\u2019s
        Kinect for the Xbox One is built into the system and it can detect six players
        at the same\u00a0time.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s new Kinect is so awesome
        that it monitors your heartbeat (video\u00a0demo)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/22/microsofts-new-kinect-sees-everything-you-do-video-demo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944154,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T10:37:41Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Good
        Technology files to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for it\u2019s
        BoxTone acquisition, revealing a price tag of $101\u00a0million.","title":"Good
        Technology shows its cards for BoxTone deal: $101M\u00a0(Update)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/good-technology-secures-101m-dodging-last-years-ipo-rumors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-29T19:12:41Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"OnLive:
        Instant Gaming","title":"OnLive: What\u2019s So Awesome About\u00a0It","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/29/onlive-whats-so-awesome-about-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944151,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T09:02:11Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick \u201cThe things we teach are not something you pick up in school. We
        don\u2019t teach deep machine learning theorems, we teach you practical skills
        that will make you\u00a0employable.\u201d","title":"NY gets new bootcamp for
        data scientists: It\u2019s free, but harder to get into than\u00a0Harvard","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/ny-gets-new-bootcamp-for-data-scientists-its-free-but-harder-to-get-into-than-harvard/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944486,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T17:12:31Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Most
        interestingly, this means that Apple has created camera-based gesture-sensing
        technology which could eventually find its way into apps and the operating
        system at large. Or even other Apple products, such as Apple TV or\u00a0MacBooks.","title":"iOS
        7 includes new head gestures to control your\u00a0iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/ios-7-includes-new-head-gestures-to-control-your-iphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944149,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-18T09:09:00Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Guest
        Post In areas of the U.S. underserved by broadband networks, adults and youth
        without Internet access at home or at school are in danger of never catching\u00a0up.","title":"In
        the Internet revolution, we can\u2019t afford to leave part of the country\u00a0behind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/18/in-the-internet-revolution-we-cant-afford-to-leave-part-of-the-country-behind/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944483,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-04T09:00:46Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Despite so much of our technology being manufactured in other parts of
        the world, many gadgets and appliances are still made in the United States.
        Here are a few of our\u00a0favorites.","title":"5 awesome innovative gadgets
        made in the\u00a0USA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/04/5-gadgets-made-in-the-u-s-a/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944148,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T09:24:45Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"If
        you spent more college mornings nursing a hangover than attending Anthropology
        101, good luck getting an Upstart\u00a0loan.","title":"When Harvard helps:
        Upstart digs through your ed background before giving you a\u00a0loan","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/when-harvard-helps-upstart-digs-through-your-ed-background-before-giving-you-a-loan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944480,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-15T12:22:21Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"For
        the record, Steve Tannahill did not get his first tattoo when he was drunk,
        on a bet, or due to a dare. And unlike many others who ink in haste and laser
        at leisure, he didn\u2019t regret his first tattoo \u2026 much. But for millions
        of others who do, Tannahill started Tattoo\u00a0Hero.","title":"Tattoo Hero
        wants to ensure that you get awesome ink, every\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/15/more-people-have-tattoos-than-iphones-so-tattoo-hero-wants-them-all-to-get-awesome-ink/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944147,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T16:29:45Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Lots
        and lots of stuff today \u2014 for selling your house and for getting big
        data ready for intelligent\u00a0analysis.","title":"Funding Daily: Homes for\u00a0sale","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/funding-daily-homes-for-sale/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944478,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-17T18:24:56Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Using
        the Tastemade app, anyone can produce a semi-professional video on an iPhone
        in a matter of minutes. I used it today to capture the delights of the San
        Francisco Street Food\u00a0festival.","title":"Tastemade: An iPhone app to
        create awesome videos in\u00a0minutes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/17/tastemade-an-iphone-app-to-create-awesome-videos-in-minutes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944146,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T06:00:11Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Sponsored
        Post hyperWALLET Systems Inc., the leader in cross-border corporate       payment
        solutions, today announced it has completed a growth equity       financing
        with Primus Capital.              hyperWALLET\u2019s award-winning technology
        platform and global\u00a0financial\u2026","title":"hyperWALLET Systems Inc.
        Announces Growth Equity Financing From Primus\u00a0Capital","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/hyperwallet-systems-inc-announces-growth-equity-financing-from-primus-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944476,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-29T19:00:29Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"The
        new Flickr app for iOS not only gives you a handful of sweet new filters,
        it also lets you customize the filters and make them all your own. And it
        features something the Flickr team calls a \u201cLive\u00a0Preview.\u201d","title":"New
        Flickr for iPhone has more filters and some awesome new\u00a0tricks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/29/new-flickr-for-iphone-has-more-filters-and-some-awesome-new-tricks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944474,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-30T12:00:59Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Sadira
        is the last of the eight-planned characters for Double Helix\u2019s Killer
        Instinct\u00a0revival.","title":"Killer Instinct developer reveals new character
        for the Xbox One fighter\u00a0(trailer)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/30/killer-instinct-developer-reveals-new-character-for-the-xbox-one-fighter-trailer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944145,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T05:07:12Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cardax, Inc. (\u201cCardax\u201d) (OTCQB:CDXI) announced today the appointment
        of       George W. Bickerstaff, former CFO of Novartis Pharma AG (NYSE:NVS),       Tamar
        D. Howson, former senior business development executive at       Bristol-Myers
        Squibb\u00a0(NYSE:BMY)\u2026","title":"Cardax Appoints Former Novartis, Bristol-Myers
        Squibb, and Boehringer Ingelheim Execu...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/cardax-appoints-former-novartis-bristol-myers-squibb-and-boehringer-ingelheim-executives-as-directors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944472,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-16T00:29:26Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Capcom
        and Double Helix have the potential to bring a dormant franchise back to\u00a0life.","title":"7
        Minutes of Awesome: My impressions of the upcoming Strider\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/16/7-minutes-of-awesome-my-impressions-of-the-upcoming-strider-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944144,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T18:00:34Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Meet Yo, an app whose entire function is to send a \u201cYo\u201d to
        your friends \u2014 and that\u2019s\u00a0it.","title":"Yo\u2019s digital nudges
        are the new \u2018pokes\u2019 \u2014 and possibly the new\u00a0notifications","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/yos-digital-nudges-are-the-new-pokes-and-possibly-the-new-notifications/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944143,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-20T10:58:10Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"Active
        Optical MEMS, a Fremont, Calif. company that sells optical networking equipment,
        has raised $2 million in a second round of financing, according to VentureWire
        (subscription required).","title":"Active Optical MEMS, optical networking
        equipment co., raises\u00a0$2M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/20/active-optical-mems-optical-networking-equipment-co-raises-2m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944470,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T11:18:03Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"We\u2019re
        on the hunt for a skilled graphic design intern to take work on a number of
        meaningful projects for multiple departments, from sales and marketing to\u00a0events.","title":"We\u2019re
        looking for an awesome graphic design\u00a0intern","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/were-looking-for-an-awesome-graphic-design-intern/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944142,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T22:00:38Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Today
        the National Institutes of Health announced they are offering my Lean LaunchPad
        class (I-Corps @ NIH) to commercialize the life sciences. There may come a
        day that one of these teams makes a drug, diagnostic, or medical device that
        saves your life.","title":"How lean-startup ideology could save your\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/how-lean-startup-ideology-could-save-your-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944141,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-03T14:26:55Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"Aperto
        Networks might come across as a new startup, having been in the wireless headlines
        lately with WiMax product announcements. However, the company is nine years
        old and has taken a massive $159 million in venture funding since its inception.  It
        makes WiMax base stations and network equipment for purposes ranging from
        residential-size deployments to full scale commercial. It also makes a base
        station that supports both fixed and mobile WiMax at the same time.  The $20
        million funding was led by Quicksilver Ventures. Also joining were previous
        backers Gunn Allen Venture Partners, JK&B Capital, Canaan Partners, Alliance
        Ventures, Innovacom, Jafco Ventures, and Labrador Ventures. Aperto is based
        in Milpitas, Calif.","title":"Aperto Networks, a WiMax equipment maker, gets\u00a0$20M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/03/aperto-networks-a-wimax-equipment-maker-gets-20m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944468,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-08T08:00:28Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"At
        its developer conference today, Zend is announcing a couple of interesting
        new directions. The PHP framework-making company is branching out into APIs
        and continuous\u00a0delivery.","title":"Zend can now help you build an awesome
        API and kick DevOps into high\u00a0gear","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/08/zend-can-now-help-enterprises-build-an-api-and-kick-devops-into-high-gear/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944139,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T17:19:02Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"With
        new funding for one company selling computers aimed at quantum computation,
        quantum computing could be a step closer to widespread\u00a0attainment.","title":"D-Wave
        raises $28.4M, wants to make quantum computers a\u00a0hit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/d-wave-a-company-that-wants-to-make-quantum-computers-a-hit-raises-28-3m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944138,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-29T09:33:00Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"Data
        storage company Adaptec has agreed to acquire Aristos Logic Corp for $41 million
        in cash, less than half the $91 million that Aristos has raised in venture
        backing since 2000, according to VentureWire.","title":"Storage chip company
        Aristos Logic sells for\u00a0$41M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/29/storage-chip-company-aristos-logic-sells-for-41m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944465,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-11T09:00:58Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Guest
        Post The co-creator of Journey, Robin Hunicke, will describe how to broaden
        the audience for games at GamesBeat\u00a02013.","title":"How \u2018feeling
        focused\u2019 could make your game more\u00a0awesome","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/11/how-being-feeling-focused-could-make-your-game-more-awesome/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944136,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-11T11:48:31Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"WiMax
        equipment provider Aperto Networks has raised $170,000 in debt financing from
        undisclosed investors. Based in Milpitas, Calif., the company is actually
        one of the wealthiest in the space, having raised $159 million from Alliance
        Venture, Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Innovacom, JAFCO Ventures,
        JK&B Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Tyco Ventures, reports VentureWire.","title":"WiMax
        vendor Aperto adds $170K after raising\u00a0millions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/11/wimax-vendor-aperto-adds-170k-after-raising-millions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944135,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T08:30:05Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Why
        is Asia\u2019s Nexon cutting so many deals with Western game\u00a0makers?","title":"Nexon
        chief Owen Mahoney explains deal with Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/nexon-chief-owen-mahoney-explains-deal-with-gears-of-war-creator-cliff-bleszinski-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944463,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-01T10:51:41Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"You
        know all those brilliant startup ideas you have, that you just don\u2019t
        have time to execute? Now there is a way to turn those ideas into reality,
        without dealing with silly little things like accounting and legal\u00a0issues.","title":"Assembly
        will crowdsource development of your awesome startup idea, then pay you\u00a0cash","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/01/assembly-will-crowdsource-development-of-your-awesome-startup-idea-then-pay-you-cash/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944133,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-10T09:38:52Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"WiMax
        equipment provider Aperto Networks has raised $569,000 in equity, reports
        VentureWire. Before now, the Milpitas, Calif., company had raised $159 million
        from Alliance Venture, Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Innovacom,
        JAFCO Ventures, JK&B Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Tyco Ventures. It brought
        in $170,000 in debt financing in June, and $20 million before that in April
        2008.","title":"Aperto nails down $569K for WiMax base\u00a0stations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/10/aperto-nails-down-569k-for-wimax-base-stations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944462,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-18T08:35:57Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Killer
        Instinct includes only a few fighters on its comeback tour, but the franchise
        has never looked\u00a0better.","title":"Killer Instinct\u2019s sharp combat
        and smooth graphics highlight a fantastic, yet limited, fighting game\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/18/killer-instinct-xbox-one-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944131,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T09:14:33Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Guest
        Post Is it better to build a site that\u2019s purely mobile \u2014 or one
        that adapts to mobile and desktop\u00a0viewers?","title":"Is responsive design
        killing\u00a0mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944130,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-09T08:21:35Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"WiMax
        equipment provider Aperto Networks has brought in $165,000 more in equity,
        according to a filing with the SEC. The Milpitas, Calif.-based company just
        raised $569,000 in early August, bringing the round\u2019s total to $1.7 million.
        Previously, it brought in $159 million from backers including Alliance Venture,
        Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Innovacom, JAFCO Ventures, JK&B
        Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Tyco Ventures.","title":"Aperto Networks
        takes $165K for WiMax\u00a0equipment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/09/aperto-networks-takes-165k-for-wimax-equipment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944460,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-27T15:59:40Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Betaworks,
        maker of useful web tools and service, is raising a new $20 million round
        of funding, the company confirmed to VentureBeat today.","title":"Betaworks
        raises $20M to make & invest in more awesome\u00a0stuff","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/27/betaworks-raises-20m-to-make-invest-in-more-awesome-stuff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944128,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-31T10:09:48Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"We\u2019re
        trying something new with funding daily by publishing it earlier in the day.
        Let us know what you think in the comments.","title":"Funding daily: Gain
        some knowledge by playing a video\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/31/funding-daily-may-31-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944127,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-29T08:00:07Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"WiMax
        equipment provider Aperto Networks has brought in $537,000 in equity, according
        to a filing with the SEC. Based in Milpitas, Calif., the company is backed
        by Alliance Ventures, Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Innovacom,
        Jafco Ventures, JK&B Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Tyco Ventures.","title":"Aperto
        takes $537K for WiMax\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/29/aperto-takes-537k-for-wimax-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-06T13:00:51Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Twitter
        lists kind of suck.","title":"List.ly makes Twitter lists significantly more
        awesome: Social, shareable, manageable, and\u00a0rankable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/06/list-ly-makes-twitter-lists-significantly-more-awesome-social-shareable-manageable-and-rankable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944125,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-16T08:42:56Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"WiMax
        equipment provider Aperto Networks has raised $240,000 more in equity, according
        to a filing with the SEC. It just raised $537,000 at the end of October. Based
        in Milpitas, Calif., the company is backed by Alliance Ventures, Canaan Partners,
        GunnAllen Venture Partners, Quicksilver Ventures, Tyco Ventures, Innovacom
        and Jafco Ventures. It has now raised more than $160 million to date.","title":"Aperto
        bags $240K more for Wimax\u00a0equipment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/16/aperto-bags-240k-more-for-wimax-equipment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944124,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-01T19:07:16Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"A
        first of Movember overview of the deals that went down today in the technology\u00a0sector.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Knowledge is power, moustache is\u00a0king","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/01/funding-daily-knowledge-is-power-moustache-is-king/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944458,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-21T13:53:30Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Pinterest
        just keeps getting more useful.","title":"Pinterest releases awesome clean-out-your-fridge
        tool for its food\u00a0category","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/21/pinterest-recipes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944122,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-10T09:06:57Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"Aperto
        Networks, a company that sells WiMax equipment, has brought in $292,000 in
        equity, according to a filing with the SEC. Based in Milpitas, Calif., it
        is backed by Canaan Partners, Alliance Ventures, GunnAllen Venture Partners,
        Innovacom, Jafco Ventures, JK&B Capital, Quicksilver Ventures and Tyco Ventures.","title":"Aperto
        Networks takes $292K for WiMax\u00a0equipment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/10/aperto-networks-takes-292k-for-wimax-equipment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944121,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-22T17:14:50Z","slug":"primary-knowledge","summary":"Marketing
        intelligence startup Aggregate Knowledge raises $11.4 million in new\u00a0funds.","title":"Aggregate
        Knowledge predicts the marketing\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:30:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/22/aggregate-knowledge-predicts-the-marketing-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944457,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-01T14:50:21Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"What
        it would take to get a lapsed Nintendo fan on the Wii U\u00a0bandwagon.","title":"5
        ways Nintendo can convince me to buy a Wii\u00a0U","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/01/5-ways-to-convince-me-to-buy-a-wii-u/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944119,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-02T08:23:56Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"A
        Silicon Valley chip startup has raised more than $100 million over the past
        seven years, and now it\u2019s finally talking about a new design for chips
        that can change their functions on the fly.","title":"Tabula startup tries
        to go where many have failed in programmable\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/02/tabula-startup-tries-to-go-where-many-have-failed-in-programmable-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944455,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-14T08:09:08Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"We
        take a look at some awesome Toy Box creations for Disney Infinity, and Disney
        Interactive producer Mat Solie gives us some top tips for designing your\u00a0own.","title":"25
        awesome Disney Infinity Toy Boxes \u2014 and how to get yours featured\u00a0(gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/14/25-awesome-disney-infinity-tox-boxes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944117,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-19T04:30:55Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"Cloud
        storage company Panzura has closed a $15 million third round of funding. The
        San Jose, Calif.- based company provides\u00a0Web-connected cloud storage
        that is faster than storage devices attached directly to locally hosted servers.","title":"Panzura
        raises $15M to make cloud storage faster and more\u00a0secure","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/19/panzura-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944453,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-21T16:25:44Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"This
        trailer is so good, Naughty Dog should pay\u00a0attention.","title":"The Last
        of Us fan makes awesome Wolf of Wall Street-style\u00a0trailer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/21/the-last-of-us-fan-makes-awesome-wolf-of-wall-street-style-trailer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944115,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-09T13:00:42Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A Silicon Valley startup has figured out how to use idle computers, or
        Dark Cores, as a distributed, massively parallel\u00a0computer.","title":"How
        would you like to get your PC and internet access for free?\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/09/leonovus-turns-a-small-canadian-town-into-a-distributed-data-center-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944449,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T11:24:49Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Titanfall
        beta was over too fast, but it left an impression on me and I can\u2019t wait
        to play more. Thinking of passing on it? Here\u2019s why you should\u00a0reconsider.","title":"Five
        awesome things about the Titanfall\u00a0beta","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/five-awesome-things-about-the-titanfall-beta/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944113,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-27T17:20:09Z","slug":"quicksilver-ventures","summary":"Happy
        one year anniversary at VentureBeat to me. Here is some funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding
        Daily: One year\u00a0anniversary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/27/funding-daily-one-year-anniversary/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944445,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-27T16:39:10Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick This music service is twice as big as Rdio and is profitable with just
        $1.5 million in\u00a0funding.","title":"8tracks is an awesome (and profitable)
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        Electronic Arts is using old and new media to get players hyped for the highly
        anticipated sci-fi\u00a0shooter.","title":"Titanfall incoming: EA fires up
        its marketing machine for the upcoming sci-fi\u00a0shooter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/titanfall-incoming-ea-fires-up-its-marketing-machine-for-the-upcoming-sci-fi-shooter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-08T14:30:44Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"f8!
        f8! f8! This is Facebook\u2019s first whole-hog developer conference since
        2011, and we\u2019ll be\u00a0there.","title":"Facebook is holding its first
        f8 conference since its IPO. Mark your\u00a0calendars","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/08/facebook-holds-its-first-conference-since-its-ipo-mark-your-calendars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944435,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T06:05:30Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick These student-built games look like some of the finest work being created
        in games\u00a0today.","title":"Seven awesome games that large student teams
        are making at USC\u2019s advanced games\u00a0program","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/seven-usc-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944431,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-17T06:00:13Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Kinect
        Sports Rivals, an upcoming motion-controlled sports compilation from Microsoft,
        uses the Kinect\u2019s camera to create a stylish interpretation of your face
        and\u00a0body.","title":"Kinect Sports Rivals puts you in the game with a
        flattering \u2018Awesome You\u2019\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/kinect-sports-rivals-puts-you-in-the-game-with-a-flattering-awesome-you-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944427,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-04T08:00:09Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Games built with the C2Ray engine will run at blazing speeds in the Maxthon\u00a0browser.","title":"Maxthon
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        may soon look as sleek and cool as they do in sci-fi movies.","title":"NASA\u2019s
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        why are we holding our MobileBeat conference tomorrow?","title":"MobileBeat:
        Mobile success\u00a0stories","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/23/mobilebeat2008-catch-it-all-live-tomorrow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-02T08:30:31Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Executives
        from both Marvel and Avalanche tell us what it was like to finally bring some
        famous comic book icons to the\u00a0game.","title":"Disney and Marvel talk
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        end times are caused by greedy corporations, but they enable some zany\u00a0mayhem.","title":"How
        Insomniac designed the zany \u2018awesomepocalypse\u2019 of Sunset Overdrive
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        music service 8tracks\u00a0today launched a new version of its iOS app\u00a0that
        features a crisp new design and improved music discovery functionality.","title":"8tracks\u2019
        iOS app gets a design overhaul to help you find awesome music\u00a0faster","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/8tracks-ios-app-gets-a-design-overhaul-to-help-you-find-awesome-music-faster/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944102,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-09T07:36:40Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Even
        though our laptops have become thinner and lighter, the lowly power adapter
        remains surprisingly bulky. Finsix\u2019s tech could change\u00a0that.","title":"Finsix\u2019s
        revolutionary power tech could finally make our laptop chargers\u00a0smaller","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/09/finsixs-revolutionary-power-tech-could-finally-make-our-laptop-chargers-smaller/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944411,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-17T11:48:27Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"What
        do Sherlock Holmes and Veronica Mars have in common? Die-hard fandoms who\u2019ll
        do anything for a\u00a0reboot.","title":"Fandoms: Resurrecting your fave characters
        & fixing copyright law since\u00a01893","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/17/fandoms-resurrecting-your-fave-characters-fixing-copyright-law-since-1893/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944100,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-16T06:00:14Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Parallel
        processing chip design firm Adapteva has raised $3.6 million in a round of
        funding from Carmel Ventures and telecommunications firm Ericsson.","title":"Adapteva
        raises $3.6M for the \u2018most energy efficient\u2019 parallel computing\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/16/adapteva-raises-3-6m-for-the-most-energy-efficient-parallel-computing-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944408,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T06:30:19Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Airbnb
        is quietly experimenting with a plan to turn homes into restaurants. If you
        eat food, you should be\u00a0stoked.","title":"Airbnb\u2019s stealth home-dining
        experiment is going to be\u00a0awesome","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/airbnbs-stealth-home-dining-experiment-is-going-to-be-awesome/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944098,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T06:32:55Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Rejoice,
        all of you visually impaired nerds \u2014 prescription lens Google Glasses
        are here.","title":"Google Glass finally works for people who actually need\u00a0glasses","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/google-glass-finally-works-for-people-who-actually-need-glasses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944405,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T07:25:53Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Sharing
        music with friends (and others with similar tastes) is a pretty good way to
        discover new bands and songs. But for some reason, this doesn\u2019t translate
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        methods available.","title":"Musx lets you find awesome new songs by building
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        Post Choosing how to deliver sites across three screens can be a tough call
        as it is \u2013 but in the digital entertainment world it takes on some additional\u00a0concern.","title":"Startup
        shootout: Delivering digital entertainment to early\u00a0adopters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/startup-shootout-delivering-digital-entertainment-to-early-adopters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944094,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-26T16:03:22Z","slug":"techfund","summary":"French
        mobile instant messaging company Miyowa announced a second round of funding
        today, to the tune of of $8 million, bringing its total financing to date
        up to $12.7 million. The company has flown largely under the radar in America,
        but it plans to use this shot in the arm to change all that and bring its
        messaging platform to the US as well as Asia.","title":"Mobile instant messaging
        company Miyowa gets $8 million to expand to US,\u00a0Asia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/26/mobile-instant-messaging-company-miyowa-gets-8-million-to-expand-to-us-asia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944403,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T14:23:09Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"For
        both fitness nuts and those aspiring to be healthier, Google has the capacity
        to build some extraordinary\u00a0tools.","title":"Here\u2019s how Google could
        make health devices awesome at\u00a0I/O","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/heres-how-google-could-make-health-devices-awesome-at-io/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944092,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-06T18:00:40Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Guest
        Post Airbnb, Tinder, Yplan. These youth-focused, mobile-savvy companies are
        all seeing rocketing user figures and phenomenal growth. But they didn\u2019t
        disrupt the travel, dating, or box office bookings\u00a0markets.","title":"7
        great companies that really should not\u00a0exist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/7-great-companies-that-really-should-not-exist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944399,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-11T12:05:10Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Google
        just announced that it\u2019s rolling out video chat support for its Gmail
        webmail service over the next day or so. This is very cool \u2014 like fellow
        VentureBeat writer MG Siegler, I\u2019ve already found that Gmail has become
        the center of my online life; if Google keeps adding new features I may never
        need to visit another website again.","title":"Gmail''s awesomeness increases
        with video\u00a0chat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/11/gmails-awesomeness-increases-with-video-chat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944090,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-08T13:12:46Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Advertising
        startup PubMatic has reportedly hired a pair of banks for an initial public
        offering later this\u00a0year.","title":"Ad tech startup PubMatic reportedly
        preparing an IPO valued at\u00a0$1B","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/08/ad-tech-startup-pubmatic-reportedly-preparing-an-ipo-valued-at-1b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944088,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T07:30:55Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Your
        Xbox One audio experience is about to get a bit more\u00a0personal.","title":"Xbox
        One getting official headphones and stereo headset adapter in\u00a0March","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/xbox-one-getting-official-headset-and-stereo-headset-adapter-in-march/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944394,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-19T15:34:49Z","slug":"awesome","summary":"Talented
        Deviant artist xskirtzx has posted a Final Fantasy/Disney princess mash-up
        gallery. She\u2019s assigned a unique dressphere (character class) from Final
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        reimagined Ariel, Mulan, and many others, as well as the original characters
        from Final Fantasy X-2 that inspired the artist.","title":"Awesome art: Disney
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        carefully curated selection of video game tracks has never sounded so\u00a0classy.","title":"The
        String Arcade \u2014 available today \u2014 beautifully combines video game
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        Birds on a giant touchscreen gives the game a new\u00a0feel.","title":"Playing
        Angry Birds on a $21K 82-inch touchscreen is awesome\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/27/angry-birds-on-82-inch-touch-screen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944084,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-04T17:45:59Z","slug":"navetas-energy-management","summary":"At
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        quick-and-dirty details about the funding deals of the day, and serving them
        up here in our new \u201cFunding daily\u201d column.","title":"Funding daily:
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        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Flappy
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        more gamers purchase the new consoles, analysts predict more will adopt digital
        as their primary method of purchasing\u00a0software.","title":"Ditching the
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        Bros. and \u2018The Lego Movie\u2019 producer Roy Lee are looking to create
        another family\u00a0blockbuster.","title":"Minecraft getting its own big-screen
        adaptation following the success of \u2018The Lego\u00a0Movie\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/minecraft-getting-its-own-big-screen-adaptation-following-the-success-of-the-lego-movie/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944076,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-28T11:53:16Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Twitch
        plays Pok\u00e9mon, why Steam matters, and Thief\u00a0stumbles","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/28/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-twitch-plays-pokemon-why-steam-matters-and-thief-stumbles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944074,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T14:55:58Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Game
        developer Naughty Dog has partnered with film distributor Screen Gems and
        studio Ghost House\u00a0Pictures.","title":"The Last of Us is coming to Hollywood
        \u2014 and its creative director is writing the\u00a0script","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/the-last-of-us-is-coming-to-hollywood-and-its-creative-director-is-writing-the-script/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944072,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-13T05:43:44Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Knewton
        provides an open API for \u201cadaptive learning,\u201d an insidery term for
        computing that helps students learn at their own\u00a0pace.","title":"Microsoft
        and Knewton partner up to bring adaptive learning to publishers &\u00a0schools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/13/microsoft-and-knewton-partner-up-to-bring-adaptive-learning-to-publishers-schools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944070,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-13T09:22:30Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Despite
        the potential for online courses to democratize higher education, the sector\u00a0has
        experienced\u00a0setbacks lately.\u00a0A major cause for these disappointing
        results, some claim, is the extremely common feeling of disconnectedness among
        students.","title":"Smart Sparrow raises\u00a0$10M to make studying online
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        new hardware is still selling and giving the industry a\u00a0boost.","title":"February
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        St. Patrick\u2019s Day! Here are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding
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        mobile game, but if one swells into popularity, you\u2019ll face a tidal wave
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        your game\u2019s successful. Here\u2019s the 4 analytics you need to deal
        with\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:29:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/great-your-games-successful-heres-the-5-analytics-you-need-to-deal-with-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944062,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T15:00:30Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Soon
        you can change that silly handle you made last year in your favorite block-building\u00a0game.","title":"Coming
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        our daily roundup of all the notable startup funding announcements, which
        we cleverly like to call \u201cFunding Daily.\u201d","title":"Funding Daily:
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        2018, 50% of all game sales will be digital. This leads to more challenges
        that companies never had to deal with\u00a0before.","title":"Marketers have
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        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Watch
        Dogs exposed, Zynga shakeup, and the Game Boy\u2019s\u00a0birthday","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/25/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-watch-dogs-exposed-zynga-shakeup-and-the-game-boys-birthday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944365,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-06T12:18:54Z","slug":"awesome-awesome","summary":"The
        United States is reunited with Mars again, and it feels so good. So good,
        in fact, everybody is chiming in on the landing, including President Barack
        Obama and a few tech heavyweights with an eye to the\u00a0sky.","title":"What
        President Obama and others are saying about the Mars\u00a0landing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/06/mars-curiosity-comments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944058,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T06:01:02Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"The
        10 different shows include the Halo TV series and\u00a0more.","title":"Microsoft
        goes Hollywood as it unveils Xbox Originals television programs for Xbox\u00a0Live","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/microsoft-goes-hollywood-as-it-unveils-xbox-originals-television-programs-for-xbox-live/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944057,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-29T11:49:34Z","slug":"national-pharmaceutical-council","summary":"A
        new report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute revealed that tech
        jobs are hot, they\u2019re getting hotter, and they\u2019re not just in Silicon
        Valley \u2026 or Silicon Alley. In fact, communities in unconventional hotspots
        Wisconson, Ohio, and North Carolina have recently seen increases of more than
        10 percent in high-tech employment.\nThe subtext? Don\u2019t kill the goose
        that\u2019s laying the golden\u00a0eggs.","title":"Tech industry to Republicans,
        Democrats: tech jobs are everywhere (not just in Silicon\u00a0Valley)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/29/tec-to-republicans-democrats-tech-jobs-are-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944056,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T06:10:28Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"We
        sit down with two key executives at Xbox Entertainment Studios to discuss
        Microsoft\u2019s plan for their upcoming TV\u00a0initiative.","title":"See
        how Microsoft is going Hollywood with Xbox Entertainment\u00a0Studios","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/microsofts-strategy-for-moving-into-hollywood-with-xbox-entertainment-studios/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944055,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-22T09:34:46Z","slug":"national-pharmaceutical-council","summary":"Among
        its clients are a dozen major global pharmaceutical companies, which view
        the community as one of the few legal channels to promote prescription\u00a0drugs.","title":"Physicians\u2019
        community Doctor At Work secures $3\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/22/physicians-community-doctor-at-work-secures-3-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944054,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T07:33:30Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Zen\u2019s
        publishing chief tells all about transitioning to\u00a0mobile.","title":"Zen
        Studios bets on free-to-play by adapting CastleStorm console game to mobile
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        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: New Pok\u00e9mon,
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        colleges and universities today provide the educational equivalent of enterprise
        software.","title":"Education-as-a-Service: 5 ways higher ed must adapt to
        a changing\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/11/education-as-a-service-5-ways-higher-ed-must-adapt-to-a-changing-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944047,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T16:30:59Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Cloud
        security. Cloud-based software for predicting customers\u2019 questions. Cloud-based
        content-management system. And Pinterest. And Uber. It\u2019s all\u00a0here.","title":"Funding
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        book fans and gamers will be pleased to hear that Sony is producing a new
        original TV series called Powers for PlayStation based on the Powers comic
        books series published by\u00a0Icon (Marvel\u2019s creator-owned imprint).","title":"Sony
        announces comic book adaptation of \u2018Powers\u2019 as first PlayStation
        original TV\u00a0series","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/sony-announces-comic-book-adaptation-of-powers-as-first-playstation-original-tv-series/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944043,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T13:18:38Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: The E3\u00a0edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-the-e3-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944041,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-28T10:00:16Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Nothing
        can stop the endless army of head, palette, and model swaps that compete in
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        analytic firm Kochava has no intention of letting its customers be fined for
        violating COPPA\u00a0rules","title":"Mobile-analytics outfit Kochava gets
        in line with COPPA to avoid fed\u00a0crackdown","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/mobile-analytics-outfit-kochava-gets-in-line-with-coppa-to-avoid-fed-crackdown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944039,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T09:45:51Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"The
        game is an endless runner, which makes sense because a shark will die if it
        stops\u00a0swimming.","title":"Finally! The movie-licensed game we deserve:
        Sharknado: The Video\u00a0Game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/finally-the-movie-licensed-game-we-deserve-sharknado-the-video-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944038,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-11T06:00:13Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"With
        the latest in the fantasy action-RPG franchise, Bioware seems to have made
        real-time and tactical combat not only fluid, but\u00a0symbiotic.","title":"BioWare
        finally harmonizes real-time and tactical combat in Dragon Age: Inquisition\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/11/bioware-finally-harmonizes-real-time-and-tactical-combat-in-dragon-age-inquisition-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944037,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T14:14:14Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Google
        is going\u00a0hyperlocal.","title":"New Explore button on Google Maps instantly
        localizes user\u00a0experience","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/new-explore-button-on-google-maps-instantly-localizes-user-experience/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944036,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-17T19:03:36Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Disney
        dominates much of entertainment media, but it isn\u2019t the king of video
        games.","title":"Can Mickey Mouse make great video games? Only by adapting
        to new\u00a0audiences","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/17/can-mickey-mouse-make-great-video-games-only-by-adapting-to-new-audiences/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944035,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-19T06:00:32Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding announcements include companies focused on buying ads, building and
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        Technologies and Atmel are announcing today they are putting games on the
        flash memory cards that can be plugged into cell phones. They call it the
        world\u2019s first MicroSD Gaming Console for mobile phones, although that\u2019s
        a bit of an exaggeration.","title":"FXI and Atmel to put games on cell phone
        flash memory\u00a0cards","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/03/fxi-and-atmel-to-put-games-on-cell-phone-flash-memory-cards/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944034,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-02T16:09:00Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"It
        wasn''t too long ago that comic book fans gritted their teeth when buying
        tickets to the silver-screen adaptations of their favorite characters and
        ventured into the theater hoping that there was at least some redeeming quality
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        hasn''t been so nice to video game enthusiasts, though. (Find a video game
        movie above 40% on Rotten Tomatoes. I dare you.)","title":"2 things that could
        help make Hollywood\u2019s adaptation of Shadow of the Colossus\u00a0good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/02/2-things-that-could-help-make-hollywoods-adaptation-of-shadow-of-the-colossus-good/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944340,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-05T21:23:43Z","slug":"kemp-technologies","summary":"I
        went through the annual ritual of CES Unveiled tonight, the opening reception
        at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where 100 or so companies show
        off their award-winning gadgets to the press. It was a big crowd, inflated
        perhaps by the blogosphere that has more than made up for the dwindling numbers
        of traditional press. Here are my impressions of some of the good gadgets.
        I snapped pictures with my new Canon Rebel XSi SLR camera.","title":"Cool
        stuff unveiled at opening of Consumer Electronics Show\u00a0(photos)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/05/cool-stuff-unveiled-at-opening-reception-for-consumer-electronics-show-photos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-27T09:50:15Z","slug":"kemp-technologies","summary":"Cloud-infrastructure
        startup\u00a0Nebula envisions a day when every company will be able to implement
        cloud computing as easily as plugging into a an electrical utility.","title":"Nebula
        aims to enable every company to implement cloud\u00a0computing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/27/nebula-aims-to-enable-every-company-to-implement-cloud-computing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944337,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-12T12:01:19Z","slug":"kemp-technologies","summary":"It\u2019s
        a month away, and we already have some stellar speakers lined up for our CloudBeat,
        our annual conference that spotlights innovative companies across all sectors
        of the\u00a0cloud.","title":"CloudBeat 2012 speakers hail from Google Enterprise,
        Cisco, Cloudera and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/12/cloudbeat-2012-speakers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944033,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-28T11:00:45Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"If
        you recognize the patterns of platform history, you can anticipate changes
        and pursue the right\u00a0strategy.","title":"Game companies are adapting
        to platform changes more\u00a0quickly","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/28/game-companies-are-adapting-to-platform-changes-more-quickly/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944032,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-07T12:52:50Z","slug":"commonwealth-of-massachusetts","summary":"(Updated
        List of known utility applicants for DOE stimulus funds below)","title":"Utilities
        jockey for position following deadline for DOE stimulus\u00a0funds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/07/utilities-jockey-for-position-following-deadline-for-doe-stimulus-funds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944031,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-26T15:48:28Z","slug":"commonwealth-of-massachusetts","summary":"TechCrunch
        played middleman in a Facebook IPO-related legal matter that ended with underwriter
        Citigroup being hit with a $2 million fine, and the firm firing a top\u00a0analyst.","title":"Facebook
        underwriter Citigroup fined $2M, analyst fired over pre-IPO\u00a0leaks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/26/citi-fb-settlement/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944030,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T12:50:51Z","slug":"adaptly","summary":"Teradata
        is not about to let Hadoop and its circle of companies get all the attention
        and revenue when it comes to big data.","title":"Teradata grabs startups Hadapt
        & Revelytix that make Hadoop\u00a0easier","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/teradata-grabs-startups-hadapt-revelytix-that-make-hadoop-easier/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944029,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T11:02:08Z","slug":"commonwealth-of-massachusetts","summary":"Guest
        Post We are sending a message to entrepreneurs around the globe that we want
        them to come here to start and scale\u00a0companies.","title":"It\u2019s all
        about talent, part 1: Creative immigration reform for\u00a0entrepreneurs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/its-all-about-talent-part-1-immigration-reform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944028,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-22T15:27:32Z","slug":"commonwealth-of-massachusetts","summary":"William
        Galvin,\u00a0Secretary of Commonwealth for\u00a0Massachusetts,\u00a0is subpoenaing
        Facebook investor Morgan Stanley, Reuters reports.","title":"Massachusetts\u2019
        Secretary of Commonwealth subpoenas Morgan Stanley over\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/22/morgan-stanley-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-25T07:56:48Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Guest
        Post We live in an agile world, where results are driven by the end user.
        If a certification proves to be a vehicle for a better end-user experience,
        then it\u2019s definitely worth the\u00a0effort.","title":"In a world of mobile
        and cloud technologies, do IT certifications still\u00a0matter?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:28:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/25/in-a-world-of-mobile-and-cloud-technologies-do-it-certifications-still-matter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944332,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-25T10:11:37Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"The
        startup has launched a white-label crowdfunding solution that real estate
        entrepreneurs use to raise money for their\u00a0projects.","title":"Groundbreaker
        helps aspiring real estate moguls get projects off the ground\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/25/groundbreaker-helps-aspiring-real-estate-moguls-get-projects-off-the-ground-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-27T10:21:29Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"George
        Deeb said the era of startup incubators is over. His \u201cexcubator\u201d
        program offers the services of 5 digital agencies as a bundle to support startups
        for the long-term, assuming they can afford\u00a0it.","title":"This \u2018excubator\u2019
        wants to prevent your startup from failing \u2014 in exchange for $100K and\u00a0equity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/27/this-excubator-wants-to-prevent-your-startup-from-failing-in-exchange-for-100k-and-equity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944328,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-27T11:30:48Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Not
        ready to call it quits on this generation quite yet? Here are my picks for
        must play games of the current generation of\u00a0consoles.","title":"Do Not
        Miss! Games To Play Before You Jump To Next\u00a0Gen","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/27/do-not-miss-games-to-play-before-you-jump-to-next-gen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944326,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-01T07:45:15Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"We
        go hands-on with Nintendo\u2019s latest Mario game for the Wii\u00a0U.","title":"5
        ways Super Mario 3D World changes the Mario formula\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/01/super-mario-world-3d-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-23T08:00:47Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Nintendo\u2019s
        latest video demonstration of Super Mario 3D World shows off the platformer\u2019s
        characters, powers, and\u00a0items.","title":"Crisis of Infinite Marios: Super
        Mario 3D World looks wonderful in its latest\u00a0trailer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/23/crisis-of-infinite-marios-super-mario-3d-world-looks-wonderful-in-its-latest-trailer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944322,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-05T12:48:02Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"He\u2019s
        a musician, a dancer, a character actor, and the last great hacker. What\u2019s
        not to\u00a0love?","title":"Free as in freedom: 8 reasons we love Richard\u00a0Stallman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/05/free-as-in-freedom-8-reasons-we-love-richard-stallman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944321,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-07T16:17:11Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Don\u2019t
        be surprised if custom mobile greeting cards start becoming available through
        ProFlowers, Red Envelope or Gifts.com. Provide Commerce, which owns those
        flower and gift brands, has purchased mobile app maker Sincerely.","title":"Provide
        Commerce buys mobile giftster Sincerely, plans mobile apps for ProFlowers
        and\u00a0Gifts.com","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/07/provide-commerce-buys-mobile-giftster-sincerely-plans-mobile-apps-for-proflowers-and-gifts-com/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-11T21:07:29Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"It\u2019s
        not perfect, but GTA 5 is still an amazing\u00a0game.","title":"Close, but
        you can still smoke that cigar \u2013 Grand Theft Auto\u00a0V","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/11/close-but-you-can-still-smoke-that-cigar-grand-theft-auto-v/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944317,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-13T11:34:43Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Advertisers
        using Twitter to connect with potential customers can now target with even
        more fine-grained accuracy, thanks to three new updates that Twitter announced
        today.","title":"Twitter adds more ad targeting capabilities: OS, device,
        and\u00a0WiFi","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/twitter-adds-more-ad-targeting-capabilities-os-device-and-wifi/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944315,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-13T12:02:54Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Booker,       a leading cloud-based software provider that streamlines
        operations and       helps businesses grow their revenues, is pleased to announce
        that it has       added three new members to its senior leadership team, Bill
        Smith as\u00a0Chief\u2026","title":"Booker Expands Management Team by Adding
        New CFO, CTO and SVP of Product Roles to Sup...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/booker-expands-management-team-by-adding-new-cfo-cto-and-svp-of-product-roles-to-support-rapid-company-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944313,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-15T08:27:58Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"The
        fourth entry in the Saints Row series sees The Video Game shed its mortal
        trappings and ascend to a higher place. I don\u2019t think it is an exaggeration
        to say that in Saints Row IV we finally have the greatest example thus far
        of the video game in its purest\u00a0form.","title":"Saints Row IV is the
        loveliest game ever made (and it loves you more than you\u2019ll probably
        ever\u00a0know)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/15/saints-row-iv-is-the-loveliest-game-ever-made-and-it-loves-you-more-than-youll-probably-ever-know/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944027,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-15T18:26:32Z","slug":"qmcodes","summary":"Australia
        has a small but vibrant community of digital media innovators. Starved of
        funds by a dying venture capital sector, most have gotten by through boot-strapping.
        And with a home market of only 21 million, they\u2019re looking to export
        sales early in their life cycles.","title":"Aussie startups take on\u00a0Manhattan","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/15/aussie-startups-take-on-manhattan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944311,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-19T09:58:32Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Nintendo
        has outdone itself with a 3D Mario that is brilliant both as a single-player
        experience and as a co-op multiplayer\u00a0game.","title":"Super Mario 3D
        World is better than Super Mario 64 or Galaxy\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/19/super-mario-3d-world-is-better-than-super-mario-64-or-galaxy-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944309,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T09:00:46Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Google has an even bigger vision for Helpouts, its face-to-face video
        consultation platform: To bring affordable health care to\u00a0patients.","title":"Google\u2019s
        big health care play: Helpouts is all about video consultations with your\u00a0doctor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/googles-big-health-care-play-helpouts-is-all-about-video-consultations-with-your-doctor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944307,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-23T15:06:24Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Let\u2019s
        take a look at ten RPGs (and five honorable mentions) that came out for the
        Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and\u00a0Wii.","title":"10 amazing role-playing games
        from this past console\u00a0generation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/23/ten-amazing-rpgs-from-the-last-console-generation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944304,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-18T13:21:39Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Rather
        than manually prying their blue-light glazed eyeballs and keyboard-toned fingers
        away from their computers, why not get the entrepreneur in your life something
        that works with their startup obsession, not against\u00a0it.","title":"8
        gifts to make the entrepreneur in your life happy (or at least look up from
        the\u00a0computer)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/18/8-gifts-to-make-the-entrepreneur-in-your-life-happy-or-at-least-look-up-from-the-computer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944301,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-19T18:30:34Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"From
        Michelle Obama to Beyonc\u00e9, it\u2019s all retro goodness as the photo-sharing
        service collects the last glimpses of\u00a02013.","title":"Here are the best
        of 2013 \u2018Throwback Thursday\u2019 moments from\u00a0Instagram","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/19/here-are-the-best-of-2013-throwback-thursday-moments-from-instagram/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944298,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-26T11:43:53Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Pushd
        has raised a bit more than $1 million in new funding. Twitter\u2019s former
        chief scientist leads the startup after getting Twitter to buy his previous
        one,\u00a0Summize.","title":"Former Twitter engineers raise $1M for stealthy
        startup\u00a0Pushd","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/26/former-twitter-engineers-raise-1m-for-stealthy-startup-pushd/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944295,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-01T07:00:00Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Guest
        Post Could a Microsoft Android fork be even more damning than a Samsung\u00a0fork?","title":"Windroid:
        What if Microsoft forked\u00a0Android?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/01/windroid-what-if-microsoft-forked-android/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944292,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-13T10:00:15Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Game
        mergers and acquisitions were up 29 percent in value in\u00a02013.","title":"Asian
        companies account for nine of the top 10 game mergers and\u00a0acquisitions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/13/asian-companies-account-for-nine-of-the-top-ten-game-mergers-and-acquisitions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944289,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T16:00:59Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Manveer
        Heir didn\u2019t only lay out problems with video game development in his
        GDC 2014 panel about mysogyny, racism, and homphobia, he laid out concrete
        solutions to solve\u00a0them.","title":"BioWare developer Manveer Heir challenges
        colleagues to combat prejudice with video\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/bioware-developer-manveer-heir-challenges-colleagues-to-combat-prejudice-with-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944287,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T10:59:41Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"LG
        is making a play for mobile-hungry emerging markets with a compact version
        of the\u00a0G2.","title":"The G2 Mini is smaller, cheaper, & LG\u2019s bid
        to take over the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/lgs-g2-mini-is-smaller-cheaper-lgs-bid-to-take-over-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944026,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-11T08:14:28Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Game
        developers are increasingly fond of including doodads and gizmos with the
        premium editions of their games. Here are some of the most ridiculously expensive
        special editions ever released, in roughly ascending\u00a0order.","title":"18
        ridiculous(ly expensive) video game special\u00a0editions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/11/most-expensive-special-editions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944283,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T12:28:39Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Sponsored
        Post 1stPay       POS\u00ae is a revolutionary iPad\u00ae       point-of-sale
        to grow your business and better manage daily       operations. The 1stPayPOS\u00ae
        cloud-based iPad       POS system provides big data analytics for small-to-medium
        sized businesses\u00a0(SMB)\u2026.","title":"1stPayGateway Announces 1stPayPOS
        \u2013 A Revolutionary Cash Register with Superior&nbs...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/1stpaygateway-announces-1stpaypos-a-revolutionary-cash-register-with-superior-security/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944280,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T11:46:39Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"The
        Guardian is working with a London startup to bring an algorithm-curated print
        edition to the\u00a0U.S.","title":"The Guardian launches small-run newspaper
        in U.S. \u2014 and it\u2019s\u00a0machine-curated","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/the-guardian-launches-small-run-newspaper-in-u-s-and-its-machine-curated/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944025,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-11T09:02:40Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"\u201cI
        wouldn\u2019t have filed the case if we didn\u2019t feel very confident in
        our position,\u201d Melsheimer told me this morning as he was stepping off
        an airplane in Dallas. \u201cThis was a case that I liked, our firm liked,
        and I think we have a reasonable chance of\u00a0winning.\u201d","title":"Law
        firm for Edison, Wright brothers, and Alexander Graham Bell now suing Facebook
        over like\u00a0buttons","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/11/law-firm-for-edison-wright-brothers-and-alexander-graham-bell-now-suing-facebook-over-like-buttons/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944277,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T10:00:09Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"\u201cThe
        average person buys or sells about nine or ten cars in a lifetime. They don\u2019t
        know how to do this \u2014 dealers know what they\u2019re doing and can take
        advantage of that\u00a0situation.\u201d","title":"Instamotor is the closest
        thing to your car selling itself\u00a0(update)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/instamotor-is-the-closest-thing-to-your-car-selling-itself/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944024,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T12:17:10Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"To
        ensure that The Pirate Bay never disappears, a hacker has created a pair of
        archives of the site\u2019s essential\u00a0data.","title":"Hacker immortalizes
        The Pirate Bay with 2M torrent\u00a0archive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/pirate-bay-archive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944274,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-18T04:00:48Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"People
        tend to\u00a0view\u00a0Washington D.C. as obtuse and\u00a0inefficient. That\u2019s
        only partially correct.","title":"Entrepreneurs are the real movers and shakers
        in\u00a0Washington","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/18/entrepreneurs-are-the-real-movers-and-shakers-in-washington/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944023,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T08:15:44Z","slug":"international-finance-corporation","summary":"Startup
        incubator Rocket Internet\u00a0has secured a new, rather unusual investor
        for its Zalando clones in Russia and Latin American: the International Finance
        Corporation, a member of the Wold Bank Group.","title":"The World Bank Group\u2019s
        IFC invests in Rocket Internet\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/the-world-bank-groups-ifc-invests-in-rocket-internet-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944022,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-04T15:08:53Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Google
        has opened up cloud infrastructure service Compute Engine to more customers
        while also lowering prices and adding several new\u00a0features.","title":"Look
        out, Amazon: Google opens Compute Engine to more devs & lowers\u00a0prices","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/04/google-compute-engine-more-devs-lowers-prices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944271,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-20T19:30:18Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"K-Cube
        Ventures is a front-runner in the small but growing Korean startup\u00a0economy.","title":"K-Cube
        Ventures stands out in Korea for speedy, ambitious investment\u00a0style","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/20/k-cube-ventures-stands-out-in-korea-for-speedy-ambitious-investment-style/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944021,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-15T13:31:55Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"\u201cThe
        database of affinity is Facebook\u2019s birthright,\u201d Forrester Analyst
        Nate Elliott says. \u201cAnd it\u2019s going to blow\u00a0it.","title":"Google,
        not Facebook, will win the true war for likes, Forrester\u00a0says","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/15/google-not-facebook-will-win-the-true-war-for-likes-forrester-says/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944268,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T17:16:50Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Flick
        co-founder and Slack chief Stewart Butterfield explains why his startup recently
        raised $42 million in venture cash the company didn\u2019t need, and gives
        VentureBeat 5 reasons why Slack is a game\u00a0changer.","title":"5 reasons
        Slack will change the\u00a0workplace","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/5-reasons-slack-will-change-the-workplace/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944020,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-10T07:43:22Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"We
        the people,\u00a0baby.","title":"WhiteHouse.gov petition to pardon PRISM leaker
        Edward Snowden needs your\u00a0signature","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/10/whitehouse-gov-petition-to-pardon-prism-leaker-edward-snowden-needs-your-signature/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944265,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-11T11:37:51Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Guest
        Post While there will be always room for great new startups, it seems that
        a lot of the early bets in the broader infrastructure and analytics segments
        have been made at this stage, and the bar for success is getting\u00a0higher","title":"The
        state of big data in 2014\u00a0(chart)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/11/the-state-of-big-data-in-2014-chart/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944019,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-05T11:15:33Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"A
        fake app mimicking Jay-Z\u2019s Magna Carta Holy Grail was programmed with
        anti-surveillance propaganda, but it also stole information about your phone
        in the\u00a0background.","title":"Fake Jay-Z album app hates surveillance
        but steals your\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/05/fake-jay-z-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944262,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-18T20:30:00Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Lazy,
        anti-social people: they\u2019re your ultimate customers. To be assured of
        success today, create a service that appeals to people just active enough
        to push a button but too lazy to check their bank statements.","title":"Uber
        has taught us that lazy people are the best\u00a0customers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/18/uber-has-taught-us-that-lazy-people-are-the-best-customers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944018,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-06T14:54:45Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"The
        storyteller is more important than the story itself, and right now, Sony\u2019s
        voice is bringing much-needed confidence to\u00a0consumers.","title":"Why
        Mark Cerny\u2019s clear voice helps sell the PlayStation\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/06/a-clear-voice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944259,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T23:00:16Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"As
        if yesterday\u2019s Apple-Beats deal confirmation wasn\u2019t enough news
        in the land of music streaming, Amazon will apparently be launching a music
        streaming service of its own.","title":"Amazon Prime members: You\u2019ll
        soon be able to stream music\u2026 that\u2019s 6 months\u00a0old","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/amazon-prime-members-youll-soon-be-able-to-stream-music-thats-6-months-old/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944257,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T12:00:57Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"The
        new platform can improve 3D rendering by 10X for\u00a0games.","title":"Apple
        to deliver \u2018Metal\u2019 platform for high-end games on\u00a0iOS","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/apple-to-deliver-metal-platform-for-high-end-games-on-ios/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944017,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-16T00:47:39Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"The
        network is on a tear, proving that mobile games can be\u00a0blockbusters.","title":"At
        1-year anniversary, Korea\u2019s Kakao mobile game platform hits 30M users
        and 400M game\u00a0downloads","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/16/at-one-year-anniversary-koreas-kakao-mobile-game-platform-hits-30m-users-and-400m-game-downloads/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944254,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T07:00:54Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Apple
        shows steady improvement in its iOS platforms for game\u00a0makers.","title":"Why
        game developers should be happy about Apple\u2019s WWDC\u00a0announcements","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/why-game-developers-should-be-happy-about-apples-wwdc-announcements/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944251,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T09:00:51Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Epic
        Games showed off its cool Zen Garden demo at WWDC 14. Epic\u2019s Tim Sweeney
        tells us how it was made\u00a0possible.","title":"Graphics guru Tim Sweeney
        explains why Apple\u2019s Metal will make mobile games far\u00a0better","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/graphics-guru-tim-sweeney-explains-why-apples-metal-will-make-games-run-10-times-more-efficiently/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944016,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-01T10:40:43Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"The
        NSA spent much of yesterday talking about how limited its telephone call-tracking
        program is. But it failed to address new revelations about other tracking
        programs \u2014 like the ones that can tell what you\u2019re Googling or Facebook
        chatting\u00a0about.","title":"NSA may not be tracking your calls, but it
        knows what you\u2019re\u00a0Googling","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/01/nsa-google/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944015,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-05-03T07:38:07Z","slug":"tacit-networks","summary":"The
        Silicon Valley beat goes on, with venture fund after venture fund raising
        more money to pump into high-tech start-ups. The latest is Canaan Partners,
        which announces today a $450 million fund (see extended entry for release).
        Notable here is how a mere principal at the firm, Brent Ahrens, sourced both
        of Canaan\u2019s recent significant deals. First was Peninsula Pharmaceuticals,
        which Johnson & Johnson agreed last month to acquire for about $245 million.
        Next was Dextom, which last month went public. Credit goes to Canaan, who
        let Ahrens in the door first as a Kauffman fellow, then hired him as a principal,
        and let him take board seats on his investments early on. As general partner
        John Balen puts it: \u201cYou can\u2019t learn to ride a bike unless you get
        on the bike.\u201d And of course, Canaan has promoted Ahrens to general partner.","title":"Canaan
        rakes more money into\u00a0valley","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/05/03/canaan-rakes-more-money-into-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944248,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T17:33:17Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Brothers:
        A Tale of Two Sons is a remarkably affecting game, one which starts abruptly,
        with a hollow, emotionally unearned tragedy and ends, thanks to the fantastic
        mechanics underpinning its picture-book plot, in triumph for all\u00a0involved.","title":"Brothers:
        how Riddick saves the\u00a0writing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/brothers-how-riddick-saves-the-writing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944014,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-08T08:15:12Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"The
        Obama administration says that the NSA isn\u2019t reading your e-mail. But
        one newspaper reports that this may not be\u00a0true.","title":"Just mentioning
        a terrorist in e-mail will get you flagged by the\u00a0NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/08/just-mentioning-a-terrorist-in-email-will-get-you-flagged-by-the-nsa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944245,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T15:15:03Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"We
        give out the kind of E3 awards that one else is likely to think\u00a0of.","title":"The
        GamesBeat E3 2014 Non-Award Awards: The stuff no one else is writing\u00a0about","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/the-gamesbeat-e3-2014-non-award-awards-the-stuff-no-one-else-is-writing-about/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944013,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-05-29T19:46:52Z","slug":"tacit-networks","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest Silicon Valley action:","title":"Snooping in Silicon Valley, Microsoft''s
        assault, Google Checkout &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:27:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/29/snooping-in-silicon-valley-microsofts-assault-google-checkout-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944242,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T21:40:56Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Coding
        bootcamps have proven their value to the students, operators, and employers.
        Despite their steep cost, generally about $1,000 per week in tuition, schools
        can\u2019t find enough instructors and expand quickly enough to meet demand.
        Those students are drawn by advertised placement rates of 90\u00a0percent\u00a0or
        higher in software developer jobs with salaries that return their investments
        almost immediately.","title":"Hacking the hacker school: How the bootcamp
        is being taken to scale outside the coding\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/hacking-the-hacker-school-how-the-bootcamp-is-being-taken-to-scale-outside-the-coding-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944239,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T13:45:16Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Guest
        Post Thinking of raising money via an AngelList Syndicate? Here\u2019s what
        you should know before and after jumping\u00a0in.","title":"An angel investor\u2019s
        ultimate guide to AngelList\u00a0Syndicates","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/an-angel-investors-ultimate-guide-to-angellist-syndicates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944012,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-02T11:00:58Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"We
        open $50 worth of booster packs in Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s new game.
        Was it worth\u00a0it?","title":"What do you get from 40 booster packs in Hearthstone:
        Heroes of Warcraft?\u00a0(gallery/video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/02/hearthstone-booster-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944011,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-21T05:39:29Z","slug":"tacit-networks","summary":"It\u2019s
        no secret that there are plenty of cowboy outfits in the venture capital world,
        including scores that were started before the tech bust. But in the weightier
        circles of late-stage venture investment, there\u2019s supposed to be less
        risk, and therefore fewer seat-of-the-pants operations. Which makes Advanced
        Equities, a Chicago firm fingered by Forbes in a recent expose, all the more
        notable.AE is run by a pair of former stock brokers, Keith Daubenspeck and
        Dwight Badger, who built it in 1999 to invest in tech. But unlike the flawless
        pedigrees of many VCs, Forbes notes that the two are, respectively, a community
        college grad and a college dropout. (Perhaps telling of certain prejudices
        in the financial community, Forbes also chose the title \u201cGarbage In\u2026\u201d
        for the piece.)Here\u2019s the outline of AE\u2019s business plan, according
        to Forbes: First, find a high-profile venture capital outfit like Kleiner
        Perkins, Khosla Ventures or New Enterprise Associates to work with. Convince
        clients to give you money, based on the respectability of those firms. Then
        pour the money into hugely overvalued deals with later-stage firms in the
        portfolios of said VCs, afterward skimming hefty fees until the firms go public
        or, far more likely, collapse.Valuations aside, it\u2019s true that AE is
        an investor in plenty of high-profile names. In telecom, for instance, it
        has put money into Infinera and Turin Networks, both still operative. Somewhat
        less appetizing is the money it put into RFID company Alien Technology, which
        tried and failed to go public, and Agami, which folded recently, after taking
        $45 million only six months ago.A possibly worse indictment against AE\u2019s
        financial acumen is the money it poured into the early biofuels market, including
        Altra Biofuels, which raised $120 million in 2006, and Cilion, which got $200
        million in what was at one point the biggest cleantech investment ever. Both
        were first generation ethanol companies at a time when that fuel was highly
        hyped, but most public companies in the same category have since lost half
        their value or more; one can only wonder if heavily funded private companies
        are doing much better.But what Forbes is suggesting is not that Advanced Equities
        is simply a badly run firm. The tacit accusation is that AE is run by con-men
        who scam little old ladies and other clueless investors \u2014 in one example,
        a story is related of how 83 year old Constance Kamberos was toted out of
        AE\u2019s building by security after trying to complain about her investment
        in the firm, while multiple other dissatisfied clients have filed suit.Could
        it be that some of the most famous firms on Sand Hill, seeking to prop up
        previous investments, have made themselves complicit in Advanced Equities\u2019
        sketchy investing style to pump cash into risky firms like Agami? Perish the
        thought.","title":"Advances Equities takes its investors on a bad\u00a0trip","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/21/advances-equities-takes-its-investors-on-a-bad-trip/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944236,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-21T05:27:44Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"It
        may not be much to look at, but CherryPal\u2019s new device \u2014 a $249
        paperback-sized box containing an underpowered processor and a token amount
        of memory \u2014 is a forerunner of the oncoming revolution in \u201ccloud\u201d
        computing.","title":"Will CherryPal be the first mass-market cloud\u00a0computer?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/21/will-cherrypal-be-the-first-mass-market-cloud-computer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944010,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-01T12:03:17Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"These
        leaks about the NSA are really gumming up the works. U.S. tech companies are
        pissed. Citizens are pissed. The international community is pissed.","title":"Why
        we shouldn\u2019t be shocked about the NSA tapping Google and\u00a0Yahoo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/01/nsa-google-yahoo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944233,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-17T21:26:44Z","slug":"cherry","summary":"Virtual
        goods, whether you\u2019re buying raspberries for your Farmville or any number
        of equivalent purchases, are a gigantic and growing source of revenue for
        companies trying to make money on Facebook and other social gaming sites.","title":"Cherry
        Deals lets you buy real goods to get virtual\u00a0ones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/17/cherry-deals-virtual-goods/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944009,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-05T09:00:23Z","slug":"tacit-networks","summary":"A
        friend once said online dating is like a full-time job with only occasional
        benefits. America\u2019s  40 million online daters must answer questions,
        post pictures, run searches, write emails, and block bikini-clad spambait,
        usually across multiple sites. Susan Mernit, a former product director at
        Yahoo! Personals, reports the average online dater uses at least 3-4 dating
        sites. It\u2019s exhausting \u2014 and not in the good way.","title":"What''s
        next: A dashboard for online\u00a0dating?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/05/whats-next-a-dashboard-for-online-dating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944008,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T12:55:38Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Devastation
        is a fighting game (\u00e0 la Street Fighter or BlazBlue) in card-game\u00a0form.","title":"Great
        tabletop games for video gamers: BattleCON: Devastation of\u00a0Indines","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/great-tabletop-games-for-video-gamers-battlecon-devastation-of-indines/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944007,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-03T18:00:48Z","slug":"tacit-networks","summary":"One
        of the mobile developers questioned by the Federal Trade Commission about
        Google\u2019s agreement to buy ad network AdMob has stepped up to defend the
        search giant\u2019s deal.","title":"Android dev steps up to defend Google-AdMob
        deal amid FTC\u00a0scrutiny","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/03/google-admob/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944006,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-06T13:00:51Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Twitter
        lists kind of suck.","title":"List.ly makes Twitter lists significantly more
        awesome: Social, shareable, manageable, and\u00a0rankable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/06/list-ly-makes-twitter-lists-significantly-more-awesome-social-shareable-manageable-and-rankable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944005,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-20T06:00:40Z","slug":"tacit-networks","summary":"Lookout
        Mobile Security has unveiled a way for mobile users to get automated protection
        from malware. It is partnering with Verizon Wireless to deliver its Mobile
        Threat Network is Verizon Wireless, which will protect users of Verizon\u2019s
        V Cast App Store.","title":"Lookout Mobile Security launches mobile threat
        protection with Verizon\u00a0Wireless","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/20/lookout-mobile-security-launches-mobile-threat-protection-with-verizon-wireless/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944004,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-09T02:00:38Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The nanomedicine was made from common plastic materials into ninja-like
        assassins for fungal\u00a0infections.","title":"Goodbye athlete\u2019s foot:
        IBM researchers craft nanomedicine to kill fungi where other meds\u00a0fail","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/09/goodbye-athletes-foot-ibm-researchers-craft-nanomedicine-to-kill-fungi-where-other-meds-fail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944003,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-23T15:05:00Z","slug":"tacit-networks","summary":"We
        live in trying times. As Sony discovered last spring, the security of customer
        information has become a matter of grave trust. Unfortunately, when hackers
        are determined and sufficiently motivated, no system is entirely secure. In
        the case of the PlayStation Network hack, that attack was motivated by ideological
        opposition to business decisions made by the Sony corporation. It was unfortunate
        that Sony\u2019s customers found themselves in the crossfire, but the outcome
        was not nearly as bad as it could have been. In the months since then, attention
        has shifted to ever increasing reports of fraud on Xbox Live.","title":"The
        Xbox Live security\u00a0crisis","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/23/the-xbox-live-security-crisis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944002,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-16T13:51:26Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"The
        U.S. National Security Agency may be storing your text\u00a0messages.","title":"The
        NSA reportedly collects a \u2018goldmine\u2019 of data from nearly 200 million
        texts\u00a0daily","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/16/the-nsa-reportedly-collects-a-goldmine-of-data-from-nearly-200-million-texts-daily/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944226,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-30T11:04:56Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"A
        Revolutionary War backdrop and all-new game modes give Assassin\u2019s Creed
        3 serious lift, but too many technical and design flaws keep it chained firmly
        to the\u00a0ground.","title":"Assassin\u2019s Creed III: The revolution will
        be gripping but glitchy\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/30/assassins-creed-iii-wins-the-battle-but-loses-the-war-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944001,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T17:03:23Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Obama\u2019s speech ignored key issues that directly affect tech companies
        and their\u00a0customers.","title":"Tech companies shoot holes in President
        Obama\u2019s surveillance\u00a0speech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/tech-companies-surveillance-speech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944225,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-02T11:30:43Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick After Microsoft pitched the Surface as the perfect no-compromise device
        of the future, we found that it was anything\u00a0but.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s
        Surface: The future shouldn\u2019t have compromises\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/02/microsoft-surface-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944000,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-20T08:00:13Z","slug":"tacit-networks","summary":"Technology
        teaches us to forget the past. Last year\u2019s tech news seems like it has
        no use whatsoever. Thankfully, historians beg to differ, and they have begun
        to preserve the history of the tech industry as it becomes more and more important
        to the evolution of our lives and world. Those who understand the history
        of technology and the people who made it happen can probably figure out more
        quickly how to build on the shoulders of giants and advance technology further.
        Here\u2019s some books that are great fun to read because they either relate
        great ideas that influenced a generation of technologists or because they
        chronicle the lives of people who changed the world. This list includes books
        that have stood the test of time and are worth a look for the history lover.
        And it includes new books, such as Walter Isaacson\u2019s tome on Steve Jobs,
        that are likely to be the new classics. It doesn\u2019t, however, include
        any tech textbooks. My focus is on books that deliver not just a technical
        understanding of how something works today, but hard-earned wisdom.","title":"The
        top 25 technology books of all\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/20/the-top-25-technology-books-of-all-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944224,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-11T13:36:53Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"As
        the Wii U game console\u2019s Nov. 18 launch approaches, we catch up with
        Nintendo\u2019s sales and marketing\u00a0chief.","title":"Nintendo\u2019s
        Scott Moffitt gives us the latest on the Wii U launch\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/11/nintendos-scott-moffitt-tells-us-what-we-need-to-know-about-the-wii-u-launch-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944223,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-13T20:51:01Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"So,
        did you guys vote or did you just stay at home playing Halo 4? One will determine
        the fate of our country for the next four years while the other the fate of
        the universe. From that perspective the choice seems rather simple. But enough
        about that! Onwards to the industry\u2019s current juggernaut. After that,
        get ready for a full on console launch come this Sunday. Too bad you won\u2019t
        see any of those games here. I\u2019m saving those for a special Coming Soon
        this Friday.","title":"Coming Soon! 11/12/2012 \u2013\u00a0ish","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/13/coming-soon-11122012-isn/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943999,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-10T16:13:45Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Former
        National Security Agency security cloud expert and Virtru co-founder Will
        Ackerly has a message for whistleblower Edward Snowden.","title":"Email encryption
        player Virtru proud of its NSA roots \u2014 and its crypto\u00a0security","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/10/email-encryption-player-virtru-proud-of-its-nsa-roots-and-its-crypto-security/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943998,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-28T18:28:24Z","slug":"tacit-networks","summary":"Unbelievable
        as it might seem, Facebook injected the feeds of unknowing users with negative
        content to see if it would affect the tone of the posts they wrote. It\u00a0did.","title":"Facebook
        secretly experimented with the moods of 700,000 of its\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/28/facebook-secretly-experimented-with-the-moods-of-700000-of-its-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944222,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-15T10:00:02Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Mario
        arrives on Nintendo\u2019s latest console as a fun and joyous game as ever,
        but place New Super Mario Bros. U right next to its 2009 predecessor, New
        Super Mario Bros. Wii, and it might be tough to tell them\u00a0apart.","title":"New
        Super Mario Bros. U is far from new\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/15/new-super-mario-bros-u-is-far-from-new-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943997,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-17T08:30:32Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Guest
        Post In Part 4, Demiurge Studios examines how card packs and sales work hand-in-hand
        to generate average revenue per daily active\u00a0user.","title":"Marvel Puzzle
        Quest\u2019s road to the mythical $1 ARPDAU, Part 4: Card-pack design and
        currency\u00a0sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/17/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-4-card-pack-design-and-currency-sales/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944221,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T12:06:29Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Our
        CloudBeat conference is happening this week, and if you want to learn about
        cloud technologies from people who are actually using them, this is the place
        you need to\u00a0be.","title":"Dylan\u2019s Desk: 6 reasons CloudBeat will
        be the cloud event of the\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/dylans-desk-6-reasons-cloudbeat-will-be-the-cloud-event-of-the-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943996,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T09:23:45Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Instead of concealing their backgrounds at America\u2019s largest intelligence
        agency, many former NSA staffers with serious chops in Internet security,
        data-mining, pipeline-tapping, and software development are proudly promoting
        their espionage backgrounds \u2014 and launching\u00a0startups.","title":"Born
        in the NSA: These former spies are starting companies of their\u00a0own","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/born-in-the-nsa-former-spies-are-starting-companies-all-over/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944220,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-21T10:00:40Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"The
        Walking Dead may be GamesBeat\u2019s Game of the Year for 2012, but here\u2019s
        the other titles our staff picked as contenders for the\u00a0crown.","title":"The
        best games of 2012 (GamesBeat staff\u00a0picks)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/21/the-best-games-of-2012-gamesbeat-staff-picks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943995,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-03T07:27:12Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"In
        the past couple of years, SEO has turned from a compliment to a curse word.
        From being associated with technology, to being associated with Spam. Thus,
        new buzzwords have woken up to cover for SEO\u2019s reputation flaws and bring
        new and positive connotations into the puzzling world of online marketing.","title":"3
        big SEO trends for 2014 that will help you win the traffic\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/03/the-3-biggest-seo-trends-of-2014-that-will-help-you-win-the-traffic-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944219,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-24T07:00:50Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Here are 15 mobile games released this past year that will thrill, delight,
        and entertain you for weeks and months to come, chosen from an overwhelmingly
        large number of mobile gaming apps available in both iOS and Android app\u00a0stores.","title":"Top
        15 mobile games of\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/24/top-15-mobile-games-of-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943994,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T09:00:38Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Guest
        Post As Demiurge wraps up its series on making Marvel Puzzle Quest a success,
        it shares it most important lesson: Your No. 1 risk is\u00a0fun.","title":"Marvel
        Puzzle Quest\u2019s road to the mythical $1 ARPDAU, Part 8: Card store overhaul\u00a0redux","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-8-card-store-overhaul-redux/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944218,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-24T13:00:42Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Now
        that we\u2019ve reached the end of 2012, it\u2019s time to sit back and reflect
        on all the things that let us down this year. That\u2019s totally healthy,\u00a0right?","title":"The
        biggest gaming disappointments of\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/24/biggest-disappointments-of-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943993,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T10:00:40Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Nintendo
        Wii\u2019s online gaming and DLC is gone. Will WiiWare be\u00a0next?","title":"Losing
        the future of retro downloadable gaming starting with\u00a0WiiWare","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/losing-the-future-of-retro-downloadable-gaming-starting-with-wiiware/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944217,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-01T11:42:19Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Last
        night, amid New Year\u2019s Eve revelry, armed and masked robbers looted Apple\u2019s
        Paris store, taking more than one million euros\u2019 worth of\u00a0merchandise.","title":"Apple
        store in Paris robbed on New Year\u2019s\u00a0Eve","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/01/apple-store-paris-robbed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944215,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-24T05:49:38Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Android
        is emerging as a leader in console-quality mobile games, but it\u2019s becoming
        a confusing mess for the gaming\u00a0public.","title":"Android gaming may
        have an identity crisis ahead of\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/24/android-gaming-may-have-an-identity-crisis-ahead-of-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944213,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-04T00:01:53Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Fighting
        Dracula and his undead army is serious business. But don\u2019t tell that
        to Simon\u00a0Belmont.","title":"Mirror of Fate brings some humor back to
        the Castlevania series (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/04/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943992,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T11:57:48Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"A
        former NSA cloud architecture player and his brother haul in $6 million in
        venture funding, showing that VC\u2019s like the security\u00a0space.","title":"Former
        NSA? No prob. Security player Virtru hauls in $6\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/former-nsa-no-prob-security-player-virtru-hauls-in-6-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944211,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-22T16:42:11Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Microsoft
        brought more of the controller design process in-house for the Xbox\u00a0One.","title":"Microsoft
        shows behind-the-scenes design of its Xbox One game\u00a0controller","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/22/microsoft-shows-behind-the-scenes-design-of-its-xbox-one-game-controller/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943991,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T02:00:46Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Following
        all the rages for anonymity and secrecy led by Secret and Whisper, Chinese
        clones of these hit secret-sharing apps mushroomed this year. In the past
        month, around eight apps of this genre surfaced in China, pushing the total
        number of such apps to more than twenty.","title":"The rise of anonymous social
        apps in\u00a0China","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/the-rise-of-anonymous-social-apps-in-china/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944209,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-28T19:45:46Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"If
        you\u2019ve ever been suspicious of high fantasy aesthetics, Eador could be
        the game to convince you\u00a0otherwise.","title":"Eador: Masters of the Broken
        World makes high fantasy\u00a0accessible","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/eador-masters-of-the-broken-world-a-view-from-the-shard/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944207,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-29T19:12:41Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"OnLive:
        Instant Gaming","title":"OnLive: What\u2019s So Awesome About\u00a0It","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/29/onlive-whats-so-awesome-about-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943990,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T12:00:43Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick I\u2019m obsessive about playing retro games on original hardware \u2026
        so why am I playing around with a Retron\u00a05?","title":"Retron 5: GamesBeat\u2019s
        snobbiest retro gamer takes on this all-in-one classic-gaming\u00a0machine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/retron-5-gamesbeats-snobbiest-retro-gamer-takes-on-all-in-one-classic-gaming-machine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943989,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T11:20:29Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"A
        new survey of 7,000 teens on what Internet sites and services they\u00a0use","title":"Here
        are the apps teens actually love, in 5\u00a0charts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/here-are-the-apps-teens-actually-love-in-5-charts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944205,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-19T09:30:20Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"It\u2019s
        time to begin paying attention to the tech policies formulated in the U.S
        right now., starting with the 5 very important policy issues we\u2019ve listed\u00a0below:","title":"6
        tech policy issues you should be\u00a0following","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/19/6-tech-policy-issues-you-should-be-following/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943988,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T18:41:27Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"How
        would you like to be kidnapped in the back of an Uber car and taken on a high-speed
        chase through busy D.C. streets?\nThat\u2019s the experience Ryan Simonetti,
        chief executive of Convene, claims he had Tuesday after ordering up a ride
        from popular car service\u00a0Uber.","title":"Uber driver takes riders on
        high-speed chase, with taxi inspector in hot\u00a0pursuit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/uber-driver-takes-riders-on-high-speed-chase-with-taxi-inspector-in-hot-pursuit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944202,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-21T08:00:21Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Many companies held back original properties for the next generation
        of consoles \u2014 and are now showing them\u00a0off.","title":"The DeanBeat:
        My favorite games of E3\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/21/the-deanbeat-favorite-games-of-e3-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944199,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-28T11:00:23Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Killer
        is Dead follows the Suda 51 formula of stylish kills and bizarre humor, but
        it falls short in a few key\u00a0places.","title":"Killer is Dead\u2019s strong
        swordplay almost redeems its problems\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/28/killer-is-dead-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943987,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T21:40:56Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Coding
        bootcamps have proven their value to the students, operators, and employers.
        Despite their steep cost, generally about $1,000 per week in tuition, schools
        can\u2019t find enough instructors and expand quickly enough to meet demand.
        Those students are drawn by advertised placement rates of 90\u00a0percent\u00a0or
        higher in software developer jobs with salaries that return their investments
        almost immediately.","title":"Hacking the hacker school: How the bootcamp
        is being taken to scale outside the coding\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/hacking-the-hacker-school-how-the-bootcamp-is-being-taken-to-scale-outside-the-coding-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944196,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-08T12:59:40Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Remember
        Me could have posed some intriguing questions. Herein lies an account of its
        failures to do\u00a0so.","title":"How Remember Me undermines its story to
        be a video\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/08/robbing-peter-to-pay-paul/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943986,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T14:47:59Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Richard
        Saul Wurman co-founded the TED conferenes years ago. Now, using big data,
        he wants people to understand what it means to live in a\u00a0city","title":"TED
        co-founder launches an observatory for the largest cities on\u00a0Earth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/ted-co-founder-launches-an-observatory-for-the-largest-cities-on-earth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944194,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-18T01:01:26Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Even
        though Sonic Lost World features HD graphics and 3D gameplay, the title has
        a 16-bit\u00a0soul.","title":"Sonic Lost World is fun and pretty \u2014 but
        it\u2019s also cruel and merciless\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/18/sonic-lost-world-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944191,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-13T06:00:04Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Killzone:
        Shadow Fall is a game with true next gen visuals, but is there more to this
        package than bloom lighting and particle\u00a0effects?","title":"Killzone:
        Shadow Fall is a gorgeous, average soldier in the PS4\u2019s launch unit\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/killzone-shadow-fall-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943985,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T06:25:13Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Techmanity       2014, Silicon Valley\u2019s first official technology
        conference, today       announced its lineup and open registration for its
        inaugural event,       taking place in San Jose October 1-2. Headline speakers
        include Houzz founder\u00a0and\u2026","title":"Techmanity 2014 in Silicon
        Valley Announces Speaker and Performer\u00a0Lineup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/techmanity-2014-in-silicon-valley-announces-speaker-and-performer-lineup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943984,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T16:14:37Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Examining
        the hidden message in messaging apps by looking at the launch of Yo and\u00a0Slingshot.","title":"Yo,
        Facebook: What Yo and Slingshot can teach us about why people\u00a0share","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/yo-facebook-what-yo-and-slingshot-can-teach-us-about-why-people-share/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944188,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-27T08:00:18Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"My
        own picks for the golden year of games include both blockbusters and original
        titles that contributed to the canon of video game\u00a0creativity.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: Creativity thrives in the top 10 games of the year\u00a0(poll)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/27/the-deanbeat-creativity-thrives-in-the-top-10-games-of-the-year-poll/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943983,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-15T00:23:50Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action, about 80 percent of it in Silicon Valley:","title":"Roundup:
        Twickr, Yappd, EggNetwork, My iTunes, iMovie, Classmates &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/15/roundup-twickr-yappd-eggnetwork-my-itunes-imovie-classmates-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944185,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T09:00:05Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The 26 companies here are a good start on reclaiming your sense of amazement
        at what the tech business, at its best, can come up\u00a0with.","title":"26
        amazing startups you need to watch in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/26-amazing-startups-you-need-to-watch-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943982,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T17:17:14Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Nanigans
        CEO Ric Calvillo talks to a lot of ad-tech analysts. Every time he asks them
        what the biggest disruption in the advertising technology space is, they say
        RTB, or real-time bidding.","title":"The next big ad-tech disruption: Not
        RTB \u2026 and maybe not even Google or\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/the-next-big-ad-tech-disruption-not-rtb-and-maybe-not-even-google-or-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944182,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-06T17:04:45Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Onstage,
        Bre Pettis unveils the MakerBot Replicator 3D Printing Platform. Not a new
        printer, not a new scanner. This is a three-piece lineup: Papa Bear, Mama
        Bear, and Baby\u00a0Bear.","title":"Here are MakerBot\u2019s three \u2014
        yes, three \u2014 new\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/06/here-are-makerbots-three-yes-three-new-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944179,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-05T12:45:33Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Danganronpa:
        Trigger Happy Havoc for the PlayStation Vita drops players in the middle of
        a happily absurd game of murder. Can it survive its own lack of player trust
        or translation\u00a0hiccups?","title":"Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc takes
        a joyfully bizarre, sometimes tedious look at courtroom action\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/05/danganronpa-trigger-happy-havoc-takes-a-joyfully-bizarre-occasionally-tedius-look-at-courtroom-action-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943981,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-28T04:01:45Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"http://www.viddler.com/player/93866484/","title":"Iterasi,
        a social bookmarking site that lets you save the contents of any\u00a0page","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/28/iterasi-a-social-bookmarking-site-that-lets-you-save-the-contents-of-any-page/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943980,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-06T13:05:42Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"There\u2019s
        no better time than the present for established enterprise players like IBM,
        Salesforce, and Oracle to swallow up bleeding-edge business intelligence companies.","title":"Why
        old-school tech giants need M&A to stay\u00a0relevant","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:26:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/06/why-old-school-tech-giants-need-ma-to-stay-relevant/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944176,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-10T21:30:34Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"20
        categories, 20 winners. Congratulations, a weird monkey trophy is now\u00a0yours.","title":"And
        the winners are\u2026 Check out the victors from the Crunchies\u00a02013!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/10/and-the-winners-are-check-out-the-victors-from-the-crunchies-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943979,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-11T07:31:02Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Guardian
        News & Media, a private UK publisher, has acquired ContentNext, the publisher
        of PaidContent.org, the news site launched by Rafat Ali in 2002 that was an
        early example of a lone blogging effort that turned into a larger media company.","title":"Guardian
        buys pathbreaking blog network ContentNext for rumored\u00a0$30M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/11/guardian-buys-pathbreaking-blog-network-contentnext-for-30m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944174,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T08:00:51Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A heck of a lot of computing goes into Microsoft\u2019s new Cortana personal
        digital assistant. But you\u2019d never know by playing around with\u00a0it.","title":"Behind
        Cortana: How Microsoft aims to stand out with its personal\u00a0assistant","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/behind-cortana-how-microsoft-aims-to-stand-out-with-its-personal-assistant/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944172,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T09:52:23Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Consumers
        have faced a hellish few months of security threats, from the Target data
        breach to last week\u2019s Heartbleed\u00a0bug.","title":"Nearly 1 in 5 U.S.
        adults say their info has been stolen\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/nearly-1-in-5-u-s-adults-say-their-info-has-been-stolen-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943978,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T12:00:05Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"EA
        Mobile is finding that targeted user acquisition campaigns really work on\u00a0Twitter.","title":"EA
        Mobile is launching global user-acquisition campaigns on\u00a0Twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/ea-mobile-is-launching-global-user-acquisition-campaigns-on-twitter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943977,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-08T04:00:20Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"A
        stealthy content accelerator called Nokeena Networks has raised $8.7 million
        in a first round of funding, with an aim to sell a hardware appliance that
        will better process and transmit video across networks.  The company is specifically
        directing its efforts toward high-quality video, according to a story in The
        Deal, which first reported the funding in a story about its investors.  Clearstone
        Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures led the $8.7 million investment in Nokeena,
        which is based in Santa Clara, Calif.","title":"Nokeena Networks raises $8.7M
        for faster streaming\u00a0video","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/08/nokeena-networks-raises-87m-for-faster-streaming-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944170,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T09:52:08Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"The
        Walking Dead: Season Two Episode Three \u2014 In Harm\u2019s Way is the most
        brutal entry in the series to\u00a0date.","title":"Growing up is hard to do
        in The Walking Dead: Season Two \u2014 Episode Three\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/the-walking-dead-season-two-episode-three-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943976,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-12T11:00:59Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Guest
        Post There\u2019s just too much hype, demand and real results to shy away
        from predictive\u00a0intelligence.","title":"Why Salesforce needed to buy\u00a0RelateIQ","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/12/why-salesforce-needed-to-buy-relateiq/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943975,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-16T05:00:06Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Seagate
        is launching a novel portable backup device that will let you access your
        photos, videos, and other data from afar.","title":"Seagate launches a network
        drive that you can use to get your data, anytime,\u00a0anywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/16/seagate-launches-a-network-drive-that-you-can-use-to-get-your-data-anytime-anywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944169,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T05:00:10Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Ubisoft
        hopes that its new open-world hacking game will define the next-generation
        of video\u00a0games.","title":"Ubisoft\u2019s Watch Dogs aims to revive hardcore
        video games with the highest of\u00a0expectations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/ubisofts-watch-dogs-aims-to-revive-hardcore-video-games-with-the-highest-of-expectations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943974,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-12T21:06:22Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"1.\u00a0Automation
        Game","title":"Three Greenlit Games to Put On Your\u00a0Radar","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/12/three-greenlit-games-to-put-on-your-radar/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943973,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-28T13:59:27Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Last
        night, I watched The Social Network, the much-anticipated movie about the
        founding of Facebook from Hollywood storytellers Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher.
        And as the credits rolled, I found myself thinking that it could have been
        much, much worse for Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook\u2019s youthful CEO, who finds
        his life being chronicled when much of it has yet to unfold.","title":"After
        The Social Network, Facebook''s IPO is the real show we''re waiting\u00a0for","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/28/the-social-network-facebook-ipo-mark-zuckerberg/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944167,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-06T08:00:40Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"My
        message to Blue Estate: Don\u2019t change. Don\u2019t ever\u00a0change.","title":"Blue
        Estate reaches back to forgotten genres \u2014 and kicks them squarely in
        the\u00a0balls","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/06/blue-estate-reaches-back-to-forgotten-genres-and-kicks-them-squarely-in-the-balls/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943972,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T08:03:12Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Seattle game industry veteran and former DoubleDown Interactive Director       of
        Content Matthew Gillikin has launched Tanuki       Entertainment, Inc. The
        indie game studio is focusing on mobile and       HTML5 casual games and has
        four titles\u00a0already\u2026","title":"Former DoubleDown Interactive Director
        Launches Tanuki\u00a0Entertainment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/former-doubledown-interactive-director-launches-tanuki-entertainment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943971,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-22T06:00:28Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Curtis Smolar is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley. He submitted
        this column to VentureBeat.)","title":"Can Google+ replace your company\u2019s\u00a0intranet?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/22/can-google-replace-your-companys-intranet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944165,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-30T17:45:30Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Here\u2019s
        an Apple rumor that is sure to blow all other pre-Macworld rumors out of the
        water: A large-form iPod touch is in the works, sources tell TechCrunch. The
        device will supposedly have a 7 or 9 inch screen and is slated to launch in
        the fall of next year, the sources say.","title":"A large iPod touch, er,
        Mac Tablet coming in fall\u00a02009?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/30/a-large-ipod-touch-er-mac-tablet-coming-in-fall-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943970,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-25T17:18:15Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick When you walk into a bar, it\u2019s a given that the regulars are scoping
        you out. But you might feel differently if you knew that automated cameras
        were recording your apparent age, gender, ethnicity, and even level of\u00a0attractiveness.","title":"SceneTap\u2019s
        patent-pending ID tech sounds even more like \u2018Big\u00a0Brother\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/25/scenetap-patent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943969,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T06:12:12Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Only
        a few days after killing off Nokia\u2019s experimental Android phones, Microsoft
        is showing off\u00a0its low-end alternative.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s new
        Lumia 530 is its cheapest Windows Phone\u00a0yet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/microsofts-new-lumia-530-is-its-cheapest-windows-phone-yet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944163,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-27T20:58:24Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"This
        The\u00a0Darkness 2 trailer shows that not even brooding ex-crime lords with
        bloodthirsty tentacle eels for friends can have nice things. What is this
        world coming to?","title":"Video Blips: The Darkness 2, Battlefield 3, Assassin\u2019s
        Creed: Revelations, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/27/video-blips-the-darkness-2-battlefield-3-assassins-creed-revelations-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943968,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T18:46:58Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"We
        hurt the ones we love the most, so I\u2019m giving Darksiders II another kicking;
        this time because of its silly collectibles and how it treats them with no\u00a0respect.","title":"Darksiders
        II isn\u2019t sure whether the Internet exists or not. Sorry, it\u00a0does.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/darksiders-ii-isnt-sure-whether-the-internet-exists-or-not-sorry-it-does/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944161,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-14T07:59:55Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Assassin\u2019s
        Creed: Revelations is the fourth title in Ubisoft\u2019s award-winning, multi-platinum
        franchise. Developed by multiple internal studios around the globe and spanning
        more than 400 individual team members, the Assassin\u2019s Creed series needs
        to sell better than most in order to offset its undoubtedly massive production
        costs. But can Ubisoft sustain such an ambitious annual business model while
        still keeping the sequels fresh and compelling?","title":"Review: Ezio\u2019s
        not the only thing getting old in Assassin\u2019s Creed:\u00a0Revelations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/14/review-ezio%e2%80%99s-not-the-only-thing-getting-old-in-assassin%e2%80%99s-creed-revelations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943967,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T10:42:22Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Founders
        Fund already stands out for backing startups with radical ideas, including
        Counsyl, Hampton Creek, Planet Labs, and SpaceX. Now the venture firm is making
        a formal commitment to funding startups in aeronautics, life sciences, nanotechnology,
        and other geeky realms.","title":"Founders Fund will give dough to early-stage
        science\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/founders-fund-will-give-dough-to-early-stage-science-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943966,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T22:00:31Z","slug":"net-contents","summary":"Smart
        TV sales are growing in China, but users can\u2019t get the same content that\u2019s
        available on their PCs due to government\u00a0restrictions.","title":"24 million
        Internet-connected TV Sets Sold in China in 2013: iResearch\u00a0Report","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/24-million-internet-connected-tv-sets-sold-in-china-in-2013-iresearch-report/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944159,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-29T03:48:10Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"It\u2019s
        been a awhile since I\u2019ve played a Resident Evil title. \u00a0In fact,
        I haven\u2019t followed Resident Evil Revelations'' development much at all.
        I did, however, end up downloading the 3DS demo from the eShop on a whim.
        \u00a0I admit that I didn\u2019t expect much, figuring it would play similarly
        to last year\u2019s Resident Evil Mercenaries. \u00a0To my surprise, Revelations
        is a much\u00a0 better game.","title":"Preview: Resident Evil Revelations
        is a return to the series\u2019\u00a0roots","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/29/preview-resident-evil-revelations-is-a-return-to-the-series-roots/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943965,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:56:07Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Amazon
        just entered the 3d printing market with a new Shapeways-like\u00a0store.","title":"Amazon
        takes a cue from Shapeways with its own 3D printing\u00a0store","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/amazon-takes-a-cue-from-shapeways-with-its-own-3d-printing-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944157,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-04T05:13:27Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"I
        missed out on playing Ghost Trick for the Nintendo DS. Thankfully Capcom decided
        to release an HD version for the iPad.","title":"Capcom Ports Touch Screen
        Masterpiece to iPad and\u00a0iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/04/capcom-ports-point-and-click-masterpiece-to-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944155,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-20T15:54:25Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"\u00a0","title":"50
        Games in 2012 \u2013 #22 Assassins Creed: Revelations\u00a0[PS3]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/20/50-games-in-2012-22-assassins-creed-revelations-ps3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943964,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-07-31T09:32:02Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Guus
        Hiddink, the former Dutch coach of the Korea\u2019s national soccer team wasn\u2019t
        a good player but he was regarded as a great commander of the\u00a0team.","title":"Aiming
        to turn KTB into a niche\u00a0player","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/31/aiming-to-turn-ktb-into-a-niche-player/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944153,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-24T11:00:30Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Ubisoft
        once again invades your living room with Just Dance 4. But after seven games
        in the franchise, the formula is starting to feel a little\u00a0stale.","title":"Just
        Dance 4 revels in absurdity even as it loses some of its mojo\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/24/just-dance-4-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943963,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-08-28T16:56:26Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Venture
        capitalists have sustained their interest and investment in niche offerings\u2026
        Venture capitalists have sustained their interest and investment in niche
        offerings, focusing on segments such as luxury\u00a0\u2026","title":"Assessing
        VCs continued interest in niche online travel\u00a0segment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/08/28/assessing-vcs-continued-interest-in-niche-online-travel-segment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944152,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-20T12:41:13Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"Resident
        Evil: Revelations is by far the best Resident Evil game released in 2012.
        The only trouble was that it was on 3DS. Revelations is now on home consoles,
        and it\u2019s as enjoyable as\u00a0ever.","title":"Resident Evil: Revelations
        is classic, slightly buggy, fun\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/20/resident-evil-revelations-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944150,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-05T17:26:43Z","slug":"revel-touch","summary":"You
        rely on encryption every day, but it isn\u2019t as safe from curious government
        eyes as you once thought it was.","title":"Latest NSA revelations cast deep
        doubt on the security of all encrypted\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/05/nsa-encryption-best-practices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943962,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-03T21:54:44Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Next
        New Networks is the latest company to launch a niche content strategy \u2014
        this time, online TV sites tailored to specific themes.","title":"Next New
        Networks gets funding \u2014 for another niche video\u00a0play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/03/next-new-networks-launches-yet-another-niche-video-play/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943961,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-24T07:48:42Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Revision3,
        a San Francisco company creating high-quality video shows on niche topics,
        has raised $8 million more from investors.","title":"Revision3 raises $8M
        more for niche\u00a0TV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/24/revision3-raises-8m-more-for-niche-tv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943960,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-26T07:40:11Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Advertising
        networks are the hottest companies of 2007. They are getting scooped up for
        figures in the hundreds of millions, even billions of dollars.","title":"Active
        Athlete Media and the emergence of niche ad\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/26/active-athlete-media-and-the-emergence-of-niche-ad-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944140,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-13T14:20:05Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Rocket
        Internet announced Namshi, its Middle Eastern online fashion retailer, has
        raised $13 million led by Summit Partners to sustain\u00a0growth.","title":"Rocket
        Internet\u2019s Namshi raises $13M to expand e-commerce in Middle\u00a0East","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/13/rocket-internets-namshi-raises-13m-to-expand-e-commerce-in-middle-east/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944137,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-23T09:52:43Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Following
        the lead of other recent tech-focused IPOs, e-commerce software business ChannelAdvisor\u2019s
        shares popped almost 40 percent in its first day of trading as a public\u00a0company.","title":"E-commerce
        biz ChannelAdvisor stock soars 40% in IPO\u00a0debut","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/23/channeladvisor-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944134,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-25T09:52:19Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Bigcommerce
        has raised big bucks from Steve Case\u2019s Revolution Growth Fund to help
        physical retailers build successful online\u00a0stores.","title":"Bigcommerce
        raises $40M to help small businesses \u2018sell more\u2019\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/25/bigcommerce-raises-40m-to-help-small-businesses-sell-more-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943959,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-28T23:58:30Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"There
        are too many video sharing sites. There\u2019s clearly a bubble in this sector,
        and we\u2019re tired of writing about me-too companies.","title":"Magnify
        to help publishers make money from niche\u00a0videos","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/28/magnify-to-help-publishers-make-money-from-niche-videos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944132,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-23T04:30:30Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"The
        Slice team set out in 2011 to help you track your packages and spending. And
        it just scored $23 million to stay on this\u00a0mission.","title":"Helpful
        e-commerce app Slice snags $23M from Rakuten, Lightspeed, and\u00a0others","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/23/slice-23m-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943958,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-03T12:19:46Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"\u00a0Updated","title":"More
        money goes after Hispanics and niche ad\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/03/more-money-goes-after-hispanics-and-niche-ad-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944129,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-26T11:36:03Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Doggyloot
        is a daily deals site for dogs and their people. Today it announced closing
        $2.5 million in its first round of financing\u00a0.","title":"Doggyloot aims
        to become big dog in online pet\u00a0commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/26/doggyloot-aims-to-become-big-dog-in-online-pet-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944126,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-27T17:02:38Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Groupon
        is planning a network of North American warehouses for its physical goods
        business. Goods is actually doing well, and CEO Eric Lefkofsky said that bringing
        shipping in house will improve the company\u2019s\u00a0margins.","title":"Groupon\u2019s
        latest shot at relevancy involves buying warehouses for Groupon\u00a0Goods","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/27/groupons-latest-shot-at-relevancy-involves-buying-warehouses-for-groupon-goods/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943957,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-28T11:20:25Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Community
        wiki-building site Wikia, has announced that it\u2019s allowing its social
        networking platform to become open source. This will allow anyone to easily
        create a social community complete with profiles, avatars, friending, etc\u2026
        within their MediaWiki-based wiki sites.","title":"Niche social networks welcome:
        Wikia open-sources social\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/niche-social-networks-welcome-wikia-open-sources-social-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944123,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T04:10:26Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Ontario
        Teachers\u2019 Pension Plan made a large investment into the Rocket Internet-backed
        Dafiti Group, one of Latin America\u2019s largest e-commerce\u00a0retailers.","title":"Latin
        American e-commerce site scores $70M from Ontario pension\u00a0fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/latin-american-e-commerce-site-scores-70m-from-ontario-pension-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944120,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-18T09:06:48Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"\u201cInstead
        of putting the content in the store, let\u2019s put the store inside the product,\u201d
        BitTorrent VP of Marketing Matt Mason told me last week. \u201cWe can bake
        interactions into the file itself, so that if something gets shared, it\u2019s
        not a problem, but a driver of value for the artist and\u00a0publisher.\u201d","title":"BitTorrent
        Bundles: a new file format that builds commerce and community right into\u00a0content","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/18/bittorrent-bundles-a-new-file-format-that-builds-commerce-and-community-right-into-content/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944118,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-30T23:30:46Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"One
        decade after it first entered the Russian market, fashion retailer Zara launched
        online sales in the country this past\u00a0summer.","title":"Zara launches
        Russian e-commerce\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/zara-launches-online-sales-in-russia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943956,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-15T14:50:36Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"While
        large companies like Ticketmaster do a pretty good job of tying up the major
        event ticket sales market, there\u2019s plenty of industry interest in smaller
        markets, most notably for secondary event ticket sites like Viagogo and Seatwave
        (coverage here and here). Another possibility is niche ticket sales, which
        is what Liftopia does with discounted lift tickets for ski resorts.","title":"Liftopia
        slaloms into funding for niche ski-ticket\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/15/liftopia-slaloms-into-funding-for-niche-ski-ticket-site/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944116,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-30T14:27:23Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Deborah
        Sweeney is the CEO of MyCorporation.com.","title":"What the Amazon tax ruling
        means for the future of\u00a0e-commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/amazon-tax-e-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944114,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-01T08:30:36Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Disclosure:
        Alan Colmenares is an advisor to Magnolia, but does not currently hold shares
        in the company.","title":"Latin American fashion ecommerce site Magnolia hits
        the ground\u00a0running","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/01/latin-american-fashion-ecommerce-site-magnolia-hits-the-ground-running/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943955,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-16T11:53:29Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"The
        Segway, a personal stand-up scooter with gyroscopic sensors, was once hyped
        as the future of transportation. However, when it launched in late 2001 it
        quickly became clear that it was actually the future of scooters that very
        few people could afford. It created a niche market. And what do niche markets
        do these days? Create social networks.","title":"Segway Social: Another niche,
        another social\u00a0network","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/16/social-segway-another-niche-another-social-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944112,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-05T06:00:24Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Linio,
        which positions itself as the \u2018Amazon of Latin America,\u2019 is soaking
        up $50 million in new funding to continue its\u00a0growth.","title":"Rocket
        Internet\u2019s Linio soaks up $50M to dominate Latin American\u00a0e-commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/05/rocket-internets-linio-soaks-up-50m-to-dominate-latin-american-e-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944111,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-15T11:19:09Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Investors
        believe that Zulily defied expectations with its initial public offering,
        which is arguably the most successful exit since Amazon acquired\u00a0Zappos.","title":"Zulily
        $253M IPO is a \u2018watershed moment\u2019 for\u00a0e-commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/15/zulily-253m-ipo-is-a-watershed-moment-for-e-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943954,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-14T09:57:27Z","slug":"artmachine","summary":"Cloud
        computing company Joyent announced today that it has landed $15 million in
        a third round of funding led by Intel Capital.","title":"Joyent lands another
        $15M for cloud computing\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/14/joyent-lands-another-15m-for-cloud-computing-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943953,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-22T12:24:27Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Facebook
        gained nearly two million new US users from May to June of this year, while
        MySpace lost about a million, according to the latest data from comScore.
        MySpace is still nearly twice the size, though, at 72.8 million national users
        versus Facebook\u2019s 37.4 million. Facebook has, meanwhile, grown 34 percent
        since June 2007, while MySpace has grown only two percent. A range of smaller,
        niche social networks \u2014 and related social web sites \u2014 are also
        seeing solid growth.  One blog platform, Google\u2019s Blogger, has grown
        from being slightly larger in the US than Facebook last year, to nearly 45
        million users last month; another, Wordpress, has more than doubled its user
        community to nearly 19 million; another, Six Apart and its various sites,
        has actually dropped by two percent. Six Apart, however, sold its Live Journal
        blog service this past year, which likely counterbalanced any growth it has
        seen on Typepad and other properties.  Meanwhile, Yahoo-owned photo sharing
        site Flickr has grown 66 percent over the last year to 16 million users \u2014
        and that\u2019s not the only Yahoo property to stay on the up and up. Yahoo\u2019s
        new news aggregator, Yahoo Buzz, has passed the nine million user mark since
        launching less than a year ago. That growth was no doubt driven by users coming
        from the monster-sized traffic on Yahoo\u2019s homepage that Buzz features
        are integrated into. It\u2019s clear why Propeller would want to shift gears
        towards a Yahoo Buzz-style site leveraging its connection with AOL.com.  And,
        let\u2019s not forget staid old social network Reunion.com, which has doubled
        from nearly six million users in June, 2007 to nearly twelve million this
        past June.  There are some smaller sites also seeing notable growth, but comScore
        won\u2019t let me republish more than just the top ten in table format. So
        here they are:  Digg has grown from 4.4 million to 6.2 million \u2014 meaning
        Yahoo Buzz has managed to get way bigger, way faster.  Buzznet, a music-sharing
        site, has grown by around 1.5 million to reach nearly 7 million users. A younger
        music site, imeem, now has nearly 6.5 million users.  LinkedIn, a business
        networking site, has grown 141 percent from 1.7 million users to 4.2 million
        in June. Still not huge, but its users are typically businesspeople with money
        to spend, so it may be easier to monetize than many of these other sites.  Shopping
        site Kaboodle has grown 83 percent to slightly more than four million.  And
        finally, there\u2019s not all bad news for maligned old web conglomerate AOL
        in the report. Sure, its AOL Hometown site has dropped 34 percent to 5.3 million
        users, but check this out: Its new AIM instant message profiles have grown
        from zero to 7.5 million, and its AOL Community site has grown 8,703 percent
        to 3.6 million users.  Final note: As always, you have to take third-party
        data analysis with a grain of salt, as each firm\u2019s measurement methodologies
        may differ from companies\u2019 internal numbers. For example, while comScore
        reported that Facebook had 123 million worldwide users last May, Facebook
        itself has more recently claimed only around 80 million.","title":"ComScore''s
        June US numbers: Facebook still gaining on MySpace while blog platforms, news
        aggregators, niche social networks also\u00a0grow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/22/comscores-june-us-numbers-facebook-still-gaining-on-myspace-while-blog-platforms-news-aggregators-niche-social-networks-also-grow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944110,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-23T14:07:15Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Guest
        Post Now is a perfect time to look at how the online retailers on the Keynote
        Startup Shootout Index are performing, and see if they are ready for the holiday\u00a0rush.","title":"Startup
        Shootout: Which e-commerce startups perform best on\u00a0mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/23/startup-shootout-which-e-commerce-startups-perform-best-on-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944109,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-29T12:00:34Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"We
        love doing business with local retailers, and since our address of record
        is the Internet, we consider these startups part of that\u00a0group.","title":"\u2018Buy
        small\u2019 movement goes online: 10 small-biz e-commerce shops we\u00a0love","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/29/buy-small-movement-goes-online-10-small-biz-ecommerce-shops-we-love/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943952,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-07T15:25:24Z","slug":"artmachine","summary":"Node.js
        has been getting great press for being used to build real-time web applications
        and fast networking tools that help big web sites run and scale.","title":"Case
        study: How & why to build a consumer app with\u00a0Node.js","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:25:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/07/building-consumer-apps-with-node/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943951,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-25T14:46:13Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"News
        aggregator site Digg plans to introduce \u201csub-Diggs\u201d that let small
        groups of users create their own news aggregators, similar to what smaller
        rivals Reddit and Mixx already offer, according to The Windy Citizen. It\u2019s
        not clear if this means sub-sites within Digg.com or if users will be able
        to use Digg\u2019s software to create completely separate sites \u2014 Reddit
        has notably open-sourced its software code to enable the latter.  Also, this
        is especially interesting because Digg just announced that it will integrate
        Facebook Connect into its site. This way, Facebook users can sign on to Digg
        with a single click, then display their Digg actions (like \u201cdigging\u201d
        a story) within their Facebook\u2019s news feed. One can imagine groups of
        Facebook friends easily creating their own mini aggregators to so they can
        collectively filter the news they care about most. ","title":"Digg to offer
        sub-Diggs for niche audiences \u2014 sounds like a good match with Facebook\u00a0Connect","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/25/digg-to-offer-sub-diggs-for-niche-audiences-sounds-like-a-good-match-with-facebook-connect/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944108,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-09T06:00:41Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post True       Fit, a big data technology company providing leading fit       personalization
        software to top retailers across the globe, today       announced it has become
        a Demandware LINK Technology Partner, joining a       best-of-breed community\u00a0committed\u2026","title":"True
        Fit and Demandware Partner to Accelerate Commerce\u00a0Growth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/09/true-fit-and-demandware-partner-to-accelerate-commerce-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944107,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-09T14:26:26Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"IT
        HAS WORKED! YOU\u2019VE GIVEN EVERYTHING AWAY! I KNOW WHERE THE POISON IS!
        \u2026 Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the\u00a0line.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Always get involved in e-commerce in\u00a0Asia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/09/funding-daily-always-get-involved-in-e-commerce-in-asia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944105,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-20T11:22:31Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"This
        partnership with telecom provider MTN Group will help the \u201csuper incubator\u201d
        deepen its footprint in the Middle\u00a0East.","title":"Rocket Internet plans
        to channel $410M into e-commerce in the Middle\u00a0East","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/20/rocket-internet-plans-to-channel-410m-into-e-commerce-in-the-middle-east/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943950,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-02T18:43:59Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Far
        from the glare of Silicon Valley\u2019s hype-laden funding rounds, several
        companies have quietly been making inroads into the growing BIPV (building
        integrated photovoltaic) market by focusing on two core principles: simplicity
        and low installation costs. One of these, United Solar Ovonic, a developer
        of thin-film solar laminates, has combined forces with Centria Services, a
        maker of standing seam roof panels, to create EnergyPeak: a solar standing
        seam roof system.","title":"Centria and Uni Solar carve a niche in the architectural
        photovoltaics market with\u00a0EnergyPeak","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/02/centria-and-uni-solar-carve-a-niche-in-the-architectural-photovoltaics-market-with-energypeak/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944104,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-26T07:00:56Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Let\u2019s
        take a closer look at Zulily, Veeva, and Tableau, the top three companies
        that went public this year, according to\u00a0CBInsights.","title":"Tech IPOs
        in 2013: Enterprise rules, and a watershed e-commerce\u00a0moment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/26/tech-ipos-in-2013-enterprise-rules-and-a-watershed-e-commerce-moment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943949,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-10T16:46:56Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"It\u2019s
        pretty obvious that social networking has entered a new era.","title":"TC50:
        Niche social networks thrive, for birdwatchers, fashion-conscious, dead people
        and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/10/tc50-flipping-the-birdwatch-overpriced-clothes-and-more-at-the-vertical-social-networking-panel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944103,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-13T09:45:08Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Groupon
        is buying its way into new sectors \u2014 and more revenue.","title":"Groupon
        buys fashion flash sales company Ideeli for\u00a0$43M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/groupon-buys-fashion-flash-sales-company-ideeli-for-43m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943948,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-08T17:50:10Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Online
        video destinations like Hulu and YouTube are always scrambling for the newest
        premium content. But, cable network AMC is adopting an entirely different
        approach for its new online video mini-site \u2014 namely, old, schlocky,
        B-level movies.","title":"AMC goes niche with B-movie video\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/08/amc-goes-niche-with-b-movie-video-site/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944101,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-31T17:02:42Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"E-commerce
        is making a comeback, with investors pouring gobs of funding into fast-growing
        online\u00a0retailers.","title":"Funding daily: Big\u00a0commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/31/funding-daily-big-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943947,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-23T13:34:28Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Goby,
        a new startup based in Boston doesn\u2019t consider itself just another travel
        site. Rather than offering plane tickets and hotel rooms, Goby\u2019s selling
        point is that it pulls together listings of events, attractions, and such
        at your target destination, based on your target dates. Here\u2019s their
        walkthrough:","title":"New startup, Goby, finds niche in the travel\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/23/goby-launches-an-um-a-vacation-engine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944099,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-01T17:00:14Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"In
        addition to acquiring a stake in the startup for \u201cseveral millions,\u201d
        the NASDAQ-listed Russian search giant has purchased MultiShip\u2019s software
        platform for $1\u00a0million.","title":"Yandex invests in MultiShip: A perfect
        match on the Russian e-commerce service\u00a0scene","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/01/yandex-invests-in-multiship-a-perfect-match-on-the-russian-e-commerce-service-scene/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944097,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-20T18:15:09Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ClubLocal,       the easiest way to book and buy household services,
        today announced that       it completed a $10.7M round of funding led by Groupon,
        Inc., a group of       individual investors, and two of the original founders
        of ReachLocal,\u00a0Inc\u2026.","title":"ClubLocal Completes $10.7M Round
        Led by Groupon,\u00a0Inc.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/20/clublocal-completes-10-7m-round-led-by-groupon-inc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943946,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T20:30:52Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Data
        is cool, and visualizing it is even cooler, especially when it results in
        interesting maps such as Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s new interactive
        map about income inequality around the world.","title":"Carnegie Mellon showcases
        world income inequality through stunning interactive\u00a0map","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/carnegie-mellon-showcases-world-income-inequality-through-stunning-interactive-map/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943945,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-07T09:18:15Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"I\u2019ll
        be the first person to admit that I was not blown away by the demo of Holy
        Invasion of Privacy, Badman!: What Did I Do to Deserve This? when I sampled
        it at this year\u2019s E3. However, the intersting concept and unique look
        of the quirky PSP game made it an item that would remain on my video game
        shopping list. When NIS America made the horrendous decision to cancel the
        game\u2019s UMD release in favor of making it available exclusively as a download
        on the PlayStation Network, you better believe that I was pissed! What did
        WE do to deserve this?!","title":"Calling All Collectors, Supporters of Physical
        Media, and Fans of Niche Video\u00a0Games!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/07/calling-all-collectors-supporters-of-physical-media-and-fans-of-niche-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944095,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-16T13:18:54Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Alibaba
        wants to become a more global company, reads a statement on the company blog
        Sunday \u2014 so it\u2019s decided to begin the process of an initial public
        offering in the United\u00a0States.","title":"Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba
        confirms U.S.\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/16/chinese-e-commerce-titan-alibaba-confirms-u-s-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943944,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-11T09:00:10Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"We
        sit down with Will Miller and David McDonough from Firaxis to talk about the
        new space-bound entry in the Civilization\u00a0series.","title":"Humanity
        takes to the stars in Civilization: Beyond Earth\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/11/heres-how-humanity-will-take-to-the-stars-in-civilization-beyond-earth-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943943,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-06T21:48:25Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"You
        stand high above a crowd of thousands occupying Times Square. Spotlights flash
        and flow all around you. Music beats heavily over the stacks at your sides
        as you scratch, fade, and mix two songs into one. The din of the crowd is
        deafening as you create this masterpiece of modern turntablism. The song ends,
        and you take your crown as a DJ Hero.","title":"DJ Hero Review: Too Niche
        to Cut\u00a0It","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/06/dj-hero-review-too-niche-to-cut-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944093,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T06:00:46Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Russia\u2019s
        big Internet company is making a bigger investment in online\u00a0games.","title":"Russian
        e-commerce giant Mail.Ru adds its own MyGames mobile division with four new\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/russian-e-commerce-giant-mail-ru-adds-its-own-mygames-mobile-game-division-with-four-new-titles-coming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943942,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T12:59:14Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Overall
        digital game sales went down 7 percent in\u00a0April.","title":"Puzzle and
        Dragons makes more per player than the next 9 mobile games\u00a0combined","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/puzzle-and-dragons-makes-more-per-player-than-the-next-9-mobile-games-combined/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944091,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T06:11:12Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post i2c,       Inc., a provider of payment       processing and emerging
        commerce solutions, today announced that Jifiti,       the breakthrough app
        that lets consumers turn physical goods into       digital gifts, is using
        its platform for open-loop\u00a0prepaid\u2026","title":"Digital Gifting App
        Jifiti Launches on i2c\u2019s Global Commerce & Payment Proc...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/digital-gifting-app-jifiti-launches-on-i2cs-global-commerce-payment-processing-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943941,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-30T15:11:46Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"\"Is
        print dead?\"","title":"PAX East: print finds its niche at \u201cThe Death
        of Print\u201d\u00a0panel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/30/pax-east-print-finds-its-niche-at-the-death-of-print-panel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944089,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T05:55:10Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cinsay,       the world leader in social video commerce, and Suretone       Entertainment,
        the premiere music management firm and record label,       have announced
        a multiyear exclusive agreement to launch a new global       music entertainment\u00a0portal,\u2026","title":"Cinsay
        and Suretone Entertainment to Launch World\u2019s First Syndicatable e-Commer...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/cinsay-and-suretone-entertainment-to-launch-worlds-first-syndicatable-e-commerce-and-social-media-driven-music-content-destination-suretonelive-com/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943940,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T08:49:54Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"German
        startups and IT firms are seeking American \u201cgeeks wearing black\u201d
        to help run their\u00a0companies.","title":"Wanted in Berlin: Young American
        tech execs amenable to\u00a0skinny-dipping","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/wanted-in-berlin-young-american-tech-execs-amenable-to-skinny-dipping/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943939,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-23T07:30:54Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Sony
        showed off a smorgasbord of games coming for its Sony Move motion-sensing
        controller, which debuts this fall.","title":"Will Sony''s Move controller
        find a niche between the Wii and Kinect?\u00a0(videos)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/23/will-sonys-move-controller-find-a-niche-between-the-wii-and-kinect-videos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944087,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T15:00:50Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Korean
        ecommerce firm\u00a0Coupang\u00a0today announced\u00a0a\u00a0$100 million
        funding round led by\u00a0Sequoia.","title":"Korean e-commerce giant Coupang
        snags $100M round at $1B+\u00a0valuation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/korean-ecommerce-giant-coupang-snags-100m-round-at-1b-valuation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943938,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T09:57:00Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Unable
        to buy Snapchat, Facebook is once again building its own quick-dissolving
        image app.","title":"Facebook reportedly creating another Snapchat-like tool
        for fading\u00a0memories","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/facebook-reportedly-creating-another-snapchat-like-tool-for-fading-memories/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944085,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T08:43:55Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Investors
        were concerned with the scant details ecommerce giant Alibaba provided when
        filing for its initial public offering, so the company has returned with an
        amended filing chock-full of\u00a0info.","title":"World\u2019s biggest ecommerce
        player Alibaba reveals sales figures in new IPO\u00a0filing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/worlds-biggest-ecommerce-player-alibaba-reveals-sales-figures-in-new-ipo-filing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944082,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:00:41Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"RetailNext,
        a company that specializes in providing data analysis tools to real-world
        retailers, has raised a $30 million late-stage round of investment.","title":"RetailNext,
        making brick-and-mortar a little more like e-commerce, raises\u00a0$30M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/retailnext-making-bricks-and-mortar-a-little-more-like-e-commerce-raises-30m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943937,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-16T13:07:23Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"In
        years past, Silicon Valley companies were always in a rush to go public. But
        Yuri Milner, the founder of Russian investment firm DST, has found a niche
        in helping companies such as Facebook postpone their initial public offerings
        as long as possible.","title":"Russian investor finds niche in letting Facebook
        and others postpone\u00a0IPOs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/16/russian-investor-finds-niche-in-letting-facebook-and-others-postpone-ipos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943936,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T09:16:02Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Sponsored
        Post This guide tells you what to know when purchasing a monitor that will
        meet your personal, professional, or somewhere-in-between needs.","title":"A
        handy guide to buying the right\u00a0monitor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/a-handy-guide-to-buying-the-right-monitor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944080,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T06:13:39Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"A
        new study suggests that the explosive adoption of mobile devices will help,
        not hurt brick and mortar shops \u2014\u00a0challenging the fear that ecommerce
        firms like Amazon are\u00a0a\u00a0death knell to local commerce.","title":"Smartphones
        changed the way people shop, but they won\u2019t kill\u00a0local commerce\u00a0(study)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/smartphones-changed-the-way-people-shop-but-they-wont-kill-local-commerce-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943935,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-06T09:00:24Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"","title":"Nimble
        Storage finds market niche among cloud-wary\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/06/nimble-storage-finds-market-among-cloud-wary-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944079,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T08:43:32Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"NextView
        Ventures today announced a new $40 million seed-stage fund, double\u00a0the
        size of its initial\u00a0fund raised in 2011.","title":"NextView Ventures
        raises $40M fund after exits to Twitter, Yahoo,\u00a0&\u00a0Groupon","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/nextview-ventures-raises-40m-fund-after-exits-to-twitter-yahoo-groupon/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943934,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T09:12:27Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Camera-equipped
        drones, already on the edge of becoming mainstream, could help recast the
        balance of power in our information-hungry society.","title":"Flocks of airborne
        camera drones will change journalism \u2014 &\u00a0spying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/flocks-of-airborne-camera-drones-will-change-journalism-spying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944077,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T22:30:31Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"The
        Altimeter Group has just released The 2014 State of Digital Transformation,
        its second report on the topic this year. Principal analyst Brian Solis spent
        time researching and interviewing leading businesses from different industries
        to see how they interact with customers through technology. The challenges
        faced in the process were also examined.","title":"People are more important
        than technology, according to new Altimeter Group\u00a0study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/people-are-more-important-than-technology-according-to-new-altimeter-group-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943933,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T07:00:22Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"You
        have to burn the undead or they will come back. And you only get five\u00a0matches.","title":"The
        Evil Within tries to entertain you by making you feel like barfing (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/the-evil-within-tries-to-entertain-you-by-making-you-feel-like-barfing-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943932,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-01T08:28:00Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Playhaven
        started life as a gamer\u2019s social network. Then it morphed into making
        communities for mobile games. Now, after its third pivot, the company is focused
        on how to make money for mobile app developers via a real-time game marketing
        platform.","title":"After three pivots, Playhaven finds a niche in monetizing
        mobile\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/01/after-three-pivots-playhaven-finds-a-niche-in-monetizing-mobile-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-08T17:22:10Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"CreateThe
        Group, a firm that sets up e-commerce platforms for top brands\u2019 web sites,
        just raised $12 million in private funding from the affluent U.K.-based Hargreaves
        Family. Based in New York, the company plans to use the new financing to grow
        its enterprise-class platform, which already brokers $200 million in digital
        business.","title":"CreateThe Group lands $12M for e-commerce\u00a0platforms","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/08/createthe-group-lands-12m-for-e-commerce-platforms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943931,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T07:25:09Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Game
        Insight, a mobile game publisher that grew up in Moscow, has jumped ship and
        moved its headquarters to Vilnius, Lithuania.","title":"Nervous about Putin?
        Mobile game publisher Game Insight leaves Russia for\u00a0Lithuania","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/nervous-about-putin-mobile-game-publisher-game-insight-leaves-russia-for-lithuania/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-19T06:00:34Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Startup
        NimbleCommerce is officially launching today, but founder and chief executive
        Prashant Nedungadi said the company, which has been working in stealth mode
        for the past year and half, has already signed up more than 25 large newspapers
        and business directories for its group-buying service.","title":"NimbleCommerce
        lets newspapers build their own\u00a0Groupon","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/19/nimblecommerce-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944071,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-13T00:48:41Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Groupon\u00a0is
        extending its group deals service in the UK by offering discounts of more
        than 80 percent on products sold online, reports Bloomberg.","title":"Groupon
        starts competing with Amazon in UK e-commerce\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/13/groupon-starts-competing-with-amazon-in-uk-e-commerce-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943930,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-01T11:30:08Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"As
        soon as one startup hits it big, a crop of clones rush to cash in on the excitement.
        The latest company de jour to mimic is Pinterest, the popular visual-bookmarking
        site. And, as with Groupon and Airbnb before it, we\u2019ve seen tons of \u201cA
        Pinterest for ____\u201d PR pitches.","title":"There\u2019s a Pinterest for
        that: A list of niche Pinterest\u00a0clones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/01/attack-of-the-pinterest-clones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943929,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T10:15:44Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Coding
        is a big deal for kids these days, but it can feel like work. These 12 games
        help teach programming fundamentals while still being\u00a0fun.","title":"12
        games that teach kids to code \u2014 and are even fun,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/12-games-that-teach-kids-to-code/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944069,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-18T13:06:45Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"","title":"Wayfair
        CEO talks Groupon IPO and the e-commerce deals\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/18/wayfair-groupon-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944067,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-06T15:07:01Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Group
        deals company Groupon has acquired e-commerce data firm Adku for an undisclosed
        price, the startup announced today.","title":"Groupon acquires e-commerce
        \u2018big data\u2019 startup\u00a0Adku","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/06/groupon-acquires-adku/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943928,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-09T14:46:03Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Are
        side-scrolling beat-em-ups the product of nostalgia, or are they steadily
        evolving into something\u00a0else?","title":"The evolution of the niche beat-em-up\u00a0genre","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/09/in-retrospect-the-beat-em-up-genre/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943927,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T06:10:37Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Yesterday
        at Apple\u2019s developer conference, a screen shot of its new Health app
        flashed up on the screen behind VP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi.
        Just one problem: It showed the wrong metric for a user\u2019s blood glucose\u00a0level.","title":"Apple\u2019s
        on-stage HealthKit goof proves it still has to earn the trust of the health\u00a0community","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/apples-on-stage-healthkit-goof-proves-it-still-has-to-earn-the-trust-of-the-health-community/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944065,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-07T07:33:19Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"After
        a rocky showing in its first earnings report, Groupon CEO Andrew Mason revealed
        his grand ambitions for the company in a letter to stockholders today. It\u2019s
        not just about daily deals anymore: Mason wants Groupon to become the \u201coperating
        system for local commerce.\u201d","title":"Groupon CEO Andrew Mason: We want
        to be \u201cthe OS for local\u00a0commerce\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/07/groupons-andrew-mason-we-want-to-be-the-os-for-local-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943926,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T13:00:42Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        latest acquisition could change the way humans interact with one another\u00a0forever.","title":"What
        Oculus Rift and virtual reality mean for sex, death, violence, and\u00a0identity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/what-oculus-rift-and-virtual-reality-mean-for-sex-death-violence-and-identity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943925,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-24T12:38:49Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"Life360
        knows why Google is shutting down its location-sharing app latitude: niche
        products are winning over big \u201cplatform\u00a0services.\u201d","title":"Life360:
        You\u2019re doing location wrong, and niche products always\u00a0win","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/24/life360-latitude/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-13T12:07:02Z","slug":"group-commerce","summary":"Social
        commerce startup Moontoast has signed a new deal with Universal Music Group
        (UMG) that will bring its social analytics platform to all of its artists
        and musical\u00a0groups.","title":"Moontoast signs 2-year deal to bring its
        social commerce platform to Universal Music\u00a0Group","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/13/moontoast-umg/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943924,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T04:00:56Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Sponsored
        Post To help businesses gain a firmer grasp on the mobile landscape, we\u2019ll
        go over 10 mobile-related statistics that every marketer should be aware of,
        along with some key takeaways to consider as you fine tune your mobile\u00a0strategy.","title":"10
        mobile stats every marketer should\u00a0know","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/10-mobile-stats-every-marketer-should-know/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943923,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-02T07:05:06Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"While
        all options are on the table for BlackBerry\u2019s future at this point, one
        of the company\u2019s board members believes it can survive by scaling down
        its\u00a0ambitions.","title":"BlackBerry director says it can survive as a
        \u2018niche\u2019 company","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/02/blackberry-director-says-it-can-survive-as-a-niche-company/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943922,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T08:00:46Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A lot of people asked me what I thought about the show\u2019s games,
        even before it was over. These are the answers I came up\u00a0with.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: My straight-shooting impressions from another\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/the-deanbeat-my-straight-shooting-impressions-from-another-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943921,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-27T16:02:30Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"3D
        printing may have crossed the threshold into the mainstream following a series
        of recent developments \u2014 including Monday\u2019s announcement that Dell
        will now be carrying MakerBot 3D printers and scanners.","title":"Dell deal
        may signal that 3D printing is no longer a niche\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/27/dell-deal-may-signal-that-3d-printing-is-no-longer-a-niche-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943920,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-14T08:00:04Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Two
        years after its founding and a few months after Facebook agreed to buy it
        for $2 billion, Oculus makes a triumphant return to\u00a0E3.","title":"How
        Oculus VR is starting to change the direction of gaming\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/14/how-oculus-vr-is-starting-to-change-the-direction-of-gaming-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943919,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T07:30:11Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"With
        virtual reality and eye-tracking, gaming\u2019s biggest trade show wasn\u2019t
        disappointing with new\u00a0tech.","title":"The 10 coolest technologies for
        gamers at this year\u2019s\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:24:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/the-nine-coolest-technoloiges-for-gamers-at-this-years-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943918,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T22:00:38Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Today
        the National Institutes of Health announced they are offering my Lean LaunchPad
        class (I-Corps @ NIH) to commercialize the life sciences. There may come a
        day that one of these teams makes a drug, diagnostic, or medical device that
        saves your life.","title":"How lean-startup ideology could save your\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/how-lean-startup-ideology-could-save-your-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943917,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T07:00:45Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Microsoft\u2019s
        entry into the Chinese market has China\u2019s publishers like Perfect World
        gearing up to make console\u00a0games.","title":"Perfect World preps a trio
        of games for the Xbox One launch in its homeland: China\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/chinas-perfect-world-preps-a-trio-of-games-for-the-xbox-one-launch-in-china-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944053,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-27T02:39:58Z","slug":"susquehanna-international-group","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Scribd hype, Stockpickr, Red Herring,
        Cozmo and lots\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/27/roundup-scribd-hype-stockpickr-red-herring-cozmo-and-lots-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943916,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T18:30:14Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"The
        battle between Tesla Motors, which sells its electric cars directly to buyers
        over the Internet, and the nation\u2019s auto dealers\u2013who want to make
        that practice illegal\u2013is now in its fifth year.","title":"Auto dealers
        launch charm offensive against Tesla\u2019s direct\u00a0sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/auto-dealers-launch-charm-offensive-against-teslas-direct-sales/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944051,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-27T08:23:24Z","slug":"susquehanna-international-group","summary":"As
        mentioned in our roundup last night, ChinaCache, of Beijing says it has raised
        $32 million from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Ignition Partners, IntelVC, Internet
        Investor Growth, JAFCO ASIA, SIG, Starr International, and Susquehanna International
        Group.","title":"ChinaCache, content distribution network co., raises\u00a0$32M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/27/chinacache-content-distribution-network-co-raises-32m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943915,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T11:00:38Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"China\u2019s
        game market is becoming huge. iDreamSky can help make it work for\u00a0you.","title":"iDreamSky
        creates a big mobile game publishing platform in\u00a0China","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/idreamsky-creates-a-big-mobile-game-publishing-platform-in-china/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944050,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-30T07:55:53Z","slug":"susquehanna-international-group","summary":"CTS
        Media, a Shanghai company that provides advertising within videos, said it
        has raised $8 million in a second round of funding.","title":"U.S. investor
        troika doubles bets on Chinese video: Pump $8M into\u00a0CTS","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/30/us-investor-troika-doubles-bets-on-chinese-video-pump-8m-into-cts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943914,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T05:00:40Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Toy-game
        hybrid devices like Skylanders and Disney Infinity are in high\u00a0demand.","title":"72
        million kids in the world want smart toys, right now,\u00a0please!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/72-million-kids-in-the-world-want-smart-toys-right-now-please/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944048,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-07T04:21:52Z","slug":"susquehanna-international-group","summary":"updated","title":"56.com
        aims to become YouTube of China, raises\u00a0$20M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/07/56com-aims-to-become-youtube-of-china-raises-20m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943913,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T11:58:54Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Attention,
        newspapers, magazines, and radio. For the first time, mobile ads will zoom
        past your ads this year.","title":"Mobile ads make their way toward ruling
        the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/mobile-ads-make-their-way-toward-ruling-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944046,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-12T01:13:12Z","slug":"susquehanna-international-group","summary":"Vaultus
        Mobile Technologies is a software startup that helps businesses create mobile
        versions of their existing applications, allowing their employees to keep
        using them over their smartphones or other devices.","title":"Vaultus Mobile
        Technologies gets $6M for mobile application\u00a0access","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/12/vaultus-mobile-technologies-gets-6m-for-mobile-application-access/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943912,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T14:05:15Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"A
        major empirical study of programming errors concludes that typographical errors
        loom large in failed software builds created by experienced programmers.","title":"Google
        study: Typos are the top reason your code won\u2019t\u00a0compile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/google-study-typos-are-the-top-reason-your-code-wont-compile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944044,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-04T15:50:10Z","slug":"susquehanna-international-group","summary":"Youku.com,
        Tudou.com and 56.com may be the most popular video-sharing sites in China,
        but within the last few months, they\u2019ve all suffered from downtime \u2014
        due to what each of these venture-backed companies have said are technical
        problems.","title":"Leading Chinese video sharing web sites are having trouble
        staying\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/04/leading-chinese-video-sharing-web-sites-are-having-trouble-staying-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943911,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T10:40:09Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Comcast
        and AT&T have each been offering an bundle of Internet plus HBO (and a basic
        cable channel package) on a trial basis, and it now looks like the offer maybe
        moving to other Pay TV services as well, Bloomberg reports.","title":"\u2018Internet-plus-HBO\u2019
        may move to more cable\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/internet-plus-hbo-may-move-to-more-cable-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3944042,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-24T01:40:44Z","slug":"susquehanna-international-group","summary":"56.com,
        the third largest online video-sharing site in China, has been offline since
        June 3rd. The company says the cause is \u201ctechnical\u201d problems, via
        the error message pictured above, but there are two other possible reasons.","title":"As
        leading Chinese video sites Tudou and Youku battle on, more reasons emerge
        for 56.com''s\u00a0downtime","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/24/as-leading-chinese-video-sites-tudou-and-youku-battle-on-more-reasons-emerge-for-56coms-downtime/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943910,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T08:11:41Z","slug":"bluecava","summary":"A
        few weeks ago, there was a piece in AdAge that spoke to the strategic advantages
        of selling online digital advertising fraud-free. It\u2019s easy to be cynical
        about such an idea \u2014 it will never happen, people in the industry don\u2019t
        want it to happen, it already should have happened \u2014 but that\u2019s
        really missing the point.","title":"Why fraud-free digital ad campaigns are
        the next big\u00a0thing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/why-fraud-free-digital-ad-campaigns-are-the-next-big-thing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943909,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-12T00:17:09Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Justin
        Rattner almost made it through his speech at Intel\u2019s Research Day without
        controversy. But the chief technology officer of Intel decided to take questions.
        Then, as he was about to get off the stage, someone asked him what the world\u2019s
        biggest microprocessor maker thought about graphics processors.","title":"Intel
        takes another jab at Nvidia during its research\u00a0day","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/12/intel-takes-another-jab-at-nvidia-during-its-research-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943908,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-29T08:17:23Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Hewlett
        Packard, Intel and Yahoo today announced a cloud computing research project
        to promote the use of computing using centralized servers in the Internet
        \u201ccloud.\u201d","title":"HP, Intel and Yahoo create cloud computing research\u00a0centers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/29/hp-intel-and-yahoo-create-cloud-computing-research-center/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943907,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-18T13:37:52Z","slug":"bluecava","summary":"BlueCava,
        a credit bureau for devices conducting business online, has closed a $5 million
        first round of funding led by billionaire Mark Cuban and entrepreneur Tim
        Headington. The company told VentureBeat it expects to conduct a second round
        as soon as April.","title":"Mark Cuban bets $5 million on future of device-tracking
        firm\u00a0BlueCava","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/18/mark-cuban-bets-5-million-on-future-of-device-tracking-firm-bluecava/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943906,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-20T16:30:59Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Nokia
        Research showed off a bunch of next-generation technologies today at its research
        lab in Palo Alto, Calif. Among the goodies coming our way are real-time traffic
        updates, phones that can tell us what we\u2019re looking at, and devices that
        morph their forms from watch to tablet to phone as needed.","title":"Nokia
        researchers show off the mobile experiences of the\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/20/nokia-researchers-show-off-the-mobile-experiences-of-the-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943905,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"envision","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943904,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-16T15:25:29Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Defense
        contractor Applied Research Associates has acquired Virtual Heroes, a game
        developer which has shown a particular skill in creating games for business
        or educational purposes.","title":"Applied Research Associates Acquires Virtual
        Heroes to make serious\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/16/applied-research-associates-acquires-virtual-heroes-to-make-serious-games/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943903,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-09T12:38:43Z","slug":"mark-cenicola","summary":"Guest
        Post The platform you choose may determine the fate of your business. Instead
        of relying upon other people\u2019s platforms, why not build, control, and
        own your\u00a0own?","title":"Your platform might determine your startup\u2019s
        success \u2014 so why not build your\u00a0own?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/09/your-platform-might-determine-your-startups-success-so-why-not-build-your-own/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943902,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-17T18:48:13Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Watch
        out Lexis-Nexis and WestLaw! Google\u2019s coming: You can now read full text
        legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme
        courts with Google Scholar. Expect an oligopoly (as in the legal research
        industry) to feel some pressure as Google rolls out another free and disruptive
        service. You can search by cases, topics or specific phrases. You can also
        explore how different rulings are cited by other judges and later opinions.","title":"5
        O''Clock Roundup: Moving into a networked era, Tumblr envy, Open\u00a0Web","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/17/5-oclock-roundup-moving-into-a-networked-era-tumblr-envy-open-web/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943901,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-21T00:29:44Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Get
        ready to move:\u00a0Qualtr\u00e9 announced Wednesday that it raised $8 million
        in a second round of funding. The money will kickstart its business of selling
        chip-based gyroscopes that can serve as motion sensors for game consoles and
        consumer electronics gadgets.","title":"Qualtr\u00e9 raises $8M to get your
        gadgets\u00a0moving","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/21/qualtre-raises-8m-for-motion-sensor-chips-for-consumer-electronics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943900,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-22T09:00:57Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Intel
        may be focused exclusively on making and selling chips, but that doesn\u2019t
        mean it has its eyes closed to the rest of the technology market. The company
        has to make sure the ecosystem around its chips and the markets for computers
        and other electronic gadgets stay healthy. The result is some serious market
        research into what technology consumers want.","title":"How Intel researchers
        found people want Ultrabooks for the \u201cflow experience\u201d (interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/22/how-intel-researchers-found-people-want-ultrabooks-for-the-flow-experience-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943899,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"olson","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943898,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-18T13:06:40Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Researchers
        are working on an on/off switch for the next generation of credit cards. No,
        not to stop you from spending money you shouldn\u2019t, but to help protect
        you from theft and fraud.","title":"Researchers create on/off switch for credit
        cards to prevent RFID\u00a0theft","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/18/researchers-create-onoff-switch-for-credit-cards-to-prevent-rfid-theft/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943897,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-25T08:26:10Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Star
        Trek science, meet the real world.","title":"Ripped from Star Trek: Researchers
        say lasers could create tiny tractor\u00a0beams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/25/laser-bessel-tractor-beam/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943895,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"eric","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943896,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"sunny","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943894,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-30T11:24:22Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"The
        National Coalition Against Censorship claims the Massachusetts Department
        of Transportation is setting an unfortunate\u00a0precedent.","title":"Anti-censorship
        group: Massachusetts removing games from rest stops is \u2018constitutionally
        problematic\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/30/anti-censorship-group-massachusetts-removing-games-from-rest-stops-is-constitutionally-problematic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943893,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"gang","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943892,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"photoalto","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943891,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-16T15:18:53Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Intel
        chief executive Paul Otellini said in a conference call that the outlook for
        the second half is good, but he\u2019s muted on cellphone\u00a0chips.","title":"Intel
        addressing broader markets, but smartphone chips still not moving the\u00a0needle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/intel-addressing-broader-markets-but-smartphone-chips-still-not-moving-the-needle/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943890,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"scott-olson","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943889,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"panda","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943888,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"megan","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943887,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-24T15:00:06Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"The
        contest shows the scientific value of collecting big data from the ocean via
        autonomous\u00a0robots.","title":"Contest winner uses ocean robots for groundbreaking
        research into \u2018dead\u00a0zones\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/24/liquid-robotics-reveals-its-biggest-data-geeks-for-its-ocean-robots/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943886,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"nixon","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943885,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-06T07:00:13Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Gamers
        and video fans are the targets of Avegant\u2019s Glyph virtual retina\u00a0display.","title":"Avegant
        Glyph virtual retinal display is like shining an 80-inch TV image on your\u00a0eyeballs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/06/avegant-glyph-retina-display-is-like-shining-an-80-inch-tv-image-on-your-eyeballs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943884,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"grey","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943883,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T11:00:11Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Dell
        moves into original research for enterprise technology. And it steals a research
        boss from\u00a0IBM.","title":"Why the timing is right for Dell to do some
        serious research, Silicon Valley-style\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/why-the-timing-is-right-for-dell-to-do-some-serious-research-silicon-valley-style-interview/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943882,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"richard-nixon","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943881,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"entrepreneurship","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943880,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"arrived","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943879,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-06T14:00:15Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"Activision
        now has three teams working on Call of Duty\u00a0games.","title":"Call of
        Duty moving to 3-year development cycle: Modern Warfare 3 co-developer is
        making 2014\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/call-of-duty-moving-to-3-year-development-cycle-modern-warfare-3-co-developer-sledgehammer-handling-next-game/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943878,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"richard","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943877,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"asset","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943876,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T08:00:43Z","slug":"moving-image-research","summary":"The
        path to unlocking the secrets of the brain is a tough one, but Numenta is
        making progress with apps like\u00a0Grok.","title":"After nine years of research,
        Numenta finally has apps that mimic the way the brain works\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/numentas-brain-research-has-taken-a-long-nine-years-but-it-starting-to-pay-off-interview/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943875,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"will-best","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943874,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"doma","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943873,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-12-19T07:13:05Z","slug":"pharos-capital-partners","summary":"Updated","title":"Ohio''s
        VC woes, and the Silicon Valley\u00a0ripple","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/12/19/ohios-vc-woes-and-the-silicon-valley-ripple/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943872,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"renegade","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:23:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943871,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943870,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943869,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T08:00:25Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"The
        stats show huge momentum for Asian game companies. Will the West stay\u00a0relevant?","title":"The
        DeanBeat: How far will the advantage swing to Asia in\u00a0games?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/the-deanbeat-how-far-will-the-advantage-swing-to-asia-in-games/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943868,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943867,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T12:30:23Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Five
        global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business \u2014
        and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady\u00a0environment.","title":"Has
        game investing turned into a gold mine or risky bubble\u00a0speculation?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/has-game-investing-turned-into-a-gold-mine-or-risky-bubble-speculation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943866,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"watson","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943865,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"smith","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943864,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T11:31:36Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"2014\u2019s
        first quarter in venture capital was \u201cup and to the\u00a0right.\u201d","title":"We\u2019re
        not in a bubble, says VC\u00a0lawyer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/were-not-in-a-bubble-says-vc-lawyer/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943863,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943862,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T14:15:51Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"The
        engineers who\u00a0worked on the original iPhones must have gotten tired of
        hearing how bad the little white earbuds that shipped with their product sounded.
        Why would a company helmed by a professed audiophile like Steve Jobs allow
        that to happen?","title":"Apple will take over design of Beats headphones,
        but what about the mediocre\u00a0sound?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/apple-will-take-over-design-of-beats-headphones-but-what-about-the-mediocre-sound/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943861,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T21:00:06Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Sequoia
        Capital has raised a new $530 million tech-centric fund to focus on India
        and the\u00a0region.","title":"Sequoia Capital\u2019s new fund is $530 million
        \u2014 for India and Southeast\u00a0Asia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/sequoia-capitals-new-fund-is-530-million-and-its-going-to-india/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943860,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943859,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"day-one","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943858,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T07:54:45Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Facebook
        continued its buying spree with an email announcement today that it is picking
        up Finnish mobile data startup Pryte.","title":"Facebook buys startup whose
        tech offers \u2018bite-sized\u2019 one click data\u00a0packages","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/facebook-buys-startup-whose-tech-offers-bite-sized-one-click-data-packages/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943857,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"kris","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943856,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T09:00:34Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Hot
        off of a $280 million funding round, mobile messaging app Tango is making
        a big media play.","title":"With Channels, Tango gives you another reason
        never to leave its messaging\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/with-channels-tango-gives-you-another-reason-never-to-leave-its-messaging-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943855,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"melt","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943854,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T18:15:00Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Recently,
        I wrote a post titled\u00a0After Your First Big Success, What\u2019s Next?\u00a0The
        comment thread was powerful and fascinating, as was the direct email feedback
        I got, including the following note:","title":"After failure, what\u2019s\u00a0next?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/after-failure-whats-next/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943853,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943852,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T09:30:17Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"These
        are some of the happiest growth and exit stories from young companies capitalizing
        on consumers\u2019 migration toward mobile\u00a0platforms.","title":"10 of
        the fastest movers in the $38B mobile apps and ads\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/10-of-the-fastest-movers-in-the-38b-mobile-apps-and-ads-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943851,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943850,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943849,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T14:33:49Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"For
        those of you who were hoping the successor to the Yo app would be a reverse
        psychology pinger called Oy, you have a surprise coming.","title":"As if Yo
        is not enough, get ready for Yo for\u00a0Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/as-if-yo-is-not-enough-get-ready-for-yo-for-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943848,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"you-eat","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943847,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"cbs","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943846,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T05:32:15Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ExThera Medical Corporation announced today that U.S. Patent No.       8,758,286
        has been issued to the Company relating to its Seraph\u00ae       Microbind\u00ae
        Affinity Blood Filter (Seraph). ExThera Medical       also announced that
        it has listed an\u00a0executive\u2026","title":"U.S. Patent No. 8,758,286
        Issued to ExThera Medical, Whose Seraph\u00ae Technology is Des...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/u-s-patent-no-8758286-issued-to-exthera-medical-whose-seraph-technology-is-designed-to-combat-drug-resistant-superbugs/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943845,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"eric","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943844,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"jim-watson","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943843,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T08:34:08Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Sonic\u2019s
        focus on speed doesn\u2019t benefit from the jump to\u00a03D.","title":"Why
        Sonic should return to his 2D\u00a0roots.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/why-sonic-should-return-to-his-2d-roots/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943842,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"photoalto","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943841,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-06-29T23:33:19Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"There\u2019s
        a noteworthy story in the NYT just published about Microsoft offering to buy
        the controversial Silicon Valley adware company, Claria.","title":"The Microsoft-Claria
        deal: Read all about\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/06/29/the-microsoft-claria-deal-read-all-about-it/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943840,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"megan","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943839,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-11T19:36:35Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Google
        is about to sign a deal with Dish Network, the nation\u2019s second largest
        satellite TV company, to deliver ads for Dish\u2019s network, VentureBeat
        is hearing.","title":"Rumor: Google about to sign ad deal with Dish\u00a0Networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/11/rumor-google-about-to-sign-ad-deal-with-dish-networks/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943838,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"my-career","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943837,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"grey","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943836,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"distractions","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943835,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"jim","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943834,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-03T00:08:13Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Google
        will announce tomorrow (Tuesday) a deal to deliver ads to Dish Network, the
        nation\u2019s second largest satellite TV company, the Wall Street Journal
        is reporting.","title":"Google extends into TV, signs deal with Dish\u00a0Network","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/03/google-extends-into-tv-signs-deal-with-dish-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943833,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"entrepreneurship","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943832,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"4","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943831,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-09T10:13:14Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"The
        Pentagon has formed a partnership with private investor group Concerto Advisors,
        commercial-satellite operator Intelsat Ltd. and Cisco Systems Inc. to deliver
        high-speed Internet connections to military units on the move, the WSJ reports.","title":"Concerto
        Advisors to raise up to $200M for deals related to Cisco-Pentagon-Intelsat
        communications\u00a0accord","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/09/concerto-advisors-to-raise-200m-for-cisco-pentagon-intelsat-communications-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943830,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"niche-com","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943829,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-17T10:44:35Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Giant
        radio station company Clear Channel signs with Google \u2014 The two companies
        announced a multi-year agreement that enables Google to sell a guaranteed
        portion of 30-second advertising inventory available on more than 675 of Clear
        Channel\u2019s AM/FM stations.","title":"Roundup: Google''s deals, Google''s
        staff exodus, Silverlight, SunPower and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/17/roundup-googles-deals-googles-staff-exodus-silverlight-sunpower-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943828,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943827,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"espn","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943826,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"ahmed","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943825,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-09T13:07:52Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"When
        Microsoft\u2019s offer to acquire Yahoo was made public, Google stated it
        would be willing to help Yahoo fend off the acquisition in anyway it could.
        It\u2019s now or never.","title":"Last gasp? Yahoo and Google talking search
        ad\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/09/last-gasp-yahoo-and-google-talking-search-ad-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943824,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-07T21:21:03Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"In
        confirming earlier reports of Microsoft approaching Facebook about a potential
        sale following the Yahoo fall out, The Wall Street Journal has a very interesting
        tidbit: Google is now divided over whether or not to go forward with the search
        advertising deal it is trying out with Yahoo. Ouch, that knife in Yahoo\u2019s
        back must hurt.","title":"Knife approaches back: Google considering walking
        away from Yahoo search ad\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/07/knife-approaches-back-google-considering-walking-away-from-yahoo-search-ad-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943823,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-09T13:51:08Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"The
        Associated Press and a range of newspaper leaders trashed online news aggregators
        large and small earlier this week, calling them parasites and other foul terms
        and demanding that everyone start paying for doing things like republishing
        excerpts of news articles (or even paying for any access whatsoever). Those
        who make a living off the internet responded in kind, even resorting to comparing
        newspapers and their demands to record labels and their practice of suing
        people who share music.","title":"Universal deal with YouTube frees up music
        videos (just as newspapers threaten to charge for\u00a0articles)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/09/universal-inks-deal-with-youtube-forget-paying-for-news-these-music-videos-are-free/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943822,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-01T17:05:10Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"What
        does Tandberg do, the 100-word version \u2014 Cisco agreed to buy the Norwegian
        company for $3 billion in cash. Tandberg makes video conferencing systems
        perfect for holding global business meetings like the one in Rollerball 35
        years ago. Cisco is, as the Wall Street Journal reports, going up against
        H-P on videoconferencing now that it\u2019s become affordable and workable
        for regular employees, not just Bond villains. There\u2019s one unfortunate
        result of the Cisco/H-P war: Incompatible systems.","title":"5 O''Clock Roundup:
        Comcast / NBC deal, text-driving banned for Federal employees, what''s a\u00a0Tandberg?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/01/5-oclock-roundup-comcast-nbc-deal-whats-a-tandberg/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943821,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"marco","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943819,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"harrison","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943820,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"best-for","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943818,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-15T23:20:26Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Update:
        Apple has just confirmed that the Beatles will be on iTunes.","title":"Here
        comes the Sun: Apple expected to announce deal to get Beatles songs on\u00a0iTunes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/15/here-comes-the-sun-apple-expected-to-announce-deal-to-get-beatles-songs-on-itunes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943817,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943816,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"luke-skurman","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943815,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"woman","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943814,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-10T20:24:29Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Whats
        Up with Wii U\u00a0Nintendo?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/10/whats-up-with-wii-u-nintendo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943813,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"mercado","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943812,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-05T07:28:54Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Guest
        Post Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of Groupon\u2019s IPO. And it\u2019s
        been a bad year. Here\u2019s what lies ahead in the deals\u00a0landscape.","title":"Groupon\u2019s
        one-year anniversary feels more like a funeral. So what\u2019s next for daily\u00a0deals?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/05/groupons-one-year-anniversary-feels-more-like-a-funeral-so-whats-next-for-daily-deals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943811,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T10:10:30Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Think
        the group-coupon craze is nearing the end of its life cycle? Tell that to
        LivingSocial\u2019s\u00a0investors.","title":"LivingSocial investors pump
        another $110M into the ailing deals\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/livingsocial-investors-pump-another-110m-into-the-ailing-deals-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943810,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"regular","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943809,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-09T06:02:02Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"You
        can write off the latest rumor about a potential suitor for the popular messaging
        app\u00a0WhatsApp.","title":"WhatsApp confirms Google isn\u2019t buying it
        \u2014 but you can bet someone will\u00a0soon","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/09/whatsapp-confirms-google-isnt-buying-it-but-you-can-bet-someone-will-soon/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943808,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-25T10:58:31Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"In
        one of her first interviews since launching Ouya, the Kickstarter-darling
        Android game console, chief executive Julie Uhrman tells all.We sat down with
        Uhrman at our New York City office to explore the difficulties of the console\u2019s
        launch (reviews weren\u2019t so kind, including ours), Ouya\u2019s role in
        the gaming world, and where things are headed. She revealed that cloud gaming
        is coming to Ouya, and that she\u2019s not opposed to third-party consoles.But
        the biggest takeaway: Any setbacks Ouya faces only makes it stronger.[Uhrman
        is also one of the top speakers at our GamesBeat conference next week. Grab
        your tickets now!]GamesBeat: What\u2019s next for you? You have the launch
        set, you have the holiday season coming up, and there\u2019s some next-gen
        competition coming.Julie Uhrman: We continue to improve. We think about our
        company very differently, even though we\u2019re a hardware and software and
        platform company. \u2026 We develop as if we\u2019re a software company, so
        we\u2019re iterating all the time. Every single month, we have new releases
        of functionality; we\u2019re always improving the experience and making it
        faster. Last month we launched our beta test for external hardware, and we
        added video to discovery and additional discovery feature that are more personalizable.Q4
        is looking really good. We\u2019re increasing our distribution footprint.
        We\u2019re growing in Europe and the Middle East. \u2026 We\u2019ll also be
        expanding it in the U.S. And the content\u2019s great. When we launched back
        in June, we had 176 games. Today we have almost 500. \u2026 And we\u2019re
        nearing on 26,000 developers.The breadth of content is also really exciting.
        Every genre is represented \u2026 we\u2019re just starting to see a bigger
        diversity in the developers on our platform. We\u2019re pushing hard to get
        Fez from Phil Fish on the platform; Double Fine is coming out in the first
        half of next year with Broken Age and The Cave. We have the exclusive Android
        version of [Telltale''s] The Walking Dead season 1 and 2, with the first releasing
        this year.GamesBeat: What have you learned from the launch? Uhrman: For one
        thing, Ouya wasn\u2019t built behind closed doors over years and years and
        released to the market. There are some things that we released were great,
        and there were other things that weren\u2019t great, and we needed a larger
        audience to sort of point that out. But because of how we\u2019ve built the
        company and how we develop, we can iteratively improve the product \u2014
        push additional firmware updates, push additional software updates. So if
        there\u2019s latency and lag in the controller, we\u2019ve been able to push
        updates that improve the experience.I think the one thing about Ouya is that
        feedback is incredibly helpful, because it helps makes us better, and we get
        better on a monthly basis. So there\u2019s always a reason to continue to
        come back to Ouya, not only to check out the experience, but to check out
        the games. \u2026They\u2019re just fun \u2014 I know it\u2019s an overused
        word, but that\u2019s what our gamers are calling it. They\u2019re having
        fun playing again. They don\u2019t have to overthink it; they don\u2019t have
        to go through 20-40 hours of gameplay or go through an extensive tutorial.
        \u2026 They can literally just pick it up, like we used to for Super Mario
        Bros., and they know what to do.GamesBeat:\u00a0It seems like a callback to
        older arcade games.Uhrman: That\u2019s resonating. Ouya was never meant to
        compete with traditional consoles. We\u2019re carving out our own niche. We\u2019re
        offering something very unique in the marketplace, the idea of inventive and
        innovative games on the television that can come from any developer because
        we\u2019re open. And we really believe in giving creative freedom to creators
        and lowering the barrier for gamers to try new developers and try new types
        of games. We\u2019re the only open gaming platform on the television, and
        it\u2019s resonating really well.GamesBeat: Do you take some credit for kicking
        off the Android microconsole craze?Uhrman: Absolutely. The market didn\u2019t
        exist before Ouya, and we\u2019re definitely the leader in the space, with
        the largest and most loyal community of gamers. \u2026 But it\u2019s\u00a0hard.
        And I think we\u2019re seeing that also. It\u2019s not easy to launch a new
        hardware platform and software platform and to develop a community of people
        that care. I always joke that it\u2019s not called hardware for nothing \u2014
        it\u2019s possible, and it\u2019s doable. But it\u2019s hard, and it\u2019s
        certainly hard to get right.Our path to market \u2014 which is to be open,
        to put it all out there, and be willing to accept at times that it may not
        be perfect, and to say that \u201cwe made a mistake, and we\u2019re fixing
        it\u201d \u2014 is also not easy. But we think it makes it better, and being
        open is really core to who we are and what we are. And I think our audience
        really appreciates it.GamesBeat: Who is the Ouya audience? And do you expect
        to see that shift as the console and platform evolve?Uhrman: I think platforms
        evolve based on the type of content that they get, and the developers that
        embrace them. Our early audience is definitely the core gamer, the guys who
        want to be the new adopters \u2014 the gadgetphiles, the makers, the hobbyists,
        and the hackers. And we still have that audience as well as that independent
        game audience, where it\u2019s not about playing a [first-person shooter]
        for 40 hours with 10,000 of your friends online \u2026 they want to play more
        story driven games, or games from developers that maybe only lived on mobile,
        like Vlambeer with Super Crate Box. That game is amazing on Ouya, because
        it feels like it was built for a controller, to be played on a television.The
        other thing that\u2019s been interesting to us, is that we\u2019ve definitely
        had sort of a mass market following. Target has really embraced us as a retailer,
        and their audience has really liked Ouya. One of the first updates we added
        to Ouya was age-gating and parental controls, and that came directly from
        our audience.GamesBeat: Are you worried at all about everything Valve is doing
        with SteamOS? It\u2019s very different from what you\u2019re doing, but it\u2019s
        also about bringing PC gaming to the living room.Uhrman: I think it\u2019s
        great for developers. The more platforms and channels that developers have
        to get their games to gamers is wonderful. What fundamentally sets Ouya apart
        is that we\u2019re open to all creators. We really want to give the the creative
        freedom to develop the game they want to develop. They don\u2019t need our
        approval to launch on Ouya. They don\u2019t need a ton of gamers to say \u201cYes,
        we want that game!\u201d If they believe in their game, and want it on the
        television, it can be there.I\u2019ll give you an example: One of the games
        on Ouya today that\u2019s very popular is Amazing Frog by Fayju. It\u2019s
        this frog that runs around, and you get points by doing tricks from jumping
        in the air. There\u2019s no beginning, middle, or end. There\u2019s no real
        point to the score. But it\u2019s fun, and it\u2019s silly, and it\u2019s
        enjoyable. And that game doesn\u2019t fit any typical genre. In fact, that
        game is really hard to describe and get someone excited about. You actually
        have to experience that game. \u2026 The majority of people on Ouya downloaded
        this game and love it. \u2026 It\u2019s games like that where the promise
        of Ouya is playing out.That\u2019s what makes Ouya so great \u2014 games like
        that can find a home and find an audience. Whereby, if you had to rely solely
        on describing the game and what the story was \u2026 If those things don\u2019t
        fit into the conventional descriptions of how we think about a game today,
        it would never have a chance. \u2026 That\u2019s what they [Fayju] said. They
        didn\u2019t have a home until Ouya, because nobody got it.[Developer] Ryan
        Green is working on That Dragon, Cancer, which is a game about his family\u2019s
        struggle with his 4-year-old son\u2019s cancer. \u2026 It\u2019s a very heartfelt,
        emotional story, and one might question how it\u2019s a game. But he wants
        to share this experience with gamers, but more importantly he wants it to
        be a shared experience. The only platform that really provides for a shared
        experience is the television. That\u2019s a game that would struggle to get
        on platforms, because it\u2019s not going to sell millions of consoles, and
        it may not sell tens of millions of units. And we don\u2019t care about that.
        We care about a great game and story that needs to be told. And we think gamers
        will really enjoy it.GamesBeat: Are you breaking open the concept of a game,
        too? It used to be about all graphics and gameplay.Uhrman: The answer is absolutely,
        and the reason for it is Kellee Santiago. She\u2019s our head of developer
        relations, and she was co-founder and president of Thatgamecompany, which
        created Flow, Flower, and Journey. She helps us think about games differently.
        \u2026 She has us look at more than just the action of the game, but what\u2019s
        the storytelling, what are the emotions it\u2019s trying to evoke, and really
        help us see that there\u2019s more to games than the genre that describes
        it. \u2026 We have games like Luxurious Suburbia that\u2019s come to Ouya,
        that are just different, but should be experienced.[caption id=\"attachment_845776\"
        align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"558\"] Ouya\u2019s custom retail display that
        gamers will find in Target stores soon.[/caption]GamesBeat: Do you think there\u2019s
        a future for cloud gaming in the Ouya platform?Uhrman: There is absolutely
        a role for cloud gaming on Ouya. We\u2019re talking to a number of the parties
        that support cloud gaming. It would bring content to Ouya that our hardware
        may not support today, but that will play wonderfully \u2014 and were built
        to be played in the cloud. \u2026 There are certain types of games where the
        idea of cloud gaming will work, and there are others where it won\u2019t work.
        To be able to have a low price point for a box, it\u2019s going to be great
        for gamers.GamesBeat: Can you reveal who your cloud gaming partners are?Uhrman:
        All the one\u2019s you\u2019re thinking.GamesBeat: When are the annual Ouya
        updates going to start?Uhrman:  Annually \u2026 2014! \u2026 We\u2019re really
        focused on the current product today, we\u2019ll start thinking more about
        it next year. We do anticipate a refresh of Ouya next year with an improvement
        of our processor and potentially adding more features and functionality.GamesBeat:
        How are you approaching the holiday season?Uhrman: We\u2019re focusing a lot
        on retail. We want to support the retail channel, so people who walk into
        retail stores and know what Ouya is can find it. We\u2019re testing some pop-up
        stores, specifically in San Francisco, and partnering with retail in New York.
        We think there\u2019s a great benefit for people being able to touch and experience
        Ouya. We\u2019re going to be much more focused online too.Heading all of that
        up will be our new head of marketing Patricia Parra \u2014 she came to us
        from Hulu and HBO.GamesBeat: Are you at all worried about microconsole fragmentation?
        Uhrman: I\u2019m not worried. We have a really loyal, engaged community of
        gamers and developers, and we\u2019re starting to see great content come to
        Ouya first and then migrate to other platforms. Based on the content that
        we know is coming out in Q4, we feel really confident that our community\u2019s
        going to grow.GamesBeat: You seem really poised to enable third-parties to
        create Ouya hardware as well, is that something you\u2019ve ever considered?Uhrman:
        What\u2019s most valuable about Ouya is the community and our relationship
        between gamers and developers. And the Ouya storefront is [also] of great
        value. So, yes, if there is a partner product on the market with the exact
        same specifications \u2014 so there\u2019s no fragmentation for the developer
        \u2014 would I be open to putting the Ouya storefront on it? Absolutely. But
        what I don\u2019t want to do is fragment my audience of developers and make
        things harder for them.[caption id=\"attachment_774022\" align=\"aligncenter\"
        width=\"558\"] Ouya\u2019s game library.[/caption]GamesBeat: You were also
        talking about potentially refreshing the Ouya hardware next year, how are
        you going to deal with fragmentation there?Uhrman: Very carefully \u2026 we\u2019re
        having conversations with a lot of the game engine [makers] and developers
        in relation to what we choose, and how do we build our tools to support devs
        the best way we can. \u2026 It won\u2019t be something that we think up on
        our own and launch it. By the time we launch it, we\u2019ll have the buy-in
        of our community, because that\u2019s how we do everything.GamesBeat: How
        do you feel about the feedback you\u2019ve gotten on the controller? And would
        a new controller be part of the hardware refresh?Uhrman: I\u2019ve been thrilled
        with the feedback \u2014 it means that it\u2019s working, that this relationship
        we\u2019ve developed with gamers and developers is working. They care enough
        to tell us how to make it better. The controller has improved drastically
        since we first debuted in March. The substructure of the action buttons have
        been firmed up. The tension of the triggers have been firmed up. The feel
        of the thumbsticks have been updated.The fact that people didn\u2019t know
        batteries go under the faceplates, we\u2019ve improved by putting a sticker
        showing it. \u2026 The controller has gotten significantly better \u2014 also
        in terms of improving the latency and lag and making it the best experience
        gamers can have. That\u2019s one of the things that\u2019s great about Ouya.
        We\u2019re never finished, it\u2019s always going to get better. And it gets
        better because our community cares enough to tell us how to make it better.GamesBeat:
        TowerFall seems like the closest thing you\u2019ve got to a \u201ckiller app\u201d
        right now. Are you thinking about how to bring more to the platform?Uhrman:
        Killer apps are important. TowerFall was by far the first game most people
        were really excited for on Ouya, and it continues to be one of our most popular
        games. The most popular game today on Ouya is Fists of Awesome by Nicoll Hunt,
        which was a Kickstarter game that was a demo on our platform. \u2026 That
        speaks to the value of having a demo and getting an audience behind you for
        when you\u2019re ready to launch.There are games that have come organically
        to Ouya in our top 5 that we didn\u2019t find by going to a festival,or going
        to a conference, or soliciting developers. Our killer apps will always be
        a combination of us going to find great developers and bringing their content
        to Ouya, and just the nature of what Ouya creates by giving creative freedom
        to developers. They have the platform of their choice, the I/O device of their
        choice, to build the game they want. And as a result it will become a hit.
        Amazing Frog is one example. BombSquad is another.When we have this conversation
        three months from now, the killer app we\u2019ll be talking about, I don\u2019t
        even know what it is today. But it\u2019ll be the\u00a0killer app.\u00a0 We\u2019ll
        find it together.GamesBeat: Will you be working with Yves Behar again on the
        next Ouya? [The renowned designer of Jawbone''s products, and plenty of other
        gadgets.]Uhrman: We are. Yves is our creative cofounder, he\u2019s a very
        important member of the team, as we think about our console and the controller,
        and incorporate feedback from the community, he\u2019ll play a very strong
        role.GamesBeat: How do you feel about how the \u201cFree the Games\u201d\u00a0fund
        has gone so far? Uhrman: I\u2019m thrilled that the Free the Games Fund is
        live and is doing well. We had our first funded game last month, Neverending
        Nightmares, which had a $100,000 goal. It\u2019s a great story that Matt Gilgenbach
        is making about mental illness, and it\u2019s an important story that he\u2019s
        bringing to Ouya.Free the Games did go through an evolution, the idea behind
        it was that we wanted to find great content. We felt like with a team of three
        on our developer relations team, going to conferences and festivals and scouring
        the web, we were going to miss something. So we thought, given what a jumpstart
        Kickstarter was to our existence, and being such great platform for game developers
        to find their audience, we thought it would be a great way to support game
        developers and find great content for Ouya that we might not have found on
        our own.It\u2019s one way we find content, it\u2019s not the only way. The
        spirit behind the fund was really, if a game received enough support, we would
        love to bring it to Ouya. The reality was we didn\u2019t put enough controls
        in it [the fund]. We allowed people to game the system. And it took us a while
        to figure out what the best way to update the rules would be to make it work
        for everybody. Initially we really wanted people to follow the spirit of the
        rules. When people said that wasn\u2019t going to happen, I naively and idealistically
        still held my ground and said, \u201cGive it time, it\u2019s really going
        to work!\u201dWhat really turned the tide for me is we read the feedback was
        developers saying, we know what you\u2019re trying to do, but it\u2019s not
        really working. And at the end of the day, it\u2019s not going to benefit
        me. That\u2019s when we knew we had to change the rules. The whole point of
        Free the Games was to benefit developers. Then we spent about a week \u2014
        probably a week too long in many peoples\u2019 eyes \u2014 talking to developers
        and finding out how can we make this work for you. What are the best rules?And
        when we looked at the average dollar we spent funding games, it wasn\u2019t
        $50,000. So we lowered the goal to $10,000 and said we wouldn\u2019t fund
        you above and beyond your goal, because it was disincentivizing the spirit
        of our fund. We wouldn\u2019t do the $100,000 bonus at the end. \u2026 We
        tied the exclusivity specifically to the amount of dollars we gave you. We\u2019re
        very pleased to see with how it\u2019s resonated with the community.One of
        our more vocal detractors during that period was Sophie Houlden who brought
        us Rose and Time. We had a great relationship with Sophie. \u2026 She just
        felt that, regardless of our best intentions, the program wasn\u2019t working
        and the fact that we were holding firm to it just sort of made it worse. And
        she ended up pulling her game from Ouya and she wrote a really long blog post
        saying she wasn\u2019t happy about the situation. \u2026Yesterday, she asked
        us to bring Rose and Time back to Ouya, and she wrote a great blog post basically
        saying I didn\u2019t think you guys could pull it off, but everything you\u2019ve
        done and everything you\u2019ve showed me proved you really listened to developers.
        \u2026I think that\u2019s a great testament to what we\u2019re trying to do.
        We may not get it right the first time, but we are going to keep at it until
        we do.Additional reporting by Eric Blattberg.","title":"An in-depth chat with
        Ouya\u2019s CEO: Surviving launch, dealing with controversy, & what lies\u00a0ahead","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/25/an-in-depth-chat-with-ouyas-ceo-surviving-the-launch-dealing-with-controversy-and-what-lies-ahead-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943807,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"pm","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943806,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"luke","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943805,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"bulent","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943804,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T14:16:08Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Facebook
        today announced in a press release that it intends to acquire titanic messaging
        service\u00a0WhatsApp for more than $16 billion.","title":"Facebook acquires
        messaging behemoth WhatsApp for more than\u00a0$16B","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/facebook-acquires-messaging-behemoth-whatsapp-for-16-billion/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943803,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"brian","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943802,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"2","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943801,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T14:29:09Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Like
        Instagram, it will live on in all its independent\u00a0glory.","title":"No,
        Facebook isn\u2019t shutting down\u00a0WhatsApp","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/no-facebook-isnt-shutting-down-whatsapp/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943800,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"mindset","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943798,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-20T07:31:26Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Even
        10 Instagrams from Google wasn\u2019t enough for WhatsApp.","title":"WhatsApp
        reportedly turned down a $10B offer from\u00a0Google","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/20/whatsapp-reportedly-turned-down-a-10b-offer-from-google/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943799,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"edison-nation","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943797,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"us-state-department","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943796,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-21T08:00:34Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Will
        games prove to be the decisive source of monetization on mobile messaging\u00a0networks?","title":"The
        DeanBeat: What Facebook\u2019s $16B acquisition of WhatsApp says about the
        rise of Asian\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/21/the-deanbeat-what-facebooks-16b-acquisition-of-whatsapp-says-about-the-rise-of-asian-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943795,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"youtube","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:22:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943794,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-23T18:00:54Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Guest
        Post Think Facebook\u2019s acquisition of WhatsApp might affect your SMS marketing
        initiative? Here are three reasons why it won\u2019t do\u00a0squat.","title":"Why
        Facebook\u2019s $19B WhatsApp acquisition means nothing (at least for\u00a0marketers)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/23/why-facebooks-19b-whatsapp-acquisition-means-nothing-at-least-for-marketers/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943793,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"sandra","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943792,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T05:53:59Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"WhatsApp\u00a0doesn\u2019t
        just want to take over text messaging.","title":"WhatsApp\u2019s killer upcoming
        feature: Phone\u00a0calls","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/whatsapps-killer-upcoming-feature-phone-calls/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943791,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943790,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T07:10:13Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"The
        WhatsApp acquisition makes it clear: Facebook and Google have no intention
        of remaining dependent on the caprices of the\u00a0telcos.","title":"WhatsApp
        shows that Facebook & Google are serious about competing with\u00a0telcos","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/whatsapp-shows-that-facebook-google-are-serious-about-competing-with-telcos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943789,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"edison","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943788,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T16:00:25Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Guest
        Post So what made WhatsApp so incredibly valuable and what does it mean for
        the mobile messaging\u00a0space?","title":"WhatsApp for business? How international
        organizations are getting in on mobile\u00a0messaging","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/whatsapp-for-business-how-international-organizations-are-getting-in-on-mobile-messaging/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943787,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"better-plan","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943786,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"pink","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943785,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-26T07:00:29Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick John Carmack will be working for Facebook and other consequences of the
        Oculus\u00a0deal.","title":"The Oculus-Facebook deal could marry tech, social,
        and gaming once and for\u00a0all","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/26/the-oculus-facebook-deal-could-marry-tech-social-and-gaming-once-and-for-all/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943784,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T13:52:27Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"\u201cYou
        know you\u2019re in a bubble when you see people throwing money at dogshit
        companies,\u201d Sood said. \u201cWe\u2019ve hit the peak of the\u00a0bubble.\u201d","title":"Microsoft
        Ventures GM: \u2018There will not be a WhatsApp-style acquisition\u00a0again\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/microsoft-ventures-gm-there-will-not-be-a-whatsapp-style-acquisition-again/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943783,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T04:00:46Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Now that WhatsApp has been purchased by Facebook, which undervalued companies
        flying below the radar will see the next big\u00a0deals?","title":"In the
        wake of WhatsApp, these companies are vying for title of \u201cnext big\u00a0thing\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/in-the-wake-of-whatsapp-these-companies-are-vying-for-title-of-next-big-thing/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943782,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"bobby","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943781,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T10:12:22Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"The
        deal could help Kakao battle against Line, Telegram, and now even Facebook-owned\u00a0WhatsApp.","title":"Messaging-app
        company Kakao merges with web-portal Daum in $3B\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/kakao-daum/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943780,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"mr","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943779,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-09T10:11:04Z","slug":"whats-the-deal","summary":"Obsidian
        I have one question. Why are all your games broken?","title":"Whats The Dealeo:
        Fallout New\u00a0Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/09/whats-the-dealeo-fallout-new-vegas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943778,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"pinpoint","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943777,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"intense","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943776,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"sessions-and","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943775,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"diaz","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
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        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943774,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"best-marketing","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943773,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"key","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943772,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"peak","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943771,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-04T15:00:11Z","slug":"three-pillars-recruiting","summary":"Alex
        Hutchinson is the creative director on Assassin\u2019s Creed III. The game
        is one of the biggest video games of the year, and Hutchinson\u2019s job is
        to make sure that the creative vision of the game captures the imagination
        of gamers, who are getting new Assassin\u2019s Creed games every year. We
        talked to him about everything from why the assassin, Connor, will still be
        wearing a hooded costume in We caught up with him on Sunday for an interview.
        Here\u2019s an edited trancript of our chat.","title":"Ubisoft\u2019s creative
        director on why hooded assassins still fit in the American Revolution\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/04/ubisofts-creative-director-on-why-hooded-assassins-still-fit-in-the-american-revolution-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943770,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"instagram","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943769,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943768,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"startup-advisor","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943767,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943766,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"am","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943765,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"phillips","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943764,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"seth-talbott","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943763,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"john-phillips","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943762,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"it-works","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943761,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"hussein","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943760,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"it-matters","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943759,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"haya","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943758,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"princess","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943757,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"shimon","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943756,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-03T00:00:00Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"I
        have heard many excuses from many people for why they are unwilling to give
        Burnout: Paradise a chance.  For the most part, these excuses stem from prior
        knowledge and distaste of the genre.  Now that I have spent a significant
        amount of time in Paradise, I firmly believe that there is something in it
        for everyone.  Thus, I have set out on a quest to debunk the most persistent
        of excuses. I have provided the following list for maximum convenience; in
        it you can find your excuse for not playing Burnout: Paradise and then jump
        down to the corresponding reason why you should give Paradise a shot.\u00a0Your
        Excuse: \u2013 I don\u2019t have the money \u00a0 \u2013 I don\u2019t have
        the time. \u00a0 \u2013 I don\u2019t like racing games.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        a)I like RPGs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0                   b)I
        like Shooters.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        c)I like Puzzle games. \u00a0 \u2013 This is not the same as previous Burnouts.
        / I didn\u2019t like the demo. / I don\u2019t like open worlds.Why Your Excuse
        Doesn\u2019t Hold Water:\u00a0 \u2013 I don\u2019t have the money.If you can\u2019t
        afford the game, then there\u2019s not much to discuss, but I would bet that
        the $20 price tag falls well within the range of anyone who owns the requisite
        PS3 or 360*.  This excuse usually stems from a perceived lack of value in
        the product.  Making this argument, a person is actually saying, \"Burnout:
        Paradise is not worth $20.\"  I beg to differ.In the time I\u2019ve owned
        it, I have played for over 75 hours (Suda51 has played over 700), and I once
        said, \"I don\u2019t like racing games.\"  That translates to over two hours
        for every dollar spent.   I dare you to milk that much value out of any other
        entertainment medium.  That is with the exception of books because, let\u2019s
        be honest, no one reads anymore.*If you don\u2019t own a PS3 or 360, hope
        is not lost.  All you need is a little ingenuity.  You must become friends
        with someone that owns one of these systems, and what better way is there
        for making friends that to buy him or her a copy of Burnout: Paradise for
        the two of you to play together?\u00a0 \u2013 I don\u2019t have the time.Yes,
        you do have the time; you just don\u2019t know it yet.  Here are a few things
        that could be replaced with playing Burnout: Paradise:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        \u2013 waiting for friends to call you back about evening plans.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        \u2013 waiting for your laundry to finish.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013
        waiting for your siblings to free up the bathroom.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        \u2013 eating (You could use a diet anyway.).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        \u2013 sleeping (Sleep when you\u2019re dead.).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        \u2013 watching Lost (We all know that it\u2019s going to be one big dream
        sequence; let it go.)\"But,\" you say, \"I don\u2019t do any of those things.  I\u2019m
        a/an [insert important occupation], and I have but seconds to spare between
        saving lives and taking care of my home.  I can\u2019t waste my time with
        games!\"  Wrong again.  There are several challenges throughout Paradise City
        that take less than 30 seconds to complete.  They are competitions to be the
        fastest person to race down a road.  Entertainment doesn\u2019t get much more
        condensed than that.\u00a0 \u2013 I don\u2019t like racing games.This requires
        a more specialized approach than other arguments.  Pray tell, what type of
        games do you like?a)I like RPGs.\t\tIn that case, you will love all of the
        collectibles in Paradise City.  There are billboards to bust, super jumps
        from which to fly, and gates through which to smash, as well as competitions
        and drive-thrus to find.  If that\u2019s not enough, you can earn better cars
        and upgraded versions of early vehicles.  You can\u2019t say that your inner
        loot-whore isn\u2019t salivating.\tb)  I like Shooters.\t\tI got it.  You
        need the thrill of the hunt.  You need fast-paced, heart-pumping action.  Well,
        you\u2019re in for a treat.  Nothing is faster-paced than flying down a road
        at Mach 10, dodging cars by deciphering the break-lights you see miles down
        the road.  There\u2019s also no better hunt than stalking you prey in Marked
        Man and smashing him into the nearest wall.  Furthermore, if your opponent
        has a camera, the thrill of victory is sweetened by snapshots of their defeated
        faces.  You have to take a break from your favorite FPS sometime.\tc)  I like
        Puzzle games.\t\tIf you like finding the perfect path in Peggle or organizing
        a sweet combo in Tetris, then Crash Mode is for you.  In Crash Mode, you achieve
        a high score by orchestrating the greatest wrecks of all time.  All of the
        cars, buses, and billboards on the road become an intricate, living puzzle
        you must navigate with your mangled vehicle.  Making a perfect run requires
        collecting hundreds of points and building monstrous multipliers, which puzzle
        players love to do.\u00a0 \u2013 This is not the same as previous Burnouts.
        / I didn\u2019t like the demo. / I don\u2019t like open worlds.\tGet over
        it.  Burnout: Paradise is only $20.  You can afford to give the game a chance.  Nothing
        delivers the same experience that Paradise does.  Not even the demo.  You
        will find something for your and so much more.  And, if you don\u2019t like
        it, you can always complain to Criterion; they have been listening to the
        community and fixing issues in patches.  For instance, they added a \"restart
        race\" feature because of the community outcry.  Go on.  Give it a try.  It
        doesn\u2019t bite.\u2014 \u00a0All jokes aside, Burnout: Paradise is a great
        game and one of those rare titles that continues to get better (and cheaper).  Criterion
        have crafted an amazing experience that truly offers something for everyone
        to enjoy.  Try it for yourself and see.Lastly, I would like to offer a pro-tip:  if
        any of the challenges prove too difficult, thereby inhibiting your enjoyment
        of the game, buy one of the toy cars.  They are smaller and less destructible,
        making them capable of surviving harsher collisions and better at navigating
        Paradise City.","title":"Why Burnout: Paradise is for\u00a0EVERYONE","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:21:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/03/why-burnout-paradise-is-for-everyone/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943755,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"douglas","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943754,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-14T22:12:14Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Marketing
        Memories","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/14/marketing-memories/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943753,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"american-express","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943752,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-25T03:41:27Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"Few
        RPG franchises have lasted as long as Final Fantasy, and none are able to
        compete with its thirteen-man roster. This long-running series holds a special
        place in the hearts of many, but few have played the entire series. Many gamers
        have played the Playstation-era Final Fantasies, and perhaps even the 16-bit
        titles, but most haven\u2019t touched the NES installments; especially the
        ugly duckling of the series, sometimes referred to as Final Fantasy 2.","title":"A
        Tale of Wild Roses And Imperial\u00a0Corruption","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/25/a-tale-of-wild-roses-and-imperial-corruption/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943751,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"lineup","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943750,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-23T07:27:11Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"Living
        through economic downturns, being a target of violence or theft, witnessing
        political upheaval \u2014 they''re all part of being human. When thrust into
        turbulent environments, we tend to find comfort in the familiar \u2014 whether
        it be Classic Rock, a Harry Potter book, or a Super Mario game.","title":"The
        Least Obvious, Yet Most Annoying\u00a0Clich\u00e9","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/23/the-least-obvious-yet-most-annoying-clich/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943749,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"previous","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943748,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-20T19:31:00Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"October
        18, 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the NES according to Nintendo. That
        means a quarter of a century has passed since the second rise of video games
        and Nintendo\u2019s dominance. But the NES itself has already been talked
        about to death. Instead, we\u2019re going to celebrate the past by taking
        a look at the present. 2010 has been surprisingly full of franchises continuing
        their NES legacy. Let\u2019s take a look at each of these franchises \u2014
        both then and now \u2014 to see what has changed and what has remained the
        same.","title":"Playing with Staying Power: 10 NES Franchises That Made It
        to\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/20/playing-with-staying-power-ten-nes-franchises-that-made-it-to-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943747,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"way","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943746,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-04T19:57:00Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"Amid
        the pandemonium of top-tier releases and end-of-year award-giving, it''s easy
        to forget that the sole bastion of ingenuity isn''t Ubisoft, Sony, or Electronic
        Arts: The genesis of an idea is imagination, and every year, hundreds of independent
        developers try to make a name for themselves with creative concepts. In the
        end, we are the beneficiaries!","title":"5 great (and free!) indie games from\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/04/the-5-best-free-independent-games-of-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943745,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"bannerview-com","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943744,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"dad","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943743,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-08T14:40:56Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylan20/5915862233/","title":"The
        shuttle program ends, and with it, an era of American tech\u00a0excellence","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/08/shuttle-launch-technology-end/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943742,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-04T12:12:40Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"Oliver
        Samwer is the German Internet mogul and multi-millionaire owner of startup
        incubator Rocket Internet, best known for his agressive cloning tactics  and
        bullish management\u00a0strategies.","title":"22 secrets of success from Europe\u2019s
        most controversial\u00a0entrepreneur","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/04/22-secrets-of-success-from-europes-most-controversial-entrepreneur/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943741,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"surefire","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943740,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-04T11:00:00Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"GamesBeat
        interviews the creators of \u201creverse Tetris\u201d puzzler Dream of Pixels
        on being indie and how success in the media doesn\u2019t necessarily equate
        to success on the App\u00a0Store.","title":"\u2018Reverse Tetris\u2019 puzzler
        Dream of Pixels may be critically acclaimed, but how is it selling?\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/04/dream-of-pixels-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943739,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"stand-out","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943738,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-11T07:38:41Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"\u201cMac
        OS is the best thing to happen to Windows RT,\u201d quip the\u00a0trolls.","title":"Mac
        OS on Microsoft Surface? A hacker makes it\u00a0happen","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/11/mac-os-windows-rt-hack/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943737,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-27T12:23:13Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"Guest
        Post Genomics data is about to change the way doctors discover and treat disease
        \u2014 but there are some significant obstacles standing in the\u00a0way.","title":"The
        personalized medicine revolution is almost\u00a0here","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/27/the-personalized-medicine-revolution-is-almost-here/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943736,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"do","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943735,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-02T22:16:18Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"I
        never thought much about ZombiU prior to the launch of the Wii U. \u00a0It
        just seemed like another generic Zombie \u201csurvival/horror\u201d FPS except
        with fancy Wii U controls. \u00a0In fact, I hadn\u2019t even bothered to play
        the game until a month after launch. \u00a0At first I thought it was due to
        me being preoccupied with other Wii U games like New Super Mario Bros. U and
        Nintendo Land. Looking back now, what kept me hesitant was that I saw a lot
        of Red Steel, Ubisoft\u2019s launch title for the Wii, in the release of ZombiU.","title":"Review:
        ZombiU","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/02/review-zombiu/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943734,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"i","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943733,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-13T17:31:38Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"Today
        at HAXLR8R\u2019s demo day, ten hot hardware startups presented their products
        after completing a 15-week accelerator program in Shenzhen\u00a0China.","title":"10
        HAXLR8R startups return from China to unveil ready-for-market hardware","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/13/10-haxlr8r-startups-return-from-china-to-unveil-ready-for-market-hardware/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943732,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"bannerview","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943731,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"c","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943730,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-27T08:00:13Z","slug":"ingenuity-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Chip architect and DARPA researcher Bob Colwell outlines the challenges
        of chip design as Moore\u2019s Law\u00a0slows","title":"What chip designers
        will do when Moore\u2019s Law\u00a0ends","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/27/what-chip-designers-will-do-when-moores-law-ends/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943729,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943728,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"dc","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943727,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"en","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943726,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"mark-cenicola","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943725,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"notify","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943724,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"we","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943723,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"factual","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943722,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943721,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"none","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943720,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943719,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"span","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943718,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943717,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-05-19T13:15:27Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"AOL,
        the East Coast copycat \u2014 AOL is duplicating, hoping to catch up. It copied
        San Mateo hot company YouTube\u2019s video hosting, with its UnCut Video,
        and launched Aim Pages to compete with Santa Monica\u2019s MySpace. Now it
        has purchased Lightningcast, a company that specializes in inserting advertising
        into video clips.","title":"Silicon Valley''s latest: Google, Maxthon, Matrix
        &\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/19/silicon-valleys-latest-google-maxthon-matrix-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943716,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"survive","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943715,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"wikinvest","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943714,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-29T10:45:11Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Nielsen
        Co. has acquired Telephia, a San Francisco provider of research on consumer
        usage data in the telecom and mobile media markets, for an undisclosed price.","title":"Nielsen
        buys Telephia, for mobile phone traffic measurement\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/29/nielsen-buys-telephia-for-mobile-phone-traffic-measurement-service/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943713,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"painting","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943712,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"gravity-payments","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943711,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-30T07:44:40Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"In
        a capitalist society, everything has a monetary value \u2014 including the
        forests. However, determining a forest\u2019s worth entails guesswork. ImageTree
        has produced software that asses both the economic and the environmental value
        of forests.","title":"ImageTree raises $4.5M for sophisticated forestry\u00a0monitoring","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/30/imagetree-raises-45m-for-sophisticated-forestry-monitoring/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943710,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943709,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-30T05:12:27Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"When
        we talk about concentrating photovoltaics (CPV), it\u2019s the lenses, mirrors
        and tracking systems that focus sunlight onto solar cells that get all the
        attention. But why not the cells themselves? A little-discussed handicap in
        CPV is the near-monopoly two public companies, Boeing\u2019s (BA) Spectrolab
        and Emcore (EMKR), enjoy on high-efficiency cells.  That\u2019s starkly different
        from the other solar markets, in which dozens of startups are vying for attention.
        One reason the two companies reign uncontested is that the market for their
        expensive cells, which can capture over 30 percent of the sunlight that hits
        them, is very small. But Cyrium Technologies, with $15 million in new funding,
        hopes to break the status quo and, in the process help the CPV market to expand.  At
        the moment there\u2019s not a lot separating Emcore and Spectrolab. Both companies
        occasionally put out press releases touting record-breaking efficiencies,
        but those milestones are achieved in labs, not manufacturing lines. What\u2019s
        actually sold are cells that average 37 percent efficiency (although anecdotal
        reports suggest their real performance is around 34 percent). Both companies
        have struggled to do any better with efficiency, and prices have likewise
        stayed high.  That\u2019s not a huge problem for CPV companies like SolFocus,
        because the biggest cost is in all the lenses, trackers and so forth that
        make up concentrating solar units, and the technology is still new. However,
        many CPV systems are now at a point where they compare favorably to regular
        solar panels. As a new technology, they could use a competitive advantage
        to help convince buyers, and lift their own profit margins. Cyrium thinks
        it can provide that edge.  Cyrium\u2019s innovation is changing a time-tested
        portion of the cells Emcore and Spectrolab use. The photovoltaics in question
        go by the geeky designation of III-V, triple-junction cells. That means they\u2019re
        built with three layers that work a bit like a sieve with progressively smaller
        holes. The top layer captures ultraviolet light, the middle takes in visible
        light, and the bottom grabs the remaining infrared spectrum.  The middle layer
        is what has held up further development, according to Cyrium\u2019s CEO, Steve
        Eglash. It captures less light than the other two, and further development
        has been slow. Cyrium was founded by Simon Fafard, now the company\u2019s
        CTO, around the idea of embedding nano-scale amounts of a material called
        indium arsenide within that layer of the cell (also called quantum dotting).  Eglash
        says the technique will boost his company\u2019s first line of solar cells
        to around 41 percent efficiency, which can milk out 10 percent more energy
        from a CPV system. That\u2019s a large and important gain, especially if the
        CPV technology in question is already competitive with other forms of solar
        power.  Cyrium hasn\u2019t gotten to that efficiency yet, but Eglash says
        its initial partners are already reporting comparable output to Spectrolab
        cells, and development is far from done. And interest in the finished product
        is running high: \u201cOut of the 25-30 concentrated photovoltaic companies
        out there, nearly every single one has reached out and asked if they can please
        work with us,\u201d Eglash says.  Also on the books is a reduction in cost,
        but there, Cyrium\u2019s competitors are on a more even footing with it. Eglash
        says his company will benefit from a fabless (outsourced) manufacturing model,
        which Spectrolab and Emcore don\u2019t use, but prices will remain high from
        now, only falling gradually over time.  The funding for Cyrium is its second
        so far, and was for $15 million. Quercus Trust led, and was joined by previous
        investors BDC, Chyrsalix and Pangaea Ventures. It also recently received some
        funding from Sustainable Technology Development Canada, and its first round
        was for $3 million. Cyrium is headquartered in Ontario, Canada with an office,
        headed by Eglash, in Sunnyvale, Calif.","title":"With $15M new funding, Cyrium
        will fight Boeing and Emcore for the concentrating solar\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/30/with-15m-new-funding-cyrium-will-fight-boeing-and-emcore-for-the-concentrating-solar-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943708,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"photos","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943707,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-13T16:16:17Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Kovio
        has raised $20 million in a fifth round of funding for its technology for
        printing chips in the same way that inkjets print on paper. If successful,
        the startup could create identification chips that are so cheap they could
        be placed on almost every product produced, just like the barcodes that have
        been around since 1974.","title":"Kovio raises $20 million for chip-printing
        technology for tiniest radios and\u00a0sensors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/13/kovio-raises-20-million-more-for-chip-printing-technology-for-tinest-radios-and-sensors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943706,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943705,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"nasdaq","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943704,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-16T16:59:30Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Stitcher
        has posted two more audio recordings of our MobileBeat 2009 panels. Here\u2019s
        the links to our panel on venture capitalists and strategic investors discussing
        Where\u2019s the ROI? What\u2019s Not Working? (above) We also have an audio
        recording of our fireside chat on Taking Mobile Marketing Mainstream. (Pictured
        below).","title":"MobileBeat: Listen to panels on mobile investing and\u00a0marketing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/16/mobilebeat-listen-to-more-audio-recordings-of-panels-on-mobile-investing-and-marketing/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943703,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"dan-price","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943702,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943701,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-04T12:36:27Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Waiting
        on deliveries has always been one of the downsides of online shopping. UK
        retail giant Argos has just added a novel delivery option in the London area
        via a startup called Shutl. Shutl dynamically matches local, business-to-business
        courier companies with retailers in order to offer faster and more flexible
        deliveries.","title":"UK retailer Argos adopts Shutl courier-bidding service
        for faster, cheaper\u00a0deliveries","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/04/uk-retailer-argus-adopts-shutl-courier-bidding-service-for-faster-cheaper-deliveries/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943700,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"me","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943699,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"sunny","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943698,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-10T05:00:12Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"The  video
        games industry is big and getting bigger. But it\u2019s changing.  Console
        games are getting riskier to make, while online and mobile games  are taking
        over the market (see my updated Global Video Games Investment Review, which
        I\u2019ll be using to open GDC Europe).","title":"Online and mobile games
        should generate more revenue than console\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/10/online-and-mobile-games-should-generate-more-revenue-than-console-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943697,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"space","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943696,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-26T12:02:42Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Riding
        high on a bout of good press for its Chevy Volt, GM is putting $7 million
        into its next big bet on electric cars: cheaper, higher-energy batteries.","title":"GM
        bets on cheaper electric car batteries with Envia, leads $17M\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/26/gm-bets-on-cheaper-electric-car-batteries-with-envia-leads-17m-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943695,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"a-group","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943694,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"6","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943693,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-27T05:00:46Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Meteor
        Entertainment\u00a0has raised $10 million in a bid to launch a downloadable
        online game called Hawken. Aimed at hardcore gamers who battle each other
        online, Hawken is a fast-action shooting game where players can equip themselves
        with giant armored mech robotic suits and pummel each other in the ruined
        cities of a toxic planet.","title":"Meteor Entertainment raises $10M to fund
        Hawken online mech game\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/27/meteor-entertainment-raises-10m-to-fund-hawken-online-mech-game-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943692,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"p","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943691,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"social-circle","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943690,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"gang","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943689,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-25T06:00:07Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"The
        green technology investing boom has slowed. But if you ask investors, greentech
        isn\u2019t disappearing, it\u2019s just changing.","title":"Good-bye solar?
        Greentech investments shift to consumer tech and electric\u00a0vehicles","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/25/greentech-investments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943688,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"alien","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943687,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-07T11:09:00Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"A
        six-man group of open-source diehards from Nokia have teamed up to form Jolla
        Mobile, a company focused on building phones using the Linux-based MeeGo operating
        system.","title":"Ex-Nokia guys start mystery company to build Linux-based\u00a0phones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/07/jolla-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943686,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"slate","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943685,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"nfl","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943684,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-29T06:00:07Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Meteor
        Entertainment raised another $18M for its Hawken multiplayer mech combat\u00a0game.","title":"Hawken
        publisher Meteor Entertainment raises $18M as big launch draws\u00a0near","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/29/hawken-publisher-meteor-entertainment-raises-18m-as-big-launch-draws-near/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943683,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"legs","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943682,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-17T10:00:58Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Guest
        Post Non-technical wannapreneurs spend so much time searching for co-founders
        who code. Perhaps that time can be better\u00a0spent.","title":"The plight
        of the non-technical founder: How to earn a hacker of your\u00a0own","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/17/non-technical-founder/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943681,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"touching","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943680,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-28T17:40:41Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Funding
        news takes part in the same-day delivery battle, and also delves into game
        development, Argentina, and\u00a0PaaS.","title":"Funding Daily: Same-Day\u00a0Delivery","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:20:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/funding-daily-same-day-delivery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943679,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943678,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"mlb","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943677,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-06T18:13:23Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"So
        the government is secretly mining our data from major tech companies. If that
        hasn\u2019t scared you away from the Internet, here is today\u2019s funding\u00a0roundup.","title":"Funding
        Daily: PRISM","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/06/funding-daily-prism/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943676,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"panda","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943675,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"family-dollar","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943674,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"brooke","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:57Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943673,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"hat","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:57Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943672,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943671,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-06T09:05:05Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"This
        week\u2019s slight bounce-back of around 70 cents per share is due to the
        arrival of a certain high-profile Microsoftie in Zynga\u2019s hallowed\u00a0halls.","title":"This
        week in tech stock: Zynga surges, Facebook & Microsoft\u00a0lag","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/06/this-week-in-tech-stock-zynga-surges/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943670,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-07T14:45:46Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The       Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies
        (PACT)       announced the 50       companies selected to present at the 20th
        Annual IMPACT       2013 Venture Summit on October 22 and 23 at The Ritz-Carlton,
        Philadelphia.\u00a0\u2026","title":"PACT Announces Featured Companies for
        the IMPACT 2013 Venture\u00a0Summit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/07/pact-announces-featured-companies-for-the-impact-2013-venture-summit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:55Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943669,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"pm","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:55Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943668,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"reason","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943667,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-05T09:00:45Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Health
        care providers are laden with antiquated technological infrastructures and
        are afraid to bring them online for fear of violating HIPAA or other industry
        regulatory requirements. While there\u2019s reason to tread carefully, with
        old tech comes new\u00a0opportunity.","title":"ClearDATA scores $14M to bring
        health IT to the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/05/cleardata-14m-series-b-health-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943666,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:53Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943665,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:53Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943664,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"nixon","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943663,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-13T04:58:38Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"On
        TrustPilot\u2019s website, perform a search for a web store, and you\u2019ll
        receive a rating and shortlist of\u00a0reviews.","title":"TrustPilot nabs
        $25M to bring its online retail reviews service to the\u00a0U.S.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/trustpilot-nabs-25m-to-bring-its-online-retail-reviews-service-to-the-u-s/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943662,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"tv","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:51Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943661,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:51Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943660,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"undo","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943659,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"mark-krassner","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943658,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T08:00:55Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Dave
        Cole, 28, made his positions available on open source repository Github, participated
        in a Reddit AMA, and blogs about the campaign on Medium. But will that be
        enough to win him a seat in\u00a0Congress?","title":"One of us! This hacker
        is running for Congress to fight for tech\u00a0innovators","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/one-of-us-this-hacker-is-running-for-congress-to-fight-for-tech-innovators/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943657,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:49Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943656,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"bull","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:49Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943655,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"envision","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943654,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T07:48:34Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Embattled
        Bitcoin\u00a0exchange Mt. Gox continues to crumble.","title":"Mt. Gox, unable
        to rebuild, files for\u00a0liquidation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/mt-gox-unable-to-rebuild-files-for-liquidation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943653,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"stance","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:47Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943652,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"woman","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:47Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943651,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-02T09:00:41Z","slug":"aea-investors","summary":"Gravity
        is inescapable, especially if we\u2019re talking about the content personalization
        startup that goes by the same\u00a0name.","title":"Gravity pulls in investors,
        gets $10.6M for content personalization\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/02/gravity-series-b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943650,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"arrived","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943649,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"richard-nixon","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943648,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943647,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"my-business","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943646,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:44Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943645,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:44Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943644,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"burning-man","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943643,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943642,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-17T08:30:37Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"While
        Dish and DirectTV\u00a0plan to launch streaming services\u00a0to satisfy cord
        cutters, Cable TV providers barely lost an inch last year against services
        like Netflix.","title":"Study: Streaming services like Netflix barely put
        a dent in cable TV profits last\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/study-streaming-services-like-netflix-barely-put-a-dent-in-cable-tv-profits-last-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943641,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943640,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-23T11:03:17Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"CoWare,
        a San Jose, Calif. provider of EDA software and services, has secured $7 million
        of a $14 million Series fifth round, according to a regulatory filing cited
        by PE Wire. Backers include Greylock Partners, GIMV, Cadence Design Systems
        and IT Partners (Belgium).","title":"CoWare, provider of EDA software, raises
        $7M of planned\u00a0$14M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/23/coware-provider-of-eda-software-raises-7m-of-planned-14m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943639,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T11:41:27Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"One
        of the biggest innovations in Motorola\u2019s upcoming, high-tech Android
        smartwatch is that it looks like \u2026 a wristwatch. The irony of that isn\u2019t
        lost on Motorola.","title":"Motorola\u2019s design chief reveals the biggest
        inspiration for Moto 360\u00a0smartwatch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/motorolas-design-head-on-what-led-to-the-moto-360/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943638,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"richard","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943637,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943636,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-09T10:08:37Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"(UPDATED
        at 6:40pm PT: See below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Aug.
        9,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/09/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-aug-9-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943635,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T05:30:34Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"The
        fate of the open Internet is at stake over one very important decision. And
        yet C-SPAN 3 did not receive Super Bowl-level viewership during its three-hour
        broadcast of the Comcast-TWC merger Senate hearing yesterday.","title":"5
        takeaways from the Comcast-TWC merger Senate\u00a0hearing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/5-takeaways-from-the-comcast-twc-merger-senate-hearing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943634,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"20","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943633,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-27T06:41:21Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"Ceres,
        a Thousand Oaks, Calif. company seeking ways to produce plant biomass more
        efficiently for use in a new generation of alternative fuels, has raised a
        $75 million in financing.","title":"Energy crop company Ceres raises\u00a0$75M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/27/energy-crop-company-ceres-raises-75m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943632,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"key","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943631,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T05:00:11Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"With
        \u2018massive MIMO,\u2019 Quantenna will be able to take wireless internet
        speeds to new\u00a0levels.","title":"Quantenna promises to make Wi-Fi almost
        six times faster with new wireless\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/quantenna-promises-make-wi-fi-almost-six-times-faster-with-new-wireless-chips/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943630,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"grover","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943629,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943628,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"my-career","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943627,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-14T08:38:44Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"Featured
        companies: Advanced Bio-Surfaces, Ambit Biosciences, EnteroMedics, Molecular
        Vision, Skyline Ventures","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Nov.
        14,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/14/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-nov-14-2007/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943626,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"harry","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:35Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943625,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"fulton","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943624,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T12:00:51Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Creating
        tension and excitement in a free browser game is a tough ask, but this is
        one zombie title worth diving into from your\u00a0desk.","title":"Dead Underground
        turns London\u2019s subway map into a zombie-strategy\u00a0blast","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/dead-underground-turns-londons-subway-map-into-a-zombie-strategy-blast/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943623,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943622,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-13T06:26:57Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Dec. 13,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/13/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-dec-13-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:34Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943621,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"prince","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:33Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943620,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-21T09:00:54Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"For
        the first-world nerd on your list, the most thoughtful gift you can give is
        a donation in their name \u2014 something that\u2019s perfectly, tear-jerkingly
        aligned with their profession, passions, and\u00a0personality.","title":"The
        best last-minute gift: Online charitable donations for\u00a0techies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/21/the-best-last-minute-gift-online-charitable-donations-for-techies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943619,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-25T09:00:19Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Malware
        expert Vitaly Kamluk says the scenario of Watch Dogs is already\u00a0happening.","title":"A
        security expert examines if the hackers of Ubisoft\u2019s Watch Dogs could
        actually take over a real smart city\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/25/could-the-hackers-of-ubisofts-watch-dogs-game-really-take-over-a-smart-city-in-the-real-world/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943618,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"harrison","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943617,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943616,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-14T11:18:30Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"CoreOptics
        designs 10/40/100 Gbps optical networking subsystems for tier-1 networks.
        Along with sales of optical fiber, the company also makes signal processing
        technology aimed at lowering error rates in transmission.  Founded in 2001,
        CoreOptics has taken over $90 million to date. The company is co-based in
        Nuremberg, Germany and Manchester, New Hampshire, with additional offices
        in San Jose, Calif.  The source of the the $25 million funding was not disclosed,
        but CoreOptic\u2019s past backers include T-Com Venture Fund, GIMV, Crescendo
        Ventures, TVM Capital, High Tech Private Equity, Atila Ventures and Quest
        for Growth.","title":"CoreOptics raises $25M for optical networking\u00a0systems","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/14/coreoptics-raises-25m-for-optical-networking-systems/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943615,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-23T12:48:55Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Our
        roundup of the most significant stories for health-tech this\u00a0year.","title":"5
        memorable moments that shaped health-tech in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/23/5-memorable-moments-that-shaped-health-tech-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:32Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943614,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"duke","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:32Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943613,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T12:00:22Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Even
        though they\u2019re unfinished, DayZ and its post-apocalyptic competitors
        have racked up millions of sales. How did they get so\u00a0popular?","title":"This
        is the end: Why millions of gamers love to play in the\u00a0apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/apocalypse-in-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943612,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"bloomberg","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943611,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"sf","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943610,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-28T05:02:10Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"As
        I did last year, I thought it would be interesting to survey what the next
        year has to offer between consoles, handhelds, and PCs focusing mainly on
        NA by taking a large sampling of what (we hope) will show up on time and go
        from there with a few thoughts on them in\u00a0general.","title":"A Survey
        of the 2014\u00a0Gamescape","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/28/a-survey-of-the-2014-gamescape/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:30Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943609,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"apart","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:30Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943608,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"rob-fulton","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943607,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-28T17:48:37Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"European
        cleantech is finally feeling the funding crunch. Market analysts at the Cleantech
        Group released a report today showing that investment in the sector during
        the first quarter fell to $281 million, an 11 percent drop from the previous
        quarter and a 31 percent drop from last year. Fourth quarter figures for 2008
        were also down from the previous quarter.","title":"European cleantech feels
        the pinch \u2014 looks to distinguish itself from\u00a0U.S.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/28/european-cleantech-feels-the-pinch-looks-to-distinguish-itself-from-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943606,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T13:35:03Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Samsung
        already dominates global smartphone sales, capturing a leading\u00a029\u00a0percent
        of the market. Now, the company is first place in the smartwatch race, holding
        a\u00a0market share of\u00a071 percent.","title":"Samsung ships 500,000 smartwatches
        in Q1 2014, smartwatch market doubles in\u00a0size","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/samsung-ships-500000-smartwatches-in-q1-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943605,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-30T09:23:27Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"More
        than 199,000 people had their dreams of going to Mars (and never returning)
        crushed\u00a0today.","title":"From 200K to 1K: Mars One cuts applicant pool
        for Mars colony by\u00a099.5%","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/30/from-200k-to-1k-mars-one-cuts-applicant-pool-for-mars-colony-by-99-5/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943604,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"he","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:28Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943603,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:33:06Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Netflix
        and Amazon disrupt how shows are made","title":"A brave new on-demand TV world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:28Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28404597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943602,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-30T11:52:34Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"TorreyPines
        Therapeutics, maker of pain management medication, has skirted failure through
        a $1.4 million merger deal with Raptor Therapeutics. The deal dictates that
        Raptor will become a full subsidiary of TorreyPines, which is publicly traded
        on the Nasdaq, but the new entity will take on the Raptor name, reports VentureWire.","title":"Pain
        treatment maker TorreyPines saved by Raptor\u00a0merger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/30/pain-treatment-maker-torreypines-saved-by-raptor-merger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943601,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T08:05:03Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Powerhouse       Dynamics announced that it has raised $6 million in
        Series B       funding. The round was led by Point Judith Capital and Constellation       Technology
        Ventures (CTV). Existing investors, including SOSVentures and Vision\u00a0Ridge\u2026","title":"Powerhouse
        Dynamics Raises $6M in Series B\u00a0Funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/powerhouse-dynamics-raises-6m-in-series-b-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943600,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-27T07:00:00Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Microsoft
        will have its wholly owned studio Black Tusk work on a new entry in the shooter\u00a0franchise.","title":"Gears
        of War is now a Microsoft-owned\u00a0property","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/27/gears-of-wars-is-now-a-microsoft-owned-property/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943599,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"envision","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943598,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"co","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943597,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-17T08:33:27Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding announcements include new ways to invest in stocks, buy cheap event
        tickets and build sustainable companies:","title":"Deals & More: Kapitall
        grabs $7.3M for iPad investment app, ScoreBig raises money for discounted
        sports\u00a0tickets","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/17/deals-more-kapitall-grabs-7-3m-to-make-investing-fun-for-younger-investors-scorebig-raises-additional-funding-for-discounted-sports-tickets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943596,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T18:09:35Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Zynga\u2019s
        new leaders say they\u2019ll target the racing and \u201cpeople\u201d game
        categories with new\u00a0acquisition.","title":"Zynga\u2019s Don Mattrick
        and Clive Downie describe their strategy for 2014 and today\u2019s results\u00a0(excerpts)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/zyngas-don-mattrick-and-clive-downie-describe-their-strategy-for-2014-and-todays-results-excerpts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943595,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T09:42:59Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"A
        study that quantitatively measures customer satisfaction\u00a0released its\u00a0numbers
        for 2014 \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t look good for Time Warner Cable and Comcast.","title":"Time
        Warner Cable, Comcast set record lows for\u00a0satisfaction","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/time-warner-cable-comcast-set-record-lows-for-satisfaction/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943594,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943593,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"rob","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943592,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-05T12:00:59Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"Motion-control
        technologies are a hot commodity. Microsoft\u2019s Kinect motion-control system
        has proven to be a big hit, and Microsoft\u2019s been scooping up companies
        such as 3DV Systems and Canesta to expand its capabilities.","title":"Movea''s
        motion-sensing chips will make TV remotes\u00a0smarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/05/moveas-motion-sensing-chips-will-make-tv-remotes-smarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943591,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T05:00:12Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"After
        three years of development, Turtle Rock Studios finally unveils the gameplay
        of its Evolve co-op monster-hunting\u00a0game.","title":"Evolve is a terrifying
        and fun co-op monster-hunting game from the makers of Left 4 Dead (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/evolve-is-a-terrifying-and-fun-co-op-monster-hunting-game-from-the-makers-of-left-4-dead-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943590,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"blackberry","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943589,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T20:05:58Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Viacom\u2019s
        recent moves to punish one of its service partners has\u00a0caught the attention
        of federal regulators.","title":"Viacom\u2019s online TV content blackout
        for Cable One grabs the FCC\u2019s\u00a0attention","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/viacoms-online-tv-content-blackout-for-cable-one-grabs-the-fccs-attention/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943588,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"leonardo-dicaprio","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943587,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943586,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943585,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T05:10:42Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Developer
        Phil Robb tells us how the upcoming monster-hunting title Evolve came to\u00a0life.","title":"How
        Turtle Rock Studios created the 4-on-1 monster-hunting game Evolve\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/how-turtle-rock-studios-created-the-4-on-1-monster-hunting-game-evolve-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943584,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-07T03:00:43Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"Near-field
        communications chips promise to launch a new era of mobile commerce. The wireless
        technology makes it possible to buy something with the swipe of your smartphone,
        rather than cash or a credit card. But the technology requires rock solid
        security.","title":"Before you can pay with phones, near-field communications
        needs better\u00a0security","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/07/before-you-can-pay-with-phones-near-field-communications-needs-better-security/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943583,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"pink","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943582,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"google-play","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943581,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943580,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-12T06:56:18Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Inside
        China, Microsoft alters its search results to serve the government\u2019s
        interests, as do competing search engines like Google. But this change applies
        to Chinese-speakers around the\u00a0world.","title":"Bing censors Chinese-language
        search results in the U.S., Microsoft cries \u2018error\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/bing-censors-chinese-language-search-results-in-the-u-s-microsoft-cries-error/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943579,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T12:13:51Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"There
        he goes again. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is getting lots of play for his net
        neutrality tirades, and it never gets old. Because he\u2019s so good at it.","title":"Netflix
        CEO brings his Comcast-bashing roadshow to Code\u00a0Conference","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/netflix-ceo-brings-his-comcast-bashing-roadshow-to-code-conference/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943578,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943577,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"fellowship","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943576,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-15T19:02:00Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"What
        constitutes a good review: a piece that describes feelings or one that simply
        critiques quality? Should a writer evaluate a work on its own terms or strictly
        by the conventions of the genre?","title":"A review paradox: When franchises
        become\u00a0genres","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/15/a-review-paradox-when-franchises-become-genres/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943575,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"mr","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943574,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"aq","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943573,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-15T09:43:40Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Drawing
        on Facebook\u2019s enormous supply of user data, its data scientists have
        assembled some neat facts about our\u00a0relationships.","title":"Facebook\u2019s
        Valentine\u2019s Day gift to all of us: data about our\u00a0relationships","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/15/facebooks-valentines-day-gift-to-all-of-us-data-about-our-relationships/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943572,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-30T07:08:27Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"YouTube
        probably isn\u2019t to blame for bad streaming. More than likely, it\u2019s
        a slow broadband connection courtesy of your friendly Internet Service Provider\u00a0(ISP).","title":"YouTube
        joins Netflix in rating your ISP\u2019s\u00a0bandwidth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/30/youtube-joins-netflix-in-rating-your-ipss-bandwidth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943571,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943570,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-31T05:00:00Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"Ebuzzing,
        a European social media ad platform, has raised $25 million in a second round
        of funding to fuel its expansion across Europe.","title":"Europe\u2019s Ebuzzing
        raises $25M for social media ad\u00a0platform","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/31/europes-ebuzzing-raises-25m-for-social-media-ad-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943569,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T06:00:18Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"A
        lackluster story and soulless setting keeps Thief from stealing this reviewer\u2019s\u00a0heart.","title":"Thief
        pilfers some needed improvements but forgets to steal a personality\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/thief-review/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943568,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"leonardo","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943567,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T07:10:55Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"French
        policed announced Sunday they\u00a0had\u00a0arrested a suspect in the terror
        attack against the Jewish Museum in Brussels, where four innocent people were\u00a0shot
        dead last week.","title":"What the Jewish Museum shooting tells us about face-recognition
        technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/what-the-jewish-museum-shooting-tells-us-about-face-recognition-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943566,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"shell","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943565,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-02T19:22:24Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"Investment
        news had a certain disco sparkle today. With all the gold, stars, light, motion,
        and daPulsing you\u2019d think you were in a nightclub. Oontz. Oontz.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Thursday Night\u00a0Fever","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/02/funding-daily-thursday-night-fever/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943564,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T08:10:18Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Google
        executive chair Eric Schmidt caught 10 nonprofits by surprise when he unveiled
        they would split his 1 million dollar New Digital Age grant yesterday.","title":"Eric
        Schmidt gives $1M to 10 nonprofit tech\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/eric-schmidt-gifts-1m-to-10-non-profit-tech-companies/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943563,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"harrison","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943562,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"nailed","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943561,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T15:14:52Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"The
        country\u2019s third and fourth largest wireless carriers, Sprint and T-Mobile,
        are planning to announce a merger later this summer, multiple publications
        are reporting today.","title":"Sprint & T-Mobile may announce merger plans
        this\u00a0summer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/sprint-tmobile-announce-merger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943560,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T11:18:24Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"PowerInbox,
        the consumer-focused startup that makes email interactive, has merged with
        its biggest competitor on the enterprise side,\u00a0ActivePath.","title":"PowerInbox
        merges with its biggest competitor, gets\u00a0$10M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/powerinbox-merger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943559,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943558,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T12:00:46Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Koch
        Media\u2019s publishing label is moving beyond consoles to mobile titles like
        Dead Island:\u00a0Epidemic","title":"Deep Silver expands from Saints Row IV
        to free-to-play mobile\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/deep-silver-expands-from-saints-row-iv-to-free-to-play-mobile-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943557,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T16:32:06Z","slug":"gimv","summary":"A
        Giving Tuesday round up of investors giving their money to technology\u00a0companies.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Every Tuesday is Giving\u00a0Tuesday","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/funding-daily-every-tuesday-is-giving-tuesday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943556,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"go","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943555,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-26T13:00:27Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Meet 17 startups who have introduced technologies that are changing the
        way companies create, manage, monetize, and distribute media and\u00a0entertainment.","title":"Here
        are 17 startups changing how we create and consume\u00a0content","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/26/here-are-17-startups-changing-how-we-create-and-consume-content/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943554,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T04:30:50Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"\u201cShadow
        IT,\u201d a\u00a0term for\u00a0the\u00a0unauthorized use of external apps
        by employees, is\u00a0a major problem for enterprises \u2014 and Skyhigh Networks\u00a0is
        out to solve it.","title":"Sequoia & Greylock bet $40M on cloud security startup
        Skyhigh\u00a0Networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/sequoia-greylock-bet-40m-on-cloud-security-startup-skyhigh-networks/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943553,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"cyrus","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943552,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T11:45:14Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"The
        company says it defends \u201cour users\u2019 data from unwarranted government
        access\u201d and adds that it is working to encrypt its products and\u00a0services.","title":"Yahoo
        is pushing back against government requests for your\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/yahoo-is-pushing-back-against-government-requests-for-your-data/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943551,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"581","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T08:00:27Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post What makes this latest wave of devices, appliances and wearable materials
        different is their connectivity to each other and exchange of data via the
        cloud. To take this a step further, the Internet of Things is upon us and
        is something everyone in the technology world is talking\u00a0about.","title":"The
        Internet of Things: Opportunity is Knocking for Consumers, Enterprises &\u00a0Developers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/the-internet-of-things-opportunity-is-knocking-for-consumers-enterprises-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943549,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"why-not","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943548,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-04T06:18:58Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"After\u00a0blocking
        YouTube completely, a Turkish court today ruled that a \u201cblanket ban\u201d
        violates human rights. In place\u00a0of\u00a0the ban, the court ruled to block\u00a015\u00a0specific
        videos.","title":"Turkish court rules to unblock YouTube after lifting Twitter\u00a0ban","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/04/turkish-court-rules-to-unblock-youtube-after-lifting-twitter-ban/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943547,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"obama","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943546,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T10:12:50Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"KIick
        Push, a music-focused ad platform, has partnered with Sony to give consumers
        free music downloads in exchange for engaging with ads.","title":"Sony signs
        a deal with Klick Push to sell you products with\u00a0songs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/sony-signs-a-deal-with-klick-push-to-sell-you-products-with-songs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943545,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"his","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943544,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-18T12:18:57Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Is
        Edward Snowden a gullible pawn for Russia\u2019s security state or a savvy
        anti-surveillance activist? The former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor
        penned his own answer today.","title":"Snowden says he asked Putin about Russia\u2019s
        surveillance to \u2018lift a\u00a0taboo\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/18/snowden-says-he-asked-putin-about-russian-surveillance-to-lift-a-taboo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943543,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T06:02:46Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Media
        titan Rupert Murdoch is on the hunt.","title":"Time Warner rebuffed $80 billion
        takeover bid from 21st Century\u00a0Fox","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/time-warner-rebuffed-80-billion-takeover-bid-from-21st-century-fox/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943542,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"the-creative","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943541,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"pink","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943540,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943539,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"dad","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943538,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-10T22:03:42Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"VentureBeat
        is hearing that Google is negotiating an advertising deal with DirecTV, the
        nation\u2019s largest satellite broadcast service with 16 million subscribers.","title":"Google''s
        next advertising deal,\u00a0DirecTV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/10/googles-next-advertising-deal-directv/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943537,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"mr","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943536,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943535,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"lid","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943534,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943533,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-12T01:35:35Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Google TV Ads buddies up to DirecTV,
        Sony Ericsson to launch Android gaming system and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/12/roundup-google-tv-ads-buddies-up-to-directv-sony-to-launch-android-gaming-system-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943532,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943531,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943530,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943529,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-01T06:00:33Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"TV
        and movie watching social network Miso just made it easier for DirecTV customers
        to share their viewing habits with friends.","title":"Miso makes it easier
        to share what you\u2019re watching on\u00a0DirecTV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/01/miso-directv-integration/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943528,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"rick","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943527,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"apart","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943526,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T06:01:02Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"The
        10 different shows include the Halo TV series and\u00a0more.","title":"Microsoft
        goes Hollywood as it unveils Xbox Originals television programs for Xbox\u00a0Live","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/microsoft-goes-hollywood-as-it-unveils-xbox-originals-television-programs-for-xbox-live/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943525,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:19:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943524,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"ima","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943523,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"kris","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943522,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-08T09:07:10Z","slug":"lurie-investment-fund","summary":"Discera,
        maker of fabless semiconductor chips used in quartz-based timing products,
        has raised $11 million in a fourth round of venture funding, according to
        a filing with the SEC. Based in San Jose, Calif., the company is backed by
        Lurie Investments, Scale Venture Partners, Horizon Ventures, Ardesta, 3i Group
        and Partech International.","title":"Discera takes $11M to make chips used
        in timing control\u00a0products","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/08/discera-takes-11m-to-make-chips-used-in-timing-control-products/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943521,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-04T15:21:02Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Satellite
        TV operator DirecTV has dropped out of the bidding process for Hulu after
        bidding too low, according the Financial Times.","title":"Hulu bidding heats
        up as DirecTV drops\u00a0out","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/04/hulu-bidding-directv-drops-out/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943520,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943519,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T06:10:28Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"We
        sit down with two key executives at Xbox Entertainment Studios to discuss
        Microsoft\u2019s plan for their upcoming TV\u00a0initiative.","title":"See
        how Microsoft is going Hollywood with Xbox Entertainment\u00a0Studios","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/microsofts-strategy-for-moving-into-hollywood-with-xbox-entertainment-studios/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943518,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943517,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-12T06:00:59Z","slug":"lurie-investment-fund","summary":"Applifier
        expands its business into mobile game video\u00a0replays.","title":"Applifier
        raises $4M to for expansion into mobile game\u00a0replays","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/12/applifier-raises-4m-to-for-expansion-into-mobile-game-replays/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943516,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-21T14:47:17Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Satellite
        television provider DirecTV today rolled out an iPad app update that allows
        subscribers to stream movies anywhere.","title":"DirecTV launches complimentary
        streaming video service on the\u00a0iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/21/directv-ipad-app-streaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943515,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T08:32:16Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Guest
        Post The rise of self-driving cars will provoke a controversy as legally and
        morally heated as the current debate over gun\u00a0rights.","title":"Is America
        too safe for\u00a0innovation?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/is-america-too-safe-for-innovation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943514,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"0","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943513,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943512,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"2050","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943511,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-11T19:43:28Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"It
        seems that television service providers are finally coming around to the hard
        truth that most people avoid the long commercial breaks between programming
        whenever possible.","title":"DirecTV eyeing its own commercial-skipping TV\u00a0box","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/11/directv-eyeing-its-own-commercial-skipping-tv-box/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943510,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943509,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"kris","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943508,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943507,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-11T05:00:07Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Subscribers
        of DirecTV\u2019s satellite television service are most definitely not getting
        their money\u2019s worth as of today \u2014 that is, unless you just enjoy
        watching ultra dramatic fights between companies.","title":"Updated: Regardless
        of who wins the Viacom vs. DirecTV pissing match, consumers\u00a0lose","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/11/viacom-vs-directv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943506,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"citi","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943505,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T09:45:42Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Family
        members of an British woman sentenced to 20 years in a notorious Iranian prison
        for posting on Facebook fear she will be\u00a0killed.","title":"EXCLUSIVE:
        Family of jailed Facebook user in Iran: \u2018They are going to kill her\u00a0\u2018","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/exclusive-family-of-jailed-facebook-user-in-iran-they-are-going-to-kill-her/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943504,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943503,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"lid","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943502,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"melt","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943501,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943500,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-18T15:57:45Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"It\u2019s
        hard to distinguish who\u2019s behaving like the bigger drama queen when it
        comes to the recent carriage fee dispute between DirecTV and Viacom. For the
        moment, DirecTV seems to be inching ahead, according to a Viacom blog post
        published this afternoon.","title":"Viacom says there\u2019s \u2018no deal
        in sight\u2019 to get channels back on\u00a0DirecTV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/18/viacom-vs-directv-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T09:56:56Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"The
        data privacy obligations of both platforms and apps may play a big role in
        shaping the consumer-driven health movement in coming\u00a0years.","title":"Health
        apps could be heading into a HIPAA\u00a0showdown","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/health-apps-could-be-heading-into-a-hipaa-showdown/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943498,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"mg","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943497,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943496,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943495,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"kris","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943494,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-20T07:22:18Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Satellite
        television service provider DirecTV has forged a deal with Viacom to bring
        its channels back, ending weeks of bickering between the companies and a boatload
        of consumer unhappiness.","title":"Viacom channels return to DirecTV at a
        cost of $600M more per year\u00a0(update)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/20/directv-viacom-channels/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943493,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"jp","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943492,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943491,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943490,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943489,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T09:00:57Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Maya
        Rogers has taken over as CEO of Blue Planet Software after her legendary father
        Henk Rogers\u2019s\u00a0retirement.","title":"After three decades, Tetris
        becomes a multigenerational game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/after-three-decades-tetris-becomes-a-multigenerational-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-31T15:46:15Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"DirecTV
        and Sony have come to a new agreement to bring the NFL Sunday Ticket programming
        package to PlayStation 3 owners this\u00a0season.","title":"Touchdown for
        cord-cutters: DirecTV offers \u2018NFL Sunday Ticket\u2019 on PlayStation
        3\u00a0again","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/31/nfl-sunday-ticket-playstation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943487,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"yec","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943486,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"eric","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943485,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"ron","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943484,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T10:32:02Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"British
        signals intelligence agency GCHQ has a new foe \u2014 a lawsuit from an international
        group of Internet Service Providers (ISPs).","title":"7 international ISPs
        sue UK\u2019s surveillance\u00a0agency","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/7-international-isps-sue-uks-surveillance-agency/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943483,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-27T18:27:30Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"Satellite
        television provider DirecTV said its subscription prices would rise in the
        following year, according to a message the company released today via a customer
        support\u00a0page.","title":"DirecTV to raise prices by 4.5% due to higher
        programming\u00a0costs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/27/directv-to-raise-prises-by-4-5-due-to-higher-programming-costs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943482,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"photoalto","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943481,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"de","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943480,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T12:20:29Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Eighty-five
        percent of who you are is developed by the age of five. Early education is
        critical the way a child\u2019s brain develops, and Kidaptive has raised $10.1
        million to make sure that it develops\u00a0right.","title":"Kidaptive\u2019s
        interactive iPad stories prime your child to be a successful\u00a0learner","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/kidaptives-interactive-ipad-stories-prime-your-child-to-be-a-successful-learner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943479,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"lid","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943478,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T12:51:36Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Just
        as apps have seemed to reach the peak of frivolity (we\u2019re looking at
        you, Yo), here comes a new one that could literally save lives in the most
        oppressive countries around.","title":"Amnesty International offers an SOS
        app for\u00a0activists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/amnesty-international-offers-an-sos-app-for-activists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943477,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-01T07:00:57Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"While
        Yahoo wants to pay less for Hulu than it paid for Tumblr, DirecTV may be willing
        to pony up the big\u00a0bucks.","title":"Hulu bidding war edges up to $1B
        with DirecTV offer\u00a0(report)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/01/hulu-bidding-war/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943476,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"megan","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943475,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"ca","summary":"<p>Young
        entrepreneurs have a lot in common. They are extremely motivated, passionate,
        and determined to be successful at any cost. While these are all excellent
        qualities to have, they lead many entrepreneurs to put everything they have
        into their business while neglecting their own health and well-being. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Here are a few tips to help you perform at your peak in every
        aspect and develop healthy habits from the start:</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>1.
        Learn to Properly Deal With Stress</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Stress can be
        an inhibitor and a motivator. The key as an entrepreneur who will inevitably
        undergo intense levels of stress at times is to learn how to channel stress
        in a positive way. Each person deals with stress differently, and there''s
        not only one right way to deal with it. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>However, here
        are some basic guidelines:</p><br />\n<ul><br />\n<li>Don''t keep it bottled
        up: Letting stress fester without taking any action to resolve or overcome
        it will only result in detrimental effects over time.</li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Learn
        to identify stress symptoms and triggers: With the many tasks an entrepreneur
        is responsible for on a daily basis, sometimes it can be difficult to pinpoint
        precisely what is causing excessive stress. Identifying the causes first can
        help you better plan a way to resolve it. </li><br />\n<br />\n<li>Change
        your mindset: In the mental game of stress, the key is learning how to look
        at stressors positively instead of negatively. Use them to promote focus and
        dedication instead of letting them paralyze you in your business efforts.</li><br
        />\n</ul><br />\n<p></p><br />\n<p><b>2. Sleep</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Not
        everyone needs the same amount of sleep to function. But that doesn''t mean
        you should completely ignore your need to sleep. Find out what your body needs
        to function at its prime -- whether it''s 4 hours or 9 hours -- and stick
        to a normal sleeping routine as often as possible, even with a busy schedule.
        </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Also, the hours you sleep are important. You body gets
        higher quality sleep before midnight and you should do your best to be asleep
        by 10 p.m. on a regular basis so that you can take advantage of this prime
        sleeping time.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>3. Find Time for Exercise</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising is not only one of the best ways to deal with stress,
        but it''s also a long-term investment in your productivity and health. Find
        a way to fit exercise into your day in a way that is most optimal for your
        schedule. Some people use exercise as a way to wake up and start their day
        off right. Others use it as a mid-day break from their daily tasks, or as
        a way to decompress after a long day of work. Some people even prefer to exercise
        at night to help them sleep better. Find out when exercise works best for
        you, and stick to a routine. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Exercising doesn''t always
        have to take up hours of your valuable time. Even finding just 20-30 minutes
        per day, several times a week, can be enough to keep your physical and mental
        state in its prime. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>One great way to accomplish this
        is by doing a quick 15-20 minute bodyweight interval workout right when you
        wake up.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>4. Meditation</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        anyone in today''s culture -- and especially for entrepreneurs -- it can be
        difficult to find time away from all the present technological distractions.
        Years of research and studies have shown that even just a few minutes of dedicated
        meditation each day can benefit not only mental health, but physical health
        as well. Find time in your day to escape distraction and stress and spend
        several minutes focusing on deep breathing and relaxation. </p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>You''ll find that your stress levels plummet, your mental focus sharpens
        and your overall sense of well-being improves.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>5.
        You Are What You Eat</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>As a busy entrepreneur, it
        can be far too easy to rely on unhealthy fast food, takeout or restaurant
        food as a way to save time in your schedule. It''s no secret that eating better
        food improves your physical state, but also makes your mind sharper and gives
        your more energy day-to-day. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Eating healthy doesn''t
        always mean you have too cook at home for hours each week. If your schedule
        demands that you rely on quick meal options, get in the habit of choosing
        a lighter fare at restaurants full of fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meats
        and whole grains. Another option for time-constrained schedules is to consider
        healthy meal delivery and preparation services that offer prime nutrition
        with little prep. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>6. Take Self-Enforced Time Off</b></p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to not let your business
        consume your life. Unless you force yourself to step away from your work responsibilities
        for small periods of time, chances are your work-life balance will get thrown
        off quickly. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s a couple hours each day,
        one day a week or several days each quarter, hold yourself to the commitment
        of stepping away for your own sanity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It is critical
        that you plan this into your schedule. If you don''t plan it the chances of
        it happening are almost zero.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>7. Find Ways to Outsource
        and Delegate</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>It''s common for entrepreneurs to have
        the do-it-yourself mentality for every element of their business. But the
        faster you learn to maximize your time with tasks only you can complete, the
        faster you''ll find that it really is possible to feel like you have control
        over your business without being excessively stressed. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>For
        some entrepreneurs, this could mean outsourcing design, technology or skilled
        labor, while for others, it could mean hiring a virtual assistant or bookkeeper.
        Find what options will best maximize your productivity. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>The
        key as an entrepreneur is to become a master at delegating tasks that are
        not ideal for you. This will make you happier, less stressed and most importantly
        it will earn your business more money.</p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>8. Learn to
        Let Go</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>If you''re like most entrepreneurs, your
        business is your baby. It''s not always easy to trust people to run it like
        you would. But if you plan to grown your business, at some point you''ll have
        to give portions of your responsibility away. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Learn
        to trust your employees and not feel the need to micromanage consistently.
        Otherwise, you''ll reach a point where you just can''t keep up with everything
        you feel you need to, and your stress levels will get the best of you. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p><b>9. Find a Mentor</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Every good entrepreneur
        and businessperson has an even better mentor. Finding a good mentor as an
        entrepreneur can prevent you from making detrimental business decisions based
        on their advice, or at the very least, can just be an effective way to deal
        with stress and manage new business ideas. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p><b>10. Invest
        in Personal Development</b></p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Don''t get so caught up
        in the day-to-day of running your business that you forget to improve your
        own skills. Doing so will make your business better and will allow you to
        constantly be learning and developing yourself, which is the biggest asset
        in your business. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Whether it''s finding time to browse
        online articles, attend seminars, read books, or take additional educational
        courses, consider it a long-term investment in your business, rather than
        a distraction from daily tasks. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Successful entrepreneurs
        are always learning new skills and investing in themselves.</p><br />\n<br
        />\n<p>Don''t find yourself 10 years down the road burnt out, unhealthy and
        unhappy. Start a goal today to begin incorporating these tips into your everyday
        routine. You''ll discover a whole new level of energy, inspiration, and motivations
        that will help you accomplish your business goals. </p> ","title":"10 Things
        Every Young Entrepreneur Should Do to Stay Healthy, Fit And Productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-phillips/10-things-every-young-ent_b_5621005.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943474,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-15T07:00:11Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"These
        scientists launched a database of genetic information to help researchers
        understand the root causes of breast and ovarian\u00a0cancer.","title":"Free
        the Data\u2019s first move: Opening data for breast cancer\u00a0research","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/15/free-the-data-first-move-opening-data-for-breast-cancer-research/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T04:03:45Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"SMRTV
        Inc., the company that produces second screen TV service ConnecTV, has raised
        a $1.4 million round of\u00a0funding.","title":"TV industry-backed second
        screen app ConnecTV raises\u00a0$1.4M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/connectv-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943472,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"grey","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943471,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T09:10:04Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Sebastian
        Thrun made robots smarter, and built \u201cStanley,\u201d the driverless car
        that won the 2005 DARPA Challenge. Now he\u2019s making humans smarter with
        Udacity, the online education company he co-founded in 2011.","title":"The
        man who made robots smarter now wants to disrupt\u00a0education","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/the-man-that-makes-robots-smarter-is-now-working-on-disrupting-education/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943470,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"the-young-entrepreneur","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943469,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-13T09:03:09Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"DirecTV
        is exploring the possibility of launching its own streaming video service
        to boost revenues, the company said during an investor meeting yesterday.","title":"DirecTV
        may launch a streaming video\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/13/directv-may-launch-a-streaming-video-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943468,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-12T08:00:22Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"The
        true stories of eight games that defied all odds to actually get into gamers\u2019
        hands. And the most surprising part: Some of them are actually\u00a0good.","title":"How
        8 games crawled through \u2018development hell\u2019 \u2014 and what they
        found on the other\u00a0side","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/12/how-8-games-crawled-through-development-hell-and-what-they-found-on-the-other-side/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943467,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"the-right-balance","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943466,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-27T06:00:59Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"HealthCare.gov\u2019s
        role is changing, as customers will soon have the chance to enroll in subsidized
        insurance through federally licensed commercial insurance exchanges \u2014
        potentially shifting much of the activity to the private\u00a0sector.","title":"We\u2019re
        now entering the post-HealthCare.gov phase of\u00a0Obamacare","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/27/post-healthcare-gov/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943465,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T06:18:44Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"AT&T
        may still be looking at a satellite TV acquisition to bolster its weak pay-TV
        presence.","title":"AT&T still wants a satellite TV company \u2014 reportedly
        eyeing\u00a0DirecTV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/att-still-wants-a-satellite-tv-company-reportedly-eyeing-directv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943464,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T11:49:59Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Google
        is watching. For zero-day attacks, that is.","title":"Google forms Project
        Zero, a group aiming to stop zero-day\u00a0attacks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/google-forms-project-zero-a-group-aiming-to-stop-zero-day-attacks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943463,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-11T09:58:30Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Basketball
        Pro Management 2014 is a brand new sports management simulator from Umix Studios.
        It has some potential, but it comes up short in the\u00a0end.","title":"Basketball
        Pro Management 2014 is an incomplete game, so I am giving my review an incomplete\u00a0ti-","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/11/basketball-pro-management-2014-is-an-incomplete-game-so-i-am-giving-my-review-an-incomplete-ti/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943462,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-18T14:30:25Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"AT&T
        agreed today to acquire satellite television provider DirecTV for about $48.5
        billion.","title":"AT&T plans to acquire DirecTV for $48.5B \u2014 with a
        net neutrality\u00a0promise","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/18/att-plans-to-acquire-directv-for-48-5b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943461,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-23T12:33:20Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"One
        problem children in poorer areas face is access to education: They miss school
        because it doesn\u2019t exist; they lack proper adult supervision to make
        sure they attend classes; or they must work to help their own families make
        ends meet.","title":"Mixing the maker movement with social good, HacKIDemia\u2019s
        workshops bring math, science, & more to poor\u00a0kids","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/23/mixing-the-maker-movement-with-social-good-hackidemias-workshops-bring-math-science-and-more-to-poor-kids-inforgraphic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943460,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T08:26:42Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"AT&T
        has agreed to a merger with satellite TV provider DirecTV in a deal worth
        $48.5 billion, but the deal came with a few major\u00a0stipulations.","title":"AT&T
        & DirecTV\u2019s $48.5B merger is contingent on\u2026 NFL Sunday Ticket?\u00a0Yup.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/att-directvs-48-5b-merger-is-contingent-on-nfl-sunday-ticket-yup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T06:02:46Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Media
        titan Rupert Murdoch is on the hunt.","title":"Time Warner rebuffed $80 billion
        takeover bid from 21st Century\u00a0Fox","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/time-warner-rebuffed-80-billion-takeover-bid-from-21st-century-fox/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943458,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-01T12:00:17Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Lift
        claims this is the largest randomized trial of diets ever. Participants are
        randomly assigned one of ten popular diets and will closely track their progress
        and experiences for four\u00a0weeks.","title":"Lift kicks off \u2018Quantified
        Diet Project\u2019 to answer eternal question of how to lose\u00a0weight","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/01/lift-kicks-off-quantified-diet-project-to-answer-mankinds-eternal-question-how-to-lose-weight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943457,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T12:37:59Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"The
        real motivation behind AT&T\u2019s acquisition of DirectTV is far less glitzy
        than you\u2019d think.","title":"AT&T\u2019s DirecTV merger is about bloated
        dividends, not grand\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/analyst-attdirectv-is-about-atts-bloated-dividend-payout-not-grand-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943456,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"dr","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943455,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-03T06:00:14Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Basis
        will launch advanced sleep analytics for the sleep-deprived\u00a0crowd.","title":"The
        Basis smart fitness watch will tell you exactly how much good-quality sleep
        you\u00a0get","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/03/the-basis-smart-fitness-watch-is-going-to-get-a-lot-smarter-and-prettier/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T14:02:58Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"It\u2019s
        hard to imagine that AT&T\u2019s $48.5 billion merger with satellite TV service
        provider DirecTV will result in increased competition for consumers. That
        said, I\u2019m sure AT&T will do its best to \u201cprove\u201d this will indeed
        be the end result.","title":"Why you should hate the AT&T-DirecTV merger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/why-you-should-hate-the-att-directv-merger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943453,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"life-it","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-07T15:32:33Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"FAA
        spokesperson Les Dorr told news media that \u201cif you\u2019re using it for
        commercial purposes, including journalism, that\u2019s not\u00a0allowed.\u201d","title":"With
        FAA readying new rules, journalists aren\u2019t part of Drone Nation\u00a0(yet)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/07/with-faa-readying-new-rules-journalists-arent-part-of-drone-nation-yet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943451,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T09:45:19Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Noriega
        is seeking damages because he claims Activision made more money selling Call
        of Duty: Black Ops II thanks to featuring his\u00a0likeness.","title":"A real-world
        criminal dictator is suing Activision for portraying him as a criminal dictator
        in Call of\u00a0Duty","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/a-real-world-criminal-dictator-is-suing-activision-for-making-him-look-like-a-criminal-dictator-in-call-of-duty/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T07:49:14Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"For
        AT&T to pull off its $48.5 billion acquisition of satellite TV service provider
        DirecTV, the company is willing to promise access to ultra high-speed Internet.","title":"AT&T
        says it\u2019ll bring gigabit Internet to 2M homes if DirecTV deal gets\u00a0approved","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/att-says-itll-bring-gigabit-internet-to-2m-homes-if-directv-deal-gets-approved/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943449,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-06T18:00:40Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Guest
        Post Airbnb, Tinder, Yplan. These youth-focused, mobile-savvy companies are
        all seeing rocketing user figures and phenomenal growth. But they didn\u2019t
        disrupt the travel, dating, or box office bookings\u00a0markets.","title":"7
        great companies that really should not\u00a0exist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/7-great-companies-that-really-should-not-exist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:19:26Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Growing\u00a0commercial
        interest and technological improvements in\u00a0drones are leading to new
        privacy questions. Should drone operators be allowed to spy on private property?
        And if not, how will those laws be enforced?","title":"President Obama to
        issue privacy rules on drone use in\u00a0U.S.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/president-obama-to-issue-privacy-rules-on-drone-use-in-u-s/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T14:59:05Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"AT&T
        CEO Randall Stephenson was on Capitol Hill today to argue in support of his
        company\u2019s proposed $48.5 billion takeover of satellite TV provider\u00a0DirecTV.","title":"AT&T
        CEO: Our DirecTV buy \u2018is not Comcast-Time Warner\u00a0Cable\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/att-ceo-our-directv-buy-is-not-comcast-time-warner-cable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943445,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T08:30:23Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"With
        multiple million-dollar video game projects already funded, are we losing
        the spirit of\u00a0Kickstarter?","title":"Gold Rush: The race for crowdfunding
        dollars and the squeeze on smaller game\u00a0developers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/gold-rush-the-race-for-crowd-funding-dollars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943443,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"pm","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943442,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"essence","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T01:57:06Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Preview
        of Wasteland 2, a brand new RPG from inXile Entertainment that\u2019s set
        for official release this\u00a0August.","title":"The Butchers of\u00a0Arizona","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/the-butchers-of-arizona/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-25T11:09:21Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Yahoo
        CEO Carol Bartz took the stage today at the company\u2019s annual shareholder
        meeting, her first live brush with shareholders since she took the chief executive
        job at the company six months ago. She gave her best sales pitch, but she
        also sparred with shareholders during a question-and-answer period.","title":"Yahoo''s
        new CEO fields tough shareholder questions at her first annual\u00a0meeting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/25/yahoos-carol-bartz-pitches-shareholders-and-spars-with-them-at-her-first-annual-meeting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T06:05:30Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick These student-built games look like some of the finest work being created
        in games\u00a0today.","title":"Seven awesome games that large student teams
        are making at USC\u2019s advanced games\u00a0program","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/seven-usc-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943438,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"am","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943437,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943436,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T09:53:41Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Last
        week, London Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse paid a visit to the Bay Area, and
        sat down with execs from the fastest-growing med-tech companies. Here\u2019s\u00a0why.","title":"How
        London plans to become the \u2018health-tech capital of Europe\u2019\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/tech-city-nope-its-med-city-how-the-mayors-office-will-make-london-the-health-tech-capital-of-europe-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943435,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"young-entrepreneur-council","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:15Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943434,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"hat","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:15Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-22T03:00:44Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"The
        Roxio CinemaNow business of Sonic Solutions has scored a coup in the right
        to distribute TV show episodes on the web the day after they air.","title":"Roxio
        CinemaNow scores next-day web publishing rights for new TV\u00a0shows","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/22/roxio-cinemanow-scores-next-day-web-publishing-rights-for-new-tv-shows/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:12Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943432,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"pm","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:12Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943431,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-30T10:00:43Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"We
        help you sort through the variety of smart glasses that are coming to the
        market in the near\u00a0future.","title":"You\u2019ll soon have 16+ different
        smart glasses to choose from. Here\u2019s how to pick the right\u00a0one","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/30/which-smart-glasses-will-be-right-for-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943430,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"think-it","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:10Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943429,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:10Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943428,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T06:13:28Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Sponsored
        Post There\u2019s no denying the love affair that exists between people and       stores.
        It\u2019s real and it can be powerful \u2013 especially with local       favorites.
        The new social commerce site, Sydewalk, which launched today,       is the
        first platform\u00a0that\u2026","title":"Meet Sydewalk: a Better, Simple Way
        for People to Connect with the Stores They Love o...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/meet-sydewalk-a-better-simple-way-for-people-to-connect-with-the-stores-they-love-on-a-single-social-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943427,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-08T13:24:47Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"The
        gradual perversion and mutation of Folding@home didn''t take very long for
        me. At first, I thought the initiative was a remarkable way for a little son
        of a bitch such as myself to make a big difference.","title":"The Curdled
        Milk of Human Kindness: How Folding@home Turned Friends against One\u00a0Another","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/08/the-curdled-milk-of-human-kindness/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:08Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943426,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:08Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943425,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-01T10:12:42Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"OneGoodLove.com
        is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring
        2011 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present,
        but our coverage of them remains objective.","title":"DEMO: Is OneGoodLove
        the first romance site that''s truly\u00a0gay?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/01/demo-onegoodlove/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943424,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T23:58:10Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Robotic
        airboats designed by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and dressed
        to look like crocodiles are studying water quality in Kenyan\u2019s Mari\u00a0River.","title":"These
        robo-boats are studying the poo-filled Mara River disguised as\u00a0crocodiles","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/robot-boats-are-studying-poo-filled-mara-river-disguised-as-crocodiles-yes-you-read-that-correctly/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943423,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"hussein","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:06Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943422,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"bull","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:06Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943421,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-24T12:00:27Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"One
        day venture capitalist Vinod Khosla gets in a fight with surfers over access
        to a beach with sweet\u00a0waves, and the next he\u2019s over at Stanford
        saying that he thinks the healthcare system would be a lot better off if most
        doctors were replaced by Big Data crunchers. Wow. Lose friends much?","title":"Valley
        heavyweight Vinod Khosla says replacing doctors with data crunchers is good\u00a0medicine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/24/valley-heavyweight-vinod-khosla-says-replacing-doctors-with-data-crunchers-is-good-medicine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943419,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"haya","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:04Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943418,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"woman","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:04Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943417,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"stuart","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943416,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-24T12:39:18Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"I
        got my hands on an early version of Interaxon\u2019s brain wave reading headband,
        the Muse, and I think I\u2019ve experienced what is the most important wearable
        of the\u00a0year.","title":"Hands-on with the Muse brain sensing headband
        \u2014 the most important wearable of 2014\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/24/hands-on-with-the-muse-brain-sensing-headband-the-most-important-wearable-of-2014-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943415,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"princess","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943420,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-16T17:07:35Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"We
        are days away until the onslaught of triple-A titles befalls us all. Let us
        enjoy this fleeting calm with some community reviews.","title":"Reviews Spotlight:
        Deus Ex: Human Revolution, BloodRayne Betrayal, The Sims Social, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/16/reviews-spotlight-deus-ex-human-revolution-bloodrayne-betrayal-the-sims-social/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943414,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"shimon","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943413,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-19T18:57:00Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"The
        industry feels contempt for the average consumer. And why not?","title":"The
        industry\u2019s war against consumer\u00a0rights","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/19/the-industrys-war-against-consumer-rights/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T12:14:31Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Powdered
        food replacement, Soylent, is all the rage in Silicon Valley, but a new study
        shows that it could have serious consequences for\u00a0mammals.","title":"Soylent-style
        powdered food shows bad long-term consequences in\u00a0mice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/soylent-style-powdered-food-shows-bad-long-term-consequences-in-mice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943411,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:18:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943410,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"douglas","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943408,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T10:56:49Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"By
        examining and correcting your approach to the game it is possible to do so
        when it comes to actual work outside the\u00a0game.","title":"How League of
        Legends helped me realize my work\u00a0ethic","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/how-league-of-legends-helped-me-realize-my-work-ethic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943407,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"wise","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943406,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"lineup","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943409,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-07T08:25:30Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"The
        run-and-gun Max Payne series hasn\u2019t seen a new title in eight years but
        will finally return when Rockstar Games releases Max Payne 3 next year. It\u2019s
        the company\u2019s largest release slated for 2012 and follows the success
        of the company\u2019s last two games, Red Dead Redemption and L.A. Noire.
        We\u2019ve got a first look at it.","title":"Rockstar\u2019s Max Payne reboot
        delivers over-the-top action after 8-year hiatus (first\u00a0look)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/07/max-payne-3-demo-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943405,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T10:15:44Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Coding
        is a big deal for kids these days, but it can feel like work. These 12 games
        help teach programming fundamentals while still being\u00a0fun.","title":"12
        games that teach kids to code \u2014 and are even fun,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/12-games-that-teach-kids-to-code/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943404,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"previous","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943403,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-22T07:46:34Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"Foxconn,
        the Chinese manufacturer that Apple heavily relies on for its products, may
        have tried to clean up its act before inspectors from the Fair Labor Association
        descended on its factories, according to a Hong Kong non-governmental organization
        dedicated to workers rights.","title":"Apple supplier Foxconn hid underage
        workers before inspection, says labor rights\u00a0NGO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/22/foxconn-underage-workers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943402,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943401,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T12:30:59Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"The
        Oscars of Silicon Valley go to people with the vision to change the\u00a0world.","title":"The
        big takeaway from the Silicon Valley \u2018Oscars:\u2019 Be responsible, not\u00a0greedy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/at-their-oscars-silicon-valley-visionaries-urge-entrepreneurs-to-be-responsible-tech-heroes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943400,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"way","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943399,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-10T15:07:36Z","slug":"human-rights-first","summary":"CBS
        Films adapts the popular cyberpunk role-playing game into film in conjunction
        with developer Eidos-Montreal and publisher Square Enix. Producers Adrian
        Askarieh and Roy Lee sign on to the\u00a0project.","title":"CBS Films details
        Deus Ex: Human Revolution\u00a0adaptation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/10/deus-ex-human-revolution-film/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943398,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"chiefs","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:52Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943397,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"harry","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:52Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943396,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T08:50:27Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: The coolest
        stuff we saw at E3, Angry Birds meets Transformers, and scholarships for League
        of\u00a0Legends","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-the-coolest-stuff-we-saw-at-e3-angry-birds-meets-transformers-and-scholarships-for-league-of-legends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943395,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"dad","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943394,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"regular","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:50Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943393,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"prince","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:50Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943392,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T17:30:51Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Another
        startup has brought on a data scientist to achieve strategic\u00a0goals.","title":"SpoonRocket
        hires a data scientist as it plans to expand to more\u00a0cities","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/spoonrocket-data-scientist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943391,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"surefire","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:48Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943390,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"duke","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:48Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943389,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T06:00:48Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Instead
        of long car rides with Mom, new software for the Oculus Rift brings the college
        to\u00a0you.","title":"I\u2019ve seen the future of college visits, and it\u2019s
        powered by Oculus\u00a0VR","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/ive-seen-the-future-of-college-visits-and-its-powered-by-oculus-vr/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943388,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"stand-out","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:46Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943387,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"apart","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:46Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943386,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-06T15:25:33Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Guest
        Post There has been quite the uproar over the recent study conducted by a
        Facebook data scientist and his two academic colleagues, with a number of
        ethical concerns\u00a0raised.","title":"Why Facebook\u2019s user manipulation
        research study is ethically\u00a0troubling","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/06/why-facebooks-user-manipulation-research-study-is-ethically-troubling/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943385,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"i","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943384,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"shell","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943383,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"playtime","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:44Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3943382,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:56:18Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Arrests
        are made in the UK, US, Canada and Spain after a scam involving e-tickets
        for Elton John concerts and other shows sold via Stubhub.","title":"Arrests
        made after eBay Stubhub thefts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:44Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28440296#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943381,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T21:50:35Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Can
        you imagine 2,000 watts of alternating current electrical power coming out
        of a device no larger than a small laptop?","title":"Google & IEEE launch
        $1M \u2018Little Box\u2019 challenge to shrink power\u00a0inverters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/google-ieee-launch-1m-little-box-challenge-to-shrink-power-inverters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943380,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"do","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943379,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943378,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"c","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943377,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T05:02:09Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Sponsored
        Post GetFeedback.com,       the customer feedback company, today unveiled
        GetFeedback for Salesforce       Desk.com, an integrated customer feedback
        system that provides the       insight companies need to deliver world-class
        customer service and\u00a0support\u2026.","title":"GetFeedback.com Unveils
        GetFeedback for Salesforce\u00a0Desk.com","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/getfeedback-com-unveils-getfeedback-for-salesforce-desk-com/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943376,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"the-west","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943375,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"notify","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943374,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943373,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-05-05T15:10:23Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"The
        rumor mill at Yahoo, Microsoft, eBay, Palm & Dell \u2014  You\u2019ve probably
        read the WSJ news about how Yahoo and Microsoft are talking. This is getting
        a bit silly, because companies talk with each other all the time, about all
        kinds of things. Yahoo and Microsoft are talking with eBay about an alliance
        against Google. And guess what: We\u2019ve just heard from a source that Palm
        has approached Microsoft and Dell about a possible sale (something all three
        have declined comment on). So should we report that before there is a concrete
        agreement? Oops, just did. By the way, we\u2019ll be interviewing with Microsoft\u2019s
        Steve Ballmer next week, and will ask him about the Yahoo angle. Microsoft
        said last week it will be spending more going forward, which most people took
        as evidence the software giant is finally taking its gloves off for a Google
        fight. Any questions you guys have for him?","title":"Friday roundup: Radar,
        Google Health, Blogcheese, SkyBlue, and Microsoft''s gloves","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/05/friday-roundup-radar-google-health-blogcheese-skyblue-and-microsofts-gloves/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943372,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-05T00:10:01Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Every
        high school and college campus has unofficial channels for swapping old exams,
        opinions about teachers, study guides and grim grade distribution tales. Now
        online student community Koofers aims to centralize all of this on the web
        \u2014 and it just racked up a $500,000 tranche of an anticipated $2 million
        first round to expand to new campuses.","title":"Koofers raises $500K to pass
        along old exams, study\u00a0guides","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/05/koofers-raises-500k-to-pass-along-old-exams-study-guides/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943371,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"factual","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943370,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"dc","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943369,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-10T18:24:01Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"San
        Francisco startup Skyara launched last month with a cool concept \u2014 it\u2019s
        a marketplace where people can buy and sell new experiences. Now co-founder
        Jonathan Wu said the team has discovered a surprising side effect: Most of
        the money earned in the marketplace is going to charity.","title":"Skyara
        attracts do-gooder activity\u00a0guides","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/10/skyara-charity-activity-guides/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943368,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-11T15:03:55Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"PayPerPost,
        the site that pays bloggers to write content about advertisers, and then gets
        paid by those advertisers, has raised $7 million more in financing.","title":"PayPerPost,
        which pays bloggers to write, gets $7M\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/11/payperpost-which-pays-bloggers-to-write-gets-7m-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943367,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"none","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943366,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"en","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943365,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-12T03:49:39Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"\"This
        game looks like crap. And it''s annoying. What\u2019s the deal? It looks old.\"","title":"Strategy
        guides and Braid: Sometimes the developer doesn\u2019t know\u00a0best","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/12/guides-and-braid-a-developers-mistaken-plea/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943364,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"frantic","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943363,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-11T00:15:18Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Drop.io
        is an online \u201cexchange platform\u201d, providing users with a place to
        upload files that they can then invite others to download.","title":"Drop.io
        raises $2.7M for private file\u00a0exchanges","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/11/dropio-raises-27m-for-private-file-exchanges/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943362,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"span","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943361,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"we","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943360,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-28T08:00:48Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Ray
        Kurzweil wrote the textbook on how to save the world. In his book\u201dThe
        Singularity is Near,\u201d Kurzweil (pictured above) wrote about how the exponential
        changes being brought about by the advance of technology and how that can
        be used to help humans survive longer and reshape the world. Back in 2007,
        he co-founded Singularity University with Peter Diamandis and they\u2019re
        now graduating acolyte entrepreneurs.","title":"Singularity University graduates
        a class of tech world\u00a0changers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/28/singularity-university-graduates-a-class-of-tech-world-changers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943359,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-26T13:35:54Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"I
        spent four days this week at the Web 2.0 Expo at the Moscone West convention
        center in San Francisco. Here is a summary of the scene, including photos
        and my impressions of the show.","title":"A roundup of scenery from the Web
        2.0 Expo: an annotated photo\u00a0gallery","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/26/a-roundup-of-scenery-from-the-web-20-expo-an-annotated-photo-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943358,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"blackberry","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943357,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943356,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-12T10:53:27Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Location-based
        check-in company Gowalla unveiled the next version of its mobile application
        today, which features guides that include more in-depth information about
        locations.","title":"Gowalla\u2019s next location check-in app features city\u00a0guides","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/12/gowalla-city-guide-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943355,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-05T16:51:55Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Worktopia
        is trying to make it easier for business people to quickly organize small
        meetings. It offers a searchable online database for places like conference
        rooms in hotels, airport club conference rooms and other often under-used
        meeting places. Once you find the meeting rooms with Worktopia, you can make
        online reservations for your group.  The Harrison, N.Y. company is targeting
        organizations that want to easily put together a meeting of less than 100
        people, making it so organizations themselves don\u2019t have to go through
        a meeting-site approval process with the meeting-space owner. To find a location,
        you enter information such as the city and date when you\u2019d like to meet,
        then you can choose options like the size of the meeting space, the neighborhood
        in the city, and other information. You can also sort for locations based
        on whether or not catering is available. After entering the criteria for the
        meeting place you want, Worktopia provides you with a list of options, including
        live cost quotes and reservation information. So, for example, based on a
        rather general search I did for board rooms with Internet access in San Francisco,
        I get a list of recommendations \u2014 with the number one recommendation  being
        Embassy Suites at the San Francisco Airport.  The company has raised nearly
        $6 million from the Samwer brothers through their investment vehicle, the
        European Founders Fund. DFJ Gotham Ventures, Milestone Venture Partners and
        High Peaks Venture Partners participated in the round; the deal was announced
        last month.","title":"Worktopia matches organizations with meeting\u00a0space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/05/worktopia-matches-organizations-with-meeting-space/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943354,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"google-play","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943353,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943352,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-23T13:59:01Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Contextual
        advertising company ContextWeb has raised $26 million in a fourth venture
        round of funding led by Investor Growth Capital. Existing investors Draper
        Fisher Jurvetson, DFJ Gotham Ventures, Updata Partners, DFJ New England and
        Gold Hill Capital also participated. The New York company has raised $54 million
        to date.","title":"Online ad company ContextWeb raises $26\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/23/online-ad-company-contextweb-raises-26-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943351,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-01T11:11:34Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Guest
        Post Time is your most precious commodity and you can waste a lot of motion
        while creating little or no momentum if you don\u2019t approach the venture
        community with a deliberate\u00a0plan.","title":"A 4-step guide to finding
        the right\u00a0VC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/01/a-4-step-guide-to-finding-the-right-vc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943350,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"woman","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943349,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"way","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943348,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-29T22:57:44Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Guidester,
        a search merchandising company, has rebranded itself as Searchandise Commerce
        and raised a $7.5 million third round of funding, according to VentureWire.
        The company also has a new home-base,\u00a0 moving its headquarters from New
        York to Beverly, Mass.","title":"Guidester rebrands as Searchandise, raises\u00a0$7.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/29/guidester-rebrands-as-searchandise-raises-75m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943347,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943346,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T13:07:10Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"As
        a new generation of startup entrepreneurs is emerging in Russia, the local
        startup scene tends to look more like its American, European and Asian\u00a0counterparts.","title":"How
        to invest in Russian startups: An investor\u2019s\u00a0guide","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/how-to-invest-in-russian-startups-an-investors-guide/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943345,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"cyrus","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943344,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-18T11:44:45Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"VivoTech,
        provider of infrastructure for wireless credit-card transactions, just added
        $8.6 million to a now $40 million third round of funding open since 2007.
        Its technology lets people make payments via radio frequency enabled credit
        and debit cards and some mobile phones. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company
        has already sold 470,000 of its payment terminals in 35 countries. It is also
        developing systems for use with taxi cabs, vending machines and ATMs.","title":"VivoTech
        tacks on $8.6M for wireless credit-card\u00a0transactions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/18/vivotech-tacks-on-86m-for-wireless-credit-card-transactions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943343,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"my-way","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943342,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"painting","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943341,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943340,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-26T13:29:53Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Guest
        Post With the balance of power shifting to the VC, here\u2019s some advice
        from Blumberg Capital\u2019s Jon Soberg to help founders stay\u00a0afloat.","title":"An
        investor\u2019s guide to surviving the Series A\u00a0crunch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/26/an-investors-guide-to-surviving-the-series-a-crunch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-08T12:28:52Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"A
        lot of us are in a constant battle with busy work, where random administrative
        tasks end up consuming as much time as the stuff you care about. But not everyone
        can afford to hire an assistant. Now a startup called Solvate wants to connect
        people with outsourced assistants who can do this work.","title":"Solvate
        raises $2.3M to help you hire remote office\u00a0assistants","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/08/solvate-raises-23m-to-help-you-hire-remote-office-assistants/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943338,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"why-not","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-23T05:00:50Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Solvate
        is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to  launch at the DEMO Spring
        2010 event taking place this week. These  companies do pay a fee to present,
        but our coverage of them remains  objective.","title":"DEMO: Solvate makes
        it easy for companies to connect with\u00a0consultants","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/23/demo-solvate-makes-it-easy-for-companies-to-connect-with-consultants/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943337,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943335,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"his","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943334,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-29T17:11:15Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Santa
        Clara University is one of the many educational institutions who have developed
        programs aimed at social entrepreneurs, and last Thursday, 13 social enterprises
        gave speed pitches to a room of impact investors as part of the Global Social
        Benefit Incubator (GSBI) Accelerator\u00a0Showcase.","title":"Santa Clara
        University\u2019s social benefit incubator: 202 enterprises graduated, 100
        million lives\u00a0impacted","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/29/santa-clara-universitys-social-benefit-incubator-202-enterprises-graduated-100-million-lives-impacted/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943333,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-28T17:10:29Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"It
        looks like investors hope to take the \u201ccheck-in\u201d model popularized
        by Foursquare to TV viewers. A startup called Philo, which lets users share
        which shows they\u2019re watching, just raised its first round of funding.","title":"More
        money for TV check-ins: Philo raises\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/28/philo-funding-tv-check-ins/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943332,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943331,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"lid","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-24T16:00:08Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"John
        Romero is joining Corona Labs\u2019 advisory\u00a0board.","title":"Doom creator
        John Romero will help guide the development of mobile-gaming tool Corona\u00a0SDK","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/24/doom-creator-john-romero-will-help-guide-the-development-of-mobile-gaming-tool-corona-sdk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943329,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-17T17:50:54Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"A
        New York startup called Solvate aims to connect businesses with high-quality
        freelancers. It recently gave those businesses a little more control over
        the process by launching what it calls the Solvate Talent Engine.","title":"Solvate
        launches a search engine for fancy\u00a0freelancers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/17/solvate-launches-a-search-engine-for-fancy-freelancers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943328,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"photos","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943327,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"wikipedia","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943326,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-29T16:09:49Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Updated","title":"Facebook
        hires Drop.io''s Sam Lessin, calls it an\u00a0acquisition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/29/facebook-drop-io-sam-lessin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943325,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T21:01:54Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"If
        you love Bitcoin and want to be in the middle of all that is digital currency,
        you may want to pack up and move to Cyprus.","title":"Go to this university
        and you can pay for your tuition in\u00a0Bitcoin","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/bitcoin-tuition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943323,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"feels","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943322,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943321,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-01T06:00:23Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding announcements include new performance marketing models and flash sales
        exploring new niches:","title":"Deals & More: Heartland Robotics gets $20M
        to build robots, RingRevenue brings in $4M for phone-based\u00a0marketing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/01/deals-more-heartland-robotics-gets-20m-to-build-robots-ringrevenue-brings-in-4m-for-call-performance-marketing/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943320,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T10:10:02Z","slug":"university-guide","summary":"Should
        you buy a Fitbit Flex or a Jawbone UP24? How about a sultry Vibease? Consult
        our wearables gift guide before making a decision you may\u00a0regret.","title":"The
        ultimate wearables gift\u00a0guide","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/the-ultimate-wearables-gift-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943318,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943317,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-17T06:00:08Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"
        Today\u2019s funding announcements include companies that help businesses
        go green, solve big problems and find workers online:","title":"Deals & More:
        Doxo gets $10M for digital file\u00a0cabinet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/17/deals-more-doxo-gets-10m-for-digital-file-cabinet/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943316,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"smith","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943315,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"dr","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943314,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-21T18:45:38Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Social
        TV startup Philo tells me user numbers are \u201cthrough the roof\u201d right
        now, thanks in large part to copying a strategy from traditional TV \u2014
        bring in the stars.","title":"Philo: Star power is the key to social\u00a0TV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/21/philo-shaquille-o-neal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943313,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"me","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943312,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943311,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-22T06:00:21Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding announcements include companies that measure vital signs, print stationary
        and treat rare diseases:","title":"Deals & More: Basis raises $9M to monitor
        your heart\u00a0rate","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/22/deals-more-basis-raises-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943310,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"space","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943309,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943308,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943307,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-08T10:00:20Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"This
        sponsored post is produced by Women 2.0.","title":"Valentine\u2019s Day for
        entrepreneurs: Mingle with 800+ at PITCH\u00a0Conference","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/08/valentines-day-for-entrepreneurs-mingle-with-800-at-pitch-conference/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943306,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"6","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943305,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"kris","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943304,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"no-problem","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943303,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"grimes","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943302,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-26T14:22:25Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Chances
        are, if you\u2019ve shopped at Home Depot or gone to McDonald\u2019s lately,
        you\u2019ve seen one of ViVOTech\u2019s credit card readers. The company,
        which develops hardware and software for digital wallets and mobile payments,
        announced a new round of funding Monday.","title":"ViVOTech gets investors
        to open up their digital wallets for new\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/26/vivotech-gets-more-money/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943301,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"alien","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943300,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"melt","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943299,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-17T14:05:44Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Totsy,
        an ecommerce site dedicated to offering deals for parents, babies, and kids
        raised $18.5 million in its second round of financing.","title":"Totsy puts
        $18.5M into its kiddie\u00a0pool","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/17/totsy-puts-18-5m-into-its-kiddie-pool/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943298,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"nfl","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943297,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943296,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-17T17:43:06Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Funding
        news flooded our wire today with so many announcements and releases, it was
        like swimming upstream in a hurricane to keep up with it all. We\u2019re having
        to include a lightning round below just to cover all the bases. Grab a life
        vest, a paddle, and check out what happened today in the maelstrom.","title":"Funding
        Daily: venture capital makes it rain with downpour of\u00a0investment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/17/funding-daily-venture-capital-makes-it-rain-with-downpour-of-investment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943295,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"legs","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943294,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-06T15:09:51Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Calling all entrepreneurs and investors \u2013 VCs, angels. Vator is
        holding its next Splash NY event at Le Poisson Rouge in downtown Manhattan
        on the evening of Dec.\u00a05.","title":"Get your discounted tickets to Vator
        Splash\u00a0NY!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/06/get-your-discounted-tickets-to-vator-splash-ny/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943293,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943292,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"i","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943291,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-07T17:37:02Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"A
        post-election day round up of investment news from the technology\u00a0world.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Chugging towards\u00a0change","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/07/funding-daily-chugging-towards-change/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:17:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943290,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"heavenly","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943289,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"touching","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943288,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943287,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-11T09:59:46Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"\u201cSmart
        Data\u201d startup Sailthru raised $19 million to grow its platform, which
        sends customized marketing content to\u00a0millions.","title":"Sailthru backed
        by strong winds from\u00a0Benchmark","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/11/sailthru-backed-by-strong-winds-from-benchmark/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943286,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"woman","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943285,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"tower","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943284,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"mlb","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943283,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"eric","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943282,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-11T17:32:32Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Just
        like the hot chocolate I made over the weekend, today\u2019s Funding Daily
        has a pinch of \u2018this\u2019 and a sprinkle of\u00a0\u2018that\u2019.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Super hot\u00a0chocolate","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/11/funding-daily-super-hot-chocolate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943281,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"twelve","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943280,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943279,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"photoalto","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943278,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-27T08:00:29Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Bad
        customer service? Slow shipping? Lame attitude from a company rep over IM?
        StellaService knows \u2026 and knows how to make bank from\u00a0it.","title":"StellaService
        raises $15M for ruthlessly judging online\u00a0retailers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/27/stellaservice-raises-15m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943277,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"reason","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943275,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-30T07:33:06Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Jibe,       Inc., a leading provider of recruiting technology solutions,
        today       announced it has closed a $4 million credit facility from Silicon
        Valley       Bank. The funds lend further viability to Jibe\u2019s position
        as one of the       fastest-growing\u2026","title":"Jibe Closes $4 Million
        Credit Facility from Silicon Valley\u00a0Bank","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/jibe-closes-4-million-credit-facility-from-silicon-valley-bank/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943276,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"megan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943274,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943273,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943272,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T04:00:45Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Recruiting
        tool company\u00a0Jibe\u00a0announced today that it has brought in $20 million
        in a third round of funding.","title":"Jibe puts your recruiting efforts in
        the cloud and on your phone, picks up a new\u00a0$20M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/jibe-puts-your-recruiting-efforts-in-the-cloud-and-on-your-phone-picks-up-a-new-20m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943271,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"grey","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943270,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-08T04:23:02Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Monitor110
        has developed a service aims to let institutional investors access and analyze
        real-time Internet information in ways that will let them boost their returns.","title":"Monitor110
        raises $5M from DFJ et al., to help investors use Web\u00a0intelligence","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/08/monitor110-raises-5m-from-dfj-et-al-to-help-investors-use-web-intelligence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943269,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"tv","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943268,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"and-partners","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943267,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943266,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943265,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-15T16:16:55Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"Updated","title":"DFJ''s
        Steve Jurveston on a clean tech business plan competition and playing\u00a0god","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/15/dfjs-steve-jurveston-on-a-clean-tech-business-plan-competition-and-playing-god/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943264,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"malia","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943263,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943262,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-30T18:02:38Z","slug":"dfj-gotham-ventures","summary":"After
        seeing the Dark Knight Rises last night, I felt compelled to test a theory
        that everything can somehow be framed within the Batman context. One way or
        another, I managed to find a Batman angle for all of today\u2019s funding
        news. It wasn\u2019t that hard, considering Bruce Wayne would probably be
        an angel investor if he spent less time saving the world from destruction
        and gave less money to orphans. And that mouthpiece Bane wears looks suspiciously
        like a piece of hardware I saw on Kickstarter. To the Bat Cave!","title":"Funding
        Daily: Batman forsakes Gotham City for Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/30/funding-daily-batman-forsakes-gotham-city-for-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943261,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943260,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943259,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"stance","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943258,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943257,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"pm","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943256,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T04:00:18Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Pinetree
        Capital does a swap stock to take an investment position in\u00a0Sviral.","title":"Sviral
        raises $20M to build distributed data centers from leftover computing power\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/sviral-raises-20m-to-build-distributed-data-centers-from-leftover-computing-power-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943255,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943254,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"am","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943253,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"blast","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943252,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T05:01:47Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Their 40-hour work week might look a little different than yours, but
        here is what ad sales executives are really doing \u2014 and how they\u2019re
        proving a ROI from their business development\u00a0efforts.","title":"Why
        ad sales executives are\u00a0lazy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/why-ad-sales-executives-are-lazy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943251,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943250,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"smith","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943249,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943248,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"sandy-smith","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943247,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"co","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943246,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T12:00:31Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Amazon
        exec says games will go multiplatform and take advantage of new hardware like
        virtual reality. There must be an evil master plan in here\u00a0somewhere.","title":"Amazon
        Appstore exec paints one vision of gaming\u2019s future: wearables, cars,
        and, of course, Fire\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/amazon-appstore-exec-paints-a-vision-of-the-future-of-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943245,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"20","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943244,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943243,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-11T22:42:42Z","slug":"uncovet","summary":"And
        so our 2009 Non-Award Awards come to an acrimonious close. What have we learned?
        Well, start earlier next year, that\u2019s a biggie. People seem to enjoy
        writing about things they hate more than things they like. Nolan North was
        in approximately every game. The uncoveted Best Worst of 2009 Official Victory
        Chalice is filled with chocolate ice cream. And the Guinness Book of Records
        will make up any old category you want, as long as the winner is a video game.
        Seriously, just give them a call. Their rates are very reasonable.\u00a0But
        wait! You also get: bonus Best of and Best Worst of navigation options!","title":"Bitmob\u2019s
        Best Worst of 2009: Part\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/11/bitmobs-best-worst-of-2009-part-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943242,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"serial-entrepreneur","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943241,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"notify","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943240,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T19:30:02Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Remember\u00a0how
        painful it was to write your papers in college? Well, it\u00a0could\u00a0be
        10 times worse: Imagine you work in academia and you\u2019re collaborating
        with people around the globe to publish a research paper.","title":"WriteLaTeX
        picks up funding to push its collaborative academic writing\u00a0tool","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/writelatex-picks-up-funding-to-keep-pushing-its-collaborative-academic-writing-tool/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943239,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"fox","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943238,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"honestly","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943237,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"factual","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943236,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943235,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"sandy","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943234,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"4","summary":"<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943233,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"none","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943232,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943231,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"done-before","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943230,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"span","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943229,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"sf","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943228,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"sunny","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943227,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"he","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943226,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"hussein","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943225,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"co","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943224,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"haya","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943223,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:04:42Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Now
        film directors can get an idea of what a scene will look like before they
        commit the resources to create the\u00a0scene.","title":"How DreamWorks created
        a visualization system to prototype scenes in \u2018Dragon\u00a02\u2032","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-visualization/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943222,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"princess","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943221,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943220,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"2","summary":"<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943219,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"gang","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943218,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"girls-who-code","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943217,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943216,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"favor","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943215,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"shimon","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943214,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943213,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943212,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"douglas","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943211,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943210,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943209,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943208,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"lineup","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943207,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"entrepreneurship","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943206,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943205,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"panda","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943204,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"shell","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943203,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"previous","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943202,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-17T09:00:09Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"You\u2019ll
        shoot to the beat of music in this colorful fantasy\u00a0game.","title":"Harmonix
        experiments with a \u2018musical first-person shooter\u2019 with\u00a0Chroma","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/17/harmonix-experiments-with-a-musical-first-person-shooter-with-chroma/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943201,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943200,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943199,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T00:02:37Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Capcom\u2019s
        downloadable remake is a pedestrian take on the platforming\u00a0classic.","title":"The
        new Strider makes me want to relive the craziness of the old one\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/strider-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943198,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943197,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"costco","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943196,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T11:55:30Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Airbnb
        really wants you to book that business trip on its\u00a0website.","title":"Booking
        an Airbnb room for your business trip is now legit: Airbnb beefs up business
        travel\u00a0features","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/booking-an-airbnb-room-for-your-business-trip-is-now-legit-airbnb-beefs-up-business-travel-features/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943195,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T19:05:37Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"The
        Legend of Zelda has an exciting future on the\u00a0horizon.","title":"A Link
        Between Worlds offers a glimpse of the future of The Legend of\u00a0Zelda","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/seeing-the-legend-of-zeldas-future-in-a-link-between-worlds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943194,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"go","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943193,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943192,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"nixon","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943191,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T06:05:04Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"You
        can play or create in this open world\u00a0\u201csandbox.\u201d","title":"Will
        Project Spark be Microsoft\u2019s Minecraft?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/will-project-spark-be-microsofts-minecraft/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943190,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-08T09:37:04Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Entering
        a market dominated by the venerable Princeton Review, new startup StudyPlaces
        is a information portal for higher education, with college listings, test
        primers and career advice, as well as community forums.","title":"StudyPlaces
        raises $3M for education\u00a0resources","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/08/studyplaces-raises-3m-for-education-resources/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943189,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T08:30:23Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"With
        multiple million-dollar video game projects already funded, are we losing
        the spirit of\u00a0Kickstarter?","title":"Gold Rush: The race for crowdfunding
        dollars and the squeeze on smaller game\u00a0developers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/gold-rush-the-race-for-crowd-funding-dollars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943188,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"am","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943187,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"581","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943186,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-10T04:02:56Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Svelte\u00ae Medical Systems today announced that the Gary and Mary West       Health
        Investment Fund has joined CNF Investments and New Science       Ventures
        as major investors in the company. The West Health Investment       Fund\u2019s
        $5 million equity\u00a0investment\u2026","title":"West Health Investment Fund
        Joins Svelte Medical Systems Private Financing as Major&n...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/10/west-health-investment-fund-joins-svelte-medical-systems-private-financing-as-major-investor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943185,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943184,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-14T12:17:41Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Global
        Water Resources, a Phoenix, Ariz., based firm that provides water, wastewater
        and recycled water utility services, has filed for an IPO on the NASDAQ, hoping
        to raise up to $50 million. Its shares will be listed under the ticker symbol
        \u201cGWRI\u201d; the lead manager for the offering is Janney Montgomery Scott.","title":"Global
        Water Resources, a water and wastewater utility, files for $50M\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/14/global-water-resources-a-water-and-wastewater-utility-files-for-50m-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943183,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"president-and-ceo","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943182,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"haute","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943181,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"obama","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943180,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"581","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943179,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-13T08:00:04Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Nintendo
        is back with another sequel to the sequel to Super Mario World \u2014 confusing,\u00a0right?","title":"Yoshi\u2019s
        New Island is a skewed dream version of the original\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/13/yoshis-new-island-is-a-solid-platformer-thats-not-quite-as-good-as-its-predecessor-review/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943178,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943177,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"donuts","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943176,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943175,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"bailey","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943174,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-01T08:57:02Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Specialized
        Technology Resources (STR) Holdings, an Enfield, Conn.-based manufacturer
        of solar cell encapsulants, has filed for an IPO that could be worth as much
        as $300 million in common stock. It plans to trade on the NYSE under the ticker
        symbol \u201cPVS\u201d; Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse will serve as its
        co-lead underwriters.","title":"Specialized Technology Resources, a maker
        of solar equipment, files for $300M\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/01/specialized-technology-resources-a-maker-of-solar-equipment-files-for-300m-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943173,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T11:52:09Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Transcatheter       Technologies GmbH, an emerging medical device company
        that is       developing a third-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation       (TAVI)
        system-Trinity-announced       today the successful 6-month follow-up results\u00a0for\u2026","title":"Transcatheter
        Technologies Reports Six-Month Follow-up Results for Pilot Study of Its...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/transcatheter-technologies-reports-six-month-follow-up-results-for-pilot-study-of-its-truly-repositionable-trinity-tavi-system/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943172,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"richard-nixon","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943171,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943170,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943169,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-16T16:55:47Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"While
        largely overshadowed last week by the leaking of Google\u2019s patent application
        for a floating, wave-powered data center, a deal by Singapore-based tidal
        energy developer Atlantis Resources to acquire Current Resources means we
        could be moving closer to seeing the first commercial-scale turbine farm built
        under the ocean.","title":"Atlantis Resources nearing deployment of first
        commercial tidal energy\u00a0installation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/16/atlantis-resources-nearing-deployment-of-first-commercial-tidal-energy-installation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943168,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T18:40:35Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"It
        takes one demo to turn a VR skeptic into someone who gets the new\u00a0tech.","title":"A
        shark attack convinced me that Sony\u2019s Project Morpheus makes virtual
        reality\u00a0work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/a-shark-attack-convinced-me-that-sonys-project-morpheus-makes-virtual-reality-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943167,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T09:15:06Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"The
        future of Silicon Valley\u2019s technological prowess may well lie in the
        war-scarred mountains and salt flats of Western Afghanistan.","title":"The
        future of Silicon Valley may lie in the mountains of\u00a0Afghanistan","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/lithium-afghanistan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943166,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"on","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943165,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943164,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"hussein","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943163,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"couture","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943162,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T20:15:37Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"With
        so many citizens finding ways around his censorship of Twitter and YouTube,
        Turkey\u2019s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan may not have succeeded
        in silencing Western online media \u2014 but he may well kill off Turkish
        digital startups\u2019 own chances of success.","title":"Turkey\u2019s social
        censorship will hurt\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/turkeys-social-censorship-will-hurt-startups/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943161,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"rick","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943160,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-29T20:17:04Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: While it\u2019s impossible to know the exact allocation of a developer\u2019s
        resources, it is a certainty that they are finite. Omri asks what effect the
        massive success of Blizzard\u2019s World of Warcraft may have had on Starcraft
        2 and Diablo 3, and, also, what the possible success of Star Wars: The Old
        Repulic could mean for BioWare\u2019s other titles. -JamesTracking the development
        of a video game often evolves into something of a specialized hobby; as a
        fan, it can impart savage loyalty to the game and its successes. For proof,
        just look at the blog entries of zealots all across the Internet.A solid player
        count and fervent fan base can certainly prolong the lifespan of any game
        \u2014 especially online games like World of Warcraft \u2014\u00a0 but when
        does success, or even anticipation, begin to sap developmental resources and
        tip the scale away from a company\u2019s other projects and intellectual properties?
        And if that does happen, is it OK?","title":"MMOs: Massive Success, Massive
        Resources, Massive\u00a0Delays","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/29/success-is-a-harsh-mistress/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943159,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"randy","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943158,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"richard","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943157,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"haya","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943156,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-09T05:30:48Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"For
        founders, taking funding is about more than adding working capital \u2014
        it acts as a catalyst for things to come. It provides a third-party validation
        that attracts the interest of media, customers, and potential executives you
        want to hire.","title":"Why your VC funding is worthless without a\u00a0plan","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/09/why-your-vc-funding-is-worthless-without-a-plan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943155,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"dunkin-donuts","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943154,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"rick","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943153,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-14T00:26:14Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"The
        evidence of the severity of cutbacks at Electronic Arts\u2019 game studios
        is starting to show.","title":"Starved for resources, Electronic Arts skips
        March Madness basketball\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/14/electronic-arts-skips-its-annual-march-madness-basketball-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943152,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943151,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T05:31:25Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Mansa Capital Management, LLC, a private equity firm focused on the $2.5       trillion
        US healthcare market, has received a Green Light letter from       the U.S.
        Small Business Administration (SBA) to continue its application       process
        to\u00a0obtain\u2026","title":"Mansa Capital \u201cGreen-Lighted\u201d by
        the U.S. Small Business\u00a0Administrat...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/mansa-capital-green-lighted-by-the-u-s-small-business-administration/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943150,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"princess","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943149,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-27T15:18:27Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Following
        rumors earlier this month that it was acquiring mobile chip company Intrinsity,
        Apple confirmed the deal to The New York Times today.","title":"Apple expands
        in-house chip resources by acquiring\u00a0Intrinsity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/27/apple-intrinsic-a4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943148,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:59Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/\" target=\"_hplink\"><div class=\"flash_video\"><div
        style=\"float: left; width: 45%; margin: -15px -110px -10px 0px\"><img alt=\"iflscience\"
        src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931605/original.jpg\" /></div></div></a><br
        />\n<br />\nWhen you think about the deadliest animal in the world, what immediately
        springs to mind? Sharks? Hippos? Crocodiles? While these animals may look
        the part, the biggest killer amongst us is much more inconspicuous, and it
        can deliver that one potentially fatal bite without you even noticing. I am
        of course referring to the mosquito. <a href=\"http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Most-Lethal-Animal-Mosquito-Week\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Mosquitoes</a> kill more people each year than all other
        animals combined, and on average they kill even more people than humans do.
        It is estimated that over <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/mosquito-borne-diseases/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">1 million</a> people die per year from mosquito-borne diseases,
        such as <a href=\"http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/\" target=\"_hplink\">Malaria</a>
        and Dengue Fever, and millions more endure pain and suffering.<br />\n<br
        />\nTackling this problem has proved a formidable task in the past, but a
        very small U.K.-based company called <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Oxitec</a>
        has been developing and implementing an exciting and cost effective technique
        that could help curb vector-borne diseases in problem areas without the negative
        environmental impacts that other approaches often bestow. This sustainable
        technique, which involves the release of \u201csterile\u201d insects into
        the wild, has already proved a success story in several dengue mosquito trials
        in different areas of the world, and it can also be applied to control other
        insect problems such as agricultural pests which risk food security. Furthermore,
        a factory in Brazil is set to be opened <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U9FdV4BdUdK\"
        target=\"_hplink\">next week</a> in order to raise and release these mosquitoes
        on a commercial scale in order to tackle Dengue Fever. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Dengue
        Fever<br />\n</strong></big><br />\n<a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Dengue Fever</a> is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne
        disease in the world; incidence has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years,
        and currently it affects around 50-100 million people each year and causes
        around 25,000 deaths. It\u2019s a viral disease spread primarily by two species
        of mosquito; <em>Aedes aegypti</em> and <em>Aedes albopticus</em>, although
        the former is responsible for the majority of transmissions. Dengue is sometimes
        nicknamed \u201cbreakbone fever\u201d because of the agonizing bone pain associated
        with the illness, and severe cases may result in the often fatal manifestation
        dengue hemorrhagic fever.<br />\n<br />\nCurrently there are <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/new-oxitec-ebook-dengue-fever-the-fastest-growing-mosquito-borne-disease/oxitec-dengue-booklet-2/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">no vaccines</a> or effective antiviral drugs, meaning that
        mosquito control is the only viable option to control the disease.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Mosquito Control Techniques<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nDengue
        mosquitoes may bite at <a href=\"http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/dengue\"
        target=\"_hplink\">any time</a> of the day, unlike the malaria mosquitoes
        (Anopheles) which generally bite at <a href=\"http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">night time</a>. This means that mosquito nets aren\u2019t
        going to curb infection. One possible solution is the use of insecticidal
        aerosols which are dispensed across infested areas, but this reactive response
        is far from ideal because the chemicals can <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">persist</a> in the environment and cause problems, and
        non-target species will undoubtedly also be affected. Resistance also often
        develops over time, rendering the chemicals useless.<br />\n<br />\nAnother
        way to control mosquitoes is the environmentally benign <a href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/11\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Sterile Insect Technique</a> (<a href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946175/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">SIT</a>). This initially involved blasting mosquitoes with
        radiation in order to induce sterility, but this often damages the insects,
        meaning that many won\u2019t go on to mate when released. While this may be
        an option for other, larger insects, it has proved for mosquitoes.<br />\n<br
        />\n<big><strong>Genetically Modified Mosquitoes<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nOxitec\u2019s solution is an <a href=\"http://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=103461\"
        target=\"_hplink\">advancement of SIT</a>, which involves the insertion of
        a lethal gene into male mosquitoes that prevents them from being able to successfully
        reproduce. Although the insects are not truly sterile, they can be considered
        sterile because they die before reaching sexual maturity. Released \u201csterile\u201d
        males will therefore seek out females to mate with, competing with wild males,
        and the resultant progeny will contain the lethal gene and therefore die before
        they can mate. If a sufficient number of mosquitoes are released, the females
        will be more likely to find a \u201csterile\u201d male, and a substantial
        drop in population can be achieved in a remarkably short period. The flight
        range of dengue mosquitoes is also around only <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/ted-talk-hadyn-parry-re-engineering-mosquitos-to-fight-disease/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">200 yards</a> and they\u2019re restricted to urban areas,
        making it easy to control populations with this technique as \u201czones\u201d
        of release can be established to ensure sufficient area coverage.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe sophisticated yet simple system also involves the insertion of a fluorescent
        tag called DsRed that allows careful monitoring of mosquito populations after
        initial release; a \u201ctrack and trace\u201d system, says Hadyn Parry, CEO
        of Oxitec. This means population control can be maintained over time through
        repeat release, which will be guided by monitoring fluorescent mosquito levels.
        The technique doesn\u2019t necessarily eliminate mosquito populations; rather
        it keeps them at such a low levels that disease transmission no longer occurs.
        Within many dengue areas, the mosquitoes are actually an invasive species
        that shouldn\u2019t be there anyway, and have entered the area by hitch-hiking
        on boats or planes.<br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"dengue brazil\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929107/thumbs/o-DENGUE-BRAZIL-570.jpg?6\"
        /><br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nWhat if the genes stop working? Oxitec
        have so far looked at around 150 generations of GM mosquitoes and no resistance
        has been seen- the gene is stable. If the gene somehow does stop working in
        the field, this can be easily picked up by monitoring levels of fluorescent
        mosquitoes.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Should We Be Worried About These Mosquitoes?<br
        />\n</strong></big><br />\nThe phrase \u201cgenetically modified\u201d immediately
        rings alarm bells for many, and the controversial legacy of GM crops means
        it\u2019s a no-brainer for some to immediately dismiss these insects as potentially
        dangerous \u201cfranken-mosquitoes\u201d that could do more harm than good.
        But these GM mosquitoes are the opposite of GM crops. GM crops are designed
        to have advantageous traits that persist, and one concern of GM crops is the
        potential for hybridization with other plant species that could result in
        a loss of diversity and ultimately control. The Oxitec mosquitoes, however,
        are designed to have negative traits that won\u2019t persist since they all
        die; it\u2019s a dead-end system that can\u2019t be picked up by other species.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lethal genes inserted into the mosquitoes also cannot be passed
        onto humans, and the protein produced is non-toxic to us and isn\u2019t found
        in their saliva, therefore the technique is safe. According to Parry, the
        environmental consequences are also negligible, and assessments are made prior
        to release in an area to examine whether the mosquito is a keystone species,
        i.e. if it is critical to the food chain of another species.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Success
        So Far<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nOxitec\u2019s dengue mosquitoes have
        so far been <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/health/our-products/aedes-agypti-ox513a/ongoing-field-trials-of-ox513a-aedes-aegypti/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">trialed</a> in the Cayman Islands, Brazil and Malaysia,
        and within four months of release the <em>A. aegypti</em> populations were
        reduced by 85 percent. A trial in Panama was also initiated in May which will
        hopefully yield similar results.<br />\n<br />\nBack in April, following successful
        trials that resulted in a <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-oxitec-report-96-suppression-of-the-dengue-mosquito-in-brazilian-trials/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">96 percent reduction</a> in dengue mosquitoes, the National
        Technical Commission for Biosecurity (CTNBio) in Brazil <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/press-release-high-tech-solution-for-controlling-the-dengue-mosquito-is-approved-by-ctnbio/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">approved the commercial release </a>of Oxitec\u2019s GM
        dengue mosquito, meaning that they can produce and release mosquitoes themselves.
        A factory is set to be opened next week in Campinas, <a href=\"http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25936-brazil-to-unleash-gmmosquito-swarms-to-fight-dengue.html#.U8-67PldWSp\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New Scientists reports</a>. As part of an expanded research
        program, Oxitec''s mosquitoes will be released in Jacobina, Bahia, and if
        approval is granted by the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency, a larger
        release will ensue. Bahia is just one of many areas plagued by Dengue, and
        a state of alert is in force in 10 rural districts. <br />\n<br />\nScaling-up
        these programs is simple; a coffee cup sized container contains about 3 million
        eggs, so tackling larger areas in future projects shouldn\u2019t pose problems,
        and after an initial couple of months of training in monitoring the responsibility
        can be passed on to local health authorities.<br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Alternative
        Techniques To Eliminate Dengue<br />\n</strong></big><br />\nWhile Oxitec
        is the only company advancing GM mosquitoes, other groups are trialing alternative
        methods in order to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. One such example is the
        <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/program\" target=\"_hplink\">Eliminate
        Dengue</a> (ED) research program which aims to investigate whether naturally
        occurring, harmless bacteria called <em>Wolbachia</em> can reduce the ability
        of mosquitoes to transmit dengue between people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Wolbachia</em>
        is estimated to be naturally present in around <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">60 percent of insect species</a>, but not the mosquitoes
        involved in malaria and dengue transmission. It has been demonstrated that
        when present in <em>A. aegypti, Wolbachia</em> <a href=\"http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2013/1/197.full\"
        target=\"_hplink\">blocks dengue virus transmission</a> by these mosquitoes,
        although there exists some <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">confusion</a> over the exact mechanism behind this.<br
        />\n<br />\nSimilar to the GM mosquitoes, projects will involve the controlled
        release of mosquitoes into dengue areas. These <em>Wolbachia</em> infected
        mosquitoes will breed with wild mosquitoes and consequently spread <em>Wolbachia</em>
        throughout the insect population.  Laboratory tests have also shown that <em>Wolbachia</em>
        infections may also reduce the transmission of other viruses such as <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research\"
        target=\"_hplink\">yellow fever</a>. <a href=\"http://www.eliminatedengue.com/progress\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ED trials</a> are currently underway in several countries,
        such as Indonesia and Australia.  <br />\n<br />\nOne possible <a href=\"http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/01/03/could-wolbachia-be-an-alternative-to-dengue-fighting-gmosquitos/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">drawback</a> associated with this method is that over time,
        the mosquitoes could adapt to infection and the protection against dengue
        may wear off. <br />\n<br />\n<big><strong>Other Applications<br />\n</strong></big><br
        />\nThe ever-growing human population is a burden on our resources, and food
        security for future generations is a problem. Oxitec are currently working
        on producing sterile insects to tackle <a href=\"http://www.oxitec.com/agriculture/the-need/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">agricultural pests</a> that can damage crops, which threatens
        food quality and quantity.<br />\n<br />\nOxitec would also like to be able
        to apply their technique to the Anopheles mosquitoes that carry malaria, although
        since several different species transmit the malaria parasite it is a slightly
        more complicated situation.<br />\n<br />\nHopefully with continued efforts,
        implementation of this sustainable technique will result in positive changes
        to growing worldwide problems such as dengue fever that threaten the lives
        of so many people.<br />\n<br />\n<em>This article also appears on <a href=\"http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gm-mosquitoes-set-be-released-brazil-combat-dengue-0\"
        target=\"_hplink\">IFLScience.com</a></em> ","title":"Brazil To Unleash Genetically
        Modified Mosquitoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/brazil-genetically-modified-mosquitoes_n_5618014.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943147,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"justin","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943146,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"0","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943145,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T09:30:29Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"The
        indie developer behind Braid is back, and he hopes to redefine puzzle adventures
        with his latest project, The\u00a0Witness.","title":"Jonathan Blow wants The
        Witness to deliver adventure gameplay that doesn\u2019t\u00a0suck","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/05/inspired-by-myst-jonathan-blow-aims-to-deliver-indie-creativity-with-the-witness/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943144,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"shimon","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943143,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-04T11:48:06Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Wind,
        solar and four other forms of renewable resources have the potential to outstrip
        energy demand by 2020 and replace fossil fuels as a power source, according
        to a new report by the United Nations.","title":"UN: renewable resources can
        outpace global energy demand by\u00a02020","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/04/united-nations-renewables-bible/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943142,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"wonders","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943141,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T08:54:35Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick If cab companies and state officials get their way, they\u2019ll regulate
        Uber to\u00a0death.","title":"As Uber battles 13 lawsuits, cabbies & state
        agencies are out for\u00a0blood\u00a0(update)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/as-uber-battles-13-lawsuits-cabbies-state-agencies-are-out-for-blood/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943140,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943139,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"douglas","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943138,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"103032","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943137,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-07T06:00:49Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Chad Walter is VP of Operations for Chile-IT. He submitted this story
        to VentureBeat.)","title":"3 ways international resources can help you\u00a0scale","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/07/3-ways-international-resources-can-help-you-scale/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943136,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T12:16:40Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"The
        FTC alleged that the startup has been falsely claiming that messages are truly
        disappearing, as well as other misrepresentations \u2014 and Snapchat took
        the charges and paid the\u00a0price.","title":"Snapchat pays up over privacy
        allegations, gets slapped with 20-year\u00a0probation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/snapchat-pays-up-over-privacy-allegations-gets-slapped-with-20-year-probation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943135,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"blackberry","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943134,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943133,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"sidewalk","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943132,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"lineup","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943131,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-09T12:00:52Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"While
        others are banking on super blockbuster hits, Kabam is betting on a portfolio
        strategy to win in mobile and\u00a0social.","title":"Kabam\u2019s mobile games
        win loyal players who aren\u2019t so easy to please\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/09/kabams-mobile-games-win-loyal-players-who-arent-so-easy-to-please-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943130,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"involve","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943129,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-08T10:30:41Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"This
        sponsored post is produced by TriNet.","title":"Human resources goes mobile:
        Highlighting top HR\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/08/human-resources-goes-mobile-highlighting-top-hr-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943128,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"google-play","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943127,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"mg","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943126,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943125,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T14:05:07Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Amid
        all of the hype around \u201cbig data,\u201d\u00a0lots of people are starting
        to doubt whether there\u2019s any evidence that it\u2019s more than just that
        \u2014 hype.","title":"10 ways to use your data to make more money\u00a0(really)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/10-ways-to-use-your-data-to-make-more-money-really/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943124,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"previous","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943123,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-23T21:06:17Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"When
        first we heard about Planetary Resources \u2014 the mysterious space company
        launching tomorrow with the backing of big tech names \u2014 we had an inkling
        that the company was actually an asteroid mining outfit, specifically focusing
        on\u00a0platinum mining.","title":"Yup, Planetary Resources is all about asteroid
        mining \u2014 and it\u2019s not as crazy as it\u00a0seems","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/23/planetary-resources-asteroid-mining-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943122,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"me","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943121,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"jp","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943120,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"home-depot","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943119,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T05:00:09Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Recent studies continue to support astaxanthin\u2019s broad potential
        in       chronic inflammatory disease, adding to more than 1,000 peer-reviewed       papers
        published on astaxanthin. Selected publications from January 2013       to
        April 2014\u00a0include\u2026","title":"Recent Studies Further Demonstrate
        Astaxanthin\u2019s Potential as a Safe and Effect...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/recent-studies-further-demonstrate-astaxanthins-potential-as-a-safe-and-effective-anti-inflammatory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943118,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"way","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943117,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943116,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-24T10:55:31Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Following
        a few days of excited build-up, Planetary Resources, a new space startup backed
        by heavy hitters including Larry Page and James Cameron, officially announced
        its plans to mine asteroids near Earth. At the Tuesday morning event, which
        took place at the packed Space Gallery in the Museum of Flight in Seattle,
        the company said it would launch phase one of its mission within two years
        and use the next decade just to identify resource-rich asteroids.","title":"Planetary
        Resources officially kicks off its asteroid mining\u00a0venture","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/24/planetary-resources-officially-kicks-off-its-asteroid-mining-venture/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943115,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"doma","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943114,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"it","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943113,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T05:30:17Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ALung Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of low-flow       extracorporeal
        carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) technologies       for supporting patients
        with acute respiratory failure, today announced       that it has closed on
        approximately $10\u00a0million\u2026","title":"ALung Technologies Raises $10\u00a0Million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/alung-technologies-raises-10-million/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943112,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"s","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943111,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"dad","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943110,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"food-for-thought","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943109,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-04T15:00:53Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Xavier
        Poix runs Ubisoft France, overseeing the French game publisher\u2019s three
        main studios in France. He is in charge of the Just Dance, Raving Rabbids,
        Rayman and Ghost Recon franchises. He said that his company always supports
        new game platforms and so Ubisoft will launch eight games for the Wii U. We
        caught up with him on Sunday in an interview. Here\u2019s an edited transcript
        of our talk.","title":"Why Ubisoft is pouring a lot of resources into Wii
        U games\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/04/why-ubisoft-is-pouring-a-lot-of-resources-into-wii-u-games-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943108,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"de","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943107,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T09:12:27Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Camera-equipped
        drones, already on the edge of becoming mainstream, could help recast the
        balance of power in our information-hungry society.","title":"Flocks of airborne
        camera drones will change journalism \u2014 &\u00a0spying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/flocks-of-airborne-camera-drones-will-change-journalism-spying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943106,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-01T12:10:47Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"TribeHR,
        a human resources platform that focuses on the social aspect of personnel
        management, announced today that it\u2019s raised $2.5 million in funding.","title":"TribeHR
        gets $2.5M to make human resources less tribal, more\u00a0familial","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/01/tribehr-gets-2-5m-to-make-human-resources-less-tribal-more-familial/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943105,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"surefire","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943104,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"ak","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943103,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T12:45:49Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"DARPA
        wants U.S. hackers to explore enemy computer systems in 3D space using virtual\u00a0reality.","title":"Oculus
        Rift is the latest weapon in the Defense Department\u2019s fight against\u00a0cyberattacks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/oculus-rift-is-the-latest-weapon-in-the-defense-departments-fight-against-cyberattacks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943102,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:27:10Z","slug":"ca","summary":"The
        following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) <http://yec.co/>,
        an invite-only organization comprised of the world''s most promising young
        entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched StartupCollective
        <http://startupcollective.com/>, a free virtual mentorship program that helps
        millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.<br />\n<br />\nA. Mentoring<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DarrahBrustein-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I''m
        a big believer in surrounding oneself with people who are farther along in
        the process than you are. Many people are putting their heads in the sand
        and not reaching out to those whom they could help and are only seeking those
        who can help them. Help first, take second. Be a mentor or guide to a budding
        entrepreneur. It will pay off in it''s own way! -<a href=\"https://twitter.com/DarrahB\">Darrah
        Brustein</a> , <a href=\"http://www.networkunder40.com/\">Network Under 40
        / Finance Whiz Kids </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Fellowships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-RobFulton.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-RobFulton-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>There
        are tons of pockets within the creative industries such as TV writing and
        directing that have nailed the fellowship. It''s a program that attracts aspiring
        writers and directors and fosters their development in an incubator program.
        I think we need more of this for young entrepreneurs, where mentors can guide
        them and help encourage and form their potential. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/automationhero\">Rob
        Fulton </a>, <a href=\"http://www.automationheroes.com/\">Automation Heroes  </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Focus<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkKrassner.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkKrassner-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>One
        problem I faced when starting my business was an overwhelming amount of information
        and opportunities. This might sound like a good thing, but all of these options
        prevented me from focusing on they key things that I needed to learn and execute
        on to grow my business. Entrepreneurs need better tools or even coaching to
        help them hone in on their vision and stay on course. - <a href=\"http://twitter.com/MarkKrassner\">Mark
        Krassner </a>, <a href=\"http://www.kneewalkercentral.com/\">Knee Walker Central
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Understanding Partnerships<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BrookeBergman.png\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BrookeBergman-thumb.png\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Partnerships
        are a great way to build support and reach new audiences. Never worry about
        \"sharing a piece of the pie.\" There''s enough to go around. - Brooke Bergman,
        <a href=\"http://www.abnsave.com/\">Allied Business Network Inc. </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Finding Supportive Social Circles<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-DanPrice.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-DanPrice-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Somebody
        who is really trying to create change and trying to improve things needs a
        social circle that holds similar values and motivations. They need to find
        a group of people who they can be vulnerable with and speak openly to so they
        can find the right kind of empathy and emotional support. - Dan Price, <a
        href=\"http://www.gravitypayments.com/\">Gravity Payments </a><br />\n<br
        />\nA. Understanding Selling<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-MarkCenicola.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-MarkCenicola-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Unless
        you live in Silicon Valley, are well connected and can impress investors with
        vanity metrics, you are going to actually have to sell something in order
        to survive. As a startup, the CEO is typically the number one sales person.
        Until you can sell enough to hire a team of sales people, keep focused on
        sales. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/markcenicola\">Mark Cenicola </a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.bannerview.com/\">BannerView.com </a><br />\n<br />\nA.
        Financial Knowledge<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-KimKaupe.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-KimKaupe-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>When
        first starting ZinePak, my co-founder and I had no idea what a charge card
        was. We thought it was the exact same thing as a credit card. Our lack of
        knowledge hindered us from growing our business. After learning about charge
        cards from American Express, we were able to grow our business by 600 percent.
        In today''s economy, knowledge is power -- especially financial knowledge!
        - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/kimkaupe\">Kim Kaupe </a>, <a href=\"http://www.zinepak.com/\">ZinePak
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Mastering Their Core Message<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-SethTalbott.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-SethTalbott-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>A lot
        of entrepreneurs have great ideas but are horrible at crafting the message
        around it. Mastering your core message (who you are, what you do for your
        customers, why it matters and how it works) is critical for getting others
        excited enough to join your team, getting investors to buy into your vision
        and, most importantly, getting customers to buy your product. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/sethtalbott\">Seth
        Talbott </a>, <a href=\"http://sethtalbott.com/\">CEO and Startup Advisor
        </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Marketing<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-CharlesGaudet-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Peter
        Drucker said it best: \"Marketing and innovation produce results; everything
        else is an expense.\" It won''t matter if you have the best product or service
        if your market doesn''t know about you, what makes you uniquely better and
        how to justify the cost of your services. Marketing is what gets and keeps
        customers. - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/CharlesGaudet\">Charles Gaudet
        </a>, <a href=\"http://www.predictableprofits.com/\">Predictable Profits </a><br
        />\n<br />\nA. Hiring Strong Talent<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-BobbyGrajewski-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>Not
        being located in a \"startup hub\" such as New York or San Francisco makes
        finding the right talent to achieve our company''s ultimate success challenging
        at times. It would be great if there were more local resources that provided
        entrepreneurial meet ups, networking sessions and job affairs to help us attract
        the right talent. - Bobby Grajewski, <a href=\"http://www.edisonnationmedical.com/\">Edison
        Nation Medical </a><br />\n<br />\nA. Managing Expectations<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-LukeSkurman.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-LukeSkurman-thumb.jpg\"
        style=\"float: right; margin:10px\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"/></a>I think
        entrepreneurs need help being honest with expectations. There is a tendency
        to tell a potential investor or employees that you''re about to hit it big,
        that a product release is going to change everything, or that you''re about
        to sign a huge whale of a contract. It''s critical to be optimistic, but you
        don''t want to be so overly optimistic that you lose credibility with key
        stakeholders. - <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lukeskurman\">Luke Skurman </a>,
        <a href=\"http://niche.com/\">Niche.com </a> ","title":"11 Things Today''s
        Entrepreneurs Need More Support With","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/young-entrepreneur-council/11-things-todays-entrepre_b_5621423.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943101,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"stand-out","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943100,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-01T07:00:25Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Want
        the coolest internship ever? Planetary Resources, the audacious \u201casteroid
        mining\u201d startup backed by Larry Page and James Cameron, has opened up
        a search for paid internships starting in\u00a0January.","title":"Planetary
        Resources wants you! (to be an asteroid mining\u00a0intern)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/01/plantetary-resources-asteroid-mining-internships/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943099,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T12:30:23Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Five
        global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business \u2014
        and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady\u00a0environment.","title":"Has
        game investing turned into a gold mine or risky bubble\u00a0speculation?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/has-game-investing-turned-into-a-gold-mine-or-risky-bubble-speculation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943098,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"i","summary":"<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943097,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T11:02:53Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Guest
        Post There are a lot of start up resources out there, but here are some of
        the most useful free\u00a0ones.","title":"Open source entrepreneurship: Free
        resources to help kickstart your\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/free-resources-for-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943096,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T04:00:12Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Svelte\u00ae Medical Systems today announced completion of primary endpoint       6-month
        follow-up in DIRECT II (Direct Implantation of Rapamycin-Eluting       stents
        with bioresorbable drug Carrier Technology), a prospective, randomized,\u00a0multi-center\u2026","title":"Svelte
        Medical Systems Announces Completion of 6-Month Follow-up in the DIRECT II
        Dru...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/svelte-medical-systems-announces-completion-of-6-month-follow-up-in-the-direct-ii-drug-eluting-stent-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943095,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943094,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"renegade","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943093,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"metric","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943092,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943091,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T07:00:08Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Desperate
        human survivors and rogue androids make up the rest of Alien: Isolation\u2019s
        vicious food\u00a0chain.","title":"Other predators roam in Alien: Isolation\u2019s
        food chain (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/alien-isolation-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943090,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"do","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943089,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943088,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T09:33:47Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Guest
        Post Apple\u2019s MAC address handling will help consumers and the location
        data ecosystem\u00a0alike.","title":"Why iOS 8\u2019s MAC address randomizing
        is a huge win for\u00a0privacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/why-ios-8s-mac-address-randomizing-is-a-huge-win-for-privacy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943087,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943086,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943085,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"c","summary":"<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943084,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-06T09:27:01Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Big data is so big that it has the potential to disrupt everything we
        think we know about consumer behavior, employment, healthcare, and any other
        sector of our\u00a0lives.","title":"How big data will impact employment and
        human\u00a0resources","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/06/how-big-data-will-impact-employment-and-human-resources/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943083,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-22T08:00:00Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Ryu
        and 43 other World Warriors have traded blows in Street Fighter IV since 2008.
        Check out which participants joined the competition and how they changed during
        each of its five\u00a0installments.","title":"A characters\u2019 history of
        Street Fighter IV: Ultra\u00a0edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/22/the-history-of-street-fighter-4-through-the-characters-eyes/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943082,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"stephen-colbert","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943081,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943080,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-16T14:33:44Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Intel
        has a tough fight ahead as it looks to muscle its way into tablets, smartphones,
        and\u00a0wearables.","title":"Intel shifts more resources toward tablets and\u00a0wearables","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/16/intel-shifting-more-resources-toward-tablets-and-wearables/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943079,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T05:32:15Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ExThera Medical Corporation announced today that U.S. Patent No.       8,758,286
        has been issued to the Company relating to its Seraph\u00ae       Microbind\u00ae
        Affinity Blood Filter (Seraph). ExThera Medical       also announced that
        it has listed an\u00a0executive\u2026","title":"U.S. Patent No. 8,758,286
        Issued to ExThera Medical, Whose Seraph\u00ae Technology is Des...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/u-s-patent-no-8758286-issued-to-exthera-medical-whose-seraph-technology-is-designed-to-combat-drug-resistant-superbugs/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943078,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"x","summary":"In 2014,
        buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old couch
        or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics dug up
        by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking, found
        that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943077,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"dc","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943076,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"watson","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T13:45:16Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Guest
        Post Thinking of raising money via an AngelList Syndicate? Here\u2019s what
        you should know before and after jumping\u00a0in.","title":"An angel investor\u2019s
        ultimate guide to AngelList\u00a0Syndicates","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/an-angel-investors-ultimate-guide-to-angellist-syndicates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943074,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"en","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T04:32:15Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Sedia Biosciences Corporation of Portland, Oregon will be presenting
        its       first public results of a new rapid point-of-care HIV incidence
        assay at       the upcoming 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne,       Australia,
        July 21-25,\u00a02014\u2026.","title":"Sedia Biosciences to Present and Exhibit
        at 2014 International AIDS\u00a0Conference","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/sedia-biosciences-to-present-and-exhibit-at-2014-international-aids-conference/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943072,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943071,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"elon-musk","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943070,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"we","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943069,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-05T11:25:00Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Here
        is how two of the most powerful technologists in the world imagine the\u00a0future.","title":"Both
        Google co-founders reveal beliefs on rent, privacy, taxes, law, & future tech
        (in 7\u00a0quotes)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/05/both-google-co-founders-reveal-beliefs-on-rent-privacy-taxes-law-future-tech-in-7-quotes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943068,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943067,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T05:05:47Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The implementation of file sharing services has become increasingly       common
        in the workplace. With file sharing capabilities, employees are       able
        to access corporate resources to work collaboratively with others       in
        multiple locations\u00a0and\u2026","title":"HOB\u2019s Remote Access Solutions
        Provide a Secure Alternative to File Sharing&nbsp...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/hobs-remote-access-solutions-provide-a-secure-alternative-to-file-sharing-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943066,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943065,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"jim-watson","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943064,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-20T11:00:43Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Facebook
        will unveil a raft of new features when it takes the stage tomorrow at its
        first f8 developer conference in two years. That\u2019s one week after its
        social networking rival Twitter unveiled its own competitive vision for the
        social web and finally debuted an ad network at its inaugural developer conference.\u00a0Who
        will win this round in the battle for the social web?","title":"Risks and
        opportunities \u2014 what Facebook may unveil\u00a0tomorrow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/20/facebook-f8/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943062,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943061,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-21T14:11:19Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Cloud
        storage service Dropbox disclosed Monday that all of its users\u2019 files
        were publicly accessible for nearly four hours on Sunday due a bug in the
        company\u2019s authentication mechanism. From 1:54 p.m. to 5:41 p.m., anyone
        could access a Dropbox account without using the correct password.","title":"Dropbox
        bug drops passwords, underscoring the cloud\u2019s\u00a0risks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/21/dropbox-files-left-unprotected-for-four-hours-due-to-software-bug/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943060,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"pinterest","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943059,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943058,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-03T12:11:46Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"A
        well-equipped mobile worker is no longer a \u201cnice to have\u201d or a luxury.
        It\u2019s a business necessity.","title":"On the offensive: How to take control
        of the BYOD\u00a0trend","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/03/on-the-offensive-how-to-take-control-of-the-byod-trend/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943057,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"painting","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943056,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-01T21:01:16Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Activision
        Blizzard\u00a0is announcing today that Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be
        the newest installment of the fastest-selling video game franchise of all
        time. Once again, studio Treyarch will make this game, which has more than
        250 developers (plus another 50 outside) working on the title for its fall
        release.","title":"Treyarch\u2019s Mark Lamia explains taking risks with the
        design of Call of Duty: Black Ops II\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/01/mark-lamia-interview-call-of-duty-black-ops-ii/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943055,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"jim","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943054,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943053,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943052,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943051,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-07T22:40:51Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"This
        article contains minor spoilers for Spec Ops: The Line.","title":"How Spec
        Ops: The Line risks pushing video game narratives too\u00a0far","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/07/where-is-the-line-with-spec-ops-the-line/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943050,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943049,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-11T08:00:52Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The pros of Nvidia\u2019s Project Shield outweigh the cons, but the trade-offs
        are\u00a0plentiful.","title":"The DeanBeat: Nvidia is taking big risks moving
        into game hardware. Is it crazy or\u00a0genius?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/11/the-deanbeat-nvidia-takes-big-risks-moving-into-game-hardware-is-it-crazy-or-genius/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943048,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"photos","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943047,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943046,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943045,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-23T14:35:37Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"3D
        printed guns are going to be tough to control, and the Department of Homeland
        security knows\u00a0it.","title":"Will 3D printed guns be impossible to control?
        Homeland Security thinks\u00a0so","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/23/homeland-security-3d-printed-guns/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943044,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943043,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"ahmed","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943042,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"vibram","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943041,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"involve","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943040,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-02T22:30:23Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Andy
        Thurai is chief architect and CTO of Intel App security and Big Data (@AndyThurai).\u00a0David
        Houlding is privacy strategist at Intel (@DavidHoulding).","title":"Why we
        need more control over where our sensitive data is stored, analyzed and\u00a0processed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/02/location-specific-privacy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943039,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943038,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943037,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"me","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943036,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"narrate","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943035,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"marco","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943034,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"space","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943033,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:05:40Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Warby
        Parker is one of the darlings of the <strong>social enterprise movement</strong>.
        The eyewear brand is rapidly growing and even has its own collection of sunglasses
        designed by Victoria Secret model Karlie Kloss. They recently achieved the
        incredible milestone of <strong>giving away a million pairs of glasses</strong>
        to those in need through their \"buy a pair give a pair\" program. <br />\n<br
        />\n<center><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We love this
        shot of <a href=\"https://twitter.com/karliekloss\">@karliekloss</a> snapped
        by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmyTAstley\">@AmyTAstley</a> tonight while
        celebrating our collaboration! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/karliexwarby?src=hash\">#karliexwarby</a>
        <a href=\"http://t.co/CbtARmynPm\">pic.twitter.com/CbtARmynPm</a></p>\u2014
        Warby Parker (@WarbyParker) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WarbyParker/statuses/476179638410956800\">June
        10, 2014</a></blockquote></center><br />\n<script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\"
        charset=\"utf-8\"></script><br />\n<br />\nI found myself naturally being
        a huge fan of Warby Parker and became increasingly curious as to <strong>how
        technology is empowering them and their social mission through the use of
        software.</strong> Take the journey with me as I talk with Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder
        & Co-CEO and Lon Binder, Vice President of Technology at Warby Parker to find
        out just how they do this. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Do you view Warby Parker
        as a technology company?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> We''ve
        always thought of ourselves as a brand first but we view ourselves very much
        as a technology company. Ever since we conceived Warby Parker, we knew we
        wanted to build a technology enabled lifestyle brand. Technology is the backbone
        behind everything that we do as a company. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There are a couple of things to think about as measures of what''s a technology
        company. While we''re not selling software, we create a tremendous amount
        of software in house. One of our larger projects that we''ve wrapped up recently
        was <strong>building a platform in house that we''re continuing to build applications
        on top of. </strong>That really speaks to the level of sophistication Warby
        Parker has around software. <br />\n<br />\n<strong>What''s it like scaling
        the accelerated growth that Warby Parker is experiencing?</strong> <br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>Lon:</strong> Scaling has been an interesting challenge at Warby
        Parker. We <strong>built systems that are flexible enough to accommodate both
        scaling vertically and horizontally</strong> in terms of customer growth and
        functional growth. <br />\n<br />\nA major decision was to move to Python
        as our core programing language. This is not uncommon, <strong>most of the
        major organizations that we speak with are shifting to having a major investment
        in Python</strong>. Our thinking here is aligned with support for scale, rapid
        prototyping and agility. Python also gave us a good balance between flexibility,
        performance, maturity and a large community.<br />\n<br />\nIn terms of other
        components, we''re <strong>using PostgreSQL for our databases</strong>. There
        are numerous reasons why but one of the best things is that it <strong>allows
        us to be as flexible as we needed to be with our schema design</strong> which
        enabled us to be more adaptive towards changing business needs and had a number
        of different engines underneath that we could take advantage of along with
        its very broad community.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>How does software empower
        the social conscious aspects of Warby Parker?</strong> <br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        There''s a strong desire for people to do good especially in the technology
        universe. <strong>We have an active open source program</strong> where we
        give away quite a bit of software that we create. <br />\n<br />\nOther things
        are less direct to Warby Parker. Lauralynn Drury of our team who''s a member
        of the Blue Engine Young Professionals Group, came up with a wonderful idea
        to <strong>donate some engineering time from Warby Parker to Blue Engine.</strong>
        We''ve done that through 2014 and completed a project for them called BEST
        (Blue Engine Student Tracker). You can find it along with all the other tools
        and software we''ve open sourced on our GitHub page.<br />\n <br />\n<img
        alt=\"2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-21-warbyparkerHackathon_working-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"380\" /><br />\nCredit: Warby Parker - The Warby Parker
        Team Hacking Away<br />\n<br />\n<strong>What advice would you give to entrepreneurs
        looking to start a socially conscious business?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong>
        The biggest thing is recognizing that the <strong>social mission should be
        built in from day one.</strong> If you are building a for-profit business
        it has to be a profitable sustainable business that scales. We get a lot of
        people that are very passionate about a certain cause but when you break down
        the numbers you realize that the economics really aren''t sustainable for
        what they''re proposing. <br />\n<br />\nIn some cases it might be more appropriate
        for a non-profit or just to rethink the economic side of things. We recognize
        that the bigger that we become as a business, the bigger the ultimate impact
        we can have on the world is. Any for-profit business needs to consider that
        as they build for scale.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Where do you see the company
        5 years from now?</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Dave:</strong> It''s hard
        for us to think that far in the future given how quickly our business is changing.
        We can certainly say that <strong>we will be several times the size that we''re
        today with millions of happy customers.</strong> Five years from now we''ll
        have a bigger global presence since there''s a huge global opportunity and
        we''ll continue to expand our product offering.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Lon:</strong>
        One thing that is important to us internally is technology being an enabler
        to the companies growth which over the 5 year horizon is a tremendous challenge
        considering what''s happening in the organization. <br />\n<br />\nFrom an
        external perspective <strong>it''s really important for us to share our learnings</strong>.
        We''re going through a very unique experience of very excessive growth that
        is changing the way eyeglasses are sold in the world and the way ecommerce
        and retail work together to be a better experience for customers. <br />\n<br
        />\nI hope that over the 5 year horizon not only do we learn a lot but we
        also share that knowledge with other companies and that they can take advantage
        of our experiences. <br />\n <br />\nWhat are your thoughts? Leave a <strong>comment
        below and share this article with your friends.</strong> ","title":"How Code
        Empowers Social Good: The Warby Parker Story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saeed-jabbar/how-code-empowers-social-_b_5606376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943032,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T16:30:02Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Today
        was a big day for the folks at Couchbase, Wickr, and CareCloud, which\u00a0each
        raised tens of millions in new funding. We\u2019ve got the details on those
        deals and more in today\u2019s edition of Funding Daily.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Big-money\u00a0Thursday","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/funding-daily-big-money-thursday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943031,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"6","summary":"<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943030,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"alien","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943029,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"aftershock","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943028,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T21:40:56Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Coding
        bootcamps have proven their value to the students, operators, and employers.
        Despite their steep cost, generally about $1,000 per week in tuition, schools
        can\u2019t find enough instructors and expand quickly enough to meet demand.
        Those students are drawn by advertised placement rates of 90\u00a0percent\u00a0or
        higher in software developer jobs with salaries that return their investments
        almost immediately.","title":"Hacking the hacker school: How the bootcamp
        is being taken to scale outside the coding\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/hacking-the-hacker-school-how-the-bootcamp-is-being-taken-to-scale-outside-the-coding-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943027,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"nfl","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943026,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"fox","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943025,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T08:00:37Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"We
        talked to 18 game industry executives and developers about the state of the\u00a0gaming.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: What the industry\u2019s top leaders have to say about the video
        game\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/the-deanbeat-what-the-industrys-top-leaders-have-to-say-about-the-video-game-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943024,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"touching","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943023,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"c","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943022,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"legs","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943021,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"metric","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943020,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T19:00:49Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Guest
        Post Many startup founders have been down this road before. It can\u2019t
        hurt to take their experiences into\u00a0consideration.","title":"Hey, founders
        \u2014 before you name your startup something stupid, read\u00a0this","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/hey-founders-before-you-name-your-startup-something-stupid-read-this/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943019,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"touching","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943018,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"jeffrey-young","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943017,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T04:30:30Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"This
        startup is just getting started in its quest to make its always-up-to-date
        server operating system a new\u00a0standard.","title":"The CoreOS revolution
        continues as the startup takes\u00a0$8M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/the-coreos-revolution-continues-as-the-startup-takes-8m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943016,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"mlb","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943015,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T05:07:23Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Droplet       Robotics, the world\u2019s first smart sprinkler system,
        today announced       the availability of its flagship sprinkler system in
        the U.S. By       combining the latest technology in robotics, cloud computing
        and       connected services,\u00a0Droplet\u2026","title":"Droplet Brings
        Innovative Sprinkler System to the U.S. with Release of its Flagship R...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/droplet-brings-innovative-sprinkler-system-to-the-u-s-with-release-of-its-flagship-robotic-sprinkler-product/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943014,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943013,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943012,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"bulent","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943011,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T07:34:48Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"When
        will a big winner emerge in the mobile personal productivity market?","title":"10
        steps for building mobile productivity apps that make people dump their\u00a0defaults","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/10-steps-for-building-mobile-productivity-apps-that-make-people-dump-their-defaults/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943009,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"my-career","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943010,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943008,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"reason","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943007,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"jeffrey","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943006,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T11:42:25Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"StreamNation,
        a media-focused cloud locker service, is the latest company looking to expand
        its reach by branching out a single feature into a separate mobile app.","title":"StreamNation\u2019s
        new photo app Shutter follows the Swarm & Paper multi-app\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/streamnations-new-photo-app-shutter-follows-the-swarm-paper-multi-app-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943005,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943004,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T11:00:45Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"The
        latest Civ game gets a new gameplay video\u00a0too.","title":"Civilization:
        Beyond Earth rockets into stores on Oct.\u00a024","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/civilization-beyond-earth-rockets-into-stores-on-oct-24/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943003,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"tv","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943002,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"us-state-department","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3943001,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-06T10:00:40Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Five
        developers share their experiences on creating games at the end of the longest-running
        console\u00a0generation.","title":"9 years later, developers weigh in on making
        games for the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360\u00a0generation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/06/last-gen-development/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3943000,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942999,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:37Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942998,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:37Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942997,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942996,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"secretly","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:35Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942994,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"hat","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:35Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942995,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-15T22:06:35Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"Google
        said Tuesday it had created an elite team of researchers to find and report
        major Internet security flaws, potentially thwarting both Chinese hackers
        and U.S. intelligence agencies.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">In a blog post</a>, Google security engineer Chris Evans
        said the team, dubbed Project Zero, will hunt for bugs in widely used software
        and report them to vendors so they can be fixed before hackers exploit them
        for malicious purposes.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said sophisticated hackers have
        used software flaws to spy on human rights activists or steal trade secrets
        from major companies. Hackers also sell knowledge of such previously unknown
        bugs to other hackers or foreign governments for thousands of dollars. <br
        />\n<br />\n\u201cYou should be able to use the web without fear that a criminal
        or state-sponsored actor is exploiting software bugs to infect your computer,
        steal secrets or monitor your communications,\u201d Evans said.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cOur objective is to significantly reduce the number of people harmed
        by targeted attacks,\u201d he added. <br />\n<br />\nThe mission of Project
        Zero appears to run counter to the work of the National Security Agency, which
        has reportedly exploited software bugs as part of its controversial spying
        programs. <br />\n<br />\nEarlier this year, President Barack Obama created
        an exception that allows the NSA to take advantage of security flaws to collect
        intelligence, but only when there is \u201ca clear national security or law
        enforcement need,\u201d <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/us/politics/obama-lets-nsa-exploit-some-internet-flaws-officials-say.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">The New York Times reported.</a><br />\n<br />\nIn April,
        Bloomberg News <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/nsa-said-to-have-used-heartbleed-bug-exposing-consumers.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">reported</a> the NSA knew for at least two years about
        the so-called Heartbleed bug -- a major Internet security flaw disclosed in
        April -- and exploited it to collect intelligence. U.S. officials denied the
        report.<br />\n<br />\nGoogle already offers security researchers <a href=\"https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">as much as $20,000</a> for finding and reporting security
        bugs in its own software. But Evans said Project Zero''s mission would be
        much broader. The team also will hunt for bugs in other companies\u2019 code
        and report them to vendors.<br />\n<br />\nEvans said Google was hiring \u201cthe
        best practically-minded security researchers and contributing 100% of their
        time toward improving security across the Internet.\"<br />\n<br />\nProject
        Zero will have 10 full-time researchers. So far, the team has enlisted several
        experts with some measure of fame in the security world. The team\u2019s intern,
        for example, is George Hotz, <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/2014/07/google-project-zero/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">according to Wired.</a> As a teenager, Hotz became well
        known for being the first person to hack AT&T\u2019s iPhone. He later hacked
        Sony\u2019s Playstation 3. ","title":"Google Creates Elite Team To Fight Hackers
        -- And Maybe The NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/google-project-zero_n_5589337.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942993,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T07:22:15Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post CliniWorks today announced a strategic alliance between its I subsidiary       CliniWorks
        (Israel) Ltd. (\u201cCliniWorks Israel\u201d) and Pfizer Inc.       (\u201cPfizer\u201d)
        to jointly advance the parties\u2019 respective capabilities in       working
        with healthcare\u00a0provider\u2026","title":"CliniWorks Forms a Strategic
        Alliance with Pfizer to Develop a Population Health Mana...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/cliniworks-forms-a-strategic-alliance-with-pfizer-to-develop-a-population-health-management-platform-with-advanced-analytics-and-patient-care-capabilities/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942992,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"dc","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942991,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"stance","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942990,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"arrived","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942989,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"en","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942988,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T14:26:39Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"A
        new Amazon Web Services region in Germany looks closer than\u00a0ever.","title":"The
        Amazon cloud seems to be surfacing in\u00a0Germany","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/the-amazon-cloud-seems-to-be-surfacing-in-germany/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942987,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:32Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942986,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:32Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942985,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"andrew","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942984,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"we","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942983,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T16:58:32Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"The
        Chinese government cybergang is changing tactics in reactions to the threat
        ISIS poses to oil\u00a0investments.","title":"Chinese hackers target think
        tanks instead of U.S. tech firms \u2014 to protect oil\u00a0interests","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/chinese-hackers-target-think-tanks-instead-of-u-s-tech-firms-to-protect-oil-interests/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942982,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:30Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942981,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:30Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942980,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"mikhail","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942979,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942978,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942977,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942976,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T07:30:15Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Apple
        is continuing its effort to green its company, this time putting $55 million
        into a 100 acre, 17.5 megawatt solar farm in North Carolina.","title":"Apple
        gets greener with $55M investment in a solar\u00a0farm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/apple-gets-greener-with-55m-investment-in-a-solar-farm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942975,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:28Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942974,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"bull","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:28Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942973,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"lived-in","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942972,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:27Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942971,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"woman","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:26Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942970,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942969,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T10:35:24Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Today\u2019s
        TwinStrata acquisition proves that EMC gets the whole notion of storing more
        data in\u00a0clouds.","title":"EMC buys data-to-the-cloud storage startup\u00a0TwinStrata","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/emc-buys-data-to-the-cloud-storage-startup-twinstrata/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942968,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942967,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"20","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942966,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T13:37:32Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"The
        Community Housing Partnership (CHP) Training Center in San Francisco, Calif.,
        has announced that it will be opening its doors on Wednesday, July 23, thanks
        to the help of lead contributors Zendesk and One Kings Lane.","title":"SF
        is getting a new tech training center for at-risk adults, thanks to Zendesk
        & One Kings\u00a0Lane","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/sf-is-getting-a-new-tech-training-center-for-at-risk-adults-thanks-to-zendesk-one-kings-lane/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942964,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T14:44:44Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"This
        article has been updated to correct an error in an earlier version that linked
        Nvest Inc. to the website Nvest.me","title":"New investor tool Nvest lands\u00a0$10M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/social-platform-for-investors-nvest-lands-10m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942965,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:23Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942963,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:23Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942962,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"me","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942961,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942960,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T04:00:44Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Brazil\u2019s World Cup kicked off with glamour, noise and graffiti,
        but football fans are not the only ones joining the party. Big scammers and
        petty cyber-crooks have also packed their bags before the Cup\u00a0started.","title":"Joined
        Brazil\u2019s World Cup? Here\u2019s how to stay\u00a0safe.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/joined-brazils-world-cup-heres-how-to-stay-safe/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942959,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T08:00:43Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"The
        path to unlocking the secrets of the brain is a tough one, but Numenta is
        making progress with apps like\u00a0Grok.","title":"After nine years of research,
        Numenta finally has apps that mimic the way the brain works\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/numentas-brain-research-has-taken-a-long-nine-years-but-it-starting-to-pay-off-interview/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942958,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942957,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T13:17:23Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"BlackBerry
        isn\u2019t giving up on its smartphone business just yet.","title":"BlackBerry
        takes another swing at smartphones with\u00a0Passport","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/blackberry-takes-another-swing-at-smartphones-with-passport/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942956,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942955,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"space","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942954,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T09:00:54Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"The
        last great prison break game I played was way back in 1986. Roofer turned
        game developer Chris Davis is aiming to make up for lost\u00a0time.","title":"The
        Escapists is bringing the prison break genre back to life \u2014 on a shoestring\u00a0budget","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/the-escapists-prison-break-genre/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942953,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-22T08:00:00Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Ryu
        and 43 other World Warriors have traded blows in Street Fighter IV since 2008.
        Check out which participants joined the competition and how they changed during
        each of its five\u00a0installments.","title":"A characters\u2019 history of
        Street Fighter IV: Ultra\u00a0edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/22/the-history-of-street-fighter-4-through-the-characters-eyes/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942952,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"anthony","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942951,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"games","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942950,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T07:00:45Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Microsoft\u2019s
        entry into the Chinese market has China\u2019s publishers like Perfect World
        gearing up to make console\u00a0games.","title":"Perfect World preps a trio
        of games for the Xbox One launch in its homeland: China\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/chinas-perfect-world-preps-a-trio-of-games-for-the-xbox-one-launch-in-china-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942949,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942948,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"6","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942946,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T11:19:00Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"On
        Wednesday, the Google Cloud Platform offered two terabytes of annual online
        storage to businesses for free.","title":"Google raises table stakes for the
        cloud: two terabytes of storage\u00a0free","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/google-raises-table-stakes-for-the-cloud-two-terabytes-of-storage-free/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:16Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942945,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"harry","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:16Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942944,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T02:30:04Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Japanese
        automakers Toyota and Nissan have always done things a little differently.","title":"Hydrogen,
        hybrid, or electric? Toyota & Nissan make competing bets on green-car\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/hydrogen-hybrid-or-electric-toyota-nissan-make-competing-bets-on-green-car-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942943,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"taboola","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942942,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"sf","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:14Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942941,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"prince","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:14Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942940,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T15:00:59Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"A
        focus group reveals kids and virtual reality go together\u00a0like","title":"Don\u2019t
        like the idea of virtual reality? Doesn\u2019t matter \u2014 your kids\u00a0will","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/dont-like-the-idea-of-virtual-reality-doesnt-matter-your-kids-will/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942939,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942938,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942937,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T13:00:12Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"We
        list every upcoming MOBA we can think of, from those in open beta to others
        barely just\u00a0announced.","title":"Chasing League of Legends: Here\u2019s
        every upcoming MOBA we could think\u00a0of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/chasing-league-of-legends-heres-every-upcoming-moba-we-could-think-of/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942936,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"alien","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942935,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"do","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942934,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"he","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:12Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942933,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"duke","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:12Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942932,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T04:00:47Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Sponsored
        Post As we move to Fast Data, there\u2019s more emphasis on processing big
        data at\u00a0speed.","title":"The next big thing in big data: fast\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/the-next-big-disruption-in-big-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942931,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942930,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942929,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T14:10:42Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Facebook
        founder and hoodie-enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg revealed his extremely optimistic
        prediction for how the Internet will reshape the lives of the poorest people
        on\u00a0Earth.","title":"Zuckerberg\u2019s (extremely) optimistic prediction
        of how the Internet benefits the poor, in 3\u00a0quotes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/zuckerbergs-extremely-optimistic-prediction-of-how-the-internet-benefits-the-poor-in-3-quotes/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942928,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"painting","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942927,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"phrase","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942926,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"co","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:10Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942925,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"apart","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:10Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942924,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T07:59:24Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"With
        10M users and a new Android app,\u00a0EyeEm is out to build a community of
        real photographers on mobile.","title":"Photography community EyeEm launches
        Android redesign, hits 10M\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/photography-community-eyeem-launches-android-redesign-hits-10m-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942923,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"sf","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942922,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"justin","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942921,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T15:45:52Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"When
        Amazon enters any market, its objective is to drive down prices and drive
        out the competition. That\u2019s what it\u2019s trying to do\u00a0with Zocalo,
        its new file-sharing and collaboration solution.","title":"AWS Zocalo may
        signal the death of cloud storage as a\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/aws-zocalo-may-signal-the-death-of-cloud-storage-as-a-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942920,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:08Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942919,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:57:55Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"The
        Information Commissioner''s Office is to receive more funding so it can monitor
        the implications of the controversial new \"emergency\" data law.","title":"Privacy
        regulator to get more money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:08Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463086#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942918,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942917,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T09:32:07Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"The
        next version of Android is here \u2026 well, almost.","title":"Google launches
        a developer preview for Android L, sporting a colorful new\u00a0design","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/google-launches-a-dev-preview-for-android-l-sporting-a-colorful-new-design/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942916,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"key","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942915,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"photos","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942914,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T15:15:34Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Bungie
        says it is working to make improvements before unleashing the game Sept.\u00a09.","title":"Destiny\u2019s
        beta isn\u2019t 1080p on Xbox One \u2014 but Bungie promises it\u2019ll get
        there in time for\u00a0launch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/destinys-beta-isnt-1080p-on-xbox-one-but-bungie-promises-itll-get-there-in-time-for-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942913,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"photos","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942912,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T10:37:16Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Google
        today debuted Android TV, its entertainment-focused version of the Android
        operating system.","title":"Google debuts Android TV, the next generation
        of Google TV\u00a0development","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/google-announces-android-tv-the-next-generation-of-google-tv-development/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942911,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942910,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"co","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942909,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942908,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T13:02:24Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"CMU
        wants startups spun out of its school to succeed. 16 of them just pulled in
        nearly a $1\u00a0million.","title":"Carenegie Mellon bankrolls student startups.
        16 of them just got\u00a0$800,000","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/carenegie-mellon-bankrolls-student-startups-16-of-them-just-got-800000/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942907,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942906,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T12:15:26Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"In
        between protestors\u2019 outbursts, Google\u2019s top brass unleashed\u00a0a
        boatload of news at the company\u2019s annual developer conference, Google
        I/O 2014.","title":"Everything Google announced at I/O\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/everything-google-announced-today-at-io-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942905,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942904,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942903,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942902,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"involve","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942901,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942900,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T11:09:57Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Google
        today\u00a0released its\u00a0Android L developer preview, posting the download
        link on the\u00a0official\u00a0Android site.","title":"Developers, come get
        your Android L preview\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/developers-come-get-your-android-l-preview-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942899,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T11:26:17Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"The
        Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates everything from heart
        monitors to horse vaccines, will soon have its hands full with\u00a0consumer
        health apps and devices.","title":"Could health apps save your life? That
        depends on the\u00a0FDA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/health-apps-are-changing-so-must-the-fda/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942898,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942897,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942896,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942895,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T07:02:46Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Two
        days ago, Google revealed its next generation \u201cMaterial\u201d design
        language \u2014 \u00a0a departure from past guidelines and a clear reaction
        to design trends made popular\u00a0by Apple and Microsoft.","title":"Top designers
        react to Google\u2019s new \u2018Material\u2019 design\u00a0language","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/top-designers-react-to-googles-new-material-design-language/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942894,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"nfl","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:14:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942893,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"shell","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942892,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T15:37:13Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"The
        waiting room is a boring place. You wait for the doctor, and you fill out
        forms. And you usually forget all of the information you give or receive while
        you\u2019re there.","title":"Epion Health puts iPads in the waiting room,
        scores\u00a0$4.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/epion-health-puts-ipads-in-the-waiting-room-scores-4-5m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942891,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T05:06:18Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Red       Bend Software, the market leader in Mobile Software Management
        with       more than 2 billion Red Bend-Enabled\u2122 devices deployed, announced
        today       that MediaTek, Inc., the pioneering fabless semiconductor company,
        has chosen\u00a0to\u2026","title":"MediaTek Chooses Red Bend FOTA Software
        to Update\u00a0#Wearables","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/mediatek-chooses-red-bend-fota-software-to-update-wearables/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942890,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"shell","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942889,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"am","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942888,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"legs","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942887,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T10:46:42Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Job
        listings search site Simply Hired has simply landed a $12 million funding
        round.","title":"Simply Hired simply scores a funding round of\u00a0$12M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/simply-hired-simply-scores-a-funding-round-of-12-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942886,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942885,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942884,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"touching","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942883,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T12:26:08Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Streaming
        video service Vimeo today rolled out a slick new version of its Apple TV app
        that\u2019s aimed at minimizing the time it takes people to navigate to content.","title":"Vimeo
        updates its Apple TV app to focus on indie film rentals, faster\u00a0navigation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/vimeo-updates-its-apple-tv-app-to-focus-on-indie-film-rentals-faster-navigation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942882,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T00:00:11Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs), creator of AISight\u00ae,       the
        artificial       intelligence analytics solution that teaches itself to recognize
        and       alert on unexpected patterns within massive volumes of sensor data,\u00a0announced\u2026","title":"BRS
        Labs to Host SCADA Control Systems Event in Conjunction with SANS Security\u00a0T...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/brs-labs-to-host-scada-control-systems-event-in-conjunction-with-sans-security-training/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942881,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"psychology-today","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942880,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"go","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942879,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"justin","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942878,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"mlb","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942877,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T20:44:53Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"A
        personal story about 5 games that helped me cope with depression and being\u00a0alone.","title":"Five
        games that helped me cope with\u00a0depression","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/five-games-that-helped-me-cope-with-depression/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942876,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"581","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942875,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942874,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"obama","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942873,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T11:33:24Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Microsoft\u2019s
        Satya Nadella is leading the company toward a new brand.","title":"Microsoft
        is a \u2018productivity and platform company\u2019 now, Nadella\u00a0says","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/microsoft-productivity-platform-nadella/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942872,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T05:29:36Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Verizon
        may not be adding as many smartphones to its network as it used to, but at
        least it has new tablet connections thriving on its LTE network.","title":"Verizon\u2019s
        wireless growth is now being driven by\u00a0tablets","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/verizons-wireless-growth-is-now-being-driven-by-tablets/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942871,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942870,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"reason","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942869,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"kay","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942868,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T14:34:44Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick TaskRabbit\u2019s pivot has left some of its contractors furious, disappointed,
        and out of\u00a0work.","title":"TaskRabbit users revolt as the company shuts
        down its bidding\u00a0system","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/taskrabbit-users-revolt-as-the-company-shuts-down-its-bidding-system/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942867,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942866,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T05:00:52Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"LeoNovus
        can render video mosaics in 18 hours instead of 36\u00a0hours.","title":"LeoNovus
        helps photo company process mosaic images in half the\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/leonovus-helps-photo-company-process-mosaic-images-in-half-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942865,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942864,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942863,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"previous","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942862,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"stephen-kay","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942861,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942860,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T07:16:43Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"After
        two jam-packed days of panel sessions at the recent MobileBeat conference,
        featuring brand executives in the retail, CPG and travel sectors, my head
        (and my notebook) are flowing with mobile marketing insights and lessons.","title":"5
        lessons from MobileBeat: Move beyond mobile tactics, invest in the experience\u00a0first","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/5-lessons-from-mobilebeat-move-beyond-mobile-tactics-invest-in-the-experience-first/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942859,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"tv","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942858,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"on","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942857,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T14:58:37Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Airbnb will launch a brand redesign this week during an event for top
        hosts and guests, photographs that VentureBeat obtained\u00a0reveal.","title":"Airbnb
        gears up to launch a complete brand redesign this\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/airbnb-gears-up-to-launch-a-complete-brand-redesign-this-week/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942856,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"victims","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942855,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"piper","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942854,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"581","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942853,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942852,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T13:00:27Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Popular entertainment marketing industry event, [a]list summit, is returning
        for its 9th iteration on July 31st and will be held at the brand new The Line
        Hotel in Los Angeles\u2019 latest foodie-infested hotspot, Koreatown. The
        focus this year is the science, art, and business of influencer marketing,
        featuring a keynote from YouTube\u2019s head of brand strategy, Eric Solomon;
        an array of top YouTubers; and 25-plus speakers from among the best and brightest
        of the influencer-marketing sphere.","title":"Don\u2019t miss the biggest
        [a]list summit so far on July\u00a031","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/dont-miss-the-biggest-alist-summit-so-far-on-july-31/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942851,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"justin","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942850,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:43:18Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Amazon
        Web Services has been hiring big time, and meanwhile revenue growth is not
        what it used to\u00a0be.","title":"Amazon Web Services revenue growth is way\u00a0down","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/aws-revenue-2q14/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942849,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"rick","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942848,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"stance","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942847,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:00:39Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"This
        summer\u2019s animated blockbuster is a technological wonder, made with visual,
        cloud, and software technology that represents the state of the art in enterprise\u00a0computing.","title":"The
        making of DreamWorks Animation\u2019s tech wonder: How to Train Your Dragon\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-main/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942846,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T10:30:05Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"It
        took more than added objective markers and radial weapon select menus to bring
        Sniper Elite III to the broader\u00a0masses.","title":"How Sniper Elite III
        broadened its appeal by blowing up nervous systems and\u00a0jeeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/how-sniper-elite-iii-broadened-its-appeal-by-blowing-up-nervous-systems-and-jeeps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942845,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942844,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"jessica","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942842,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942843,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942841,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:01:44Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"The
        onset of multicore processors and cloud computing made the film\u00a0possible.","title":"How
        DreamWorks made \u2018Dragon 2\u2032 movie with the \u2018absolute pinnacle\u2019
        of tech\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-cto/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942840,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T16:00:40Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Guest
        Post A look at the four \u201ccore capabilities\u201d the new partnership
        will\u00a0address.","title":"What the new Apple-IBM mobile partnership means
        for\u00a0enterprises","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/what-the-new-apple-ibm-mobile-partnership-means-for-enterprises/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942839,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"0","summary":"<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942838,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"chiefs","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942837,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942836,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T16:00:15Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"This
        suits the middle man-less nature of the alternative\u00a0currency.","title":"Bitcoin
        Foundation throws up everything you need to know about Bitcoin on\u00a0GitHub","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/bitcoin-foundations-throws-up-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitcoin-on-github/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942835,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942834,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:00:03Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Guest
        Post By shying away from foreign startups, U.S. tech investors may miss the
        next wave of major\u00a0exits.","title":"Silicon Valley VCs don\u2019t like
        to travel. Here\u2019s why they should\u00a0reconsider","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/silicon-valley-vcs-dont-like-to-travel-heres-why-they-should-reconsider/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942833,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942832,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T18:38:57Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"For
        most people, myself included, both money and technology sit in the mental
        category of \u201cfunctional magic.\u201d","title":"Prepare for the rebranding
        of\u00a0money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/prepare-for-the-rebranding-of-money/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942831,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942830,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:30:35Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Tesla
        rocked the automotive world last month with news that it plans to build a
        5 GW lithium ion battery plant in the United States. That\u2019s huge: 5 GW
        is equivalent to all of the world\u2019s current battery production, so, Tesla
        will basically double global battery manufacturing.","title":"3 reasons why
        Tesla can scale where others have\u00a0failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942829,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942828,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-06T02:31:00Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"<br>WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The Washington Post said on Saturday a study of a large collection
        of communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency showed
        that ordinary Internet users, including Americans, far outnumbered legally
        targeted foreigners caught in the surveillance.</br>               <br>\"Nine
        of 10 account holders found in a large cache of intercepted conversations,
        which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden provided in full to The Post, were
        not the intended surveillance targets but were caught in a net the agency
        had cast for somebody else,\" the Post said.</br>               <br>Nearly
        half of the files \"contained names, email addresses or other details that
        the NSA marked as belonging to U.S. citizens or residents,\" it said.</br>               <br>The
        paper said the files also contained discoveries of considerable intelligence
        value, including \"fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project,
        double-dealing by an ostensible ally, a military calamity that befell an unfriendly
        power, and the identities of aggressive intruders into U.S. computer networks.\"</br>               <br>Tracking
        the communications led to the capture of some terrorism suspects, including
        Umar Patek, a suspect in a 2002  bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali,
        it said.</br>               <br>Many other files were retained although, described
        as useless by analysts, they were about intimate issues such as love, illicit
        sexual relations, political and religious conversions and financial anxieties,
        the Post said.</br>               <br>The paper said it reviewed about 160,000
        emails and instant-message conversations and 7,900 documents taken from more
        than 11,000 online accounts, collected between 2009 and 2012.</br>               <br>U.S.
        intelligence officials declined to confirm or deny in general terms the authenticity
        of the intercepted content provided by Snowden to the Post.</br>               <p/>               <p/>               <br>
        (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"NSA''s
        Intercepted Data Mostly Not From Intended Targets, Washington Post Reports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/ordinary-people-outnumber_n_5560802.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942827,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"581","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942826,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"mg","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942825,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T07:00:02Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Fates
        Forever, a new multiplayer online battle arena game (MOBA) for tablets, debuted
        on iOS last week. The title has gotten good reviews and hundreds of thousands
        of downloads. That makes Jason Citron, the founder of OpenFeint and the chief
        executive of game studio Hammer & Chisel, quite happy.","title":"Fates Forever
        will test whether MOBAs designed for tablets can attract those who play League
        of Legends or Dota 2\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:16:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/fates-forever-will-test-whether-mobas-designed-for-tablets-can-attract-hardcore-gamers-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942824,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"20","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942823,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"shell","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942822,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"jp","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942821,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-24T21:02:17Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"The
        following is my fleshed-out response to\u00a0 Video Game, Video Gimmick or
        Video Art? By Christopher Quach. I actually wrote this out completely then
        summarized it for the in-article comment, but I like it enough to share in
        whole with the community. And to make up for my meandering mashup of a first
        (and previous) article:I too had been grappling with the idea of video games
        as art. I\u2019ve been gaming since the days of DOS and NES and only recently
        had my eyes opened wide first by Portal and then by Braid.","title":"Thinking
        about video games as art? Some resources and thoughts to start you\u00a0off.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/24/thinking-about-video-games-as-art-some-resources-and-thoughts-to-start-you-off/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942820,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T08:00:01Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Dungeons
        & Dragons may never be the\u00a0same.","title":"The new D&D and Neverwinter:
        Working in the Realms and our favorite dragons (interview, Part\u00a02)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/the-new-dd-and-neverwinter-working-in-the-realms-and-our-favorite-dragons-interview-part-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942819,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942818,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942817,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Like Us On Facebook</a>  <br class=\"ethanmobile\" /> <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/TWITTERBIRD.png\"></a>
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942816,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"it","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942815,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-05T11:19:20Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Miyamoto
        explains that Nintendo underestimated the difficulty of transitioning to HD\u00a0development.","title":"Miyamoto
        blames software delays on Wii U development requiring \u2018about twice the
        human resources\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/05/miyamoto-blames-software-delays-on-wii-u-development-requiring-about-twice-the-human-resources/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942814,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"the-west","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942812,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942810,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:35:34Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Frontier
        Capital made a $14 million investment in information security firm BEW\u00a0Global.","title":"BEW
        Global gets $14M to protect intellectual property for\u00a0businesses","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/bew-global-gets-14m-to-protect-intellectual-property-for-businesses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942809,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"de","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942808,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942807,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T09:48:41Z","slug":"th-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post PetroCore, LLC (\u201cPetroCore\u201d) is pleased to announce it has
        raised over       $100 million of equity commitments from Natural Gas Partners
        (\u201cNGP,\u201d)       through NGP Natural Resources X, L.P., and the PetroCore
        management       team. Based in Dallas,\u00a0Texas,\u2026","title":"Natural
        Gas Partners Teams Up with Former Managers of Pioneer Natural Resources and
        S...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:15:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/natural-gas-partners-teams-up-with-former-managers-of-pioneer-natural-resources-and-sm-energy-to-create-petrocore-llc-with-100-million-equity-commitment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942806,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942805,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T13:00:27Z","slug":"ca","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-03-01BuildBrandBlastArticleHeader-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"265\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<em>Before you start building
        your dream company, you''ll need to face these six difficult questions. </em><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>The main reason there aren''t more entrepreneurs in the world
        is fear. Entrepreneurship is a risky business, and there are many uncertainties
        that can leave even bold and seasoned professionals feeling intimidated. </p><br
        />\n<br />\n<p>Some entrepreneurs get over this by simply ignoring the dangers
        and risks around them, but I don''t favor that kind of recklessness. Instead,
        I try to face my fears head-on, calculating the risk and being honest with
        myself about the potential consequences of failure. </p><br />\n<br />\n<p>In
        line with this philosophy, I''ve come up with six questions that every entrepreneur
        should ask him/herself before getting involved in a new venture: </p><br />\n<br
        />\n1.\t<strong>What is this going to cost you?</strong> The first question
        is one of the most intimidating: how much of your time and money are you going
        to invest in this enterprise before it hypothetically starts to make money?
        Can you afford it?<br />\n<br />\n2.\t<strong>How reliable are your numbers?</strong>
        Many entrepreneurs get ambitious and optimistic when calculating sales projections.
        How realistic are those figures? Are they sustainable?<br />\n<br />\n3.\t<strong>How
        probable is your timeframe?</strong> Be honest with yourself? Is it possible
        to get everything done before launch the way you''ve outlined in your plan?<br
        />\n<br />\n4.\t<strong>Do you truly believe in your idea?</strong> You''re
        used to saying yes, and you''re used to pitching your idea to others by now.
        But are there any apprehensions holding you back? You''ll need to address
        them, or they may compromise your efforts. <br />\n<br />\n5.\t<strong>Is
        your team going to stand by you?</strong> Your partners, your coworkers, your
        investors, and your mentors are all vital to the success of your business.
        Do you trust them all?<br />\n<br />\n6.\t<strong>What happens if you fail?</strong>
        It''s the scariest question of all, but you need to address it honestly. What
        happens to you, your business, and your finances if your venture fails?<br
        />\n<br />\n<p>If you can answer these questions comfortably, regardless of
        the risks, you''ll be mentally prepared for anything that comes your way.</p><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<em>Jose Vasquez is a serial entrepreneur and tech enthusiast
        dedicated to helping startup technology companies get the direction and momentum
        they need to succeed. As the founder of <a href=\"http://www.buildbrandblast.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Build. Brand. Blast.</a>, Jose has established a collective
        resource for tech entrepreneurs to consult when brainstorming, creating, launching,
        or expanding a new business. Jose is also the founder and CEO of Quez Media
        Marketing, a marketing firm that combines technology and creativity to help
        new and growing companies get the results they need.</em><br />\n<br />\n<em><a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Jvas1704\" target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"https://twitter.com/JAV2\" target=\"_hplink\">Twitter</a><br
        />\n<a href=\"http://www.linkedin.com/in/quezmedia\" target=\"_hplink\">LinkedIn</a></em>
        ","title":"6 Scary Questions You''ll Have to Face When You Start Your Own
        Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-vasquez/6-scary-questions-youll-h_b_5554931.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942802,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T04:07:14Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"The
        company plans to use the money to take its two core products\u00a0global.","title":"Movius
        raises $13M to give BYOD users multiple phone lines, split billing on one\u00a0device","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/movius-raises-13m-to-give-byod-users-multiple-phone-lines-split-billing-on-one-device/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942801,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"sf","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942800,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"envision","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942798,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"envision","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942797,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:40:39Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Premium
        brands are getting the gist of moving quickly into the mobile ad\u00a0ecosystem.","title":"Former
        Flurry exec lands at another mobile ad\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/just-after-its-acquisition-flurry-loses-exec-to-another-mobile-ad-startup/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942795,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"he","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942794,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:50:57Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"In
        2014, buying a child for sex online can be just as easy as selling your old
        couch or posting an updated resume.<br />\n<br />\nAstonishing statistics
        dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology''s role in sex trafficking,
        found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business
        within the industry. Incredibly, <a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/child-trafficking-statistics/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors</a> surveyed
        by Thorn were at some point sold online.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.wearethorn.org/online-exploitation-child-sex-trafficking-escort-websites/?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blog\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day,\"</a>
        Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn. \"As far as the ad that was
        posted up [for me]\u2026 just [like] you can go find a car, there was a picture,
        and a description, and a price.\"<br />\n<br />\nAt least <a href=\"http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/restes/CSEC_Files/Exec_Sum_020220.pdf\"
        target=\"_hplink\">105,000 children in the U.S.</a> are being sexually exploited,
        according to the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing
        and Exploited Children, and the expanding underground industry has no intention
        of slowing down. The FBI considers sex trafficking the <a href=\"http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march_2011/human_sex_trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">fastest-growing organized crime,</a> and online channels
        allowing for the exploitation are only making it easier for predators to do
        business. NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child
        sex trafficking could generate a staggering <a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/03/01/284487140/courts-take-a-kinder-look-at-victims-of-child-sex-trafficking\"
        target=\"_hplink\">$32 billion a year</a>.<br />\n<br />\nMany times, pimps
        work as expert manipulators to start young people in the business, promising
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-trafficking_n_5571554.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">a relationship and wealth</a>. Tina Frundt, who founded
        <a href=\"http://www.courtneyshouse.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">Courtney''s
        House</a> in 2008 to protect children from sex trafficking, wrote on Women''s
        Funding Network about her experience with a coercive man who played a role
        in her abuse.<br />\n<br />\nTo Frundt, abusers are dangerous because of their
        misleadingly supportive nature.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/enslaved-in-america-sex-trafficking-in-the-united-states/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"This is the same man that took me out to eat,\"</a> Frundt
        wrote on the website. \"[He] listened to me when I wanted to complain about
        my parents, gave me words of advice.\"<br />\n<br />\n<em>If you or someone
        you know is a victim of sex trafficking, contact the <a href=\"http://www.polarisproject.org/what-we-do/national-human-trafficking-hotline/the-nhtrc/overview\"
        target=\"_hplink\">National Human Trafficking Resource Center</a> by phone
        at 1-888-373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).</em><br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"><img
        src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/FBLOGO_0.png\"></a> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostImpact\"
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        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HuffPostImpact\" target=\"_hplink\">Follow Us
        On Twitter</a>  ","title":"70 Percent Of Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are
        Sold Online: Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/sex-trafficking-in-the-us_n_5621481.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942793,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"aipac","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942792,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942790,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"co","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942788,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:03:39Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Artists
        created How to Train Your Dragon 2 using an intuitive new electronic\u00a0paintbrush.","title":"How
        DreamWorks reinvented animation software to make How to Train Your Dragon\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-premo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942787,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942784,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T08:00:03Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"The
        crises in Israel and Ukraine have disrupted games, but game developers plod\u00a0onward.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: When real-life war intrudes on game\u00a0development","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/the-deanbeat-when-real-life-war-intrudes-on-game-development/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942783,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:40:10Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"The
        coming wave of \"Internet of Things\" (IoT) products - i.e., the integration
        of operating systems and Internet connectivity into hardware products like
        appliances, electronics, sensors, robotics, cars, etc. - promises to be one
        of the biggest booms in software development in recent memory. While mobile
        apps are expected to generate $77 billion in revenue by 2017, IoT expectations
        are considerably higher - Gartner estimates $309 billion annually by 2020,
        and Cisco has a much more dramatic projection of a $19 trillion market by
        2020.<br />\n<br />\nBut a key problem we''re already seeing with IoT products
        is that security is clearly an afterthought. At the upcoming <a href=\"http://blackhat.com/us-14/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Black Hat</a> conference, which kicks of August 2nd in
        Las Vegas, hackers will be unveiling a number of serious flaws in IoT products,
        including cars, home automation, thermostats, home alarms, etc. Companies
        like Intel, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, General Electric, Cisco, AT&T and
        IBM, which are already taking an active role in Internet of Things development,
        will soon be placing a greater emphasis on risk-mitigation with these products
        - and developers who can deliver on security, in addition to performance and
        UX, are likely to be a step ahead of the competition.\u00a0<br />\n<br />\nSo
        what are some steps developers should take today to improve their coding for
        IoT products? Here are the top six security issues to address:<br />\n<br
        />\n<ol><li><strong>Attack Surface -</strong> Many IoT developers today don''t
        do a good enough job of limiting the surface area of the devices they create.
        Allowing access to I/O interfaces or APIs that do not need to be on the network
        exposes them to <em>remote code execution</em> attacks, which could result
        in a total takeover of the device. Remote code execution occurs when an attacker
        can inject data into an accessible I/O interface or API on a device and send
        maliciously crafted data that, due to a vulnerability in the code processing
        the data, causes the device to begin executing the supplied data as if it
        was code. A good example of the potential harm with remote code execution
        is Barnaby Jack''s famous <a href=\"http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-02-29-hacker-shows-off-lethal-attack-by-controlling-wireless-medical-device/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hack of a wireless insulin pump</a>. It''s also been a
        problem for <a href=\"https://securityledger.com/2013/10/apple-store-favorite-izon-cameras-riddled-with-security-holes/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">home surveillance cameras</a> and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/14/wireless-baby-monitor-hack_n_3755272.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">baby monitors</a>. To fix this problem, developers should
        create separate administrative and user interfaces and keep functionality
        at different security levels independent. Also, use device firewalls to restrict
        outside access only to those ports that are absolutely necessary.</li><br
        />\n<li><strong>Code Injection Attacks -</strong> Just as with traditional
        web applications, IoT applications are vulnerable to injection attacks (<em>SQL
        injection, blind SQL injection, format string attack</em> and <em>buffer overflow</em>)
        which can corrupt processes or steal data unless the proper measures are taken
        to secure them ahead of time. One example is a video conferencing product
        developer which was previously reported as susceptible to <a href=\"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213486\"
        target=\"_hplink\">arbitrary code injection</a>, according to US CERT. In
        order to prevent injection threats, developers should follow relevant software
        security requirements, avoid dangerous APIs, reduce the exposed interfaces,
        use managed languages, static code analysis and hardware processing of I/O
        using fixed functions.\u00a0</li><br />\n<li><strong>Sensitive Information
        Disclosure -</strong> Another risk that carries over to IoT products is <em>sensitive
        information disclosure</em>. In the case of IoT, this could be manifested
        in terms of weak encryption, insecure data handling and storage, cleartext
        or hardcoded passwords, \"garrulous\" error messages, etc. Given the diverse
        range of IoT products, the risks could vary from <a href=\"http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240224012/IoT-smart-light-bulbs-get-security-update\"
        target=\"_hplink\">compromising the WiFi credentials</a> of smart lightbulbs,
        as was recently demonstrated, to accessing critical health information in
        medical devices. By following relevant software security requirements and
        using scanning tools post-development to check for flaws, developers should
        be able to eliminate these threats. Be especially cognizant of the value of
        \"phone home\" telemetry data and the increased value that data can have when
        aggregated.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Using Fixed or Predictable Codes -</strong>
        Any device that can be remote-controlled by the user or a technician should
        not use fixed codes or predictable rolling codes as these will make it vulnerable
        to <em>unauthorized access</em> and manipulation threats. The same principle
        applies to implementing backdoors and sharing passwords, keys and certificates
        across devices. At this year''s Black Hat, a security researcher will show
        how nearly all home alarm systems with RF remotes can be <a href=\"https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#breaking-the-security-of-physical-devices\"
        target=\"_hplink\">disabled using a replay attack</a>. Developers should ensure
        that administrators have the ability to remove or replace any such values
        that are in place for initial access.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Secure Updates
        and Configuration -</strong> Another significant security challenge for IoT
        products is that most of them do not implement secure methods to update the
        software and/or firmware. This issue ranges from devices that cannot be updated
        at all, can only be updated via a local connection (USB or serial) and those
        that communicate in the clear or accept unsigned updates. This prevents security
        fixes and updates from getting to devices and could allow attackers to replace
        the operating system or application code on your IoT device. One real-world
        example is Google''s Nest thermostat, which researchers revealed to be vulnerable
        to <a href=\"http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2014/google-nest-exploiting-dfu-for-root/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">booting unsigned code</a>, allowing them to backdoor the
        device. Unfortunately, this is not an easy problem for the developer to address
        alone. Updates need to be downloaded using a secure communications protocol,
        they must be validated, and for rollouts of large numbers of devices, automation
        has to be in place to manage the entire process. Developers need to work with
        hardware designers to ensure that the boot and update process is secure from
        start to finish. Configuration of devices similarly needs to be locked down
        and securely transmitted when updates are made to devices.</li><br />\n<li><strong>Support
        for IPv6 -</strong> Since the world is transitioning to IPv6, it''s important
        for IoT developers to make these devices compatible with the new address scheme.
        Doing so will ensure that a company won''t have to face increased costs later
        on when it comes to managing and growing their networked devices on limited
        and costly IPv4 addresses. Additionally, developers should also implement
        IPSec to better ensure authentication and confidentiality of data.</li></ol>
        ","title":"Six Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Code for the Internet of Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-bucholtz/six-mistakes-to-avoid-whe_b_5607376.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942782,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942780,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"ctv","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942779,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942778,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"shell","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942777,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"dc","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942775,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:30:31Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Jawbone\u2019s
        UP bands don\u2019t have small screens on them, which means you can\u2019t
        glance down and look at how many calories you\u2019ve burned, check the time,
        or see if you\u2019ve missed any\u00a0calls.","title":"Jawbone exec: here\u2019s
        why it\u2019s better to buy a fitness tracker without a\u00a0screen","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/jawbone-exec-heres-why-its-better-to-buy-a-fitness-tracker-without-a-screen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942774,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942773,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"en","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942771,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-21T19:47:25Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Emphasis
        Search, the maker of a physician search tool designed by medical specialists,
        is leaving stealth mode today. It\u2019s raised $1 million in seed funding.  The
        San Francisco startup\u2019s chairman is Wade Smith, a neurologist at University
        of California, San Francisco. Chief executive Spencer Punter says the company
        has its roots in Smith\u2019s frustration with the referral process. It\u2019s
        bad enough that it can take a month or more to get an appointment with a specialist
        like Smith, but it\u2019s even worse when the referral isn\u2019t quite right.
        Then patients have to get in line to see another specialist, while Smith wastes
        a slot on someone he wasn\u2019t best-equipped to help.  There are already
        physician search tools out there like WebMD, but Emphasis Search is aiming
        its MatchScore tool at hospitals, not directly at patients. In other words,
        it\u2019s a way for hospitals themselves to make the best recommendation when
        a general practitioner or a referral service asks for help. At first, I thought
        it seemed a little silly to limit each search to a single hospital \u2014
        but then, I\u2019ve been lucky enough to never need a specialist myself. Punter,
        however, pointed out that a hospital like UCSF actually has around 1,000 doctors,
        and traditional word-of-mouth referrals don\u2019t always work when confronted
        with such a vast network.  MatchScore is also more nuanced than a WebMD search
        or the in-house search engines developed by some hospitals, Punter says. Those
        are usually basic keyword searches \u2014 as long as a physician says he or
        she treats a specific disease, they\u2019ll come up in your results. MatchScore,
        on the other hand, allows physicians to specify their priorities, and it ranks
        search results based on those priorities. For example, if you need to see
        someone about breast cancer, you\u2019d rather see an oncologist who focuses
        on breast cancer 80 percent of the time than one who treats it only 40 percent
        of the time.  The $1 million seed round was led by Royal Wulff Ventures. Robert
        E. Cook of Royal Wulff is joining Emphasis Search\u2019s board, as are Louis
        J. Lavigne, Jr. (formerly chief financial officer at Genentech) and Jon B.
        Fisher (formerly vice president of product management at Oracle). Fisher\u2019s
        security startup Bharosa was acquired by Oracle last June, and he says Oracle
        or other big tech companies may take a similar interest in Emphasis Search.
        The startup was founded in February, although Smith and his cofounders have
        been developing MatchScore for the past year and a half. Emphasis Search is
        in talks with Bay Area hospitals right now, and Punter hopes to launch with
        the company\u2019s first customer in July or August.","title":"Emphasis Search
        raises $1M to help you find the right\u00a0doctor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/21/emphasis-search-raises-1m-to-help-you-find-the-right-doctor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942770,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"2","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942769,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"we","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942767,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"harrison","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942766,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"do","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942765,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942764,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"harrison","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942763,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-08T00:14:55Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Some
        of the newer iPhone games are figuring out how to best use the device\u2019s
        accelerometer and multi-touch capabilities. Bounce Trap is not one of those
        games.","title":"Bounce Trap: A mindless fun iPhone game, emphasis on \"mindless\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/08/bounce-trap-a-mindless-fun-iphone-game-emphasis-on-mindless/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942762,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"go","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942761,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942760,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:13:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942757,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-16T07:02:06Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"After
        being announced about a month ago, analytics startup Chartbeat has finally
        begun to roll out its radically different user interface that prioritizes
        social traffic.","title":"Chartbeat begins rolling out radically new UI with
        emphasis on social\u00a0traffic","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/16/chartbeat-new-ui-social/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942756,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"581","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942755,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"hat","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:58Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942754,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942752,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"obama","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942751,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"wikipedia","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942750,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-30T07:22:01Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"South
        Korean electronics giant LG has introduced LG Cloud, a service that lets users
        store and access content across Android phones, smart TVs, and PCs, the company
        announced today.","title":"LG debuts cloud storage service with emphasis on
        media\u00a0streaming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/30/lg-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942749,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:53Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942748,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:53Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942747,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-07T17:24:14Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Sony
        announced its new Xperia Z smartphone today in its latest attempt to make
        headway against Apple and Samsung in the mobile\u00a0business.","title":"Sony
        unveils a new Xperia Z smartphone with emphasis on\u00a0visuals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/07/sony-unveils-a-new-xperia-z-smartphone-with-emphasis-on-visuals/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942746,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:51Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942745,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:51Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942743,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"on","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:49Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942742,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"bull","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:49Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942741,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"famous","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942740,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-16T04:30:20Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"With
        funding from Reid Hoffman\u2019s Greylock and other famous investors, Recurious
        could stand out among education\u00a0app-makers.","title":"Recurious debuts
        Dinorama educational mobile game where the emphasis is on\u00a0fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/recurious-debuts-dinorama-educational-mobile-game-where-the-emphasis-is-on-fun/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942739,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"rick","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:47Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942738,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"woman","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:47Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942737,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942736,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-10T07:32:27Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"New
        feature uses Bluetooth low energy and token verification system and company
        hopes it will help lure customers from large retail\u00a0banks.","title":"Simple\u2019s
        MoneyDrop promises instant money transfers, emphasis on the\u00a0instant","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/10/simples-moneydrop-promises-instant-money-transfers-emphasis-on-the-instant/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:44Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942735,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:43Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942734,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"0","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942733,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T07:10:59Z","slug":"mphasis","summary":"Opera\u00a0today\u00a0released
        version 20 of its desktop browser for Windows and Mac, debuting a\u00a0new
        color scheme, refined icons, and customizable themes.","title":"Opera 20 launches
        on Windows and Mac with major emphasis on streamlined\u00a0design","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/opera-20-launches-on-windows-and-mac-with-major-emphasis-on-streamlined-design/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942732,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"involve","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:42Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942731,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:41Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942730,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:40Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942728,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"hat","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:39Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942727,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"notify","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942726,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:38Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942725,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"games","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:38Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942724,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"mr","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942723,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"mg","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942722,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"factual","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942720,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"mr","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942719,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"harry","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:36Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942718,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"6","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942716,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"none","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942715,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"jp","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:34Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942714,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:34Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:34Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942713,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"prince","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:34Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942712,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"tsa","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942711,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"span","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942710,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"it","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:32Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942709,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"bull","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:32Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:32Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942708,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"duke","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:32Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942706,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"heavenly","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942705,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"zergnet","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942704,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"de","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:30Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942703,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"apart","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:30Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:30Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942702,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"woman","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:30Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942701,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"tower","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942700,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:52:47Z","slug":"ca","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-Glassofwater.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-Glassofwater-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"379\" /></a></center><br />\n<br />\n\"How much does
        this glass of water weigh?\" she asked. <br />\n<br />\n\"Eight ounces,\"
        someone said.  <br />\n<br />\n\"Twelve ounces,\" suggested someone else.<br
        />\n <br />\nThe guessing continued and answers ranged up to 20 ounces. The
        young woman with the glass just smiled. She was making a point in her presentation
        about stress management at a trade show and conference I was attending. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"It doesn''t really matter how much this little glass of water
        weighs, does it?\" said the presenter.  \"It''s not very heavy and I can hold
        it fine. A more important question might be, ''How long do I have to hold
        it?'' If I hold it a minute, no problem. But if I have to hold it for an hour,
        it''s a different proposition. It will be painful.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe presenter
        clinched her point by saying that that''s how it is with stress.  She said
        that if we carry our burdens with us all the time, sooner or later, as our
        load feels heavier and heavier, we will burn out.<br />\n<br />\n\"As with
        the glass of water, we have to find ways to set the stress down once in a
        while.\"<br />\n<br />\nI thought about what the presenter had said as I made
        my way across the floor of the trade show. I overheard people greeting each
        other. Many of them had not seen each other since last year at the show. <br
        />\n<br />\n\"How have you been?\" someone said. And the response was inevitably
        a variation of the same thought, \"I''ve been crazy busy. It has just been
        insane with so much going on.\" <br />\n<br />\nThere is no question that
        we are all living our lives at a frantic pace. And we begin early on. A friend
        of mine says she picks up her two children from elementary school at 3:30
        p.m. and then begins what she calls \"second shift\" consisting of soccer,
        piano, and swimming lessons.<br />\n<br />\nBut maybe in this instance we
        can learn something from our kids, the masters of playtime. One simple yet
        powerful antidote to working ourselves to death is \"play.\" <br />\n<br />\nPlay
        on a regular basis is not only healthy but wise to help set aside our worries,
        renew our energy, and increase our focus. <br />\n<br />\nDr. Stuart Brown,
        a medical doctor, psychiatrist and clinical researcher, states unequivocally
        in his book <a href=\"http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/2/3/book-review/play-how-it-shapes-brain-opens-imagination-and-invigorates-soul-stuart-brown\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination,
        and Invigorates the Soul:\"</a><br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>The ability to
        play is critical not only to being happy, but also to sustaining social relationships
        and being a creative and innovative person. ...I don''t think it is too much
        to say that play can save your life. ... Life without play is a grinding,
        mechanical existence organized around doing things necessary for survival.
        Play is the stick that stirs the drink. ... Play is the vital essence of life.
        It is what makes life lively.<br />\n</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nWatch Dr.
        Brown''s discussion, <a href=\"http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"Play Is More Than Just Fun,\" </a>on TED.<br />\n<br
        />\nStress is like a violin. If the strings are too loose we get no music.
        If they are too tight the strings will break. We must all find the right balance
        between work and our personal life. Integrating your own choice of play into
        your life can help you achieve balance. But you will have to leave the time
        for play, not make it an afterthought. You might just have to put it on your
        calendar.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.sandysmithseminars.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Sandy
        Smith </a>is a keynote speaker, training specialist, and consultant on today''s
        most critical business issues. ","title":"Life Balance: Include Time for Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-smith/work-life-balance-include-time_b_5621092.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:28Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942699,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:07:59Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"US
        chipmaker Qualcomm claims some Chinese companies are misrepresenting sales
        to minimise their payments.","title":"Qualcomm disputes China phone sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:28Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28463941#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942698,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"painting","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:26Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942697,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:26Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942696,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:24Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942694,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:24Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942693,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"blackberry","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942692,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"photos","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942691,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"google-play","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942690,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942689,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"apart","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942688,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942686,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942685,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"harry","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942684,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:15Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942683,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"prince","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:15Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942682,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"sf","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:13Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942681,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"duke","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:13Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942680,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"cyrus","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942678,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"he","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:11Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942677,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"apart","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:11Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942676,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"why-not","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942674,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"co","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:09Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942673,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:54Z","slug":"first-impressions","summary":"Specially
        designed mobile games can help scientists answer important questions about
        cognition, a team finds.","title":"Mobile test illuminates risk taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:09Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28447177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942671,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"2050","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942670,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942668,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942666,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-12-15T08:02:25Z","slug":"coral-capital-management","summary":"IP
        Unity, a private Milpitas company that offers fixed and wireless messaging
        and other media services, has gone through a major restructuring.","title":"Messaging
        company IP Unity wins backing, buys Glenayre for $25M in\u00a0restructuring","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/15/messaging-company-ip-unity-wins-backing-buys-glenayre-for-25m-in-restructuring/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942665,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"reason","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942663,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-16T00:00:52Z","slug":"coral-capital-management","summary":"Firetide,
        a Los Gatos, Calif. developer of wireless mesh networks, has raised a round
        of $14.4 million, its fourth funding since its founding in 2003.","title":"Firetide,
        a wireless mesh network developer, raises\u00a0$14.4M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/16/firetide-a-wireless-mesh-network-developer-raises-144m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942662,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942660,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-10T12:03:02Z","slug":"coral-capital-management","summary":"Fon,
        a Spanish startup hoping to build \u201cthe world\u2019s largest wireless
        community\u201d, has raised $9.5 million in a third round of funding, according
        to TechCrunch.","title":"Wireless startup Fon raises\u00a0$9.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/10/wireless-startup-fon-raises-95m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942659,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"tv","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942657,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-01T08:39:20Z","slug":"coral-capital-management","summary":"Entone,
        a company that sells a set-top box for Internet television that can distribute
        video to three different TVs at once, has raised $14.5 million in a second
        round of financing.","title":"Set-top box company Entone wants to be\u00a0TiVo-killer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:12:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/01/set-top-box-company-entone-wants-to-be-tivo-killer/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942656,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"max","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942654,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-12T16:51:28Z","slug":"coral-capital-management","summary":"Stanford
        University just upped the ante on its green technology efforts, announcing
        today that it is founding a new energy institute on campus with an initial
        price tag of $100 million. The staggering sum \u2014 considering the very
        visible downturn in the university\u2019s endowment \u2014 will go toward
        bringing new faculty and even more graduate students on board to investigate
        alternative and sustainable sources of energy.","title":"Stanford launches
        $100M energy institute for cleantech research,\u00a0teaching","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/12/stanford-launches-100m-energy-institute-for-research-teaching/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942653,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942652,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"smith","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942650,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-30T14:22:27Z","slug":"coral-capital-management","summary":"Delivery
        Agent, a San Francisco-based provider of technology used to set up online
        stores \u2014 only geared toward the entertainment market and web publishers
        \u2014 has raised $24.85 million in a fourth round of funding, according to
        PE Hub. The company is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Cardinal Venture
        Capital and Worldview Technology Partners. Coral Capital Management joined
        this group in the latest round \u2014 boosting Delivery Agent\u2019s total
        capital to about $60 million.","title":"Delivery Agent snags $24.8M to supply
        entertainment e-commerce\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/30/delivery-agent-snags-248m-to-supply-entertainment-e-commerce-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942649,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"mad","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942648,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"stance","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942647,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942645,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"road-warrior","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942644,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942643,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942642,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-04T18:08:18Z","slug":"coral-capital-management","summary":"Delivery
        Agent, provider of shopping and advertising services to media companies, has
        closed a $3.9 million round of funding, according to filings with the SEC.
        Based in San Francisco, Delivery Agent works with television networks to both
        sell products seen on TV and sell advertisements to brands featured on shows.","title":"Delivery
        Agent raises $3.9M for entertainment\u00a0shopping","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/04/delivery-agent-raises-3-9m-for-entertainment-shopping/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942640,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"tom-hardy","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942639,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942638,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"kris","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942637,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-02T11:49:02Z","slug":"coral-capital-management","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action we\u2019re following today on the GreenBeat:","title":"On
        the GreenBeat: Coda wants to sell 50,000 electric cars by 2015, Powerit raises\u00a0$5M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/02/on-the-greenbeat-coda-wants-to-sell-50000-electric-cars-by-2015-powerit-raises-5m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942634,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942635,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"tom","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942633,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"strange","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942632,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-08T09:00:35Z","slug":"coral-capital-management","summary":"Guest
        Post Energy management software can help businesses cut energy consumption
        and save money, which is why VCs are warming up to the\u00a0field.","title":"Why
        VCs see gold in energy management\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/08/energy-management-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942630,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942628,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942627,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"20","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942624,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"woman","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942623,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942622,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"fox","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942620,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"my-career","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942619,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"obama","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942617,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942616,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"my-career","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942615,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"lid","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942613,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942612,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942611,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"go","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942610,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-18T02:37:00Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"The
        final frontier: strange new worlds, exotic alien life forms, bizarre cultures
        and civilizations \u2014 the wonders of creation. For good or ill, I never
        feel like I\u2019m experiencing these wonders when I play hard sci-fi games
        like\u00a0Mass Effect. Usually, I only feel the thrill of exploring alien
        worlds when they\u2019re found right here on Earth, such as in\u00a0BioShock\u2019s
        Rapture or in\u00a0Red Dead Redemption\u2019s American West. Sure, the Mass
        Effect games literally send you out into space, but for some reason Mass Effect\u2019s
        final frontier feels all too familiar to me.","title":"The Final Frontiers
        of Mass Effect, BioShock, and Red Dead\u00a0Redemption","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/18/not-just-another-world-the-final-frontier-mass-effect-bioshock-and-red-dead-redemption/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942609,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"lid","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942608,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942607,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"581","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942606,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-12T13:21:44Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Today
        Go Try It On, an iOS app and web site for giving and receiving opinions on
        outfits, announced its first round of funding, $3 million from Index Ventures,
        Len Blavatnik and Alex Zubillaga.","title":"Go Try It On is like having a
        panel of judges in your fitting\u00a0room","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/12/go-try-it-on-fashion-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942603,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"melt","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942602,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-04T01:03:26Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Most
        of my friends in the San Francisco Bay Area consider Los Angeles with a significant
        measure of scorn. I''m sure they''re now rejoicing at the prospect of destroying
        the property values of LA''s effigy in Grand Theft Auto 5.","title":"News
        Blips: GTA5 in San Andreas, BF3 trails behind COD on XBL, three Silent Hill
        games next year, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/04/news-blips-gta5-in-san-andreas-bf3-trails-behind-cod-on-xbl-three-silent-hill-games-next-year-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942601,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"obama","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942599,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-13T12:18:48Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Google
        has acquired mobile app maker Clever Sense, the companies announced today.","title":"Google
        buys Alfred app creator Clever\u00a0Sense","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/13/google-buys-clever-sense/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942598,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942597,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942595,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-26T14:01:56Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Roblox,
        a family-friendly entertainment site that allows kids to build their own 3D
        game worlds, says players created 5.4 million games in 2011 \u2014 a 109 percent
        year-over-year increase from 2010 \u2014 demonstrating enormous growth in
        user-generated online games in the past year.","title":"Roblox players built
        5.4 million games in\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/26/roblox-players-built-5-4-million-games-in-2011/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942593,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"eric","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942592,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942591,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942589,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-19T17:02:58Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Last
        December, I challenged myself to use the Kinect to help improve my health.
        But my goal isn''t to blandly recount how workout software actually does its
        job. I''m out to prove that the real key to losing weight is having fun while
        attempting to do it, and video games are the perfect tool.","title":"2012
        Fitness Challenge: Happy Action\u00a0Theater","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/19/2012-fitness-challenge-happy-action-theater/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942588,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"on","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942587,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"photoalto","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942585,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942584,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-11T16:25:26Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Crowdfunding
        website IndieGoGo has flipped the switch on its promotional algorithm, which
        pushes campaigns to a coveted spot on its front page. The company says the
        algorithm adds more democracy to a human-bias driven industry.","title":"IndieGoGo
        releases new algorithm for promoting crowdfunding\u00a0projects","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/11/indiegogo-algorithm/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942583,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"rick","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942582,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"megan","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942580,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-22T11:07:23Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"We\u2019re
        hearing loud rumors this morning that hot-as-molten-lava startup Path may
        have just closed a $20 million round of funding.","title":"Path may have just
        sealed a new $20M funding\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/22/path-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942579,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942577,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-17T08:22:53Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Eager
        content-deprived pirates were\u00a0flummoxed\u00a0on Wednesday by the news
        that The Pirate Bay had been taken offline by a massive distributed denial
        of service (DDoS) attack.","title":"Rogue Anonymous hacker \u2018Nyre\u2019
        takes responsibility for Pirate Bay DDoS\u00a0attack","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/17/rogue-hacker-pirate-bay-attack/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942575,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"grey","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942574,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"kris","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942571,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-06T17:35:04Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding news is best read to a bass line. Investors may choose to put their
        money towards businesses rather than bling, but there is no shortage of hustle
        and grind or gold diggin\u2019 in the startup world. Yeaahhhhh boy.","title":"Funding
        Daily: cash, money, cars, clothes, venture\u00a0capital","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/06/funding-daily-cash-money-cars-clothes-venture-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942569,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"ubergizmo","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942568,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"0","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942567,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"arrived","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942565,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-07T17:03:22Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"A
        look at Friday\u2019s funding news and a portent of things to\u00a0come.","title":"Funding
        Daily: a volcano ready to\u00a0erupt","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/07/funding-daily-a-volcano-ready-to-erupt/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942563,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942562,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942561,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-20T09:22:00Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Amplino
        may be the ultimate garage project. Three DIY bio-hackers have created a malaria
        testing kit that can identify different strains of malaria with 95 percent
        accuracy in under 40 minutes. The testing device is connected via Bluetooth
        to a mobile phone, making it possible to track malaria outbreaks and the spread
        of particular\u00a0strains.","title":"Dutch bio-hackers mobilize malaria\u00a0testing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/20/dutch-bio-hackers-mobilize-malaria-testing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942560,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"arrived","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942559,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942558,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942557,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-03T10:19:31Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Imagine
        walking down the street and getting a ping from your friend about the restaurant
        you\u2019re standing next to. Your iPhone sends you a notification that this
        place is one you must check out. Meet\u00a0Blipboard.","title":"Blipboard\u2019s
        iOS app tunes you into the cool things around\u00a0you","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/03/blipboard/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942554,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-07T17:37:02Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"A
        post-election day round up of investment news from the technology\u00a0world.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Chugging towards\u00a0change","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/07/funding-daily-chugging-towards-change/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942553,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"mg","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T12:34:47Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Unfortunately
        no one can be told what the Robo Matrix is, they have to see it for \u2014
        oh okay, we\u2019ll tell\u00a0you.","title":"Enter The Robo Matrix: a real
        thing that you can control from anywhere in the world\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/robotics-for-fun-interview/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942548,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"jp","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942545,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-05T08:52:36Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"PlayPhone
        is shooting to fill the void left by the shutdown of\u00a0OpenFeint.","title":"PlayPhone
        adds 20 games to its mobile social gaming\u00a0network","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/05/playphone-adds-20-games-to-its-mobile-social-gaming-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942543,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"it","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942542,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"yorks","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942539,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-07T13:17:40Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Intel
        shows progress in the strategically important mobile chips\u00a0market.","title":"Pushing
        into mobile, Intel launches new low-cost smartphone\u00a0platform","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/07/pushing-into-mobile-intel-launches-new-low-cost-smartphone-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942538,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"de","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942536,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942534,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-08T08:00:51Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga\u2019s
        sinking market value crushed\u00a0valuations.","title":"The DeanBeat: After
        Zynga\u2019s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/08/the-deanbeat-after-zyngas-crash-game-investments-dive-44-percent-in-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942533,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:27:34Z","slug":"ca","summary":"Our
        minds create many thoughts that can lead to our being unhappy.  But, the key
        phrase here is, \u201cour minds create.\u201d  The thoughts and beliefs that
        we hold in our minds greatly impact everything about us. Here in the United
        States and in most places in the developed world, people are consumed by consumerism.
        So much of our unhappiness comes from wishing that things were different\u2026..
        wishing that we had something else instead of what we do have. ","title":"Are
        We Finding Happiness In What We Have?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/finding-happiness_n_5626404.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942532,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"sylvain","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942531,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-19T16:59:30Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"On
        the edge of Aquarius and Pisces, a sensitive, dreamy, introspective rendering
        of today\u2019s funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding Daily: Pisces\u00a0Cuspers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/19/funding-daily-pisces-cuspers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942529,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942528,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942526,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-21T12:20:25Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Guest
        Post Why hasn\u2019t Russia produced more world-changing companies? Perhaps
        it\u2019s because the country doesn\u2019t encourage experimentation and rebellion
        \u2014 essential qualities for entrepreneurs as well as punk\u00a0rockers.","title":"No
        Pussy Riot, no Steve\u00a0Jobs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/21/no-pussy-riot-no-steve-jobs/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942524,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942522,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-05T22:14:24Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Beats
        Electronics has secured a $60 million investment to spin off its forthcoming
        streaming music service Daisy into a separate entity, the company announced\u00a0today.","title":"Beats
        raises $60M to spin off \u2018Daisy\u2019 music service; may partner with\u00a0Apple","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/05/beats-spins-off-daisy-music-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942520,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"the-inquirer","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942519,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-15T10:37:01Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"New
        map generator begs you enter a world of sights, sites, and\u00a0fights.","title":"Minecraft
        mod Biospheres is a rounded\u00a0experience","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/15/minecraft-mod-biospheres-is-a-rounded-experience/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942518,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"afp","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942516,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-21T10:15:01Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"The
        initiative, known as Lava Mae, is a response to a desperate need in the\u00a0city.","title":"One
        techie\u2019s next gig? Converting city buses into showers for the SF\u00a0homeless","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/21/one-techies-next-gig-converting-city-buses-into-showers-for-the-sf-homeless/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942515,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942513,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-30T05:53:38Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Ubisoft\u2019s
        standalone Far Cry 3 expansion is a love letter to 1980s cyberpunk written
        on C4 and stuffed in an anthrax\u00a0envelope.","title":"Far Cry 3: Blood
        Dragon is a hilarious, neon-drenched exercise in nostalgia\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/30/far-cry-3-blood-dragon-is-a-hilarious-neon-drenched-exercise-in-nostalgia-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:11:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942511,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"buzzfeed","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942510,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-19T10:00:05Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"The
        co-creator of EA\u2019s new SimCity founded his own startup to go beyond what
        Will Wright taught\u00a0him.","title":"Ocean Quigley steps out of Will Wright\u2019s
        shadow\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/19/ocean-quigley-steps-out-of-the-shadow-of-will-wright-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942508,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-01T17:00:25Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Skullgirl preorder is only $12 for the Steam key, giving you access to
        the close beta which starts\u00a0today.","title":"Skullgirls preorder slashed
        by 20%, beta starts\u00a0today","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/01/skullgirls-preorder-is-20-off-beta-starts-today/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942506,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-08T15:55:44Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"How
        Project Homeless Connect is rallying the tech community and using social media
        to help people in\u00a0need.","title":"Social media gives the homeless in
        S.F. a helping\u00a0hand","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/08/tweeting-for-good/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942505,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"taboola","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942503,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-07T10:43:29Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"At
        a recent hackathon, Alex Day and Amazon engineer Yiling Hu developed a new
        system to help homeless people access\u00a0shelters.","title":"Seattle devs
        hack app in 48 hours to help homeless find\u00a0shelter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/07/seattle-devs-hack-app-in-48-hours-to-help-homeless-find-shelter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942502,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"daily","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942500,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"youtube","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-07T18:56:59Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"It\u2019s
        Android like you\u2019ve never seen it before: Projected large, and still\u00a0touch-enabled.","title":"Play
        Angry Birds right on your wall: Touchjet\u2019s interactive Android projector
        debuts at\u00a0CES","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/07/play-angry-birds-right-on-your-wall-touchjets-interactive-android-projector-debuts-at-ces/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942496,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"elite-daily","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942495,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"justin","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942494,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-26T15:44:09Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Guest
        Post If Bitcoins hit brick-and-mortar retailers today, customers would be
        slapped with transaction fees, and payments would take an hour to go\u00a0through.","title":"Bitcoin
        payments will face big challenges heading to brick-and-mortar (but it\u2019ll
        get\u00a0there)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/26/bitcoin-payments-will-face-big-challenges-heading-to-brick-and-mortar-but-itll-get-there/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942492,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T13:30:44Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"The
        PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 still have plenty of gaming left in\u00a0them.","title":"5
        reasons why you must keep your PlayStation 3 and Xbox\u00a0360","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/keep-your-playstation-3-and-xbox-360/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942491,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"harrison","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942490,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-14T08:09:08Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"We
        take a look at some awesome Toy Box creations for Disney Infinity, and Disney
        Interactive producer Mat Solie gives us some top tips for designing your\u00a0own.","title":"25
        awesome Disney Infinity Toy Boxes \u2014 and how to get yours featured\u00a0(gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/14/25-awesome-disney-infinity-tox-boxes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942489,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"involve","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-25T00:01:35Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Castlevania:
        Lords of Shadow 2 cuts the hodge podge of its predecessor for a more consistent\u00a0experience.","title":"Castlevania:
        Lords of Shadow 2 is a much more focused experience than its predecessor\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/25/the-lords-of-shadow-series-finds-its-identity-in-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-2-review/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942486,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"t","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942485,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T12:30:10Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"And
        yes, we talk about iconic pen-and-paper adventures as well \u2014 and how
        the studio may riff on some of them in the\u00a0future.","title":"Card Hunter\u2019s
        first expansion: League play, more loot, and the terror of the Sharkbear\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/card-hunter-attack-of-the-artifacts-interview/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942484,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"h","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942483,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T07:44:20Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Some
        very big names apparently believe Indiegogo has at least a fighting chance
        against larger crowdfunding rival Kickstarter. San Francisco-based Indiegogo\u00a0announced
        eight new investors today, and the list\u00a0reads like a Who\u2019s Who of\u00a0tech
        celebrities.","title":"Richard Branson, Tim Draper, and other luminaries place
        bets on Indiegogo in \u2018celebrity\u2019 funding\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/richard-branson-tim-draper-and-other-luminaries-place-bets-on-indiegogo-in-celebrity-funding-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942482,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"apart","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942481,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T08:00:39Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Pixowl
        recruits industry veterans Randy Breen and Ed Fries as\u00a0advisors.","title":"As
        pixelated art takes off, Pixowl aims to grow its Sandbox to 100M players\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/as-pixelated-art-takes-off-pixowl-aims-to-grow-its-sandbox-to-100m-players-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942480,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"involve","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942479,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-10T15:15:40Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"A
        Facebook group with more than 40,000 members is challenging the outcome of
        the first round of presidential elections in Colombia with a crowdsourced
        hunt through official voting records. We\u2019ve seen the social network used
        to organize mass protests and marches in the country, but this is one of the
        more creative political applications of the service we\u2019ve seen in awhile.","title":"Facebook
        group conducts crowdsourced Colombian elections\u00a0recount","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/10/facebook-colombia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942478,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-19T11:28:57Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"The
        next wave of e-commerce is clearly going to be social \u2014 and there are
        a raft of players looking for an angle on the business.","title":"Groupon
        needs the human touch, not Google''s\u00a0robots","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/19/groupon-google/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942477,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"2050","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942476,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"burns","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942475,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-26T19:40:07Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"Cleversense
        today released a powerful update to its robotic concierge app, Alfred:\u00a0group
        recommendations. Alfred is the public face of a very brawny recommendation
        algorithm, perfected over three years by cofounders Babak Pahlavan and\u00a0Nima
        Asgarbhegi.","title":"Alfred digital concierge now does group\u00a0recommendations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/alfred-group-recommendations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942474,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-05T16:34:18Z","slug":"lava-group","summary":"If
        you\u2019ve been complaining about the lack of privacy in your email, now\u2019s
        the time to put your money where your mouth is.","title":"Want super-private
        e-mail? Lavabit takes its secure Dark Mail to\u00a0Kickstarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/05/lavabits-dark-mail-kickstarter/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942472,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942471,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942470,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942469,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"the-battery","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942468,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"kris","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942467,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"strange","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942466,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"do","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942465,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942464,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942463,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"ron","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942462,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942461,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"lid","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942460,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942459,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"4","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942458,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942457,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"ariel","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-06T09:41:04Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"The
        primary investor of 3Par, Menlo Ventures, is looking to raise $600 \u2013
        $800 million for a new fund that would surpass Battery Ventures\u2019 and
        Institutional Venture Partners\u2019\u00a0\u00a0$750 million funds raised
        this year, according to a report by Bloomberg News.","title":"3Par investor
        Menlo Ventures looks to raise up to $800\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/06/menlo-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942455,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"ignited","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-11T13:00:53Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Jon
        Goldman is chairman and CEO of Foundation 9 Entertainment, the Irvine, Calif.-based
        video game development company that followed a different path by sticking
        with the cool stuff of making games and leaving the business of publishing
        games to others. (Update: Goldman announced March 16 that he will become chairman
        of Foundation 9 and James North-Hearn will be its new CEO.)","title":"Updated:
        Q&A: An interview with game developer Foundation 9\u00a0Entertainment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/11/qa-an-interview-with-game-developer-foundation-9-entertainment-ceo-jon-goldman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942453,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-01T00:00:00Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Since
        I am preparing to move to Canada, I decided to take pictures of the more valuable
        things in our home in case disaster struck and whatnot.\u00a0 While doing
        this, I thought it would be neat to share my console collection with all of
        you. It is ever-expanding and I have a few items at my parent\u2019s home
        still. Below is my sizable collection that will soon be boxed and shipped.
        There are a lot of pictures. \u00a0All the pictures are from my iPhone so
        i appologize for the quality.\u00a0 Here is the main wall of my living room
        with a custom, tetris-like, entertainment center that my Fiance\u2019s father
        built.\u00a0Most of the game collection. The Colecovision and Atari 2600 games
        are not on display because they are a pain to put on a shelf and there are
        a lot of them. The first row contains Sega CD, Saturn, Genesis and Master
        System games. The second is PS1, TurboGrafx, and Dreamcast. Third is all NES.
        Forth is DS, boxed GBA & GBC, the next set are PSP, loose catridges and SNES
        games. The rest are cables, PC games and a cool Tetris plug and play I found
        at work. The handhelds. At the top is a glorious Turbo Express. The others
        are recognizable. The blue SP, Pokemon DS and DSi are mine. I couldn\u2019t
        part with my Pokemon DS when the DSi launched.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve noticed
        the pikachus in the other pictures, it is easy to see why.\u00a0  Yay for
        Vic 20\u2019s! Atari 2600 and a golden Poliwheel pokemon card. Oh, and a penguin.\u00a0
        Colecovision and a Metaluna Mutant. They are just like your Earth ants, but
        larger of course.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t bring myself to throw the RE 5 collector\u2019s
        edition box away, so it sits proudly on top.\u00a0All of these consoles get
        a lot of use.\u00a0 That\u2019s Castlevania IV in the SNES and Castlevania
        is in the NES.\u00a0 ROB isn\u2019t complete, but he happily watches over
        things.\u00a0 The 360 needs a lot of room to itself.\u00a0\u00a0The Wii is
        moved around often. Here it is just stuck somewhere it fit.\u00a0 Castlevania
        Bloodlines in the Genesis. I believe the keyboard is out because someone recently
        played Typing of the Dead.\u00a0\u00a0 Sassy & Alice. They are chronically
        unimpressed.\u00a0  When I moved in, we combined our game collection. So there
        are a few duplicate systems.\u00a0  TurboGrafx-16 and some RE shwag.\u00a0
        Upstairs! The painting goes well with our other comforter, but this is still
        a cool shot. The NES in the living room works better than this one, but both
        function. Cameron\u2019s Gamecube.\u00a0\u00a0N64! With\u2026A Castlevania
        game in it. I play a lot of Castlevania, so much that I leave the games in
        every system. >.> My precious Sega CDx. By far the only Sega CD you want to
        put a game in. But, it has a few issues playing FMV games. That\u2019s a problem
        for me since I collect those. It can also play Genesis games, and double is
        a portable CD player.\u00a0And lastly, my Behemoth. With a replaced save battery,
        it will allow up to 1 game save at a time! Woohoo\u2026\u00a0There you have
        it. Now I hope it all transports safely.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0","title":"Cataloging
        My Collection","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/01/cataloging-my-collection/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-09T08:00:48Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"In
        Facebook games, the big three rule. Zynga, Electronic Arts-Playfish, and Disney-Playdom
        have more than 331 million monthly active users on the social network, according
        to AppData. That\u2019s why a group of smaller, independent developers have
        banded together to use a cross-promotional game network called Applifier.
        They have nicknamed themselves the Rebel Alliance, after the heroes that struggled
        against the evil Galactic Empire in Star Wars.","title":"Applifier fuels a
        \"rebel alliance\" against the evil social game empire on\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/09/applifier-cross-promotes-facebook-games-for-rebel-alliance-of-small-game-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942451,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"co","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-11T00:00:00Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Here\u2019s Omar\u2019s second piece in his series on non-linearity
        in games. In Part 2, Omar discusses narrative freedom, and how developers
        may be closer than you think of achieving it. -Jason","title":"Advancing Ideas
        in Non-Linearity (Part 2 of\u00a02)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/11/advancing-ideas-in-non-linearity-part-two-of-two/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942449,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-07T10:37:03Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"As
        app stores multiply and the number of publicly released apps \u2014 just the
        ones we can see and count \u2014 approaches 1 million, content developers
        are having a hard time standing out from the crowd.","title":"33 ways to make
        your app a hit: VentureBeat''s Discovery\u00a0Directory","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/07/discovery-directory-app-discovery-tricks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-13T21:59:37Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"The
        10 year anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast is close approaching and I wanted
        to go back and reflect on my own saga with the system over those last ten
        years. To be honest, although the system only was in production for a few
        years, I have had quite an interaction with it. Since it was a part of my
        life over this last decade I wanted to share those memories with everyone.","title":"My
        Dreamcast Retrospective","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/13/my-dreamcast-retrospective/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-21T08:00:35Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Earlier
        this month, GE officially endorsed ZigBee as the wireless standard of choice
        for smart appliances in a white paper, but the Wi-Fi guys aren\u2019t having
        any of it.","title":"Wi-Fi Alliance fires back at GE endorsement of\u00a0ZigBee","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/21/wi-fi-fires-back-reponse-ge-backing-endorsement-of-zigbee/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-26T07:41:21Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Kutano,
        a commenting system that travels where you go on the web, is integrating Twitter
        so when visitors reach a page they can see what others have said about it
        on the microblogging network.","title":"Kutano pops Twitter into its commenting\u00a0system","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/26/kutano-pops-twitter-into-its-commenting-system/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942445,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:47:57Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"\"I
        like Go. I use it for a number of things (including this blog). Go is useful.
        With that said, Go is not a good language. It''s not bad; it''s just not good.
        We have to be careful using languages that aren''t good, because if we''re
        not careful, we might end up stuck using them for the next 20 years.\" ","title":"Why
        Go Language is not Good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/why-go-language-is-not-go_n_5544492.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942444,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"woke","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:10:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942443,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-02T00:07:19Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"In
        Facebook games, a small pack of companies has most of the users. Applifier
        wants to change that, creating a new marketing vehicle so that independent
        game developers can cross-promote their games to a big audience. This idea,
        which the company describes as the \u201crebel alliance,\u201d has gained
        a lot of momentum in the past year and has led to a new round of funding for
        Applifier.","title":"Applifier''s \"rebel alliance\" raises money to cross-promote
        social\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/02/applifiers-rebel-alliance-raises-money-to-cross-promote-social-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942442,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-22T04:02:34Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"We\u2019re
        in the middle of DEMOfall 09 today in San Diego, where 56 tech companies will
        launch new products, and another 14 will give sneak peeks of the products
        that they\u2019re working on.","title":"DEMOfall 09: Your guide to VentureBeat''s
        coverage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/22/demofall-09-your-guide-to-venturebeats-coverage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-24T01:48:21Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Pop
        singer Lady Gaga visited both Google and Twitter today, and I\u2019ve been
        wondering what that means for how celebrities are feeding off of Silicon Valley
        and vice versa.","title":"The pop culture alliance of Lady Gaga, Google, Twitter
        \u2014 and Rebecca\u00a0Black","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/24/the-pop-culture-alliance-of-lady-gaga-google-twitter-and-rebecca-black/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-16T11:30:56Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Much
        has been written about how the bitter rivalry between Google and Microsoft
        has extended to their respective home energy management systems, Google PowerMeter
        and Microsoft Hohm. But most of these stories make it sound like the tools
        render the same service: reporting how much energy people are using and how
        much it is costing them. Few have sussed out their subtler differences.","title":"Hohm
        vs. Powermeter: A side-by-side\u00a0rundown","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/16/hohm-vs-powermeter-a-side-by-side-rundown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-30T21:00:38Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Fifteen
        major technology companies are getting together to create an alliance with
        the goal of promoting technologies and interfaces from machines that use visual
        input.","title":"Alliance formed to promote machines that\u00a0see","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/30/alliance-formed-to-promote-machines-that-see/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942438,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-19T10:56:57Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Fry\u2019s
        Electronics announced today that average consumers can now buy a PowerCost
        Monitor, made by Blue Line Innovations, in any one of its retail stores or
        on its web site. The device tells you how much energy you are using and how
        much it is costing you in real time. It\u2019s priced at $99.99. That\u2019s
        one of the lowest price points we\u2019ve seen for such a system, yet another
        indicator that home energy management is becoming a mainstream priority.","title":"Home
        energy monitors come to big box stores \u2014 for less than\u00a0$100","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/19/home-energy-monitors-come-to-big-box-stores-for-less-than-100/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942437,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-29T19:16:39Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"They
        say that the 21st century belongs to the geeks. If that''s the case, then\u00a0Scott
        Pilgrim Vs. The World\u00a0may just be the film of the century.","title":"Scott
        Pilgrim Vs.The World \u2013 The Quintessential Film For A Video Game\u00a0Generation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/29/scott-pilgrim-vsthe-world-the-quintessential-film-for-a-video-game-generation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942436,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-07T12:53:26Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Vintners\u2019
        Alliance is marching into potentially volatile waters as it attempts to digitize
        a particularly vintage (get it?) industry: wineries.","title":"Vintners\u2019
        Alliance tries to cure the wine world\u2019s eCommerce\u00a0hangover","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/07/wine-vintners-alliance-ecommerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942435,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942434,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-11T01:26:17Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Dear
        Remedy,","title":"A Letter To\u00a0Remedy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/11/a-letter-to-remedy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-13T10:59:19Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Not
        long ago\u00a0Intel would have welcomed Microsoft on stage to talk about the
        Wintel alliance related to PC hardware and software. But today, Intel and
        Google joined each other on stage at the Intel Developer Forum to talk about
        an alliance, even as Microsoft was staging its own separate conference.","title":"Intel
        and Google announce their alliance around Android and smartphones\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/13/intel-and-google-announce-their-alliance-around-android-and-smartphones-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942432,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942431,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-13T14:50:17Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Video
        streaming start-up Boxee unleashed a flood of news today regarding its set-top
        Boxee Box: It\u2019s now available for pre-order exclusively on Amazon, it\u2019s
        launching internationally in November, and most intriguingly, the company
        has dumped Nvidia\u2019s Tegra 2 platform in favor of a new Intel Atom chip.","title":"Boxee''s
        streaming video Boxee Box up for pre-order, now with Intel Atom inside\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/13/boxees-streaming-video-boxee-box-up-for-pre-order-now-with-intel-atom-inside/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942430,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-09T22:14:27Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Two
        major Asian online game companies are forming an alliance. South Korea\u2019s
        Nexon (recently relocated to Japan) and China\u2019s Perfect World are teaming
        up with a joint venture to manage and operate online games in Korea.","title":"Korean
        and Chinese online gaming giants join in an\u00a0alliance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/09/korean-and-chinese-online-gaming-giants-for-an-alliance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942429,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"pm","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942428,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-03T01:45:05Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"The
        Wikileaks whistle-blowing web site has been taken offline because its domain
        name service provider EveryDNS.net has terminated its services.","title":"The
        walls are closing in on\u00a0Wikileaks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/03/the-walls-are-closing-in-in-wikileaks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942427,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-24T12:06:26Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"The
        Global Semiconductor Alliance has formed the Capital Lite Working Group to
        help new semiconductor startups reduce costs, raise equity financing, and
        otherwise improve their changes of success.","title":"Chip alliance forms
        \u201ccapital lite\u201d group to reduce costs for semiconductor\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/24/chip-alliance-forms-capital-lite-group-to-reduce-costs-for-semiconductor-startups/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942426,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"ron","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942425,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-05T12:01:43Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Here\u2019s
        our roundup of the week\u2019s tech business news. First, the most popular
        stories that VentureBeat published in the last seven days:","title":"Week
        in review: Apple''s Wozniak speaks on white\u00a0iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/05/wozniak-white-iphone-week-in-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942424,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-15T09:31:59Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Electronic
        Arts has taken one of its biggest game franchises and launched it as a free-to-play
        game. Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances is now available in open beta as
        a web-based game.","title":"Electronic Arts launches free-to-play Command
        & Conquer Tiberium\u00a0Alliances","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/15/electronic-arts-launches-free-to-play-command-conquer-tiberium-alliances/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942423,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-01T15:18:20Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Nuvvyo,
        the maker of JetStreamHD, is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to
        launch at the  DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week in Palm Desert,
        Calif.  After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage
        of  them remains objective.","title":"DEMO: JetStreamHD lets you stream media
        to your iPad with no\u00a0hassle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/01/demo-jetstreamhd-lets-you-stream-media-to-your-ipad-with-no-hassle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942422,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-31T08:47:03Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Trip
        Hawkins, who resigned on Sunday as chief executive of mobile and social game
        maker Digital Chocolate, was trying to form an alliance dubbed FreeGameLeaders
        to generate free traffic for browser-based games. It was like the \u201crebel
        alliance\u201d fighting against the evil empire in Star Wars.","title":"Game
        pioneer Trip Hawkins was forming a \u201crebel alliance\u201d among indie
        game developers\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/31/game-pioneer-trip-hawkins-was-forming-a-rebel-alliance-among-indie-game-developers-before-he-left-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942421,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-04T09:56:35Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"We\u2019re
        here at Apple\u2019s Cupertino campus for its latest iPhone unveiling. The
        keynote event, led by new Apple CEO Tim Cook, is scheduled to begin in a few
        minutes at 10am Pacific time.","title":"Live at Apple\u2019s iPhone 5/ iPhone
        4S\u00a0event","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/04/live-at-apples-iphone-5-iphone-4s-event/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942420,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"previous","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-16T11:43:16Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Developer/publisher
        Electronic Arts announced today that its free-to-play, browser-based strategy
        game, Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances, hit over 1 million registered
        players within two months of its online\u00a0launch.","title":"Free-to-play
        Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances surpasses 1 million\u00a0players","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/16/command-and-conquer-tiberium-alliances-1-million-players/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942418,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-22T22:35:43Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"The
        decline of Research in Motion\u2019s Blackberry smartphone, reflected in the
        resignations tonight of\u00a0co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, represents
        the admission of failure \u2014 finally \u2014 by a leadership regime that
        had been in place for a decade.","title":"BlackBerry\u2019s leadership failure:
        The symbol of software\u2019s triumph over\u00a0hardware","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/22/blackberrys-leadership-fail-the-symbol-of-softwares-triumph-over-hardware/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942417,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-02T11:15:58Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"76
        companies met in Singapore this week to pitch their products or ideas onstage
        at the first ever DEMO Asia conference.","title":"Here are the 76 products
        that vied for attention at DEMO\u00a0Asia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/02/76-startups-vie-for-attention-at-demo-asia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942416,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-17T01:00:22Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"API
        management startup Apigee has just announced it\u2019s acquired some interesting
        mobile payment processing and other technologies from the Wholesale Applications
        Community (WAC).","title":"Apigee acquires global API alliance\u2019s carrier
        billing\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/17/apigee-wac/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942415,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942414,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-02T12:00:58Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Today,
        Microsoft is announcing eleven finalists in the ultimate Kinect hacking showdown:
        a spot in a TechStars-backed accelerator just for Kinect-based ideas.","title":"Kinect
        hacking at a whole new level: Here are the finalists for the Kinect\u00a0Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/02/kinect-accelerator/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942413,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-29T22:54:07Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"The
        Big Fish Casino game lets you choose if you want to play for fun or gamble
        with real\u00a0money.","title":"Big Fish Games launches first real-money gambling
        game in the U.K. via Betable\u00a0alliance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/29/big-fish-games-launches-first-real-money-gambling-game-in-the-uk-via-betable-alliance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-12T09:21:53Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"[This
        post is part of a series produced for VentureBeat by Singularity University.]","title":"The
        secret to Silicon Valley\u2019s enduring\u00a0success","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/12/the-secret-to-silicon-valleys-enduring-success/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942411,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-08T23:30:11Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Smartphones
        and tablets are gaining attention in Japan, and this deal should allow both
        companies to take advantage of this\u00a0trend.","title":"Yahoo and Japan\u2019s
        DeNA expand PC social gaming alliance to mobile\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/08/yahoo-and-japans-dena-expand-pc-social-gaming-alliance-to-mobile-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942410,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-08T08:59:46Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"I\u2019m
        in Montreal, Quebec, for FounderFuel\u2019s demo day today. Quebec is known
        as la belle province in Canada, and investors as well as founders are hoping
        to see both beautiful pitches and beautiful startups\u00a0today.","title":"FounderFuel
        Demo Day today: here are the\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/08/founderfuel-demo-day-today-here-are-the-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942409,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-18T12:45:16Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Yahoo!
        and Facebook may be joining\u00a0forces.","title":"[Update] Facebook and Yahoo!
        NOT forming strategic\u00a0alliance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/18/facebook-and-yahoo-may-be-forming-strategic-alliance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942408,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-04T09:00:02Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Betable\u2019s
        deal with 3Oak is the first that will apply real-money gambling to non-casino\u00a0games.","title":"Betable\u2019s
        partnership with Frima\u2019s 3Oak will put a new twist on real-money gambling\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/04/betables-partnership-with-frimas-3oak-will-put-a-new-twist-on-real-money-gambling-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942407,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"our-time","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942406,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-10T08:00:55Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"The
        Nintendo Entertainment System, now nearly 30 years old, is not just a platform
        for fueling misty-eyed nostalgia. Gamers also embracing a growing homebrew
        scene that\u2019s resulting in new physical releases for the aging, but far
        from dead, gray\u00a0box.","title":"Consoles that won\u2019t die: The\u00a0NES","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/10/consoles-that-wont-die-the-nes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942405,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-06T14:36:34Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Yahoo
        is getting a dose of Google\u00a0ads.","title":"Unholy alliance? Google display
        ads are coming to Yahoo\u00a0sites","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/06/yahoo-google-ad-alliance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942404,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"co","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942403,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"george","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942402,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-30T19:00:10Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Nissan
        got a $1.6 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to build its Leaf
        electric car in the U.S. \u2014 but only 15 percent of its parts come from
        this\u00a0country.","title":"Why the Nissan Leaf is labeled \u201cmade in
        the USA\u201d even though 80 percent of it is actually made in\u00a0Japan","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/why-the-nissan-leaf-is-labeled-made-in-the-usa-even-though-80-percent-of-it-is-actually-made-in-japan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942401,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-19T06:00:17Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Cable
        network AMC and Nerdist Industries have formed a partnership to take their
        videos across platforms. Under the deal, comedian Chris Hardwick\u2019s Nerdist
        YouTube channel will show bonus footage from AMC\u2019s Talking\u00a0Dead","title":"AMC
        and Nerdist Industries form a web-TV video\u00a0alliance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/19/amc-and-nerdist-industries-form-a-web-tv-video-alliance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:30Z","domain":"gene.com","id":3942947,"news_source":"Genentech","publication_date":"2014-07-29T12:09:29Z","slug":"seragon-pharmaceuticals","summary":"South
        San Francisco, Calif. -- July 1, 2014 -- \nGenentech, a member of the Roche
        Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced it has entered into a
        definitive agreement to acquire Seragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Seragon), a
        privately held...","title":"Genentech: Press Releases | Genentech Announces
        Definitive Agreement to Acquire Seragon Pharmaceuticals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:30Z","url":"http://www.gene.com/media/press-releases/14567/2014-07-01/genentech-announces-definitive-agreement"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942400,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-09T10:30:23Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Canada\u2019s reelyActive was named \u2018World\u2019s Best Technology
        Startup\u2019 tonight at the grand final competition of Startup World, an
        initiative to promote startups and entrepreneurship globally.","title":"Montreal\u2019s
        reelyActive wins global startup competition, named \u2018world\u2019s best\u00a0startup.\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/09/montreals-reelyactive-wins-global-startup-competition-named-worlds-best-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942399,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-04T05:00:47Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"The
        deal will help Flash memory to disrupt hard drives in enterprise data\u00a0centers.","title":"Violin
        Memory expands its strategic alliance with Toshiba for Flash-based data\u00a0centers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/04/violin-memory-expands-its-strategic-alliance-with-toshiba-for-flash-based-data-centers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942398,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-07T18:19:01Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"\"C++
        is an extremely fast language\u2014meaning software built with it runs at
        high speed\u2014and it provides great control over your code. But it\u2019s
        not as easy to use as languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. In other words,
        it doesn\u2019t let coders build software as quickly. D seeks to bridge that
        gap, offering the performance of C++ while making things more convenient for
        programmers.\" ","title":"The Next Big Programming Language You''ve Never
        Heard Of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/the-next-big-programming-_n_5564535.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942397,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T04:00:07Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"We
        might be furiously obsessing over Bitcoin here in Silicon Valley, but a new
        Bitcoin-focused accelerator is launching today in America\u2019s hat \u2014
        Canada.","title":"New Canadian accelerator launches to nurture Bitcoin\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/new-canadian-accelerator-launches-to-nurture-bitcoin-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942396,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-25T07:30:55Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"The
        partnership will integrate Oculus Rift into the Unreal Development Kit, giving
        the virtual reality technology a chance to\u00a0spread.","title":"Epic Games\u2019
        alliance with Oculus VR means virtual reality gaming will be coming to\u00a0you","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/25/epic-games-alliance-with-oculus-vr-means-virtual-reality-game-will-be-coming-to-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942395,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T06:00:45Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Roadhouse
        also acquires digital marketing firm Chunky\u00a0Pig.","title":"Roadhouse
        Interactive offers digital publishing services to indie game\u00a0developers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/roadhouse-interactive-offers-digital-publishing-services-to-indie-game-developers/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942394,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"william-shatner","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942393,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-26T10:17:06Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Facebook
        games are going to look better thanks to the alliance with 3D game engine
        maker\u00a0Unity.","title":"Unity Technologies forms alliance to create better
        games on\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/26/unity-technologies-makes-alliance-to-create-better-games-on-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942392,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T12:30:23Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Five
        global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business \u2014
        and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady\u00a0environment.","title":"Has
        game investing turned into a gold mine or risky bubble\u00a0speculation?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/has-game-investing-turned-into-a-gold-mine-or-risky-bubble-speculation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942391,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-15T06:47:00Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"The
        social networking titan is unveiling a new campaign to help teens be safe
        on\u00a0Facebook.","title":"Facebook forms alliance with U.S. attorneys general
        to promote teen\u00a0privacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/15/facebook-teen-safety-privacy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942390,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-23T13:36:52Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Updated
        many times: Tons of news items. Skim through below and look for bolded lines.","title":"Live-blogging
        Facebook''s f8 developer conference: Translations, Connect, fundings, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/23/live-blogging-facebooks-f8-developer-conference/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942389,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-06T19:54:26Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"While
        the other children in their class were more interested in playing games, brothers
        Matthew and Jason Doucette were more interested in making them.","title":"Living
        the Dream: Developers finding success in Canada\u2019s East\u00a0Coast","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/06/living-the-dream-developers-finding-success-in-canadas-east-coast/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942388,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-23T07:21:41Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Danish
        developer Full Control is looking for $350,000 from fans to update the Jagged
        Alliance\u00a0series.","title":"Jagged Alliance: Flashback Kickstarter is\u00a0live","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/23/jagged-alliance-flashback-kickstarter-is-live/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942387,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"william","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942386,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-02T10:21:34Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"You
        know that little green phone icon in your Gmail chat column? Ever tried it?
        You might today, since Google has expanded calling from Gmail to\u00a0support
        38 languages and four payment currencies.","title":"Google expands Gmail calling
        to 38 languages. Now go call your\u00a0mother!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/02/google-expands-calling-from-gmail-to-38-languages-now-go-call-your-mother/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942385,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-05T10:16:10Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"A
        partnership between Rethink Education and NewSchools marks an \u201cunprecedented
        step\u201d in the alignment of public and private education\u00a0investors.","title":"NewSchools
        Venture Fund to address shortage of ed-tech\u00a0capital","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/05/newschools-venture-fund-to-address-shortage-of-ed-tech-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942384,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-26T07:00:38Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"The
        Indian government thinks the $35 Aakash Android tablet has the power to change
        the world. After testing one out, we\u2019d tend to agree.","title":"Hands
        On: India\u2019s $35 Aakash Android tablet lands in America\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/aakash-android-tablet-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942383,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-12T08:20:07Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"EA
        says these layoffs are part of its ongoing\u00a0restructuring.","title":"EA
        closes Phenomic studio responsible for Command & Conquer: Tiberium\u00a0Alliances","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/12/ea-closes-phenomic-studio-behind-command-conquer-tiberium-alliances/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942382,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-05T08:00:54Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Paul
        Reiche, the head of the Toys for Bob game studio, is an overnight star (after
        decades of work) as the creator of the Skylanders\u00a0franchise.","title":"How
        Toys for Bob turned Activision into a giant toy company with Skylanders\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/05/how-paul-reiche-turned-activision-into-a-giant-toy-company-with-skylanders-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942381,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"way","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942380,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-30T08:59:21Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Nine
        startups from Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec accelerator FounderFuel\u2019s recent
        graduates are coming to Silicon\u00a0Valley.","title":"9 startups coming to
        Silicon Valley from Canada\u2019s biggest accelerator,\u00a0FounderFuel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/30/9-startups-coming-to-silicon-valley-from-canadas-biggest-accelerator-founderfuel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942379,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-19T14:31:21Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Registration is now open for A Morning of Mobile Privacy presented by
        the Mobile Leaders Alliance (MLA), a cross-platform resource for mobile professionals,
        and Celtra, the industry leader for rich media mobile advertising and\u00a0analytics","title":"Mobile
        Leaders Alliance and Celtra team up to educate the industry on mobile\u00a0privacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/mobile-leaders-alliance-and-celtra-team-up-to-educate-the-industry-on-mobile-privacy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942378,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-02T10:18:27Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"My
        nongaming mother shares her opinions on The Last of Us, Dark Souls II, South
        Park: The Stick of Truth, and more of 2013\u2019s biggest\u00a0games.","title":"My
        mom previews Tomb Raider, Dark Souls II, and other big games of\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/02/my-mom-previews-tomb-raider-dark-souls-ii-and-other-big-games-of-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942377,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"dad","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942376,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-07T14:45:46Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The       Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies
        (PACT)       announced the 50       companies selected to present at the 20th
        Annual IMPACT       2013 Venture Summit on October 22 and 23 at The Ritz-Carlton,
        Philadelphia.\u00a0\u2026","title":"PACT Announces Featured Companies for
        the IMPACT 2013 Venture\u00a0Summit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/07/pact-announces-featured-companies-for-the-impact-2013-venture-summit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942375,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-16T13:00:55Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"This
        is your in-depth introduction to the world and gameplay of Mike Pondsmith\u2019s\u00a0Cyberpunk.","title":"Cyberpunk\u2019s
        old-school order: The history and future of the tabletop\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/16/cyberpunks-old-school-order/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942374,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"i","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942373,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-09T21:00:51Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"\u201cThe
        move is aimed at accelerating the Internet of everything, which will transform
        homes and businesses with a wide range of everyday devices, objects and machines
        that are always connected and\u00a0communicating.\u201d","title":"The Internet
        of things is coming on faster than ever thanks to a new, huge\u00a0alliance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/09/the-internet-of-things-is-coming-on-faster-than-ever-thanks-to-a-new-huge-alliance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942372,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-09T05:00:43Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Former
        BioWare developers at Hungry Moose Games developed 9 Lives: Casey and\u00a0Sphynx.","title":"Green
        Throttle taps BioWare vets to build Android game for the living\u00a0room","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/09/green-throttle-games-unveils-first-android-game-for-the-living-room/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942371,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942370,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-16T06:00:11Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"This
        VentureBeat offer allows you to unleash your playful side with this iOS controlled
        bug \u2014 and for only\u00a0$29!","title":"Unleash your playful side with
        the iBug [VB\u00a0Store]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/unleash-your-playful-side-with-the-ibug-vb-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942369,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-07T10:00:09Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"93
        percent of respondents say they want to control their home appliances through
        remote\u00a0wireless.","title":"Wi-Fi Alliance survey says consumers will
        embrace the \u2018internet of everything\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/07/wifi-alliance-survey-says-consumers-will-embrace-the-internet-of-everything/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942368,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942367,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-30T21:00:33Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"Nvidia
        has been quiet about the portable Android game system\u2019s launch, but it
        has built a very solid game machine for\u00a0nerds.","title":"Nvidia Shield
        is a game geek\u2019s dream device (hands-on\u00a0review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/30/nvidia-shield-is-a-game-geeks-dream-device-hands-on-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942366,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-11T13:17:04Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"The
        top trends include wearables, mobile, curved screens, and gaming\u00a0alternatives.","title":"VentureBeat\u2019s
        take on the top 10 trends of\u00a0CES","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/11/venturebeats-take-on-the-top-ten-trends-of-ces/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942365,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"id","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942364,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"dc","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942363,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-28T10:00:15Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"With
        new SDK, developers can create one Unity-based game that can run on Facebook
        across the web and\u00a0mobile.","title":"Facebook expands ties with Unity
        to make cross-platform 3D games easier to\u00a0build","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/28/facebook-expands-ties-with-unity-to-make-cross-platform-3d-games-easier-to-build/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942362,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T13:15:41Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Guest
        Post Bitcoin could be the beginning of a shift to a new social order. Such
        a shift would be a lot more likely if a new grassroots organization were formed
        to accelerate, promote and protect the emerging cryptocurrency\u00a0economy","title":"#IamSatoshi:
        How an alliance of Bitcoin traders could catalyze a new digital\u00a0civilization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/iamsatoshi-how-an-alliance-of-bitcoin-traders-could-catalyze-a-new-digital-civilization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942361,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942360,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"en","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942359,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T14:00:00Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"German
        e-sports company Clauf is starting ESGN and ESGN TV to connect competitive-gaming
        fans on a global\u00a0level.","title":"How a new e-sports alliance hopes to
        eventually create a FIFA-like federation for competitive\u00a0gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/how-a-new-e-sports-alliance-hopes-to-eventually-create-a-fifa-like-federation-for-competitive-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:09:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942358,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"we","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942357,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T10:59:48Z","slug":"woman","summary":"Kiev
        cathedral launches prayer and guidance app.","title":"Church app for praying
        on-the-go","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-28484130#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942356,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-20T16:30:43Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"While
        the Google acquisition puts Nest in a good spot to dominate the connected-home
        market one day, it also gave the fledgling industry a major stamp of\u00a0approval.","title":"Why
        smart-home startups like Birdi aren\u2019t afraid of the Nest-Google\u00a0alliance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/20/why-smart-home-startups-like-birdi-arent-afraid-of-the-nest-google-alliance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942355,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942354,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T06:20:47Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Sponsored
        Post AT&T*       and The Chernin Group, which manages and invests in media
        businesses       around the world, today announced the formation of a venture
        to acquire,       invest in and launch over-the-top (OTT) video services.
        The Chernin Group\u00a0and\u2026","title":"The Chernin Group and AT&T Create
        New Venture to Acquire, Invest in and Launch On...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/the-chernin-group-and-att-create-new-venture-to-acquire-invest-in-and-launch-online-video-businesses/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942353,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942352,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T08:30:34Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Albert
        Reed is the CEO and cofounder of Demiurge Studios.\u00a0Follow the entire
        series\u00a0here.","title":"Marvel Puzzle Quest\u2019s road to the mythical
        $1 ARPDAU, Part 5: Adventures in\u00a0consumables","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-5-adventures-in-consumables/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942351,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942350,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942349,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"painting","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942348,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T08:30:10Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Albert
        Reed is the CEO and cofounder of Demiurge Studios.\u00a0Follow the entire
        series\u00a0here.","title":"Marvel Puzzle Quest\u2019s road to the mythical
        $1 ARPDAU, Part 6:\u00a0Alliances","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-6-alliances/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942347,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942346,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-07T16:35:27Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Adrian
        Cockcroft has joined Battery Ventures after leaving Netflix, where he helped
        push the company onto cloud infrastructure. He\u2019ll help portfolio companies
        and look out for smart startups in his new\u00a0role.","title":"Netflix cloud
        architect to share his wisdom from new post at venture\u00a0firm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/07/netflix-cloud-architect-to-share-his-wisdom-from-new-post-at-venture-firm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942345,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942344,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942343,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-09T10:30:30Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Bee
        Cave plans to continue innovating with its social and mobile slots\u00a0games.","title":"Bee
        Cave Games hits jackpot with $1.9M in additional seed funding for its social
        casino games\u00a0biz","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/09/bee-cave-games-raises-1-9m-in-additional-seed-funding-to-further-invest-in-its-social-casino-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942342,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"photos","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942341,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T07:36:20Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Google
        wants\u00a0to bring Internet access to the entire world\u00a0\u2014 and it\u2019s
        reportedly in talks with\u00a0Virgin Galactic to help\u00a0realize that vision.","title":"Google
        & Virgin Galactic may team up for joint space\u00a0venture","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/google-virgin-galactic-may-team-up-for-joint-space-venture/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942340,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-14T06:00:55Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Data
        center hardware maker Nutanix has raised a major $101 million round, preparing
        it to sell into many big businesses right alongside publicly traded companies
        like EMC and\u00a0NetApp.","title":"Investors knight Nutanix as new hardware
        superstar with $101M\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/14/investors-knight-nutanix-as-new-hardware-superstar-with-101m-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942338,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"39","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942337,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-23T11:00:10Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Guest
        Post In addition to local entrepreneurs building startups, I found something
        else I wasn\u2019t expecting in Bend: a deep pool of talented Valley transplants
        who\u2019ve made their way to Bend \u2013 either during their careers or\u00a0after.","title":"Bigger
        in Bend: Building a regional startup cluster in Oregon\u2019s resort\u00a0town","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/23/bigger-in-bend-building-a-regional-startup-cluster-in-oregons-resort-town/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-04T00:01:12Z","slug":"alliance-venture","summary":"Kids
        educational gaming company Knowledge Adventure is now focusing on online and
        mobile games as JumpStart, along with DreamWorks\u00a0Animation.","title":"Knowledge
        Adventure rebrands as JumpStart and creates online kids learning alliance
        with DreamWorks\u00a0Animation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/04/knowledge-adventure-rebrands-as-jumpstart-and-creates-online-kids-learning-alliance-with-dreamworks-animation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942334,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"yard","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942333,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"39","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942332,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942331,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-23T17:00:58Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Guest
        Post I had become smitten with the \u201cmojo\u201d of Bend \u2013 its superb
        quality of life, recreational opportunities\u2026 It\u2019s home to a small
        but growing tech community that has been developing over the past decade,
        and that\u2019s what piqued my\u00a0interest.","title":"Bigger in Bend: Building
        a regional startup\u00a0cluster","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/23/bigger-in-bend-building-a-regional-startup-cluster/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T06:07:34Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Noom
        is one of the few companies making good money on Android \u2014 or so it appears.
        Now, the company is raking in some investment dollars, too.","title":"Noom
        bulks up with $7M first round to support its weight-loss & fitness\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/noom-7m-series-a/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942329,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"buy-at","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942328,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"big-business","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942327,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T19:02:47Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Zendesk
        reports that it now has 40,000 customers in 140 countries. And it\u2019s adding
        three women to its board while apparently looking to go public\u00a0soon.","title":"Zendesk
        shows off more growth, adds 3 women to\u00a0board","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/zendesk-shows-off-more-growth-adds-3-women-to-board/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942326,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T00:30:47Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"A
        \u20ac10 million fund will foster the growth of game startups in the\u00a0Netherlands.","title":"GameOn
        teams with Dutch government to fund mobile-game\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/gameon-teams-with-dutch-government-to-fund-mobile-game-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942325,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T06:00:49Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Lightning
        Returns: Final Fantasy XIII sports the best battle system in the franchise,
        set against one of its worst\u00a0stories.","title":"Lightning Returns: Final
        Fantasy XIII\u2019s armor-based combat barely makes up for its overwrought
        story\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/lightning-returns-armor-based-combat-makes-up-for-its-overwrought-story-but-just-barely-review/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942813,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"dc","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942811,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:28:41Z","slug":"rick","summary":"<p><br
        />\n\tNewt Gingrich recently gave <a href=\"http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/24/newt-gingrich-turn-pentagon-triangle/\"
        target=\"_blank\">a speech at the Heritage Foundation</a> in which he explained
        why government must be rebuilt, not fixed. The bureaucracy was invented about
        the same time as the manual typewriter, he explained, and still works in that
        clunky way. While an ATM machine can reliably distribute money to you and
        adjust your bank balance instantaneously, it takes the Pentagon 177 days to
        move a soldier''s health records to the Veterans'' Administration. \"Nobody
        in the current system is allowed to think clearly about the scale of change
        that would be involved if you use modern technology.\"</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tGovernment
        is stuck in paper-based organization. Federal employees'' pensions are processed
        by hand <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-the-cave-of_b_5027863.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">in a cave in Pennsylvania</a>. Seriously. Permits for new
        businesses require trudging to a dozen or more different agencies. Matt Yglesias
        chronicled the mindless procedures required to rent out an apartment in DC.
        Because of all this clunky bureaucracy, the US now ranks 20th in the world
        in ease of starting a business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tEfforts
        to bring modern technology into government almost always fail, however. One
        study suggested that <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/us/politics/in-tech-buying-us-still-stuck-in-last-century.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;\"
        target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent of federal IT projects</a> were successful.
        Failure is virtually guaranteed for two reasons -- first, the goal is almost
        always to automate the current system, not to rethink the underlying organization;
        and second, rigid procurement procedures do not permit the vendors to adapt
        to unforeseen circumstances. The disaster of the Obamacare roll-out -- exacerbated
        by 55 separate vendors -was virtually preordained by a legislative mandate
        requiring the technology to sort out multiple separate healthcare entitlements
        for each person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tThe point
        here is not just efficient public administration. It is about historic overhaul.
        It''s hard to find a government program that isn''t broken--the only question
        is whether it''s broken 25 percent or 95 percent. Government is a huge pile
        of accumulated compromises and good intentions, implemented with all kinds
        of god-awful bureaucratic forms and requirements. Who reads all those forms?
        Should environmental review really <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-want-jobs-a_b_4738323.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">take a decade</a>? Should special ed really consume over
        25 percent of the total K-12 budget? Do we need all those tax breaks for corporations?
        Or <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-when-compro_b_4723750.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">farm subsidies</a> from the New Deal?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tNewt''s speech is also notable for what it doesn''t say. The enemy in
        his speech is not government -- everyone wants veterans to have health care.
        Indeed, as I argue in my new book (<a href=\"http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-rule-of-nobody/\"
        target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rule of Nobody</em></a>), most government programs
        -- including environmental review and special ed--are vital to our society.
        But the ineffectiveness of these programs is impossible to ignore.</p><br
        />\n<p><br />\n\tPerhaps this is the dawn of a new political narrative. The
        current fault lines don''t get us anywhere, with Tea Party conservatives attacking
        the very idea of government, and liberals defending the virtuous aims of government
        without coming to grips with their pervasive semi-failures.&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new enemy is ossification. Bureaucracy imbeds the status quo in
        legal concrete. Why doesn''t anything get fixed? Because it''s illegal to
        act sensibly. Balancing the budget is basically illegal because over half
        the budget is pre-committed to entitlements that don''t even come up for annual
        authorization. Rebuilding infrastructure on a timely basis is illegal because
        of interminable procedures and approvals. That''s why government must be rebuilt
        to make it work. This is what Jeb Bush is saying on stump -- clean out the
        stables so government can focus on current priorities. Cleaning out decades
        of accumulated bureaucracy needn''t be a partisan argument. Do liberals really
        believe in a mindless trudge through endless bureaucracy?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new aspiration is <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-re-empoweri_b_5000385.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">individual initiative</a>. Liberate humans to roll up their
        sleeves and get things done. This includes liberating people within government,
        and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-civil-servi_b_5120286.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">rationalizing civil service</a> so they can be held accountable.
        It shows how far government has degenerated when radical overhaul is required
        to restore the core assumption of democratic governance: individual responsibility
        and accountability. As Newt put it: \"How do we rethink human activities to
        maximize the power of the individual and to profoundly replace the current
        structure?\"&nbsp;</p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Maybe there''s a crack in the door
        of our dark, acrid political culture.</p> ","title":"The Dawn of a New Political
        Narrative?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/the-dawn-of-a-new-politic_b_5627088.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942323,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-15T14:06:54Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Snapdeal\u2019s
        CEO exclusively told VentureBeat that he plans to take the company public
        in \u201c12 to 24\u00a0months.\u201d","title":"Why India\u2019s answer to
        Alibaba & eBay is the tech IPO to\u00a0watch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/15/why-indias-answer-to-alibaba-ebay-is-the-tech-ipo-to-watch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942322,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942321,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-16T15:09:30Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Online
        education provider TutorGroup has closed a massive $100 million in second
        round funding from Asia-based\u00a0investors.","title":"Alibaba & others sink
        $100M into Asia\u2019s language-learning service TutorGroup\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/16/alibaba-others-sink-100m-into-asias-language-learning-service-tutorgroup-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942320,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942804,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"en","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942803,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:28:41Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"<p><br
        />\n\tNewt Gingrich recently gave <a href=\"http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/24/newt-gingrich-turn-pentagon-triangle/\"
        target=\"_blank\">a speech at the Heritage Foundation</a> in which he explained
        why government must be rebuilt, not fixed. The bureaucracy was invented about
        the same time as the manual typewriter, he explained, and still works in that
        clunky way. While an ATM machine can reliably distribute money to you and
        adjust your bank balance instantaneously, it takes the Pentagon 177 days to
        move a soldier''s health records to the Veterans'' Administration. \"Nobody
        in the current system is allowed to think clearly about the scale of change
        that would be involved if you use modern technology.\"</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tGovernment
        is stuck in paper-based organization. Federal employees'' pensions are processed
        by hand <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-the-cave-of_b_5027863.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">in a cave in Pennsylvania</a>. Seriously. Permits for new
        businesses require trudging to a dozen or more different agencies. Matt Yglesias
        chronicled the mindless procedures required to rent out an apartment in DC.
        Because of all this clunky bureaucracy, the US now ranks 20th in the world
        in ease of starting a business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tEfforts
        to bring modern technology into government almost always fail, however. One
        study suggested that <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/us/politics/in-tech-buying-us-still-stuck-in-last-century.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;\"
        target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent of federal IT projects</a> were successful.
        Failure is virtually guaranteed for two reasons -- first, the goal is almost
        always to automate the current system, not to rethink the underlying organization;
        and second, rigid procurement procedures do not permit the vendors to adapt
        to unforeseen circumstances. The disaster of the Obamacare roll-out -- exacerbated
        by 55 separate vendors -was virtually preordained by a legislative mandate
        requiring the technology to sort out multiple separate healthcare entitlements
        for each person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tThe point
        here is not just efficient public administration. It is about historic overhaul.
        It''s hard to find a government program that isn''t broken--the only question
        is whether it''s broken 25 percent or 95 percent. Government is a huge pile
        of accumulated compromises and good intentions, implemented with all kinds
        of god-awful bureaucratic forms and requirements. Who reads all those forms?
        Should environmental review really <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-want-jobs-a_b_4738323.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">take a decade</a>? Should special ed really consume over
        25 percent of the total K-12 budget? Do we need all those tax breaks for corporations?
        Or <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-when-compro_b_4723750.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">farm subsidies</a> from the New Deal?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tNewt''s speech is also notable for what it doesn''t say. The enemy in
        his speech is not government -- everyone wants veterans to have health care.
        Indeed, as I argue in my new book (<a href=\"http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-rule-of-nobody/\"
        target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rule of Nobody</em></a>), most government programs
        -- including environmental review and special ed--are vital to our society.
        But the ineffectiveness of these programs is impossible to ignore.</p><br
        />\n<p><br />\n\tPerhaps this is the dawn of a new political narrative. The
        current fault lines don''t get us anywhere, with Tea Party conservatives attacking
        the very idea of government, and liberals defending the virtuous aims of government
        without coming to grips with their pervasive semi-failures.&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new enemy is ossification. Bureaucracy imbeds the status quo in
        legal concrete. Why doesn''t anything get fixed? Because it''s illegal to
        act sensibly. Balancing the budget is basically illegal because over half
        the budget is pre-committed to entitlements that don''t even come up for annual
        authorization. Rebuilding infrastructure on a timely basis is illegal because
        of interminable procedures and approvals. That''s why government must be rebuilt
        to make it work. This is what Jeb Bush is saying on stump -- clean out the
        stables so government can focus on current priorities. Cleaning out decades
        of accumulated bureaucracy needn''t be a partisan argument. Do liberals really
        believe in a mindless trudge through endless bureaucracy?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new aspiration is <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-re-empoweri_b_5000385.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">individual initiative</a>. Liberate humans to roll up their
        sleeves and get things done. This includes liberating people within government,
        and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-civil-servi_b_5120286.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">rationalizing civil service</a> so they can be held accountable.
        It shows how far government has degenerated when radical overhaul is required
        to restore the core assumption of democratic governance: individual responsibility
        and accountability. As Newt put it: \"How do we rethink human activities to
        maximize the power of the individual and to profoundly replace the current
        structure?\"&nbsp;</p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Maybe there''s a crack in the door
        of our dark, acrid political culture.</p> ","title":"The Dawn of a New Political
        Narrative?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/the-dawn-of-a-new-politic_b_5627088.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-20T23:00:25Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Kakao
        Talk began as a simple messaging application that gained immediate popularity
        in Korea. But will its IPO plans stagnate as WhatsApp gets a Facebook\u00a0infusion?","title":"As
        Facebook buys WhatsApp, Korea\u2019s top messaging app preps for an\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/20/as-facebook-buys-whatsapp-whats-the-future-of-koreas-top-messaging-app-kakao-talk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942318,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942799,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942796,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:28:41Z","slug":"0","summary":"<p><br
        />\n\tNewt Gingrich recently gave <a href=\"http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/24/newt-gingrich-turn-pentagon-triangle/\"
        target=\"_blank\">a speech at the Heritage Foundation</a> in which he explained
        why government must be rebuilt, not fixed. The bureaucracy was invented about
        the same time as the manual typewriter, he explained, and still works in that
        clunky way. While an ATM machine can reliably distribute money to you and
        adjust your bank balance instantaneously, it takes the Pentagon 177 days to
        move a soldier''s health records to the Veterans'' Administration. \"Nobody
        in the current system is allowed to think clearly about the scale of change
        that would be involved if you use modern technology.\"</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tGovernment
        is stuck in paper-based organization. Federal employees'' pensions are processed
        by hand <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-the-cave-of_b_5027863.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">in a cave in Pennsylvania</a>. Seriously. Permits for new
        businesses require trudging to a dozen or more different agencies. Matt Yglesias
        chronicled the mindless procedures required to rent out an apartment in DC.
        Because of all this clunky bureaucracy, the US now ranks 20th in the world
        in ease of starting a business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tEfforts
        to bring modern technology into government almost always fail, however. One
        study suggested that <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/us/politics/in-tech-buying-us-still-stuck-in-last-century.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;\"
        target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent of federal IT projects</a> were successful.
        Failure is virtually guaranteed for two reasons -- first, the goal is almost
        always to automate the current system, not to rethink the underlying organization;
        and second, rigid procurement procedures do not permit the vendors to adapt
        to unforeseen circumstances. The disaster of the Obamacare roll-out -- exacerbated
        by 55 separate vendors -was virtually preordained by a legislative mandate
        requiring the technology to sort out multiple separate healthcare entitlements
        for each person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tThe point
        here is not just efficient public administration. It is about historic overhaul.
        It''s hard to find a government program that isn''t broken--the only question
        is whether it''s broken 25 percent or 95 percent. Government is a huge pile
        of accumulated compromises and good intentions, implemented with all kinds
        of god-awful bureaucratic forms and requirements. Who reads all those forms?
        Should environmental review really <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-want-jobs-a_b_4738323.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">take a decade</a>? Should special ed really consume over
        25 percent of the total K-12 budget? Do we need all those tax breaks for corporations?
        Or <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-when-compro_b_4723750.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">farm subsidies</a> from the New Deal?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tNewt''s speech is also notable for what it doesn''t say. The enemy in
        his speech is not government -- everyone wants veterans to have health care.
        Indeed, as I argue in my new book (<a href=\"http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-rule-of-nobody/\"
        target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rule of Nobody</em></a>), most government programs
        -- including environmental review and special ed--are vital to our society.
        But the ineffectiveness of these programs is impossible to ignore.</p><br
        />\n<p><br />\n\tPerhaps this is the dawn of a new political narrative. The
        current fault lines don''t get us anywhere, with Tea Party conservatives attacking
        the very idea of government, and liberals defending the virtuous aims of government
        without coming to grips with their pervasive semi-failures.&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new enemy is ossification. Bureaucracy imbeds the status quo in
        legal concrete. Why doesn''t anything get fixed? Because it''s illegal to
        act sensibly. Balancing the budget is basically illegal because over half
        the budget is pre-committed to entitlements that don''t even come up for annual
        authorization. Rebuilding infrastructure on a timely basis is illegal because
        of interminable procedures and approvals. That''s why government must be rebuilt
        to make it work. This is what Jeb Bush is saying on stump -- clean out the
        stables so government can focus on current priorities. Cleaning out decades
        of accumulated bureaucracy needn''t be a partisan argument. Do liberals really
        believe in a mindless trudge through endless bureaucracy?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new aspiration is <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-re-empoweri_b_5000385.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">individual initiative</a>. Liberate humans to roll up their
        sleeves and get things done. This includes liberating people within government,
        and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-civil-servi_b_5120286.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">rationalizing civil service</a> so they can be held accountable.
        It shows how far government has degenerated when radical overhaul is required
        to restore the core assumption of democratic governance: individual responsibility
        and accountability. As Newt put it: \"How do we rethink human activities to
        maximize the power of the individual and to profoundly replace the current
        structure?\"&nbsp;</p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Maybe there''s a crack in the door
        of our dark, acrid political culture.</p> ","title":"The Dawn of a New Political
        Narrative?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/the-dawn-of-a-new-politic_b_5627088.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942317,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-05T14:00:01Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Time
        is running out for the 10 million-plus machines running Windows Server 2003.
        But just as Microsoft is cutting off support, AppZero is stepping in with
        migration\u00a0tools.","title":"AppZero gets $3M in funding to give old Windows
        servers a leg\u00a0up","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/appzero-gets-3m-in-funding-to-give-old-windows-servers-a-leg-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942316,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"reason","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942791,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942315,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-17T14:02:00Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"The
        Wevorce team is still experimenting with the optimal video technology; currently,
        it\u2019s a mash-up of a few different services, none of which are working\u00a0perfectly.","title":"Divorce
        service Wevorce adds video calls to its lineup of mediation tools\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/divorce-service-wevorce-adds-video-calls-to-its-lineup-of-mediation-tools-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942314,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"me","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942313,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-26T07:00:29Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick John Carmack will be working for Facebook and other consequences of the
        Oculus\u00a0deal.","title":"The Oculus-Facebook deal could marry tech, social,
        and gaming once and for\u00a0all","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/26/the-oculus-facebook-deal-could-marry-tech-social-and-gaming-once-and-for-all/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942789,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:28:41Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"<p><br
        />\n\tNewt Gingrich recently gave <a href=\"http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/24/newt-gingrich-turn-pentagon-triangle/\"
        target=\"_blank\">a speech at the Heritage Foundation</a> in which he explained
        why government must be rebuilt, not fixed. The bureaucracy was invented about
        the same time as the manual typewriter, he explained, and still works in that
        clunky way. While an ATM machine can reliably distribute money to you and
        adjust your bank balance instantaneously, it takes the Pentagon 177 days to
        move a soldier''s health records to the Veterans'' Administration. \"Nobody
        in the current system is allowed to think clearly about the scale of change
        that would be involved if you use modern technology.\"</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tGovernment
        is stuck in paper-based organization. Federal employees'' pensions are processed
        by hand <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-the-cave-of_b_5027863.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">in a cave in Pennsylvania</a>. Seriously. Permits for new
        businesses require trudging to a dozen or more different agencies. Matt Yglesias
        chronicled the mindless procedures required to rent out an apartment in DC.
        Because of all this clunky bureaucracy, the US now ranks 20th in the world
        in ease of starting a business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tEfforts
        to bring modern technology into government almost always fail, however. One
        study suggested that <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/us/politics/in-tech-buying-us-still-stuck-in-last-century.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;\"
        target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent of federal IT projects</a> were successful.
        Failure is virtually guaranteed for two reasons -- first, the goal is almost
        always to automate the current system, not to rethink the underlying organization;
        and second, rigid procurement procedures do not permit the vendors to adapt
        to unforeseen circumstances. The disaster of the Obamacare roll-out -- exacerbated
        by 55 separate vendors -was virtually preordained by a legislative mandate
        requiring the technology to sort out multiple separate healthcare entitlements
        for each person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tThe point
        here is not just efficient public administration. It is about historic overhaul.
        It''s hard to find a government program that isn''t broken--the only question
        is whether it''s broken 25 percent or 95 percent. Government is a huge pile
        of accumulated compromises and good intentions, implemented with all kinds
        of god-awful bureaucratic forms and requirements. Who reads all those forms?
        Should environmental review really <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-want-jobs-a_b_4738323.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">take a decade</a>? Should special ed really consume over
        25 percent of the total K-12 budget? Do we need all those tax breaks for corporations?
        Or <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-when-compro_b_4723750.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">farm subsidies</a> from the New Deal?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tNewt''s speech is also notable for what it doesn''t say. The enemy in
        his speech is not government -- everyone wants veterans to have health care.
        Indeed, as I argue in my new book (<a href=\"http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-rule-of-nobody/\"
        target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rule of Nobody</em></a>), most government programs
        -- including environmental review and special ed--are vital to our society.
        But the ineffectiveness of these programs is impossible to ignore.</p><br
        />\n<p><br />\n\tPerhaps this is the dawn of a new political narrative. The
        current fault lines don''t get us anywhere, with Tea Party conservatives attacking
        the very idea of government, and liberals defending the virtuous aims of government
        without coming to grips with their pervasive semi-failures.&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new enemy is ossification. Bureaucracy imbeds the status quo in
        legal concrete. Why doesn''t anything get fixed? Because it''s illegal to
        act sensibly. Balancing the budget is basically illegal because over half
        the budget is pre-committed to entitlements that don''t even come up for annual
        authorization. Rebuilding infrastructure on a timely basis is illegal because
        of interminable procedures and approvals. That''s why government must be rebuilt
        to make it work. This is what Jeb Bush is saying on stump -- clean out the
        stables so government can focus on current priorities. Cleaning out decades
        of accumulated bureaucracy needn''t be a partisan argument. Do liberals really
        believe in a mindless trudge through endless bureaucracy?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new aspiration is <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-re-empoweri_b_5000385.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">individual initiative</a>. Liberate humans to roll up their
        sleeves and get things done. This includes liberating people within government,
        and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-civil-servi_b_5120286.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">rationalizing civil service</a> so they can be held accountable.
        It shows how far government has degenerated when radical overhaul is required
        to restore the core assumption of democratic governance: individual responsibility
        and accountability. As Newt put it: \"How do we rethink human activities to
        maximize the power of the individual and to profoundly replace the current
        structure?\"&nbsp;</p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Maybe there''s a crack in the door
        of our dark, acrid political culture.</p> ","title":"The Dawn of a New Political
        Narrative?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/the-dawn-of-a-new-politic_b_5627088.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942312,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"space","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942786,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942311,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T10:22:10Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Andreessen
        Horowitz just announced it has closed its fourth fund at a sizable $1.5 billion.
        In total over its lifetime, the firm has now raised $4.15\u00a0billion.","title":"VC
        giant Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5B fourth fund \u2014 that\u2019s $4.15B
        in\u00a0total","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/vc-giant-andreessen-horowitz-raises-1-5b-fourth-fund-thats-4-15b-in-total/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942785,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:28:41Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"<p><br
        />\n\tNewt Gingrich recently gave <a href=\"http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/24/newt-gingrich-turn-pentagon-triangle/\"
        target=\"_blank\">a speech at the Heritage Foundation</a> in which he explained
        why government must be rebuilt, not fixed. The bureaucracy was invented about
        the same time as the manual typewriter, he explained, and still works in that
        clunky way. While an ATM machine can reliably distribute money to you and
        adjust your bank balance instantaneously, it takes the Pentagon 177 days to
        move a soldier''s health records to the Veterans'' Administration. \"Nobody
        in the current system is allowed to think clearly about the scale of change
        that would be involved if you use modern technology.\"</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tGovernment
        is stuck in paper-based organization. Federal employees'' pensions are processed
        by hand <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-the-cave-of_b_5027863.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">in a cave in Pennsylvania</a>. Seriously. Permits for new
        businesses require trudging to a dozen or more different agencies. Matt Yglesias
        chronicled the mindless procedures required to rent out an apartment in DC.
        Because of all this clunky bureaucracy, the US now ranks 20th in the world
        in ease of starting a business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tEfforts
        to bring modern technology into government almost always fail, however. One
        study suggested that <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/us/politics/in-tech-buying-us-still-stuck-in-last-century.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;\"
        target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent of federal IT projects</a> were successful.
        Failure is virtually guaranteed for two reasons -- first, the goal is almost
        always to automate the current system, not to rethink the underlying organization;
        and second, rigid procurement procedures do not permit the vendors to adapt
        to unforeseen circumstances. The disaster of the Obamacare roll-out -- exacerbated
        by 55 separate vendors -was virtually preordained by a legislative mandate
        requiring the technology to sort out multiple separate healthcare entitlements
        for each person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tThe point
        here is not just efficient public administration. It is about historic overhaul.
        It''s hard to find a government program that isn''t broken--the only question
        is whether it''s broken 25 percent or 95 percent. Government is a huge pile
        of accumulated compromises and good intentions, implemented with all kinds
        of god-awful bureaucratic forms and requirements. Who reads all those forms?
        Should environmental review really <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-want-jobs-a_b_4738323.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">take a decade</a>? Should special ed really consume over
        25 percent of the total K-12 budget? Do we need all those tax breaks for corporations?
        Or <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-when-compro_b_4723750.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">farm subsidies</a> from the New Deal?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tNewt''s speech is also notable for what it doesn''t say. The enemy in
        his speech is not government -- everyone wants veterans to have health care.
        Indeed, as I argue in my new book (<a href=\"http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-rule-of-nobody/\"
        target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rule of Nobody</em></a>), most government programs
        -- including environmental review and special ed--are vital to our society.
        But the ineffectiveness of these programs is impossible to ignore.</p><br
        />\n<p><br />\n\tPerhaps this is the dawn of a new political narrative. The
        current fault lines don''t get us anywhere, with Tea Party conservatives attacking
        the very idea of government, and liberals defending the virtuous aims of government
        without coming to grips with their pervasive semi-failures.&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new enemy is ossification. Bureaucracy imbeds the status quo in
        legal concrete. Why doesn''t anything get fixed? Because it''s illegal to
        act sensibly. Balancing the budget is basically illegal because over half
        the budget is pre-committed to entitlements that don''t even come up for annual
        authorization. Rebuilding infrastructure on a timely basis is illegal because
        of interminable procedures and approvals. That''s why government must be rebuilt
        to make it work. This is what Jeb Bush is saying on stump -- clean out the
        stables so government can focus on current priorities. Cleaning out decades
        of accumulated bureaucracy needn''t be a partisan argument. Do liberals really
        believe in a mindless trudge through endless bureaucracy?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new aspiration is <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-re-empoweri_b_5000385.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">individual initiative</a>. Liberate humans to roll up their
        sleeves and get things done. This includes liberating people within government,
        and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-civil-servi_b_5120286.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">rationalizing civil service</a> so they can be held accountable.
        It shows how far government has degenerated when radical overhaul is required
        to restore the core assumption of democratic governance: individual responsibility
        and accountability. As Newt put it: \"How do we rethink human activities to
        maximize the power of the individual and to profoundly replace the current
        structure?\"&nbsp;</p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Maybe there''s a crack in the door
        of our dark, acrid political culture.</p> ","title":"The Dawn of a New Political
        Narrative?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/the-dawn-of-a-new-politic_b_5627088.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942310,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"heavenly","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942309,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T22:00:53Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Korea,
        once referred to as the \u2018Land of the Morning Calm,\u2019 has emerged
        as one of the key startup hubs in Asia.","title":"Korea kicks into high gear
        for startups and\u00a0investors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/korea-kicks-into-high-gear-for-startups-and-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942781,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"39","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942308,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"6","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942307,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T15:30:23Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"How
        much do you make? How much should you make? PayScale probably knows.","title":"PayScale
        lands $100M commitment from Warburg\u00a0Pincus","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/payscale-lands-100m-commitment-from-warburg-pincus/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942306,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"alien","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942776,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:28:41Z","slug":"mg","summary":"<p><br
        />\n\tNewt Gingrich recently gave <a href=\"http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/24/newt-gingrich-turn-pentagon-triangle/\"
        target=\"_blank\">a speech at the Heritage Foundation</a> in which he explained
        why government must be rebuilt, not fixed. The bureaucracy was invented about
        the same time as the manual typewriter, he explained, and still works in that
        clunky way. While an ATM machine can reliably distribute money to you and
        adjust your bank balance instantaneously, it takes the Pentagon 177 days to
        move a soldier''s health records to the Veterans'' Administration. \"Nobody
        in the current system is allowed to think clearly about the scale of change
        that would be involved if you use modern technology.\"</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tGovernment
        is stuck in paper-based organization. Federal employees'' pensions are processed
        by hand <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-the-cave-of_b_5027863.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">in a cave in Pennsylvania</a>. Seriously. Permits for new
        businesses require trudging to a dozen or more different agencies. Matt Yglesias
        chronicled the mindless procedures required to rent out an apartment in DC.
        Because of all this clunky bureaucracy, the US now ranks 20th in the world
        in ease of starting a business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tEfforts
        to bring modern technology into government almost always fail, however. One
        study suggested that <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/us/politics/in-tech-buying-us-still-stuck-in-last-century.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;\"
        target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent of federal IT projects</a> were successful.
        Failure is virtually guaranteed for two reasons -- first, the goal is almost
        always to automate the current system, not to rethink the underlying organization;
        and second, rigid procurement procedures do not permit the vendors to adapt
        to unforeseen circumstances. The disaster of the Obamacare roll-out -- exacerbated
        by 55 separate vendors -was virtually preordained by a legislative mandate
        requiring the technology to sort out multiple separate healthcare entitlements
        for each person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tThe point
        here is not just efficient public administration. It is about historic overhaul.
        It''s hard to find a government program that isn''t broken--the only question
        is whether it''s broken 25 percent or 95 percent. Government is a huge pile
        of accumulated compromises and good intentions, implemented with all kinds
        of god-awful bureaucratic forms and requirements. Who reads all those forms?
        Should environmental review really <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-want-jobs-a_b_4738323.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">take a decade</a>? Should special ed really consume over
        25 percent of the total K-12 budget? Do we need all those tax breaks for corporations?
        Or <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-when-compro_b_4723750.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">farm subsidies</a> from the New Deal?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tNewt''s speech is also notable for what it doesn''t say. The enemy in
        his speech is not government -- everyone wants veterans to have health care.
        Indeed, as I argue in my new book (<a href=\"http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-rule-of-nobody/\"
        target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rule of Nobody</em></a>), most government programs
        -- including environmental review and special ed--are vital to our society.
        But the ineffectiveness of these programs is impossible to ignore.</p><br
        />\n<p><br />\n\tPerhaps this is the dawn of a new political narrative. The
        current fault lines don''t get us anywhere, with Tea Party conservatives attacking
        the very idea of government, and liberals defending the virtuous aims of government
        without coming to grips with their pervasive semi-failures.&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new enemy is ossification. Bureaucracy imbeds the status quo in
        legal concrete. Why doesn''t anything get fixed? Because it''s illegal to
        act sensibly. Balancing the budget is basically illegal because over half
        the budget is pre-committed to entitlements that don''t even come up for annual
        authorization. Rebuilding infrastructure on a timely basis is illegal because
        of interminable procedures and approvals. That''s why government must be rebuilt
        to make it work. This is what Jeb Bush is saying on stump -- clean out the
        stables so government can focus on current priorities. Cleaning out decades
        of accumulated bureaucracy needn''t be a partisan argument. Do liberals really
        believe in a mindless trudge through endless bureaucracy?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new aspiration is <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-re-empoweri_b_5000385.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">individual initiative</a>. Liberate humans to roll up their
        sleeves and get things done. This includes liberating people within government,
        and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-civil-servi_b_5120286.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">rationalizing civil service</a> so they can be held accountable.
        It shows how far government has degenerated when radical overhaul is required
        to restore the core assumption of democratic governance: individual responsibility
        and accountability. As Newt put it: \"How do we rethink human activities to
        maximize the power of the individual and to profoundly replace the current
        structure?\"&nbsp;</p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Maybe there''s a crack in the door
        of our dark, acrid political culture.</p> ","title":"The Dawn of a New Political
        Narrative?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/the-dawn-of-a-new-politic_b_5627088.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942305,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T12:36:20Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"\u201cThere\u2019s
        something magical about being at a restaurant and saying \u2018I want a case
        of this [wine] delivered to my house next week,''\u201d Delectable founder
        and chief executive Alex Fishman said to VentureBeat in an\u00a0interview.","title":"Hey,
        winos! VCs are on your side: Wine app Delectable raises\u00a0$3M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/hey-winos-vcs-are-on-your-side-wine-app-delectable-raises-3m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942304,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942303,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T23:00:55Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Guest
        Post Add these characters to your repertoire, and your startup should be in
        good\u00a0shape.","title":"From Bangalore to Beijing, here\u2019s what makes
        the perfect global\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/from-bangalore-to-beijing-heres-what-makes-the-perfect-global-startup/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942772,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:28:41Z","slug":"jp","summary":"<p><br
        />\n\tNewt Gingrich recently gave <a href=\"http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/24/newt-gingrich-turn-pentagon-triangle/\"
        target=\"_blank\">a speech at the Heritage Foundation</a> in which he explained
        why government must be rebuilt, not fixed. The bureaucracy was invented about
        the same time as the manual typewriter, he explained, and still works in that
        clunky way. While an ATM machine can reliably distribute money to you and
        adjust your bank balance instantaneously, it takes the Pentagon 177 days to
        move a soldier''s health records to the Veterans'' Administration. \"Nobody
        in the current system is allowed to think clearly about the scale of change
        that would be involved if you use modern technology.\"</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tGovernment
        is stuck in paper-based organization. Federal employees'' pensions are processed
        by hand <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-the-cave-of_b_5027863.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">in a cave in Pennsylvania</a>. Seriously. Permits for new
        businesses require trudging to a dozen or more different agencies. Matt Yglesias
        chronicled the mindless procedures required to rent out an apartment in DC.
        Because of all this clunky bureaucracy, the US now ranks 20th in the world
        in ease of starting a business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tEfforts
        to bring modern technology into government almost always fail, however. One
        study suggested that <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/us/politics/in-tech-buying-us-still-stuck-in-last-century.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;\"
        target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent of federal IT projects</a> were successful.
        Failure is virtually guaranteed for two reasons -- first, the goal is almost
        always to automate the current system, not to rethink the underlying organization;
        and second, rigid procurement procedures do not permit the vendors to adapt
        to unforeseen circumstances. The disaster of the Obamacare roll-out -- exacerbated
        by 55 separate vendors -was virtually preordained by a legislative mandate
        requiring the technology to sort out multiple separate healthcare entitlements
        for each person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tThe point
        here is not just efficient public administration. It is about historic overhaul.
        It''s hard to find a government program that isn''t broken--the only question
        is whether it''s broken 25 percent or 95 percent. Government is a huge pile
        of accumulated compromises and good intentions, implemented with all kinds
        of god-awful bureaucratic forms and requirements. Who reads all those forms?
        Should environmental review really <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-want-jobs-a_b_4738323.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">take a decade</a>? Should special ed really consume over
        25 percent of the total K-12 budget? Do we need all those tax breaks for corporations?
        Or <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-when-compro_b_4723750.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">farm subsidies</a> from the New Deal?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tNewt''s speech is also notable for what it doesn''t say. The enemy in
        his speech is not government -- everyone wants veterans to have health care.
        Indeed, as I argue in my new book (<a href=\"http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-rule-of-nobody/\"
        target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rule of Nobody</em></a>), most government programs
        -- including environmental review and special ed--are vital to our society.
        But the ineffectiveness of these programs is impossible to ignore.</p><br
        />\n<p><br />\n\tPerhaps this is the dawn of a new political narrative. The
        current fault lines don''t get us anywhere, with Tea Party conservatives attacking
        the very idea of government, and liberals defending the virtuous aims of government
        without coming to grips with their pervasive semi-failures.&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new enemy is ossification. Bureaucracy imbeds the status quo in
        legal concrete. Why doesn''t anything get fixed? Because it''s illegal to
        act sensibly. Balancing the budget is basically illegal because over half
        the budget is pre-committed to entitlements that don''t even come up for annual
        authorization. Rebuilding infrastructure on a timely basis is illegal because
        of interminable procedures and approvals. That''s why government must be rebuilt
        to make it work. This is what Jeb Bush is saying on stump -- clean out the
        stables so government can focus on current priorities. Cleaning out decades
        of accumulated bureaucracy needn''t be a partisan argument. Do liberals really
        believe in a mindless trudge through endless bureaucracy?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new aspiration is <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-re-empoweri_b_5000385.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">individual initiative</a>. Liberate humans to roll up their
        sleeves and get things done. This includes liberating people within government,
        and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-civil-servi_b_5120286.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">rationalizing civil service</a> so they can be held accountable.
        It shows how far government has degenerated when radical overhaul is required
        to restore the core assumption of democratic governance: individual responsibility
        and accountability. As Newt put it: \"How do we rethink human activities to
        maximize the power of the individual and to profoundly replace the current
        structure?\"&nbsp;</p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Maybe there''s a crack in the door
        of our dark, acrid political culture.</p> ","title":"The Dawn of a New Political
        Narrative?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/the-dawn-of-a-new-politic_b_5627088.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942302,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"tv","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942301,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T04:00:10Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Research suggests the average time from initial VC funding to IPO is
        seven years. Which of today\u2019s hottest startups will make it to that finish\u00a0line?","title":"Dollar
        signs in their eyes: today\u2019s startups most likely to reach sucessful\u00a0exits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/dollar-signs-in-their-eyes-todays-startups-most-likely-to-reach-sucessful-exits/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942300,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"cliche","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942768,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:28:41Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p><br
        />\n\tNewt Gingrich recently gave <a href=\"http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/24/newt-gingrich-turn-pentagon-triangle/\"
        target=\"_blank\">a speech at the Heritage Foundation</a> in which he explained
        why government must be rebuilt, not fixed. The bureaucracy was invented about
        the same time as the manual typewriter, he explained, and still works in that
        clunky way. While an ATM machine can reliably distribute money to you and
        adjust your bank balance instantaneously, it takes the Pentagon 177 days to
        move a soldier''s health records to the Veterans'' Administration. \"Nobody
        in the current system is allowed to think clearly about the scale of change
        that would be involved if you use modern technology.\"</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tGovernment
        is stuck in paper-based organization. Federal employees'' pensions are processed
        by hand <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-the-cave-of_b_5027863.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">in a cave in Pennsylvania</a>. Seriously. Permits for new
        businesses require trudging to a dozen or more different agencies. Matt Yglesias
        chronicled the mindless procedures required to rent out an apartment in DC.
        Because of all this clunky bureaucracy, the US now ranks 20th in the world
        in ease of starting a business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tEfforts
        to bring modern technology into government almost always fail, however. One
        study suggested that <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/us/politics/in-tech-buying-us-still-stuck-in-last-century.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;\"
        target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent of federal IT projects</a> were successful.
        Failure is virtually guaranteed for two reasons -- first, the goal is almost
        always to automate the current system, not to rethink the underlying organization;
        and second, rigid procurement procedures do not permit the vendors to adapt
        to unforeseen circumstances. The disaster of the Obamacare roll-out -- exacerbated
        by 55 separate vendors -was virtually preordained by a legislative mandate
        requiring the technology to sort out multiple separate healthcare entitlements
        for each person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tThe point
        here is not just efficient public administration. It is about historic overhaul.
        It''s hard to find a government program that isn''t broken--the only question
        is whether it''s broken 25 percent or 95 percent. Government is a huge pile
        of accumulated compromises and good intentions, implemented with all kinds
        of god-awful bureaucratic forms and requirements. Who reads all those forms?
        Should environmental review really <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-want-jobs-a_b_4738323.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">take a decade</a>? Should special ed really consume over
        25 percent of the total K-12 budget? Do we need all those tax breaks for corporations?
        Or <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-when-compro_b_4723750.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">farm subsidies</a> from the New Deal?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tNewt''s speech is also notable for what it doesn''t say. The enemy in
        his speech is not government -- everyone wants veterans to have health care.
        Indeed, as I argue in my new book (<a href=\"http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-rule-of-nobody/\"
        target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rule of Nobody</em></a>), most government programs
        -- including environmental review and special ed--are vital to our society.
        But the ineffectiveness of these programs is impossible to ignore.</p><br
        />\n<p><br />\n\tPerhaps this is the dawn of a new political narrative. The
        current fault lines don''t get us anywhere, with Tea Party conservatives attacking
        the very idea of government, and liberals defending the virtuous aims of government
        without coming to grips with their pervasive semi-failures.&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new enemy is ossification. Bureaucracy imbeds the status quo in
        legal concrete. Why doesn''t anything get fixed? Because it''s illegal to
        act sensibly. Balancing the budget is basically illegal because over half
        the budget is pre-committed to entitlements that don''t even come up for annual
        authorization. Rebuilding infrastructure on a timely basis is illegal because
        of interminable procedures and approvals. That''s why government must be rebuilt
        to make it work. This is what Jeb Bush is saying on stump -- clean out the
        stables so government can focus on current priorities. Cleaning out decades
        of accumulated bureaucracy needn''t be a partisan argument. Do liberals really
        believe in a mindless trudge through endless bureaucracy?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new aspiration is <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-re-empoweri_b_5000385.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">individual initiative</a>. Liberate humans to roll up their
        sleeves and get things done. This includes liberating people within government,
        and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-civil-servi_b_5120286.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">rationalizing civil service</a> so they can be held accountable.
        It shows how far government has degenerated when radical overhaul is required
        to restore the core assumption of democratic governance: individual responsibility
        and accountability. As Newt put it: \"How do we rethink human activities to
        maximize the power of the individual and to profoundly replace the current
        structure?\"&nbsp;</p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Maybe there''s a crack in the door
        of our dark, acrid political culture.</p> ","title":"The Dawn of a New Political
        Narrative?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/the-dawn-of-a-new-politic_b_5627088.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942299,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"tower","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942298,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T15:30:49Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"You
        can still share files without a cloud being involved, you\u00a0know.","title":"Who
        needs the cloud? Peer-to-peer file sharing startup Infinit raises\u00a0$1.8M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/infinit-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942297,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942296,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T12:35:30Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"The
        Draper University of Heroes prepares students for the the chaos of tech industry
        with lectures from all-star CEOs, a crash-course curriculum on business creativity,
        and supplementary lesson plans on dealing with uncertainty, including living
        on food stamps for at least a\u00a0day.","title":"And now, Tim Draper will
        teach entrepreneurs about food stamps & wilderness\u00a0survival","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/oh-god-tim-draper-is-trying-to-do-some-kind-of-startup-x-men-school/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942295,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942294,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942759,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"yard","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942293,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"stance","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942758,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:28:41Z","slug":"de","summary":"<p><br
        />\n\tNewt Gingrich recently gave <a href=\"http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/24/newt-gingrich-turn-pentagon-triangle/\"
        target=\"_blank\">a speech at the Heritage Foundation</a> in which he explained
        why government must be rebuilt, not fixed. The bureaucracy was invented about
        the same time as the manual typewriter, he explained, and still works in that
        clunky way. While an ATM machine can reliably distribute money to you and
        adjust your bank balance instantaneously, it takes the Pentagon 177 days to
        move a soldier''s health records to the Veterans'' Administration. \"Nobody
        in the current system is allowed to think clearly about the scale of change
        that would be involved if you use modern technology.\"</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tGovernment
        is stuck in paper-based organization. Federal employees'' pensions are processed
        by hand <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-the-cave-of_b_5027863.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">in a cave in Pennsylvania</a>. Seriously. Permits for new
        businesses require trudging to a dozen or more different agencies. Matt Yglesias
        chronicled the mindless procedures required to rent out an apartment in DC.
        Because of all this clunky bureaucracy, the US now ranks 20th in the world
        in ease of starting a business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tEfforts
        to bring modern technology into government almost always fail, however. One
        study suggested that <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/us/politics/in-tech-buying-us-still-stuck-in-last-century.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;\"
        target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent of federal IT projects</a> were successful.
        Failure is virtually guaranteed for two reasons -- first, the goal is almost
        always to automate the current system, not to rethink the underlying organization;
        and second, rigid procurement procedures do not permit the vendors to adapt
        to unforeseen circumstances. The disaster of the Obamacare roll-out -- exacerbated
        by 55 separate vendors -was virtually preordained by a legislative mandate
        requiring the technology to sort out multiple separate healthcare entitlements
        for each person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tThe point
        here is not just efficient public administration. It is about historic overhaul.
        It''s hard to find a government program that isn''t broken--the only question
        is whether it''s broken 25 percent or 95 percent. Government is a huge pile
        of accumulated compromises and good intentions, implemented with all kinds
        of god-awful bureaucratic forms and requirements. Who reads all those forms?
        Should environmental review really <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-want-jobs-a_b_4738323.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">take a decade</a>? Should special ed really consume over
        25 percent of the total K-12 budget? Do we need all those tax breaks for corporations?
        Or <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-when-compro_b_4723750.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">farm subsidies</a> from the New Deal?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tNewt''s speech is also notable for what it doesn''t say. The enemy in
        his speech is not government -- everyone wants veterans to have health care.
        Indeed, as I argue in my new book (<a href=\"http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-rule-of-nobody/\"
        target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rule of Nobody</em></a>), most government programs
        -- including environmental review and special ed--are vital to our society.
        But the ineffectiveness of these programs is impossible to ignore.</p><br
        />\n<p><br />\n\tPerhaps this is the dawn of a new political narrative. The
        current fault lines don''t get us anywhere, with Tea Party conservatives attacking
        the very idea of government, and liberals defending the virtuous aims of government
        without coming to grips with their pervasive semi-failures.&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new enemy is ossification. Bureaucracy imbeds the status quo in
        legal concrete. Why doesn''t anything get fixed? Because it''s illegal to
        act sensibly. Balancing the budget is basically illegal because over half
        the budget is pre-committed to entitlements that don''t even come up for annual
        authorization. Rebuilding infrastructure on a timely basis is illegal because
        of interminable procedures and approvals. That''s why government must be rebuilt
        to make it work. This is what Jeb Bush is saying on stump -- clean out the
        stables so government can focus on current priorities. Cleaning out decades
        of accumulated bureaucracy needn''t be a partisan argument. Do liberals really
        believe in a mindless trudge through endless bureaucracy?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new aspiration is <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-re-empoweri_b_5000385.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">individual initiative</a>. Liberate humans to roll up their
        sleeves and get things done. This includes liberating people within government,
        and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-civil-servi_b_5120286.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">rationalizing civil service</a> so they can be held accountable.
        It shows how far government has degenerated when radical overhaul is required
        to restore the core assumption of democratic governance: individual responsibility
        and accountability. As Newt put it: \"How do we rethink human activities to
        maximize the power of the individual and to profoundly replace the current
        structure?\"&nbsp;</p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Maybe there''s a crack in the door
        of our dark, acrid political culture.</p> ","title":"The Dawn of a New Political
        Narrative?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/the-dawn-of-a-new-politic_b_5627088.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942292,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T14:30:10Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Imagine
        an industry where a few companies make billions of dollars by exerting strict
        control over valuable information \u2014 while paying the people who produce
        that information nothing at all.","title":"Dylan\u2019s Desk: Watch this multi-billion-dollar
        industry evaporate\u00a0overnight","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/dylans-desk-watch-this-multi-billion-dollar-industry-evaporate-overnight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942291,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942290,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942289,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942288,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T04:30:14Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Puppet
        wants to get more companies seeing the devops way, and it\u2019s looking to
        expand internationally and improve ease of use in its quest to add paying\u00a0customers.","title":"Devops
        player Puppet Labs adds $40M with high hopes for\u00a0growth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/puppet-labs-raises-40m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942287,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942286,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-21T11:00:12Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"ForgeRock
        thinks the $30 million infusion of venture cash will be more than enough to
        help propel them past Oracle and CA\u00a0Technologies.","title":"ForgeRock
        takes in $30 million, promptly trash-talks\u00a0Oracle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/21/forgerock-takes-in-30-million-promptly-trash-talks-oracle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942285,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942753,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:28:41Z","slug":"ca","summary":"<p><br
        />\n\tNewt Gingrich recently gave <a href=\"http://dailysignal.com/2014/07/24/newt-gingrich-turn-pentagon-triangle/\"
        target=\"_blank\">a speech at the Heritage Foundation</a> in which he explained
        why government must be rebuilt, not fixed. The bureaucracy was invented about
        the same time as the manual typewriter, he explained, and still works in that
        clunky way. While an ATM machine can reliably distribute money to you and
        adjust your bank balance instantaneously, it takes the Pentagon 177 days to
        move a soldier''s health records to the Veterans'' Administration. \"Nobody
        in the current system is allowed to think clearly about the scale of change
        that would be involved if you use modern technology.\"</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tGovernment
        is stuck in paper-based organization. Federal employees'' pensions are processed
        by hand <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-the-cave-of_b_5027863.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">in a cave in Pennsylvania</a>. Seriously. Permits for new
        businesses require trudging to a dozen or more different agencies. Matt Yglesias
        chronicled the mindless procedures required to rent out an apartment in DC.
        Because of all this clunky bureaucracy, the US now ranks 20th in the world
        in ease of starting a business.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tEfforts
        to bring modern technology into government almost always fail, however. One
        study suggested that <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/us/politics/in-tech-buying-us-still-stuck-in-last-century.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;\"
        target=\"_blank\">only 4 percent of federal IT projects</a> were successful.
        Failure is virtually guaranteed for two reasons -- first, the goal is almost
        always to automate the current system, not to rethink the underlying organization;
        and second, rigid procurement procedures do not permit the vendors to adapt
        to unforeseen circumstances. The disaster of the Obamacare roll-out -- exacerbated
        by 55 separate vendors -was virtually preordained by a legislative mandate
        requiring the technology to sort out multiple separate healthcare entitlements
        for each person.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br />\n\tThe point
        here is not just efficient public administration. It is about historic overhaul.
        It''s hard to find a government program that isn''t broken--the only question
        is whether it''s broken 25 percent or 95 percent. Government is a huge pile
        of accumulated compromises and good intentions, implemented with all kinds
        of god-awful bureaucratic forms and requirements. Who reads all those forms?
        Should environmental review really <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-want-jobs-a_b_4738323.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">take a decade</a>? Should special ed really consume over
        25 percent of the total K-12 budget? Do we need all those tax breaks for corporations?
        Or <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-when-compro_b_4723750.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">farm subsidies</a> from the New Deal?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tNewt''s speech is also notable for what it doesn''t say. The enemy in
        his speech is not government -- everyone wants veterans to have health care.
        Indeed, as I argue in my new book (<a href=\"http://philipkhoward.com/book/the-rule-of-nobody/\"
        target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rule of Nobody</em></a>), most government programs
        -- including environmental review and special ed--are vital to our society.
        But the ineffectiveness of these programs is impossible to ignore.</p><br
        />\n<p><br />\n\tPerhaps this is the dawn of a new political narrative. The
        current fault lines don''t get us anywhere, with Tea Party conservatives attacking
        the very idea of government, and liberals defending the virtuous aims of government
        without coming to grips with their pervasive semi-failures.&nbsp;</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new enemy is ossification. Bureaucracy imbeds the status quo in
        legal concrete. Why doesn''t anything get fixed? Because it''s illegal to
        act sensibly. Balancing the budget is basically illegal because over half
        the budget is pre-committed to entitlements that don''t even come up for annual
        authorization. Rebuilding infrastructure on a timely basis is illegal because
        of interminable procedures and approvals. That''s why government must be rebuilt
        to make it work. This is what Jeb Bush is saying on stump -- clean out the
        stables so government can focus on current priorities. Cleaning out decades
        of accumulated bureaucracy needn''t be a partisan argument. Do liberals really
        believe in a mindless trudge through endless bureaucracy?</p><br />\n<p><br
        />\n\tThe new aspiration is <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-re-empoweri_b_5000385.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">individual initiative</a>. Liberate humans to roll up their
        sleeves and get things done. This includes liberating people within government,
        and <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/howards-daily-civil-servi_b_5120286.html\"
        target=\"_blank\">rationalizing civil service</a> so they can be held accountable.
        It shows how far government has degenerated when radical overhaul is required
        to restore the core assumption of democratic governance: individual responsibility
        and accountability. As Newt put it: \"How do we rethink human activities to
        maximize the power of the individual and to profoundly replace the current
        structure?\"&nbsp;</p><br />\n<br />\n<p>Maybe there''s a crack in the door
        of our dark, acrid political culture.</p> ","title":"The Dawn of a New Political
        Narrative?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-k-howard/the-dawn-of-a-new-politic_b_5627088.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942284,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T04:30:13Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"The
        Hadoop wars haven\u2019t actually narrowed to just two companies, Cloudera
        and Hortonworks.","title":"MapR grabs $110M in funding and debt to play harder
        in the Hadoop\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/mapr-grabs-110m-in-funding-and-debt-to-play-harder-in-the-hadoop-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942283,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942282,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T02:01:41Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Last
        week money-management service Moven raised $8 million at an undisclosed valuation
        in a round led by SBT Venture Capital, the venture arm of Russia\u2019s national
        savings bank Sberbank. Virginia-based Route 66 Ventures, South-African Standard
        Bank, and London-based Anthemis Group also took part in the round of funding.","title":"Russia\u2019s
        Sberbank leads $8M round in US money management startup\u00a0Moven","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/russias-sberbank-leads-8m-round-in-us-money-management-startup-moven/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942744,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"buy-at","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942281,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942280,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T05:00:30Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"London-based
        Digi-Capital reports on what spurred gaming\u00a0acquisitions.","title":"Five
        things that drove $12.5B in game company acquisitions in the past\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/five-things-that-drove-12-5b-in-game-company-acquisitions-in-the-past-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942279,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"20","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942278,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T08:38:05Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Digital
        photography startup Snapwire might just be making stock photos sexy again
        \u2014 or at least, not as\u00a0stock-y.","title":"Photo marketplace Snapwire
        opens up to more\u00a0photographers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/photo-marketplace-snapwire-opens-up-to-more-photographers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942277,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"on","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942276,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T16:30:49Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Here
        are today\u2019s funding deals: NewVoice Media, Duetto, Scytl, Moven, mNectar,
        and, yes, French\u00a0Girls.","title":"Funding Daily: French girls & cheap\u00a0hotels","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/funding-daily-french-girls-cheap-hotels/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942275,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"kay","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:08:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942274,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"touching","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942273,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T04:30:27Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Captricity,
        a startup that helps enterprises digitize their paperwork, faxes, scans, mobile
        phone photos, and handwriting, is expanding.","title":"Captricity raises $10M
        to grow its business of digitizing paperwork for enterprise\u00a0customers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/captricity-funding/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942272,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"fox","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942271,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"stephen-kay","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942270,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-14T11:40:38Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Updated","title":"RaiseCapital,
        a site where entrepreneurs can pitch\u00a0VCs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/14/raisecapital-a-site-where-entrepreneurs-can-pitch-vcs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942269,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"2","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942268,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"piper","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942267,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942266,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-12T07:26:08Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"OpSource,
        a Santa Clara, Calif. provider of application management and hosting services
        for online software companies, has raised a $15 million in a fourth round
        of financing.","title":"OpSource raises $15M for online software services,
        boasts potential\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/12/opsource-raises-15m-for-online-software-services-boasts-potential-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942729,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"big-business","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942265,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:09Z","slug":"justin","summary":"We''ve
        heard that outer space is, visually speaking, a pretty majestic experience.
        Yet although the galaxy beyond is undoubtedly filled with stars and misty
        clouds for days, there aren''t any decorative touches around to spruce up
        the space.<br />\n<br />\nEnter Tokyo-based artist <a href=\"http://azumamakoto.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Azuma Makoto</a>, aka the official interior decorator of
        outer space. For Makoto''s recent artistic endeavor, entitled \"EXOBIOTANICA,\"
        he launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement
        of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into the great beyond. <br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"flower\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931826/thumbs/o-FLOWER-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nThe carefully arranged greenery was expelled from planet
        earth from Black Rock Desert, Nevada -- also the location of the Burning Man
        Festival. The whole project was taped, thanks to the six GoPro cameras strapped
        to the balloons which carried the plants. As you could probably guess, the
        juxtaposition of crisp floral arrangement and the empty wilderness of outer
        space is a surreal sight to behold.<br />\n<br />\n\"I went to Amazon, Brazil
        last year and created art pieces with plants that were full of aliveness in
        dense forest where I could hear groan from the earth,\" the artist explained
        to the Huffington Post. \"This was a mind-blowing experience since I really
        felt that I was arranging the plants onto the earth. For this EXOBIOTANICA
        project, one of my inspiration sources was curiosity \u2013 I asked myself,
        ''what would it happen when I arrange plants on the globe, from up in the
        sky?'' as a concept that is completely opposite of what I did in Brazil.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe goal was simple: \"I wanted to explore how flowers and plants
        would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth. I wanted to seek and tell
        how their beauties will look with the earth as its background.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"p\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1931821/thumbs/o-P-570.jpg\"
        /><br><br />\n<br />\nBefore actually launching the flora into outer space,
        Makoto, in collaboration with John Powell of <a href=\"http://www.jpaerospace.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">JP Aerospace</a>, \"experimented number of times under
        low-temperature and did rehearsals for camera\u2019s angles beforehand so
        that we would able to estimate what would happen to some extent.\" Despite
        all the preparations that took place, nothing could predict the staggering
        beauty that results from the strange and enchanting vision of a domesticated
        floral arrangement floating through the unbridled Milky Way.<br />\n<br />\nNow
        that he''s tackled outer space, Makoto has set his sights on artistic destinations
        closer to planet earth, though just as visually compelling. \"For the next
        steps I would like to try various conditions such as the bottom of the sea,
        volcano, the Arctic and the Antarctic to see what kind of expressions flowers
        and plants would display. These challenging concepts make me excited by only
        thinking about it.\" We cannot wait to see where Makoto brings his lucky bouquets
        next.<br />\n<br />\nSee the breathtaking photos below and let us know your
        thoughts in the comments:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359543--HH>
        ","title":"Artist Launches Bonsai Trees And Other Lovely Plant Arrangements
        Into Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/azuma-makoto-bonsai-trees-space_n_5621780.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942264,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"do","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942263,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"justin","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942262,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942261,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-03T01:00:41Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Kleiner
        Perkins, one of Silicon Valley\u2019s most respected venture firms, has made
        a big deal about investing in green technology.","title":"Venture capital
        firm Kleiner Perkins feels sting of investing in\u00a0oil","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/03/venture-capital-firm-kleiner-perkins-feels-sting-of-investing-in-oil/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942260,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"go","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942259,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942258,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-13T08:11:40Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Huh,
        well Silicon Valley\u2019s most respected venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital,
        has taken an agrarian turn.","title":"Sequoia Capital investing in . . . Chinese
        vegetables and\u00a0dairy?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/13/sequoia-capital-investing-inchinese-vegetables-and-dairy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942721,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942257,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942256,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"jessica","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942255,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-27T10:29:03Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Venture
        capital firms can\u2019t boast 10-year returns riding on the golden era of
        IPOs anymore.","title":"Ten-year venture capital returns drop as boom years
        fade\u00a0away","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/27/ten-year-venture-capital-returns-wither-as-boom-years-fade-away/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942717,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"reason","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942254,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942253,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-08T06:56:09Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Jetcast,
        a startup whose tools help Internet radio and television broadcasters make
        money,\u00a0today announced the launch of a new media player, UniversalPlayer.
        The new media player gives broadcasters and advertisers something that previously
        only giants like Google and Apple might have: a built-in app store.","title":"Jetcast''s
        new UniversalPlayer boasts built-in app\u00a0store","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/08/jetcasts-universalplayer-app-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942252,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"nasa","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942251,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"0","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942707,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"tsa","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942250,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-10T05:01:35Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"","title":"As
        social games boom, Spark Capital hires former Zynga exec as first venture\u00a0partner","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/10/as-social-games-boom-spark-capital-hires-former-zynga-exec-as-first-venture-partner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942249,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"instagram","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942248,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942247,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-10T06:00:13Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"Founder
        and CEO Dan Siroker formed the idea for the company while working as an analytics
        lead on the Obama\u00a0campaign.","title":"Hot web optimization startup Optimizely
        gets $28M, boasts 400% revenue\u00a0growth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/10/hot-web-optimization-startup-optimizely-gets-28m-boasts-400-revenue-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942246,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"A
        13-year-old Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had
        ignited under her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow,
        bedsheet and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942245,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"michele","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942244,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"mg","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942695,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"heavenly","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942243,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"lea","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942242,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"jp","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942241,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"nasa","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942240,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"it","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942239,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"34","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942238,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"de","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942687,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"tower","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942237,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","slug":"ca","summary":"A 13-year-old
        Texas girl recently woke up to a nightmare. Her cell phone had ignited under
        her pillow, and the fire melted the handset and burned the pillow, bedsheet
        and mattress.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26109226/on-your-side-samsung-cell-phone-fire\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Ariel Tolfree</a> told Fox 4 in Dallas-Forth Worth that
        her Samsung Galaxy S4 slipped under her pillow as she fell asleep, and she
        was roused by the smoldering smell. <br />\n<br />\nHer father, Thomas Tolfree,
        suspected the fire started with the battery. In its defense, Samsung told
        the station that the battery was a replacement and not a Samsung, and that
        the company''s user guide warns consumers that if their units are covered
        by bedding or other material, choked-off airflow could cause a fire. The company
        has offered to pay for the bedding, mattress and a new cell phone.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Huffington Post has reached out to Samsung for further comment.<br
        />\n<br />\nIn February an eighth-grader in Maine also learned the hard way
        that smartphones can be combustible -- and she was wide awake. A unit reportedly
        <a href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_25042139/teen-burned-when-her-iphone-catches-fire-her\"
        target=\"_hplink\">caught fire</a> in her pocket during school, and she suffered
        \"moderate burns.\"<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://elitedaily.com/news/world/girls-smartphone-catches-fire-scorches-bed-sleeps-video/684936/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">h/t Elite Daily</a> ","title":"Teen''s Smartphone Catches
        Fire Under Pillow As She Sleeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/girl-smartphone-fire-pill_n_5626373.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942236,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"d","summary":"In an
        age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942679,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"instagram","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942235,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-13T09:58:50Z","slug":"startup-calgary","summary":"Hookflash,
        a peer-to-peer communications and file sharing service, wants to improve conversations
        in the workplace. Today at\u00a0DEMO Fall 2011, the company is launching its
        first product, Hookflash for iPad.","title":"Demo: Hookflash aims to make
        phone calls at work more\u00a0productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/13/demo-hookflash/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942234,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"vitamin-d","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942675,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"we","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942233,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T03:00:45Z","slug":"startup-calgary","summary":"Last-minute
        booking app HotelTonight is ready to alleviate your holiday headaches, be
        they travel or\u00a0gift-related.","title":"Same-day booking app HotelTonight
        invades Europe and goes after last-minute\u00a0gifts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/hoteltonight-gift-credits/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942231,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942232,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"vitamin","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942229,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"hat","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942230,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-05T16:07:43Z","slug":"startup-calgary","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick This is billionaire Rackspace founder Graham Weston\u2019s attempt to
        create a popup startup center in San Antonio.\nAnd, truth be told, all over
        the\u00a0world.","title":"Rackspace founder\u2019s Geekdom is a \u2018gym
        membership for geeks\u2019 who want to start\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/05/rackspace-founder-graham-westons-geekdom-is-thsve/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942672,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"6","summary":"It is
        the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942228,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"pm","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942227,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942226,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:23Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942225,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"bull","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942224,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"woman","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942223,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942222,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"games","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942221,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"harry","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942219,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"prince","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942220,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942218,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"duke","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:22Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942217,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"apart","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942216,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"afternoon","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942214,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"you-wish","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942215,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T16:11:33Z","slug":"startup-calgary","summary":"The
        startup community is buzzing with funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding Daily:
        Busy little\u00a0bees","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/funding-daily-busy-little-bees/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942213,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"substantial","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942212,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"defence","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942669,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"michele","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942211,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"keen","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942209,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"i","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942210,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"just-go","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942208,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"daily-mail","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942207,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"johnson","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:21Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942206,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"boris","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942205,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"richard-lambert","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942204,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"richard","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942201,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"european-leaders","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942203,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T09:44:23Z","slug":"startup-calgary","summary":"3D
        printing is sexy, exciting, and the new new thing. 3D printing software, on
        the other hand, is a usability disaster that can make the Maker Faire dream
        a configuration and interoperability nightmare.","title":"PrintToPeer is building
        one API to print to all 500 different 3D printers on the\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/printtopeer-is-building-one-api-to-print-to-all-500-different-3d-printers-on-the-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942202,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942200,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"dodge","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:20Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942199,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"liquid-market","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942667,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"lea","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942198,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942197,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"charles-hecker","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942196,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"control-risks","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942194,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"steph","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942195,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:57:59Z","slug":"netflix","summary":"In
        an age when marriage proposals <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/viral-proposal-video_n_980002.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">frequently go viral</a>, there''s a lot of pressure to
        capture the big moment in just the right way. <br />\n<br />\nBut what if
        you don''t have a four-man camera crew or Hollywood-worthy film editing skills?
        That''s where <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam
        </a>comes in. <br />\n<br />\nThe Ring Cam, which was launched in October
        2013, is basically a ring box with a tiny camera inside. So when it''s time
        to pop the question, the bride- or groom-to-be''s reaction is instantly captured.
        <br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"ring cam\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1932112/thumbs/r-RING-CAM-large570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<br><br />\n<br />\nRing Cam is the brainchild of four college students
        from Michigan. One of its creators, Scott Brandonisio, <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/ring-box-pro-camera-captures-marriage-proposal-24708625\"
        target=\"_hplink\">sat down with Good Morning America</a> to discuss the perks
        of the new device. <br />\n<br />\n\"Only the person proposing actually knows
        its there,\" he explained. \"So you''re able to capture that genuine element
        of surprise.\" <br />\n<br />\nIndeed, most viral proposal videos involve
        elaborate schemes in which camera men are clearly visible. As you can see
        from <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/about-us/\" target=\"_hplink\">Ring Cam''s
        past proposals</a>, the shocked reactions are the best part of the videos.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe gadget <a href=\"http://getringcam.com/shop-home/\" target=\"_hplink\">can
        be purchased </a> for $149.00 to $249.00 from the company''s website, or you
        can rent the box for just $99. <br />\n<br />\nBe sure to watch the Good Morning
        America segment above for more info.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Keep in touch! Check
        out HuffPost Weddings on <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HuffPostWeddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/HuffPostWedding\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Twitter </a>and <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffpostwedding/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Pinterest</a>. Sign up for our newsletter <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/newsletter/weddings\"
        target=\"_hplink\">here</a>.</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
        />\n<br />\n ","title":"''Ring Cam'' Lets You Record A Marriage Proposal Without
        Lifting A Finger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/ring-cam_n_5622297.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942193,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"1997","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:19Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942192,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"gibson","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942191,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"ian-gibson","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942190,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T03:00:31Z","slug":"startup-calgary","summary":"Letting
        people upload and verify 3D printing models wasn\u2019t enough for this startup.
        It\u2019s bought three marketplaces to show off various designs people can\u00a0print.","title":"MXD3D
        buys 3 marketplaces for finding stuff to 3D print\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/mxd3d-buys-3-marketplaces-for-finding-stuff-to-3d-print-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942189,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"ian","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942188,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"non-director","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942187,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"mccurrach","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942664,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942186,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"hers","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942185,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"angela","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942184,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"refinery","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942183,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942182,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"arms","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942181,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"us-state-department","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942180,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"credit-suisse","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942179,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-06T13:35:07Z","slug":"startup-calgary","summary":"Self-funded
        web analytics startup Whos.Amung.Us recently launched a pro version of its
        real-time statistics offering for bloggers.","title":"Blogger analytics startup
        Whos.Amung.Us goes\u00a0pro","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/06/blogger-analytics-startup-whosamungus-goes-pro/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942178,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"financial-industry-regulatory-authority","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942177,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942176,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"securities-and-exchange","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942175,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"fox","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942174,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"clutch","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942661,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"stance","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942173,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"swiss-bank","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942172,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"ubs","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942171,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"malcolm-rifkind","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:16Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942170,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"malcolm","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942169,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"sir","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942168,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"secretary","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942167,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"randall","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942166,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"deloitte","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942165,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"mary","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:15Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:14Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942164,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"st","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:14Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942658,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:14Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942163,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"sainsburys","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:14Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942162,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"asda","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942161,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"airbus","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942160,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"to-the-point","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942159,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"catchy","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942158,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"the-catchy","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942157,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"1105","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942156,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"philip","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942155,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"economist-intelligence-unit","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:13Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:12Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942154,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"the-economist","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:12Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942655,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:12Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942153,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"55","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:12Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:12Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942152,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"up-2","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:12Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:12Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942151,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"bank-of-england","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:12Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:11Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942150,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"fridge","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:11Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:11Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942149,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"the-fridge","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:11Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:11Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942148,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"godfrey","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:11Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942651,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:11Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942147,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"ties","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:11Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942146,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"vis","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942145,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"halcyon","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942144,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942143,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"andrew-higginson","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942142,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"morrisons","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:10Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942141,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"kantar","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942140,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"waitrose","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942139,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"aldi","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942138,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"delve","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942646,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942137,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"lidl","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942136,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"daily-telegraph","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:09Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942135,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"kay","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942134,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"a6","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942133,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"carat","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942132,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"be-here","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942131,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"the-machine","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942130,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:08Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:07Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942129,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T23:11:56Z","slug":"bp","summary":"Squaring
        up to Senegal''s cattle rustlers","title":"Thwarting Senegal\u2019s cattle
        rustlers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:07Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28365741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942641,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"20","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942128,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"stephen-kay","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942636,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"fox","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942127,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"piper","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942631,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942126,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-08T03:37:25Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"While
        today\u2019s Tesla Model S electric car may look just the same as the first
        one that rolled off the line two years ago, it\u2019s had quite a few hardware
        updates under the surface.","title":"Here\u2019s everything Tesla has done
        to the Model S\u2019 software since\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/08/heres-everything-tesla-has-done-to-the-model-s-software-since-2012/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942125,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"justin","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942629,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942124,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T13:00:29Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Executive
        producer Mark Darrah gives us an overview of BioWare\u2019s next fantasy role-playing\u00a0game.","title":"In
        Dragon Age: Inquisition, you can build (or ruin) friendships, appoint leaders,
        and create an all-pink\u00a0army","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/dragon-age-inquisition-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:02Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942123,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:02Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942122,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"hat","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942121,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"pm","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942120,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942119,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942118,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"bull","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942117,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"woman","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942116,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942626,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942115,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"harry","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942114,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T08:00:41Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Today, more than 99 percent of things in the physical world are still
        not connected to the Internet. Many analysts are predicting the world will
        reach 50 billion connected devices by 2020. There is a lot of work to be\u00a0done!","title":"Can
        YOU benefit from the Internet of\u00a0Things?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/can-you-benefit-from-the-internet-of-things/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942113,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"prince","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942112,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"duke","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942111,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"apart","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942110,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-22T23:01:14Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"The
        TV team ''spying'' on students'' social media lives","title":"Fly on the Facebook
        wall documentary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28402656#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:07:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942625,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:51:37Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"The
        sharing economy is taking the world by storm -- creating multi-billion dollar
        companies overnight and inspiring millennial entrepreneurs to squeeze cash
        out of anything and everything they have lying around the house.  The popularity
        of the concept isn''t surprising given Generation Y''s adoption of sustainability
        and zero-waste as a part of their lifestyle rather than a choice.  Companies,
        venture capitalists and entrepreneurs riding the sharing economy wave like
        to call it a benevolent disruption -- the organic evolution of inefficient
        markets that comes from empowering regular Americans to maximize their own
        assets.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s also first-rate spin from master manipulators
        in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.  The \"sharing economy\" is a reductive
        term that blurs the line between groundbreaking enterprises that tap into
        unused resources and charlatans looking for a quick payday.  From unauthorized
        <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airbnb-party-house-glendale-20140106-story.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"party houses\" in residential neighborhoods</a> to <a
        href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/23/sf-cracks-down-on-street-parking-cash-apps/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">profiteering from public parking spots</a>, the so-called
        sharing economy is more about greed than altruism.<br />\n<br />\nThe underlying
        concept may work in economic theory, but not in practical application.  The
        vast majority of sharing economy startups aim to build bridges between buyer
        and seller without any consideration for other audiences.  No understanding
        that private and public properties only exist in the context of the community
        and the neighbors and peers in it.  No recognition that the sale, lease or
        sharing of products and services cannot be conducted in a bubble.<br />\n<br
        />\nSuccessful businesses value consumer loyalty, but not at the cost of alienating
        everyone outside of the financial transaction.  Brands like Coca-Cola and
        Nike remain top names in spite of the occasional bump in the road because
        they build relationships while maintaining awareness of their community.  Buzzy
        sharing economy companies like Airbnb and MonkeyParking ignore this business
        truism.  In fact, they appear blind to everyone not adding to their revenue
        stream.  They come off like professional cabals of squatters who seek to circumvent
        the social compact for a few bucks.<br />\n<br />\nThese types of startups
        offer a lot of sharing without caring.  They claim to be unassociated third
        parties, taking a small fee for \"facilitating\" transactions between two
        groups interested in making a deal.  It''s the same faulty logic drug dealers
        use to deny accountability for inexcusably anti-social behavior.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe extensive public relations campaigns and the tech media industry that
        laud the power of the sharing economy are deliciously ironic.  They simultaneously
        suggest we''re all in this world together while furthering the distance between
        haves and have nots.  More importantly, they offer a glimpse into the struggle
        for the soul of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.  In the hotbed of American
        innovation, tension between millennial entrepreneurs and those outside the
        tech world is boiling over.  Protests shut down streets, bricks are thrown
        at windows and name-calling has become an art form.  From all corners of society,
        factions are at odds over rising costs, gentrification, and the #jerktech
        of the sharing economy.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s easy to view the strife as a
        culture clash between young and old, but even among millennials flocking to
        these trendy urban centers, there is a pervasive sense that the tech world
        is pushing the boundaries of good taste and public trust.  The <a href=\"http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w95a3v/glass-half-empty\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Daily Show''s report on the \"Google Glass Explorers\"
        tales of discrimination</a> went viral because it''s insightful, comedic and
        hugely depressing to watch wealthy, intelligent, successful young people so
        remarkably detached from real human connection.<br />\n<br />\nThe \"sharing,
        not caring\" phenomenon is exacerbated by major tech media outlets, which
        slavishly report on every whispered rumor and idea from big tech firms.  Take
        <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3033130/most-innovative-companies/airbnb-unveils-a-major-rebranding-effort-that-paves-the-way-for-sh?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Fast Company''s coverage of Airbnb''s new branding campaign</a>:  a
        1,500-word love letter to CEO Brian Chesky.  The fluff piece - commonplace
        in the media coverage of the sharing economy - barely touches upon the company''s
        many troubling controversies.  In the ode to the company''s genius, the reporter
        also strangely failed to recognize that the central image of the branding
        overhaul bears <a href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-new-logo-is-a-vagina-1606030746\"
        target=\"_hplink\">an uncanny resemblance to female genitalia</a>.<br />\n<br
        />\nSycophantic media outlets aside, there''s no denying the public''s shared
        hatred for waiting at the checkout line, the gas pump or box office.  Patience
        and fair play are necessary parts of life that technology can never subsume.  We
        grudgingly accept waiting as a way to stay connected with other humans - and
        remember the experience of lining up for coffee is still one of the most powerful
        ways to make friends.<br />\n<br />\nThe violation of a social compact may
        piss people off, but cheating them out of taxpayer dollars is a more serious
        offense.  <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-16/eric-schneiderman-reluctant-scourge-of-the-sharing-economy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is waging war</a>
        against armies of high-priced political and media consultants paid from Silicon
        Valley''s deepest pockets.  Their primary argument, that their businesses
        are inherently impossible to regulate, is intellectually arid.  All the lawyers,
        lobbyists and communicators in the world can''t spin away the fact that taxes
        are a necessary evil to pay for education, police and transportation services.<br
        />\n<br />\nIt takes time for the law to catch up to innovation, so there
        is no panacea on the horizon. But there are plenty of good examples of companies
        - like TaskRabbit and BlaBlaCar - that legitimately embrace collaborative
        consumption, value public trust, and don''t dodge common-sense regulation.  They
        understand that legal circumvention never works, that there is a world beyond
        their digital wallets.  They skip the public relations and instead work on
        smart solutions.<br />\n<br />\nMillennial entrepreneurs enamored with the
        sharing economy must take a step back and think about what \"sharing\" really
        means.  Think back to the first time they heard the word.  On Sesame Street
        or Barney or another kid''s show.  Right after Cookie Monster got through
        with the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw\" target=\"_hplink\">\"C
        is for Cookie\"</a> song, it was there:  \"sharing is caring.\"  It made sense
        in the simple days of childhood and more sense now. ","title":"Sharing is
        Caring.  But Not in the Sharing Economy.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-chase/sharing-is-caring-but-not-millenials_b_5618963.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942621,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"tv","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942109,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T16:17:00Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Samsung
        pulled out all the stops for its latest tablets at Madison Square\u00a0Garden.","title":"Samsung
        upgrades its tablet lineup with the Galaxy Tab\u00a0S","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/samsung-upgrades-its-tablet-lineup-with-the-galaxy-tab-s/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942108,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-15T08:48:56Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"A
        dejected Diablo 3 player gives the wavering franchise one last shot; and is
        more than pleasantly\u00a0surprised!","title":"The Resurrection of Diablo\u00a03","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/15/the-resurrection-of-diablo-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942618,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"2","summary":"It is
        the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942107,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"jessica","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942106,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T12:00:55Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Between
        the fake buildings and flashing\u00a0displays that dominate the Electronic
        Entertainment Expo, dozens of indie game representatives stood for hours in
        crowded rows to share their games with anyone who wandered by.","title":"GamesBeat\u2019s
        favorite indies of E3\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/gamesbeats-favorite-indies-of-e3-2014/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942614,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"kay","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942105,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T14:00:09Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"We
        caught up with the acclaimed game director behind Brothers: A Tale of Two
        Sons at this year\u2019s Electronic Entertainment\u00a0Expo.","title":"Brothers:
        A Tale of Two Sons\u2019 creator canceled his next movie to work on a new
        game\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/brothers-a-tale-of-two-sons-creator-canceled-his-next-movie-to-work-on-a-new-game-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942104,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T09:30:17Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"These
        are some of the happiest growth and exit stories from young companies capitalizing
        on consumers\u2019 migration toward mobile\u00a0platforms.","title":"10 of
        the fastest movers in the $38B mobile apps and ads\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/10-of-the-fastest-movers-in-the-38b-mobile-apps-and-ads-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:51Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942103,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:51Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:51Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942102,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"hat","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:51Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942605,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"stephen-kay","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:50Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942101,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T08:26:13Z","slug":"chase","summary":"The
        ship that totally failed to change the world","title":"The ship that totally
        failed to change the world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:50Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28439159#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:50Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942100,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:50Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:50Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942099,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"bull","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:50Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942098,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T08:00:42Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The word revolutionary is over-used in the technology field, but there\u2019s
        no other way to describe the impact of digital photography. It has never been
        easier to capture high quality photos and videos, and we share hundreds of
        millions of them on the Internet every single\u00a0day.","title":"A snapshot
        history of digital camera\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/a-snapshot-history-of-digital-camera-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:49Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942097,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:49Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:49Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942604,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:49Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:49Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942096,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:49Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:48Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942095,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"games","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:48Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:48Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942094,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"harry","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:48Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:48Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942092,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"prince","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:48Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942093,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T12:04:50Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"We
        received over 100\u00a0quality startup applicants to the MobileBeat Innovation
        Showdown, one of the highlights of VentureBeat\u2019s\u00a0seventh annual
        event\u00a0on the future of mobile\u00a0(next Tuesday and Wednesday, July
        8 and July 9, in San Francisco).","title":"Announcing the MobileBeat Innovation
        Showdown\u00a0finalists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/announcing-the-mobilebeat-innovation-showdown-finalists/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942091,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"duke","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942090,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"apart","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942600,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"hat","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942089,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"sue","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942088,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"581","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942087,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"riot","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942596,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:51:37Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"The
        sharing economy is taking the world by storm -- creating multi-billion dollar
        companies overnight and inspiring millennial entrepreneurs to squeeze cash
        out of anything and everything they have lying around the house.  The popularity
        of the concept isn''t surprising given Generation Y''s adoption of sustainability
        and zero-waste as a part of their lifestyle rather than a choice.  Companies,
        venture capitalists and entrepreneurs riding the sharing economy wave like
        to call it a benevolent disruption -- the organic evolution of inefficient
        markets that comes from empowering regular Americans to maximize their own
        assets.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s also first-rate spin from master manipulators
        in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.  The \"sharing economy\" is a reductive
        term that blurs the line between groundbreaking enterprises that tap into
        unused resources and charlatans looking for a quick payday.  From unauthorized
        <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airbnb-party-house-glendale-20140106-story.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"party houses\" in residential neighborhoods</a> to <a
        href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/23/sf-cracks-down-on-street-parking-cash-apps/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">profiteering from public parking spots</a>, the so-called
        sharing economy is more about greed than altruism.<br />\n<br />\nThe underlying
        concept may work in economic theory, but not in practical application.  The
        vast majority of sharing economy startups aim to build bridges between buyer
        and seller without any consideration for other audiences.  No understanding
        that private and public properties only exist in the context of the community
        and the neighbors and peers in it.  No recognition that the sale, lease or
        sharing of products and services cannot be conducted in a bubble.<br />\n<br
        />\nSuccessful businesses value consumer loyalty, but not at the cost of alienating
        everyone outside of the financial transaction.  Brands like Coca-Cola and
        Nike remain top names in spite of the occasional bump in the road because
        they build relationships while maintaining awareness of their community.  Buzzy
        sharing economy companies like Airbnb and MonkeyParking ignore this business
        truism.  In fact, they appear blind to everyone not adding to their revenue
        stream.  They come off like professional cabals of squatters who seek to circumvent
        the social compact for a few bucks.<br />\n<br />\nThese types of startups
        offer a lot of sharing without caring.  They claim to be unassociated third
        parties, taking a small fee for \"facilitating\" transactions between two
        groups interested in making a deal.  It''s the same faulty logic drug dealers
        use to deny accountability for inexcusably anti-social behavior.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe extensive public relations campaigns and the tech media industry that
        laud the power of the sharing economy are deliciously ironic.  They simultaneously
        suggest we''re all in this world together while furthering the distance between
        haves and have nots.  More importantly, they offer a glimpse into the struggle
        for the soul of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.  In the hotbed of American
        innovation, tension between millennial entrepreneurs and those outside the
        tech world is boiling over.  Protests shut down streets, bricks are thrown
        at windows and name-calling has become an art form.  From all corners of society,
        factions are at odds over rising costs, gentrification, and the #jerktech
        of the sharing economy.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s easy to view the strife as a
        culture clash between young and old, but even among millennials flocking to
        these trendy urban centers, there is a pervasive sense that the tech world
        is pushing the boundaries of good taste and public trust.  The <a href=\"http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w95a3v/glass-half-empty\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Daily Show''s report on the \"Google Glass Explorers\"
        tales of discrimination</a> went viral because it''s insightful, comedic and
        hugely depressing to watch wealthy, intelligent, successful young people so
        remarkably detached from real human connection.<br />\n<br />\nThe \"sharing,
        not caring\" phenomenon is exacerbated by major tech media outlets, which
        slavishly report on every whispered rumor and idea from big tech firms.  Take
        <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3033130/most-innovative-companies/airbnb-unveils-a-major-rebranding-effort-that-paves-the-way-for-sh?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Fast Company''s coverage of Airbnb''s new branding campaign</a>:  a
        1,500-word love letter to CEO Brian Chesky.  The fluff piece - commonplace
        in the media coverage of the sharing economy - barely touches upon the company''s
        many troubling controversies.  In the ode to the company''s genius, the reporter
        also strangely failed to recognize that the central image of the branding
        overhaul bears <a href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-new-logo-is-a-vagina-1606030746\"
        target=\"_hplink\">an uncanny resemblance to female genitalia</a>.<br />\n<br
        />\nSycophantic media outlets aside, there''s no denying the public''s shared
        hatred for waiting at the checkout line, the gas pump or box office.  Patience
        and fair play are necessary parts of life that technology can never subsume.  We
        grudgingly accept waiting as a way to stay connected with other humans - and
        remember the experience of lining up for coffee is still one of the most powerful
        ways to make friends.<br />\n<br />\nThe violation of a social compact may
        piss people off, but cheating them out of taxpayer dollars is a more serious
        offense.  <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-16/eric-schneiderman-reluctant-scourge-of-the-sharing-economy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is waging war</a>
        against armies of high-priced political and media consultants paid from Silicon
        Valley''s deepest pockets.  Their primary argument, that their businesses
        are inherently impossible to regulate, is intellectually arid.  All the lawyers,
        lobbyists and communicators in the world can''t spin away the fact that taxes
        are a necessary evil to pay for education, police and transportation services.<br
        />\n<br />\nIt takes time for the law to catch up to innovation, so there
        is no panacea on the horizon. But there are plenty of good examples of companies
        - like TaskRabbit and BlaBlaCar - that legitimately embrace collaborative
        consumption, value public trust, and don''t dodge common-sense regulation.  They
        understand that legal circumvention never works, that there is a world beyond
        their digital wallets.  They skip the public relations and instead work on
        smart solutions.<br />\n<br />\nMillennial entrepreneurs enamored with the
        sharing economy must take a step back and think about what \"sharing\" really
        means.  Think back to the first time they heard the word.  On Sesame Street
        or Barney or another kid''s show.  Right after Cookie Monster got through
        with the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw\" target=\"_hplink\">\"C
        is for Cookie\"</a> song, it was there:  \"sharing is caring.\"  It made sense
        in the simple days of childhood and more sense now. ","title":"Sharing is
        Caring.  But Not in the Sharing Economy.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-chase/sharing-is-caring-but-not-millenials_b_5618963.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:46Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942086,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"streetcar","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:46Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942085,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T09:00:44Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick We\u2019re as surprised as you\u00a0are.","title":"With the G3, LG finally
        makes a phone that can take on Samsung & Apple\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/with-the-g3-lg-finally-makes-a-phone-that-can-take-on-samsung-apple-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:46Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942084,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T01:00:40Z","slug":"hull","summary":"Wildlife
        film-makers reveal the tricks of the trade","title":"Wildlife film-makers''
        tricks of the trade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:46Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28405412#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942594,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"piper","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:44Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942590,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:44Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942083,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T07:00:48Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Another
        wave of graduates are leaving college, embarking on the tough process of finding
        a job in a more-or-less recovering economy.","title":"Wake up, corporate America:
        Your future business leaders are\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/wake-up-corporate-america-your-future-business-leaders-are-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942082,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:42Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942586,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:42Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942081,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T12:53:07Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Social       Solutions, the leading provider of SaaS performance management       software
        for human and social services, announced today that it has       entered into
        an agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners       (\u201cVista\u201d),
        a leading\u00a0private\u2026","title":"Social Solutions Takes on New Investment
        from Vista Equity Partners to Fuel Next Phas...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/social-solutions-takes-on-new-investment-from-vista-equity-partners-to-fuel-next-phase-of-growth/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942080,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:40Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942581,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"bull","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:40Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942079,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T13:00:36Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"The
        Connected Cloud Summit will bring together executives from the leading IoT
        players and innovative enterprises deploying the IoT solutions. The Summit
        will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to pursue new business
        opportunities and overcome the technology challenges created by IoT to better
        serve their customers, create new offerings, and gain a competitive advantage
        in the\u00a0marketplace.","title":"Connected Cloud Summit showcases the latest
        Internet of things\u00a0innovations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/connected-cloud-summit-showcases-the-latest-internet-of-things-innovations/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942578,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"justin","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:39Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942576,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"woman","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:39Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942573,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:51:37Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"The
        sharing economy is taking the world by storm -- creating multi-billion dollar
        companies overnight and inspiring millennial entrepreneurs to squeeze cash
        out of anything and everything they have lying around the house.  The popularity
        of the concept isn''t surprising given Generation Y''s adoption of sustainability
        and zero-waste as a part of their lifestyle rather than a choice.  Companies,
        venture capitalists and entrepreneurs riding the sharing economy wave like
        to call it a benevolent disruption -- the organic evolution of inefficient
        markets that comes from empowering regular Americans to maximize their own
        assets.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s also first-rate spin from master manipulators
        in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.  The \"sharing economy\" is a reductive
        term that blurs the line between groundbreaking enterprises that tap into
        unused resources and charlatans looking for a quick payday.  From unauthorized
        <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airbnb-party-house-glendale-20140106-story.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"party houses\" in residential neighborhoods</a> to <a
        href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/23/sf-cracks-down-on-street-parking-cash-apps/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">profiteering from public parking spots</a>, the so-called
        sharing economy is more about greed than altruism.<br />\n<br />\nThe underlying
        concept may work in economic theory, but not in practical application.  The
        vast majority of sharing economy startups aim to build bridges between buyer
        and seller without any consideration for other audiences.  No understanding
        that private and public properties only exist in the context of the community
        and the neighbors and peers in it.  No recognition that the sale, lease or
        sharing of products and services cannot be conducted in a bubble.<br />\n<br
        />\nSuccessful businesses value consumer loyalty, but not at the cost of alienating
        everyone outside of the financial transaction.  Brands like Coca-Cola and
        Nike remain top names in spite of the occasional bump in the road because
        they build relationships while maintaining awareness of their community.  Buzzy
        sharing economy companies like Airbnb and MonkeyParking ignore this business
        truism.  In fact, they appear blind to everyone not adding to their revenue
        stream.  They come off like professional cabals of squatters who seek to circumvent
        the social compact for a few bucks.<br />\n<br />\nThese types of startups
        offer a lot of sharing without caring.  They claim to be unassociated third
        parties, taking a small fee for \"facilitating\" transactions between two
        groups interested in making a deal.  It''s the same faulty logic drug dealers
        use to deny accountability for inexcusably anti-social behavior.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe extensive public relations campaigns and the tech media industry that
        laud the power of the sharing economy are deliciously ironic.  They simultaneously
        suggest we''re all in this world together while furthering the distance between
        haves and have nots.  More importantly, they offer a glimpse into the struggle
        for the soul of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.  In the hotbed of American
        innovation, tension between millennial entrepreneurs and those outside the
        tech world is boiling over.  Protests shut down streets, bricks are thrown
        at windows and name-calling has become an art form.  From all corners of society,
        factions are at odds over rising costs, gentrification, and the #jerktech
        of the sharing economy.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s easy to view the strife as a
        culture clash between young and old, but even among millennials flocking to
        these trendy urban centers, there is a pervasive sense that the tech world
        is pushing the boundaries of good taste and public trust.  The <a href=\"http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w95a3v/glass-half-empty\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Daily Show''s report on the \"Google Glass Explorers\"
        tales of discrimination</a> went viral because it''s insightful, comedic and
        hugely depressing to watch wealthy, intelligent, successful young people so
        remarkably detached from real human connection.<br />\n<br />\nThe \"sharing,
        not caring\" phenomenon is exacerbated by major tech media outlets, which
        slavishly report on every whispered rumor and idea from big tech firms.  Take
        <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3033130/most-innovative-companies/airbnb-unveils-a-major-rebranding-effort-that-paves-the-way-for-sh?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Fast Company''s coverage of Airbnb''s new branding campaign</a>:  a
        1,500-word love letter to CEO Brian Chesky.  The fluff piece - commonplace
        in the media coverage of the sharing economy - barely touches upon the company''s
        many troubling controversies.  In the ode to the company''s genius, the reporter
        also strangely failed to recognize that the central image of the branding
        overhaul bears <a href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-new-logo-is-a-vagina-1606030746\"
        target=\"_hplink\">an uncanny resemblance to female genitalia</a>.<br />\n<br
        />\nSycophantic media outlets aside, there''s no denying the public''s shared
        hatred for waiting at the checkout line, the gas pump or box office.  Patience
        and fair play are necessary parts of life that technology can never subsume.  We
        grudgingly accept waiting as a way to stay connected with other humans - and
        remember the experience of lining up for coffee is still one of the most powerful
        ways to make friends.<br />\n<br />\nThe violation of a social compact may
        piss people off, but cheating them out of taxpayer dollars is a more serious
        offense.  <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-16/eric-schneiderman-reluctant-scourge-of-the-sharing-economy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is waging war</a>
        against armies of high-priced political and media consultants paid from Silicon
        Valley''s deepest pockets.  Their primary argument, that their businesses
        are inherently impossible to regulate, is intellectually arid.  All the lawyers,
        lobbyists and communicators in the world can''t spin away the fact that taxes
        are a necessary evil to pay for education, police and transportation services.<br
        />\n<br />\nIt takes time for the law to catch up to innovation, so there
        is no panacea on the horizon. But there are plenty of good examples of companies
        - like TaskRabbit and BlaBlaCar - that legitimately embrace collaborative
        consumption, value public trust, and don''t dodge common-sense regulation.  They
        understand that legal circumvention never works, that there is a world beyond
        their digital wallets.  They skip the public relations and instead work on
        smart solutions.<br />\n<br />\nMillennial entrepreneurs enamored with the
        sharing economy must take a step back and think about what \"sharing\" really
        means.  Think back to the first time they heard the word.  On Sesame Street
        or Barney or another kid''s show.  Right after Cookie Monster got through
        with the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw\" target=\"_hplink\">\"C
        is for Cookie\"</a> song, it was there:  \"sharing is caring.\"  It made sense
        in the simple days of childhood and more sense now. ","title":"Sharing is
        Caring.  But Not in the Sharing Economy.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-chase/sharing-is-caring-but-not-millenials_b_5618963.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942078,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T08:00:36Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Why
        wait until January? Our staff picks their favorite game from the first six
        months of\u00a02014.","title":"The best games of the first half of 2014 (GamesBeat
        staff\u00a0picks)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/the-best-games-of-the-first-half-of-2014-gamesbeat-staff-picks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942572,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"photos","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942570,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:51:37Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"The
        sharing economy is taking the world by storm -- creating multi-billion dollar
        companies overnight and inspiring millennial entrepreneurs to squeeze cash
        out of anything and everything they have lying around the house.  The popularity
        of the concept isn''t surprising given Generation Y''s adoption of sustainability
        and zero-waste as a part of their lifestyle rather than a choice.  Companies,
        venture capitalists and entrepreneurs riding the sharing economy wave like
        to call it a benevolent disruption -- the organic evolution of inefficient
        markets that comes from empowering regular Americans to maximize their own
        assets.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s also first-rate spin from master manipulators
        in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.  The \"sharing economy\" is a reductive
        term that blurs the line between groundbreaking enterprises that tap into
        unused resources and charlatans looking for a quick payday.  From unauthorized
        <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airbnb-party-house-glendale-20140106-story.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"party houses\" in residential neighborhoods</a> to <a
        href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/23/sf-cracks-down-on-street-parking-cash-apps/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">profiteering from public parking spots</a>, the so-called
        sharing economy is more about greed than altruism.<br />\n<br />\nThe underlying
        concept may work in economic theory, but not in practical application.  The
        vast majority of sharing economy startups aim to build bridges between buyer
        and seller without any consideration for other audiences.  No understanding
        that private and public properties only exist in the context of the community
        and the neighbors and peers in it.  No recognition that the sale, lease or
        sharing of products and services cannot be conducted in a bubble.<br />\n<br
        />\nSuccessful businesses value consumer loyalty, but not at the cost of alienating
        everyone outside of the financial transaction.  Brands like Coca-Cola and
        Nike remain top names in spite of the occasional bump in the road because
        they build relationships while maintaining awareness of their community.  Buzzy
        sharing economy companies like Airbnb and MonkeyParking ignore this business
        truism.  In fact, they appear blind to everyone not adding to their revenue
        stream.  They come off like professional cabals of squatters who seek to circumvent
        the social compact for a few bucks.<br />\n<br />\nThese types of startups
        offer a lot of sharing without caring.  They claim to be unassociated third
        parties, taking a small fee for \"facilitating\" transactions between two
        groups interested in making a deal.  It''s the same faulty logic drug dealers
        use to deny accountability for inexcusably anti-social behavior.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe extensive public relations campaigns and the tech media industry that
        laud the power of the sharing economy are deliciously ironic.  They simultaneously
        suggest we''re all in this world together while furthering the distance between
        haves and have nots.  More importantly, they offer a glimpse into the struggle
        for the soul of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.  In the hotbed of American
        innovation, tension between millennial entrepreneurs and those outside the
        tech world is boiling over.  Protests shut down streets, bricks are thrown
        at windows and name-calling has become an art form.  From all corners of society,
        factions are at odds over rising costs, gentrification, and the #jerktech
        of the sharing economy.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s easy to view the strife as a
        culture clash between young and old, but even among millennials flocking to
        these trendy urban centers, there is a pervasive sense that the tech world
        is pushing the boundaries of good taste and public trust.  The <a href=\"http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w95a3v/glass-half-empty\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Daily Show''s report on the \"Google Glass Explorers\"
        tales of discrimination</a> went viral because it''s insightful, comedic and
        hugely depressing to watch wealthy, intelligent, successful young people so
        remarkably detached from real human connection.<br />\n<br />\nThe \"sharing,
        not caring\" phenomenon is exacerbated by major tech media outlets, which
        slavishly report on every whispered rumor and idea from big tech firms.  Take
        <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3033130/most-innovative-companies/airbnb-unveils-a-major-rebranding-effort-that-paves-the-way-for-sh?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Fast Company''s coverage of Airbnb''s new branding campaign</a>:  a
        1,500-word love letter to CEO Brian Chesky.  The fluff piece - commonplace
        in the media coverage of the sharing economy - barely touches upon the company''s
        many troubling controversies.  In the ode to the company''s genius, the reporter
        also strangely failed to recognize that the central image of the branding
        overhaul bears <a href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-new-logo-is-a-vagina-1606030746\"
        target=\"_hplink\">an uncanny resemblance to female genitalia</a>.<br />\n<br
        />\nSycophantic media outlets aside, there''s no denying the public''s shared
        hatred for waiting at the checkout line, the gas pump or box office.  Patience
        and fair play are necessary parts of life that technology can never subsume.  We
        grudgingly accept waiting as a way to stay connected with other humans - and
        remember the experience of lining up for coffee is still one of the most powerful
        ways to make friends.<br />\n<br />\nThe violation of a social compact may
        piss people off, but cheating them out of taxpayer dollars is a more serious
        offense.  <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-16/eric-schneiderman-reluctant-scourge-of-the-sharing-economy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is waging war</a>
        against armies of high-priced political and media consultants paid from Silicon
        Valley''s deepest pockets.  Their primary argument, that their businesses
        are inherently impossible to regulate, is intellectually arid.  All the lawyers,
        lobbyists and communicators in the world can''t spin away the fact that taxes
        are a necessary evil to pay for education, police and transportation services.<br
        />\n<br />\nIt takes time for the law to catch up to innovation, so there
        is no panacea on the horizon. But there are plenty of good examples of companies
        - like TaskRabbit and BlaBlaCar - that legitimately embrace collaborative
        consumption, value public trust, and don''t dodge common-sense regulation.  They
        understand that legal circumvention never works, that there is a world beyond
        their digital wallets.  They skip the public relations and instead work on
        smart solutions.<br />\n<br />\nMillennial entrepreneurs enamored with the
        sharing economy must take a step back and think about what \"sharing\" really
        means.  Think back to the first time they heard the word.  On Sesame Street
        or Barney or another kid''s show.  Right after Cookie Monster got through
        with the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw\" target=\"_hplink\">\"C
        is for Cookie\"</a> song, it was there:  \"sharing is caring.\"  It made sense
        in the simple days of childhood and more sense now. ","title":"Sharing is
        Caring.  But Not in the Sharing Economy.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-chase/sharing-is-caring-but-not-millenials_b_5618963.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942077,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T08:50:39Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Free
        spirits, bright colors, and quirky\u00a0music could easily describe any San
        Francisco scene, but nothing fit that description better than a crowd of young
        San Franciscans gathered for a dance party before heading to work on a recent
        morning.","title":"Why San Francisco techies are getting in on the morning
        (sober) dance party\u00a0trend","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/why-san-francisco-techies-are-getting-in-on-the-morning-sober-dance-party-trend/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:35Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942566,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:35Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942564,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"jessica","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942076,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T12:00:24Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"Selfies
        are <em>so</em> last season. <br />\n<br />\nMeet \"dronies,\" the cooler,
        more adventurous, amped-up sibling of the <a href=\"http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/14/how-selfies-are-ruining-your-relationships/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">oft-maligned</a> selfie. <br />\n<br />\nA \"<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/10988393/The-selfie-is-dead.-Introducing-the-dronie.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">dronie</a>\" is basically a selfie from the sky, taken
        not at arm''s length from your smartphone but from an <a href=\"http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/10-coolest-drones-you-can-buy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">uber-cool drone</a> that flies above you, photographing
        not only your face, but your (hopefully) beautiful surroundings. <br />\n<br
        />\nAccording to The Telegraph, \"dronies\" are best taken as short videos,
        rather than single images. \"Dronies\" are even being encouraged by the New
        Zealand Tourism Board, which is piloting drones on ski runs to photograph
        skiers and snowboarders. <br />\n<br />\nThe \"dronies\" are then sent to
        the skier or boarder''s phone, ready to be shared with friends, like the video
        below. <br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q0rtDuyhVS/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nSo yea. It''s a thing. See?<br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/hLpG9brKyj/embed/\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2eiYyrK0z/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q1hcEtmiJW/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qvlX9GpYPd/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2f0lOkbIz/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/q2Hz1mH5zr/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//instagram.com/p/qemSJCpYFo/embed/\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"></iframe><br
        />\n<br />\nAre you ready to take a \"dronie\"?  ","title":"Forget Selfies,
        Dronies Are The New Must-Take Travel Photo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/dronies-travel_n_5620875.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T06:25:13Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Techmanity       2014, Silicon Valley\u2019s first official technology
        conference, today       announced its lineup and open registration for its
        inaugural event,       taking place in San Jose October 1-2. Headline speakers
        include Houzz founder\u00a0and\u2026","title":"Techmanity 2014 in Silicon
        Valley Announces Speaker and Performer\u00a0Lineup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/techmanity-2014-in-silicon-valley-announces-speaker-and-performer-lineup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942074,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T20:59:01Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"LinkedIn
        announced today\u00a0via its marketing blog that it has acquired B2B marketing
        platform Bizo for $175M, its second acquisition this year after acquiring
        data insights and technology company Bright back in February.","title":"Linkedin
        + Bizo: LinkedIn solidifies lead within B2B enterprise\u00a0advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/linkedin-solidifies-lead-within-b2b-enterprise-advertising/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942556,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:51:37Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"The
        sharing economy is taking the world by storm -- creating multi-billion dollar
        companies overnight and inspiring millennial entrepreneurs to squeeze cash
        out of anything and everything they have lying around the house.  The popularity
        of the concept isn''t surprising given Generation Y''s adoption of sustainability
        and zero-waste as a part of their lifestyle rather than a choice.  Companies,
        venture capitalists and entrepreneurs riding the sharing economy wave like
        to call it a benevolent disruption -- the organic evolution of inefficient
        markets that comes from empowering regular Americans to maximize their own
        assets.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s also first-rate spin from master manipulators
        in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.  The \"sharing economy\" is a reductive
        term that blurs the line between groundbreaking enterprises that tap into
        unused resources and charlatans looking for a quick payday.  From unauthorized
        <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airbnb-party-house-glendale-20140106-story.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"party houses\" in residential neighborhoods</a> to <a
        href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/23/sf-cracks-down-on-street-parking-cash-apps/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">profiteering from public parking spots</a>, the so-called
        sharing economy is more about greed than altruism.<br />\n<br />\nThe underlying
        concept may work in economic theory, but not in practical application.  The
        vast majority of sharing economy startups aim to build bridges between buyer
        and seller without any consideration for other audiences.  No understanding
        that private and public properties only exist in the context of the community
        and the neighbors and peers in it.  No recognition that the sale, lease or
        sharing of products and services cannot be conducted in a bubble.<br />\n<br
        />\nSuccessful businesses value consumer loyalty, but not at the cost of alienating
        everyone outside of the financial transaction.  Brands like Coca-Cola and
        Nike remain top names in spite of the occasional bump in the road because
        they build relationships while maintaining awareness of their community.  Buzzy
        sharing economy companies like Airbnb and MonkeyParking ignore this business
        truism.  In fact, they appear blind to everyone not adding to their revenue
        stream.  They come off like professional cabals of squatters who seek to circumvent
        the social compact for a few bucks.<br />\n<br />\nThese types of startups
        offer a lot of sharing without caring.  They claim to be unassociated third
        parties, taking a small fee for \"facilitating\" transactions between two
        groups interested in making a deal.  It''s the same faulty logic drug dealers
        use to deny accountability for inexcusably anti-social behavior.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe extensive public relations campaigns and the tech media industry that
        laud the power of the sharing economy are deliciously ironic.  They simultaneously
        suggest we''re all in this world together while furthering the distance between
        haves and have nots.  More importantly, they offer a glimpse into the struggle
        for the soul of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.  In the hotbed of American
        innovation, tension between millennial entrepreneurs and those outside the
        tech world is boiling over.  Protests shut down streets, bricks are thrown
        at windows and name-calling has become an art form.  From all corners of society,
        factions are at odds over rising costs, gentrification, and the #jerktech
        of the sharing economy.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s easy to view the strife as a
        culture clash between young and old, but even among millennials flocking to
        these trendy urban centers, there is a pervasive sense that the tech world
        is pushing the boundaries of good taste and public trust.  The <a href=\"http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w95a3v/glass-half-empty\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Daily Show''s report on the \"Google Glass Explorers\"
        tales of discrimination</a> went viral because it''s insightful, comedic and
        hugely depressing to watch wealthy, intelligent, successful young people so
        remarkably detached from real human connection.<br />\n<br />\nThe \"sharing,
        not caring\" phenomenon is exacerbated by major tech media outlets, which
        slavishly report on every whispered rumor and idea from big tech firms.  Take
        <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3033130/most-innovative-companies/airbnb-unveils-a-major-rebranding-effort-that-paves-the-way-for-sh?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Fast Company''s coverage of Airbnb''s new branding campaign</a>:  a
        1,500-word love letter to CEO Brian Chesky.  The fluff piece - commonplace
        in the media coverage of the sharing economy - barely touches upon the company''s
        many troubling controversies.  In the ode to the company''s genius, the reporter
        also strangely failed to recognize that the central image of the branding
        overhaul bears <a href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-new-logo-is-a-vagina-1606030746\"
        target=\"_hplink\">an uncanny resemblance to female genitalia</a>.<br />\n<br
        />\nSycophantic media outlets aside, there''s no denying the public''s shared
        hatred for waiting at the checkout line, the gas pump or box office.  Patience
        and fair play are necessary parts of life that technology can never subsume.  We
        grudgingly accept waiting as a way to stay connected with other humans - and
        remember the experience of lining up for coffee is still one of the most powerful
        ways to make friends.<br />\n<br />\nThe violation of a social compact may
        piss people off, but cheating them out of taxpayer dollars is a more serious
        offense.  <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-16/eric-schneiderman-reluctant-scourge-of-the-sharing-economy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is waging war</a>
        against armies of high-priced political and media consultants paid from Silicon
        Valley''s deepest pockets.  Their primary argument, that their businesses
        are inherently impossible to regulate, is intellectually arid.  All the lawyers,
        lobbyists and communicators in the world can''t spin away the fact that taxes
        are a necessary evil to pay for education, police and transportation services.<br
        />\n<br />\nIt takes time for the law to catch up to innovation, so there
        is no panacea on the horizon. But there are plenty of good examples of companies
        - like TaskRabbit and BlaBlaCar - that legitimately embrace collaborative
        consumption, value public trust, and don''t dodge common-sense regulation.  They
        understand that legal circumvention never works, that there is a world beyond
        their digital wallets.  They skip the public relations and instead work on
        smart solutions.<br />\n<br />\nMillennial entrepreneurs enamored with the
        sharing economy must take a step back and think about what \"sharing\" really
        means.  Think back to the first time they heard the word.  On Sesame Street
        or Barney or another kid''s show.  Right after Cookie Monster got through
        with the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw\" target=\"_hplink\">\"C
        is for Cookie\"</a> song, it was there:  \"sharing is caring.\"  It made sense
        in the simple days of childhood and more sense now. ","title":"Sharing is
        Caring.  But Not in the Sharing Economy.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-chase/sharing-is-caring-but-not-millenials_b_5618963.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942555,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"go","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:00:43Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The Mobile Media Summit Chicago will bring together the biggest names
        in advertising and marketing to discuss how mobile is changing the media mix
        for hundreds of senior agency, media, brand and publisher\u00a0executives.","title":"Learn
        How McDonald\u2019s is making moves in\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/learn-how-mcdonalds-is-making-moves-in-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:29Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942552,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"games","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:29Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942551,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"581","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942549,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:51:37Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"The
        sharing economy is taking the world by storm -- creating multi-billion dollar
        companies overnight and inspiring millennial entrepreneurs to squeeze cash
        out of anything and everything they have lying around the house.  The popularity
        of the concept isn''t surprising given Generation Y''s adoption of sustainability
        and zero-waste as a part of their lifestyle rather than a choice.  Companies,
        venture capitalists and entrepreneurs riding the sharing economy wave like
        to call it a benevolent disruption -- the organic evolution of inefficient
        markets that comes from empowering regular Americans to maximize their own
        assets.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s also first-rate spin from master manipulators
        in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.  The \"sharing economy\" is a reductive
        term that blurs the line between groundbreaking enterprises that tap into
        unused resources and charlatans looking for a quick payday.  From unauthorized
        <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airbnb-party-house-glendale-20140106-story.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"party houses\" in residential neighborhoods</a> to <a
        href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/23/sf-cracks-down-on-street-parking-cash-apps/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">profiteering from public parking spots</a>, the so-called
        sharing economy is more about greed than altruism.<br />\n<br />\nThe underlying
        concept may work in economic theory, but not in practical application.  The
        vast majority of sharing economy startups aim to build bridges between buyer
        and seller without any consideration for other audiences.  No understanding
        that private and public properties only exist in the context of the community
        and the neighbors and peers in it.  No recognition that the sale, lease or
        sharing of products and services cannot be conducted in a bubble.<br />\n<br
        />\nSuccessful businesses value consumer loyalty, but not at the cost of alienating
        everyone outside of the financial transaction.  Brands like Coca-Cola and
        Nike remain top names in spite of the occasional bump in the road because
        they build relationships while maintaining awareness of their community.  Buzzy
        sharing economy companies like Airbnb and MonkeyParking ignore this business
        truism.  In fact, they appear blind to everyone not adding to their revenue
        stream.  They come off like professional cabals of squatters who seek to circumvent
        the social compact for a few bucks.<br />\n<br />\nThese types of startups
        offer a lot of sharing without caring.  They claim to be unassociated third
        parties, taking a small fee for \"facilitating\" transactions between two
        groups interested in making a deal.  It''s the same faulty logic drug dealers
        use to deny accountability for inexcusably anti-social behavior.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe extensive public relations campaigns and the tech media industry that
        laud the power of the sharing economy are deliciously ironic.  They simultaneously
        suggest we''re all in this world together while furthering the distance between
        haves and have nots.  More importantly, they offer a glimpse into the struggle
        for the soul of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.  In the hotbed of American
        innovation, tension between millennial entrepreneurs and those outside the
        tech world is boiling over.  Protests shut down streets, bricks are thrown
        at windows and name-calling has become an art form.  From all corners of society,
        factions are at odds over rising costs, gentrification, and the #jerktech
        of the sharing economy.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s easy to view the strife as a
        culture clash between young and old, but even among millennials flocking to
        these trendy urban centers, there is a pervasive sense that the tech world
        is pushing the boundaries of good taste and public trust.  The <a href=\"http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w95a3v/glass-half-empty\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Daily Show''s report on the \"Google Glass Explorers\"
        tales of discrimination</a> went viral because it''s insightful, comedic and
        hugely depressing to watch wealthy, intelligent, successful young people so
        remarkably detached from real human connection.<br />\n<br />\nThe \"sharing,
        not caring\" phenomenon is exacerbated by major tech media outlets, which
        slavishly report on every whispered rumor and idea from big tech firms.  Take
        <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3033130/most-innovative-companies/airbnb-unveils-a-major-rebranding-effort-that-paves-the-way-for-sh?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Fast Company''s coverage of Airbnb''s new branding campaign</a>:  a
        1,500-word love letter to CEO Brian Chesky.  The fluff piece - commonplace
        in the media coverage of the sharing economy - barely touches upon the company''s
        many troubling controversies.  In the ode to the company''s genius, the reporter
        also strangely failed to recognize that the central image of the branding
        overhaul bears <a href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-new-logo-is-a-vagina-1606030746\"
        target=\"_hplink\">an uncanny resemblance to female genitalia</a>.<br />\n<br
        />\nSycophantic media outlets aside, there''s no denying the public''s shared
        hatred for waiting at the checkout line, the gas pump or box office.  Patience
        and fair play are necessary parts of life that technology can never subsume.  We
        grudgingly accept waiting as a way to stay connected with other humans - and
        remember the experience of lining up for coffee is still one of the most powerful
        ways to make friends.<br />\n<br />\nThe violation of a social compact may
        piss people off, but cheating them out of taxpayer dollars is a more serious
        offense.  <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-16/eric-schneiderman-reluctant-scourge-of-the-sharing-economy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is waging war</a>
        against armies of high-priced political and media consultants paid from Silicon
        Valley''s deepest pockets.  Their primary argument, that their businesses
        are inherently impossible to regulate, is intellectually arid.  All the lawyers,
        lobbyists and communicators in the world can''t spin away the fact that taxes
        are a necessary evil to pay for education, police and transportation services.<br
        />\n<br />\nIt takes time for the law to catch up to innovation, so there
        is no panacea on the horizon. But there are plenty of good examples of companies
        - like TaskRabbit and BlaBlaCar - that legitimately embrace collaborative
        consumption, value public trust, and don''t dodge common-sense regulation.  They
        understand that legal circumvention never works, that there is a world beyond
        their digital wallets.  They skip the public relations and instead work on
        smart solutions.<br />\n<br />\nMillennial entrepreneurs enamored with the
        sharing economy must take a step back and think about what \"sharing\" really
        means.  Think back to the first time they heard the word.  On Sesame Street
        or Barney or another kid''s show.  Right after Cookie Monster got through
        with the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw\" target=\"_hplink\">\"C
        is for Cookie\"</a> song, it was there:  \"sharing is caring.\"  It made sense
        in the simple days of childhood and more sense now. ","title":"Sharing is
        Caring.  But Not in the Sharing Economy.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-chase/sharing-is-caring-but-not-millenials_b_5618963.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942072,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T09:58:55Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"The
        best-selling shooter for the last several years has had \u201cCall of Duty\u201d
        in its title. But that may change this\u00a0year.","title":"Analyst: Destiny
        will likely outsell Call of Duty with \u2018at least 15M\u2019 copies\u00a0sold","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/analyst-destiny-will-likely-outsell-call-of-duty-with-at-least-15m-copies-sold/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:28Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942547,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"harry","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:27Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942546,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"obama","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942544,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:51:37Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"The
        sharing economy is taking the world by storm -- creating multi-billion dollar
        companies overnight and inspiring millennial entrepreneurs to squeeze cash
        out of anything and everything they have lying around the house.  The popularity
        of the concept isn''t surprising given Generation Y''s adoption of sustainability
        and zero-waste as a part of their lifestyle rather than a choice.  Companies,
        venture capitalists and entrepreneurs riding the sharing economy wave like
        to call it a benevolent disruption -- the organic evolution of inefficient
        markets that comes from empowering regular Americans to maximize their own
        assets.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s also first-rate spin from master manipulators
        in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.  The \"sharing economy\" is a reductive
        term that blurs the line between groundbreaking enterprises that tap into
        unused resources and charlatans looking for a quick payday.  From unauthorized
        <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airbnb-party-house-glendale-20140106-story.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"party houses\" in residential neighborhoods</a> to <a
        href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/23/sf-cracks-down-on-street-parking-cash-apps/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">profiteering from public parking spots</a>, the so-called
        sharing economy is more about greed than altruism.<br />\n<br />\nThe underlying
        concept may work in economic theory, but not in practical application.  The
        vast majority of sharing economy startups aim to build bridges between buyer
        and seller without any consideration for other audiences.  No understanding
        that private and public properties only exist in the context of the community
        and the neighbors and peers in it.  No recognition that the sale, lease or
        sharing of products and services cannot be conducted in a bubble.<br />\n<br
        />\nSuccessful businesses value consumer loyalty, but not at the cost of alienating
        everyone outside of the financial transaction.  Brands like Coca-Cola and
        Nike remain top names in spite of the occasional bump in the road because
        they build relationships while maintaining awareness of their community.  Buzzy
        sharing economy companies like Airbnb and MonkeyParking ignore this business
        truism.  In fact, they appear blind to everyone not adding to their revenue
        stream.  They come off like professional cabals of squatters who seek to circumvent
        the social compact for a few bucks.<br />\n<br />\nThese types of startups
        offer a lot of sharing without caring.  They claim to be unassociated third
        parties, taking a small fee for \"facilitating\" transactions between two
        groups interested in making a deal.  It''s the same faulty logic drug dealers
        use to deny accountability for inexcusably anti-social behavior.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe extensive public relations campaigns and the tech media industry that
        laud the power of the sharing economy are deliciously ironic.  They simultaneously
        suggest we''re all in this world together while furthering the distance between
        haves and have nots.  More importantly, they offer a glimpse into the struggle
        for the soul of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.  In the hotbed of American
        innovation, tension between millennial entrepreneurs and those outside the
        tech world is boiling over.  Protests shut down streets, bricks are thrown
        at windows and name-calling has become an art form.  From all corners of society,
        factions are at odds over rising costs, gentrification, and the #jerktech
        of the sharing economy.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s easy to view the strife as a
        culture clash between young and old, but even among millennials flocking to
        these trendy urban centers, there is a pervasive sense that the tech world
        is pushing the boundaries of good taste and public trust.  The <a href=\"http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w95a3v/glass-half-empty\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Daily Show''s report on the \"Google Glass Explorers\"
        tales of discrimination</a> went viral because it''s insightful, comedic and
        hugely depressing to watch wealthy, intelligent, successful young people so
        remarkably detached from real human connection.<br />\n<br />\nThe \"sharing,
        not caring\" phenomenon is exacerbated by major tech media outlets, which
        slavishly report on every whispered rumor and idea from big tech firms.  Take
        <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3033130/most-innovative-companies/airbnb-unveils-a-major-rebranding-effort-that-paves-the-way-for-sh?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Fast Company''s coverage of Airbnb''s new branding campaign</a>:  a
        1,500-word love letter to CEO Brian Chesky.  The fluff piece - commonplace
        in the media coverage of the sharing economy - barely touches upon the company''s
        many troubling controversies.  In the ode to the company''s genius, the reporter
        also strangely failed to recognize that the central image of the branding
        overhaul bears <a href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-new-logo-is-a-vagina-1606030746\"
        target=\"_hplink\">an uncanny resemblance to female genitalia</a>.<br />\n<br
        />\nSycophantic media outlets aside, there''s no denying the public''s shared
        hatred for waiting at the checkout line, the gas pump or box office.  Patience
        and fair play are necessary parts of life that technology can never subsume.  We
        grudgingly accept waiting as a way to stay connected with other humans - and
        remember the experience of lining up for coffee is still one of the most powerful
        ways to make friends.<br />\n<br />\nThe violation of a social compact may
        piss people off, but cheating them out of taxpayer dollars is a more serious
        offense.  <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-16/eric-schneiderman-reluctant-scourge-of-the-sharing-economy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is waging war</a>
        against armies of high-priced political and media consultants paid from Silicon
        Valley''s deepest pockets.  Their primary argument, that their businesses
        are inherently impossible to regulate, is intellectually arid.  All the lawyers,
        lobbyists and communicators in the world can''t spin away the fact that taxes
        are a necessary evil to pay for education, police and transportation services.<br
        />\n<br />\nIt takes time for the law to catch up to innovation, so there
        is no panacea on the horizon. But there are plenty of good examples of companies
        - like TaskRabbit and BlaBlaCar - that legitimately embrace collaborative
        consumption, value public trust, and don''t dodge common-sense regulation.  They
        understand that legal circumvention never works, that there is a world beyond
        their digital wallets.  They skip the public relations and instead work on
        smart solutions.<br />\n<br />\nMillennial entrepreneurs enamored with the
        sharing economy must take a step back and think about what \"sharing\" really
        means.  Think back to the first time they heard the word.  On Sesame Street
        or Barney or another kid''s show.  Right after Cookie Monster got through
        with the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw\" target=\"_hplink\">\"C
        is for Cookie\"</a> song, it was there:  \"sharing is caring.\"  It made sense
        in the simple days of childhood and more sense now. ","title":"Sharing is
        Caring.  But Not in the Sharing Economy.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-chase/sharing-is-caring-but-not-millenials_b_5618963.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942071,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-16T14:11:46Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"If
        you\u2019ve never heard of Dragon\u2019s Den, it\u2019s a popular British
        TV reality series, where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to get funding from
        business experts \u2014 the \u201cDragons\u201d. One of those Dragons, Doug
        Richard, a UK-based Californian and founder of investment research firm Library
        House got a name for himself as a particularly fastidious investor on the
        show. And now he\u2019s selected 20 of the UK\u2019s most promising web application
        start-ups to go and try their luck in Silicon Valley. ","title":"Britain''s
        best and brightest startups hit Silicon Valley next week for\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/16/britains-best-and-brightest-startups-hit-silicon-valley-next-week-for-funding/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942541,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:26Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942540,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"prince","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:26Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942537,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:24Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942535,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"duke","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:24Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942070,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-21T02:28:52Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"In
        the rapid rise of solar thermal power, a small handful of companies have grabbed
        the lion\u2019s share of attention and funding: Ausra, Brightsource and Solel
        are the three most oft-heard names. Another company, eSolar, can now add its
        name to that shortlist, with one of the biggest cleantech venture fundings
        to date.  Notably, eSolar has plans to immediately funnel the money into construction
        projects that may see its plants going online ahead of its competitors\u2019.  The
        solar thermal designs of all these companies involve using fields of mirrors
        to reflect and concentrate sunlight on contained water, which then boils and
        powers turbines. From that starting point everything can differ, from the
        size and shape of the mirrors to the type of receptacle containing the water
        and the location of the power plant.  ESolar\u2019s trick is a minimalist
        design that uses small, flat mirrors in relatively modest deployments \u2014
        the company is planning to build a series of plants producing 33 megawatts
        each, which is enough to power from 15,000 \u2013 25,000 average Californian
        homes. Ausra, by contrast, is planning a 177MW plant in San Luis Obispo County,
        while Brightsource has a deal for five of about the same size.  Going smaller
        has several benefits for eSolar. The biggest is that the bureaucratic stumbling
        block of permitting is smoothed for plants under 50MW. Having smaller plants
        \u2014 they fit on about 160 acres of land \u2014 could also benefit eSolar
        by allowing it to nestle plants into areas that are closer to the regular
        transmission grid.  The size and speed with which they can be built means
        that eSolar could potentially have a plant up by the end of this year or early
        next. Most of its competitor\u2019s earliest installations are scheduled for
        a year or so beyond that.","title":"Google, Oak Investment and Idealab back
        eSolar to the tune of\u00a0$130M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/21/google-oak-investment-and-idealab-back-esolar-to-the-tune-of-130m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942530,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"on","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:22Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942527,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"apart","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:22Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942069,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-29T00:01:47Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"In
        Australia, the husband and wife team behind Lumiflux has found a way to make
        a 50 year old technology seem new and, well, shiny. Electroluminescence, or
        EL, has been the technology behind your digital watch night-light and a series
        of small lamps from Sylvania for a long time. Until quite recently, though,
        EL was not bright enough for more widespread area lighting applications.","title":"Super-efficient
        lighting technologies provide energy saving ideas, outdoors and\u00a0in","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/29/super-efficient-lighting-technologies-provide-energy-saving-ideas-outdoors-and-in/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942525,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"rick","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:20Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942523,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:36:17Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"A
        drone operator tells the BBC how he located an elderly man in Wisconsin who
        had been missing for three days.","title":"Drone operator finds missing man","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:20Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28423252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942068,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-13T23:38:13Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"BrightSource
        Energy, an Oakland, Calif., solar thermal startup, has landed a hefty $115
        million funding round from investors including Google to develop its solar
        power tower technology.","title":"Google joins in $115M investment into solar
        thermal company,\u00a0BrightSource","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/13/brightsource-snags-115m-for-solar-thermal-project/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942521,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942067,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-08T07:30:48Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Brightkite,
        a social network that lets users share their location on mobile phones, has
        merged with Limbo, a Silicon Valley company with a rather unique auctions
        service for mobile phones users.","title":"Brightkite, a mobile location-sharing
        service, merges with\u00a0Limbo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/08/brightkite-a-mobile-location-sharing-service-merges-with-limbo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942517,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"0","summary":"It is
        the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942066,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-09T06:00:13Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Brant Cooper is an independent consultant specializing in marketing
        and product management. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)","title":"How
        to avoid being blinded by the idea\u00a0aura","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/09/how-to-avoid-being-blinded-by-the-idea-aura/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942514,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942065,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-08T13:15:55Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"French
        nuclear company Areva has just taken its first step into the solar market  with
        the acquisition of Ausra, a Mountain View, Calif.-based maker of solar  thermal
        equipment. The  deal represents a major new market for Areva, while simultaneously  propping
        up Ausra, which weathered some hard knocks last year.","title":"Areva buys
        Ausra, looks ahead to bright solar thermal\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/08/areva-buys-ausra-looks-ahead-to-bright-solar-thermal-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942512,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942509,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"mg","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942064,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-19T17:01:00Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Infinity Ward''s abandonment of long-cherished PC gaming standards for
        online multiplayer in Modern Warfare 2 was a real letdown. John highlights
        some of the issues with that decision but also searches for ways in which
        those changes could lead to new opportunities for games. I still wonder, though,
        why cross-platform gaming and mod support aren''t possible with dedicated
        servers. -Rob","title":"On the Bright Side: Design Choices in Modern Warfare
        2 May Not Be All\u00a0Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/19/on-the-bright-side-design-choices-in-modern-warfare-2-may-not-be-all-bad/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942507,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"jp","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-24T22:02:00Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Editor''s
        note: I haven''t tried 3D gaming on a console long enough to verify what Rick
        claims, but I do know that I came out of an Avatar showing with a monster
        headache. I hope that''s not a taste of my gaming future. -Brett","title":"3D
        Gaming on Consoles Is the Worst Idea Since Virtual\u00a0Boy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/24/e3-2010-3d-console-gaming-is-the-stupidest-idea-since-virtual-boy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942504,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"it","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942062,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-03T10:10:32Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Two
        months after launching its own venture capital branch to fund advanced transportation
        projects, General Motors has made its first investment in commercial hybrid
        vehicle maker Bright Automotive.","title":"GM Ventures makes first investment
        in hybrid van maker\u00a0Bright","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/03/gm-ventures-makes-first-investment-in-hybrid-van-maker-bright/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942501,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"de","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942061,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-25T06:00:33Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"The
        holiday selling season is about to kick off and, slow economy or not, tech
        gadgets are going to be high on the wish list for a lot of us. At VentureBeat,
        we like gifts that work, that are fun, and that are affordable.","title":"VentureBeat\u2019s
        top 10 holiday gift ideas: affordable and fun gadgets that\u00a0work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/25/venturebeats-top-10-tech-gift-ideas-for-the-holidays-affordable-and-fun-gadgets-that-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942498,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:51:37Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"The
        sharing economy is taking the world by storm -- creating multi-billion dollar
        companies overnight and inspiring millennial entrepreneurs to squeeze cash
        out of anything and everything they have lying around the house.  The popularity
        of the concept isn''t surprising given Generation Y''s adoption of sustainability
        and zero-waste as a part of their lifestyle rather than a choice.  Companies,
        venture capitalists and entrepreneurs riding the sharing economy wave like
        to call it a benevolent disruption -- the organic evolution of inefficient
        markets that comes from empowering regular Americans to maximize their own
        assets.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s also first-rate spin from master manipulators
        in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.  The \"sharing economy\" is a reductive
        term that blurs the line between groundbreaking enterprises that tap into
        unused resources and charlatans looking for a quick payday.  From unauthorized
        <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airbnb-party-house-glendale-20140106-story.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"party houses\" in residential neighborhoods</a> to <a
        href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/23/sf-cracks-down-on-street-parking-cash-apps/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">profiteering from public parking spots</a>, the so-called
        sharing economy is more about greed than altruism.<br />\n<br />\nThe underlying
        concept may work in economic theory, but not in practical application.  The
        vast majority of sharing economy startups aim to build bridges between buyer
        and seller without any consideration for other audiences.  No understanding
        that private and public properties only exist in the context of the community
        and the neighbors and peers in it.  No recognition that the sale, lease or
        sharing of products and services cannot be conducted in a bubble.<br />\n<br
        />\nSuccessful businesses value consumer loyalty, but not at the cost of alienating
        everyone outside of the financial transaction.  Brands like Coca-Cola and
        Nike remain top names in spite of the occasional bump in the road because
        they build relationships while maintaining awareness of their community.  Buzzy
        sharing economy companies like Airbnb and MonkeyParking ignore this business
        truism.  In fact, they appear blind to everyone not adding to their revenue
        stream.  They come off like professional cabals of squatters who seek to circumvent
        the social compact for a few bucks.<br />\n<br />\nThese types of startups
        offer a lot of sharing without caring.  They claim to be unassociated third
        parties, taking a small fee for \"facilitating\" transactions between two
        groups interested in making a deal.  It''s the same faulty logic drug dealers
        use to deny accountability for inexcusably anti-social behavior.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe extensive public relations campaigns and the tech media industry that
        laud the power of the sharing economy are deliciously ironic.  They simultaneously
        suggest we''re all in this world together while furthering the distance between
        haves and have nots.  More importantly, they offer a glimpse into the struggle
        for the soul of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.  In the hotbed of American
        innovation, tension between millennial entrepreneurs and those outside the
        tech world is boiling over.  Protests shut down streets, bricks are thrown
        at windows and name-calling has become an art form.  From all corners of society,
        factions are at odds over rising costs, gentrification, and the #jerktech
        of the sharing economy.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s easy to view the strife as a
        culture clash between young and old, but even among millennials flocking to
        these trendy urban centers, there is a pervasive sense that the tech world
        is pushing the boundaries of good taste and public trust.  The <a href=\"http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w95a3v/glass-half-empty\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Daily Show''s report on the \"Google Glass Explorers\"
        tales of discrimination</a> went viral because it''s insightful, comedic and
        hugely depressing to watch wealthy, intelligent, successful young people so
        remarkably detached from real human connection.<br />\n<br />\nThe \"sharing,
        not caring\" phenomenon is exacerbated by major tech media outlets, which
        slavishly report on every whispered rumor and idea from big tech firms.  Take
        <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3033130/most-innovative-companies/airbnb-unveils-a-major-rebranding-effort-that-paves-the-way-for-sh?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Fast Company''s coverage of Airbnb''s new branding campaign</a>:  a
        1,500-word love letter to CEO Brian Chesky.  The fluff piece - commonplace
        in the media coverage of the sharing economy - barely touches upon the company''s
        many troubling controversies.  In the ode to the company''s genius, the reporter
        also strangely failed to recognize that the central image of the branding
        overhaul bears <a href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-new-logo-is-a-vagina-1606030746\"
        target=\"_hplink\">an uncanny resemblance to female genitalia</a>.<br />\n<br
        />\nSycophantic media outlets aside, there''s no denying the public''s shared
        hatred for waiting at the checkout line, the gas pump or box office.  Patience
        and fair play are necessary parts of life that technology can never subsume.  We
        grudgingly accept waiting as a way to stay connected with other humans - and
        remember the experience of lining up for coffee is still one of the most powerful
        ways to make friends.<br />\n<br />\nThe violation of a social compact may
        piss people off, but cheating them out of taxpayer dollars is a more serious
        offense.  <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-16/eric-schneiderman-reluctant-scourge-of-the-sharing-economy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is waging war</a>
        against armies of high-priced political and media consultants paid from Silicon
        Valley''s deepest pockets.  Their primary argument, that their businesses
        are inherently impossible to regulate, is intellectually arid.  All the lawyers,
        lobbyists and communicators in the world can''t spin away the fact that taxes
        are a necessary evil to pay for education, police and transportation services.<br
        />\n<br />\nIt takes time for the law to catch up to innovation, so there
        is no panacea on the horizon. But there are plenty of good examples of companies
        - like TaskRabbit and BlaBlaCar - that legitimately embrace collaborative
        consumption, value public trust, and don''t dodge common-sense regulation.  They
        understand that legal circumvention never works, that there is a world beyond
        their digital wallets.  They skip the public relations and instead work on
        smart solutions.<br />\n<br />\nMillennial entrepreneurs enamored with the
        sharing economy must take a step back and think about what \"sharing\" really
        means.  Think back to the first time they heard the word.  On Sesame Street
        or Barney or another kid''s show.  Right after Cookie Monster got through
        with the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw\" target=\"_hplink\">\"C
        is for Cookie\"</a> song, it was there:  \"sharing is caring.\"  It made sense
        in the simple days of childhood and more sense now. ","title":"Sharing is
        Caring.  But Not in the Sharing Economy.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-chase/sharing-is-caring-but-not-millenials_b_5618963.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942497,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:30:42Z","slug":"ca","summary":"It
        is the news you have been waiting for. You can now make selfies out of mayonnaise.  <br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.hellmanns.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Hellmann''s</a>,
        an eminent, global mayo company, devised a robotic 3D printer arm that produces
        mayonnaise selfies on burgers as part of its summer 2014 \"Life Hacks\" campaign
        in the UK. <br />\n<br />\nThe process appears to be pretty simple: A lab-coat-clad
        mayo scientist from the \"BBQ Lab\" snaps your portrait (does this disestablish
        it as a \"selfie?\"), sends the data to the 3D printer and the egotistical
        miracle materializes.<br />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns.gif\".<br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns1.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\n<img src=\"http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/hellmanns2.gif\"><br
        />\n<br />\nWhile, in the clip, Hellmann''s invites diners to top a mayo selfie
        on a burger, it seems adding the vainly squirted condiment to bread browned
        in the <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/17/toaster-selfie_n_5595905.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Selfie Toaster</a> is the only appropriate way to indulge.
        <br />\n<br />\nWe will not be looking out for trending #MayoSelfies. Instead,
        we will be making and eating cookies in protest. Join us:<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359716--HH><br
        />\n<br />\n<b><em>Want to read more from HuffPost Taste? Follow us on <a
        href=\"https://twitter.com/huffposttaste\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>,
        <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/HuffPostTaste\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>,
        <a href=\"http://pinterest.com/huffposttaste/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest</a>
        and <a href=\"http://huffposttaste.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a>.</em></b><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nH/t: <a href=\"http://eater.com/archives/2014/07/28/today-in-narcissistic-food-a-mayo-selfie-generator.php\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Eater</a> ","title":"Mayonnaise 3D-Printed Selfies Are,
        For Some Reason, Hellmann''s Idea Of Summer Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/mayo-selfies-hellmanns_n_5627234.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942060,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-11T17:02:00Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"I
        have finally finished working on All the Bad Parts, my very own Xbox Live
        indie game. Soon, I''ll get to release my personal contribution to this medium
        out into the wild, and I couldn''t be more thrilled. Of course, the only thing
        more exciting than finishing one large project is starting a brand new one;
        I just need to settle on what my next amazing indie game should be.","title":"Three
        ideas for my next indie gaming\u00a0masterpiece","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/11/title/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942493,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:51:37Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"The
        sharing economy is taking the world by storm -- creating multi-billion dollar
        companies overnight and inspiring millennial entrepreneurs to squeeze cash
        out of anything and everything they have lying around the house.  The popularity
        of the concept isn''t surprising given Generation Y''s adoption of sustainability
        and zero-waste as a part of their lifestyle rather than a choice.  Companies,
        venture capitalists and entrepreneurs riding the sharing economy wave like
        to call it a benevolent disruption -- the organic evolution of inefficient
        markets that comes from empowering regular Americans to maximize their own
        assets.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s also first-rate spin from master manipulators
        in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.  The \"sharing economy\" is a reductive
        term that blurs the line between groundbreaking enterprises that tap into
        unused resources and charlatans looking for a quick payday.  From unauthorized
        <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airbnb-party-house-glendale-20140106-story.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"party houses\" in residential neighborhoods</a> to <a
        href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/23/sf-cracks-down-on-street-parking-cash-apps/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">profiteering from public parking spots</a>, the so-called
        sharing economy is more about greed than altruism.<br />\n<br />\nThe underlying
        concept may work in economic theory, but not in practical application.  The
        vast majority of sharing economy startups aim to build bridges between buyer
        and seller without any consideration for other audiences.  No understanding
        that private and public properties only exist in the context of the community
        and the neighbors and peers in it.  No recognition that the sale, lease or
        sharing of products and services cannot be conducted in a bubble.<br />\n<br
        />\nSuccessful businesses value consumer loyalty, but not at the cost of alienating
        everyone outside of the financial transaction.  Brands like Coca-Cola and
        Nike remain top names in spite of the occasional bump in the road because
        they build relationships while maintaining awareness of their community.  Buzzy
        sharing economy companies like Airbnb and MonkeyParking ignore this business
        truism.  In fact, they appear blind to everyone not adding to their revenue
        stream.  They come off like professional cabals of squatters who seek to circumvent
        the social compact for a few bucks.<br />\n<br />\nThese types of startups
        offer a lot of sharing without caring.  They claim to be unassociated third
        parties, taking a small fee for \"facilitating\" transactions between two
        groups interested in making a deal.  It''s the same faulty logic drug dealers
        use to deny accountability for inexcusably anti-social behavior.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe extensive public relations campaigns and the tech media industry that
        laud the power of the sharing economy are deliciously ironic.  They simultaneously
        suggest we''re all in this world together while furthering the distance between
        haves and have nots.  More importantly, they offer a glimpse into the struggle
        for the soul of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.  In the hotbed of American
        innovation, tension between millennial entrepreneurs and those outside the
        tech world is boiling over.  Protests shut down streets, bricks are thrown
        at windows and name-calling has become an art form.  From all corners of society,
        factions are at odds over rising costs, gentrification, and the #jerktech
        of the sharing economy.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s easy to view the strife as a
        culture clash between young and old, but even among millennials flocking to
        these trendy urban centers, there is a pervasive sense that the tech world
        is pushing the boundaries of good taste and public trust.  The <a href=\"http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w95a3v/glass-half-empty\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Daily Show''s report on the \"Google Glass Explorers\"
        tales of discrimination</a> went viral because it''s insightful, comedic and
        hugely depressing to watch wealthy, intelligent, successful young people so
        remarkably detached from real human connection.<br />\n<br />\nThe \"sharing,
        not caring\" phenomenon is exacerbated by major tech media outlets, which
        slavishly report on every whispered rumor and idea from big tech firms.  Take
        <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3033130/most-innovative-companies/airbnb-unveils-a-major-rebranding-effort-that-paves-the-way-for-sh?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Fast Company''s coverage of Airbnb''s new branding campaign</a>:  a
        1,500-word love letter to CEO Brian Chesky.  The fluff piece - commonplace
        in the media coverage of the sharing economy - barely touches upon the company''s
        many troubling controversies.  In the ode to the company''s genius, the reporter
        also strangely failed to recognize that the central image of the branding
        overhaul bears <a href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-new-logo-is-a-vagina-1606030746\"
        target=\"_hplink\">an uncanny resemblance to female genitalia</a>.<br />\n<br
        />\nSycophantic media outlets aside, there''s no denying the public''s shared
        hatred for waiting at the checkout line, the gas pump or box office.  Patience
        and fair play are necessary parts of life that technology can never subsume.  We
        grudgingly accept waiting as a way to stay connected with other humans - and
        remember the experience of lining up for coffee is still one of the most powerful
        ways to make friends.<br />\n<br />\nThe violation of a social compact may
        piss people off, but cheating them out of taxpayer dollars is a more serious
        offense.  <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-16/eric-schneiderman-reluctant-scourge-of-the-sharing-economy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is waging war</a>
        against armies of high-priced political and media consultants paid from Silicon
        Valley''s deepest pockets.  Their primary argument, that their businesses
        are inherently impossible to regulate, is intellectually arid.  All the lawyers,
        lobbyists and communicators in the world can''t spin away the fact that taxes
        are a necessary evil to pay for education, police and transportation services.<br
        />\n<br />\nIt takes time for the law to catch up to innovation, so there
        is no panacea on the horizon. But there are plenty of good examples of companies
        - like TaskRabbit and BlaBlaCar - that legitimately embrace collaborative
        consumption, value public trust, and don''t dodge common-sense regulation.  They
        understand that legal circumvention never works, that there is a world beyond
        their digital wallets.  They skip the public relations and instead work on
        smart solutions.<br />\n<br />\nMillennial entrepreneurs enamored with the
        sharing economy must take a step back and think about what \"sharing\" really
        means.  Think back to the first time they heard the word.  On Sesame Street
        or Barney or another kid''s show.  Right after Cookie Monster got through
        with the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw\" target=\"_hplink\">\"C
        is for Cookie\"</a> song, it was there:  \"sharing is caring.\"  It made sense
        in the simple days of childhood and more sense now. ","title":"Sharing is
        Caring.  But Not in the Sharing Economy.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-chase/sharing-is-caring-but-not-millenials_b_5618963.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942059,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-09T06:00:27Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Riley Gibson is co-founder and CEO of Napkin Labs. He submitted this
        story to VentureBeat.)","title":"How the idea of ideas is killing\u00a0innovation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/09/how-the-idea-of-ideas-is-killing-innovation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942058,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942057,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"hat","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942056,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"pm","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942055,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942054,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-09T20:00:02Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"When
        the original Gears of War was released, it was met with critical acclaim on
        account of its innovative duck-and-cover gameplay, display of graphical power,
        and its seamless integration of a co-op mode in the campaign.\u00a0In addition
        to the wealth of praise that the title received, it was still met with some
        criticism \u2014 particularly, Epic Games'' use of a very gray and desaturated
        color palette.","title":"Game developers should stick to their aesthetic\u00a0ideals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/09/shades-of-grey/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942053,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942052,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"bull","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:06:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942051,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"woman","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942050,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942049,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"games","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942048,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"harry","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942047,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"prince","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942046,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"duke","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942045,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"apart","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942044,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"afternoon","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942043,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"you-wish","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942041,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"substantial","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3942042,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-26T10:19:42Z","slug":"bright-idea","summary":"Soon
        your iPhone (and/or iPad) won\u2019t just be the device you immediately reach
        for whenever a long patch of commercial interruptions comes on while watching
        a TV show.","title":"Because TVs & iPads belong together, Brightcove targets
        dual-screen Apple TV\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/26/brightcove-apple-tv-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942040,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"defence","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942039,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"keen","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942038,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"i","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:57Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3942487,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:51:37Z","slug":"fox","summary":"The
        sharing economy is taking the world by storm -- creating multi-billion dollar
        companies overnight and inspiring millennial entrepreneurs to squeeze cash
        out of anything and everything they have lying around the house.  The popularity
        of the concept isn''t surprising given Generation Y''s adoption of sustainability
        and zero-waste as a part of their lifestyle rather than a choice.  Companies,
        venture capitalists and entrepreneurs riding the sharing economy wave like
        to call it a benevolent disruption -- the organic evolution of inefficient
        markets that comes from empowering regular Americans to maximize their own
        assets.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s also first-rate spin from master manipulators
        in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.  The \"sharing economy\" is a reductive
        term that blurs the line between groundbreaking enterprises that tap into
        unused resources and charlatans looking for a quick payday.  From unauthorized
        <a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airbnb-party-house-glendale-20140106-story.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"party houses\" in residential neighborhoods</a> to <a
        href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/06/23/sf-cracks-down-on-street-parking-cash-apps/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">profiteering from public parking spots</a>, the so-called
        sharing economy is more about greed than altruism.<br />\n<br />\nThe underlying
        concept may work in economic theory, but not in practical application.  The
        vast majority of sharing economy startups aim to build bridges between buyer
        and seller without any consideration for other audiences.  No understanding
        that private and public properties only exist in the context of the community
        and the neighbors and peers in it.  No recognition that the sale, lease or
        sharing of products and services cannot be conducted in a bubble.<br />\n<br
        />\nSuccessful businesses value consumer loyalty, but not at the cost of alienating
        everyone outside of the financial transaction.  Brands like Coca-Cola and
        Nike remain top names in spite of the occasional bump in the road because
        they build relationships while maintaining awareness of their community.  Buzzy
        sharing economy companies like Airbnb and MonkeyParking ignore this business
        truism.  In fact, they appear blind to everyone not adding to their revenue
        stream.  They come off like professional cabals of squatters who seek to circumvent
        the social compact for a few bucks.<br />\n<br />\nThese types of startups
        offer a lot of sharing without caring.  They claim to be unassociated third
        parties, taking a small fee for \"facilitating\" transactions between two
        groups interested in making a deal.  It''s the same faulty logic drug dealers
        use to deny accountability for inexcusably anti-social behavior.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe extensive public relations campaigns and the tech media industry that
        laud the power of the sharing economy are deliciously ironic.  They simultaneously
        suggest we''re all in this world together while furthering the distance between
        haves and have nots.  More importantly, they offer a glimpse into the struggle
        for the soul of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.  In the hotbed of American
        innovation, tension between millennial entrepreneurs and those outside the
        tech world is boiling over.  Protests shut down streets, bricks are thrown
        at windows and name-calling has become an art form.  From all corners of society,
        factions are at odds over rising costs, gentrification, and the #jerktech
        of the sharing economy.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s easy to view the strife as a
        culture clash between young and old, but even among millennials flocking to
        these trendy urban centers, there is a pervasive sense that the tech world
        is pushing the boundaries of good taste and public trust.  The <a href=\"http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/w95a3v/glass-half-empty\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Daily Show''s report on the \"Google Glass Explorers\"
        tales of discrimination</a> went viral because it''s insightful, comedic and
        hugely depressing to watch wealthy, intelligent, successful young people so
        remarkably detached from real human connection.<br />\n<br />\nThe \"sharing,
        not caring\" phenomenon is exacerbated by major tech media outlets, which
        slavishly report on every whispered rumor and idea from big tech firms.  Take
        <a href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3033130/most-innovative-companies/airbnb-unveils-a-major-rebranding-effort-that-paves-the-way-for-sh?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company%29\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Fast Company''s coverage of Airbnb''s new branding campaign</a>:  a
        1,500-word love letter to CEO Brian Chesky.  The fluff piece - commonplace
        in the media coverage of the sharing economy - barely touches upon the company''s
        many troubling controversies.  In the ode to the company''s genius, the reporter
        also strangely failed to recognize that the central image of the branding
        overhaul bears <a href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/airbnbs-new-logo-is-a-vagina-1606030746\"
        target=\"_hplink\">an uncanny resemblance to female genitalia</a>.<br />\n<br
        />\nSycophantic media outlets aside, there''s no denying the public''s shared
        hatred for waiting at the checkout line, the gas pump or box office.  Patience
        and fair play are necessary parts of life that technology can never subsume.  We
        grudgingly accept waiting as a way to stay connected with other humans - and
        remember the experience of lining up for coffee is still one of the most powerful
        ways to make friends.<br />\n<br />\nThe violation of a social compact may
        piss people off, but cheating them out of taxpayer dollars is a more serious
        offense.  <a href=\"http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-16/eric-schneiderman-reluctant-scourge-of-the-sharing-economy\"
        target=\"_hplink\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is waging war</a>
        against armies of high-priced political and media consultants paid from Silicon
        Valley''s deepest pockets.  Their primary argument, that their businesses
        are inherently impossible to regulate, is intellectually arid.  All the lawyers,
        lobbyists and communicators in the world can''t spin away the fact that taxes
        are a necessary evil to pay for education, police and transportation services.<br
        />\n<br />\nIt takes time for the law to catch up to innovation, so there
        is no panacea on the horizon. But there are plenty of good examples of companies
        - like TaskRabbit and BlaBlaCar - that legitimately embrace collaborative
        consumption, value public trust, and don''t dodge common-sense regulation.  They
        understand that legal circumvention never works, that there is a world beyond
        their digital wallets.  They skip the public relations and instead work on
        smart solutions.<br />\n<br />\nMillennial entrepreneurs enamored with the
        sharing economy must take a step back and think about what \"sharing\" really
        means.  Think back to the first time they heard the word.  On Sesame Street
        or Barney or another kid''s show.  Right after Cookie Monster got through
        with the <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw\" target=\"_hplink\">\"C
        is for Cookie\"</a> song, it was there:  \"sharing is caring.\"  It made sense
        in the simple days of childhood and more sense now. ","title":"Sharing is
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        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:57Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:57Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942036,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"johnson","summary":"The
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        Horse\u2019s free-to-play game Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is more than a year
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        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:56Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:56Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942028,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:55Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:55Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942024,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"1997","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:55Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:55Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942023,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"gibson","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:55Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:55Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942022,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"ian-gibson","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:55Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:55Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942021,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"ian","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
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        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:55Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942020,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"non-director","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        has raised $15 million to make dental care more accessible and\u00a0affordable.","title":"Smile!
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942015,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"refinery","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942014,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"isolate-it","summary":"The
        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942013,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"arms","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942012,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"us-state-department","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:54Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942011,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"credit-suisse","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:53Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:53Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942009,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:53Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:53Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942008,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"securities-and-exchange","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:53Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:53Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942007,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"clutch","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:53Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:53Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942006,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"swiss-bank","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:53Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:53Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3942005,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"ubs","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        website of the European Central Bank has been hacked, with personal information
        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
        Central Bank website hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:49Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28458323#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:05:49Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941990,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:34:08Z","slug":"catchy","summary":"The
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        stolen, but the bank says no market sensitive data was compromised.","title":"European
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        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:27Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:26Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941814,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"morrisons","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:26Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:25Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941813,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"kantar","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:25Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:24Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941812,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"waitrose","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:24Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:23Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941811,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"aldi","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:23Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:23Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941810,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"delve","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:23Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:23Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941809,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"lidl","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:23Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:22Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941808,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"daily-telegraph","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:22Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:21Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941807,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"a6","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:21Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:20Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941806,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"carat","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:20Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:20Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941805,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"be-here","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:20Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:20Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941804,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"the-machine","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:20Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:19Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941803,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:19Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:19Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941802,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:49:59Z","slug":"bp","summary":"Amazon
        reports a loss of $126m in the second quarter and warns of slowing sales.","title":"Amazon
        reports $126m quarterly loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:19Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28473350#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:19Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941801,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:19Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:19Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941800,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"hat","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:19Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941799,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"pm","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941798,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941797,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"we","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941796,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941795,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"bull","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941794,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:18Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941793,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"harry","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941792,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"prince","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941791,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"duke","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:17Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941790,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"apart","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:17Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:16Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941789,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:56:29Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Watchdogs
        are told that Google has complied with more than 45,000 requests for links
        to be erased from its European search results.","title":"Google quizzed over
        deleted links","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:16Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28458194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:09Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941788,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"major-league-baseball","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:09Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:07Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941787,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"losing-weight","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:07Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:05Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941786,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"carrots","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:05Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941785,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"george","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:02Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941784,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:02Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941783,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"hat","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941782,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"avant","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941781,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"pm","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941780,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:01Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941779,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"we","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:01Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941778,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941777,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"bull","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:00Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941776,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"woman","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:02:00Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941775,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941774,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941773,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:59Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941772,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"games","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:59Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941771,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"harry","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941770,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"prince","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941769,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"duke","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941768,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"apart","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941767,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:48:42Z","slug":"first-impressions","summary":"A
        Russian satellite containing geckos could plummet to earth if control is not
        regained, according to reports.","title":"Gecko sex satellite ''not responding''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28490744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941766,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"span","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941765,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"c-span","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941764,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"c","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941763,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"virgin-america","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:52Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941762,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941761,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"herbalife","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941760,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"immense","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941759,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-24T08:00:00Z","slug":"bodega","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Fernando describes the two Capcom NYC \u201cFight Club\u201d events
        he attended, and ponders why the last one, a tease for Super Street Fighter
        4, didn\u2019t live up to the first. -Demian","title":"Capcom\u2019s NYC Fight
        Club: Not So Underground\u00a0Anymore?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/24/capcoms-nyc-fight-club-not-so-underground-anymore/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941758,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-18T15:23:33Z","slug":"bodega","summary":"Since
        a smartphone is such an attractor for thieves, what if you couldn\u2019t sell
        a used one without proof of ownership? That\u2019s the idea behind a new bill
        introduced Friday in the New York State Legislature.","title":"Psst! Wanna
        buy a smartphone? Got\u00a0papers!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/18/psst-wanna-buy-a-smartphone-got-papers/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941757,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"ak","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941756,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"urge","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941755,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-14T09:22:31Z","slug":"hospital-of-the-university-of-pennsylvania","summary":"Pittsburgh-based
        Logical Therapeutics, a developer of drugs for inflammation and metabolic
        disease, raised $30 million in a second funding round and announced it is
        moving its headquarters to a location \u201cnear Boston.\u201d (What are the
        odds that the new location might be Cambridge, the hub of biotech and pharma
        activity in the region?)","title":"Logical Therapeutics raises $30M, relocates
        to Boston\u00a0area","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/14/logical-therapeutics-raises-30m-relocates-to-boston-area/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941754,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-01T13:08:52Z","slug":"hospital-of-the-university-of-pennsylvania","summary":"The
        super grid, the focus of this week\u2019s\u00a0GreenBeat 2010 conference,
        isn\u2019t just the domain of huge companies like GE and Cisco. The opportunities
        to create a clean, self-healing energy network, dynamically integrate renewable
        energy and local power sources, and automatically lower electricity demand
        are so big that startups are finding numerous niches to exploit. Besides the
        10 startups presenting at GreenBeat\u2019s Innovation Competition, here are
        nine more worth watching.","title":"9 more startups charging the Super\u00a0Grid","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/01/9-more-startups-charging-the-super-grid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941753,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-28T18:04:13Z","slug":"hospital-of-the-university-of-pennsylvania","summary":"What
        do family trees and mobile app discovery have in common? Read a round up of
        today\u2019s funding news to find\u00a0out.","title":"Funding Daily: Wacky\u00a0Wednesday","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/28/funding-daily-wacky-wednesday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941752,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T17:40:47Z","slug":"hospital-of-the-university-of-pennsylvania","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Fourteen startups presented at the Rock Health startup accelerator demo
        event, sharing their approaches to improving health care in\u00a0America.","title":"Rock
        Health startups whipping health care industry into\u00a0shape","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/rock-health-startups-whipping-healthcare-industry-into-shape/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941751,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"amc-networks","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:38Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941750,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:38Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:38Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941749,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"hat-trick","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:38Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:38Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941748,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"hat","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:38Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941747,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"hat","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941746,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"pm","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941745,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941744,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941743,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"bull","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941742,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"woman","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:37Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941741,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941740,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941738,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"bull","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941739,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"amc","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941737,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"woman","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941736,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-12T13:34:35Z","slug":"sunquest-information-systems","summary":"An
        Ernst & Young report about mergers and acquisitions in quarter 3 reveal that
        while deal value is down amidst global economic uncertainty, volume remains\u00a0strong.","title":"Technology
        companies sideline major acquisitions to make smaller, more strategic\u00a0purchases","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/12/technology-companies-sideline-major-acquisitions-to-make-smaller-more-strategic-purchases/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941735,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"harry","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941734,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"prince","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941733,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941732,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"duke","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941731,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"apart","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:36Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:35Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941730,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T12:12:08Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Administrators
        have imposed a ban on Wikipedia alterations from the US House of Representatives,
        following \"persistent disruptive editing\".","title":"Wikipedia blocks US
        Congress edits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:35Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28481876#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:35Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941729,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"games","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:35Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:35Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941727,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"harry","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:35Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941728,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"6","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:34Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941726,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"prince","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:34Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:34Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941725,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"duke","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:34Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:34Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941724,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"apart","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:34Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:34Z","domain":"bbc.co.uk","id":3941723,"news_source":"BBC","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:31:27Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"A
        struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere
        at their matches - by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.","title":"Absent
        fans get robot to do cheering","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:34Z","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28484536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=publicrss20-sa"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941722,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-12T09:57:03Z","slug":"raven-biotechnologies","summary":"(UPDATED:
        See below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Nov. 12,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/12/life-sciences-briefing-monday-nov-12-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941720,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-25T07:18:59Z","slug":"raven-biotechnologies","summary":"(NOTE:
        Apologies \u2014 especially to RSS readers \u2014 if you\u2019ve seen this
        post before, but an apparent server error ate it late yesterday and I was
        only able to recover it this morning. Enjoy, or ignore, as seems most fit.)","title":"Bioroundup:
        Stem-cell science and money, genetic tests go political, clinical-trial data
        woes, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/25/bioroundup-stem-cell-science-and-money-genetic-tests-go-political-clinical-trial-data-woes-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941721,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941719,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-28T10:28:30Z","slug":"raven-biotechnologies","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Friday, March 28,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/28/life-science-briefing-friday-march-28-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:31Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941718,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"gimme","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:31Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941717,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-02-19T10:11:40Z","slug":"telsima","summary":"New
        Enterprise Associates, the large venture capital firm with offices in Silicon
        Valley and the East Coast, said it has expanded its operations in India.","title":"NEA
        expands Indian mid- and late-stage\u00a0investments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/19/nea-expands-indian-mid-and-late-stage-investments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941716,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-03T13:28:53Z","slug":"telsima","summary":"Vinod
        Dham has lived the quintessential Silicon Valley rags to riches immigrant
        story. Born in Pune, India, he came to the U.S. in 1975 as an engineering
        student with just $8 in his pocket. He became a chip engineer and helped invent
        Intel\u2019s first flash memory chip.\u00a0 He went on to manage Intel\u2019s
        microprocessor projects, including the breakaway Pentium chip that debuted
        in 1993 and cemented the company\u2019s position as the world\u2019s biggest
        chip maker. He handled the bad press on the Pentium\u2019s bug and later joined
        Intel rivals NexGen and Advanced Micro Devices. He became the CEO of Silicon
        Spice, which he sold to Broadcom for $1.2 billion in 2000. Then he became
        a venture capitalist, first at NewPath Ventures and now at NEA-IndoUS Ventures,
        where his aim is to give something back to his native India. ","title":"Interview
        with Vinod Dham, father of the Pentium, on a life in technology and venture\u00a0investing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/03/interview-with-vinod-dham-father-of-the-pentium-on-a-life-in-technology-and-venture-investing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941714,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-12-14T20:20:33Z","slug":"telsima","summary":"Telsima,
        of Santa Clara, is the latest company to raise more venture capital to pursue
        a WiMAX strategy.","title":"Telsima raises money for\u00a0WiMAX","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/12/14/telsima-raises-money-for-wimax/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941715,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"blablacar","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:29Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:27Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941713,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"34","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941712,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-23T10:52:31Z","slug":"imclone-systems","summary":"Now
        that AstraZeneca has made the bold \u2014 or impulsive \u2014 decision to
        snap up MedImmune for $15.6 billion in cash, one big question is whether the
        U.K. pharmaceutical giant has kicked Big Pharma\u2019s appetite for biotech
        acquisitions into high gear.","title":"AstraZeneca ups the biotech\u00a0ante","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/23/astrazeneca-ups-the-biotech-ante/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:25Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941711,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"time-warner","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:25Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:24Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941710,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"reason","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:24Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:22Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941709,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:15Z","slug":"e","summary":"As
        fast-food workers, we prepare burgers and fries, not balance sheets. We struggle
        to survive from paycheck to paycheck, without million-dollar annual bonuses
        or second homes. We often work behind the scenes\u2014or counters, getting
        little of the credit for billions of dollars in company profits. And yet,
        fast-food workers don\u2019t just have the attention of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240827&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"I\u2019ve worked at McDonald\u2019s
        for 10 years and still make $7.35 an hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:22Z","url":"http://qz.com/240827/ive-worked-at-mcdonalds-for-10-years-and-still-make-7-35-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941708,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-04T01:03:59Z","slug":"librarything","summary":"Toyota
        working on Segway killer \u2014 The transportation robot is called Winglet
        and comes in three sizes. See screenshot, via ZDnet.","title":"Roundup: Agami
        shuts down, Amazon''s new book-site collection, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/04/roundup-agami-shuts-down-amazons-new-book-site-collection-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941707,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-04T08:00:03Z","slug":"librarything","summary":"Forgive
        Otis Chandler if he still believes people read paper artifacts like books.
        His grandfather and namesake, after all, was the publisher of the Los Angeles
        Times.","title":"GoodReads shows that people still read and love their\u00a0books","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/04/goodreads-shows-that-people-still-read-and-love-their-books/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941706,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-26T04:17:23Z","slug":"librarything","summary":"Amazon
        buys social network for book lovers \u2014 Shelfari, a small social network
        for bibliophiles, has been acquired by Amazon.com, according to John Cook
        at the Seattle PI. Amazon also has a stake in Shelfari\u2019s main competitor,
        LibraryThing.Internet Explorer to subtract some ads \u2014 A feature called
        InPrivate Blocking will stop tracking pixels that help advertisers see where
        you have been on the web, while another privacy feature will prevent information
        like cookies and browsing history from being saved.  China considers a stimulus
        package \u2014 The growth of China often pointed to as proof that the credit
        slowdown won\u2019t cause a global slump. But if the country is considering
        a stimulus, that may indicate that matters are worse than expected.  Triphub
        gets deadpooled \u2014 TechCrunch has the post-mortem on the Seattle-based
        travel site.  Set-top box maker Vudu goes through layoffs \u2014 Hard-pressed
        set-top box maker Vudu, which most recently added hi-def porn to its offerings,
        appears to be suffering through some layoffs. States group sues EPA \u2014
        A group of 12 states is suing the Environmental Protection Agency for refusing
        to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, a fairly necessary step in convincing
        industry to switch to cleaner power sources. Micro-batteries built on viral
        assembly line \u2014 MIT researchers have coaxed viruses into building a dense,
        miniaturized battery that could be biocompatible, giving fanboys hope of one
        day embedding an iPhone in their arm.","title":"Roundup: Amazon takes over
        reader social networking, IE8 to subtract ads, bad signs from China and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/26/roundup-amazon-takes-over-reader-social-networking-ie8-to-subtract-ads-bad-signs-from-china-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941705,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-08T09:59:27Z","slug":"librarything","summary":"Twitter
        fever is catching on. Goodreads is announcing today that it is launching a
        Twitter-like feature on its book reader\u2019s social network. With it, members
        can list the books they\u2019re currently reading. They can also say what
        page they\u2019re on and make a comment up to 140 characters.","title":"Goodreads
        adds Twitter-like status updates for book\u00a0readers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/08/goodsreads-adds-twitter-like-status-updates-for-book-readers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941704,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"apart","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941703,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"apart","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941702,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"2050","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941701,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"2050","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941700,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941699,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"kris","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941698,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941697,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941696,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"kris","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941695,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"ron","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941694,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"lid","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941693,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"ron","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941692,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"lid","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941691,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941690,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-05T12:00:43Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Zynga
        is launching FarmVille 2 for those who want a better hands-on farming\u00a0experience.","title":"With
        FarmVille 2, Zynga wants to reawaken the farmer in all of\u00a0us","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/05/farmville-2-zynga/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941689,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941688,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-14T08:49:40Z","slug":"etour","summary":"HP
        may have failed at smartphones once before, but the company knows it can\u2019t
        be absent from the market for\u00a0long.","title":"HP CEO Meg Whitman: \u2018Our
        next smartphone has to be done\u00a0right\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/14/hp-ceo-whitman-smartphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941687,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-17T08:31:08Z","slug":"etour","summary":"HP
        is working to revamp its PC design, as the company loses ground to Apple,
        Lenovo, and the post-PC\u00a0era.","title":"HP hasn\u2019t kept up with Apple\u2019s
        PC design innovation, says CEO Meg\u00a0Whitman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/17/hp-pc-design-apple-innovation-whitman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941686,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-01T08:00:50Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Zynga\u2019s
        FarmVille 2 is starting to look like a\u00a0winner.","title":"Zynga turns
        on the viral charm with FarmVille\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/01/zynga-turns-on-the-viral-charm-with-farmville-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941685,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-11T10:16:34Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Marco
        Arment\u2019s new iOS publication is yet another experiment on the model of
        digital publishing, but don\u2019t hold your breath for an Android\u00a0version.","title":"Instapaper
        founder launches iPad magazine, doubts it would work on\u00a0Android","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/11/instapaper-arment-magazine-ios/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941684,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-19T11:30:27Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Guest
        Post Platform-as-a-Service, or PaaS, has the opportunity to transform application
        development as we know it. Yet a piece in VentureBeat earlier this month did
        little to expand the definition of PaaS beyond deploying\u00a0apps.","title":"Platform
        as a Service is so much more than deploying\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/19/platform-as-a-service-is-so-much-more-than-deploying-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941683,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-31T03:00:03Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Disney\u2019s
        purchase of Lucasfilm will bring the world three new Star Wars movies (Episodes
        7, 8, and 9) and many news ways for the company to boost its digital media\u00a0revenue.","title":"Lucasfilm/\u2019Star
        Wars\u2019 acquisition gives Disney a bright digital media\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/31/lucasfilmstar-wars-acquisition-gives-disney-a-bright-digital-media-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941682,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-19T10:30:59Z","slug":"etour","summary":"How
        did all the third-party ports fare on Nintendo\u2019s new hardware? We run
        down the best and the rest from the Wii U\u2019s launch-title\u00a0lineup.","title":"The
        Wii U launch title review\u00a0roundup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/19/the-wii-u-launch-title-review-round-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941681,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941680,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941679,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-28T04:31:33Z","slug":"etour","summary":"The
        four winners of the startup competition at MIDEM, a music industry conference
        in Cannes, France, show new ways to play and share\u00a0music.","title":"Four
        hot new music startups:\u00a0Songful, Jamplify, Stageit,\u00a0Audience.fm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/28/midem-award-winners-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941678,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-05T13:59:07Z","slug":"etour","summary":"You
        probably don\u2019t spend a lot of time enjoying the artistic merits of Dead
        Space since everything\u2019s constantly trying to kill you, but you should.
        Take a deep breath, calm down, and enjoy a few (non-gory) concept pieces from
        The Art of Dead\u00a0Space.","title":"All-new images from The Art of Dead\u00a0Space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/05/all-new-images-from-the-art-of-dead-space/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941677,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-11T20:44:25Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Tesla
        CEO Elon Musk threatened to release the driving logs of a reviewer\u2019s
        car, after the reviewer claimed that the Model S has shorter than expected\u00a0range.","title":"Tesla
        isn\u2019t taking criticism lying down, will publish reviewer\u2019s driving\u00a0log","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/11/tesla-times-review-dispute/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941676,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-21T12:31:16Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The version of Graph Search you\u2019re using right now is just a wee
        little baby demo version of the real thing. Here\u2019s what\u2019s around
        the\u00a0corner.","title":"Here\u2019s what Facebook Graph Search is doing\u00a0next","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/21/facebook-graph-search/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941675,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941674,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-29T12:45:51Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Dating
        site HowAboutWe announced the launch of its new Couples product in San Francisco
        today, intended to help people in relationships have as much fun as their
        single\u00a0peers.","title":"HowAboutWe expands Couples product to keep the
        flames of love\u00a0alive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/29/howaboutwe-expands-couples-product-to-keep-the-flames-of-love-alive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941673,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-03T01:09:39Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Travel
        startups are some of the most fun and easy-to-relate-to businesses for consumers.
        These European startups are tapping that and showing people the best things
        to do while they\u00a0travel.","title":"These young European startups show
        you the best things to do when you\u00a0travel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/03/european-travel-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941672,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941671,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-11T06:00:16Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Lego
        Marvel Super Heroes carries the Lego-game torch of clever parody mixed with
        geek-worthy team-ups from across the Marvel Universe, but the gameplay itself
        feels too gentle for most\u00a0grown-ups.","title":"Lego Marvel Super Heroes:
        Y\u2019know \u2026 for kids\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/lego-marvel-super-heroes-yknow-for-kids-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941670,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941669,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T09:36:19Z","slug":"etour","summary":"\u201cThe
        main question we wanted to address is, \u2018What apps do my friends have,''\u201d
        said PowerSlyde CEO Brett Bauer. \u201cIt\u2019s completely consumer-focused;
        it\u2019s all about the\u00a0user.\u201d","title":"PowerSlyde launches on
        Android to make app sharing smarter & easier\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/powerslyde-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941668,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-14T08:00:33Z","slug":"etour","summary":"The
        company\u2019s Gbanga framework creates an overlay on the real world that
        you can view through your Android\u00a0device.","title":"Millform launches
        its augmented-reality mafia game Gbanga Famiglia\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/14/millform-launches-its-augmented-reality-mafia-game-gbanga-famiglia-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941667,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-16T17:25:53Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Nexon
        has formed a strategic relationship with the former chief game designer at\u00a0Zynga","title":"Nexon
        invests in Brian Reynolds\u2019 SecretNewCo game\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/16/nexon-invests-in-brian-reynolds-secretnewco-game-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941666,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941665,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-20T08:30:31Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Guest
        Post If you\u2019re a creator who likes money, you should really know about
        the new era of \u201cShare Economy.\u201d Here\u2019s\u00a0why.","title":"Why
        content creators should know about the new \u2018Share\u00a0Economy\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/20/why-content-creators-should-know-about-the-new-share-economy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941664,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-10T22:30:30Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Sexism
        in the world of technology isn\u2019t good for any of us, ever. This is a
        problem for all of us. No\u00a0exceptions.","title":"Sexism in tech is everyone\u2019s\u00a0problem","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/10/sexism-in-tech-is-everyones-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941663,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-11T09:13:11Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Guest
        Post Three years after Thiel started giving teens $100,000 to ditch college
        and launch startups instead, there don\u2019t seem to be any success\u00a0stories.","title":"Peter
        Thiel promised flying cars; we got caffeine spray\u00a0instead","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/11/peter-thiel-promised-flying-cars-instead-we-got-caffeine-spray/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941662,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-22T19:51:42Z","slug":"etour","summary":"It\u2019s
        no secret how much resentment the gaming press and community holds against
        publishers for their rather shady DLC practices. A recent DLC announcement
        for a personal favorite game series reminds me of how we \u2013 as consumers-
        let them get away with\u00a0it.","title":"WWE 2K14\u2019s DLC announcement
        reminds me what publishers get away\u00a0with.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/22/wwe-2k14s-dlc-announcement-reminds-me-what-publishers-get-away-with/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941661,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-08T11:30:22Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Guest
        Post You heard it here first \u2014 within a few years, it will be rare to
        see an advanced web app that isn\u2019t running some JavaScript on the\u00a0server.","title":"The
        future of web apps is \u2014 ready? \u2014 isomorphic\u00a0JavaScript","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/08/the-future-of-web-apps-is-ready-isomorphic-javascript/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941660,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
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        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941659,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-11T21:07:29Z","slug":"etour","summary":"It\u2019s
        not perfect, but GTA 5 is still an amazing\u00a0game.","title":"Close, but
        you can still smoke that cigar \u2013 Grand Theft Auto\u00a0V","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/11/close-but-you-can-still-smoke-that-cigar-grand-theft-auto-v/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941658,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-25T00:01:35Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Castlevania:
        Lords of Shadow 2 cuts the hodge podge of its predecessor for a more consistent\u00a0experience.","title":"Castlevania:
        Lords of Shadow 2 is a much more focused experience than its predecessor\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/25/the-lords-of-shadow-series-finds-its-identity-in-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-2-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941657,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-22T04:42:56Z","slug":"etour","summary":"I\u2019ll
        admit it and tell anyone: I\u2019m not a gamer. I\u2019d rather spend my time
        crafting essays, articles and books instead of pressing A or X or figuring
        out what that button on the back of the Xbox One controller does.","title":"A
        non-gamer\u2019s first look at Project Spark beta on Xbox\u00a0One","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/22/a-non-gamers-first-look-at-project-spark-beta-on-xbox-one/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941656,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T08:34:06Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Guest
        Post Cross-device advertising is no longer hypothetical \u2014 but now we
        need to make sense of it\u00a0all.","title":"The next step for digital ads:
        Properly measuring campaigns across all\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/the-next-step-for-digital-ads-properly-measuring-campaigns-across-all-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941655,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T11:30:21Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Black
        Gold Online is a different kind of MMO: You ride giant mechs and must deal
        with a \u201cwanted\u201d meter as you explore its\u00a0realm.","title":"Black
        Gold Online brings a \u2018Red Dead Titanfall\u2019 vibe to online fantasy
        games\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/black-gold-online-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941654,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T00:56:40Z","slug":"etour","summary":"The
        ambitious new property from Ubisoft makes some bold claims and backs a lot
        of it\u00a0up.","title":"You\u2019re the king of Watch Dogs\u2019 open world
        \u2014 until the story hacks into it\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/youre-the-king-of-watch-dogs-open-world-until-the-story-hacks-into-it-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941653,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T09:30:01Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Independent
        developer Spry Fox takes a look at life and its puzzling mechanics in Road
        Not\u00a0Taken.","title":"Triple Town developer\u2019s next game is more than
        puzzling. It\u2019s therapy\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/triple-town-developers-next-game-is-more-than-puzzling-its-therapy-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941652,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T10:15:54Z","slug":"etour","summary":"As
        mobile games grow in importance, it\u2019s a challege for E3 to grow with\u00a0them.","title":"Why
        this one man always gets the best seats at E3\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/why-mike-gallagher-always-gets-the-best-seat-at-e3-events-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941651,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-14T09:57:17Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Legally, Tesla could still charge for access to its patented technologies.
        But it almost certainly won\u2019t. The benefits of fostering a standard platform
        for electric car tech far outweigh short term revenue gains from paid licensing
        agreements. And that mindset demonstrates that, at its core, Tesla is a tech
        company, not a car\u00a0company.","title":"Here\u2019s what Tesla\u2019s \u2018good
        faith\u2019 patent stance actually\u00a0means","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/14/heres-what-teslas-good-faith-patent-stance-actually-means/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941650,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-28T13:55:53Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"On
        Saturday, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia <a href=\"http://blog.aereo.com/2014/06/letter-consumers-standing-together-innovation-progress-technology-update-aereo/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">announced</a> that his company would \"pause our operations
        temporarily\" after a Supreme Court decision <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">struck a major blow</a> to its business model.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe 2-year-old startup threatened to upend the broadcast television industry
        by setting up small antennas in about dozen U.S. cities to pick up broadcast
        TV channels and streams those signals to computers, smartphones and other
        devices. The service was available for $8 a month.<br />\n<br />\nThose broadcast
        signals from Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS are available for free to anyone with an
        antenna, but cable companies like Comcast are required to pay billions in
        fees for the right to include their channels in cable packages. In a <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">6-3 decision</a>, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court
        ruling, maintaining that Aereo was infringing broadcasters'' copyrights by
        retransmitted their programming. <br />\n<br />\nThe ruling was a big victory
        for broadcasters and cable companies, who worried that a decision favoring
        Aereo would open the floodgates for similar businesses that would drive consumers
        away from high-cost TV packages. <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/aereo-supreme-court_n_5500897.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Critics contend</a> that services like Aereo gave consumers
        more choices and that the Supreme Court decision gives broadcasters more power
        to raise prices.<br />\n<br />\nRead Kanoija''s entire blog post below:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote><br />\n<br />\n<em>\"The world hates change, yet
        it is the only thing that has brought progress.\"</em> \u2013 Charles Kettering,
        inventor, entrepreneur, innovator & philanthropist <br />\n<br />\nA little
        over three years ago, our team embarked on a journey to improve the consumer
        television experience, using technology to create a smart, cloud-based television
        antenna consumers could use to access live over the air broadcast television.<br
        />\n<br />\nOn Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court reversed a lower
        Court decision in favor of Aereo, dealing a massive setback to consumers.<br
        />\n<br />\nAs a result of that decision, our case has been returned to the
        lower Court. We have decided to pause our operations temporarily as we consult
        with the court and map out our next steps. You will be able to access your
        cloud-based antenna and DVR only until 11:30 a.m. ET today. All of our users
        will be refunded their last paid month. If you have questions about your account,
        please email support@aereo.com or tweet us @AereoSupport.<br />\n<br />\nThe
        spectrum that the broadcasters use to transmit over the air programming belongs
        to the American public and we believe you should have a right to access that
        live programming whether your antenna sits on the roof of your home, on top
        of your television or in the cloud.<br />\n<br />\nOn behalf of the entire
        team at Aereo, thank you for the outpouring of support. It has been staggering
        and we are so grateful for your emails, Tweets and Facebook posts. Keep your
        voices loud and sign up for updates at ProtectMyAntenna.org \u2013 our journey
        is far from done.<br />\n<br />\nYours truly,<br />\n<br />\nChet Kanojia</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Aereo Goes Dark After Major Supreme
        Court Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/aereo-suspension-operatio_n_5539559.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941649,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
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        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941648,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T08:34:18Z","slug":"etour","summary":"A
        rogue \u2018ad network\u2019 site traced to Australia may be the work of Russian
        cyber criminals running an online hostage\u00a0scam.","title":"Rogue \u2018ad
        network\u2019 site likely infected thousands of users, still\u00a0operational","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/rogue-ad-network-site-likely-infected-thousands-of-users-still-operational/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941647,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T16:30:02Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Plenty
        of money to be made in the mobile business, it\u00a0seems.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Mobile this, mobile\u00a0that","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/funding-daily-mobile-this-mobile-that/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941646,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T18:30:37Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Guest
        Post You touch down at 10 p.m., and as you pass through the main terminal,
        your favorite car service welcomes you to the city and asks if you want a
        driver to take you to the hotel saved in your trip management\u00a0app.","title":"Here\u2019s
        how the future of travel looks, powered by mobile &\u00a0beacons","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/heres-how-the-future-of-travel-looks-powered-by-mobile-beacons/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941645,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941644,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T08:50:39Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Free
        spirits, bright colors, and quirky\u00a0music could easily describe any San
        Francisco scene, but nothing fit that description better than a crowd of young
        San Franciscans gathered for a dance party before heading to work on a recent
        morning.","title":"Why San Francisco techies are getting in on the morning
        (sober) dance party\u00a0trend","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/why-san-francisco-techies-are-getting-in-on-the-morning-sober-dance-party-trend/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941643,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941642,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T19:30:04Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Guest
        Post Products are sold because they solve a problem or fill a need. Understanding
        problems and needs involves understanding customers and what makes them\u00a0tick.","title":"What
        job really needs to be done? Take 2 minutes to find out\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/what-job-really-needs-to-be-done-take-2-minutes-to-find-out-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941641,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-03T21:00:55Z","slug":"etour","summary":"Game
        designer Will Wright has moved on to new things. But Tim LeTourneau has been
        with The Sims game development teams since before the first game launched
        a decade ago. Now he is the vice president and general manager of The Sims
        Studio at Electronic Arts. EA says that the video game franchise has now sold
        more than 125 million units across 60 countries. Like a machine, EA has produced
        45 different versions of the game, launching The Sims 2 in 2004 and The Sims
        3 in 2009 as base games for expansion titles. We caught up with LeTourneau
        for an interview about the occasion.","title":"Interview with Tim LeTourneau
        on 10 years of making The\u00a0Sims","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/03/interview-with-tim-letourneau-on-10-years-of-making-the-sims/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941640,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-15T06:00:15Z","slug":"etour","summary":"New
        York startup SideTour has finally launched its marketplace for fun and wide-ranging
        experiences in Chicago, giving the young company a chance to test its concept
        in a second city.","title":"New York\u2019s SideTour brings its engaging real-world
        \u2018experiences\u2019 to\u00a0Chicago","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/15/sidetour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941639,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T01:00:04Z","slug":"etour","summary":"On
        Thursday Russia\u2019s hot online travel market saw its third major venture
        funding operation in one month as\u00a0OnlineTours, a reseller of package
        tours, closed a $7 million Series B round.","title":"Russian online travel
        market heats up with $7M international investment into\u00a0OnlineTours","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/russian-online-travel-market-heats-up-with-7m-international-investment-into-onlinetours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941638,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941637,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941636,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941635,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941634,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941633,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-06-30T17:57:04Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"The
        Internet <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">erupted in anger</a> this weekend after discovering that
        Facebook attempted to manipulate the emotions of hundreds of thousands of
        people in 2012 as part of an experimental look into the power of its News
        Feed.<br />\n<br />\nCoincidentally, the lead researcher of the controversial
        Facebook project is suddenly having some <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">second thoughts</a> about the whole thing. <br />\n<br
        />\nAdam Kramer, the data scientist at Facebook in charge of the study, wrote
        <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">a
        mea culpa</a> of sorts on Sunday afternoon. In it, he said he never intended
        to hurt any of the 700,000 people affected by the study, which looked at how
        one''s emotional state was altered by changes in News Feeds -- the main stream
        of status updates and photos seen when Facebook is first opened.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"I can tell you that our goal was never to upset anyone,\" <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Kramer wrote on Facebook</a>. \"I can understand why some
        people have concerns about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the
        way the paper described the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight,
        the research benefits of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.\"
        <br />\n<br />\nKramer''s major regret is that he and his colleagues didn''t
        adequately explain why they conducted the study in the first place. The reason,
        he said, was that they were trying to make Facebook into a better product
        by better understanding the people who use it.<br />\n<br />\nYou can read
        his entire note here (or at the bottom of this post):<br />\n<br />\n<div
        id=\"fb-root\"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src
        = \"//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,
        fjs); }(document, ''script'', ''facebook-jssdk''));</script><br />\n<div class=\"fb-post\"
        data-href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" data-width=\"466\"><div
        class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\">Post</a>
        by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer\">Adam D. I. Kramer</a>.</div></div><br
        />\n<p><br />\nFor a week in January 2012, Facebook <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">tweaked</a> the frequency of posts deemed \"positive\"
        or \"negative\" in test subjects'' News Feeds. The researchers found that
        the group who saw more positive posts wrote more effusively on Facebook a
        few days later, which seemed to confirm the hypothesis that emotions are \"contagious\"
        on social networks.<br />\n<br />\nFacebook <a href=\"http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788\"
        target=\"_hplink\">published its findings</a> in the Proceedings of the National
        Academy of Sciences two weeks ago, and the reaction was swift once it was
        picked by the media. Critics jumped on the company for not informing Facebook
        users they were part of an experiment -- especially <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">since negative emotions were shown to be contagious, too</a>.
        Others shrugged off the study, saying it was simply par for the course for
        Facebook. <br />\n<br />\nBut the further people dug, the more problems they
        found with the way Facebook performed its research. The complaints fell into
        three main buckets:<br />\n<br />\n1. <strong>IT WAS BAD SCIENCE</strong>:
        Supposedly, Facebook did a bad job at measuring the very basic thing it was
        trying to measure: mood. <a href=\"http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/06/23/emotional-contagion-on-facebook-more-like-bad-research-methods/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Writing at Psych Central</a>, psychologist John Grohol
        noted that the study infers someone''s emotional state by counting number
        of predetermined \"positive\" and \"negative\" words. So an obviously depressive
        snippet of text like \"I''m not having a great day\" will actually be read
        as positive since it says \"great day.\"<br />\n<br />\n2. <strong>OTHER SCIENTISTS
        CAN''T COPY IT</strong>: Other scientists <a href=\"https://twitter.com/margafret/status/483615030722584577\"
        target=\"_hplink\">can''t replicate the research</a> -- a must in science,
        where things need to be tested again and again. Why? Because Facebook keeps
        its (i.e., your) data under lock and key. Remember, Facebook isn''t a college;
        it''s a business.<br />\n<br />\n3. <strong>IT WAS A LITLE BIT UNETHICAL</strong>:
        Facebook failed to be meet a basic ethical standard used at universities everywhere.
        While everyone on Facebook consented to having their data used in research
        when they signed up, Facebook didn''t get what''s called \"informed consent\"
        from anyone. James Grimmelmann, a law professor at the University of Maryland,
        <a href=\"http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/06/28/as_flies_to_wanton_boys\"
        target=\"_hplink\">wrote that would have required Facebook</a> to tell participants
        the duration, purpose, length and risks of the study before it started --
        and that they could have backed out of the study at any time.<br />\n<br />\n<a
        href=\"https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796\" target=\"_hplink\">In
        his note</a>, Kramer wrote that he and his team has \"come a long way\" since
        2012, and that they will take the negative reactions to heart.<br />\n<br
        />\n\"While we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we
        (not just me, several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on
        improving our internal review practices,\" he wrote.<br />\n<br />\nHere''s
        Kramer''s note if the embedded Facebook post above doesn''t work for you:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>OK so. A lot of people have asked me about my and
        Jamie and Jeff''s recent study published in PNAS, and I wanted to give a brief
        public explanation. The reason we did this research is because we care about
        the emotional impact of Facebook and the people that use our product. We felt
        that it was important to investigate the common worry that seeing friends
        post positive content leads to people feeling negative or left out. At the
        same time, we were concerned that exposure to friends'' negativity might lead
        people to avoid visiting Facebook. We didn''t clearly state our motivations
        in the paper.<br />\n<br />\nRegarding methodology, our research sought to
        investigate the above claim by very minimally deprioritizing a small percentage
        of content in News Feed (based on whether there was an emotional word in the
        post) for a group of people (about 0.04% of users, or 1 in 2500) for a short
        period (one week, in early 2012). Nobody''s posts were \"hidden,\" they just
        didn''t show up on some loads of Feed. Those posts were always visible on
        friends'' timelines, and could have shown up on subsequent News Feed loads.
        And we found the exact opposite to what was then the conventional wisdom:
        Seeing a certain kind of emotion (positive) encourages it rather than suppresses
        is.<br />\n<br />\nAnd at the end of the day, the actual impact on people
        in the experiment was the minimal amount to statistically detect it -- the
        result was that people produced an average of one fewer emotional word, per
        thousand words, over the following week.<br />\n<br />\nThe goal of all of
        our research at Facebook is to learn how to provide a better service. Having
        written and designed this experiment myself, I can tell you that our goal
        was never to upset anyone. I can understand why some people have concerns
        about it, and my coauthors and I are very sorry for the way the paper described
        the research and any anxiety it caused. In hindsight, the research benefits
        of the paper may not have justified all of this anxiety.<br />\n<br />\nWhile
        we\u2019ve always considered what research we do carefully, we (not just me,
        several other researchers at Facebook) have been working on improving our
        internal review practices. The experiment in question was run in early 2012,
        and we have come a long way since then. Those review practices will also incorporate
        what we\u2019ve learned from the reaction to this paper.</blockquote> ","title":"Facebook
        Scientist Who Secretly Manipulated People''s Emotions: My Bad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:01:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/30/facebook-emotions-researcher-emotions_n_5543342.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941632,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-01T14:01:43Z","slug":"mochila","summary":"Tracking
        photos on the web isn\u2019t easy. And getting paid a royalty each time a
        photo is viewed? Fuggedaboutit.","title":"GumGum reports strong usage, completes
        funding\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/01/gumgum-reports-strong-usage-completes-funding-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941631,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-08T10:54:14Z","slug":"mochila","summary":"Photrade
        hopes to make the web safe for photographers. That is, it has a technology
        for tracking photos so that photographers can control the spread of their
        photos and get paid by those who use them.","title":"DEMOfall 08: Photrade
        lets photographers license and track their photos\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/08/demofall-08-photrade-lets-photographers-license-and-track-their-photos-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941630,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-18T17:59:49Z","slug":"mochila","summary":"Widgets
        have provided one of the more effective yet indirect ways of increasing your
        reach on the web. Now, Widgetbox, one of the more prominent and well-funded
        widget platforms, is taking another step to differentiate itself in commoditized
        market. It is starting to use its own network to drive traffic to blogs and
        other online sites. Widgetbox\u2019s new Blog Network, to be announced at
        the BlogWorld Expo this week, automates a portion of the content widgetizing
        process on behalf of publishers, and encourages a more methodical spreading
        of widgets.","title":"Widgetbox caters to web publishers with new blog\u00a0network","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/18/widgetbox-caters-to-web-publishers-with-new-blog-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941629,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-22T05:00:54Z","slug":"mochila","summary":"DigitalScirocco
        is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring
        2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present,
        but our coverage of them remains objective.","title":"DEMO: DigitalScirocco
        connects buyers and sellers of online\u00a0content","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/22/digitalscirocco/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941628,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-03T21:11:16Z","slug":"mochila","summary":"Start-up
        Mochila has emerged with an intriguing idea: a marketplace for individual
        newspaper, magazine and other articles.","title":"Mochila, the market place
        for individual\u00a0articles","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/03/mochila-the-market-place-for-individual-articles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3941627,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:40:19Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Recent
        reports indicate thought that the mavericks are closing in a deal to former
        Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson. If all gos well, Nelson and the Mavs
        are on point to formalize a deal Thursday, when the veteran guard visits Dallas.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Point Guard Jameer Nelson nearing a deal with the Dallas
        Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24926/20140724/nba-free-agent-2014-news-point-guard-jameer-nelson-nearing-a-deal-with-the-dallas-mavericks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941626,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-20T11:58:51Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Who
        knew that leaving surgical sponges inside patients was actually not that rare?
        At least that\u2019s the message from ClearCount Medical Solutions, a developer
        of RFID technology used to detect and track the location of surgical sponges.
        The Pittsburgh company just brought in $4.1 million in first-round financing,
        earmarked for the wide release of its commercial product next year. The round
        was led by Draper Triangle Ventures and included unnamed angel investors.","title":"ClearCount
        absorbs $4M to ensure surgical sponges don''t get left\u00a0behind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/20/clearcount-absorbs-4m-to-ensure-surgical-sponges-dont-get-left-behind/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941625,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-15T14:40:45Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Six
        Australian companies competed today for the best start-up at The Australian
        Innovation Shoot Out event this morning in Menlo Park, Calif. I was on hand
        to moderate and was impressed with the quality of the six finalists.","title":"The
        Aussies come to Silicon Valley: Six companies compete for best\u00a0start-up","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/15/the-aussies-come-to-silicon-valley-six-companies-compete-for-best-start-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941624,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-09T00:00:00Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"","title":"My
        diary: Game Developers Conference\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/09/my-diary-game-developers-conference-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941623,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-27T12:53:52Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Ever
        have your iPod die on you right when you leave for a jog? Or realize your
        digital camera is out of juice during a perfect photo opp? Now two companies
        are harnessing the power of the sun to make sure that doesn\u2019t happen
        again. Sports apparel retailer Neuber and unique solar panel maker Konarka
        have teamed up to make solar-powered \u201cSun Bags\u201d that hold and charge
        personal electronics while you\u2019re out and about.","title":"Charge your
        iPod on the go with Neuber''s \"Sun\u00a0Bags\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/27/charge-your-ipod-on-the-go-with-neubers-sun-bags/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941622,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-17T09:51:56Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"M-health
        is the use of mobile technology to improve medical services. It\u2019s a new
        business in mobile tech that requires an uneasy alliance between the notoriously
        conservative health care industry and the technology-driven mobile world.
        Applications include collecting health data from patients, delivering healthcare
        information and direct provision of care. There is a plethora of m-health
        companies at Mobile World Congress 2010. Here are just a couple of examples:","title":"Mobile-health
        apps emerge at Mobile World Congress\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/17/mobile-health-apps-emerge-at-mobile-world-congress-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941621,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-17T07:00:00Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Parts
        one and two of the fifth installment is up!","title":"Bitmob X-Com: Week Four:
        Kicking Ass and Taking\u00a0Names","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/17/bitmob-x-com-week-four-kicking-ass-and-taking-names/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941620,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-10T10:00:25Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Looking
        out for its own self-interest, IBM rolled out the red carpet for its favorite
        Silicon Valley startups today at its IBM SmartCamp event in Palo Alto, Calif.","title":"Big
        Blue pampers its favorite Silicon Valley\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/10/big-blues-bear-hug-for-silicon-valley-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941619,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-07T03:00:48Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Chip
        startups are rare these days. But Samplify Systems has managed to raise another
        round of $11.2 million in funding for its analog chip design business.","title":"Samplify
        raises $11.2M round for analog chips that can cut electronics\u00a0costs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/07/samplify-raises-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941618,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-07T11:56:14Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Thousands
        of security professionals, hackers, federal agents and media descended on
        Las Vegas this week to attend the Black Hat and Defcon conferences. The two
        conferences exhibit the extremes of hacker and security culture, with federal
        agents and major corporations descending on Black Hat in large numbers and
        mohawk-styled hackers and Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyers attending
        Defcon. It\u2019s like the difference between law enforcement and pranksterism,
        where both have the object of protecting freedom.","title":"Photos show the
        cultural difference between Black Hat and Defcon hacker\u00a0events","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/07/photos-show-the-cultural-difference-between-black-hat-and-defcon-hacker-events/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941617,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-21T12:13:31Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Independa\u2019s
        service allows family and other caregivers to monitor the well-being of their
        elderly relatives, and gives the elderly easy access services they need. The
        company just closed a $1.6 million round of funding from private investors
        and Southern California venture capital firms\u00a0Miramar Venture Partners\u00a0and\u00a0City
        Hill Ventures.","title":"Independa snags $1.6 million to help seniors live\u00a0independently","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/21/independa-1-5-million-seniors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941616,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-10T17:52:40Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Funding
        Daily, with a dash of Bollywood\u00a0excitement","title":"Funding Daily: An
        Indian mafia don, his daughter, and some funding\u00a0news","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/10/funding-daily-an-indian-mafia-don-his-daughter-and-some-funding-news/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941615,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-30T12:00:28Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick With so much activity in this space, I sat down with Nate Gross, cofounder
        of RockHealth, to compile a list of the ten biggest health-tech stories that
        shocked and amazed us this\u00a0year.","title":"Med tech\u2019s top 10 stories
        from\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/30/health-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941614,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-31T12:15:25Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"What
        do Silicon Valley\u2019s top VCs expect from 2013? Brace yourselves for self-driving
        cars, true AI, and much\u00a0more.","title":"Silicon Valley VCs predict 2013
        trends: Space, robots, self-driving\u00a0cars","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/31/trends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941613,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-29T08:30:11Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Inside
        Practice Fusion, a fast-growing health IT startup where employees receive
        free Fitbits and Yoga\u00a0classes.","title":"Practice Fusion owes its success
        \u2014 and its culture \u2014 to a motorcycle\u00a0crash","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/29/practice-fusion-owes-its-success-and-its-culture-to-a-motorcycle-crash/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941612,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-31T10:24:53Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Guest
        Post Developers, listen up: Everything you\u2019re doing now is about to become
        irrelevant. Especially when it comes to clients, servers, and end-user\u00a0input.","title":"Building
        for the Internet of things (and the demise of the client-server\u00a0model)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/31/building-for-the-internet-of-things-and-the-demise-of-the-client-server-model/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941611,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-04T17:21:10Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"In
        the aftermath of defeat, rises funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding Daily:
        Clydesdale\u00a0love","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/04/funding-daily-clydesdale-love/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941610,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T17:40:47Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Fourteen startups presented at the Rock Health startup accelerator demo
        event, sharing their approaches to improving health care in\u00a0America.","title":"Rock
        Health startups whipping health care industry into\u00a0shape","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/rock-health-startups-whipping-healthcare-industry-into-shape/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941609,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-05T11:04:48Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Digital
        health accelerator Rock Health has selected its fifth class of startups. Given
        the burgeoning interest in the space, the team says this was its most competitive
        application process\u00a0yet.","title":"Rock Health\u2019s new startups are
        tackling health care\u2019s most \u2018pressing\u00a0problems\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/05/rock-healths-new-startups-are-tackling-health-cares-most-pressing-problems/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941608,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T17:23:58Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"If
        I had a margarita for every deal that was announced today, I\u2019d have 8
        margaritas too\u00a0many.","title":"Funding Daily: If deals were margaritas\u00a0\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/funding-daily-if-deals-were-margaritas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941607,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-16T18:46:40Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Sometimes
        you just have to\u00a0celebrate.","title":"Funding Daily: Twerk","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/16/funding-daily-twerk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941606,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-25T17:29:11Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"An
        extra snuggly version of today\u2019s funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Sweaters and\u00a0scarves","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/25/funding-daily-sweaters-and-scarves/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941605,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-08T09:00:49Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick These startups are making a big impact even while facing much larger
        competition with more resources and name\u00a0recognition.","title":"5 Davids
        beating Goliath in the cloud\u00a0arena","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/08/5-davids-beating-goliath-in-the-cloud-arena/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941604,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-24T18:33:14Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Ten
        health startups in Rock Health\u2019s current accelerator class presented
        to a roomful of investors and the press\u00a0today.","title":"Rock Health\u2019s
        latest batch of digital health startups: Mental health, smart spoons, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/24/rock-healths-latest-batch-of-digital-health-startups-mental-health-smart-spoons-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941603,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-26T13:32:55Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"GoodEggs
        powers an online marketplace where people can buy high-quality, sustainable
        food from local food growers and producers, and have it delivered to their\u00a0door.","title":"GoodEggs
        raises $8.5M to fix our food system one egg at a\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/26/goodeggs-raises-8-5m-to-fix-our-food-system-one-egg-at-a-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941602,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-03T17:12:27Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"What
        do funding and s\u2019mores have to do with each other? Hint: they\u2019re
        very tangentially\u00a0related.","title":"Funding Daily: S\u2019mores","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/03/funding-daily-smores/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941601,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-14T06:00:08Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"StartUp
        Health\u2019s academy program is long-term, highly structured, and is designed
        to help startups become sustainable\u00a0businesses.","title":"From 1,200
        to 14: StartUp Health\u2019s new class get pass into special 3-year program\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/14/startup-health-selects-14-startups-for-its-3-year-training-program/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941600,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-13T14:36:51Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Zenefits has managed to do the impossible \u2014 get people excited about
        back office\u00a0operations.","title":"Zenefits adds more features to save
        businesses from loads of \u2018admin crap\u2019\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/zenefits-adds-more-features-to-save-businesses-from-loads-of-admin-crap-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941599,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-19T16:03:00Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Using
        a smartphone camera, the technology captures images of your eye and creates
        a template with information about blood vessels, vein patterns, and other\u00a0descriptors.","title":"This
        startup\u2019s tech verifies your identity by scanning your eye with your\u00a0smartphone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/19/this-startups-tech-verifies-your-identity-with-an-eye-scan-on-your-smartphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941598,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-10T10:54:18Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Mars
        One announced today that it has contracted Lockheed Martin and Surrey Satellite
        Technology (SSTL) to develop mission concept studies for its first (albeit
        unmanned) mission to Mars. It also kicked off a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo
        to raise $400,000 to finance the\u00a0studies.","title":"Mars One contracts
        Lockheed Martin to help send people to the red planet (and leave them\u00a0there)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/10/mars-one-contracts-lockheed-martin-to-help-send-people-to-mars-and-leave-them-there/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941597,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-21T16:30:43Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"While
        our San Francisco colleagues enjoyed their balmy, 64-degree commutes, the
        VentureBeat New York crew huddled indoors as a half-foot of snow blanketed
        the city.","title":"Funding Daily: Snowed\u00a0under","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/21/funding-daily-snowed-under/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941596,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T09:00:42Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"So
        you want to join a startup? You\u2019re ready for the crazy perks, long hours,
        and nagging fear that the company may buckle at any\u00a0moment?","title":"The
        5 coolest startup jobs of the\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/the-5-coolest-startup-jobs-of-the-week-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941595,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-17T16:36:22Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Doctors,
        public transit, and talk radio are getting more and more hip to\u00a0technology.","title":"Funding
        Daily: The doctor will see you\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/17/funding-daily-the-doctor-will-see-you-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941594,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T18:15:20Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Jeff
        Stibel, a specialist in translational neuroscience, says Facebook needs to
        start shrinking itself if it wants to\u00a0grow.","title":"Tech author Stibel
        to Facebook: Shrink or\u00a0stagnate","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/tech-author-stibel-to-facebook-shrink-or-stagnate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941593,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T08:00:05Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"The
        category has a lot of hype, but it is diverse, and more startups are\u00a0emerging.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: Will Neuro Games become the next revolution of the game\u00a0business?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/the-deanbeat-will-neuro-games-become-the-next-revolution-of-the-game-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941592,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T19:38:32Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"You\u2019ve
        probably had some kind of medical treatment where the doctor gave you a list
        of things to\u00a0do every day while your body healed. Doctors\u00a0usually
        give instructions like this to you in a handful of\u00a0mimeographed papers,
        which are often lost or\u00a0thrown away.","title":"Filament Labs takes $1M
        to build its patient aftercare \u2018nagging\u2019 platform","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/filament-labs-takes-1m-to-build-its-patient-aftercare-nagging-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941591,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-21T05:12:26Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"CSA
        Medical, a Baltimore developer of endoscopic cryoablation systems, raised
        $8.3 million in a first round of funding, VentureWire reports (subscription
        required). New Markets Growth Fund and angel investors provided the funding.","title":"CSA
        Medical pulls in $8.3M for tissue-ablation\u00a0device","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/21/csa-medical-pulls-in-83m-for-tissue-ablation-device/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941590,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-16T15:35:33Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Angel
        network Keiretsu Forum Northwest has invested $15.8 million into 27 startups
        this\u00a0year.","title":"Pacific Northwest rains angel dollars (as well as
        actual rain) on seed-stage\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/16/pacific-northwest-rains-angel-dollars-as-well-as-actual-rain-on-seed-stage-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941589,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-06T09:42:17Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Guest
        Post Millions of people rely on these brilliant technologies to stay alive.
        But as we put more electronic devices into our bodies, we must address the
        serious security challenges that come with\u00a0them.","title":"Yes, you can
        hack a pacemaker (and other medical devices\u00a0too)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/06/yes-you-can-hack-a-pacemaker-and-other-medical-devices-too/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941588,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-03T07:30:57Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick South African entrepreneur David Emanuel has designed a mobile alarm
        and alerts system for the elderly and patients with high-risk medical\u00a0conditions.","title":"An
        app to save lives: Medlert is the \u2018fastest way to get medical help\u2019\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/03/an-app-to-save-lives-medlert-is-the-fastest-way-to-get-medical-help-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941587,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-03T16:45:45Z","slug":"angel-medical-systems","summary":"A
        startup that bills itself as the \u201cUber for medical devices\u201d just
        secured $750,000 in funding, bringing its total seed funding to $1.5\u00a0million.","title":"Cohealo
        raises $1.5M to help hospitals manage medical\u00a0equipment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/03/cohealo-raises-1-5m-to-help-hospitals-manage-medical-equipment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941586,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-26T14:09:42Z","slug":"yonja-media-group","summary":"Tiger
        Global Management, a New York private equity firm, has apparently invested
        approximately $10 million for a 40% stake of Russian online travel portal,
        Anywayanyday. This is according to an article in Russian newspaper, Vesomoti,
        and the Quintura blog. The article goes on to quote a company official\u00a0stating
        that the size of the online travel market is $600 million and that the company\u2019s
        current yearly revenue stands at $5 \u2013 6 million.","title":"Tiger Global
        invests in Russian travel portal\u00a0Anywayanyday","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/26/tiger-global-invests-in-russian-travel-portal-anywayanydayway/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941585,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-17T20:12:54Z","slug":"revolver-studios","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Note: Looking to break into the video game industry? You\u2019d do well to
        read Trevor\u2019s interview with Shawn Schuster. Shawn used his passion for
        Guild Wars to launch a career in games journalism. Now he\u2019s the managing
        editor at popular MMO Web site Massively. Oh, and he writes sci-fi podcast
        novels, too. -Brett","title":"MMO Man: An Interview with Massively\u2019s
        Shawn\u00a0Schuster","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/17/mmo-man-an-interview-with-massivelys-shawn-schuster/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941584,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"apart","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941583,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-16T11:38:08Z","slug":"revolver-studios","summary":"Google
        has signed a deal to bring more than 600 new rental titles from the MGM movie
        studio to YouTube and Google Play, the company announced Monday in a blog
        post.","title":"MGM deal brings 600 new rental titles to YouTube and Google\u00a0Play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/16/mgm-youtube-google-play-rentals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941582,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"2050","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941581,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941580,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941579,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"kris","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941578,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"ron","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941577,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"lid","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941576,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-07T08:22:08Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Transcatheter       Technologies GmbH, an emerging medical device company
        that is       developing a third-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation       (TAVI)
        system-TRINITY-announced       today that its CEO, Wolfgang Goetz, M.D.,\u00a0Ph.D.,\u2026","title":"Transcatheter
        Technologies Wins \u2018Best Business Pitch\u2019 Award at \u201cGer...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/07/transcatheter-technologies-wins-best-business-pitch-award-at-german-venture-day-for-its-prosthetic-aortic-heart-valve-intrinsic-to-worlds-first-truly-repositionable-tavi-device-trinity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941575,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-10T04:02:56Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Svelte\u00ae Medical Systems today announced that the Gary and Mary West       Health
        Investment Fund has joined CNF Investments and New Science       Ventures
        as major investors in the company. The West Health Investment       Fund\u2019s
        $5 million equity\u00a0investment\u2026","title":"West Health Investment Fund
        Joins Svelte Medical Systems Private Financing as Major&n...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/10/west-health-investment-fund-joins-svelte-medical-systems-private-financing-as-major-investor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941574,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-17T19:27:17Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Unity-based
        3D games will now look better and more realistic across a variety of game\u00a0platforms.","title":"Unity
        Technologies unveils next version of its game development engine to make thousands
        of 3D games more\u00a0realistic","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/unity-technologies-unveils-next-version-of-its-game-development-engine-to-make-thousands-of-3d-games-more-realistic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941573,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T11:52:09Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Transcatheter       Technologies GmbH, an emerging medical device company
        that is       developing a third-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation       (TAVI)
        system-Trinity-announced       today the successful 6-month follow-up results\u00a0for\u2026","title":"Transcatheter
        Technologies Reports Six-Month Follow-up Results for Pilot Study of Its...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/transcatheter-technologies-reports-six-month-follow-up-results-for-pilot-study-of-its-truly-repositionable-trinity-tavi-system/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941572,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-21T15:05:01Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"\u201cSmart\u201d
        windows, hydroelectric turbines, electric vehicle turbochargers, and other
        projects receive money to prototype the energy technologies of\u00a0tomorrow","title":"U.S.
        Energy Dept. gives $17M in awards for development of clean energy\u00a0technologies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/21/u-s-energy-dept-gives-17m-in-awards-for-development-of-clean-energy-technologies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941571,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T10:22:10Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Andreessen
        Horowitz just announced it has closed its fourth fund at a sizable $1.5 billion.
        In total over its lifetime, the firm has now raised $4.15\u00a0billion.","title":"VC
        giant Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5B fourth fund \u2014 that\u2019s $4.15B
        in\u00a0total","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/vc-giant-andreessen-horowitz-raises-1-5b-fourth-fund-thats-4-15b-in-total/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941570,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T07:25:01Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Foresite
        invests in companies across all sectors of health care, from medical devices
        and services to biotech and\u00a0genomics.","title":"Health care venture firm
        Foresite Capital closes $300M\u00a0fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/health-care-venture-firm-foresite-capital-closes-300m-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941569,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T14:19:43Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Intel
        plans to invest even more in Chinese mobile tech\u00a0companies","title":"Intel
        launches $100M venture fund to invest in smart devices and wearables in\u00a0China","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/intel-launches-100m-venture-fund-to-invest-in-smart-devices-and-wearables-in-china/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941568,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T08:12:05Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post MapR       Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution
        for       Apache Hadoop, today announced that WE-Ankor, a highly regarded
        IT       specialist based in Petach Tikva, has become a registered partner
        in       Israel, which has a\u00a0high\u2026","title":"WE-Ankor Signs Partnership
        Agreement with MapR Technologies in\u00a0Israel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/we-ankor-signs-partnership-agreement-with-mapr-technologies-in-israel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941567,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T09:16:03Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) board of directors has designated $6.8       million
        for the Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0, a statewide investment fund       aimed
        at supporting high-tech early stage companies.              The fund will
        be managed\u00a0by\u2026","title":"Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0 to Offer $6.8
        Million in\u00a0Capital","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/michigan-pre-seed-fund-2-0-to-offer-6-8-million-in-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941566,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T17:05:02Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Here
        are today\u2019s top funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: Maximum fuzziness\u00a0edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/funding-daily-maximum-fuzziness-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941565,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T08:19:07Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Most
        marketing automation systems start with known users. Some cutting-edge new
        systems can also nurture unknown prospects who visit your site but choose
        not to\u00a0identify themselves. Few, however, focus on the very top of the
        funnel: buying signals in social media.","title":"Vocus is marketing automation
        for the top of the funnel, via 60M Twitter buying\u00a0signals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/vocus-is-marketing-automation-for-the-top-of-the-funnel-via-60m-twitter-buying-signals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941564,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T16:25:57Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding news includes PayScale, Blue Apron, ZeroFox, CloudGenix, Aviso, Liquid,
        and INVIS\u00a0Technologies.","title":"Funding Daily: Very big private equity
        and very small\u00a0microgadgets","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/funding-daily-very-big-private-equity-and-very-small-microgadgets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941563,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T05:00:01Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Goo
        Technologies is introducing a new ad-creation tool called Goo Create that
        will enable ads to incorporate interactivity, rich 3D graphics, and HTML5
        standard technology.","title":"Goo Technologies aims to make web ads sexier
        with rich 3D\u00a0animations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/goo-technologies-aims-to-web-ads-sexier-with-rich-3d-animations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941562,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T16:03:34Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Here
        is our round up of today\u2019s funding news:","title":"Funding Daily: Photogenic
        best friend\u00a0edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/funding-daily-photogenic-best-friend-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941561,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T11:12:42Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies (BI2\u00a0Technologies),       a
        leading provider of biometric identification technologies, announced       the
        release of a new suite of open, standards-based iris biometric identification\u00a0software\u2026","title":"BI2\u00a0Technologies
        announces release of industry-changing suite of iris biometric iden...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/bi2-technologies-announces-release-of-industry-changing-suite-of-iris-biometric-identification-software-and-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941560,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T09:03:50Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post MapR       Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution
        for       Apache Hadoop, today announced that DataSong,       a company specializing
        in customer insights for modern marketers,\u00a0has       selected the MapR
        Distribution for\u00a0Hadoop\u2026","title":"DataSong Relies on MapR Technologies
        to Help Retail Clients Optimize Marketing and Cu...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/datasong-relies-on-mapr-technologies-to-help-retail-clients-optimize-marketing-and-customer-targeting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941559,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T15:45:50Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sierra
        Ventures\u00a0has a new, albeit\u00a0small, bag of cash.","title":"Sierra
        Ventures closes a new, smaller\u00a0fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/sierra-ventures-closes-a-new-smaller-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941558,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T05:30:17Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ALung Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of low-flow       extracorporeal
        carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) technologies       for supporting patients
        with acute respiratory failure, today announced       that it has closed on
        approximately $10\u00a0million\u2026","title":"ALung Technologies Raises $10\u00a0Million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/alung-technologies-raises-10-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941557,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T08:05:03Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Powerhouse       Dynamics announced that it has raised $6 million in
        Series B       funding. The round was led by Point Judith Capital and Constellation       Technology
        Ventures (CTV). Existing investors, including SOSVentures and Vision\u00a0Ridge\u2026","title":"Powerhouse
        Dynamics Raises $6M in Series B\u00a0Funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/powerhouse-dynamics-raises-6m-in-series-b-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941556,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T08:25:43Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The U.S. Patents Office awarded two new patents to Rutgers, The State       University
        of New Jersey, that describe sustainable concrete products       that cure
        and harden by consuming carbon dioxide (CO2)       instead of water.1,2 The
        commercialization\u2026","title":"Rutgers University and Solidia Technologies
        Advance Sustainable Building Materials wi...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/rutgers-university-and-solidia-technologies-advance-sustainable-building-materials-with-two-new-patents-for-co2-cured-concrete-products/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941555,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T16:46:00Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: Recharging your
        batteries, answering your email, & encrypting your\u00a0IMs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/funding-daily-recharging-your-batteries-answering-your-email-encrypting-your-ims/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941554,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T21:00:06Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sequoia
        Capital has raised a new $530 million tech-centric fund to focus on India
        and the\u00a0region.","title":"Sequoia Capital\u2019s new fund is $530 million
        \u2014 for India and Southeast\u00a0Asia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/sequoia-capitals-new-fund-is-530-million-and-its-going-to-india/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941553,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T08:11:39Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post MapR       Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution
        for       Apache Hadoop, today launched at Hadoop       Summit the industry\u2019s
        first Hadoop application gallery. Launching       with solutions from a wide
        range of Hadoop\u00a0ecosystem\u2026","title":"MapR Technologies Launches
        Industry\u2019s First Apache Hadoop Application\u00a0Gall...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/mapr-technologies-launches-industrys-first-apache-hadoop-application-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941552,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T08:15:15Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post MapR       Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution
        for       Apache\u2122 Hadoop\u00ae, and Syncsort,       a global leader in
        Big Data software, today announced at Hadoop       Summit a partnership enabling
        mission-critical data and\u00a0processing\u2026","title":"MapR Technologies
        and Syncsort Partner to Optimize Enterprise Data Architecture with ...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/mapr-technologies-and-syncsort-partner-to-optimize-enterprise-data-architecture-with-apache-hadoop/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941551,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T04:00:04Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Someone
        in the data protection space is having a really good day \u2014 new funding
        and an acquisition.","title":"Data protection company Infrascale acquires
        new funding & a new\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/data-protection-company-infrascale-acquires-new-funding-a-new-company/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T16:50:48Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"There\u2019s
        plenty of cash to be made in the world of open source software \u2014 but
        you\u2019ll have to read today\u2019s funding news to find out\u00a0how.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Big money for free\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/funding-daily-big-money-for-free-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941549,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T16:35:43Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: Washio? Are you
        freaking kidding\u00a0me?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/funding-daily-washio-are-you-freaking-kidding-me/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941548,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T07:45:12Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Procore       Technologies Inc., the leader in cloud-based construction
        management       software, announced today it has closed $15 million in a
        series D       funding from Bessemer       Venture Partners (BVP). The funding
        will be used to\u00a0accelerate\u2026","title":"Procore Technologies Inc.
        Raises $15 Million to Accelerate Growth of Construction Sof...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/procore-technologies-inc-raises-15-million-to-accelerate-growth-of-construction-software-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941547,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T07:19:04Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Fine       Point Technologies today announced the limited release of
        Mountain       View, a Java-based application that represents the industry\u2019s
        first       scalable, stable device management software requiring minimum
        hardware, simplified\u00a0integration\u2026","title":"Fine Point Technologies
        Announces Unmatched Broadband Device Management Software Solu...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/fine-point-technologies-announces-unmatched-broadband-device-management-software-solution-for-global-communications-providers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941546,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"apart","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941545,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T15:02:06Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Here\u2019s
        our round-up of all the notable funding announcements of the\u00a0day.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Doctor matchmaking\u00a0edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/funding-daily-doctor-matchmaking-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941544,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T05:42:34Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The carbon footprint of the cement and concrete industry will be       smaller,
        and commercialization of a new sustainable cement and concrete       will
        be accelerated, thanks to a four-year research and development       project
        co-funded by the\u00a0US\u2026","title":"Carbon Dioxide-Reducing Cement and
        Concrete Technology Advances with Funding Support ...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/carbon-dioxide-reducing-cement-and-concrete-technology-advances-with-funding-support-from-doe-national-energy-technology-laboratory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941543,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T10:15:36Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Adtile
        Technologies, a\u00a0mobile ad tech company, announced that it has raised
        $4.5 million in its Series A round of funding from undisclosed investors.
        It also said it will launch a Member Center this fall \u2014 an \u201capp
        store\u201d for ad developers and designers.","title":"Adtile raises $4.5
        million in Series A round of\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/adtile-raises-4-5-million-in-series-a-round-of-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941542,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T16:29:11Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"You
        can\u2019t expect many startups in the United States to make news about fresh
        funding on the eve of the July Fourth three-day weekend. But then again, sometimes
        startups are\u00a0surprising.","title":"Funding Daily: 2 big venture funds
        and a whole lot of\u00a0pants","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/funding-daily-2-big-venture-funds-and-a-whole-lot-of-pants/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941541,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T03:00:23Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Dragons
        Adventure World Explorer uses real-world data such as maps, traffic, and weather
        to create a dynamic experience for\u00a0kids.","title":"DreamWorks and Microsoft
        want to make car rides more fun for kids with their\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/dreamworks-and-microsoft-release-a-location-based-dragon-flying-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941540,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T04:00:53Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Chicago\u2019s
        MobileX Labs says it is bringing low-cost democracy to the app store. The
        company just announced $1.5\u00a0million\u00a0in seed funding to move the
        needle forward as it launches a beta of MXL Build, a DIY development environment
        that requires no coding experience. Mobile application targets include both
        iOS and Android.","title":"MobileX Labs announces $1.5M in funding to \u2018democratize\u2019
        app\u00a0stores","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/mobilex-labs-announces-1-5m-in-funding-to-democratize-app-stores/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941539,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T17:55:23Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Funding
        round-up! Here are today\u2019s deals:","title":"Funding Daily: Dough rises
        \u2014 err\u00a0raises","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/funding-daily-dough-rises-err-raises/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941538,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"2050","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941537,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-08-28T16:25:27Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"VenGrowth
        Private Equity Partners Inc. and its affiliates , a leading private equity
        firm with over $1 billion in assets under management, today announced it has
        successfully exited its investment in Quake\u00a0\u2026","title":"VenGrowth
        Funds successfully exit Quake Technologies investment following acquisition
        by\u00a0AMCC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/08/28/vengrowth-funds-successfully-exit-quake-technologies-investment-following-acquisition-by-amcc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941536,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-18T16:21:40Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"Lehigh
        Technologies, a Naples, Florida-based rubber recycler, wrapped up what its
        CEO called a \u201csubstantial\u201d funding round in March that was led by
        new, heavyweight investors KPCB and Index Ventures, according to VentureWire.
        It previously raised $18 million from NGP Energy Technology Partners and some
        early seed money from Gulfshore Ventures.","title":"Lehigh Technologies closes
        \"substantial\" funding round for rubber\u00a0recycling","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/18/lehigh-technologies-closes-funding-round-for-rubber-recycling/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941535,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-16T06:29:26Z","slug":"fun-technologies","summary":"In
        the solar cell market, there are three broad categories. Thin-film manufacturers
        produce cells that convert little of the sun\u2019s energy to electricity,
        but are dirt cheap. Opposite thin-film, companies like Spectrolab and Emcore
        make highly efficient, but very expensive cells. Between are the standard
        solar photovoltaic makers, with average efficiencies, and average prices.  The
        result is a pricing balance that gives each group a slice of the overall market.
        But what if it were possible to have the low production costs of a thin-film
        maker like First Solar, plus the 30 percent-plus efficiencies of a Spectrolab?
        Most industry pundits would say such disruptive technology is a pipe dream,
        but Wakonda Technologies is claiming to be able to make it happen. What makes
        Spectrolab\u2019s technology so expensive is the necessity building its cells
        atop a single-crystal wafer, a sheet of material that is painstakingly manufactured
        as a flawless whole in order to precisely control its electrical properties.
        Wakonda, a newly-emergy Medford, Mass. startup, says it has the ability to
        \u201csimulate\u201d those wafers with a cheap metal foil, much as thin-film
        makers do. Think of it as a bit like replacing expensive real diamonds with
        cubic zirconium.  Unfortunately, Wakonda isn\u2019t giving many real specifics
        on its technology. Its credibility instead relies on an all-star cast of backers.
        The venture firms helping supply its $9.5 million financing include Advanced
        Technology Ventures, General Catalyst Partners and Polaris Venture Partners.
        Notably, Wakonda also has the financial support of Applied Ventures, the investing
        arm of Applied Materials, a large tech company that has some of the most advanced
        thin-film manufacturing technology around.","title":"Low cost, super-efficient
        solar cells? Newly funded, Wakonda Technologies says it''s\u00a0possible","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/16/low-cost-super-efficient-solar-cells-newly-funded-wakonda-technologies-says-its-possible/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941534,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941533,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941532,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"kris","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941531,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"ron","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941530,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"lid","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941529,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"melt","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941528,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941527,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941526,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941525,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941524,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941523,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941522,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941521,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"big-business","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941520,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941519,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-26T21:06:29Z","slug":"nanoradio","summary":"Samsung\u2019s
        strong sales of premium smartphones including the latest Galaxy S III boosted
        the record profits for the second quarter of 2012. But the competition over
        both high- and low-end smartphones will challenge its position in the coming
        quarters, analysts say.","title":"Samsung\u2019s record $5.9B Q2 profit powered
        by 49M smartphone\u00a0shipments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/26/samsung-q2-earnings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941518,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941517,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-08T05:23:07Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"CAMBRIDGE,
        Mass. (AP) \u2014 Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        are developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people
        whose vision is impaired, giving them affordable and immediate access to printed
        words.<br />\n<br />\nThe so-called FingerReader, a prototype produced by
        a 3-D printer, fits like a ring on the user''s finger, equipped with a small
        camera that scans text. A synthesized voice reads words aloud, quickly translating
        books, restaurant menus and other needed materials for daily living, especially
        away from home or office.<br />\n<br />\nReading is as easy as pointing the
        finger at text. Special software tracks the finger movement, identifies words
        and processes the information. The device has vibration motors that alert
        readers when they stray from the script, said Roy Shilkrot, who is developing
        the device at the MIT Media Lab.<br />\n<br />\nFor Jerry Berrier, 62, who
        was born blind, the promise of the FingerReader is its portability and offer
        of real-time functionality at school, a doctor''s office and restaurants.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"When I go to the doctor''s office, there may be forms that I
        wanna read before I sign them,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br />\nHe said there
        are other optical character recognition devices on the market for those with
        vision impairments, but none that he knows of that will read in real time.<br
        />\n<br />\nBerrier manages training and evaluation for a federal program
        that distributes technology to low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode
        Island who have lost their sight and hearing. He works from the Perkins School
        for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts.<br />\n<br />\n\"Everywhere we
        go, for folks who are sighted, there are things that inform us about the products
        that we are about to interact with. I wanna be able to interact with those
        same products, regardless of how I have to do it,\" Berrier said.<br />\n<br
        />\n<img alt=\"fingerreader\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1897467/thumbs/o-FINGERREADER-570.jpg\"
        /><br />\n<center><em>What FingerReader sees.</em></center><br />\n<br />\nPattie
        Maes, an MIT professor who founded and leads the Fluid Interfaces research
        group developing the prototype, says the FingerReader is like \"reading with
        the tip of your finger and it''s a lot more flexible, a lot more immediate
        than any solution that they have right now.\"<br />\n<br />\nDeveloping the
        gizmo has taken three years of software coding, experimenting with various
        designs and working on feedback from a test group of visually impaired people.
        Much work remains before it is ready for the market, Shilkrot said, including
        making it work on cellphones.<br />\n<br />\nShilkrot said developers believe
        they will be able to affordably market the FingerReader but he could not yet
        estimate a price. The potential market includes some of the 11.2 million people
        in the United States with vision impairment, according to U.S. Census Bureau
        estimates.<br />\n<br />\nCurrent technology used in homes and offices offers
        cumbersome scanners that must process the desired script before it can be
        read aloud by character-recognition software installed on a computer or smartphone,
        Shilkrot said. The FingerReader would not replace Braille \u2014 the system
        of raised dots that form words, interpreted by touch. Instead, Shilkrot said,
        the new device would enable users to access a vast number of books and other
        materials that are not currently available in Braille.<br />\n<br />\nDevelopers
        had to overcome unusual challenges to help people with visual impairments
        move their reading fingers along a straight line of printed text that they
        could not see. Users also had to be alerted at the beginning and end of the
        reading material.<br />\n<br />\nTheir solutions? Audio cues in the software
        that processes information from the FingerReader and vibration motors in the
        ring.<br />\n<br />\nThe FingerReader can read papers, books, magazines, newspapers,
        computer screens and other devices, but it has problems with text on a touch
        screen, said Shilkrot.<br />\n<br />\nThat''s because touching the screen
        with the tip of the finger would move text around, producing unintended results.
        Disabling the touch-screen function eliminates the problem, he said.<br />\n<br
        />\nBerrier said affordable pricing could make the FingerReader a key tool
        to help people with vision impairment integrate into the modern information
        economy.<br />\n<br />\n\"Any tool that we can get that gives us better access
        to printed material helps us to live fuller, richer, more productive lives,
        Berrier said. ","title":"This Ring Reads Books And Magazines To The Blind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/08/fingerreader-read-blind-mit_n_5565898.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:20Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941516,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:00:40Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Why
        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
        to the question of why a girl would want to be a doctor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:20Z","url":"http://qz.com/240793/this-woman-in-1883-had-the-best-answer-to-the-question-of-why-a-girl-would-want-to-be-a-doctor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:18Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941515,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:00:40Z","slug":"e","summary":"Why
        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
        to the question of why a girl would want to be a doctor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:17Z","url":"http://qz.com/240793/this-woman-in-1883-had-the-best-answer-to-the-question-of-why-a-girl-would-want-to-be-a-doctor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941513,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-17T23:40:21Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"The
        trimmed down, one-size-fits-all automobile chassis Gordon Murray Design is
        building isn\u2019t as impressive as, say, a Tesla Roadster or Aptera Typ-1.
        But the United Kingdom automaker\u2019s plan to revamp the auto industry and
        boost fuel efficiency is nevertheless getting some attention.","title":"Gordon
        Murray''s plan to redesign the way cars are\u00a0made","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/17/gordon-murrays-plan-to-redesign-the-way-cars-are-made/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941514,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"major-league-baseball","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941512,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-25T07:00:07Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"1.
        Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony PlayStation 3. Mature) Naughty Dog/Sony.
        This game could have been a tired sequel in the tired action adventure category,
        as with ethical treasure hunter Nathan Drake returning and two women contending
        to be his main sidekick. But Naughty Dog raised the bar with great cinematics,
        outstanding 3-D art that fully exploited the power of the PlayStation 3, and
        combat scenes that were executed well. You feel like you\u2019re taking part
        inside a Hollywood blockbuster, scaling dizzying heights, dueling with helicopters,
        taking out enemies while atop a moving train, and solving a series of puzzles
        related to finding the lost city of Shambhala in the Himalaya mountains. The
        game has breathtaking landscapes, a decent story with fleshed out characters
        and great execution on the details. It\u2019s also a long experience with
        26 different chapters, and it has a decent multiplayer experience. This game
        is consistent from beginning to end, pulling together great elements from
        good music to awesome sound. That\u2019s why this game is one of the best
        video games of all time. If Sony can keep on making games like this one, it
        will make itself into a real contender in this generation of video game consoles.","title":"The
        top 10 video games of the holiday\u00a0season","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/25/the-top-ten-video-games-of-the-holiday-season/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941511,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-21T08:00:49Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"1.
        Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony PlayStation 3. Teen) Naughty Dog/Sony. I\u2019m
        on the record as saying that this third-person shooter title is one of the
        best video games ever made. Uncharted 2 certainly could have been a tired
        sequel and a clone of Tomb Raider, but Naughty Dog got this one right. Just
        about everything is executed well. The story is compelling and sustains your
        interest over 26 chapters. Treasure hunter Nathan Drake has to choose between
        goodness and greed as he hunts down an ancient treasure. He also has to fight
        off thugs and decide which of two very different women he loves. The art style
        is hyper-realistic, with vibrant, larger-than-life colors in everything from
        the characters to the breathtaking Himalayan landscapes. The combat scenes
        are tough because you\u2019re always fighting your way out of some kind of
        trap. The train chase scene is unforgettable as you fight thugs from car to
        car, evade a helicopter blasting at you from above, and make sure you don\u2019t
        lose your footing as the swaying train rocks back and forth. Those combat
        scenes, set against lush scenery, are so tough to render that you won\u2019t
        see them on rival game consoles. You feel like you\u2019re in the midst of
        a Hollywood blockbuster as you scale dizzying heights and solve riddles as
        you track down the lost city of Shambhala hidden in the mountains. This game
        is sharp, polished and consistent from beginning to end, pulling together
        great elements from good weaponry to awesome sound. That\u2019s why I think
        this game is one of the finest video games of all time. It\u2019s not enough
        to single-handedly turn around Sony\u2019s fortunes as the third-place player
        in the console market, but if Sony can keep on making games like this one,
        it won\u2019t have to worry.","title":"The best video games of 2009; Pick
        your favorite,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/21/the-best-video-games-of-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941510,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-14T08:00:00Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"First-person
        shooters are somewhat of a rarity on console systems these days, and ones
        that aren\u2019t ports of PC games, even more so. Rare\u2019s GoldenEye 007,
        Acclaim\u2019s Turok series, Lobotomy\u2019s PowerSlave, and Insomniac\u2019s
        Disruptor had been about the sole efforts, but now DreamWorks\u2019 Medal
        of Honor has been added to the list. This rare breed has a lot to live up
        to, since PC games like Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, and Quake III Arena
        have set high watermarks for the genre. Luckily for publisher EA, Medal of
        Honor isn\u2019t trying to compete against them, at least not directly.","title":"The
        closest thing you\u2019re going to get to GoldenEye 007 on the PlayStation.
        (Medal of Honor\u00a0Review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/14/the-closest-thing-youre-going-to-get-to-goldeneye-007-on-the-playstation-medal-of-honor-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941509,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-07T10:00:07Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"The
        implosion of Infinity Ward, one of the best videogame studios ever founded,
        is the latest chapter in a long saga intertwined with the history of intense
        combat video games.","title":"The making and unmaking of Infinity\u00a0Ward","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/07/the-making-and-unmaking-of-infinity-ward/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941508,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941507,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-10T13:00:01Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"Game
        fans are waiting for the E3 Expo next week to get a glimpse of the biggest
        games coming out later this year and next year. E3 is the event where every
        game publisher brings their very best titles for the crowds to see, often
        for the first time.","title":"The most-anticipated games of E3 (take our\u00a0poll)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/10/the-most-anticipated-games-of-e3-take-our-poll/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941506,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-22T14:56:57Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"More
        than 300 game publishers showed off thousands of video games at the E3 trade
        show last week. I didn\u2019t see them all, but I got a glimpse of most of
        the big games and the ones that generated a lot of buzz. Many of the games
        were frontrunners coming into the show and they made it onto my most-anticipated
        games list. But some games at E3 2010 were genuine surprises. Here\u2019s
        my list of the best games at E3. And for fun, here\u2019s the list from a
        year ago, when it was easy to see that Alan Wake and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
        would be the big hits. I\u2019ll be voting this week in the Game Critics Awards,
        and you can bet that a lot of these titles will be on that list.","title":"The
        best video games of E3 (vote for your own in our\u00a0poll)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/22/the-best-video-games-of-e3-vote-for-your-own-in-our-poll/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941505,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-01T11:25:24Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"How
        do you go from selling clothes to electric cars? George Blankenship, Tesla\u2019s
        vice president of design and store development knows.","title":"From GAP to
        the electric car: Tesla\u2019s George\u00a0Blankenship","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/01/from-gap-to-the-electric-car-tesla%e2%80%99s-george-blankenship/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941504,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-25T11:00:00Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"My
        Diary. By Chris Charlton, age 27 and a half.","title":"Five days with the
        Nintendo 3DS: A honeymoon\u00a0diary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/25/five-days-with-3ds-a-honeymoon-diary/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941503,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-22T13:02:47Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"Car
        manufacturers Ford and Toyota announced today that the companies will collaborate
        on a hybrid-electric car powertrain for sport utility vehicles and light trucks.","title":"Ford
        and Toyota begin work on joint electric car\u00a0powertrain","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/22/ford-toyota-powertrain-hybrid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941502,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-14T08:14:46Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"There''s
        an obvious nominee for this award, but it won''t walk away with the prize.
        Yes, Duke Nukem Forever was horrible. It took more than a decade to see release,
        but it failed to \"disappoint.\" No-one at Gearbox Software leapt forth to
        scream the virtues of the \"return of the king.\" This game was spruiked solely
        on the novelty that the game would in fact be released. Despite my initial
        optimism, I wasn''t overly confident of a strong showing.","title":"High Horse
        Audit 2011: Most Disappointing Game of the\u00a0Year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/14/high-horse-audit-2011-most-disappointing-game-of-the-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941501,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-24T04:56:03Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"","title":"Apple\u2019s
        \u201cthermonuclear war\u201d against Android is an expensive\u00a0dud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/24/apple-thermonuclear-war-android-dutch-tablet-lawsuit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941500,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-26T17:19:08Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"Security
        software company AVG will add a \u201cDo Not Track\u201d feature to its popular
        web security applications tomorrow, a move that parallels the FTC\u2019s report
        today advising companies to offer a similar feature to help protect consumers.","title":"AVG
        follows FTC\u2019s privacy lead, adds \u201cDo Not Track\u201d tool for its
        108M\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/26/avg-do-not-track/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-29T16:19:58Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"Armored
        Core V demands proficiency yet also provides a space for you to hone your
        skills. In a blend of Japanese philosophy and machine aesthetics that appeals
        to American values, From Software wants you to transcend the input device
        and become one with your\u00a0core.","title":"Armored Core V: A blend of motorheads
        and\u00a0samurai","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/29/armored-core-v-a-blend-of-motorheads-and-samurai/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941498,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-28T16:03:44Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"Online
        retailers such as Amazon.com are already taking preorders for the Wii U launch
        lineup, with each game sitting at a whopping\u00a0$99.99.","title":"Why Nintendo
        Wii U games are currently listed at $100 a\u00a0pop","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/28/wii-u-titles-99-dollars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941497,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"losing-weight","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941496,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-01T17:28:23Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"February\u2019s
        first Funding\u00a0Daily.","title":"Funding Daily: Go\u00a0Niners!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/01/funding-daily-go-niners/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941495,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-21T08:00:21Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Many companies held back original properties for the next generation
        of consoles \u2014 and are now showing them\u00a0off.","title":"The DeanBeat:
        My favorite games of E3\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/21/the-deanbeat-favorite-games-of-e3-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941494,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T12:43:01Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"BackOps
        provides cloud-based accounting, HR, and finance services for small businesses
        with a combination of software and crowdsourced team of\u00a0\u2018riveters.\u2019","title":"BackOps
        raises $7M to grow workforce of moms making business\u00a0better","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/backops-raises-7m-to-grow-workforce-of-moms-making-business-better/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941493,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T17:23:58Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"If
        I had a margarita for every deal that was announced today, I\u2019d have 8
        margaritas too\u00a0many.","title":"Funding Daily: If deals were margaritas\u00a0\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/funding-daily-if-deals-were-margaritas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941492,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T22:15:32Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"Guest
        Post When you drive a Model S, you can see the results. The car literally
        seems to\u00a0fly.","title":"Tesla will have a $35K car that can go 1,000
        miles on a single charge by\u00a02020","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/tesla-will-have-a-35k-car-that-can-go-1000-miles-on-a-single-charge-by-2020/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941491,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T16:00:25Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"Guest
        Post So what made WhatsApp so incredibly valuable and what does it mean for
        the mobile messaging\u00a0space?","title":"WhatsApp for business? How international
        organizations are getting in on mobile\u00a0messaging","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/whatsapp-for-business-how-international-organizations-are-getting-in-on-mobile-messaging/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941490,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-09T10:00:31Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"This
        week has been riveting from the perspective of Internet Security. A tiny,
        yet devastating, security flaw was discovered in the OpenSSL library \u2014
        literally the world\u2019s most ubiquitous implementation of the SSL protocol.","title":"Heartbleed
        has flushed a decade\u2019s worth of trust down the\u00a0toilet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-broken-trust/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941489,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-27T07:00:39Z","slug":"rivet-software","summary":"Businesses
        are fundamentally about money \u2014 making money, managing money, and paying
        money to employees. Back in the day, actual humans using actual pieces of
        paper took care of back office operations. Today, its software-as-a-service.","title":"The
        best back-office software for small\u00a0businesses","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/27/the-best-back-office-software-for-small-businesses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941488,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:12Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941487,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"carrots","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:12Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941486,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941485,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941484,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:10Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941483,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"am","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:09Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941482,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-10T08:07:32Z","slug":"iscript-com","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Thursday, April 10,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/10/life-science-briefing-thursday-april-10-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941481,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-21T14:53:00Z","slug":"iscript-com","summary":"Indiecade
        has been over for a little more than a week now, but a few games almost flew
        under the radar. Here is a list of seven games that you should definitely
        check out.","title":"Seven Games to Keep You Busy Until Indiecade\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/21/what-to-do-until-indiecade-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941480,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941479,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:07Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941478,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"george","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:07Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941477,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-08T08:30:23Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"In
        the future, any new product designs will be instantly copied, 3D scanned,
        and re-sold as 3D printing instructions, meaning that anyone will be able
        to own just about anything, almost for\u00a0free.","title":"3D printing piracy:
        \u2018finally you can get exactly what you\u00a0want\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/08/3d-printing-piracy-finally-you-can-get-exactly-what-you-want/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941476,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-15T14:32:59Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"I\u2019m
        sitting in the dentist\u2019s office on my last Friday morning as an entrepreneur.
        My daughter is having a cavity filled.","title":"5 lessons I learned the hard
        way at my \u2018starter\u2019 startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/15/5-lessons-i-learned-the-hard-way-at-my-starter-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941475,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-19T12:40:05Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Guest
        Post Here\u2019s how to not sound like a tool or a startup clone in eight
        easy\u00a0steps!","title":"This is why your startup needs to ditch the\u00a0pitch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/19/ditch-the-pitch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941474,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-24T13:11:56Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Max
        Payne 3\u2019s presentation is great, especially for a third-person shooter,
        but other parts of the game feel tired and laborious. What\u2019s more important
        to you: storytelling in video games or variety in\u00a0gameplay?","title":"Max
        Payne 3 looks and sounds great, but leaves little else to be\u00a0desired","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/24/max-payne-3-looks-and-sounds-great-but-leaves-little-else-to-be-desired/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-19T08:00:05Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick For women entrepreneurs in India, Singapore, and China, \u201cleaning
        in\u201d isn\u2019t just a new way to work: It may mean breaking social norms.
        We talk to half a dozen female entrepreneurs about their reactions to the
        Facebook executive\u2019s\u00a0book.","title":"Going beyond Sandberg\u2019s
        \u2018Lean In'': Female founders around the world\u00a0react","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/19/going-beyond-sandbergs-lean-in-female-founders-around-the-world-react/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941472,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-23T07:12:19Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"With
        Inspirato\u2019s latest product, you may finally get to that ridiculously
        posh Aspen vacation home. The downside: You could be there with your\u00a0boss.","title":"Can\u2019t
        afford Inspirato\u2019s luxury vacation homes? Now you can get your job to\u00a0pay","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/23/cant-afford-inspiratos-luxury-vacation-homes-now-you-can-get-your-job-to-pay/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941471,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-24T09:00:56Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Pixar gave a rare look inside the making of Monsters University in visit
        to the company\u2019s campus in Emeryville,\u00a0Calif.","title":"How Pixar
        made Monsters University, its latest technological\u00a0marvel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/the-making-of-pixars-latest-technological-marvel-monsters-university/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941470,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-15T07:12:45Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Google
        Maps is getting a major overhaul, as these leaked screenshots\u00a0show.","title":"Google
        accidentally teases its new, cleaner version of Google\u00a0Maps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/15/new-goole-maps-tease/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941469,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-04T11:05:59Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"The
        mobile web has long \u2014 and we mean long \u2014 been mobile developers\u2019
        promised land of milk and honey. But getting there is a long haul. Here are
        some tools to ease the\u00a0ch-ch-changes.","title":"4 tools native devs should
        be using to transition to the mobile\u00a0web","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/04/mobile-web-transition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941468,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-05T04:30:19Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"You\u2019ve
        heard of fitness trackers for humans, but today one emerged for dogs. It delivers
        data about your pup\u2019s to your phone \u2014 and to your vet\u2019s office
        as\u00a0well.","title":"New doggie fitness band may change veterinary\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/05/whistle-dog-fitness/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941467,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-17T14:53:47Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Keaton
        Row is a fashion startup reigning in the \u201cfuture of personal styling\u201d
        with an online, affordable process that has customers spending seven times
        the average e-commerce order and coming back for\u00a0more.","title":"Keaton
        Row rescues fashion victims by connecting them with personal stylists\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/17/keaton-row-rescues-fashion-victims-by-connecting-them-with-personal-stylists-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941466,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-07T08:00:48Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Brian
        Fargo shows us how he\u2019s spending his money for Wasteland 2 and Torment:
        Tides of\u00a0Numenera.","title":"Above Jack\u2019s Surfboards, indie game
        creator Brian Fargo holds court amid his Kickstarter\u00a0riches","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/07/above-jacks-surfboards-indie-game-creator-brian-fargo-holds-court-amid-his-kickstarter-riches/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941465,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-15T07:27:15Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Aereo,
        the TV anywhere startup that has the major broadcast television stations up
        in arms, doesn\u2019t need a massive subscriber base to become profitable,
        according to the company\u2019s CEO Chet\u00a0Kanojia.","title":"Aereo CEO
        says it can reach profitability with under 1M\u00a0subscribers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/15/aereo-ceo-says-it-can-reach-profitability-with-under-1m-subscribers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941464,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"avant","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941463,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-17T18:24:56Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Using
        the Tastemade app, anyone can produce a semi-professional video on an iPhone
        in a matter of minutes. I used it today to capture the delights of the San
        Francisco Street Food\u00a0festival.","title":"Tastemade: An iPhone app to
        create awesome videos in\u00a0minutes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/17/tastemade-an-iphone-app-to-create-awesome-videos-in-minutes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941462,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941461,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-21T09:37:26Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"The
        new umbrella company aims to be \u201cthe world\u2019s largest fashion subscription
        e-commerce company.\u201d\nIt has 33 million members around the world and
        is predicted to generate over $400 million sales in\u00a02014.","title":"JustFab
        and ShoeDazzle announce \u2018game-changing\u2019 merger to dominate\u00a0e-commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/21/justfab-and-shoedazzle-announce-game-changing-merger-to-dominate-e-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941460,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-30T10:28:26Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"A
        group of researches at the Free University of Berlin found that people who
        are prone to seeking rewards (like food and sex) are more likely to be active
        on\u00a0Facebook.","title":"Pleasure-seekers are more likely to be active
        Facebook users\u00a0(study)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/30/pleasure-seekers-are-more-likely-to-be-active-facebook-users-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-07T11:25:29Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"With
        the new money and youthful vigor of the tech community, the opera company
        of today is too big and too bold to\u00a0fail.","title":"Tech\u2019s night
        at the opera: can young money rescue this age-old art\u00a0form?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/07/techs-night-at-the-opera-can-young-money-rescue-this-age-old-art-form/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941458,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-10T10:00:09Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Guest
        Post Forget \u201cNing for dogs\u201d and private-jet apps. We\u2019re compassionate
        problem-solvers, obsessive solution-seekers, and we\u2019re pretty damn pissed
        off for\u00a0greatness.","title":"This Facebook intern is \u2018pissed off
        for greatness\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/10/this-facebook-intern-is-pissed-off-for-greatness/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941457,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-07T08:00:37Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"We
        interview Ubisoft North America President Laurent Detoc on the newest Rocksmith\u00a0game.","title":"Ubisoft
        bills Rocksmith 2014 video game as the fastest way to learn the guitar\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/07/ubisofts-rocksmith-2014-video-game-may-be-the-fastest-way-to-learn-the-guitar-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941455,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-17T09:56:20Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"The
        personal shopping platform has raised $12 million to make professional styling
        more accessible and\u00a0affordable.","title":"Stitch Fix mixes taste and
        tech to ramp up your style\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/17/stitch-fix-mixes-taste-and-tech-to-ramp-up-your-style-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T15:35:52Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Ethan:
        Meteor Hunter\u00a0is a new puzzle game and the first title from French indie
        game developer Seaven Studio. It hit the Playstation Store on October 22nd,
        and is also available for download from the game\u2019s website\u00a0here.
        Either can be yours for just $9.99. I was given a copy of the game to review,
        and decided to keep track of my first few hours in this spoiler-free (mostly\u2026)
        virtual diary:","title":"Review of Ethan: Meteor Hunter \u2014 consult your
        cardiologist before\u00a0playing.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/review-of-ethan-meteor-hunter-consult-your-cardiologist-before-playing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941453,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T10:54:49Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Rory
        offers up 3 potential game changers that would help the Xbox One overtake
        the\u00a0PS4.","title":"Three games that could win the war for Xbox\u00a0One","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/three-games-that-could-win-the-war-for-xbox-one/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-12T01:06:01Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Today, Nimble announced that it has added a new \u201cSmart Summary\u201d
        feature       in its leading relationship management       platform and associated
        apps. The Smart Summary is a precise,       detailed background summary \u2014
        dossier-style information\u00a0about\u2026","title":"Nimble Brings Immediate
        Intelligence to Relationships with New \u2018Smart Summary...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/12/nimble-brings-immediate-intelligence-to-relationships-with-new-smart-summary-of-contacts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941451,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T08:30:34Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Albert
        Reed is the CEO and cofounder of Demiurge Studios.\u00a0Follow the entire
        series\u00a0here.","title":"Marvel Puzzle Quest\u2019s road to the mythical
        $1 ARPDAU, Part 5: Adventures in\u00a0consumables","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-5-adventures-in-consumables/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T16:03:34Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Here
        is our round up of today\u2019s funding news:","title":"Funding Daily: Photogenic
        best friend\u00a0edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/funding-daily-photogenic-best-friend-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941449,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T15:25:19Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"More
        cash could help ThousandEyes become more common inside cloud software providers\u2019\u00a0toolkits.","title":"Network-performance
        tracker ThousandEyes picks up\u00a0$20M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/network-performance-tracker-thousandeyes-picks-up-20m/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941448,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:33:56Z","slug":"fox","summary":"Edward
        Snowden has been given many titles: Whistleblower. Traitor. Asylum-seeker.<br
        />\n<br />\nNow, the fugitive National Security Agency contractor appears
        to have found a new role: Product pitchman. <br />\n<br />\nIn recent interviews
        and speeches at tech conferences, where he appeared remotely via Google Hangout,
        Snowden has endorsed several privacy and security tools -- whether the product''s
        makers wanted his help or not.<br />\n<br />\nLast week, Snowden told The
        Guardian that consumers should avoid the cloud storage service Dropbox, which
        he said was <a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak\"
        target=\"_hplink\">\"hostile to privacy,\"</a> and instead use a lesser-known
        competitor, SpiderOak, because it makes it harder for law enforcement to obtain
        stored content.<br />\n<br />\nAt the South by Southwest conference in March,
        Snowden <a href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/at-sxsw-snowden-speaks-about-n-s-a-spying/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">recommended</a> that people use Tor, a software that allows
        people to use the Internet anonymously. He also touted the encryption service
        Pretty Good Privacy, or PGP, and Open WhisperSystems, a project that built
        an app for encrypting text messages.<br />\n<br />\nIn a crowded market where
        security companies <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/06/virtual-private-networks_n_4731731.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">often claim their products are \u201cNSA-proof,\u201d</a>
        an endorsement from Snowden can be a boon to a lesser-known startup, giving
        it added credibility and free publicity. But some companies have learned that
        being good enough for Snowden can also bring unwanted scrutiny.<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden is currently living in temporary asylum in Russia while facing
        theft and espionage charges in the United States for disclosing details of
        the NSA surveillance program to media outlets. <br />\n<br />\nThere\u2019s
        no sign he has been paid for his recent product plugs, but some say Snowden
        could find a lucrative new career by positioning himself as a trusted privacy
        expert who makes money touting tech products. Snowden also <a href=\"http://recode.net/2014/07/19/edward-snowden-plans-to-work-on-privacy-tech/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">hinted last week</a> at a technology conference that he
        may start developing privacy tools himself.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAt some point
        he''s going to have to make a living,\u201d said John Pescatore, director
        of emerging security trends at the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training
        organization. \u201cThat is probably what\u2019s really going on here.\u201d<br
        />\n<br />\nEthan Oberman, co-founder of SpiderOak, said Monday that he has
        never met Snowden and his endorsement last week came as a \u201ccomplete and
        total shock.\u201d Over the weekend, the number of people signing up for SpiderOak\u2019s
        services \u201cincreased dramatically,\" he said.<br />\n<br />\nSnowden''s
        endorsement \u201cis not something we asked for or expected, but it\u2019s
        certainly a wonderful validation of what our team has been working on for
        the last seven years, and I\u2019m very thankful for that,\u201d Oberman told
        HuffPost.<br />\n<br />\nDropbox, for its part, has <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/17/snowden-says-drop-dropbox-use-spideroak/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">responded</a> to Snowden\u2019s comments by saying that
        \u201csafeguarding our users\u2019 information is a top priority\u201d and
        the company has \u201cmade a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad
        government requests.\"<br />\n<br />\nBut some companies have found that being
        associated with Snowden has its downsides. When FBI agents learned that Snowden
        had used Lavabit\u2019s secure email service, they requested passwords and
        encryption keys for all of its customers. Lavabit\u2019s owner, in turn, <a
        href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html?pagewanted=all&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar\"
        target=\"_hplink\">shut down the service</a> instead of handing over that
        information.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Snowden was <a href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/the-stickers-on-edward-snowdens-laptop/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">photographed last summer</a> with a sticker on his laptop
        supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, it
        was \u201cboth an exciting moment and a scary moment,\u201d said Dave Maass,
        an EFF spokesman. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cWe were suddenly tied to this large
        scandal because of a sticker,\u201d Maass said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know
        who he was. We were suddenly in the middle of the story.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nSnowden \u201cis a controversial figure,\u201d and some businesses might
        not want him endorsing their products, Maass added. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThere
        are people who don\u2019t like him who are going to associate him with that
        software,\u201d Maass said.<br />\n<br />\nPescatore said Snowden''s endorsements
        would likely have little effect on any company\u2019s bottom line. That\u2019s
        because the general public is not so concerned with government surveillance
        that they are willing to adopt privacy tools that can be cumbersome. SpiderOak,
        for example, is unable to reset passwords, even if a person forgets his or
        her login information.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cSmall companies will get publicity,
        but as far as him changing adoption of these technologies, I don\u2019t see
        it happening,\u201d Pescatore said. ","title":"Edward Snowden''s New Role:
        Product Pitchman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/edward-snowden-privacy_n_5607430.html?utm_hp_ref=huffpost-code&ir=huffpost+code"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T06:00:19Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Batman
        and Robin will be fighting space battles and solving puzzles on the moon.
        The series has sold about $6B to\u00a0date.","title":"Warner Bros. swings
        for the moon with Lego Batman 3: Beyond\u00a0Gotham","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/warner-bros-swings-for-the-moon-with-lego-batman-3-beyond-gotham/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T13:00:57Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Peter
        Moore wants the image of EA as the \u201cworst company in America\u201d to
        be\u00a0banished.","title":"Why EA won\u2019t be the worst company in America
        anymore\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/heres-why-ea-will-be-the-worst-company-in-america-no-more-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941445,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T11:45:19Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Nintendo
        of America\u2019s president and chief operating officer remains an optimist
        at E3\u00a02014.","title":"Reggie Fils-Aime talks about E3, industry change,
        and what Nintendo is doing for a comeback\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/reggie-fils-aime-talks-about-e3-industry-change-and-what-nintendo-is-doing-for-a-comeback-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941443,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T10:37:19Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Today,
        the search giant revealed an elegant easter egg in\u00a0Docs.","title":"Google
        hides an elegant Easter egg for LGBT Pride\u00a0celebrations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/google-hides-an-elegant-easter-egg-for-lgbt-pride-celebrations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941442,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T10:05:30Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Cliff
        \u201cCliffyB\u201d Bleszinski can\u2019t get enough.","title":"Gears of War
        designer Cliff Bleszinski says he\u2019s \u2018coming out of retirement to
        make video\u00a0games\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/gears-of-war-designer-cliff-bleszinski-says-hes-coming-out-of-retirement-to-make-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T10:22:03Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"The
        man known for the chainsaw bayonet teams up with Guerrilla Games\u00a0cofounder.","title":"Gears
        of War designer Cliff Bleszinski starts new game studio: Boss Key\u00a0Productions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/gears-of-war-design-cliff-bleszinski-starts-new-game-studio-boss-key-productions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T08:00:36Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Why
        wait until January? Our staff picks their favorite game from the first six
        months of\u00a02014.","title":"The best games of the first half of 2014 (GamesBeat
        staff\u00a0picks)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/the-best-games-of-the-first-half-of-2014-gamesbeat-staff-picks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-19T12:08:43Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Social
        shopping startup Fashism just announced that it has raised an angel round
        of funding led by A Grade Investments, the fund created by actor/entrepreneur/professional
        oversharer\u00a0Ashton Kutcher.","title":"Angel investors to Fashism: You
        look\u00a0fabulous","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/19/fashism-ashton-kutcher-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941438,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-23T12:45:19Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Phone
        manufacturers can\u2019t just focus on cramming the most powerful chips in
        their devices nowadays \u2014\u00a0they have to have a certain glamour, too,
        according to a panel of top phone manufacturing executives.","title":"What''s
        HTC''s secret? It''s fashion\u00a0fabulous","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/23/ctia-phone-fashion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941437,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"span","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941436,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-21T11:44:49Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"JustFabulous,
        an online style of the month club,\u00a0 announced a $33 million first round
        of funding from Matrix Partners today and the addition of fashion mogul and
        celebrity Kimora Lee Simmons (pictured right) as the company\u2019s new president
        and creative director.","title":"JustFabulous gets new president Kimora Lee
        Simmons and a blingin\u2019\u00a0$33M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/21/justfabulous-fashion-kimora-lee-simmons/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941435,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-17T14:45:47Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"If
        you ever wondered what it would be like to be a billionaire before forty,
        look no further than Sean Parker.","title":"The fast, fabulous life of 32-year-old
        billionaire Sean\u00a0Parker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/17/sean-parker-billionaire/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941434,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-19T21:00:03Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"It
        was a big day for funding. Here\u2019s the quick\u00a0overview.","title":"FABulous
        funding Wednesday: From gay social network to billion-dollar design\u00a0store","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/19/fabulous-funding-wednesday-from-gay-social-network-to-billion-dollar-design-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T12:37:22Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"While
        OpenTable was a great start in improving restaurant reservations and putting
        them online, snagging last-minute spots at tony\u00a0restaurants is different
        matter altogether.","title":"While commoners use OpenTable, fabulous jet-setters
        are booking on\u00a0Table8","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/while-commoners-use-opentable-fabulous-jet-setters-are-booking-on-table8/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941432,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T15:55:53Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"Want
        to hate a game? Here are six internet-accepted reasons to hate a game \u2013
        happy\u00a0hating!","title":"Happy Hating \u2013 Six fabulous ways to hate
        any\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/happy-hating-six-fabulous-ways-to-hate-any-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941431,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"notify","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941430,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"factual","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941429,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"none","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941428,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"c-span","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941427,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"span","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941426,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"blackberry","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941425,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"google-play","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941424,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"woman","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941423,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"cyrus","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941422,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"why-not","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941421,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"dad","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941420,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"lid","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-06T10:46:17Z","slug":"sirna-therapeutics","summary":"(UPDATED:
        See below.)","title":"Biotech chameleons: Quark Pharma aims for $81M\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/06/biotech-chameleons-quark-pharma-aims-for-81m-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941417,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-10T08:21:06Z","slug":"sirna-therapeutics","summary":"Protiva,
        a Vancouver, B.C.-based developer of drugs based on the new technology of
        RNA interference, raised $3.3 million in debenture financing. Investors included
        GrowthWorks Capital, BDC Capital, the Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund and
        Kinetic Capital.","title":"RNAi developer Protiva raises\u00a0$3.3M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/10/rnai-developer-protiva-raises-33m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941418,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"c","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941416,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941415,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-12T18:19:25Z","slug":"sirna-therapeutics","summary":"House-Senate
        confrontation set over biogenerics \u2014 Late last month, a key group of
        senators reached agreement on legislative provisions that would authorize
        copycat versions of biotech drugs, which are typically complex proteins manufactured
        by genetically engineered cells (see details here and here).  These provisions
        would finally put biotech drugs \u2014 which don\u2019t face cut-rate competition
        once their key patents expire \u2014 on a par with traditional pharmaceuticals,
        and have been a long time in coming. They\u2019re not perfect, but they\u2019re
        about as good a compromise as we\u2019re likely to see any time soon..","title":"Roundup:
        Biogenerics bill in limbo, clashing data on health IT benefits, the RNAi boom,
        and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/12/roundup-biogenerics-bill-in-limbo-clashing-data-on-health-it-benefits-the-rnai-boom-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941414,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-03T14:52:04Z","slug":"sirna-therapeutics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Thursday, April 3,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/03/life-science-briefing-thursday-april-3-2008/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941413,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-03T13:04:27Z","slug":"sirna-therapeutics","summary":"Intradigm,
        a biotech company that develops RNA interference treatments for cancer, announced
        today that it took $18.5 million in a second round of financing that included
        new investors Lilly Ventures, Roche Venture Fund, MP Healthcare Venture Management,
        and existing investors Alta Partners, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, MediBic
        Alliance Technology Fund and Novartis Venture Fund.","title":"Intradigm lands
        $18.5M to advance oncology\u00a0treatment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/03/intradigm-lands-185m-to-advance-oncology-treatment/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941411,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"smith","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941410,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941409,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941408,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"i","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941407,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"kris","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941406,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"melt","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941405,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941404,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"virgin-america","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941403,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941402,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941401,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"eric","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941400,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"photoalto","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3941399,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T00:11:38Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"In
        anticipation of Comic-Con, the first poster for \"Jurassic World\" has just
        been revealed.","title":"\"Jurassic World\" Update: First Poster Revealed,
        Filming Update, T-Rex Scene Detailed [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24919/20140723/jurassic-world-movie-date-update-first-poster-revealed-filming-trex-scene-sequel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941398,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"megan","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941397,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"grey","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941396,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"taboola","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941395,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"entrepreneurship","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941394,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"al-systems","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941393,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-08T16:00:00Z","slug":"my-wine-assistant","summary":"Welcome
        to the Bitmob Game Club!","title":"Bitmob Game Club \u2014 Braid Edition (Part\u00a0Two)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/08/bitmob-game-club-braid-edition-part-two/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941392,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941391,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-22T11:30:41Z","slug":"my-wine-assistant","summary":"Guest
        Post In the startup world, working with frenemies is unavoidable. Here\u2019s
        how to do it the right\u00a0way.","title":"How to work with your startup\u00a0frenemies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/22/frenemies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941390,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"ticketleap","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941389,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"software-companies","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941388,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"startup-calgary","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941387,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"weekends","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941386,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"plug-and-play-tech-center","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941385,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"his","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:49Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941384,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"play-canada","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941383,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"plug-and-play-canada","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941382,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"d","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941381,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"r-and","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941380,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"herbalife","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941379,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"r","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941378,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"boast-capital","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941377,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"the-co","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941376,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"first-step","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941375,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"the-type","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941374,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"research-accelerator","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941373,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"his","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941372,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"justin-thiele","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941371,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"naval","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941370,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"angellist","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941367,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"leverage","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941369,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"ak","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3941368,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:13:16Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Dance
        Moms, an American dance reality television series created by Collins Avenue
        Productions for Lifetime, is currently popular among the viewers with Christi
        and Chloe Lukasiak stage show as well as Kelly Hyland and Abby Lee Miller\u2019s
        their fight on Twitter.","title":"\"Dance Moms\" star duo Christi and Chloe
        to hold workshop at Hebburn; Hyland & Miller continue fighting in twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24906/20140723/dance-moms-reality-star-duo-christi-chloe-hold-workshop-hebburn-hyland-miller-fight-twitter.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941366,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"getting-in","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941365,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T09:15:56Z","slug":"where","summary":"Guest
        Post So far, access hasn\u2019t equated to\u00a0usage.","title":"What the
        Olympics teach us about \u2018TV everywhere\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/what-the-olympics-teach-us-about-tv-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941364,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T10:55:39Z","slug":"where","summary":"Check
        out this list of the best sites for free online\u00a0games.","title":"Where
        to find the best free online video\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/where-to-find-the-best-free-online-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941363,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-21T12:00:14Z","slug":"where","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Irrational
        winds down, Harmonix makes a shooter, and where the Kickstarters are\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/21/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-irrational-winds-down-harmonix-makes-a-shooter-and-where-the-kickstarters-are-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941362,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-25T05:00:05Z","slug":"where","summary":"The
        new Disney Movies Anywhere app release coincides with the digital launch of\u00a0Frozen.","title":"Disney
        Movies Anywhere debuts with tight integration with Apple\u2019s\u00a0iTunes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/25/disney-movies-anywhere-debuts-with-tight-integration-with-apples-itunes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941361,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"4","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941360,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-28T15:33:45Z","slug":"where","summary":"Steam
        Family Sharing enables account holders to share their game libraries with
        up to five relatives and guests on up to 10\u00a0devices.","title":"Family
        Sharing lets up to 10 others play your Steam games \u2014\u00a0anywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/28/family-sharing-lets-up-to-10-others-play-your-steam-games-anywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941359,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"cliff","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941358,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","slug":"where","summary":"","title":"Singapore,
        where innovation takes\u00a0flight","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/landing/singapore/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941357,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T10:10:21Z","slug":"where","summary":"Electric
        car maker Tesla is coming to Europe, announcing today that it will open over
        30 new Supercharger-equipped service centers on that continent.","title":"Tesla
        promises electric-car travel anywhere in Europe by end of\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/tesla-promises-electric-car-travel-anywhere-in-europe-by-end-of-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941356,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"leap","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941355,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T09:30:13Z","slug":"where","summary":"You
        can now buy Ouya games on another Android\u00a0microconsole.","title":"Ouya
        store coming to the Mad Catz microconsole as part of a new \u2018Everywhere\u2019
        initiative","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/ouya-store-coming-to-the-mad-catz-microconsole-as-part-of-a-new-everywhere-initiative/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941354,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-26T06:49:34Z","slug":"where","summary":"Ahead
        of the most recent legal battle between Apple and Samsung, one of Apple\u2019s
        lead engineers is finally telling the tale of the first iPhone\u2019s software.","title":"Apple
        engineer reveals where the iPhone\u2019s original software came\u00a0from","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/26/apple-engineer-reveals-where-the-iphones-original-software-came-from/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941353,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-07T06:08:58Z","slug":"where","summary":"What
        if you could automate, target, and personalize marketing to anonymous business
        software buyers through their entire purchasing\u00a0journey, and not just
        the last\u00a010 percent of it when they\u2019re making final decisions?","title":"Anonymous
        marketing automation? New tool nurtures unknown prospects\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/07/anonymous-marketing-automation-new-tool-nurtures-unknown-prospects-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941352,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"way","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941351,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T08:30:03Z","slug":"where","summary":"One
        of Nintendo\u2019s popular franchises that it has never released in the states
        is finally making its way\u00a0here.","title":"Americans love crazy, too:
        Nintendo bringing life sim where cats marry marine biologists\u00a0Stateside","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/americans-love-crazy-too-nintendo-bringing-life-sim-where-cats-marry-marine-biologists-stateside/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941350,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T08:55:17Z","slug":"where","summary":"A
        New York development project could become a flagship case of the perks of
        instrumenting a community with sensors and analyzing the\u00a0data.","title":"The
        latest perk of your New York luxury condo: Sensors, sensors\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/the-latest-perk-of-your-new-york-luxury-condo-sensors-sensors-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941349,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"justin-kan","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941348,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T12:35:41Z","slug":"where","summary":"Why
        would anyone want to set up more mics around the house when they already schlep
        their phone with them everywhere? Forrester has the\u00a0answer.","title":"Universal
        voice control will emerge as small mics show up\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/universal-voice-control-will-emerge-as-small-mics-show-up-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941347,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T14:42:17Z","slug":"where","summary":"These
        top-sellers are getting a healthy\u00a0discount.","title":"Nintendo surprises
        cheap gamers everywhere by lowering the price of five first-party 3DS\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/nintendo-surprises-cheap-gamers-everywhere-by-lowering-the-price-of-five-first-party-3ds-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941345,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T09:30:11Z","slug":"where","summary":"The
        livestreaming company is dropping a few grand to help fund a game that relies
        on the video platform to\u00a0function.","title":"Twitch puts its money where
        the crowd is by pledging funds for audience-controlled game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/twitch-puts-its-money-where-the-crowd-is-by-pledging-funds-for-audience-controlled-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941346,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"tv","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941344,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"justin","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941343,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T12:15:58Z","slug":"where","summary":"Blizzard\u2019s
        free-to-play card game is now out around the\u00a0world.","title":"Never stop
        playing Hearthstone: Blizzard\u2019s card battler available for iPad\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/never-stop-playing-hearthstone-blizzards-card-battler-available-for-ipad-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941342,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-21T12:14:08Z","slug":"where","summary":"More
        than 30 percentof Americans (enough to stall major legislation), disagree
        with scientists on a few key items \u2014 global warming, evolution, the idea
        that the earth is really, really\u00a0old.","title":"Americans \u2018disagree\u2019
        with these scientific facts. Somewhere, a Nobel Prize winner\u00a0weeps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/americans-disagree-with-these-scientific-facts-somewhere-a-nobel-prize-winner-weeps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941341,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"viable","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941340,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T14:49:23Z","slug":"where","summary":"Sure,
        Amazon\u2019s public cloud is still growing. But it needs to do more if it
        desires to surpass the best periods of\u00a0growth.","title":"Amazon Web Services
        is doing so well, it has nowhere else to\u00a0grow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/amazon-web-services-is-doing-so-well-it-has-nowhere-else-to-grow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-25T12:57:15Z","slug":"where","summary":"Seriously,
        you should really, really come to this event! And bring a nerdy friend. Be
        sure to reserve your seat before we get into standing-room-only territory!","title":"8
        reasons we love the Last Hacker (& a free event where you can meet him\u00a0yourself)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/25/8-reasons-we-love-the-last-hacker-a-free-event-where-you-can-meet-him-yourself/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941338,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"mark-zuckerberg","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941337,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-25T20:55:25Z","slug":"where","summary":"Now
        that Gundotra is no longer at the helm of Google+, it\u2019ll be interesting
        to see what becomes of\u00a0it.","title":"Google+: Where it came from and
        where it\u2019s\u00a0headed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/25/google-where-it-came-from-and-where-its-headed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T20:50:28Z","slug":"where","summary":"Sponsored
        Post With a smartphone and the right cocktail of productivity and entertainment
        apps, the dreaded start of the workweek can be made more than\u00a0tolerable.","title":"Stress-free
        Mondays, available on smartphones\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/stress-free-mondays-available-on-smartphones-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-12T14:01:22Z","slug":"where","summary":"New
        York is becoming a major tech hub. San Diego and Chicago are healthy tech
        markets. But when it comes to tech acquisitions, Silicon Valley still reigns\u00a0supreme.","title":"The
        top 10 spots for tech acquisitions: Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley, everywhere\u00a0else","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/12/top-10-spots-for-tech-acquisitions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941334,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"spacex","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941333,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-12T17:33:23Z","slug":"where","summary":"The
        company has just submitted a document to the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission
        for a new $4 million out of a total $6 million it\u2019s seeking to\u00a0raise.","title":"Workspot\u2019s
        \u2018work anywhere\u2019 tech gives workers a mobile\u00a0option","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/12/workspots-work-anywhere-tech-gives-workers-a-mobile-option/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941332,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T13:15:27Z","slug":"where","summary":"Data
        giant Acxiom, like much\u00a0of the tech industry, finds the concept of\u00a0inaccessible
        data\u00a0absurd.","title":"Acxiom\u2019s $310M LiveRamp buy puts data where
        marketers can use\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/acxioms-310m-liveramp-buy-puts-data-where-marketers-can-use-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941331,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T14:30:48Z","slug":"where","summary":"Paris-based
        startup TVTY has just nabbed $4.5 million to lower the chances that you can
        avoid ads from a specific company by going online during TV commercial breaks.","title":"Go
        online during TV commercials? This startup wants those ads to follow you\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/go-online-during-tv-commercials-this-startup-wants-those-ads-to-follow-you-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941330,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"spotify","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941329,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T12:30:51Z","slug":"where","summary":"Guest
        Post Augmented reality and cloud computing have had similar trajectories on
        Gartner\u2019s Hype Cycle, so why has AR struggled to attract capital investment
        to date while cloud investment is\u00a0strong?","title":"Augmented reality:
        Where\u2019s the venture\u00a0capital?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/augmented-reality-wheres-the-venture-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941328,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-31T07:00:17Z","slug":"where","summary":"In
        Beats, Apple purchased a collection of assets that, on paper, didn\u2019t\u00a0seem
        to offer much that the company couldn\u2019t have acquired elsewhere and for
        less.","title":"Where the Beats will drop at\u00a0Apple","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/31/where-the-beats-will-drop-at-apple/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941327,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-31T15:30:45Z","slug":"where","summary":"If
        you\u2019re an engineering hiring manager, chances are you have a list of
        technical questions that are your gold standard for evaluating potential hires,
        right? Technical ability is imperative, of course. But are you getting the
        talent you really need?","title":"4 tips to help you hire engineers in a world
        where devs hold all the\u00a0cards","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/31/4-tips-to-help-you-hire-engineers-in-a-world-where-devs-hold-all-the-cards/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941326,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"palantir","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T14:15:42Z","slug":"where","summary":"Where
        does Silicon Valley\u2019s talent come from? This\u00a0incredibly detailed
        map tells all.","title":"This map reveals exactly where Silicon Valley gets
        its\u00a0talent","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/this-map-reveals-exactly-where-silicon-valley-gets-its-talent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941325,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"urge","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941323,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"peter-thiel","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941322,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T10:35:56Z","slug":"where","summary":"T-Mobile
        may have\u00a0outed itself as one of the U.S. carriers that will sell the
        new Amazon phone, which \u2014 by all reports \u2014 will be introduced at
        an event in Seattle June 18.","title":"T-Mobile\u2019s next press event suspiciously
        located where Amazon may launch a 3D\u00a0phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/t-mobiles-next-press-event-suspiciously-located-where-amazon-may-launch-a-3d-phone/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941321,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"vc","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941320,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T14:10:58Z","slug":"where","summary":"We
        like you, Larry and Sergey. We believe you don\u2019t want to be evil. But
        you are absolutely everywhere around us these\u00a0days.","title":"Google
        everywhere: Is there even one space Google doesn\u2019t want to play\u00a0in?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/google-everywhere-is-there-even-once-space-google-doesnt-want-to-play-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T18:29:49Z","slug":"where","summary":"Since
        its introduction as part of iOS 5 in 2011, Siri has become an emblematic part
        of iOS and arguably the most famous product to come out of SRI International,
        an independent research and development institute originally established by
        Stanford University\u2019s trustees.","title":"Siri\u2019s new cousin is going
        fishing where the rich fish\u00a0are","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/siris-new-cousin-is-going-fishing-where-the-rich-fish-are/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941318,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"big-company","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941317,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T14:25:18Z","slug":"where","summary":"Play
        your way to becoming a math\u00a0genius.","title":"The CalQ math app: A game
        picks up where addition and multiplication tables leave\u00a0off","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/the-calq-math-app-a-game-picks-up-where-addition-and-multiplication-tables-leave-off/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941316,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T00:59:53Z","slug":"where","summary":"WIth
        Kubernetes, multi-cloud environments could become considerably easier to create
        and\u00a0maintain.","title":"Microsoft, IBM, & Docker jump on Google\u2019s
        Kubernetes project for managing app containers\u00a0anywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/google-kubernetes-microsoft-ibm-docker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941315,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T13:42:21Z","slug":"where","summary":"Fox
        will have to take Dish Anywhere to court despite precedent set by win over\u00a0Aereo.","title":"Fox\u2019s
        victory over Aereo won\u2019t see Dish Anywhere shut down \u2014\u00a0yet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/foxs-victory-over-aereo-wont-see-dish-anywhere-shut-down-yet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941314,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"2","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941313,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T14:54:30Z","slug":"where","summary":"Guest
        Post Reactions to #AmazonCart have been surprisingly mild, if not downright
        dismissive. But critics are missing the\u00a0point.","title":"Why #AmazonCart
        is just a taste of where shopping is\u00a0headed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/why-amazoncart-is-just-a-taste-of-where-shopping-is-headed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941312,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"key","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941311,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T08:30:45Z","slug":"where","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The famous game designer leaves an early retirement to work on a new
        free-to-play shooter. But does he know what he\u2019s\u00a0doing?","title":"Cliff
        Bleszinski on his retirement, returning, what he\u2019s learned, and where
        he\u2019s going from here\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/cliff-bleszinski-on-his-retirement-returning-what-hes-learned-and-where-hes-going-from-here-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941310,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"combinator","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941309,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:05:46Z","slug":"where","summary":"DreamWorks
        Animation\u2019s Redwood City, Calif. campus is a high-tech heaven for artists
        an\u00a0animators.","title":"A trip inside the dream factory where they made
        \u2018How to Train Your Dragon 2\u2032 (photo\u00a0gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941308,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:30:35Z","slug":"where","summary":"Tesla
        rocked the automotive world last month with news that it plans to build a
        5 GW lithium ion battery plant in the United States. That\u2019s huge: 5 GW
        is equivalent to all of the world\u2019s current battery production, so, Tesla
        will basically double global battery manufacturing.","title":"3 reasons why
        Tesla can scale where others have\u00a0failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941307,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"y-combinator","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941305,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T12:30:34Z","slug":"where","summary":"Raptr
        claims it is upping the quality of its software\u2019s livestreaming\u00a0feature.","title":"Raptr
        wants gamers to broadcast to Twitch through its network and nowhere\u00a0else","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/raptr-is-upgrading-its-twitch-integration-to-dominate-livestreaming-on-pc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941306,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"amc-networks","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941304,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"y","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941303,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"altman","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941302,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"sam-altman","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941301,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"sam","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941300,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"hipster","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941299,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"phrase","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941298,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"verizon","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941297,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"notify","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941296,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941295,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"factual","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941293,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"none","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941294,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"amc","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941292,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"airbnb","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941291,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"span","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941290,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"blackberry","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941289,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"google-play","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941288,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"intel","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941287,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"woman","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941286,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"cyrus","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941285,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"why-not","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941284,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941283,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-23T22:12:55Z","slug":"caci-international","summary":"Location
        based social networking keeps getting tremendous hype, but the question is
        whether it will live up to its potential.","title":"A review of location-based
        networks \u2014 and how they can grow\u00a0faster","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/23/why-wont-location-based-networks-grow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941282,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"dad","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941281,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"the-program","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941280,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-07T15:25:24Z","slug":"caci-international","summary":"Node.js
        has been getting great press for being used to build real-time web applications
        and fast networking tools that help big web sites run and scale.","title":"Case
        study: How & why to build a consumer app with\u00a0Node.js","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/07/building-consumer-apps-with-node/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941279,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"lid","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941278,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-18T02:06:17Z","slug":"caci-international","summary":"The
        real reason for Max Payne 3''s delay: Rockstar''s artists were ordered to
        redesign the titular protagonist''s tank top for a more believably off-white
        color stained with churrasco grease, beard dandruff, and the manly tears of
        despair.","title":"News Blips: Max Payne 3 delayed, SOPA delayed, and cloud
        gaming\u2019s future\u00a0costs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/18/news-blips-max-payne-3-delayed-sopa-shelved-and-cloud-gamings-future-costs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941277,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941276,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-20T10:16:41Z","slug":"caci-international","summary":"For
        all the talk of innovation in Silicon Valley, there is one industry that has
        remained largely untouched by technology. The few entrepreneurs ushering the
        law into the 21st century say the discipline is on the brink of major disruption.","title":"Meet
        the startups that are giving everyone affordable access to\u00a0justice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/20/legal-startups/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941275,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941274,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"plug-camp","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941273,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-09T09:00:46Z","slug":"caci-international","summary":"Startup
        accelerator 500 Startups announced its fourth batch of companies on Wednesday,
        a fun group that includes a necktie subscription service, a Dropbox-based
        collaboration tool for creatives, a consumer-action site currently trying
        to take down Big Cable, and a property-inspection iPad app.","title":"Meet
        500 Startups\u2019 new batch of\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/09/meet-500-startups-new-batch-of-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941272,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T05:00:58Z","slug":"caci-international","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Synchroneuron       Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing
        new       therapies to treat tardive dyskinesia (TD) and other neuropsychiatric       disorders,
        today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a       Phase 2,
        multi-center,\u2026","title":"Synchroneuron Announces First Patient Dosed
        in Phase 2 Tardive Dyskinesia Clinical&nb...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/synchroneuron-announces-first-patient-dosed-in-phase-2-tardive-dyskinesia-clinical-trial/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941271,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"smith","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941270,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941269,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941268,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"angelpad","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941267,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"kris","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941266,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"melt","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941265,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"500-startups","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941264,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941263,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941262,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"6","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941261,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"techstars","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941260,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941259,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"eric","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941257,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"photoalto","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3941258,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T22:45:48Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"A
        new report claims the title of the next \"Transformers\" film may be \"Galvatron
        Rising.\" As well, concept art of a female villain has just been released
        on Facebook.","title":"\"Transformers 5\" Update: Potential Title Revealed,
        Unused Female Decepticon Concept Art [Photos]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24916/20140723/transformers-5-transformers-4-age-of-extinction-update-title-revealed-female-decepticon-galvatron-rising.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941256,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"megan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941255,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"grey","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941254,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"up-global","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941253,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"taboola","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941252,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"entrepreneurship","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941251,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"lloyed-lobo","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941250,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"happn","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941249,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941248,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941247,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"am","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941246,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"gonna","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941245,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"hussein","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941244,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"haya","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941243,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"adopted","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941242,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"princess","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941241,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"youtube","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941240,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"shimon","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941239,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"douglas","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941238,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"exponential","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941237,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"lineup","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941235,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"sequoia-capital","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941236,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941234,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"previous","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941233,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"do","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941232,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"sequoia","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941231,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"c","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941230,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941229,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"dc","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941228,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"mark-kvamme","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941227,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"en","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941226,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"we","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941225,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"rethink","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941224,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941223,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941222,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941221,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"metric","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941220,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"painting","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941219,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941218,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"photos","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941217,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"key","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941216,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941215,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941213,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"1999","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941214,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"gimme","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941212,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"me","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941211,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"bubble","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941210,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"space","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941209,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"extent","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941208,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"6","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941207,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"alien","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941206,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"his","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941205,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"the-level","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941204,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"nfl","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941203,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"1m-1m","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941202,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"legs","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941201,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"touching","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941200,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-01T17:21:46Z","slug":"talecris-biotherapeutics","summary":"Genoptix,
        a Carlsbad, Calif., provider of diagnostic services to cancer and blood-disease
        specialists, filed to raise as much as $86.25 million in an intial offering.
        The company specializes in genetic and other testing of blood and bone-marrow
        samples in order to diagnose various cancers and to determine appropriate
        treatments.","title":"Genoptix files $86M IPO for diagnostic\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/01/genoptix-files-86m-ipo-for-diagnostic-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941199,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"mlb","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941198,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-02T11:49:35Z","slug":"talecris-biotherapeutics","summary":"AlphaMed
        Pharmaceuticals, a Largo, Fla., biotech intent on taking a chunk out of the
        plasma-derived drug business, is raising a $50 million third round, VentureWire
        reports (subscription required). The company is developing a form of alpha-1
        antitrypsin, or ATT, that can be produced in yeast cells. Current forms of
        the drug, such as one sold by Talecris Biotherapeutics (see our coverage here),
        are derived from donated blood. Patients who lack the enzyme are prone to
        emphysema and other disorders.","title":"AlphaMed Pharma raising $50M for
        recombinant alpha-1\u00a0antitrypsin","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/02/alphamed-pharma-raising-50m-for-recombinant-alpha-1-antitrypsin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941197,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941196,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"anchor","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941195,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"reason","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941194,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-30T08:33:20Z","slug":"talecris-biotherapeutics","summary":"(CORRECTED:
        See below.)","title":"California''s stem-cell management\u00a0disarray","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/30/californias-stem-cell-management-disarray/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941193,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941192,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-18T07:19:53Z","slug":"talecris-biotherapeutics","summary":"Featured
        companies: American Oriental Bioengineering, Guangxi Boke, Inspired Technologies,
        Nanosphere, Patton Medical Devices","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday,
        Oct. 18,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/18/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-oct-18-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941191,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"i","summary":"<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip
        is based verbatim on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I
        anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941190,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"tv","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941189,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-30T00:55:04Z","slug":"talecris-biotherapeutics","summary":"Featured
        companies: Acceleron Pharma, Bledsoe Brace Systems, Eurobiobiz, Genoptix,
        Harmony Information Systems, ImmuneWorks, Pasteuria Bioscience, Renal CarePartners,
        Quantum Genomics, Synergy Software, Vitreo Retinal Technology","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Tuesday, Oct. 30,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/30/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-oct-30-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941188,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"honestly","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941187,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-30T09:57:22Z","slug":"talecris-biotherapeutics","summary":"(UPDATED:
        See below.) Is the air starting to hiss out of the private-equity bubbble?
        Looking at Talecris Biotherapeutics, a stodgy biotech controlled by private-equity
        firms Cerberus Capital Management and Ampersand Ventures that filed to raise
        as much as $1 billion in an initial offering last Friday, you\u2019d be perfectly
        justified in thinking so.","title":"Talecris, a ludicrously large IPO, and
        the beginning of the end for private\u00a0equity?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/30/talecris-biotherapeutics-files-for-1b-ipo-is-it-the-end-of-the-private-equity-boom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941186,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-30T10:44:21Z","slug":"talecris-biotherapeutics","summary":"See
        David Hamilton\u2019s story at VentureBeat LifeSciences about this gutsy filing.","title":"Talecris''
        $1B IPO filing \u2014 a mad rush before the PE-boom\u00a0ends?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/30/talecris-1b-ipo-filing-a-mad-rush-before-the-pe-boom-ends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941185,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941184,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941183,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"blablacar","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941182,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"stance","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941181,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941180,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"am","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941179,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941178,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941177,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941176,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"mitra","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941175,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941174,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"20","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941173,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"sramana-mitra","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941172,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941171,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"hussein","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941170,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941169,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"haya","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941168,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941167,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"princess","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941166,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"shimon","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941165,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"sf","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941164,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"douglas","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941163,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"he","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941162,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"lineup","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941161,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"co","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941160,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"previous","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941159,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941158,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"do","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941157,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941156,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"c","summary":"<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip
        is based verbatim on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I
        anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941155,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941154,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941153,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941152,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"dc","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941151,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"2","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941150,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"shell","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941149,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"en","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941148,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941147,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"we","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941146,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"go","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941145,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"581","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941144,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941143,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"obama","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941142,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941141,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941140,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941139,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941138,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"painting","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941137,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"on","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941136,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941135,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"rick","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941134,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"photos","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941133,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941132,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941131,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941130,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"0","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941129,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"me","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941128,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941127,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"space","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941126,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941125,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"6","summary":"<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip
        is based verbatim on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I
        anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941124,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"mg","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941123,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"alien","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941122,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"jp","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941121,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"nfl","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941120,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"it","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941119,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"legs","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941118,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"de","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941117,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"touching","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941116,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:16:31Z","slug":"ca","summary":"<em><strong>By
        <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo\" target=\"_hplink\">Lloyed Lobo</a></strong></em><br
        />\n<br />\nOver the past year I''ve been running the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> Pre-accelerator in SF, which is a 5-week
        program by <a href=\"http://www.up.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">UP Global</a>
        and <a href=\"https://www.googleforentrepreneurs.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Google
        for Entrepreneurs</a> that helps early startups prepare for an accelerator
        (or simply crash) by validating their ideas and building prototypes to test
        with real customers.<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Startup Next</a> is run in many cities around the world
        and our graduates have not only been accepted into accelerators such as Techstars,
        500 Startups, AngelPad, Plug and Play Startup Camp and more, but they''ve
        also raised funding from big-name investors. And many have dropped their ideas
        after 5 weeks and are thankful because they were able to determine it was
        going nowhere without spending too much time and money.<br />\n<br />\nWe
        have a rigorous application process because the program is mentor-driven and
        our team works hard to connect founders to accelerators. We''ve had some awesome
        mentors from Google, Intel, Airbnb, Dropbox, Verizon, and Stanford to name
        a few. So it''s important for us to understand that the founders are committed
        and will continue to make progress over the 5 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nHere are
        some tips from the <a href=\"http://www.startupnext.co/\" target=\"_hplink\">Startup
        Next</a> team based on conversations with accelerators as well as entrepreneurs
        who''ve been accepted.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Building a startup is a team
        sport and something that all investors tend to agree on.</strong> You''ve
        probably heard of the phrase \"hacker, hustler, hipster\". What that means
        is you need to have a solid cross-functional founding team that has a good
        working chemistry and can build product, create great user experiences, and
        acquire customers at breakneck speed. <br />\n<br />\nSam Altman of Y-Combinator
        said in a recent interview at the Pre-Money conference \"it''s really hard
        for accelerators to pick good companies at the early stages, so all your efforts
        should be towards getting awesome founders. Ideas often change from when you
        start out, but good founders will have the grit and determination to see it
        through.\"<br />\n<br />\nTeam chemistry is a key factor because if the founders
        have worked together in the past, the risk of founder break up is mitigated.
        Co-founder disputes early on are a major reason why startups fail to raise
        capital post acceleration or even continue building the company.<br />\n<br
        />\nThree co-founders tends to be a magic number for many accelerators. Having
        too many founders can give the impression that you''re not as confident plus
        the diluted equity could lead to motivation issues.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Show that you can be a big company.</strong> One of the values of going through
        an accelerator is they can help you raise your initial seed round. It is well
        documented that only a small percentage of investments lead to the majority
        of the returns for a VC fund, so VCs try to determine if their investment
        in your company has the potential to be worth more than their whole fund.
        <br />\n<br />\nPeter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a reputable VC with
        a portfolio that includes massive success stories like Facebook, Palantir,
        Spotify and SpaceX, says entrepreneurs should ask themselves \"What great
        business is nobody building? In business, every moment happens only once.
        The next Mark Zuckerberg won''t be building a social network.\"<br />\n<br
        />\n<strong>3. Have a prototype or minimum viable product. </strong>It doesn''t
        matter if you''re not working on your idea full time yet, just get something
        out there that can be tested. Justin Kan, Partner at Y-Combinator stated in
        an Entrepeneur.com article \"The best way to get the ball rolling on an idea
        is to leap off of a cliff and force yourself to make incremental progress.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>4. Get traction in the form of money or users or both.
        </strong>This will significantly raise your chances of getting in. Accelerators
        want to see that you can accomplish what you say and can execute on the plan.
        Show that you''ve validated the market with real customers. If you get an
        interview, demonstrate how you''ve progressed from the time you submitted
        the application. Accelerator programs last only a few months, so it''s important
        that the teams they invest in can maximize the resources provided to the fullest.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. Build a strong network and leverage it. </strong>Getting
        a strong referral is the best way to get in. For example, if you''re recommended
        by a well-known entrepreneur, investor, alum or pre-accelerator.<br />\n<br
        />\nTake this further by creating a complete profile on AngelList and keeping
        it updated with information about your team, product, traction, press etc.
        Get references and followers from your network. Read this post by 500 Startups
        on the basics of AngelList, this one by Naval, founder of AngelList, on how
        they pick trending startups, and this one by Justin Thiele on how he got his
        startup to trend on AngelList.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6. Be concise in your
        application. </strong>Accelerators go through 100s, if not 1000s of applications,
        which means you have very little time to catch their attention. Avoid buzzwords
        and remember less is more. Before you submit, get feedback from those who''ve
        been through an accelerator (or experienced investors and entrepreneurs if
        you can''t get to someone who''s been through an accelerator). Make sure you
        apply early and not on the last day. And once you get a call for an interview,
        practice your pitch and responses. Be well prepared before going in as interviews
        can last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes. Accelerators see a lot of companies,
        so they start to understand what may or may not work rather quickly (aka,
        their BS meter). You want to be educating them during the interview, not the
        other way around.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Do your homework before you apply.</strong>
        Research accelerator programs to see what value they can add to your business
        and talk to some startups that have graduated from the accelerator programs
        you''re considering. You want to get a real view of their accomplishments
        during and after the program. Make sure to ask questions that help you get
        a good understanding of the accelerator''s resources, mentorship and connections.
        Be sure to add vertical-specific accelerators to your research, for example
        hardware, health or enterprise-focused, as they might be able to add more
        value depending on the type of business you''re in. <br />\n<br />\nIf you''re
        a first-time entrepreneur, taking the initial step can be the most difficult.
        You might want to look into attending a local pre-accelerator program as a
        first step.<br />\n<br />\n<em>Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast Capital,
        which specializes in R&D Tax Credits, Plug and Play Canada, a subsidiary of
        Silicon Valley''s Plug and Play Tech Center which invests in early-stage startups,
        and The Cloud Factory, a premiere enterprise tech conference. Lloyed is very
        active in the tech startup community in Silicon Valley and Western Canada
        - he runs the Startup Next Pre-accelerator in the Valley, facilitates Startup
        Weekends, is on the board of Startup Calgary, and writes a weekly column called
        Startup of the Week for the Calgary Herald. Previously, Lloyed was the Head
        of Sales and Marketing at two venture backed software companies - TicketLeap
        in Philadelphia and AL Systems in New Jersey.</em> ","title":"7 Tips for Getting
        into a Silicon Valley Accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/startup-weekend/7-tips-for-getting-into-a_b_5627044.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941115,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"mlb","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941114,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941113,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"reason","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941112,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"time-warner","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941111,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941110,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"tv","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941109,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941108,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"stance","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941107,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941106,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941105,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941104,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941103,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"20","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941102,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3941101,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T12:58:53Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Due
        to the huge bright spotlights on him, Maksim Chmerkovskiy gets the most attention
        in the recent entertainment news. In fact, his relationship with some of his
        closest celebrity friends ruins his privacy as gossips spread throughout the
        media.","title":"\"Dancing With The Stars\" champion Maksim Chmerkovskiy pissed
        off at dating rumors -- Why is he envying Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24894/20140723/dancing-with-the-stars-champion-maksim-chmerkovskiy-pissed-off-at-jennifer-lopez-dating-rumors-he-envies-ryan-gosling-and-eva-mendes.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941100,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941099,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941098,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"sf","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941097,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"he","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941096,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"co","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941095,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-14T10:49:29Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"[updated]","title":"Live
        blogging: Microsoft''s E3 2008 press conference \u2014 partnership with Netflix\u00a0announced","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/14/live-blogging-microsofts-e3-2008-press-conferences/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941094,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941093,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-14T09:00:31Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"Game
        investing is still going strong, even though it did take a hit during the
        recession. We calculated that game companies raised $600.5 million in 2009,
        down 36 percent from the year before. But game-savvy venture capitalists are
        still bullish on games. We did a roundtable Q&A with some of the best-known
        investors, in conjunction with the launch of Interactive Age, a new magazine
        focused on the business of games. The magazine is edited by N. Evan Van Zelfden,
        who has written for us, and will debut around the time of the Game Developers
        Conference in March. ","title":"Venture capitalists are bullish on the future
        of game\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/14/venture-capitalists-are-bullish-on-the-future-of-game-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941092,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-20T22:30:32Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"\u00a0","title":"From
        \u201cPassage\u201d To Moscow International:  Narrative and Ethical Design
        in Contemporary\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/20/from-passage-to-moscow-international-narrative-and-ethical-design-in-contemporary-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941091,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941090,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"reason","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941089,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-30T07:15:14Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"Filmmakers
        and game creators would love to create animations so realistic that they look
        like they were produced inside a Star Trek Holodeck, the virtual simulator
        from the sci-fi TV and film series. In the Holodeck, you couldn\u2019t tell
        whether what you were seeing was real or was just a computer animation.","title":"Otoy\u2019s
        cloud tools can render stunningly realistic video\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/30/otoy-cloud-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941087,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-20T10:00:08Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"Otoy\u00a0has
        partnered with creativity tools maker Autodesk to create next-generation cloud
        rendering tools that will make film making, 3D designs, and video games easier,
        the company said today. Autodesk is also investing an undisclosed amount into
        Otoy.","title":"Otoy teams up with Autodesk to create cloud-rendering\u00a0platform","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/20/otoy-teams-up-with-autodesk-to-create-cloud-rendering-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941088,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941086,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-01T07:00:13Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"A
        new stereoscopic, 3D headset could soon make virtual reality in video games
        a, well,\u00a0reality.","title":"Oculus launches Kickstarter campaign for
        virtual reality gaming\u00a0headset","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/01/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-headset-kickstarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941085,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-05T08:00:54Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"Paul
        Reiche, the head of the Toys for Bob game studio, is an overnight star (after
        decades of work) as the creator of the Skylanders\u00a0franchise.","title":"How
        Toys for Bob turned Activision into a giant toy company with Skylanders\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/05/how-paul-reiche-turned-activision-into-a-giant-toy-company-with-skylanders-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941084,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941083,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-06T05:00:06Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"Charles
        Huang, the cocreator of Guitar Hero, wants to connect a game controller to
        your smartphone and play games on your TV. But the plan is more than\u00a0that.","title":"Guitar
        Hero co-creator unveils startup with a plan to mobilize the living room (exclusive\u00a0interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/06/guitar-hero-co-creator-unveils-startup-with-a-plan-to-mobilize-the-living-room-exclusive-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941082,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-20T18:30:45Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"Facebook
        changed the way that you keep in touch with your former high school friends,
        but how significantly did it impact your day-to-day life? While Silicon Valley
        gets all of the attention, Orange County is churning out radical innovations
        ranging from life-saving medical inventions to sustainable technology. It\u2019s
        a thriving technological landscape that just might make a real impact on your
        life \u2013 if it hasn\u2019t already.\u00a0And yet, if Orange County technologies
        were a category on Jeopardy!, how well would you do?","title":"I\u2019ll Take
        \u2018Orange County Technologies that Could Change Your Life\u2019 for\u00a0$200","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/20/ill-take-orange-county-technologies-that-could-change-your-life-for-200/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941081,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-23T12:00:17Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"The
        video game industry always moves forward, striving to do more. The games we
        played in 2012 impressed and surprised us with the risks they took and gave
        us great hopes for what comes\u00a0next.","title":"2012\u2019s most innovative
        game\u00a0ideas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/23/2012s-most-innovative-game-ideas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941080,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"shell","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941079,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-17T11:00:56Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"The
        Disney conglomeration is using its vast resources to make a game like no one
        else can. It looks like it might even be fun,\u00a0too.","title":"Disney Infinity:
        Made possible because Disney owns all of\u00a0this","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/17/disney-infinity-made-possible-because-disney-owns-all-this/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941078,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941077,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-19T17:10:56Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"Otoy\u2019s
        cloud graphics tools can be used to create high-end movies or games at lower\u00a0costs.","title":"Otoy\u2019s
        cloud rendering tools to be used in indie games and the Fantastic Four\u00a0movie","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/19/otoys-cloud-rendering-tools-to-be-used-in-indie-games-and-the-fantastic-four-movie/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941076,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"go","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-30T01:16:45Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"The
        founders of Guitar Hero are off to their next big thing in making us more\u00a0healthy.","title":"Guitar
        Hero founders create gamified fitness startup Blue\u00a0Goji","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/30/guitar-hero-founders-create-gamified-fitness-startup-blue-goji/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941074,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"581","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-21T13:00:18Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"Guest
        Post The DOJ is out to squash reviews network Bazaarvoice. And emails between
        the company\u2019s own employees are the core of the government\u2019s\u00a0case.","title":"How
        Bazaarvoice became the poster child for how NOT to do an\u00a0acquisition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/21/the-doj-wants-to-squash-reviews-network-bazaarvoice-and-the-company-has-it-coming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941072,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T06:15:59Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"The
        second batch of companies to come out of DreamIt Ventures\u2019 Austin incubator
        program pitched to a full room of investors today.","title":"5 promising startups
        from DreamIt Ventures\u2019 Austin demo\u00a0day","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/5-promising-startups-from-dreamit-ventures-austin-demo-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941071,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"obama","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941070,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-07T14:27:43Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"It\u2019s
        a big day in video games.","title":"Grand Theft Auto IV sales top $500 million;
        id Software announces Doom\u00a0IV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/07/grand-theft-auto-iv-sales-top-500-million-id-software-announces-doom-iv/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941069,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941068,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-02T08:00:31Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"Cloud-gaming
        startup Otoy is making some big moves in advance of next week\u2019s Game
        Developers Conference, including its first acquisition: the animated film
        technology firm Refractive Software.","title":"Otoy buys Refractive Software
        and announces cloud-based digital animation technology\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/02/otoy-buys-refractive-software-and-announces-cloud-based-digital-animation-technology-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941067,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941066,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-26T11:15:32Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"Octane
        Render, available now, should increase 3D computer-generation and image-rendering\u00a0productivity.","title":"OTOY\u2019s
        Octane Render reduces the cost of creating hyper-real 3D imagery\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/26/otoys-octane-render-speeds-up-and-reduces-the-cost-of-creating-hyper-real-3d-imagery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941064,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"on","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-20T12:45:46Z","slug":"octane-software","summary":"AppSlingr
        gives graphics rendering company Otoy the ability to make more applications
        stream down from clouds to software users\u2019 ordinary\u00a0devices.","title":"With
        this acquisition, Otoy wants to bring even the biggest software into the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/20/with-this-acquisition-otoy-wants-to-bring-even-the-biggest-software-into-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941065,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"e","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941062,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"rick","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941061,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941060,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"0","summary":"<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip
        is based verbatim on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I
        anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941059,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941058,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941057,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"mg","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941056,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"jp","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941055,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"it","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941054,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"de","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3941053,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T14:58:20Z","slug":"ca","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-28-0c95a06.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-28-0c95a06-thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\"
        height=\"298\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nHonestly, this comic strip is based verbatim
        on my personal experience!<br />\n<br />\nAs you know, I anchor the <a href=\"http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/\"
        target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1M/1M Free Mentoring Roundtables</a> weekly.
        After close to 225 sessions, I am astounded at the level of unrealistic expectations
        and pipe dreams that entrepreneurs come to us with. Still.<br />\n<br />\nJust
        last week, at our 223rd roundtable, we had an entrepreneur called Madhu Kodali
        from Hyderabad, India pitch <em>Project Recuerdos,</em> a concept for preserving
        memories gathered from all kinds of digital sources. Madhu expects seed money
        to get his project started. Unfortunately, investors don''t fund concepts.
        You can listen to Madhu''s pitch and the ensuing mentoring discussion <a title=\"recording\"
        href=\"http://www.sramanamitra.com/2014/07/18/223rd-roundtable-recording-on-july-17-2014/\"
        target=\"_blank\">in this video</a> [25:35-35:30].<br />\n<br />\nThere was
        a time in the history of the technology industry - definitely in Silicon Valley,
        but to a lesser extent, even elsewhere - when powerpoint presentations that
        made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims used to be able to get funding.
        The Dotcom bubble of 1999-2000 was that period. It ended with the Dotcom crash.<br
        />\n<br />\nToday, the industry still indulges in plenty of outrageous behavior
        and funds all sorts of speculative ventures. However, in terms of seed funding,
        they tend to look for a key metric: TRACTION.<br />\n<br />\nTraction means
        you need evidence that large numbers of users are willing to use your product,
        and ideally, pay for it. Alternately, you need large numbers of users using
        your product, an audience that can then be monetized with advertising dollars.<br
        />\n<br />\nSo if you are still dreaming about angel money being available
        to get you started and help you gain traction, you better rethink your strategy.<br
        />\n<br />\nOne last story: In 2006, Mark Kvamme, an investor who was a General
        Partner at Sequoia Capital, told me that the firm doesn''t fund any Business-to-Consumer
        project unless it already has millions of users, and shows exponential growth.
        He used YouTube as an example.<br />\n<br />\nToday, pretty much all seed
        investors have adopted this philosophy.<br />\n<br />\nSo don''t bother dreaming
        about a scenario that <strong><em>ain''t gonna happ''n</em></strong>.<br />\n<br
        />\nGood luck! ","title":"Entrepreneur Dysfunctions in Cartoons: Pipe Dreams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sramana-mitra/entrepreneur-dysfunctions_b_5626939.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941052,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-16T21:34:02Z","slug":"answerbag","summary":"Wikia,
        a site which allows anyone to create their own free wiki page, has announced
        a new service, Answers from Wikia, that will enable anyone to create their
        own question and answer sites as well.","title":"Free wiki hosting company
        Wikia to let you create your own question and answer\u00a0sites","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/16/free-wiki-hosting-company-wikia-to-let-you-create-your-own-question-and-answer-sites/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941051,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-28T05:00:23Z","slug":"answerbag","summary":"In
        the mid-1990s, technologist David Warthen (right) founded the quirky search
        engine Ask Jeeves, which used natural language search technology to guide
        users to one shining answer for whatever they wanted. Ask Jeeves was one of
        the dot-com era\u2019s successful IPOs in 1999.","title":"Ask.com founder
        jumps into citizen journalism at\u00a0Allvoices","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/28/ask-com-founder-jumps-into-citizen-journalism-at-allvoices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941050,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-26T13:59:25Z","slug":"answerbag","summary":"The
        Q&A industry may appear to be just questions and answers, but over time, genuinely
        different models are emerging.","title":"The Q&A space is splintering \u2014
        and why that\u2019s a good\u00a0thing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/26/qa-splintering-opinionaided/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941049,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T02:00:34Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Guest
        Post Just as consumers are increasingly expecting personalized experiences,
        companies are realizing that a personalized infrastructure can give them a
        competitive\u00a0advantage.","title":"Tomorrow\u2019s forecast calls for personalized\u00a0clouds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/cloud-personalization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941048,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T07:50:43Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Apple
        announced a torrent of new software features at last week\u2019s Worldwide
        Developers Conference, strongly hinting at the upcoming launch of an Apple
        \u201ciWatch\u201d with frameworks for health tracking and home automation.","title":"Inside
        the mind of an iWatch product\u00a0manager","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/inside-the-mind-of-an-iwatch-product-manager/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941047,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T21:01:47Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Open
        up and say \u201cahhh\u201d to your smartphone.","title":"Verizon wants to
        power your virtual doctor\u00a0visits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/verizon-launches-a-platform-for-virtual-doctor-visits/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941046,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T08:29:11Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"The
        presence of mobile audio is becoming more important to all businesses, but
        the bigger question is,\u00a0why?","title":"4 ways mobile music is becoming
        the PB&J of the marketing\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/4-ways-mobile-music-is-becoming-the-pbj-of-the-marketing-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941044,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T11:17:28Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Even
        the phone makers and wireless carriers\u00a0couldn\u2019t have known just
        how big\u00a0the smartphone would become.","title":"Almost half of Americans
        can\u2019t go a day without their\u00a0smartphone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/almost-half-of-americans-cant-go-a-day-without-their-smartphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3941045,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T00:32:54Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"New
        cheat codes and a hidden area have just been uncovered in Rockstar''s latest
        game in the \"Grand Theft Auto\" franchise, \"Grand Theft Auto V.\"","title":"\"Grand
        Theft Auto V\" Game Update: New Cheat Codes and Hidden Areas Unlocked [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24920/20140723/grand-theft-auto-v-gta-v-update-new-cheat-codes-secrets-hidden-areas-playstation-3-xbox-360-unlocked-video.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941043,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T22:30:10Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"On
        Toggle, employees can seamlessly switch between personal and work modes without
        entering PIN\u00a0codes.","title":"AT&T embraces BYOD with Toggle\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/att-is-now-embracing-byod/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941042,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T23:00:46Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Sponsored
        Post 21Vianet       Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:VNET) (\u201c21Vianet\u201d or the
        \u201cCompany\u201d), the largest       carrier-neutral internet infrastructure
        services provider and the sole       operator of Office       365 and Microsoft
        Azure in the Chinese Mainland market,\u00a0and\u2026","title":"21Vianet and
        GigaTrust Sign Exclusive Partnership Agreement for\u00a0China","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/21vianet-and-gigatrust-sign-exclusive-partnership-agreement-for-china/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941041,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-18T05:00:02Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Mobile
        operators can no longer avoid the free voice calling that comes with voice-on-the-Internet
        (VOIP) protocol. They might as well embrace it. And the start-up iSkoot says
        it has a version of mobile VOIP service that could even make wireless carriers
        some money.","title":"iSkoot promises carrier-friendly VOIP","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/18/ecomm-iskoot-promises-carrier-friendly-voip/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941040,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-02T09:44:15Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Social
        networks, up until now, have been at the center of so-called data portability
        efforts \u2014 new ways for developers to let you connect with friends across
        web applications. Companies like Facebook, MySpace and Google have introduced
        ways for you to access your \u201csocial graph\u201d on other sites, letting
        you do things like see which friends also use the site.","title":"Skydeck
        launches call-based social network, API for third parties to access phone\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/02/skydeck-launches-api-for-third-parties-to-access-phone-call-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941039,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-06T17:12:53Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Xumii,
        a mobile service that lets you access feeds of activity from other social
        networks and services, is launching a private testing version (beta) next
        month.","title":"Mobile social networking service Xumii is getting carrier
        attention, and it hasn''t even\u00a0launched","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/06/mobile-social-networking-service-xumii-is-getting-carrier-attention-and-it-hasnt-even-launched/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941038,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-10T10:52:56Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Updated","title":"Carriers
        begin to believe in data revenue, as Android''s puzzle pieces come\u00a0together","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/10/carriers-begin-to-believe-in-data-revenue-as-androids-puzzle-pieces-come-together/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941037,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-15T22:00:11Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Cell
        phone carriers need all the help they can get, given the pressure on profits
        in the tough economy. And they\u2019re about to get some help from a surprising
        partner.","title":"SanDisk launches memory card to expand usage of carrier\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/15/sandisk-launches-memory-card-to-expand-usage-of-carrier-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941036,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-21T14:36:42Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Skype\u2019s
        iPhone application, which lets users make cheap or free calls over their phone
        data plans, is a raging success. Barely a week after its release at the end
        of March, 2 million users had downloaded the application, representing almost
        10 percent of iPhone users.","title":"How much will Skype pay EU carriers
        for the success of its iPhone\u00a0app?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/how-much-will-skype-pay-eu-carriers-for-the-success-of-its-iphone-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941035,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-28T08:20:45Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"[Disclosure:
        This post is one of a series of articles sponsored by Verizon. The company
        has given us editorial freedom to write what we''d like. In return for us
        covering the company''s developer conference, Verizon will be running ads
        on our site in ensuing weeks.]","title":"Verizon promises developers access
        to a \"billion\" customers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/28/verizon-promises-developers-access-to-a-billion-customers-so-there-apple/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941034,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-26T12:19:55Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"AT&T
        customers may finally get the iPhone service quality they expected when they
        spent $200 or more on a phone. U.S. wireless carriers have let reporters know
        that they\u2019ll be spending more in the second half of this year to add
        capacity. They need to: Wireless traffic increased tenfold from 2007 to 2008,
        and is still growing.","title":"Wireless carriers cautiously spending again
        on\u00a0infrastructure","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/26/wireless-carriers-cautiously-spending-again-on-infrastructure/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941033,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-01T13:00:40Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Flurry,
        a company that provides analytics for mobile applications, and T-Mobile have
        teamed up to release a\u00a0free analytics platform for the T-Mobile development
        community focusing on Android, BlackBerry and J2ME. With even more app usage
        data, T-Mobile will be able to improve its retail strategy and help its customers
        discover new apps.","title":"Q&A: Flurry, T-Mobile push boundaries on carrier-developer
        collaboration","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/01/qa-flurry-t-mobile-push-boundaries-on-carrier-developer-collaboration/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941032,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-24T08:59:44Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Google\u2019s
        Android phones have emerged as major competitors to the red-hot iPhone. And
        now Android seems to have yet one more thing working in its favor: Carriers
        have figured out that it offers them some very valuable options to help them
        differentiate their services from their competitors.","title":"Android phones
        give carrier services more\u00a0muscle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/24/android-phones-give-carrier-services-more-muscle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3941031,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:59:12Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"\"Real
        Housewives of New Jersey\" star Teresa Giudice may be having a difficult time
        accepting her sentencing issue. In fact, due to the hot potato issue, she
        was reportedly against Bravo network''s show''s executive producer Andy Cohen.","title":"\"Real
        Housewives of New Jersey\" star Teresa Giudice against Executive Producer
        Andy Cohen? Giudice spotted on a White Party in New York","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24891/20140723/real-housewives-of-new-jersey-star-teresa-giudice-executive-producer-andy-cohen-giudice-spotted-white-party-new-york.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941030,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-16T17:15:17Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Paris-based
        Alcatel-Lucent made an announcement at today\u2019s Mobile World Congress
        cellphone conference in Barcelona, Spain, that could open the door for mobile
        application developers to build apps that can be instantly available on multiple
        wireless carriers, rather than having to build a separate app for each operator.","title":"Alcatel-Lucent
        offers carrier-based app support, in competition with app\u00a0stores","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/16/alcatel-lucent-offers-carrier-based-app-support-in-competition-with-app-stores/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941029,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-03T12:13:51Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Ed
        Robinson is the CEO of Aptimize, a company that produces  software to accelerate
        websites.","title":"Carriers can''t handle ballooning smartphone traffic\u00a0alone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/03/carriers-cant-handle-ballooning-smartphone-traffic-alone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941028,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-29T12:03:00Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"The
        problem with being private is that it increasingly means that you have to
        choose to drop out of society. You would never let the government put a tracking
        device on you, but you may be carrying a cell phone that tracks your location.
        You don\u2019t want the government monitoring your internet usage, but Google
        collects data on you.","title":"How to hide yourself from Google and cell
        phone\u00a0carriers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/29/how-to-hide-yourself-from-google-and-cell-phone-carriers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941027,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-22T17:40:35Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Major
        wireless carriers are satisfied with their current progress in evolving their
        networks to meet the needs of increasingly data-hungry customers,  according
        to top executives from Sprint, AT&T and Verizon who  participated in a panel
        at the CTIA Wireless 2011 convention in Orlando,  Fla.","title":"Wireless
        carriers say the future looks \"pretty\u00a0good\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/22/wireless-carriers-ctia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941026,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-27T00:58:29Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Munich-based
        Scoreloop is announcing today a deal with Hong Kong mobile carrier CSL to
        create a dedicated mobile game portal using Scoreloop\u2019s social game platform.","title":"Scoreloop
        creates mobile social game platform for Hong Kong\u00a0carrier","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/27/scoreloop-creates-mobile-social-game-platform-for-hong-kong-carrier/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941025,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-04T02:04:10Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Google  is
        disabling access to tethering applications in the Android Market at  the request
        of wireless carriers AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.","title":"So long free Android
        tethering: carriers crack the whip at\u00a0Google","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/04/google-helping-carriers-block-android-tethering/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941024,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-18T11:18:13Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"AT&T
        is officially launching its 4G LTE network in five cities today, according
        to the carrier.\u00a0That means if you\u2019re an AT&T subscriber living in
        San Antonio, Chicago, Dallas, Houston or Atlanta your mobile Internet access
        should be faster today. The rest of the country will have to wait jealously
        until AT&T expands the service to\u00a010 more cities (70 million United States
        residents total) by the end of the year.","title":"Five cities (finally) get
        access to AT&T\u2019s new 4G LTE\u00a0network","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/18/five-cities-finally-get-access-to-atts-new-4g-lte-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941023,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-19T21:02:24Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"With
        consumers watching more and more video content over the web via tablets and
        smartphones, carriers and ISPs are going to need help preparing their networks
        for the onslaught of traffic.","title":"With $24M in funding, Qwilt aims to
        save carriers from video traffic\u00a0overload","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/19/qwilt-24m-video-traffic-overload/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941022,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-02T10:27:28Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Two
        new victims have been sucked into the growing CarrierIQ click tracking scandal.
        Handset manufacturers Samsung and HTC have been named in a class action suit
        along with CarrierIQ, alleging that the company is in violation of federal
        wiretapping guidelines for illegally intercepting communications from people\u2019s
        phones.","title":"CarrierIQ clicktracking scandal pulls Samsung and HTC into
        class action\u00a0suit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/02/htc-samsung-carrieriq/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941021,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-15T09:24:57Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"The
        U.S. Security and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that AT&T and other wireless
        telecom companies will have to let shareholders vote on net neutrality, thanks
        in part to a proposal from a group that includes Mike D of the Beastie Boys.","title":"SEC:
        Carriers must let shareholders vote on net neutrality, thanks to Beastie Boys\u2019
        Mike\u00a0D","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/15/sec-net-neutrality-mike-d/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941020,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-27T23:14:49Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Japanese
        mobile social gaming network firm DeNA has announced it has signed deals with
        China\u2019s three largest mobile carriers, enabling DeNA\u2019s games to
        get in front of nearly 1 billion mobile subscribers.","title":"Japan\u2019s
        DeNA cuts mobile gaming deals with Chinese carriers that have a billion\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/27/japans-dena-cuts-mobile-gaming-deals-with-chinese-carriers-that-have-a-billion-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941019,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-19T03:00:36Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Forget
        Apple\u2019s Facetime. If there\u2019s one app that shows the potential in
        the mobile video chat market, it\u2019s Tango.","title":"Tango video chat
        gets $40M from Qualcomm and Access, scores 45M users in 18\u00a0months","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/19/tango-40m-series-c/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941018,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-03T08:00:10Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Boku,
        the company that allows you to pay for online purchases with your mobile phone
        number, is announcing today it has signed a deal with Sprint, allowing it
        to process mobile payments with all of the major U.S. mobile phone carriers.","title":"Boku
        locks mobile billing deals with all four major U.S.\u00a0carriers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/03/boku-locks-mobile-billing-deals-with-all-four-major-u-s-carriers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941017,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-14T09:38:52Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"President
        Obama has just signed an executive order that could reduce the cost of broadband
        Internet access by up to 90 percent.","title":"Obama\u2019s latest order:
        Ignite U.S. tech, starting with 90% cheaper Internet\u00a0access","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/14/broadband-access-cheaper/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3941016,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:23:05Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Did
        Patrick (Jason Thompson) intentionally let Rafe (Jimmy Deshler) die on the
        operating table? The investigation continues on General Hospital as the authorities
        now try to find the truth.","title":"General Hospital spoilers: What were
        Patrick''s intentions? [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24900/20140723/abc-general-hospital-spoilers-2014-what-patricks-intentions-rafe-video-relationship.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941015,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-10T16:09:42Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"The
        seemingly mythical FreedomPop, which aims to disrupt the mobile broadband
        landscape by offering a freemium 4G service, is one step closer to reality.
        The company has raised $7.5 million in a first round of funding, led by ManGrove
        and DCM, VentureBeat has learned.","title":"FreedomPop raises $7.5M to free
        you from your carrier shackles\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/10/freedompop-raises-7-5m-freemium-4g/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941014,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-28T14:41:26Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"The
        Federal Communications Commission released a new set of rules today aimed
        at making it easier for airline carriers to offer their passengers in-flight
        Internet access \u2014 and I don\u2019t think I\u2019m alone when saying it\u2019s
        about freakin\u2019\u00a0time.","title":"FCC relaxes restrictions on airline
        Internet\u00a0access","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/28/fcc-airplane-internet-rules/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941013,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-02T20:29:34Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Mobile
        phone theft is a massive and growing problem, accounting for more than 40
        percent of all thefts in San Francisco in 2012. But is that a good thing for
        mobile carriers like AT&T and\u00a0Verizon?","title":"DC police chief says
        carriers profit from phone theft, \u2018are not\u00a0innocent\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/02/dc-police-chief-says-carriers-profit-from-phone-theft-are-not-innocent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941012,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-06T16:36:19Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"\u201cWe
        do not provide any government organization with direct access to Facebook
        servers,\u201d siad a Facebook rep. Google says it doesn\u2019t even have
        any knowledge of the PRISM program. So who\u2019s not telling the\u00a0truth?","title":"Facebook,
        Google deny they gave feds direct access to their\u00a0servers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/06/facebook-google-prism-denial/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941011,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-22T22:14:47Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"The
        U.S. surveillance reports never seem to\u00a0stop.","title":"Snowden: U.S.
        is spying on Chinese carriers, stealing \u2018millions\u2019 of\u00a0texts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/22/snowden-u-s-is-spying-on-chinese-carriers-stealing-millions-of-texts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941010,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-01T07:15:18Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"For
        wireless Internet provider FreedomPop, the endgame was always to offer a completely
        free mobile service.","title":"More than free data: FreedomPop launches carrier-killing
        mobile service with free calls and\u00a0texts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/01/more-than-free-data-freedompop-offers-free-calls-and-texts-with-new-mobile-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941009,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-23T13:25:15Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"You
        can\u2019t escape Facebook these days \u2014 even if you don\u2019t have a
        data plan.","title":"T-Mobile\u2019s prepaid arm offers up free Facebook mobile
        access \u2014 no data plan\u00a0required","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/23/t-mobiles-prepaid-arm-offers-up-free-facebook-mobile-access-no-data-plan-required/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941008,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-19T11:42:17Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Turin
        Networks, a Petaluma, Calif. provider of networking equipment, will buy Carrier
        Access, a struggling company in Boulder, Colo. that is publicly traded on
        the Nasdaq exchange.","title":"Turin Networks buys Carrier Access for\u00a0$92.7M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/turin-networks-buys-carrier-access-for-927m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941007,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T09:58:18Z","slug":"carrier-access","summary":"Currently,
        Zuckerberg is looking to add a small number of partners, but plans to expand
        to a large number of\u00a0carriers.","title":"Zuckerberg: Carriers should
        give developing countries free Facebook\u00a0access","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/zuckerberg-carriers-should-give-developing-countries-free-facebook-access/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941006,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3941005,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:38:28Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Sandra
        Bullock is rumored to be dating Chris Evans. They were spotted together several
        times that kindled their dating rumor. However, their romance seems to be
        over and ''Gravity'' star has moved on in life with another man.","title":"Who
        is Sandra Bullock Dating?  Chris Evans or Hugh Grant? [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24935/20140724/who-sandra-bullock-dating-chris-evans-hugh-grant-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3941004,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"e","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941003,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-13T19:38:14Z","slug":"jumio","summary":"Mobile
        payments startup Jumio\u00a0will soon go live with its service to help retailers
        easily take credit cards using smartphones, the company said today.","title":"Eduardo
        Saverin-backed Jumio to launch mobile payments\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/13/eduardo-saverin-jumio-mobile-payments-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941002,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-05T21:00:33Z","slug":"jumio","summary":"Online
        and mobile payments company Jumio has raised a new $25 million funding round
        from big dog investors Andreessen Horowitz and has a new product called Netverify
        that can help retailers confirm a customer\u2019s ID.","title":"Jumio grabs
        $25M from Andreessen Horowitz to help merchants take credit cards via\u00a0webcam","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/05/jumio-funding-25m-andreessen-horowitz/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941001,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-10T16:33:22Z","slug":"jumio","summary":"It\u2019s
        been a busy day for startup funding. We\u2019ve got a plethora of stories
        for you today, from mobile analytics and Google Apps security, to web programming
        and a website for movie fanatics. Send funding news our way to tips@venturebeat.com","title":"Funding
        daily: A busy day for startup\u00a0investments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/10/funding-daily-a-busy-day-for-startup-investments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3941000,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-22T08:28:46Z","slug":"jumio","summary":"Yesterday,
        Zendesk was hacked and the personal information of an unknown number of Twitter,
        Pinterest, and Tumblr users was stolen. Last year, 12.6 million U.S adults
        were the victims of identity\u00a0fraud.","title":"Profile of a cyber criminal\u00a0(infographic)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/22/profile-of-a-cyber-criminal-infographic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940999,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-26T06:09:21Z","slug":"jumio","summary":"Last
        week I bought 13 laptops from WalMart.com. There were only two problems: I
        didn\u2019t buy them, and they weren\u2019t being shipped to my house. I\u2019d
        been\u00a0hacked.","title":"How to avoid buying 13 laptops in 15 minutes,
        then shipping them to a stranger in\u00a0Sacramento","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/26/how-to-avoid-buying-13-laptops-in-15-minutes-then-shipping-them-to-a-stranger-in-sacramento/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940998,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T06:45:49Z","slug":"jumio","summary":"Apparently
        we love our smartphones. More, perhaps, than our spouses, God, or personal\u00a0hygiene.","title":"Americans
        love their smartphones more than sex, showering, and\u00a0church","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/americans-3-their-smartphones-more-than-sex-showering-and-church/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940996,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-01T16:35:22Z","slug":"wormhole","summary":"Guest
        Post Tomorrow, our smartest systems will instantly and masterfully oversee,
        optimize, manage and adapt processes that are as critical as they are complex,
        across a broad spectrum of industries, having taken their cues from the most
        ready example of a natural supercomputer we have: the human\u00a0brain.","title":"Why
        the big data systems of tomorrow will mirror the human brain of\u00a0today","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/01/why-the-big-data-systems-of-tomorrow-will-mirror-the-human-brain-of-today/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940995,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-09T22:47:45Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Here
        are the winners of this year\u2019s Crunchies, which honor the best tech companies
        from 2008. More than 170,000 people voted to select the nominees, and more
        than 350,000 people voted to select the winners. The awards were sponsored
        by TechCrunch, GigaOm, Silicon Alley Insider, and this very blog.","title":"Winners
        of the 2008\u00a0Crunchies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/09/winners-of-the-2008-crunchies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940994,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-25T14:33:29Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"PowerPoint\u00a0dominates
        the market for presentation tools, but\u00a0Prezi, a Hungarian startup, is
        hoping to change that.","title":"No more death-by-PowerPoint?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/25/no-more-death-by-powerpoint/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940993,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"notify","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940992,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-22T16:32:03Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: This is part of VentureBeat\u2019s series \u201cStartup Spotlight.\u201d
        Every week, we\u2019ll sift through the scores of companies applying to be
        promoted and profile the best one. Companies can sign up here at the Entrepreneur
        Corner, which is currently sponsored by Microsoft. (Of course, we\u2019re
        still interested in covering startup news and innovation in our day-to-day
        coverage.) Today, we continue the series with Huddle, below. ","title":"Huddle
        takes collaboration tools to the next\u00a0level","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/22/huddle-takes-online-collaboration-tools-to-the-next-level/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940991,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"factual","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940990,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-01T09:24:19Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Faculte,
        provider of a simple platform for making multimedia presentations, online
        videos and pre-recorded webinars, has raised $2.66 million in a first round
        of preferred stock, according to regulatory filings. The San Bruno, Calif.
        company says Calumet Venture Fund and a handful of angel investors provided
        the round.","title":"Faculte bags $2.7M for rich media presentations-made-easy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/01/faculte-bags-27m-for-rich-media-presentations-made-easy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940989,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"none","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940988,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-20T10:42:00Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Chuck Dietrich is the chief executive of online presentation company
        SlideRocket, and previously served as general manager and vice president of
        mobile at Salesforce.com. He contributed this column to VentureBeat.","title":"Microsoft
        misses the boat on web\u00a0applications","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/20/microsoft-misses-the-boat-on-web-applications/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940987,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-29T06:00:20Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        Note:\u00a0The Start-up Chronicles is a semi-monthly feature giving an inside
        view of the trials of a bootstrapped start-up \u2013 The Cost Savings Guy.
        CEO and founder Bruce Judson is also the author of\u00a0\u201cGo It Alone!:
        The Secret to Building A Successful Business on Your Own\u201d\u00a0and a
        senior faculty fellow at the Yale School of Management.)","title":"The start-up
        chronicles: My Website''s not working: Now\u00a0what?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/29/my-websites-not-working-now-what/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940986,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"span","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940985,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-24T12:32:00Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Chuck Dietrich is chief executive of online presentation startup SlideRocket.","title":"How
        to nail the five-minute\u00a0pitch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/24/five-minute-pitch-sliderocket/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940984,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-29T09:00:38Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Here\u2019s
        our roundup of the week\u2019s tech business news. First, the most popular
        stories we published in the last seven days.","title":"Week in review: Tesla
        CEO out of cash, Facebook changes privacy\u00a0settings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/29/tesla-elon-musk-facebook-privacy-week-in-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940983,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"blackberry","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940982,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-29T11:48:16Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Luis
        Robles is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital.","title":"Four trends that
        shaped cloud computing in\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/29/four-trends-that-shaped-cloud-computing-in-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940981,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"google-play","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940980,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-12T21:20:36Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Enterprise
        social networking company Jive Software priced shares of its initial public
        offering at $12 a share and sold them to raise $161.3 million on Monday. Trading
        begins tomorrow for the company\u2019s stock on the Nasdaq exchange under
        the symbol JIVE.","title":"Jive Software raises $161M in its IPO at $12 a
        share, begins trading\u00a0tomorrow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/jive-software-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940979,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-24T14:53:59Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"With
        the launch of Google Drive today, many of the rumors and leaks surrounding
        the new service have been dispelled, and instead replaced with (mostly) concrete
        answers. One of the leaks concerning third-party integration turned out to
        be true, with Google courting a number of partners behind-the-scenes in time
        for the Drive launch.","title":"Here\u2019s the list of third-party apps already
        integrated with Google\u00a0Drive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/24/google-drive-third-party-apps/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940978,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"connor","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940977,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-03T08:51:49Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Sources
        confirm that EMC and VMWare will be putting their cloud-related businesses,
        including Cloud Foundry, into a new unit led by Paul Maritz. It will not be
        an independent company,\u00a0however.","title":"How VMWare will structure
        its new semi-autonomous cloud\u00a0unit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/03/vmware-cloud-unit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940976,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-29T12:50:27Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Big
        changes are afoot at VMware as it refocusses its efforts on what it knows
        best:\u00a0infrastructure.","title":"Cuts focus VMware\u2019s future on its
        past, sources\u00a0say","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/29/cuts-focus-vmwares-future-on-its-past-sources-say/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940975,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"kris","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940974,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"e","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940973,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-03T08:00:36Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Guest
        Post Has VMworld become too big for the startup ecosystem from where it\u00a0came?","title":"VMworld:
        Too big to fail? Or too big to\u00a0succeed?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/03/vmworld-too-big-to-fail-or-too-big-to-succeed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940972,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-18T16:40:19Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"The
        startup launched with a $750,000 seed round and has been in stealth mode \u2014
        until\u00a0today.","title":"Preact raises $4.6M, launches \u2018customer success\u2019\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/18/preact-raises-4-6m-launches-customer-success-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940971,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-21T00:01:56Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"SlideRocket,
        maker of an application that allows multiple individuals to collaborate on
        media-rich presentations, has brought in $5 million in a second round of funding
        to continue developing the platform and to expand its headcount.","title":"SlideRocket
        surges ahead with $5M for presentation\u00a0collaboration","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/21/sliderocket-surges-ahead-with-5m-for-presentation-collaboration/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940970,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"andrew","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940969,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-29T13:54:24Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"SlideRocket,
        maker of a web application that allows groups to collaborate on multimedia
        presentations and slide shows, launched a new sales and marketing version
        of its platform today.","title":"SlideRocket beefs up slide shows for sales
        and marketing\u00a0teams","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/29/sliderocket-beefs-up-slide-shows-for-sales-and-marketing-teams/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940968,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-17T19:29:51Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"SlideRocket,
        which offers an online tool for creating and sharing presentations, is introducing
        a new feature on Friday that should help you avoid stale presentation \u2014
        it\u2019s opening the applications to plug-ins that incorporate real-time
        data.","title":"Liven up your presentations with SlideRocket''s live\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/17/sliderocket/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940967,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"invision","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3940966,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-05T15:53:06Z","slug":"sliderocket","summary":"Chuck
        Dietrich, CEO and founder of SlideRocket, has a problem with PowerPoint and
        other presentation platforms: They haven\u2019t\u00a0fundamentally changed
        in 25 years. Enter SlideRocket, an online presentation platform that brings
        interactivity and collaboration to a market otherwise dominated by Microsoft\u2019s
        PowerPoint.","title":"SlideRocket takes on PowerPoint with Web-based interactive\u00a0presentations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/05/sliderocket-takes-on-powerpoint/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940965,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"scott-roth","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940964,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"co","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940963,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"paula","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940962,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"bailey","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940961,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"randy","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940960,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"wonders","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940959,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940958,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"harrison","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940957,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"frederick","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940956,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"lane","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940955,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"nathan-lane","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940954,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"nathan","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940953,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"polk","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940952,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"christopher","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940951,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"s","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940950,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"ilya","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940949,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"warwick","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940948,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940947,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"massimo","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940946,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"nabs","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940945,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"watermark","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940944,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"taboola","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940943,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"athleta","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940942,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"banana-republic","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940941,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"under-a","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940940,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"ad","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940939,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"rover","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940938,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"land-rover","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940937,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"ford","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940936,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"games","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940935,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"walgreens","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940934,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"pillsbury","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940933,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"mr","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940932,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"advocates","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940931,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"gregg-steinhafel","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940930,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"family-equality-council","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940929,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"woman","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940928,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"macys","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940927,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"troop","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940926,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"old-navy","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940925,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"honored","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940924,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"safeway","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940923,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"gatorade","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940922,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"quaker-oats","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940921,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"quaker","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940920,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"frito-lay","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940919,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"pepsi","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940918,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"human-rights-campaign","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940917,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"pepsico","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940916,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"proctor-and-gamble","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940915,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"blake","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940914,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"the-home-depot","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940913,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"home-depot","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940912,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"a-may","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940911,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"bill-gates","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940910,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"state-of-washington","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940909,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"ken","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940908,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"procter-and-gamble","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940907,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"urge","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940906,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"starbucks","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940905,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"the-park","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940904,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"a-group","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940903,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"t","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940902,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"american-apparel","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940901,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"nom","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940900,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"boy-scouts-of-america","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940899,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"tom","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940898,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"levi-strauss","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940897,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"dana","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940896,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"gs","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940895,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"levis","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940894,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"mills","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940893,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"general-mills","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940892,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"and-several-others","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940891,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"betty","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940890,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"way","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940889,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"basil","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940888,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"rainbow","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940887,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"time-magazine","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940886,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"walt-disney-company","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940885,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"the-walt-disney-company","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940884,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"dress-code","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940883,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"ellen-degeneres","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940882,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"ellen","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940881,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"chain","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940880,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"retail-chain","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940879,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"jc-penney","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940878,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"jc","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940877,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"boycott","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940876,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"american-family-association","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940875,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"american-family","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940874,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"porter","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940873,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"janet","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940872,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"space","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940871,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"mickey","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940870,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"walt-disney-world","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940869,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"disney","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940867,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"walt-disney","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940866,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"me","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940865,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"new-york-daily-news","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940864,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"the-new-york-daily-news","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940863,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"daily","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940862,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"c","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940861,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"the-associated-press","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940860,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"hilton","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940859,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"he","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940858,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"p","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940857,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"jason","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940856,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"sentinel","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940855,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"orlando-sentinel","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940854,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940853,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940852,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"pm","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940851,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"m","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940850,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"previous","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940849,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"tatiana","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940848,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"laverne","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940847,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"sam","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940846,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"pundit","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940845,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T16:02:22Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Teen
        Mom 2, an American reality television series on MTV, will show Jenelle Evans
        accusing Nathan Griffith for excessively drinking alcohol.","title":"Teen
        Mom 2 Spoilers: Jenelle Evans fights Intoxicated Nathan Griffith over his
        drinking alcohol habits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24903/20140723/teen-mom-2-spoilers-jenelle-evans-nathan-griffith-fight-drinking-alcohol-jail-time-mtv-sneak-peak.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940844,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"mccarthy","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940843,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"jenny","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940842,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"dave","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940841,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"brother","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940840,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"his","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940839,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"michelangelo","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940838,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940837,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:40:19Z","slug":"34","summary":"Recent
        reports indicate thought that the mavericks are closing in a deal to former
        Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson. If all gos well, Nelson and the Mavs
        are on point to formalize a deal Thursday, when the veteran guard visits Dallas.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Point Guard Jameer Nelson nearing a deal with the Dallas
        Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24926/20140724/nba-free-agent-2014-news-point-guard-jameer-nelson-nearing-a-deal-with-the-dallas-mavericks.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940836,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"dc","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940835,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940834,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940833,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940832,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"instagram","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940831,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"we","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940830,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"notify","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940829,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"6","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940828,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"notify","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940827,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"factual","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940826,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"michele","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940825,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"factual","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940824,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"none","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940823,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"span","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940822,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"none","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940821,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"lea","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940820,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"span","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940819,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"blackberry","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940818,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"google-play","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940817,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"blackberry","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940816,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"woman","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940815,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"google-play","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940814,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"health-news","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940813,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:40:19Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Recent
        reports indicate thought that the mavericks are closing in a deal to former
        Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson. If all gos well, Nelson and the Mavs
        are on point to formalize a deal Thursday, when the veteran guard visits Dallas.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Point Guard Jameer Nelson nearing a deal with the Dallas
        Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24926/20140724/nba-free-agent-2014-news-point-guard-jameer-nelson-nearing-a-deal-with-the-dallas-mavericks.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940812,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"cyrus","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940811,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"woman","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940810,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"cyrus","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940809,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"why-not","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940808,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"why-not","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940807,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"his","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940806,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"his","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940805,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940804,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"dad","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940803,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"lid","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940802,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940801,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"d","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940800,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"lid","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940799,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940798,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940797,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"vitamin-d","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940796,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"smith","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940795,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940794,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940793,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"smith","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940792,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940791,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"vitamin","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940790,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940789,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"kris","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940788,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940787,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"melt","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940786,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"kris","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940785,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"just-go","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940784,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:40:19Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Recent
        reports indicate thought that the mavericks are closing in a deal to former
        Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson. If all gos well, Nelson and the Mavs
        are on point to formalize a deal Thursday, when the veteran guard visits Dallas.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Point Guard Jameer Nelson nearing a deal with the Dallas
        Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24926/20140724/nba-free-agent-2014-news-point-guard-jameer-nelson-nearing-a-deal-with-the-dallas-mavericks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940783,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940782,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"melt","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940781,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940780,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940779,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"netflix","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940778,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"eric","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940777,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940776,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"photoalto","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940775,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"stephen-a","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940774,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"eric","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940773,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"megan","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940772,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"photoalto","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940771,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"en","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940770,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"grey","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940769,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"megan","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940768,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"prosperity","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940767,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"charfen-institute","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940766,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"grey","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940765,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"taboola","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940764,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"dr","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940763,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"better-life","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940762,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"re-invest","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940761,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940760,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"rob","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940759,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"stance","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940758,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"re","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940757,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940756,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"time-is","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940755,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940754,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"ad","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940753,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"voltaire","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940752,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"or-not","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940751,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940750,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"survive","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940749,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940748,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940746,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"leverage","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940745,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"20","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940747,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:40:19Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Recent
        reports indicate thought that the mavericks are closing in a deal to former
        Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson. If all gos well, Nelson and the Mavs
        are on point to formalize a deal Thursday, when the veteran guard visits Dallas.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Point Guard Jameer Nelson nearing a deal with the Dallas
        Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24926/20140724/nba-free-agent-2014-news-point-guard-jameer-nelson-nearing-a-deal-with-the-dallas-mavericks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940744,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940743,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"fox","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940742,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"i","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940741,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"retrieve","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940740,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"im","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940739,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940737,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"tv","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940738,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:10:37Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"There
        are plenty of big trios in the NBA today like Curry, Thompson, and Iguodala
        in Golden State and Parker, Duncan, Leonard in San Antonio. There are also
        newly formed trios this summer due to the movement of players in the free
        agency like Nowitzki, Ellis, Parsons in Dallas and Rose, Noah, and Gasol in
        Chicago. But the crown for the Best Big Three in the NBA this coming season
        goes to Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka in Oklahoma.","title":"2014
        NBA Power Rankings: OKC Trio of Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka the new best
        ''Big 3'' in the NBA?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24940/20140725/2014-nba-power-rankings-okc-trio-of-durant-westbrook-and-ibaka-the-new-best-big-3-in-the-nba.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940736,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"our-time","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940735,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940734,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"theresa","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940733,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"pool-party","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940732,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"wormhole","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940731,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"mr","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940730,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"painting","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940729,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"distractions","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940728,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940727,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"what-about","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940726,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"photos","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940725,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"mantra","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940724,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"given-to","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940723,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940722,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"bezos","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940721,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940720,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"the-reason-why","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940719,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"go","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940718,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"jeff-bezos","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940717,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"mission-accomplished","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940716,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"581","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940715,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"jeff","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940714,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"obama","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940713,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"aisle","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940712,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"weve","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940711,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:12Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940710,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"myth","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940709,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940708,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"on","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940707,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"weve","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940706,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"rick","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940705,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"sustain","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940704,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940703,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940702,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"0","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940701,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940700,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940699,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"way","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940698,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"pm","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940697,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"dot","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940696,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"hussein","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940695,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940694,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"mg","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940693,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"haya","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940692,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"jp","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940691,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"princess","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940690,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"be-in-business","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940689,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"shimon","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940688,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"it","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940687,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"de","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940686,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"douglas","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940685,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:32Z","slug":"ca","summary":"The
        owner of an Florida-based towing <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gay-days-predatory-towing-arrest-20140725,0,5193272.story\"
        target=\"_hplink\">company is facing charges of illegally towing vehicles</a>
        of visitors who took part in an Orlando \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days</a>\" event. <br />\n<br />\nAccording to The
        Orlando Sentinel, ASAP Towing owner Jason P. Combs faces 29 counts of grand
        theft of a motor vehicle and other charges, after he allegedly towed more
        than 100 vehicles from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center off International
        Drive in Orlando. The parking lot is situated across the street from Doubletree
        by Hilton, which was hosting a \"<a href=\"https://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">Gay
        Days</a>\" event at the time.  <br />\n<br />\nCombs didn''t have an updated
        contract to tow vehicles or proper signage indicating that the parking lot
        was a tow-away zone, deputies told the Sentinel. In addition, officials said
        the company used \"spotters\" so that cars could be removed within 15 minutes
        of parking, and as the Associated Press reported, many owners of the towed
        vehicles complained that the c<a href=\"http://www.abc-7.com/story/26120782/operator-charged-with-illegally-towing-during-gay-days-celebration#.U9Zx-1FdVuA\"
        target=\"_hplink\">ompany targeted their cars based on their sexual orientation</a>.
        <br />\n<br />\n\"This was total predator towing,\" Corporal Rick Schmeltzer
        said. \"There''s really no other word for it.\"<br />\n<br />\nAccording to
        the New York Daily News, however, Combs'' attorney claims his client did have
        a valid contract. In addition, the fact that the alleged incidents took place
        during Orlando''s \"Gay Days\" celebrations was irrelevant. <br />\n<br />\n\"The
        fact that the [criminal] complaint said something about <a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-tow-truck-owner-accused-predatory-towing-gay-days-festival-article-1.1882439\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Gay Days makes me wonder what''s behind it</a>,\" de Armas,
        who said Combs has nothing against the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
        (LGBT) community, is quoted as saying. \"If someone shoplifted during Gay
        Days would the complaint mention that it happened during Gay Days?\"<br />\n<br
        />\nOrlando''s \"Gay Days,\" which comprises a series of events in and around
        the Walt Disney World resort and other area attractions, has come under fire
        from a number of conservative pundits in the past. <br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/05/disney-gay-days-janet-porter_n_5447851.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">homosexual agenda is planning to once again descend upon
        Disney World</a> in Orlando, Floria to expose your children to far more than
        Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain,\" religious right activist Janet Porter declared
        in a radio bulletin earlier this year, adding that \"cross-dressing men will
        be among those <a href=\"http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/janet-porter-warns-disney-worlds-public-displays-perversion\"
        target=\"_hplink\">parading public displays of perversion</a>\" at the theme
        parks. <br />\n<br />\nIn 2013, <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/disney-world-gay-days-one-million-moms-_n_3252914.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">One Million Moms</a>, a division of the American Family
        Association best known for <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ellen-degeneres-jc-penney_n_1247657.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">threatening to boycott JC Penney </a>after the retail chain
        hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, argued that <a href=\"http://onemillionmoms.com/issues/june-1-gay-pride-day-at-disney/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">the event violated Disney''s obligation</a> to \"maintain
        a family-friendly atmosphere and require proper conduct and dress code.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nThe Walt Disney Company has never officially sanctioned \"Gay
        Days\" -- which has been deemed \"<a href=\"http://www.gaydays.com/\" target=\"_hplink\">the
        world''s most popular gay and lesbian celebration</a>\" by its organizers
        and draws an estimated 150,000 LGBT travelers to the resort''s four theme
        parks each year -- and has requested employees <a href=\"http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1995839-2,00.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">to treat it just like any other day</a>, according to Time
        magazine.<br />\n<br />\n ","title":"Florida Tow Truck Company Owner Faces
        Charges Of ''Predatory Towing'' During Orlando''s ''Gay Days''","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/orlando-gay-days-tow-truck-_n_5627007.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940684,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"lineup","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940683,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940682,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"previous","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940681,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940680,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"way","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940679,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"pm","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940678,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"dad","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940677,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"serial-entrepreneur","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940676,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"surefire","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940675,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"stand-out","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940673,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"patrick","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940674,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"i","summary":"No one
        is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940672,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"do","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940671,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"josh-patrick","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940670,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"c","summary":"No one
        is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940669,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"hussein","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940668,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940667,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"dc","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940666,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"haya","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940665,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"en","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940664,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"princess","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940663,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"we","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940662,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"shimon","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940661,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940660,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"douglas","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940659,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940658,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"lineup","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940657,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940656,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"painting","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940655,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"previous","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940654,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"do","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940653,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940652,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"photos","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940651,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"c","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940650,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940649,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940648,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"dc","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940647,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940646,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"en","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940645,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"me","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940644,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"we","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940643,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"space","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940642,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940640,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"6","summary":"No one
        is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940641,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T12:58:53Z","slug":"34","summary":"Due
        to the huge bright spotlights on him, Maksim Chmerkovskiy gets the most attention
        in the recent entertainment news. In fact, his relationship with some of his
        closest celebrity friends ruins his privacy as gossips spread throughout the
        media.","title":"\"Dancing With The Stars\" champion Maksim Chmerkovskiy pissed
        off at dating rumors -- Why is he envying Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24894/20140723/dancing-with-the-stars-champion-maksim-chmerkovskiy-pissed-off-at-jennifer-lopez-dating-rumors-he-envies-ryan-gosling-and-eva-mendes.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940639,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940638,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"alien","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940637,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940636,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"nfl","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940635,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"painting","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940634,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"legs","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940633,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940632,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"touching","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940631,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"photos","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940630,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"mlb","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940629,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940628,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940627,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940626,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"reason","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940625,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"me","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940624,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940623,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"space","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940622,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"tv","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940621,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"6","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940620,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940619,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T12:58:53Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Due
        to the huge bright spotlights on him, Maksim Chmerkovskiy gets the most attention
        in the recent entertainment news. In fact, his relationship with some of his
        closest celebrity friends ruins his privacy as gossips spread throughout the
        media.","title":"\"Dancing With The Stars\" champion Maksim Chmerkovskiy pissed
        off at dating rumors -- Why is he envying Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24894/20140723/dancing-with-the-stars-champion-maksim-chmerkovskiy-pissed-off-at-jennifer-lopez-dating-rumors-he-envies-ryan-gosling-and-eva-mendes.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940618,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"alien","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940617,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"stance","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940616,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"nfl","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940615,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940614,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"legs","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940613,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940612,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940611,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"touching","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940610,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940609,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"mlb","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940608,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940607,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"20","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940606,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"reason","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940605,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"fox","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940604,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"moviefone","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940603,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940602,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:13:16Z","slug":"34","summary":"Dance
        Moms, an American dance reality television series created by Collins Avenue
        Productions for Lifetime, is currently popular among the viewers with Christi
        and Chloe Lukasiak stage show as well as Kelly Hyland and Abby Lee Miller\u2019s
        their fight on Twitter.","title":"\"Dance Moms\" star duo Christi and Chloe
        to hold workshop at Hebburn; Hyland & Miller continue fighting in twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24906/20140723/dance-moms-reality-star-duo-christi-chloe-hold-workshop-hebburn-hyland-miller-fight-twitter.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940601,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940600,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"tv","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940599,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"sf","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940598,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"backstory","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940597,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T22:45:48Z","slug":"34","summary":"A
        new report claims the title of the next \"Transformers\" film may be \"Galvatron
        Rising.\" As well, concept art of a female villain has just been released
        on Facebook.","title":"\"Transformers 5\" Update: Potential Title Revealed,
        Unused Female Decepticon Concept Art [Photos]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24916/20140723/transformers-5-transformers-4-age-of-extinction-update-title-revealed-female-decepticon-galvatron-rising.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940596,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"he","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940595,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"stance","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940594,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"co","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940592,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940593,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T12:58:53Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Due
        to the huge bright spotlights on him, Maksim Chmerkovskiy gets the most attention
        in the recent entertainment news. In fact, his relationship with some of his
        closest celebrity friends ruins his privacy as gossips spread throughout the
        media.","title":"\"Dancing With The Stars\" champion Maksim Chmerkovskiy pissed
        off at dating rumors -- Why is he envying Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24894/20140723/dancing-with-the-stars-champion-maksim-chmerkovskiy-pissed-off-at-jennifer-lopez-dating-rumors-he-envies-ryan-gosling-and-eva-mendes.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940591,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940590,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940589,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940588,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940587,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940586,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940585,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"20","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940584,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"fox","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940583,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940582,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940581,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:13:16Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Dance
        Moms, an American dance reality television series created by Collins Avenue
        Productions for Lifetime, is currently popular among the viewers with Christi
        and Chloe Lukasiak stage show as well as Kelly Hyland and Abby Lee Miller\u2019s
        their fight on Twitter.","title":"\"Dance Moms\" star duo Christi and Chloe
        to hold workshop at Hebburn; Hyland & Miller continue fighting in twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24906/20140723/dance-moms-reality-star-duo-christi-chloe-hold-workshop-hebburn-hyland-miller-fight-twitter.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940580,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"shell","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940579,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940578,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940576,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"go","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940577,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T22:45:48Z","slug":"ships","summary":"A
        new report claims the title of the next \"Transformers\" film may be \"Galvatron
        Rising.\" As well, concept art of a female villain has just been released
        on Facebook.","title":"\"Transformers 5\" Update: Potential Title Revealed,
        Unused Female Decepticon Concept Art [Photos]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24916/20140723/transformers-5-transformers-4-age-of-extinction-update-title-revealed-female-decepticon-galvatron-rising.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940575,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"sf","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940574,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"581","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940573,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"obama","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940572,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"he","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940571,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940570,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"co","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940569,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940568,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"on","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940567,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940566,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"rick","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940565,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940564,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940563,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940562,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"0","summary":"No one
        is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940561,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940560,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940559,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"shell","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940558,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940557,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940556,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"mg","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940554,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"go","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940555,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:13:16Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Dance
        Moms, an American dance reality television series created by Collins Avenue
        Productions for Lifetime, is currently popular among the viewers with Christi
        and Chloe Lukasiak stage show as well as Kelly Hyland and Abby Lee Miller\u2019s
        their fight on Twitter.","title":"\"Dance Moms\" star duo Christi and Chloe
        to hold workshop at Hebburn; Hyland & Miller continue fighting in twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24906/20140723/dance-moms-reality-star-duo-christi-chloe-hold-workshop-hebburn-hyland-miller-fight-twitter.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940553,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"jp","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940552,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"it","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940551,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"581","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940550,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"de","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940549,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T22:45:48Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"A
        new report claims the title of the next \"Transformers\" film may be \"Galvatron
        Rising.\" As well, concept art of a female villain has just been released
        on Facebook.","title":"\"Transformers 5\" Update: Potential Title Revealed,
        Unused Female Decepticon Concept Art [Photos]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24916/20140723/transformers-5-transformers-4-age-of-extinction-update-title-revealed-female-decepticon-galvatron-rising.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940547,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"obama","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940546,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:21:36Z","slug":"ca","summary":"No
        one is immune to procrastination. At one point or another, we''ve all succumbed
        to distraction and taken a little more time than we''ve needed to get things
        done. Yet procrastination and decreases in productivity are the natural enemies
        of the entrepreneur. So why is it that not even the entrepreneur is immune
        to procrastination?<br />\n<br />\nImagine you''re going to a party in honor
        of a friend. You''ve decided to pick up a card for that friend, so you head
        to the store the day before the party. You take your time browsing the cards
        -- some relevant, some not. You check out a couple of magazines too. Maybe
        some knick-knacks near the checkout aisle. You change your mind and decide
        to try a different store. At the next store, you do more of the same leisurely
        browsing. Finally, you settle on a card you think is perfect, and, pleased
        that this store had the perfect card, you decide to do more browsing before
        you buy the card and go home. You go home, and the next day hand the card
        to the guest of honor at the party. Mission accomplished, right? And it only
        took you about an hour?<br />\n<br />\nBut what if you decided to get the
        card on the way to the party? Knowing that you had to get there at a certain
        time, you certainly wouldn''t have the luxury of shopping at two stores, much
        less leisurely browsing. Instead, you focus on the task at hand, find a card
        that you think is perfectly acceptable, buy it and head to the party to hand
        it to the guest of honor. Mission also accomplished, and this time it took
        a little more than ten minutes. <br />\n<br />\nSame task, same result, different
        time to complete. How does this happen? The answer to this and much of the
        reason why we procrastinate can be found in something called <a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com/beat-procrastination/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Parkinson''s Law</a>. Parkinson''s Law states (roughly)
        that the amount of effort required to complete a task will fill the time allotted
        to complete that task. Simply put, we take as much time as we''re given to
        do something, even if we don''t really need all that time. This makes sense.
        When you have unlimited time, distractions are abundant, and distractions
        lead to procrastination. It''s easy to fall into the wormhole of distractions
        and procrastination if there''s no pressure to actually finish a task. This
        can be a huge hindrance to productivity in the workplace. <br />\n<br />\n\"Shortening
        the amount of time to complete a task will increase your productivity.\" @AlexCharfen<br
        />\n<br />\nSo what can we, as entrepreneurs, do to combat Parkinson''s Law
        and make sure we''re spending our time effectively and productively?<br />\n<br
        />\nHere are a couple of quick tips:<br />\n<br />\n<ol><li>Set deadlines.
        If you have a task with an ambiguous due date, the tendency is to keep refining
        and refining it, even when more refining isn''t needed or cost beneficial.
        Setting deadlines can provide the good pressure you need to avoid distractions
        and get focused. If you have a deadline for a particular task or project already,
        challenge yourself and compress it. Remember that you can always extend a
        deadline if you need more time to complete something, but you can never retrieve
        time wasted.</li><br />\n<li>Eliminate distractions. We live in a time in
        which distractions are all around us. But some distractions we choose. If
        you really want to get leverage over your time, put away your phone, log out
        of your social media sites and internet and don''t open email. Eliminating
        these things will help keep your eyes and mind from wandering and keep you
        focused on the task at hand.</li></ol><br />\n<br />\nSome of you may be thinking
        that getting things done more quickly may compromise quality. This isn''t
        the case. First of all, when you set or compress a deadline, you can always
        extend it to give yourself more time if you need it. Secondly, it''s a misconception
        that the only way to achieve quality results is with more time. True, there
        are some high-quality products that need more time to create, but that doesn''t
        mean that more time will make any product better. Voltaire once stated that
        \"better is the enemy of good.\" Anyone, if given all the time in the world,
        might refine a product or a task, making negligible improvements, ad infinitum.
        But many times the greater value lies in getting the product or task completed,
        especially because this means you can reclaim some of your time. <br />\n<br
        />\nTime is the most precious commodity we have, but distractions and procrastination
        rob us of that time.  By using time effectively and productively, you''ll
        end up with more of it, which you can apply to your business or even your
        family. Combatting Parkinson''s Law will not only benefit your business, but
        can give you a better life. <br />\n<br />\n<em><a href=\"http://www.alexcharfen.com\"
        target=\"hplink\">Alex Charfen</a> is the CEO of the Charfen Institute.</em>
        ","title":"Beat Procrastination Before It Beats You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-charfen/beat-procrastination-befo_b_5623584.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940548,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T12:58:53Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Due
        to the huge bright spotlights on him, Maksim Chmerkovskiy gets the most attention
        in the recent entertainment news. In fact, his relationship with some of his
        closest celebrity friends ruins his privacy as gossips spread throughout the
        media.","title":"\"Dancing With The Stars\" champion Maksim Chmerkovskiy pissed
        off at dating rumors -- Why is he envying Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24894/20140723/dancing-with-the-stars-champion-maksim-chmerkovskiy-pissed-off-at-jennifer-lopez-dating-rumors-he-envies-ryan-gosling-and-eva-mendes.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940545,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:59:12Z","slug":"34","summary":"\"Real
        Housewives of New Jersey\" star Teresa Giudice may be having a difficult time
        accepting her sentencing issue. In fact, due to the hot potato issue, she
        was reportedly against Bravo network''s show''s executive producer Andy Cohen.","title":"\"Real
        Housewives of New Jersey\" star Teresa Giudice against Executive Producer
        Andy Cohen? Giudice spotted on a White Party in New York","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24891/20140723/real-housewives-of-new-jersey-star-teresa-giudice-executive-producer-andy-cohen-giudice-spotted-white-party-new-york.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940544,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940543,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940542,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"on","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940541,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"rick","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940540,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940539,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"0","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940538,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940537,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940536,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"mg","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940535,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"jp","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940534,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"it","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940533,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"de","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940532,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:09:22Z","slug":"ca","summary":"I''ve
        written many times about why profits are more important than growth.  It''s
        funny how the people who respond negatively to these posts are advisors or
        people who used to be in business.  Business owners who have successful companies
        seem to get this principle.  <br />\n<br />\n<strong>If you own a business
        you''ve been down this road.</strong><br />\n<br />\nIf you own a business
        you know that you need to put profits first.  If you''ve been around for any
        period of time you''ve had lean times in your business.  You might even have
        had times where you couldn''t afford to pay the bills and had to stop paying
        yourself.<br />\n<br />\nIf you''ve been in this position never want to be
        there again.  You are probably paranoid about running out of cash.  It''s
        one of the reasons that many business owners are so risk adverse.  They just
        don''t want to take chances about whether their business will be around if
        the economy heads south.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Advisors think they know what
        it''s all about.</strong><br />\n<br />\nOn the other hand, advisors many
        of whom have MBA degrees have been taught about the theory of growth versus
        profits.  In many schools advisors have been taught that it''s all about growth
        and then profits will follow.<br />\n<br />\nIf you were around during the
        dot.com bust in the early part of the century you know how that worked out.  Eye
        balls didn''t make any money and without a real model for producing positive
        cash flow there wasn''t going to be any way these businesses could sustain
        themselves.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>There''s the myth of Amazon.</strong><br
        />\n<br />\nWe''ve all read the interviews with Jeff Bezos where he talks
        about growth being the mantra and he''ll worry about profits later.  What
        no one seems to ever ask him is what about cash flow.  If they did Mr. Bezos
        would have to let the interviewer know that Amazon has amazing cash flow.<br
        />\n  <br />\nThere''s a difference between generally accepted accounting
        principles and positive cash.  They often are at odds with each other.  No
        one, including Amazon could exist for a long time if they ran out of cash.  Generally
        profits go with cash.  Without positive cash there is no business success!<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>I''m probably repeating myself.</strong><br />\n<br />\nI''ve
        written about this topic a lot.  I would like to add one thing.  It''s not
        just about having a little bit of extra cash, it''s about having enough to
        fund a retirement plan, a decent standard of living and a fair return for
        your shareholders.  If you''re the only shareholder, then it''s a fair return
        to you.<br />\n<br />\nToo many private business owners don''t understand
        return on capital.  You might be surprised what is required for a decent return
        on capital.  It''s usually a pretty big number.  Understand how return on
        capital works and how it affects your business.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Make
        your business sustainable.</strong><br />\n<br />\nBusinesses that cover their
        cost of capital are sustainable.  They''ll have enough cash that when the
        inevitable business downturn comes along and they''ll be able to survive the
        downturn.  When times are good these owners will be able to put away money
        that will allow them the option of leaving their business at some point in
        the future.<br />\n<br />\nSustainable businesses are fun to run.  They create
        happy customers who appreciate doing business with you.  They create enough
        money to pay your employees fairly.  They allow you to pay your bills on time.  If
        you''ve ever had to delay paying bills, holding raises or not be able to re-invest
        in your business you know what I''m talking about.<br />\n<br />\nBe smart.....create
        a sustainable business that focuses on cash.  You''ll be glad you did. ","title":"What
        I''ve Learned About Putting Profits First","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-patrick/what-ive-learned-about-pu_b_5626371.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940531,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:59:12Z","slug":"ships","summary":"\"Real
        Housewives of New Jersey\" star Teresa Giudice may be having a difficult time
        accepting her sentencing issue. In fact, due to the hot potato issue, she
        was reportedly against Bravo network''s show''s executive producer Andy Cohen.","title":"\"Real
        Housewives of New Jersey\" star Teresa Giudice against Executive Producer
        Andy Cohen? Giudice spotted on a White Party in New York","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24891/20140723/real-housewives-of-new-jersey-star-teresa-giudice-executive-producer-andy-cohen-giudice-spotted-white-party-new-york.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940530,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:13:16Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Dance
        Moms, an American dance reality television series created by Collins Avenue
        Productions for Lifetime, is currently popular among the viewers with Christi
        and Chloe Lukasiak stage show as well as Kelly Hyland and Abby Lee Miller\u2019s
        their fight on Twitter.","title":"\"Dance Moms\" star duo Christi and Chloe
        to hold workshop at Hebburn; Hyland & Miller continue fighting in twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24906/20140723/dance-moms-reality-star-duo-christi-chloe-hold-workshop-hebburn-hyland-miller-fight-twitter.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940529,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T22:45:48Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"A
        new report claims the title of the next \"Transformers\" film may be \"Galvatron
        Rising.\" As well, concept art of a female villain has just been released
        on Facebook.","title":"\"Transformers 5\" Update: Potential Title Revealed,
        Unused Female Decepticon Concept Art [Photos]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24916/20140723/transformers-5-transformers-4-age-of-extinction-update-title-revealed-female-decepticon-galvatron-rising.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940528,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:59:12Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"\"Real
        Housewives of New Jersey\" star Teresa Giudice may be having a difficult time
        accepting her sentencing issue. In fact, due to the hot potato issue, she
        was reportedly against Bravo network''s show''s executive producer Andy Cohen.","title":"\"Real
        Housewives of New Jersey\" star Teresa Giudice against Executive Producer
        Andy Cohen? Giudice spotted on a White Party in New York","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24891/20140723/real-housewives-of-new-jersey-star-teresa-giudice-executive-producer-andy-cohen-giudice-spotted-white-party-new-york.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940527,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T14:59:12Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"\"Real
        Housewives of New Jersey\" star Teresa Giudice may be having a difficult time
        accepting her sentencing issue. In fact, due to the hot potato issue, she
        was reportedly against Bravo network''s show''s executive producer Andy Cohen.","title":"\"Real
        Housewives of New Jersey\" star Teresa Giudice against Executive Producer
        Andy Cohen? Giudice spotted on a White Party in New York","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24891/20140723/real-housewives-of-new-jersey-star-teresa-giudice-executive-producer-andy-cohen-giudice-spotted-white-party-new-york.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940526,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T00:11:38Z","slug":"34","summary":"In
        anticipation of Comic-Con, the first poster for \"Jurassic World\" has just
        been revealed.","title":"\"Jurassic World\" Update: First Poster Revealed,
        Filming Update, T-Rex Scene Detailed [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24919/20140723/jurassic-world-movie-date-update-first-poster-revealed-filming-trex-scene-sequel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940525,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T00:11:38Z","slug":"ships","summary":"In
        anticipation of Comic-Con, the first poster for \"Jurassic World\" has just
        been revealed.","title":"\"Jurassic World\" Update: First Poster Revealed,
        Filming Update, T-Rex Scene Detailed [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24919/20140723/jurassic-world-movie-date-update-first-poster-revealed-filming-trex-scene-sequel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:40Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940524,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T00:32:54Z","slug":"34","summary":"New
        cheat codes and a hidden area have just been uncovered in Rockstar''s latest
        game in the \"Grand Theft Auto\" franchise, \"Grand Theft Auto V.\"","title":"\"Grand
        Theft Auto V\" Game Update: New Cheat Codes and Hidden Areas Unlocked [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24920/20140723/grand-theft-auto-v-gta-v-update-new-cheat-codes-secrets-hidden-areas-playstation-3-xbox-360-unlocked-video.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:39Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940523,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T00:11:38Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"In
        anticipation of Comic-Con, the first poster for \"Jurassic World\" has just
        been revealed.","title":"\"Jurassic World\" Update: First Poster Revealed,
        Filming Update, T-Rex Scene Detailed [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24919/20140723/jurassic-world-movie-date-update-first-poster-revealed-filming-trex-scene-sequel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940522,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T00:32:54Z","slug":"ships","summary":"New
        cheat codes and a hidden area have just been uncovered in Rockstar''s latest
        game in the \"Grand Theft Auto\" franchise, \"Grand Theft Auto V.\"","title":"\"Grand
        Theft Auto V\" Game Update: New Cheat Codes and Hidden Areas Unlocked [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24920/20140723/grand-theft-auto-v-gta-v-update-new-cheat-codes-secrets-hidden-areas-playstation-3-xbox-360-unlocked-video.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940521,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:23:05Z","slug":"34","summary":"Did
        Patrick (Jason Thompson) intentionally let Rafe (Jimmy Deshler) die on the
        operating table? The investigation continues on General Hospital as the authorities
        now try to find the truth.","title":"General Hospital spoilers: What were
        Patrick''s intentions? [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24900/20140723/abc-general-hospital-spoilers-2014-what-patricks-intentions-rafe-video-relationship.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940520,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T00:11:38Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"In
        anticipation of Comic-Con, the first poster for \"Jurassic World\" has just
        been revealed.","title":"\"Jurassic World\" Update: First Poster Revealed,
        Filming Update, T-Rex Scene Detailed [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24919/20140723/jurassic-world-movie-date-update-first-poster-revealed-filming-trex-scene-sequel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940519,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T00:32:54Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"New
        cheat codes and a hidden area have just been uncovered in Rockstar''s latest
        game in the \"Grand Theft Auto\" franchise, \"Grand Theft Auto V.\"","title":"\"Grand
        Theft Auto V\" Game Update: New Cheat Codes and Hidden Areas Unlocked [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24920/20140723/grand-theft-auto-v-gta-v-update-new-cheat-codes-secrets-hidden-areas-playstation-3-xbox-360-unlocked-video.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940518,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:23:05Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Did
        Patrick (Jason Thompson) intentionally let Rafe (Jimmy Deshler) die on the
        operating table? The investigation continues on General Hospital as the authorities
        now try to find the truth.","title":"General Hospital spoilers: What were
        Patrick''s intentions? [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24900/20140723/abc-general-hospital-spoilers-2014-what-patricks-intentions-rafe-video-relationship.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940517,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:23:05Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Did
        Patrick (Jason Thompson) intentionally let Rafe (Jimmy Deshler) die on the
        operating table? The investigation continues on General Hospital as the authorities
        now try to find the truth.","title":"General Hospital spoilers: What were
        Patrick''s intentions? [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24900/20140723/abc-general-hospital-spoilers-2014-what-patricks-intentions-rafe-video-relationship.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940516,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T00:32:54Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"New
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        game in the \"Grand Theft Auto\" franchise, \"Grand Theft Auto V.\"","title":"\"Grand
        Theft Auto V\" Game Update: New Cheat Codes and Hidden Areas Unlocked [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24920/20140723/grand-theft-auto-v-gta-v-update-new-cheat-codes-secrets-hidden-areas-playstation-3-xbox-360-unlocked-video.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940515,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:23:05Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Did
        Patrick (Jason Thompson) intentionally let Rafe (Jimmy Deshler) die on the
        operating table? The investigation continues on General Hospital as the authorities
        now try to find the truth.","title":"General Hospital spoilers: What were
        Patrick''s intentions? [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24900/20140723/abc-general-hospital-spoilers-2014-what-patricks-intentions-rafe-video-relationship.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940513,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:22Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940512,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T15:09:12Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Filming
        for the third season of hit ABC musical drama series \"Nashville\" has started,
        and it''s been confirmed that the show will return in September. Here''s what
        we know so far.","title":"''Nashville'' Season 3 update: As show returns in
        September, Sam Palladio talks about Gunnar''s relationship with Scarlett and
        Hayden Panettiere''s pregnancy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:22Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24942/20140724/nashville-season-3-update-as-show-returns-in-september-sam-palladio-talks-about-gunnars-relationship-with-scarlett-and-hayden-panattieres-pregnancy.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940511,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940510,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940509,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940507,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940506,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940503,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940502,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940501,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940498,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940497,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940496,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940494,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940493,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940492,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940489,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940488,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940484,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:15Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940480,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940479,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:14Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940478,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:13Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940475,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940470,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:11Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940469,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940465,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940464,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940462,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940461,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940460,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940459,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940458,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940457,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940456,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940451,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940450,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940449,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940448,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940447,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940446,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"sunny","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940445,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940444,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"gang","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940443,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940442,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"panda","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940441,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"painting","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940440,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"nixon","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940439,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940438,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"richard-nixon","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940437,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940436,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"richard","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940435,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940434,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940433,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"woman","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940432,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"me","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940431,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"leonardo-dicaprio","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940430,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940429,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"leonardo","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940428,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940427,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"alien","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940426,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940425,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940424,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"legs","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940423,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940422,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"apart","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940421,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"kris","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940420,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"touching","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940419,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"2050","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940418,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"mlb","summary":"<center><div
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        target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940417,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940416,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"lid","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940415,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940414,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940413,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"stewart","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940412,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"kris","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940411,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"jon-stewart","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940410,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"strange","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940409,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"reason","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940408,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"ron","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940407,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"lid","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940406,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940405,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940404,"news_source":"Huffington
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        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940403,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940402,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940401,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940398,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97764429\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940396,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"20","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940394,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<center><div
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        Neue'',Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:450px;min-width:300px;\"><div
        style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:84.666667% 0 49px
        0;width:100%;\"><iframe src=\"//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/97764429?et=WxYuwu3CQClnaoPNfYwfIg&sig=hwWsxa4DeDG6Bd0sT2RGal0waZRq0ySsm5_5K5ZJ4-0=\"
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        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940393,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"apart","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940392,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T16:02:22Z","slug":"34","summary":"Teen
        Mom 2, an American reality television series on MTV, will show Jenelle Evans
        accusing Nathan Griffith for excessively drinking alcohol.","title":"Teen
        Mom 2 Spoilers: Jenelle Evans fights Intoxicated Nathan Griffith over his
        drinking alcohol habits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24903/20140723/teen-mom-2-spoilers-jenelle-evans-nathan-griffith-fight-drinking-alcohol-jail-time-mtv-sneak-peak.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940391,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<center><div
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        Neue'',Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:450px;min-width:300px;\"><div
        style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:84.666667% 0 49px
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        href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97764429\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">#97764429</a> / <a href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com\"
        target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940390,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<center><div
        style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:''Helvetica
        Neue'',Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:450px;min-width:300px;\"><div
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        target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940389,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"2050","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940388,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"sf","summary":"<center><div
        style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:''Helvetica
        Neue'',Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:450px;min-width:300px;\"><div
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        href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97764429\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">#97764429</a> / <a href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com\"
        target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940387,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940385,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940384,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:13:30Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Jameer
        Nelson is now officially part of the Dallas Mavericks roster in the coming
        2014-2015 NBA season. The former Orlando Magic point guard signed a two-year
        $5.586 million contract with the Mavericks on Thursday. Nelson will be part
        of a Mavericks guard rotation that features veteran point guard Devin Harris
        and Raymond Felton.","title":"NBA Free Agent 2014 News: Jameer Nelson signs
        two-year $5.5 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24962/20140725/nba-free-agent-2014-news-jameer-nelson-signs-two-year-deal-5-5-million-deal-with-the-dallas-mavericks.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940383,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"he","summary":"<center><div
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940382,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"kris","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940381,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"co","summary":"<center><div
        style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:''Helvetica
        Neue'',Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:450px;min-width:300px;\"><div
        style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:84.666667% 0 49px
        0;width:100%;\"><iframe src=\"//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/97764429?et=WxYuwu3CQClnaoPNfYwfIg&sig=hwWsxa4DeDG6Bd0sT2RGal0waZRq0ySsm5_5K5ZJ4-0=\"
        width=\"450\" height=\"430\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\"></iframe></div><p
        style=\"margin:0;\"></p><div style=\"padding:0;margin:4px 0 0 10px;text-align:left;\"><a
        href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97764429\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">#97764429</a> / <a href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com\"
        target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940379,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"strange","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:51Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940380,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T16:02:22Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Teen
        Mom 2, an American reality television series on MTV, will show Jenelle Evans
        accusing Nathan Griffith for excessively drinking alcohol.","title":"Teen
        Mom 2 Spoilers: Jenelle Evans fights Intoxicated Nathan Griffith over his
        drinking alcohol habits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24903/20140723/teen-mom-2-spoilers-jenelle-evans-nathan-griffith-fight-drinking-alcohol-jail-time-mtv-sneak-peak.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940378,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<center><div
        style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:''Helvetica
        Neue'',Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:450px;min-width:300px;\"><div
        style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:84.666667% 0 49px
        0;width:100%;\"><iframe src=\"//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/97764429?et=WxYuwu3CQClnaoPNfYwfIg&sig=hwWsxa4DeDG6Bd0sT2RGal0waZRq0ySsm5_5K5ZJ4-0=\"
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        style=\"margin:0;\"></p><div style=\"padding:0;margin:4px 0 0 10px;text-align:left;\"><a
        href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97764429\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">#97764429</a> / <a href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com\"
        target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940377,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"ron","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940376,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"lid","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940375,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"ramp-up","summary":"<center><div
        style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:''Helvetica
        Neue'',Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:450px;min-width:300px;\"><div
        style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:84.666667% 0 49px
        0;width:100%;\"><iframe src=\"//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/97764429?et=WxYuwu3CQClnaoPNfYwfIg&sig=hwWsxa4DeDG6Bd0sT2RGal0waZRq0ySsm5_5K5ZJ4-0=\"
        width=\"450\" height=\"430\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\"></iframe></div><p
        style=\"margin:0;\"></p><div style=\"padding:0;margin:4px 0 0 10px;text-align:left;\"><a
        href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97764429\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">#97764429</a> / <a href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com\"
        target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940374,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"ramp","summary":"<center><div
        style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:''Helvetica
        Neue'',Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:450px;min-width:300px;\"><div
        style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:84.666667% 0 49px
        0;width:100%;\"><iframe src=\"//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/97764429?et=WxYuwu3CQClnaoPNfYwfIg&sig=hwWsxa4DeDG6Bd0sT2RGal0waZRq0ySsm5_5K5ZJ4-0=\"
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        style=\"margin:0;\"></p><div style=\"padding:0;margin:4px 0 0 10px;text-align:left;\"><a
        href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97764429\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">#97764429</a> / <a href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com\"
        target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940373,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"melt","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940372,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T16:02:22Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Teen
        Mom 2, an American reality television series on MTV, will show Jenelle Evans
        accusing Nathan Griffith for excessively drinking alcohol.","title":"Teen
        Mom 2 Spoilers: Jenelle Evans fights Intoxicated Nathan Griffith over his
        drinking alcohol habits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24903/20140723/teen-mom-2-spoilers-jenelle-evans-nathan-griffith-fight-drinking-alcohol-jail-time-mtv-sneak-peak.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940370,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"<center><div
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        0;width:100%;\"><iframe src=\"//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/97764429?et=WxYuwu3CQClnaoPNfYwfIg&sig=hwWsxa4DeDG6Bd0sT2RGal0waZRq0ySsm5_5K5ZJ4-0=\"
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        href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97764429\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
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        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940369,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940368,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940367,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940364,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940363,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940361,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940362,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T16:02:22Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Teen
        Mom 2, an American reality television series on MTV, will show Jenelle Evans
        accusing Nathan Griffith for excessively drinking alcohol.","title":"Teen
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        drinking alcohol habits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24903/20140723/teen-mom-2-spoilers-jenelle-evans-nathan-griffith-fight-drinking-alcohol-jail-time-mtv-sneak-peak.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940360,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940359,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940358,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940355,"news_source":"Huffington
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
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        !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com</a></div></div></center><br
        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940353,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"it","summary":"<center><div
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        Neue'',Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:450px;min-width:300px;\"><div
        style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:84.666667% 0 49px
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940352,"news_source":"Huffington
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        style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:84.666667% 0 49px
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        href=\"http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/97764429\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
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        target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940351,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:30:13Z","slug":"ca","summary":"<center><div
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        Neue'',Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:450px;min-width:300px;\"><div
        style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:84.666667% 0 49px
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        target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal
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        />\n<br />\n<br />\nDigital marketing can be overwhelming if you''ve never
        stepped onto that stage before. The same is true of Godzilla -- so huge! So
        unpredictable! So impossible to understand! The good news is there are plenty
        of well-educated, experienced digital marketers to guide you to the answers
        you need. And one movie about a few enormous creatures that can do that as
        well.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>1. Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone. <br />\n</strong>A staggering number of small and mid-sized businesses
        have yet to assert themselves online with paid search advertising. Businesses
        that shake the daze and embrace search marketing are not just leaps and bounds
        ahead of their competition, they could be the only ad showing up on certain
        keywords. These are the guys who will avoid being eaten.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>2.
        Go in with all your forces. Or just one strong U.S. Navy Lieutenant. <br />\n</strong>Spending
        too little is the same as spending nothing. At the same time, depending on
        your business and goals, you can spend relatively little and still have an
        impact with search advertising. This is one reason search marketing was made
        for small business - total control over the spend at every moment. Go big
        one minute, pull back and pinpoint your budget the next. Either way can work.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>3. Killing three birds with one stone sounds like it won''t
        work. And it won''t.<br />\n</strong>Getting specific with your targeting
        is critical in search advertising and killing monsters. The nature of search
        allows you to target in dimensions that will blow your mind: By timing (day,
        time of day, day of the week, week in the month, seasonally according to your
        business needs), by geography, and by device type. Drilling into exactly the
        right parameters gives you the kill shot.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>4. When the
        time is right, breathe fire.<br />\n</strong>Timing is one of the strongest
        levers you can pull in search advertising. Aside from serving ads that are
        sensibly timed seasonally, take a close look at real-life events that can
        influence consumers. Maybe your city is hosting the Olympic trials for track
        and field -- you''ll know the dates for this event at least a year in advance,
        and can begin planning your campaigns to take advantage of this. Breathe fire
        into your budget at just the right time to tip your ads into the best position.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>5. The fight for the top is fierce for a reason.<br />\n</strong>In
        search advertising, showing up at the top of the search results page is essential
        -- that''s where most clicks happen. Getting to that top spot comes from a
        combination of bidding and ad quality. Ad quality is determined largely by
        whether your ad is relevant to searches, which is evaluated by click-thru''s
        to your landing page and landing page quality. Taking care of all of these
        elements of your search advertising will help you rise like Godzilla, where
        the power of your reach is matched by your ginormous tail.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>6.
        Mayhem makes everything confusing and upsetting.<br />\n</strong>Very few
        business owners are comfortable with disorganization and guess-work when it
        comes to finances. Fittingly, we don''t like mayhem in search marketing -
        we like order, predictability and reports with lots of neat rows of numbers.
        These reports are the tools that drive smarter decisions based on actual results.
        Thoughtful planning, tracking spend and ROI and optimizing to get the most
        out of every dollar conquers the mayhem and keeps everything ship shape.<br
        />\n<br />\n<strong>7. Your competition might be underground, feeding on nuclear
        energy and waiting to scramble onto the scene when you''re in the middle of
        a nap.<br />\n</strong>See above, \"Standing around looking dazed isn''t helpful
        for anyone.\"<br />\n<br />\nLesson learned? Get into search advertising immediately,
        corner your specific market with smart budgeting, strong ads, sensible targeting
        and the occasional firestorm of bidding. Use your reports to make better decisions.
        Do this before your competitors get strong on nuclear energy and seize the
        day for themselves. ","title":"7 Things <i>Godzilla</i> Can Teach us About
        Search Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-gagnon/7-things-godzilla-can-tea_b_5622291.html?utm_hp_ref=small-business&ir=small+business"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940350,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940349,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:39Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940348,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:53:53Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Phaedra
        Parks of \"The Real Housewives of Altanta\" has missed her husband Apollo
        Nida''s sentencing, which further intensifies rumors that the two are headed
        for a divorce.","title":"''Real Housewives of Atlanta'' star Phaedra Parks
        misses Apollo Nida''s trial; divorce rumors continue to surface","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24974/20140725/bravo-real-housewives-of-atlanta-7-star-phaedra-parks-misses-apollo-nidas-trial-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940347,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940346,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940345,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"michele","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940344,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"people-support","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940343,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940342,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"memo","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940341,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940340,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940339,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940338,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"malia","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940337,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940336,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940335,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940334,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940333,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940332,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940331,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940330,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940329,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:38:28Z","slug":"34","summary":"Sandra
        Bullock is rumored to be dating Chris Evans. They were spotted together several
        times that kindled their dating rumor. However, their romance seems to be
        over and ''Gravity'' star has moved on in life with another man.","title":"Who
        is Sandra Bullock Dating?  Chris Evans or Hugh Grant? [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24935/20140724/who-sandra-bullock-dating-chris-evans-hugh-grant-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940328,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"bailey","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940327,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"randy","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940326,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"wonders","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940325,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940324,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940323,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940322,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940321,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940320,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940319,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T20:54:10Z","slug":"fox","summary":"WASHINGTON
        (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday
        to give mobile-phone users the right to ''unlock'' their devices and use them
        on competitors'' wireless networks, something that is now technically illegal.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe legislation cleared the Senate last week. President Barack
        Obama said in a statement that he looked forward to signing the bill into
        law.<br />\n<br />\n\"The bill congress passed today is another step toward
        giving ordinary Americans more flexibility and choice, so that they can find
        a cell phone carrier that meets their needs and their budget,\" Obama said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThe lawmaking follows a 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress,
        the minder of U.S. copyright law, that effectively made phone unlocking illegal,
        even after the consumer completed the contract with its wireless carrier.<br
        />\n<br />\nU.S. wireless carriers often tether, or \"lock,\" smartphones
        to their networks to encourage consumers to renew mobile contracts. Consumers,
        for their part, can often buy new devices at a heavily subsidized price in
        return for committing to long-term contracts with a single carrier.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn December, major wireless carriers - including Verizon Wireless, AT&T
        Inc, Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc - struck a voluntary agreement with the
        Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to unlock
        their phones after contracts expire.<br />\n<br />\nUnder current law, someone
        who unlocks their phone without permission could face legal ramifications,
        including jail.<br />\n<br />\nNew legislation, welcomed by consumer advocates,
        reinstates the exemption given to mobile phones in the copyright law before
        the controversial 2012 ruling by the Library of Congress and calls on the
        officials there to reconsider the issue during its next round of reviews in
        2015, potentially expanding the exemption to tablets and other devices.<br
        />\n<br />\n\"Today''s action by the House moves us closer to alleviating
        any confusion stemming from the Copyright Office\u2019s 2012 decision,\" Jot
        Carpenter, vice president of government affairs at the wireless association
        CTIA, said in a statement. ","title":"Obama To Sign Bill Making It Legal To
        Unlock Your Cell Phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/obama-phone-unlock_n_5622071.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940318,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:58:43Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<center><a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"><img alt=\"2014-07-25-selfie.jpg\"
        src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-selfie-thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\"
        height=\"394\" /></a><br />\nThis selfie of a girl in front of Auschwitz has
        prompted unfair social media outrage.<br />\n</center><br />\n<br />\nI grew
        up Jewish so I''m naturally very sensitive to the horrors that took place
        at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. I''m also very critical of Holocaust deniers
        and those who would minimize what the Nazis did to Jews, gays and other \"undesirables.\"<br
        />\n<br />\nBut I think we need to give that young girl who took a selfie
        of herself at the concentration camp a break. Alabama teenager Breanna Mitchell
        has been vilified in social media for gross insensitivity for doing what many
        others have done before her.<br />\n<br />\nI''ve been to concentration camps
        and other infamous places including ground zero in New York, Anne Frank''s
        house in Amsterdam and battlefields in the U.S. and other countries were countless
        people were slaughtered, and I''ve seen people taking pictures of themselves
        in front of the scene with a big smile on their face. It''s natural. It''s
        what we''re taught to do when we stand in front of a camera.<br />\n<br />\nBreanna
        tweeted and told a TV interviewer (scroll down to watch) that she does \"understand
        what happened there\" and had planned to visit there with her dad who died
        a year before she was able to make the trip.<br />\n<br />\nHad this been
        a seasoned politician or journalist, I would criticize them (perhaps gently)
        for misjudgment. But this is a teenage girl who visited the site because she
        has a strong interest in the history of World War II and the Holocaust. If
        anything, she should be congratulated for caring about what happened there.<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-died.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-died-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"570\" height=\"195\" /></a><br />\n<br />\nIf I saw her partying at
        the site or trying to diminish the horror and historical importance of what
        happened there, I would think she was being insensitive, but smiling? Come
        on, we''re all taught to smile in pictures. I''d like to think I would have
        the judgement not to smile at such a locale, but I honestly can''t swear that
        I''ve never posed with a smile for a picture at such an important but horrible
        place.<br />\n<br />\nIt''s hard not to agree with her followup Tweet, asking
        people to \"quit tweeting, to quoting, retweeting and favoriting my picture.\"<br
        />\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-25-omg.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-25-omg-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"549\" height=\"189\" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Video of Breanna
        explaining on TV</strong><br />\n<br />\n<iframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vRsDYyvZmlA\"
        width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>
        ","title":"Let''s Stop Persecuting ''Auschwitz Selfie Girl'' for Smiling at
        a Camera","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/lets-stop-persecuting-aus_b_5622243.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940317,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:38:28Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Sandra
        Bullock is rumored to be dating Chris Evans. They were spotted together several
        times that kindled their dating rumor. However, their romance seems to be
        over and ''Gravity'' star has moved on in life with another man.","title":"Who
        is Sandra Bullock Dating?  Chris Evans or Hugh Grant? [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24935/20140724/who-sandra-bullock-dating-chris-evans-hugh-grant-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940316,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"co","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940315,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:38:28Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Sandra
        Bullock is rumored to be dating Chris Evans. They were spotted together several
        times that kindled their dating rumor. However, their romance seems to be
        over and ''Gravity'' star has moved on in life with another man.","title":"Who
        is Sandra Bullock Dating?  Chris Evans or Hugh Grant? [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24935/20140724/who-sandra-bullock-dating-chris-evans-hugh-grant-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940314,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940313,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"touching","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940312,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940311,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"shell","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940310,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940309,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:38:28Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Sandra
        Bullock is rumored to be dating Chris Evans. They were spotted together several
        times that kindled their dating rumor. However, their romance seems to be
        over and ''Gravity'' star has moved on in life with another man.","title":"Who
        is Sandra Bullock Dating?  Chris Evans or Hugh Grant? [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24935/20140724/who-sandra-bullock-dating-chris-evans-hugh-grant-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940308,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940307,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940306,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940305,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"kay","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940304,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"stephen-kay","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940303,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"piper","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940302,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"justin","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940301,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"jessica","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940300,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:50:05Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"This
        year''s Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic recently married long-time love
        Jelena Ristic in a private ceremony in the seaside Adriatic resort of Sveti
        Stefan in Montenegro. Jelena Ristic is also six months pregnant with the couple''s
        first baby.","title":"Novak Djokovic and Jelena Ristic wedding: Photos revealed-have
        a look!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24976/20140725/novak-djokovic-jelena-ristic-wedding-photos-revealed-look.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940299,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"581","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940298,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940297,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940296,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:43:19Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\"><img
        alt=\"2014-07-23-localauthority_0.jpg\" src=\"http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-07-23-localauthority_0-thumb.jpg\"
        width=\"260\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px\"/></a>\"[W]ithout
        power and independence, a town may contain good subjects, but it can have
        no active citizens.\"\u00a0 That was the conclusion of Alexis de Tocqueville
        after touring a youthful American Republic in the early 1830s, as recorded
        in his classic <a href=\"http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/\"><i>Democracy
        in America</i></a>. Today we are engaged in a renewed debate about the authority
        of governments closest to the people.<br />\n<br />\nOn July 16, by a vote
        of 223-200, the House of Representatives voted to strip the Federal Communications
        Commission (FCC) of the authority to allow communities the right to determine
        their broadband futures.\u00a0 Republicans voted 221-4 in favor.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, 60 Republicans <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/2014%2006%20Blackburn-Johnson-Pompeo-%20FCC%20Municipal%20Broadband%20Letter.pdf\">insisted</a>
        that the federal government shouldn''t interfere with the 20 state laws that
        either prohibit or severely inhibit municipally owned broadband networks.
        \"Without any doubt, state governments across the country understand and are
        more attentive to the needs of the American people than unelected federal
        bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,\" they wrote.\u00a0A similar letter, signed
        by 11 Republican senators, <a href=\"http://www.ctia.org/docs/default-source/fcc-filings/letter-from-us-senate-on-state-broadband-issues.pdf?sfvrsn=0\">asserted</a>,
        \"States are much closer to their citizens and can meet their needs better
        than an unelected bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. ... State political leaders
        are accountable to the voters who elect them....\"<br />\n<br />\nThe Republican
        rationale is that state legislatures should be given deference over Congress
        and federal agencies because they are closer, more attentive and more accountable
        to their constituents.\u00a0 The same reasoning should lead Republicans to
        agree that city councils and county commissions should be given deference
        over state legislatures and state agencies,\u00a0but it doesn''t.<br />\n<br
        />\nThe Senate letter warned that the FCC \"would be well-advised to respect
        state sovereignty.\" But Republicans apply the principle of state sovereignty
        so inconsistently that it''s hard to call it a guiding principle.<br />\n<br
        />\nIn 1992 the Supreme Court <a href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-0194.ZO.html\">ruled</a>
        that states could not compel online vendors without a physical presence in
        that state to collect sales taxes unless Congress gave permission.\u00a0 In
        May 2013 the Democratic Senate voted to give them that permission.\u00a0 House
        Republicans refused. <a href=\"http://usmayors.org/metroeconomies/0613/MarketplaceFairnessReport.pdf\">Loss</a>
        of state and local revenue for 2013 was estimated at $1.7 billion. For those
        who may be unaware, the issue at hand is not whether we should pay taxes when
        we buy goods online. Almost all states require us to do so.\u00a0 The question
        is whether online vendors must, like brick and mortar stores, collect those
        taxes.<br />\n<br />\nExasperated by Republicans'' hypocrisy on states'' rights,
        Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-California) asked a Special Investigations Division
        (SID) to examine legislative actions since George W. Bush took office insisting
        the federal government would not \"impose its will on states and local communities.\"\u00a0
        The 2006 report <a href=\"http://oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/documents/20060606095331-23055.pdf\">found</a>
        \"a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric of Republican leaders and the
        actual legislative record.\"\u00a0 It cited 57 instances of Republican-approved
        bills preempting state authority.<br />\n<br />\nOne occurred when the Republican
        House voted to prohibit states and cities from demanding competition in broadband
        services.\u00a0 Using language eerily similar to that used recently by Republicans
        in their recent letters to the FCC, six organizations representing state and
        local officials <a href=\"http://www.nga.org/cms/home/federal-relations/nga-letters/archived-letters--2002/col2-content/main-content-list/title_february-22-20.html\">maintained</a>
        that state and local officials, \"those closest to understanding and meeting
        the needs of our citizens,\" should make such decisions.\u00a0 Republicans
        were unmoved.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Paternalism of Republicans</b><br />\n<br
        />\nWhen not hiding behind the states''-rights mantra, Republicans argue that
        they''re protecting us against ourselves:\u00a0 We might support the construction
        of a sure-to-fail municipally owned network.\u00a0 In May FCC Chairman Tom
        Wheeler gave the small-\"d\" democratic <a href=\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/wheeler-praises-municipal-broadband-partnership/131463\">response</a>:<br
        />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I understand that the experience with community broadband
        is mixed, that there have been both successes and failures. But if municipal
        governments want to pursue it, they shouldn''t be inhibited by state laws
        that have been adopted at the behest of incumbent providers looking to limit
        competition.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nThe debate about whether to build
        a muni broadband network has proven to be one of the most considered, transparent
        and democratic of all policy debates, certainly far more considered than those
        made in Washington and state capitols<br />\n<br />\nUsually citizens vote
        on the issue directly through ballot referenda. Corporate opponents outspend
        community proponents by 10- to 25-to-1 or more. In many cases state laws prohibit
        cities from campaigning for their own proposal.<br />\n<br />\nRepublicans
        and private telecoms maintain that cities lack the capacity to build and manage
        broadband networks.\u00a0 They''re empirically wrong. \u00a0Of the 160 municipally
        owned broadband networks, the successes vastly outnumber the failures.\u00a0
        Muni networks, not Google, offered the first gigabit service. Muni networks
        have saved their communities hundreds of millions of dollars, created tens
        of thousands of jobs, and become a firm foundation for economic-development
        initiatives.<br />\n<br />\nIf the FCC is allowed to proceed, it will first
        respond to a petition from muni networks so successful that surrounding communities
        want to connect to them but are forbidden by state law. In this context, the
        argument that the state is protecting cities against themselves is ludicrous.<br
        />\n<br />\nThat so many muni networks have succeeded is a testament to their
        communities'' entrepreneurialism, creativity and patience. Lawsuits delay
        operation for years at a significant financial cost to cities. The huge customer
        base of telecom companies allows them to negotiate far lower prices for cable
        channels than tiny muni networks. \u00a0Cities that build networks often are
        prohibited from tapping into other city funds if needed, while private telephone
        and cable companies freely use profits gained from cities in which they have
        a monopoly to engage in predatory pricing against muni networks. After Monticello,
        Minnesota, built a network, Charter Communications slashed its combined cable
        and broadband package price from $145 to $60 per month while maintaining the
        higher price in nearby cities Duluth and Rochester.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The
        Success of Communities</b><br />\n<br />\nFor cities that persevere, the rewards
        can be very great.\u00a0 Tiny Kutztown, Pennsylvania, saved the community
        an estimated $2 million in its first few years, a result of lower rates by
        the muni network and reduced prices charged by the incumbent cable company
        in response to competitive pressure. In 2004 Gov. Ed Rendell gave Kutztown
        an award for its network. Shortly thereafter, to his lasting shame, he signed
        a Verizon-sponsored bill preventing other Pennsylvania communities from replicating
        Kutztown''s success.<br />\n<br />\nBristol, Virginia, population 17,000,
        estimates its network has saved residents and businesses over $10 million.
        Lafayette, Louisiana, estimates savings of over $90 million.\u00a0 The economic
        and financial benefits of munis have been amply catalogued by the <a href=\"http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/broadband/\">Institute
        for Local Self-Reliance</a> and its <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org\">Community
        Broadband Initiative</a>.<br />\n<br />\nSometimes the arguments of private
        corporations are bizarre. After five North Carolina cities proved muni networks
        could be wildly successful, Time Warner aggressively lobbied the state legislature
        to prohibit any imitators.\u00a0 Time Warner insisted it only wanted a level
        playing field. \"The bill is intended to create a level playing field so if
        local governments want to provide commercial retail services in direct competition
        with private business, they can''t use their considerable advantages unfairly,\"
        Time Warner <a href=\"http://www.muninetworks.org/tags-28?page=1\">declared</a>.<br
        />\n<br />\nYou have to go a far piece to believe that tiny Salisbury, North
        Carolina, has a competitive edge over mammoth Time\u00a0Warner, with annual
        revenues of $18 billion, more than 500 times greater than Salisbury''s $34-million
        budget, and 14 million customers to Salisbury''s Fibrant network customer
        base of 1,000.<br />\n<br />\nBut after Republicans gained control of the
        North Carolina legislature in 2012, the bizarre became the basis for public
        policy. The legislature passed the Time Warner bill.<br />\n<br />\nAside
        from their many quantifiable economic benefits, muni networks also generate
        equally important unquantifiable benefits.\u00a0 One is far greater accountability.
        No longer must people rely on distant corporations for better service. Leaders
        in Wilson, North Carolina, describe this benefit of muni networks as the \"strangle
        effect.\" If you have problems with the network, you can find someone locally
        to strangle.<br />\n<br />\nFor Harold DePriest, head of Chattanooga''s <a
        href=\"https://epbfi.com/internet/\">state-of-the-art</a> municipally owned
        broadband network (and electricity company), an even more fundamental issue
        is involved. \"[D]oes our community control our own fate, or does someone
        else control it?\" he <a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121115846391602439?mod=todays_us_page_one&amp;mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB121115846391602439.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one\">asks</a>.
        Questions about the digital divide and net neutrality can be debated and decided
        at the local level, not in some distant boardroom or by Congress, federal
        agencies or the courts.<br />\n<br />\n<b>The Freedom to Choose</b><br />\n<br
        />\nIf Congress allows the FCC to proceed and the FCC overturns state bans,
        an even more fundamental obstacle will stand in the way. Cities and counties
        are not mentioned in our Constitution.\u00a0 This has has led courts to decide
        that local governments have little or no standing in our federalist system.\u00a0
        Established law relies on the famous 1868 <a href=\"http://www.progressandmain.com/page/the-dillon-rule\">dictum</a>
        of Judge John Foster Dillon:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>Municipal corporations
        owe their origin to, and derive their powers and rights wholly from, the legislature.
        It breathes into them the breath of life, without which they cannot exist.
        As it creates, so may it destroy. If it may destroy, it may abridge and control.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nCongress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to foster competition.\u00a0
        The text of the 1996 law was crystal-clear:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>No
        State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement,
        may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to
        provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.</blockquote><br
        />\n<br />\nIf a state or local government is in violation, \"the Commission
        shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement
        to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.\"<br />\n<br
        />\nIf anyone doubted the meaning of the phrase \"any entity,\" they had only
        to read the congressional record. Consider Sen. Trent Lott''s (R-Mississippi)
        comment:<br />\n<br />\n<blockquote>I think the rural electric associations,
        the municipalities, and the investor-owned utilities, are all positioned to
        make a real contribution in this telecommunications area, and I do think it
        is important that we make sure we have got the right language to accomplish
        what we wish accomplished here.</blockquote><br />\n<br />\nBut the Supreme
        Court didn''t find the language clear at all. In 2003, by an 8-1 decision,
        it <a href=\"http://transition.fcc.gov/ogc/documents/opinions/2004/02-1238-032404.pdf\">affirmed</a>
        prohibitions on municipal networks.<br />\n<br />\nThe Supreme Court argued
        that established law considers cities and counties \"created as convenient
        agencies for exercising such of the governmental powers of the State as may
        be entrusted to them in its absolute discretion.\"<br />\n<br />\nUltimately,
        then, this is a fight not about broadband but about democracy and the locus
        of authority.\u00a0 Of course, corporations prefer to fight to protect and
        expand their privileges in 50 remote state capitols rather than in 30,000
        local communities.\u00a0 But genuine democracy depends on allowing, to the
        greatest extent possible, those who feel the impact of decisions to be a significant
        part in the making of those decisions.<br />\n<br />\nWhatever Congress or
        the FCC decides, we need to challenge the concept that the communities in
        which we live are simply vassals of our state legislative lords.\u00a0 This
        can be done on many levels.\u00a0 Perhaps the most effective and productive
        can occur at the state capitols. A broad coalition cutting across parties
        and ideologies marching under the banner \"freedom to choose\" may be powerful
        enough to challenge the seemingly inexhaustible financial resources giant
        corporations have available to influence politics and politicians. ","title":"Who
        Should Decide? States'' Rights, Local Authority and the Future of the Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-morris/who-should-decide-states-_b_5613177.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:14Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940295,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"major-league-baseball","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:12Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940294,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"losing-weight","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:12Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940293,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:52:55Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Raffaelle
        Sollecito, Amanada Knox\u2019s ex-boyfriend and co-defendant to the latter\u2019s
        murder case reasserts his innocence of the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007.
        Sollecito claims that he has proven his innocence by looking into the social
        media networks and analyzing the people\u2019s perception on him being part
        of the case.","title":"Amanda Knox Murder Case Update: Knox\u2019s Ex-Boyfriend
        Raffaele Sollecito Claims He is Innocent of the Crime through His Thesis \u201cSocial
        Network Analysis and Semantic Proximity\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24956/20140724/amanda-knox-murder-case-raffaele-sollecito-semantic-meredith-kercher-boyfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:10Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940292,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"carrots","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:10Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:08Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940291,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"am","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:08Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:06Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940290,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"george","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:06Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:04Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940289,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"avant","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940288,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940287,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"max","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940286,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"mad","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940285,"news_source":"Huffington
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        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940284,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"tom-hardy","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940283,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"span","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
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        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940282,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T15:09:12Z","slug":"34","summary":"Filming
        for the third season of hit ABC musical drama series \"Nashville\" has started,
        and it''s been confirmed that the show will return in September. Here''s what
        we know so far.","title":"''Nashville'' Season 3 update: As show returns in
        September, Sam Palladio talks about Gunnar''s relationship with Scarlett and
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        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"tom","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940280,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"woman","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940279,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"lid","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940278,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"c-span","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940277,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T15:09:12Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Filming
        for the third season of hit ABC musical drama series \"Nashville\" has started,
        and it''s been confirmed that the show will return in September. Here''s what
        we know so far.","title":"''Nashville'' Season 3 update: As show returns in
        September, Sam Palladio talks about Gunnar''s relationship with Scarlett and
        Hayden Panettiere''s pregnancy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24942/20140724/nashville-season-3-update-as-show-returns-in-september-sam-palladio-talks-about-gunnars-relationship-with-scarlett-and-hayden-panattieres-pregnancy.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940276,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940275,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940274,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"kris","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940273,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"melt","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940272,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940271,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940270,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:03:04Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"According
        to a Kpopstarz report, Rockstar has said that GTA 6 for PS4 and Xbox One video
        game consoles will \"most likely\" come in 2017.","title":"Rockstar Games:
        GTA 6 PS4 Xbox is likely to come in 2017","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24969/20140725/gta-6-rockstar-games-ps4-xbox-2017-debut.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940269,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"c","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940268,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T15:09:12Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Filming
        for the third season of hit ABC musical drama series \"Nashville\" has started,
        and it''s been confirmed that the show will return in September. Here''s what
        we know so far.","title":"''Nashville'' Season 3 update: As show returns in
        September, Sam Palladio talks about Gunnar''s relationship with Scarlett and
        Hayden Panettiere''s pregnancy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24942/20140724/nashville-season-3-update-as-show-returns-in-september-sam-palladio-talks-about-gunnars-relationship-with-scarlett-and-hayden-panattieres-pregnancy.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940267,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"virgin-america","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940266,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"apart","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940265,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"apart","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940264,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"2050","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940263,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"2050","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940262,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940261,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940260,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940258,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940259,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:10:37Z","slug":"34","summary":"There
        are plenty of big trios in the NBA today like Curry, Thompson, and Iguodala
        in Golden State and Parker, Duncan, Leonard in San Antonio. There are also
        newly formed trios this summer due to the movement of players in the free
        agency like Nowitzki, Ellis, Parsons in Dallas and Rose, Noah, and Gasol in
        Chicago. But the crown for the Best Big Three in the NBA this coming season
        goes to Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka in Oklahoma.","title":"2014
        NBA Power Rankings: OKC Trio of Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka the new best
        ''Big 3'' in the NBA?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24940/20140725/2014-nba-power-rankings-okc-trio-of-durant-westbrook-and-ibaka-the-new-best-big-3-in-the-nba.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940257,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940256,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"kris","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940255,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"kris","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940254,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"strange","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940252,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"strange","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940253,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T15:09:12Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Filming
        for the third season of hit ABC musical drama series \"Nashville\" has started,
        and it''s been confirmed that the show will return in September. Here''s what
        we know so far.","title":"''Nashville'' Season 3 update: As show returns in
        September, Sam Palladio talks about Gunnar''s relationship with Scarlett and
        Hayden Panettiere''s pregnancy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24942/20140724/nashville-season-3-update-as-show-returns-in-september-sam-palladio-talks-about-gunnars-relationship-with-scarlett-and-hayden-panattieres-pregnancy.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940251,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"ron","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940250,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"ron","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940249,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"lid","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940248,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"his","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940247,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"lid","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:51Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940246,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:10:37Z","slug":"ships","summary":"There
        are plenty of big trios in the NBA today like Curry, Thompson, and Iguodala
        in Golden State and Parker, Duncan, Leonard in San Antonio. There are also
        newly formed trios this summer due to the movement of players in the free
        agency like Nowitzki, Ellis, Parsons in Dallas and Rose, Noah, and Gasol in
        Chicago. But the crown for the Best Big Three in the NBA this coming season
        goes to Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka in Oklahoma.","title":"2014
        NBA Power Rankings: OKC Trio of Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka the new best
        ''Big 3'' in the NBA?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24940/20140725/2014-nba-power-rankings-okc-trio-of-durant-westbrook-and-ibaka-the-new-best-big-3-in-the-nba.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940245,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"melt","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940244,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"melt","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940243,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"herbalife","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:49Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940242,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:10:37Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"There
        are plenty of big trios in the NBA today like Curry, Thompson, and Iguodala
        in Golden State and Parker, Duncan, Leonard in San Antonio. There are also
        newly formed trios this summer due to the movement of players in the free
        agency like Nowitzki, Ellis, Parsons in Dallas and Rose, Noah, and Gasol in
        Chicago. But the crown for the Best Big Three in the NBA this coming season
        goes to Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka in Oklahoma.","title":"2014
        NBA Power Rankings: OKC Trio of Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka the new best
        ''Big 3'' in the NBA?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24940/20140725/2014-nba-power-rankings-okc-trio-of-durant-westbrook-and-ibaka-the-new-best-big-3-in-the-nba.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940240,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"id","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940239,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"skyscraper","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940237,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"ak","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940236,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"gopro","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940235,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:10:37Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"There
        are plenty of big trios in the NBA today like Curry, Thompson, and Iguodala
        in Golden State and Parker, Duncan, Leonard in San Antonio. There are also
        newly formed trios this summer due to the movement of players in the free
        agency like Nowitzki, Ellis, Parsons in Dallas and Rose, Noah, and Gasol in
        Chicago. But the crown for the Best Big Three in the NBA this coming season
        goes to Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka in Oklahoma.","title":"2014
        NBA Power Rankings: OKC Trio of Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka the new best
        ''Big 3'' in the NBA?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24940/20140725/2014-nba-power-rankings-okc-trio-of-durant-westbrook-and-ibaka-the-new-best-big-3-in-the-nba.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940234,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"am","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940232,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"tv","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940231,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940230,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940229,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940228,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"urge","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940227,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940226,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"best-day","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940225,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940224,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940222,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"amc-networks","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940221,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940220,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940219,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940218,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"cliche","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940217,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940216,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940215,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940214,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940213,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940212,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"amc","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940211,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940210,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940209,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940208,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940207,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940206,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940205,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:56:03Z","slug":"justin","summary":"The
        realm of quantum mechanics tells us that humans experience <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/can-science-explain-the-s_b_675107.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">40 conscious moments per second</a>. These individual frames,
        or sequences of \"now,\" amount to the way we perceive time flow. We don''t
        realize the gaps in between these conscious moments, hence the fluid movement
        of our lives. <br />\n<br />\n<center><img alt=\"caro\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1927398/original.jpg\"
        /></center><br />\n<br />\nWhile we live in the vivid frames that make up
        our experiences, one artist has attempted to capture the gaps -- or blinks
        -- in between the 40 moments. In a project that seems to stall time while
        illuminating its flip book-like passing, <a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/index.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Isabel M. Martinez</a> catches the hiccups of everyday
        perception in her stunning series \"<a href=\"http://www.immartinez.com/09%20-%20Quantum%20Blink/QBlink-05.html\"
        target=\"_hplink\">Quantum Blink</a>.\"<br />\n<br />\nThe photos are constructed
        from two separate exposures, snapped only instants apart. The people inside
        the \"frames\" are acting out daily rituals, crossing the street or zipping
        a jacket, and seem caught in a state of unreality. Rather than simply stuck
        in one specific moment, the subjects appear somewhere in between the sequences
        of activity and the blinking millisecond of stopped time. <br />\n<br />\n\"I
        am looking for the line that divides the finite (probability) from the infinite
        (possibility),\" Chilean-born Martinez writes. \"If time is a succession of
        instants, I want to see what lies in between them. I am after the gaps between
        instants of consciousness.\" The striped pattern we see in the portraits \"is
        the result of masks placed in-camera,\" Martinex adds. \"This feature allows
        me to blend two images together and at the same time keep them from fully
        fusing onto one another.\" <br />\n<br />\nResembling a punctured piece of
        film, the photos are nearly incomprehensible as solid snapshots, mimicking
        the ins and outs of entropy. While it''s not precisely what the world might
        look like in a quantum vision, the work is a slightly startling project that
        forces the viewer to decipher what''s real and what''s imagined, effortlessly
        urging us to reconsider the anatomy of a second.<br />\n<br />\n<HH--236SLIDEEXPAND--359277--HH>
        ","title":"This Is What The World Looks Like, According To Quantum Mechanics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/quantum-blink_n_5615189.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940204,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"i","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940203,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:56:00Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<br>By
        Joseph Menn</br>               <br>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal data
        including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones
        through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company
        acknowledged this week.</br>               <br>The same techniques to circumvent
        backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to
        the \"trusted\" computers to which the devices have been connected, according
        to the security expert who prompted Apple''s admission.</br>               <br>In
        a conference presentation this week, researcher Jonathan Zdziarski showed
        how the services take a surprising amount of data for what Apple now says
        are diagnostic services meant to help engineers.</br>               <br>Users
        are not notified that the services are running and cannot disable them, Zdziarski
        said. There is no way for iPhone users to know what computers have previously
        been granted trusted status via the backup process or block future connections.</br>               <br>\u201cThere\u2019s
        no way to `unpair'' except to wipe your phone,\u201d he said in a video demonstration
        he posted Friday showing what he could extract from an unlocked phone through
        a trusted computer.</br>               <br>As word spread about Zdziarski\u2019s
        initial presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, some cited
        it as evidence of Apple collaboration with the National Security Agency.</br>               <br>Apple
        denied creating any \u201cback doors\u201d for intelligence agencies.</br>               <br>\u201cWe
        have designed iOS so that its diagnostic functions do not compromise user
        privacy and security, but still provides needed information to enterprise
        IT departments, developers and Apple for troubleshooting technical issues,\u201d
        Apple said. \u201cA user must have unlocked their device and agreed to trust
        another computer before that computer is able to access this limited diagnostic
        data.\u201d</br>               <br>But Apple also posted its first descriptions
        of the tools on its own website, and Zdziarski and others who spoke with the
        company said they expected it to make at least some changes to the programs
        in the future.</br>               <br>Zdziarski said he did not believe that
        the services were aimed at spies. But he said that they extracted much more
        information than was needed, with too little disclosure.</br>               <br>Security
        industry analyst Rich Mogull said Zdziarski\u2019s work was overhyped but
        technically accurate.</br>               <br>\u201cThey are collecting more
        than they should be, and the only way to get it is to compromise security,\u201d
        said Mogull, chief executive officer of Securosis.</br>               <br>Mogull
        also agreed with Zdziarski that since the tools exist, law enforcement will
        use them in cases where the desktop computers of targeted individuals can
        be confiscated, hacked or reached via their employers.</br>               <br>\u201cThey\u2019ll
        take advantage of every legal tool that they have and maybe more,\u201d Mogull
        said of government investigators. </br>               <br>Asked if Apple had
        used the tools to fulfill law enforcement requests, Apple did not immediately
        respond.</br>               <br>For all the attention to the previously unknown
        tools and other occasional bugs, Apple\u2019s phones are widely considered
        more secure than those using Google Inc''s rival Android operating system,
        in part because Google does not have the power to send software fixes directly
        to those devices. </br>               <p/>               <br> (Reporting by
        Joseph Menn; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)</br> ","title":"Apple May Be Spying
        On You Through Your iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/apple-iphones-allow-extra_n_5622524.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:34Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940202,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"6","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940201,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940200,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:32Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940199,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940198,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-26T20:14:51Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<p>You
        never know when malware will bite. Even browsing an online restaurant menu
        can download malicious code, put there by hackers.</p><br />\n<p><img src=\"https://31.media.tumblr.com/13e9b628b809a356bc5d26dc4d2644d3/tumblr_inline_n9blzrR6oA1qa344h.jpg\"
        width=\"300\" height=\"308\" align=\"right\" /></p><br />\n<p>Much has been
        said that Target&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/blog/study-shows-businesses-not-prepared-for-attacks\">hackers</a>
        accessed the giant&rsquo;s records via its heating and cooling system. They&rsquo;ve
        even infiltrated thermostats and printers among the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo;.</p><br
        />\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t help that swarms of third parties are routinely given
        access to corporate systems. A company relies upon software to control all
        sorts of things like A/C, heating, billing, graphics, health insurance providers,
        to name a few.</p><br />\n<p>If just one of these systems can be busted into,
        the hacker can crack &lsquo;em all. The extent of these leaky third parties
        is difficult to pinpoint, namely because of the confidential nature of the
        breach resolution process.</p><br />\n<p>A <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?_r=0\"><em>New
        York Times</em> online report</a> points out that one security expert says
        that third party leaks may account for 70 percent of data breaches, and from
        the least suspected vendors, at that.</p><br />\n<p>When the corporation&rsquo;s
        software remotely connects to all those other things like the A/C, vending
        machines, etc., this is practically an invitation to hackers. Hackers love
        this &ldquo;watering hole&rdquo; type crime , especially when corporations
        use older systems like Windows XP.</p><br />\n<p>Plus, many of the additional
        technological systems (such as videoconference equipment) often come with
        switched-off security settings. Once a hacker gets in, they own the castle.</p><br
        />\n<p>The <em>New York Times</em> online report adds that nobody thinks to
        look in these places. Who&rsquo;d ever think a thermostat could be a portal
        to cyber crime?</p><br />\n<p>Security researchers were even able to breach
        circuit breakers of the heating and cooling supplier for a sports arena&mdash;for
        the Sochi Olympics.</p><br />\n<p>One way to strengthen security seems too
        simple: Keep the networks for vending machines, heating and cooling, printers,
        etc., separate from the networks leading to H.R. data, credit card information
        and other critical information. Access to sensitive data should require super
        strong passwords and be set up with a set of security protocols that can detect
        suspicious activity.</p><br />\n<p>Robert Siciliano is an Identity Theft Expert
        to <a href=\"https://www.allclearid.com/\">AllClear ID</a>. He is the author
        of <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/identity-theft-book/\"><em>99 Things
        You Wish You Knew Before Your Identity Was Stolen</em></a> See him knock&rsquo;em
        dead in this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ikx0_erfU\">identity
        theft prevention</a> video. <a href=\"http://robertsiciliano.com/blog/2010/01/01/disclosures-term-conditions/\">Disclosures</a>.</p>
        ","title":"Malware Can Hide in the Most Obvious Places","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/malware-can-hide-in-the-m_b_5623107.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:30Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940197,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"gimme","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:30Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940196,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"blablacar","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:26Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940195,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"2","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:26Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:24Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940194,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"time-warner","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:24Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:22Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940193,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"reason","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:22Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:20Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3940192,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"e","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:20Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940187,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"adrian","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940186,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"adler","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940184,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:53:53Z","slug":"34","summary":"Phaedra
        Parks of \"The Real Housewives of Altanta\" has missed her husband Apollo
        Nida''s sentencing, which further intensifies rumors that the two are headed
        for a divorce.","title":"''Real Housewives of Atlanta'' star Phaedra Parks
        misses Apollo Nida''s trial; divorce rumors continue to surface","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24974/20140725/bravo-real-housewives-of-atlanta-7-star-phaedra-parks-misses-apollo-nidas-trial-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940183,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:53:53Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Phaedra
        Parks of \"The Real Housewives of Altanta\" has missed her husband Apollo
        Nida''s sentencing, which further intensifies rumors that the two are headed
        for a divorce.","title":"''Real Housewives of Atlanta'' star Phaedra Parks
        misses Apollo Nida''s trial; divorce rumors continue to surface","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24974/20140725/bravo-real-housewives-of-atlanta-7-star-phaedra-parks-misses-apollo-nidas-trial-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940182,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:53:53Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Phaedra
        Parks of \"The Real Housewives of Altanta\" has missed her husband Apollo
        Nida''s sentencing, which further intensifies rumors that the two are headed
        for a divorce.","title":"''Real Housewives of Atlanta'' star Phaedra Parks
        misses Apollo Nida''s trial; divorce rumors continue to surface","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24974/20140725/bravo-real-housewives-of-atlanta-7-star-phaedra-parks-misses-apollo-nidas-trial-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940181,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:53:53Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Phaedra
        Parks of \"The Real Housewives of Altanta\" has missed her husband Apollo
        Nida''s sentencing, which further intensifies rumors that the two are headed
        for a divorce.","title":"''Real Housewives of Atlanta'' star Phaedra Parks
        misses Apollo Nida''s trial; divorce rumors continue to surface","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24974/20140725/bravo-real-housewives-of-atlanta-7-star-phaedra-parks-misses-apollo-nidas-trial-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:40Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940179,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:13:30Z","slug":"34","summary":"Jameer
        Nelson is now officially part of the Dallas Mavericks roster in the coming
        2014-2015 NBA season. The former Orlando Magic point guard signed a two-year
        $5.586 million contract with the Mavericks on Thursday. Nelson will be part
        of a Mavericks guard rotation that features veteran point guard Devin Harris
        and Raymond Felton.","title":"NBA Free Agent 2014 News: Jameer Nelson signs
        two-year $5.5 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24962/20140725/nba-free-agent-2014-news-jameer-nelson-signs-two-year-deal-5-5-million-deal-with-the-dallas-mavericks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940178,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:13:30Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Jameer
        Nelson is now officially part of the Dallas Mavericks roster in the coming
        2014-2015 NBA season. The former Orlando Magic point guard signed a two-year
        $5.586 million contract with the Mavericks on Thursday. Nelson will be part
        of a Mavericks guard rotation that features veteran point guard Devin Harris
        and Raymond Felton.","title":"NBA Free Agent 2014 News: Jameer Nelson signs
        two-year $5.5 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24962/20140725/nba-free-agent-2014-news-jameer-nelson-signs-two-year-deal-5-5-million-deal-with-the-dallas-mavericks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940177,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:52:55Z","slug":"34","summary":"Raffaelle
        Sollecito, Amanada Knox\u2019s ex-boyfriend and co-defendant to the latter\u2019s
        murder case reasserts his innocence of the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007.
        Sollecito claims that he has proven his innocence by looking into the social
        media networks and analyzing the people\u2019s perception on him being part
        of the case.","title":"Amanda Knox Murder Case Update: Knox\u2019s Ex-Boyfriend
        Raffaele Sollecito Claims He is Innocent of the Crime through His Thesis \u201cSocial
        Network Analysis and Semantic Proximity\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24956/20140724/amanda-knox-murder-case-raffaele-sollecito-semantic-meredith-kercher-boyfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940176,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:13:30Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Jameer
        Nelson is now officially part of the Dallas Mavericks roster in the coming
        2014-2015 NBA season. The former Orlando Magic point guard signed a two-year
        $5.586 million contract with the Mavericks on Thursday. Nelson will be part
        of a Mavericks guard rotation that features veteran point guard Devin Harris
        and Raymond Felton.","title":"NBA Free Agent 2014 News: Jameer Nelson signs
        two-year $5.5 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24962/20140725/nba-free-agent-2014-news-jameer-nelson-signs-two-year-deal-5-5-million-deal-with-the-dallas-mavericks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940175,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:52:55Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Raffaelle
        Sollecito, Amanada Knox\u2019s ex-boyfriend and co-defendant to the latter\u2019s
        murder case reasserts his innocence of the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007.
        Sollecito claims that he has proven his innocence by looking into the social
        media networks and analyzing the people\u2019s perception on him being part
        of the case.","title":"Amanda Knox Murder Case Update: Knox\u2019s Ex-Boyfriend
        Raffaele Sollecito Claims He is Innocent of the Crime through His Thesis \u201cSocial
        Network Analysis and Semantic Proximity\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24956/20140724/amanda-knox-murder-case-raffaele-sollecito-semantic-meredith-kercher-boyfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:34Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940174,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:52:55Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Raffaelle
        Sollecito, Amanada Knox\u2019s ex-boyfriend and co-defendant to the latter\u2019s
        murder case reasserts his innocence of the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007.
        Sollecito claims that he has proven his innocence by looking into the social
        media networks and analyzing the people\u2019s perception on him being part
        of the case.","title":"Amanda Knox Murder Case Update: Knox\u2019s Ex-Boyfriend
        Raffaele Sollecito Claims He is Innocent of the Crime through His Thesis \u201cSocial
        Network Analysis and Semantic Proximity\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24956/20140724/amanda-knox-murder-case-raffaele-sollecito-semantic-meredith-kercher-boyfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:34Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940173,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:37:04Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Actors
        Theo James and Shailene Woodley, who portray Four and Tris in the upcoming
        \"Divergent\" series, will be making an appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con
        (SDCC) on July 26, 2014.","title":"Divergent stars Theo James & Shailene Woodley
        to be part of 2014 San Diego Comic-Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24938/20140725/divergent-theo-james-shailene-woodley-2014-sdcc-comic-con.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:32Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940172,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:13:30Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Jameer
        Nelson is now officially part of the Dallas Mavericks roster in the coming
        2014-2015 NBA season. The former Orlando Magic point guard signed a two-year
        $5.586 million contract with the Mavericks on Thursday. Nelson will be part
        of a Mavericks guard rotation that features veteran point guard Devin Harris
        and Raymond Felton.","title":"NBA Free Agent 2014 News: Jameer Nelson signs
        two-year $5.5 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:32Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24962/20140725/nba-free-agent-2014-news-jameer-nelson-signs-two-year-deal-5-5-million-deal-with-the-dallas-mavericks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940171,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:52:55Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Raffaelle
        Sollecito, Amanada Knox\u2019s ex-boyfriend and co-defendant to the latter\u2019s
        murder case reasserts his innocence of the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007.
        Sollecito claims that he has proven his innocence by looking into the social
        media networks and analyzing the people\u2019s perception on him being part
        of the case.","title":"Amanda Knox Murder Case Update: Knox\u2019s Ex-Boyfriend
        Raffaele Sollecito Claims He is Innocent of the Crime through His Thesis \u201cSocial
        Network Analysis and Semantic Proximity\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24956/20140724/amanda-knox-murder-case-raffaele-sollecito-semantic-meredith-kercher-boyfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940170,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ambassador","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940169,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"npr","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940168,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940167,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940166,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"randy","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940165,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"wonders","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940164,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"the-fabulous","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940163,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"39","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940162,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"stephen-a","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940161,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"involve","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940160,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:50:05Z","slug":"34","summary":"This
        year''s Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic recently married long-time love
        Jelena Ristic in a private ceremony in the seaside Adriatic resort of Sveti
        Stefan in Montenegro. Jelena Ristic is also six months pregnant with the couple''s
        first baby.","title":"Novak Djokovic and Jelena Ristic wedding: Photos revealed-have
        a look!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24976/20140725/novak-djokovic-jelena-ristic-wedding-photos-revealed-look.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940159,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940158,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:50:05Z","slug":"ships","summary":"This
        year''s Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic recently married long-time love
        Jelena Ristic in a private ceremony in the seaside Adriatic resort of Sveti
        Stefan in Montenegro. Jelena Ristic is also six months pregnant with the couple''s
        first baby.","title":"Novak Djokovic and Jelena Ristic wedding: Photos revealed-have
        a look!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24976/20140725/novak-djokovic-jelena-ristic-wedding-photos-revealed-look.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940157,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940156,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940155,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"shell","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940154,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"581","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940153,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940152,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:50:05Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"This
        year''s Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic recently married long-time love
        Jelena Ristic in a private ceremony in the seaside Adriatic resort of Sveti
        Stefan in Montenegro. Jelena Ristic is also six months pregnant with the couple''s
        first baby.","title":"Novak Djokovic and Jelena Ristic wedding: Photos revealed-have
        a look!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:19Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24976/20140725/novak-djokovic-jelena-ristic-wedding-photos-revealed-look.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940151,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940150,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"34","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940149,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:50:05Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"This
        year''s Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic recently married long-time love
        Jelena Ristic in a private ceremony in the seaside Adriatic resort of Sveti
        Stefan in Montenegro. Jelena Ristic is also six months pregnant with the couple''s
        first baby.","title":"Novak Djokovic and Jelena Ristic wedding: Photos revealed-have
        a look!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24976/20140725/novak-djokovic-jelena-ristic-wedding-photos-revealed-look.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940148,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:03:04Z","slug":"34","summary":"According
        to a Kpopstarz report, Rockstar has said that GTA 6 for PS4 and Xbox One video
        game consoles will \"most likely\" come in 2017.","title":"Rockstar Games:
        GTA 6 PS4 Xbox is likely to come in 2017","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24969/20140725/gta-6-rockstar-games-ps4-xbox-2017-debut.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940997,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:21:31Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        Real Housewives of New York City, an American reality television series on
        Bravo, portrayed the most explosive moments of the series in the latest episode
        aired on July 22, 2014.","title":"\"The Real Housewives of New York City\"
        shook the viewers with Aviva Drescher\u2019s prosthetic leg","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24909/20140723/real-housewives-new-york-city-shook-viewers-aviva-drescher-prosthetic-leg.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940147,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"photo-now","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940146,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"collegehumor","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940145,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:03:04Z","slug":"ships","summary":"According
        to a Kpopstarz report, Rockstar has said that GTA 6 for PS4 and Xbox One video
        game consoles will \"most likely\" come in 2017.","title":"Rockstar Games:
        GTA 6 PS4 Xbox is likely to come in 2017","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24969/20140725/gta-6-rockstar-games-ps4-xbox-2017-debut.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940144,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"lighthouse","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940143,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"bodega","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940142,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"bros","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940141,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"mario","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940140,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:03:04Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"According
        to a Kpopstarz report, Rockstar has said that GTA 6 for PS4 and Xbox One video
        game consoles will \"most likely\" come in 2017.","title":"Rockstar Games:
        GTA 6 PS4 Xbox is likely to come in 2017","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24969/20140725/gta-6-rockstar-games-ps4-xbox-2017-debut.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940139,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"woman","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940138,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"itsa","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940137,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"gaga","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940136,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"youtube","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940135,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:03:04Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"According
        to a Kpopstarz report, Rockstar has said that GTA 6 for PS4 and Xbox One video
        game consoles will \"most likely\" come in 2017.","title":"Rockstar Games:
        GTA 6 PS4 Xbox is likely to come in 2017","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24969/20140725/gta-6-rockstar-games-ps4-xbox-2017-debut.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940134,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"kimberly-smith","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940133,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"philanthropist","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940132,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"lid","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940131,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"uproxx","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940130,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"kris","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940129,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"favor","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940128,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"tina","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940127,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"rachel","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940126,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"ricky","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940125,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"mary","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940124,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"bells","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940123,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"kristen","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940122,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"greenleaf","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940121,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940120,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940119,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940118,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"sf","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940117,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"co","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940116,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940115,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"michele","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940114,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"lea","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940868,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:13:36Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        Bold and the Beautiful, an American television soap opera created by William
        J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS, will feature Rena Sofer as Quinn Fuller
        in its next week\u2019s sequences, which start from July 28, 2014.","title":"\"The
        Bold and the Beautiful\" Spoilers: a new turning point in Liam-Wyatt-Hope
        love triangle, Quinn Fuller to be back with changed mind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24934/20140724/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-spoilers-liam-wyatt-hope-love-triangle-quinn-fuller-back.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940113,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"wonders","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940112,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"world-records","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940111,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"spider","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940110,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"disney","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940109,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"39","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940108,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"wwe","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940107,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"replay","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940106,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"tv-replay","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940105,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"warrior","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940104,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"bravery","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940103,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"tenor","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940102,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"nsfw","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940101,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"know-it","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940100,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"ny-times","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940099,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"fox","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940098,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"kay","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940097,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"stephen-kay","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940096,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"piper","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940095,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"justin","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940094,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"jessica","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940093,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"581","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940092,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940091,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"paul-ryan","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940090,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"rick","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3940089,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:31:29Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"<a
        href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/\" target=\"_hplink\">San Diego''s Comic Con</a>
        is the premier event for fans of all things comics and action-packed entertainment.
        Seeing as how there are quite a few fans of \"entertaining\" things, the crowds
        that descend on Comic Con are mammoth, creating interminable <a href=\"http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5940113/camping-in-hell-the-endless-lines-of-comic-con-2014\"
        target=\"_hplink\">lines</a>. <br />\n<br />\nHow bad are the Comic Con lines?
        So bad that the seasoned comic veterans <a href=\"http://www.ora.tv/dweebcast/\"
        target=\"_hplink\">DweebCast</a> found themselves with enough time to record
        a surprisingly good (and hilarious) music video about \"What REALLY Happens
        at Comic Con.\"<br />\n<br />\nWatch the video from DweebCast above.<br />\n
        ","title":"What REALLY Happens at Comic Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/comic-con-dweebcast_n_5624102.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940088,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T04:44:52Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        technology industry will most likely be talking about the Internet of things
        in the coming days. Google, Apple and Samsung have reportedly been making
        great strides in this sector.","title":"Internet of Things Explained: What
        People Can Expect from Samsung, Google and Apple","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24988/20140726/apple-internet-of-things.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940087,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:24:58Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        Chicago Bulls are reportedly reasserting themselves in the Kevin Love trade
        sweepstakes but Cleveland is still maintaining a strong lead according to
        Sports Center. The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Power Forward is currently
        the biggest name on the market and has been pursued by several teams including
        the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets and Boston
        Celtics, among others.","title":"2014 NBA Trade Rumors: Bulls making a push
        to trade for Kevin Love; Cavaliers still ahead in the trade game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24902/20140723/nba-trade-rumors-bulls-trade-kevin-love-cavaliers-lebron-james-jimmy-butler-taj-gibson-pau-gasol-nikola-mirotic.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940086,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T13:35:59Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Instagram
        playboy Dan Bilzerian is going to New York City for a famous Radio show with
        Howard Stern. It seems like Dan is about to give his fans some more intimate
        details about himself.","title":"Dan Bilzerian Instagram: Playboy heads to
        NY for radio show with Howard Stern","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24904/20140723/dan-bilzerian-instagram-playboy-heads-ny-radio-show-howard-stern.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940084,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:24:58Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        Chicago Bulls are reportedly reasserting themselves in the Kevin Love trade
        sweepstakes but Cleveland is still maintaining a strong lead according to
        Sports Center. The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Power Forward is currently
        the biggest name on the market and has been pursued by several teams including
        the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets and Boston
        Celtics, among others.","title":"2014 NBA Trade Rumors: Bulls making a push
        to trade for Kevin Love; Cavaliers still ahead in the trade game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24902/20140723/nba-trade-rumors-bulls-trade-kevin-love-cavaliers-lebron-james-jimmy-butler-taj-gibson-pau-gasol-nikola-mirotic.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940083,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:24:58Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        Chicago Bulls are reportedly reasserting themselves in the Kevin Love trade
        sweepstakes but Cleveland is still maintaining a strong lead according to
        Sports Center. The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Power Forward is currently
        the biggest name on the market and has been pursued by several teams including
        the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets and Boston
        Celtics, among others.","title":"2014 NBA Trade Rumors: Bulls making a push
        to trade for Kevin Love; Cavaliers still ahead in the trade game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24902/20140723/nba-trade-rumors-bulls-trade-kevin-love-cavaliers-lebron-james-jimmy-butler-taj-gibson-pau-gasol-nikola-mirotic.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940082,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:24:58Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        Chicago Bulls are reportedly reasserting themselves in the Kevin Love trade
        sweepstakes but Cleveland is still maintaining a strong lead according to
        Sports Center. The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Power Forward is currently
        the biggest name on the market and has been pursued by several teams including
        the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets and Boston
        Celtics, among others.","title":"2014 NBA Trade Rumors: Bulls making a push
        to trade for Kevin Love; Cavaliers still ahead in the trade game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24902/20140723/nba-trade-rumors-bulls-trade-kevin-love-cavaliers-lebron-james-jimmy-butler-taj-gibson-pau-gasol-nikola-mirotic.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940081,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:24:58Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        Chicago Bulls are reportedly reasserting themselves in the Kevin Love trade
        sweepstakes but Cleveland is still maintaining a strong lead according to
        Sports Center. The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Power Forward is currently
        the biggest name on the market and has been pursued by several teams including
        the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets and Boston
        Celtics, among others.","title":"2014 NBA Trade Rumors: Bulls making a push
        to trade for Kevin Love; Cavaliers still ahead in the trade game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24902/20140723/nba-trade-rumors-bulls-trade-kevin-love-cavaliers-lebron-james-jimmy-butler-taj-gibson-pau-gasol-nikola-mirotic.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940080,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:00:28Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"After
        LeBron James decided to return home and sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers,
        many were foreseeing a total Miami Heat collapse.","title":"NBA Offseason
        Update: Pat Riley''s Rapid Rebuild saves Miami from complete Mediocrity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24905/20140723/nba-offseason-update-pat-rileys-miami-complete-mediocrity.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940079,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:07:13Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Don
        Draper''s alcoholism could be tackled in Mad Men''s last season. As the filming
        wrapped up, cast celebrated with a week-long party.","title":"Mad Men Season
        7 Spoilers: Don Draper''s Alcoholism Possibly Takes Centerstage; Christina
        Hendricks Speaks on Week-Long Cast Party","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24910/20140723/mad-men-season-7-news-don-draper-alcoholic-spoilers-christina-hendricks-party.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940078,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T13:35:59Z","slug":"34","summary":"Instagram
        playboy Dan Bilzerian is going to New York City for a famous Radio show with
        Howard Stern. It seems like Dan is about to give his fans some more intimate
        details about himself.","title":"Dan Bilzerian Instagram: Playboy heads to
        NY for radio show with Howard Stern","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24904/20140723/dan-bilzerian-instagram-playboy-heads-ny-radio-show-howard-stern.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940077,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T13:35:59Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Instagram
        playboy Dan Bilzerian is going to New York City for a famous Radio show with
        Howard Stern. It seems like Dan is about to give his fans some more intimate
        details about himself.","title":"Dan Bilzerian Instagram: Playboy heads to
        NY for radio show with Howard Stern","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24904/20140723/dan-bilzerian-instagram-playboy-heads-ny-radio-show-howard-stern.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940076,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T13:35:59Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Instagram
        playboy Dan Bilzerian is going to New York City for a famous Radio show with
        Howard Stern. It seems like Dan is about to give his fans some more intimate
        details about himself.","title":"Dan Bilzerian Instagram: Playboy heads to
        NY for radio show with Howard Stern","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24904/20140723/dan-bilzerian-instagram-playboy-heads-ny-radio-show-howard-stern.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940075,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T13:35:59Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Instagram
        playboy Dan Bilzerian is going to New York City for a famous Radio show with
        Howard Stern. It seems like Dan is about to give his fans some more intimate
        details about himself.","title":"Dan Bilzerian Instagram: Playboy heads to
        NY for radio show with Howard Stern","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24904/20140723/dan-bilzerian-instagram-playboy-heads-ny-radio-show-howard-stern.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940074,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:03:51Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"\u201cReal
        Housewives of Orange County\u201d star Shannon Beador has reportedly managed
        to save her marriage with husband David Beador. The star claims the two are
        on good terms again and their relationship is back on track. According to
        an article by Enstarz, people close to the Bravo reality star, however, are
        in doubt whether it is true.","title":"\u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d
        2014 News: Shannon Beador Has Managed to Save Marriage with David Beador?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25002/20140726/real-housewives-of-orange-county-shannon-beador-las-vegas-david-beador.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940073,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T08:03:10Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Most
        iPhone users have already read multiple articles on the Internet about tips
        and tricks for their iPhones. Some are very useful, some aren\u2019t, and
        some are just for fun. There are actually so many tips and tricks that the
        iPhone has up its sleeve, but they haven\u2019t been uncovered yet.","title":"iPhone
        5s, iPhone 4s and Other iPhone Tips You Never Knew Before","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24995/20140726/iphone-5s-tips-and-tricks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940072,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:37:04Z","slug":"34","summary":"Actors
        Theo James and Shailene Woodley, who portray Four and Tris in the upcoming
        \"Divergent\" series, will be making an appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con
        (SDCC) on July 26, 2014.","title":"Divergent stars Theo James & Shailene Woodley
        to be part of 2014 San Diego Comic-Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24938/20140725/divergent-theo-james-shailene-woodley-2014-sdcc-comic-con.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940071,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:37:04Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Actors
        Theo James and Shailene Woodley, who portray Four and Tris in the upcoming
        \"Divergent\" series, will be making an appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con
        (SDCC) on July 26, 2014.","title":"Divergent stars Theo James & Shailene Woodley
        to be part of 2014 San Diego Comic-Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24938/20140725/divergent-theo-james-shailene-woodley-2014-sdcc-comic-con.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940070,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:00:28Z","slug":"34","summary":"After
        LeBron James decided to return home and sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers,
        many were foreseeing a total Miami Heat collapse.","title":"NBA Offseason
        Update: Pat Riley''s Rapid Rebuild saves Miami from complete Mediocrity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24905/20140723/nba-offseason-update-pat-rileys-miami-complete-mediocrity.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940069,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:37:04Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Actors
        Theo James and Shailene Woodley, who portray Four and Tris in the upcoming
        \"Divergent\" series, will be making an appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con
        (SDCC) on July 26, 2014.","title":"Divergent stars Theo James & Shailene Woodley
        to be part of 2014 San Diego Comic-Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24938/20140725/divergent-theo-james-shailene-woodley-2014-sdcc-comic-con.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940068,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:00:28Z","slug":"ships","summary":"After
        LeBron James decided to return home and sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers,
        many were foreseeing a total Miami Heat collapse.","title":"NBA Offseason
        Update: Pat Riley''s Rapid Rebuild saves Miami from complete Mediocrity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24905/20140723/nba-offseason-update-pat-rileys-miami-complete-mediocrity.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940067,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:00:28Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"After
        LeBron James decided to return home and sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers,
        many were foreseeing a total Miami Heat collapse.","title":"NBA Offseason
        Update: Pat Riley''s Rapid Rebuild saves Miami from complete Mediocrity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24905/20140723/nba-offseason-update-pat-rileys-miami-complete-mediocrity.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940066,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:00:28Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"After
        LeBron James decided to return home and sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers,
        many were foreseeing a total Miami Heat collapse.","title":"NBA Offseason
        Update: Pat Riley''s Rapid Rebuild saves Miami from complete Mediocrity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24905/20140723/nba-offseason-update-pat-rileys-miami-complete-mediocrity.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940065,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:07:13Z","slug":"34","summary":"Don
        Draper''s alcoholism could be tackled in Mad Men''s last season. As the filming
        wrapped up, cast celebrated with a week-long party.","title":"Mad Men Season
        7 Spoilers: Don Draper''s Alcoholism Possibly Takes Centerstage; Christina
        Hendricks Speaks on Week-Long Cast Party","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24910/20140723/mad-men-season-7-news-don-draper-alcoholic-spoilers-christina-hendricks-party.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940064,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:07:13Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Don
        Draper''s alcoholism could be tackled in Mad Men''s last season. As the filming
        wrapped up, cast celebrated with a week-long party.","title":"Mad Men Season
        7 Spoilers: Don Draper''s Alcoholism Possibly Takes Centerstage; Christina
        Hendricks Speaks on Week-Long Cast Party","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24910/20140723/mad-men-season-7-news-don-draper-alcoholic-spoilers-christina-hendricks-party.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940063,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:07:13Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Don
        Draper''s alcoholism could be tackled in Mad Men''s last season. As the filming
        wrapped up, cast celebrated with a week-long party.","title":"Mad Men Season
        7 Spoilers: Don Draper''s Alcoholism Possibly Takes Centerstage; Christina
        Hendricks Speaks on Week-Long Cast Party","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24910/20140723/mad-men-season-7-news-don-draper-alcoholic-spoilers-christina-hendricks-party.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940061,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:07:13Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Don
        Draper''s alcoholism could be tackled in Mad Men''s last season. As the filming
        wrapped up, cast celebrated with a week-long party.","title":"Mad Men Season
        7 Spoilers: Don Draper''s Alcoholism Possibly Takes Centerstage; Christina
        Hendricks Speaks on Week-Long Cast Party","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24910/20140723/mad-men-season-7-news-don-draper-alcoholic-spoilers-christina-hendricks-party.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940062,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940059,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:19:09Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"First
        they were photographed getting cozy in a yacht and partying, now it looks
        like hot new rumored couple Zac Efron and Michelle Rodriguez are taking their
        relationship to another level. Efron, who was photographed wearing a jacket,
        a cap, and an overnight bag, and a pair of sunglasses, left Rodriguez''s Venice,
        California house in the morning of April 20th.","title":"Zac Efron spotted
        leaving Michelle Rodriguez''s house after partying with friends; ''The Fast
        and the Furious'' actress celebrates 36th birthday in NYC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24908/20140723/zac-efron-spotted-leaving-michelle-rodriguez-house-after-partying.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940060,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:37:04Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Actors
        Theo James and Shailene Woodley, who portray Four and Tris in the upcoming
        \"Divergent\" series, will be making an appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con
        (SDCC) on July 26, 2014.","title":"Divergent stars Theo James & Shailene Woodley
        to be part of 2014 San Diego Comic-Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24938/20140725/divergent-theo-james-shailene-woodley-2014-sdcc-comic-con.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940058,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940057,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:16:54Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"There
        is yet another star who is jealous of Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes'' private
        life. ''Dancing with the Stars'' winner Maksim Chmerkovskiy is reportedly
        jealous of the couple.","title":"Ryan Gosling Eva Mendes Baby Update: Dancer
        Maksim Chmerkovskiy envies couple''s privacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24907/20140723/ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-baby-dancer-maksim-chmerkovskiy-jelous-privacy-dancing-with-the-stars.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940056,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:25Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Not
        only will the Season 8 Premiere of \"Doctor Who\" (which is also a feature
        film) premiere in August, but famed director Peter Jackson is rumored to be
        directing new episodes of the series.","title":"\"Doctor Who\" Season 8 Movie
        Premieres in August, \"Lord of the Rings\" Director Peter Jackson to Direct
        New Episodes [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24998/20140726/doctor-who-season-8-movie-premieres-august-lord-rings-director.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940055,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:16:53Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Micheal
        Muhnay not returning to Young & Restless, Adam Newman role remains vacant.","title":"Young
        & Restless Recasting News: Adam Newman\u2019s Role Remains Vacant, Michael
        Muhney Impossible to Return","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25003/20140726/young-and-restless-recasting-adam-newman-michael-muhney-jill-farren-phelps.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940053,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:19:09Z","slug":"34","summary":"First
        they were photographed getting cozy in a yacht and partying, now it looks
        like hot new rumored couple Zac Efron and Michelle Rodriguez are taking their
        relationship to another level. Efron, who was photographed wearing a jacket,
        a cap, and an overnight bag, and a pair of sunglasses, left Rodriguez''s Venice,
        California house in the morning of April 20th.","title":"Zac Efron spotted
        leaving Michelle Rodriguez''s house after partying with friends; ''The Fast
        and the Furious'' actress celebrates 36th birthday in NYC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24908/20140723/zac-efron-spotted-leaving-michelle-rodriguez-house-after-partying.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940052,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:19:09Z","slug":"ships","summary":"First
        they were photographed getting cozy in a yacht and partying, now it looks
        like hot new rumored couple Zac Efron and Michelle Rodriguez are taking their
        relationship to another level. Efron, who was photographed wearing a jacket,
        a cap, and an overnight bag, and a pair of sunglasses, left Rodriguez''s Venice,
        California house in the morning of April 20th.","title":"Zac Efron spotted
        leaving Michelle Rodriguez''s house after partying with friends; ''The Fast
        and the Furious'' actress celebrates 36th birthday in NYC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24908/20140723/zac-efron-spotted-leaving-michelle-rodriguez-house-after-partying.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940051,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:19:09Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"First
        they were photographed getting cozy in a yacht and partying, now it looks
        like hot new rumored couple Zac Efron and Michelle Rodriguez are taking their
        relationship to another level. Efron, who was photographed wearing a jacket,
        a cap, and an overnight bag, and a pair of sunglasses, left Rodriguez''s Venice,
        California house in the morning of April 20th.","title":"Zac Efron spotted
        leaving Michelle Rodriguez''s house after partying with friends; ''The Fast
        and the Furious'' actress celebrates 36th birthday in NYC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24908/20140723/zac-efron-spotted-leaving-michelle-rodriguez-house-after-partying.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940050,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:16:54Z","slug":"34","summary":"There
        is yet another star who is jealous of Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes'' private
        life. ''Dancing with the Stars'' winner Maksim Chmerkovskiy is reportedly
        jealous of the couple.","title":"Ryan Gosling Eva Mendes Baby Update: Dancer
        Maksim Chmerkovskiy envies couple''s privacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24907/20140723/ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-baby-dancer-maksim-chmerkovskiy-jelous-privacy-dancing-with-the-stars.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940049,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:16:54Z","slug":"ships","summary":"There
        is yet another star who is jealous of Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes'' private
        life. ''Dancing with the Stars'' winner Maksim Chmerkovskiy is reportedly
        jealous of the couple.","title":"Ryan Gosling Eva Mendes Baby Update: Dancer
        Maksim Chmerkovskiy envies couple''s privacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24907/20140723/ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-baby-dancer-maksim-chmerkovskiy-jelous-privacy-dancing-with-the-stars.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940048,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:19:09Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"First
        they were photographed getting cozy in a yacht and partying, now it looks
        like hot new rumored couple Zac Efron and Michelle Rodriguez are taking their
        relationship to another level. Efron, who was photographed wearing a jacket,
        a cap, and an overnight bag, and a pair of sunglasses, left Rodriguez''s Venice,
        California house in the morning of April 20th.","title":"Zac Efron spotted
        leaving Michelle Rodriguez''s house after partying with friends; ''The Fast
        and the Furious'' actress celebrates 36th birthday in NYC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24908/20140723/zac-efron-spotted-leaving-michelle-rodriguez-house-after-partying.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940047,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:16:54Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"There
        is yet another star who is jealous of Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes'' private
        life. ''Dancing with the Stars'' winner Maksim Chmerkovskiy is reportedly
        jealous of the couple.","title":"Ryan Gosling Eva Mendes Baby Update: Dancer
        Maksim Chmerkovskiy envies couple''s privacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24907/20140723/ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-baby-dancer-maksim-chmerkovskiy-jelous-privacy-dancing-with-the-stars.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940046,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:16:54Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"There
        is yet another star who is jealous of Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes'' private
        life. ''Dancing with the Stars'' winner Maksim Chmerkovskiy is reportedly
        jealous of the couple.","title":"Ryan Gosling Eva Mendes Baby Update: Dancer
        Maksim Chmerkovskiy envies couple''s privacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24907/20140723/ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-baby-dancer-maksim-chmerkovskiy-jelous-privacy-dancing-with-the-stars.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940045,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:00Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Two
        separate reports claim that Phaedra Parks is leaving \"The Real Housewives
        of Atlanta,\" for two separate reasons, both involving her husband, Apollo
        Nida.","title":"Phaedra Parks Leaves \"The Real Housewives of Atlanta\"- but
        Because of Prison or a Cheating Husband?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25000/20140726/phaedra-parks-leaves-real-housewives-atlanta-prison-cheating-husband.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940514,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:47:24Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"While
        the rumors are rife that she is dating NBA player Miami Heat star Norris Cole,
        unnamed sources have confirmed that the reality star is actually hooking up
        with NFL player  Lesean McCoy of the Philadelphia Eagles.","title":"Porsha
        Williams Boyfriend 2014: Is ''The Real Housewives of Atlanta'' star dating
        an NBA Player?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24944/20140724/porsha-williams-real-housewives-of-atlanta-lesean-mccoy-girlfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940043,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T23:06:20Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"New
        updates on the third season of \"Orange is the New Black,\" including a new
        rumor that a major character may be killed off in the next season.","title":"\"Orange
        is the New Black\" Season 3 Update: Release Date News, Character Backstories,
        Major Death for Season 3? [SPOILERS]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24917/20140723/orange-new-black-season-3-update-release-date-news-character.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940041,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T23:38:04Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"According
        to a host of new rumors, \"Keeping Up With the Kardashians\" star Kim Kardashian
        may either be pregnant for a second time, or divorcing husband Kanye West.","title":"\"Keeping
        Up With the Kardashians\" Update: Is Kim Pregnant Again? Or is She Divorcing
        Kanye West? [Rumor]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24918/20140723/keeping-up-kardashians-update-kim-pregnant-again-divorce-kanye-west-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940039,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T23:38:04Z","slug":"34","summary":"According
        to a host of new rumors, \"Keeping Up With the Kardashians\" star Kim Kardashian
        may either be pregnant for a second time, or divorcing husband Kanye West.","title":"\"Keeping
        Up With the Kardashians\" Update: Is Kim Pregnant Again? Or is She Divorcing
        Kanye West? [Rumor]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24918/20140723/keeping-up-kardashians-update-kim-pregnant-again-divorce-kanye-west-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940038,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T23:38:04Z","slug":"ships","summary":"According
        to a host of new rumors, \"Keeping Up With the Kardashians\" star Kim Kardashian
        may either be pregnant for a second time, or divorcing husband Kanye West.","title":"\"Keeping
        Up With the Kardashians\" Update: Is Kim Pregnant Again? Or is She Divorcing
        Kanye West? [Rumor]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24918/20140723/keeping-up-kardashians-update-kim-pregnant-again-divorce-kanye-west-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940037,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T23:38:04Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"According
        to a host of new rumors, \"Keeping Up With the Kardashians\" star Kim Kardashian
        may either be pregnant for a second time, or divorcing husband Kanye West.","title":"\"Keeping
        Up With the Kardashians\" Update: Is Kim Pregnant Again? Or is She Divorcing
        Kanye West? [Rumor]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24918/20140723/keeping-up-kardashians-update-kim-pregnant-again-divorce-kanye-west-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940036,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T23:38:04Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"According
        to a host of new rumors, \"Keeping Up With the Kardashians\" star Kim Kardashian
        may either be pregnant for a second time, or divorcing husband Kanye West.","title":"\"Keeping
        Up With the Kardashians\" Update: Is Kim Pregnant Again? Or is She Divorcing
        Kanye West? [Rumor]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24918/20140723/keeping-up-kardashians-update-kim-pregnant-again-divorce-kanye-west-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940035,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T23:06:20Z","slug":"34","summary":"New
        updates on the third season of \"Orange is the New Black,\" including a new
        rumor that a major character may be killed off in the next season.","title":"\"Orange
        is the New Black\" Season 3 Update: Release Date News, Character Backstories,
        Major Death for Season 3? [SPOILERS]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24917/20140723/orange-new-black-season-3-update-release-date-news-character.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940034,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T23:06:20Z","slug":"ships","summary":"New
        updates on the third season of \"Orange is the New Black,\" including a new
        rumor that a major character may be killed off in the next season.","title":"\"Orange
        is the New Black\" Season 3 Update: Release Date News, Character Backstories,
        Major Death for Season 3? [SPOILERS]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24917/20140723/orange-new-black-season-3-update-release-date-news-character.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940033,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T23:06:20Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"New
        updates on the third season of \"Orange is the New Black,\" including a new
        rumor that a major character may be killed off in the next season.","title":"\"Orange
        is the New Black\" Season 3 Update: Release Date News, Character Backstories,
        Major Death for Season 3? [SPOILERS]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24917/20140723/orange-new-black-season-3-update-release-date-news-character.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940032,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T23:06:20Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"New
        updates on the third season of \"Orange is the New Black,\" including a new
        rumor that a major character may be killed off in the next season.","title":"\"Orange
        is the New Black\" Season 3 Update: Release Date News, Character Backstories,
        Major Death for Season 3? [SPOILERS]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24917/20140723/orange-new-black-season-3-update-release-date-news-character.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:25Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940031,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T03:28:26Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Carrie
        Underwood won Fox\u2019s hit show American Idol way back 2005, but apparently,
        there are still royalties waiting to be paid to the country singer.","title":"Carrie
        Underwood News: Update on the Singer\u2019s Lawsuit Against Sony Music Entertainment;
        Carrie Working on a New Album with a \u201cDifferent Style\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24922/20140723/carrie-underwood-lawsuit-royalties-sony-american-idol-simon-fuller.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940030,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:33:43Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        10th season of hit CBS crime drama \"Criminal Minds\" is officially coming
        together. The show has posted a creepy severed leg on Twitter; Thomas Gibson,
        Matthew Gray Gubler, and Joe Mantegna will be directing some episodes; and
        Shemar Moore will return to a show where he got his big break.","title":"''Criminal
        Minds'' season 10 tweets severed leg photo; Thomas Gibson, Matthew Gray Gubler,
        and Joe Mantegna to direct; Shemar Moore returns to \"The Young And The Restless\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24921/20140724/criminal-minds-tweets-severed-leg-photo-for-season-10-thomas-gibson-matthew-gray-gubler-joe-mantegna-shemar-moore-the-young-and-the-restless.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940027,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T03:28:26Z","slug":"34","summary":"Carrie
        Underwood won Fox\u2019s hit show American Idol way back 2005, but apparently,
        there are still royalties waiting to be paid to the country singer.","title":"Carrie
        Underwood News: Update on the Singer\u2019s Lawsuit Against Sony Music Entertainment;
        Carrie Working on a New Album with a \u201cDifferent Style\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24922/20140723/carrie-underwood-lawsuit-royalties-sony-american-idol-simon-fuller.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940026,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T03:28:26Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Carrie
        Underwood won Fox\u2019s hit show American Idol way back 2005, but apparently,
        there are still royalties waiting to be paid to the country singer.","title":"Carrie
        Underwood News: Update on the Singer\u2019s Lawsuit Against Sony Music Entertainment;
        Carrie Working on a New Album with a \u201cDifferent Style\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24922/20140723/carrie-underwood-lawsuit-royalties-sony-american-idol-simon-fuller.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940025,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T03:28:26Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Carrie
        Underwood won Fox\u2019s hit show American Idol way back 2005, but apparently,
        there are still royalties waiting to be paid to the country singer.","title":"Carrie
        Underwood News: Update on the Singer\u2019s Lawsuit Against Sony Music Entertainment;
        Carrie Working on a New Album with a \u201cDifferent Style\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24922/20140723/carrie-underwood-lawsuit-royalties-sony-american-idol-simon-fuller.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940024,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T03:28:26Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Carrie
        Underwood won Fox\u2019s hit show American Idol way back 2005, but apparently,
        there are still royalties waiting to be paid to the country singer.","title":"Carrie
        Underwood News: Update on the Singer\u2019s Lawsuit Against Sony Music Entertainment;
        Carrie Working on a New Album with a \u201cDifferent Style\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24922/20140723/carrie-underwood-lawsuit-royalties-sony-american-idol-simon-fuller.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940022,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:37:59Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Kate
        Upton and rumored beau baseball player Justin Verlander have been photographed
        chilling in Cancun, Mexico.","title":"Kate Upton hangs with Justin Verlander
        in Cancun; Sports Illustrated model says she ''smelled like a horse'' when
        she was a teenager","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24924/20140724/sports-illustrated-kate-upton-justin-verlander-cancun-smell-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940021,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:35:38Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        American reality television series \u2018The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\u2019
        is adding up two celebs, Lisa Rinna and Eileen Davidson, in its upcoming season.","title":"The
        Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 5 spoilers: Eileen Davidson & Lisa
        Rinna to join the cast, portion of upcoming season filmed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24923/20140724/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-season-5-spoilers-eileen-davidson-lisa-rinna-join-cast-list.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940020,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:33:43Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        10th season of hit CBS crime drama \"Criminal Minds\" is officially coming
        together. The show has posted a creepy severed leg on Twitter; Thomas Gibson,
        Matthew Gray Gubler, and Joe Mantegna will be directing some episodes; and
        Shemar Moore will return to a show where he got his big break.","title":"''Criminal
        Minds'' season 10 tweets severed leg photo; Thomas Gibson, Matthew Gray Gubler,
        and Joe Mantegna to direct; Shemar Moore returns to \"The Young And The Restless\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24921/20140724/criminal-minds-tweets-severed-leg-photo-for-season-10-thomas-gibson-matthew-gray-gubler-joe-mantegna-shemar-moore-the-young-and-the-restless.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940019,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:33:43Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        10th season of hit CBS crime drama \"Criminal Minds\" is officially coming
        together. The show has posted a creepy severed leg on Twitter; Thomas Gibson,
        Matthew Gray Gubler, and Joe Mantegna will be directing some episodes; and
        Shemar Moore will return to a show where he got his big break.","title":"''Criminal
        Minds'' season 10 tweets severed leg photo; Thomas Gibson, Matthew Gray Gubler,
        and Joe Mantegna to direct; Shemar Moore returns to \"The Young And The Restless\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24921/20140724/criminal-minds-tweets-severed-leg-photo-for-season-10-thomas-gibson-matthew-gray-gubler-joe-mantegna-shemar-moore-the-young-and-the-restless.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940018,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:33:43Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        10th season of hit CBS crime drama \"Criminal Minds\" is officially coming
        together. The show has posted a creepy severed leg on Twitter; Thomas Gibson,
        Matthew Gray Gubler, and Joe Mantegna will be directing some episodes; and
        Shemar Moore will return to a show where he got his big break.","title":"''Criminal
        Minds'' season 10 tweets severed leg photo; Thomas Gibson, Matthew Gray Gubler,
        and Joe Mantegna to direct; Shemar Moore returns to \"The Young And The Restless\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24921/20140724/criminal-minds-tweets-severed-leg-photo-for-season-10-thomas-gibson-matthew-gray-gubler-joe-mantegna-shemar-moore-the-young-and-the-restless.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940017,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:47:26Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"It
        was confirmed that \u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d star Michael
        Fassbender will be part of the cast for the upcoming Assassin\u2019s Creed
        Movie.","title":"\u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d Actor Michael
        Fassbender to Star in Assassin\u2019s Creed Movie; New Game Version to be
        Released on November","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24993/20140726/x-men-days-future-past-michael-fassbender-assassins-creed.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940016,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:33:43Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        10th season of hit CBS crime drama \"Criminal Minds\" is officially coming
        together. The show has posted a creepy severed leg on Twitter; Thomas Gibson,
        Matthew Gray Gubler, and Joe Mantegna will be directing some episodes; and
        Shemar Moore will return to a show where he got his big break.","title":"''Criminal
        Minds'' season 10 tweets severed leg photo; Thomas Gibson, Matthew Gray Gubler,
        and Joe Mantegna to direct; Shemar Moore returns to \"The Young And The Restless\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24921/20140724/criminal-minds-tweets-severed-leg-photo-for-season-10-thomas-gibson-matthew-gray-gubler-joe-mantegna-shemar-moore-the-young-and-the-restless.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940399,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:21:31Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        Real Housewives of New York City, an American reality television series on
        Bravo, portrayed the most explosive moments of the series in the latest episode
        aired on July 22, 2014.","title":"\"The Real Housewives of New York City\"
        shook the viewers with Aviva Drescher\u2019s prosthetic leg","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24909/20140723/real-housewives-new-york-city-shook-viewers-aviva-drescher-prosthetic-leg.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940395,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:21:31Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        Real Housewives of New York City, an American reality television series on
        Bravo, portrayed the most explosive moments of the series in the latest episode
        aired on July 22, 2014.","title":"\"The Real Housewives of New York City\"
        shook the viewers with Aviva Drescher\u2019s prosthetic leg","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24909/20140723/real-housewives-new-york-city-shook-viewers-aviva-drescher-prosthetic-leg.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940386,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:21:31Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        Real Housewives of New York City, an American reality television series on
        Bravo, portrayed the most explosive moments of the series in the latest episode
        aired on July 22, 2014.","title":"\"The Real Housewives of New York City\"
        shook the viewers with Aviva Drescher\u2019s prosthetic leg","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24909/20140723/real-housewives-new-york-city-shook-viewers-aviva-drescher-prosthetic-leg.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940371,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:21:31Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        Real Housewives of New York City, an American reality television series on
        Bravo, portrayed the most explosive moments of the series in the latest episode
        aired on July 22, 2014.","title":"\"The Real Housewives of New York City\"
        shook the viewers with Aviva Drescher\u2019s prosthetic leg","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24909/20140723/real-housewives-new-york-city-shook-viewers-aviva-drescher-prosthetic-leg.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940013,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:35:38Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        American reality television series \u2018The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\u2019
        is adding up two celebs, Lisa Rinna and Eileen Davidson, in its upcoming season.","title":"The
        Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 5 spoilers: Eileen Davidson & Lisa
        Rinna to join the cast, portion of upcoming season filmed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24923/20140724/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-season-5-spoilers-eileen-davidson-lisa-rinna-join-cast-list.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940012,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:35:38Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        American reality television series \u2018The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\u2019
        is adding up two celebs, Lisa Rinna and Eileen Davidson, in its upcoming season.","title":"The
        Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 5 spoilers: Eileen Davidson & Lisa
        Rinna to join the cast, portion of upcoming season filmed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24923/20140724/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-season-5-spoilers-eileen-davidson-lisa-rinna-join-cast-list.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940011,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:35:38Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        American reality television series \u2018The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\u2019
        is adding up two celebs, Lisa Rinna and Eileen Davidson, in its upcoming season.","title":"The
        Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 5 spoilers: Eileen Davidson & Lisa
        Rinna to join the cast, portion of upcoming season filmed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24923/20140724/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-season-5-spoilers-eileen-davidson-lisa-rinna-join-cast-list.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940010,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:35:38Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        American reality television series \u2018The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\u2019
        is adding up two celebs, Lisa Rinna and Eileen Davidson, in its upcoming season.","title":"The
        Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 5 spoilers: Eileen Davidson & Lisa
        Rinna to join the cast, portion of upcoming season filmed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24923/20140724/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-season-5-spoilers-eileen-davidson-lisa-rinna-join-cast-list.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940009,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:37:59Z","slug":"34","summary":"Kate
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        chilling in Cancun, Mexico.","title":"Kate Upton hangs with Justin Verlander
        in Cancun; Sports Illustrated model says she ''smelled like a horse'' when
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        Upton and rumored beau baseball player Justin Verlander have been photographed
        chilling in Cancun, Mexico.","title":"Kate Upton hangs with Justin Verlander
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        she was a teenager","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24924/20140724/sports-illustrated-kate-upton-justin-verlander-cancun-smell-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940007,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:37:59Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Kate
        Upton and rumored beau baseball player Justin Verlander have been photographed
        chilling in Cancun, Mexico.","title":"Kate Upton hangs with Justin Verlander
        in Cancun; Sports Illustrated model says she ''smelled like a horse'' when
        she was a teenager","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24924/20140724/sports-illustrated-kate-upton-justin-verlander-cancun-smell-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940006,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:37:59Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Kate
        Upton and rumored beau baseball player Justin Verlander have been photographed
        chilling in Cancun, Mexico.","title":"Kate Upton hangs with Justin Verlander
        in Cancun; Sports Illustrated model says she ''smelled like a horse'' when
        she was a teenager","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24924/20140724/sports-illustrated-kate-upton-justin-verlander-cancun-smell-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940005,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:43:52Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"It''s
        been quite some time since we saw ''Heroine'' actress on the big screen. After
        her marriage with actor Saif Ali Khan, she is been living her personal life
        more than professional.","title":"Kareena Kapoor Recent News 2014: Actress
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        Orleans forward Al-Farouq Aminu has agreed to sign a two-year deal with the
        Dallas Mavericks with the second year being a player option, agent Raymond
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        been quite some time since we saw ''Heroine'' actress on the big screen. After
        her marriage with actor Saif Ali Khan, she is been living her personal life
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        been quite some time since we saw ''Heroine'' actress on the big screen. After
        her marriage with actor Saif Ali Khan, she is been living her personal life
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        in the coming days. Google, Apple and Samsung have reportedly been making
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        been quite some time since we saw ''Heroine'' actress on the big screen. After
        her marriage with actor Saif Ali Khan, she is been living her personal life
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        been quite some time since we saw ''Heroine'' actress on the big screen. After
        her marriage with actor Saif Ali Khan, she is been living her personal life
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        Orleans forward Al-Farouq Aminu has agreed to sign a two-year deal with the
        Dallas Mavericks with the second year being a player option, agent Raymond
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        Orleans forward Al-Farouq Aminu has agreed to sign a two-year deal with the
        Dallas Mavericks with the second year being a player option, agent Raymond
        Brothers said. The 23 year old American-Nigerian was the 8th overall pick
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        2014 Update News: Forward Al-Farouq Aminu agrees a two-yeard deal with Dallas
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        Orleans forward Al-Farouq Aminu has agreed to sign a two-year deal with the
        Dallas Mavericks with the second year being a player option, agent Raymond
        Brothers said. The 23 year old American-Nigerian was the 8th overall pick
        by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2014 NBA Draft.","title":"NBA Free Agent
        2014 Update News: Forward Al-Farouq Aminu agrees a two-yeard deal with Dallas
        Mavericks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24931/20140724/nba-free-agent-2014-news-forward-al-farouq-aminu-agrees-two-yeard-deal-dallas-maverick.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939994,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:47:04Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"New
        Orleans forward Al-Farouq Aminu has agreed to sign a two-year deal with the
        Dallas Mavericks with the second year being a player option, agent Raymond
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        2014 Update News: Forward Al-Farouq Aminu agrees a two-yeard deal with Dallas
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        a Disney Channel Argentina show released the track entitled \u201cQueen of
        the Dancefloor,\u201d for its upcoming Season 3 but it was met with speculations
        that the song was suspiciously similar to Korean Idol group Infinite\u2019s
        debut song, \u201cCome Back Again.\u201d","title":"Disney Channel Argentina
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        technology industry will most likely be talking about the Internet of things
        in the coming days. Google, Apple and Samsung have reportedly been making
        great strides in this sector.","title":"Internet of Things Explained: What
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        that it will go into the Ragnarok storyline.","title":"\"Thor 3\" Possibly
        Heading to Ragnarok: Will Loki and Thor both die? A new enchantress joins
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        technology industry will most likely be talking about the Internet of things
        in the coming days. Google, Apple and Samsung have reportedly been making
        great strides in this sector.","title":"Internet of Things Explained: What
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        technology industry will most likely be talking about the Internet of things
        in the coming days. Google, Apple and Samsung have reportedly been making
        great strides in this sector.","title":"Internet of Things Explained: What
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        a Disney Channel Argentina show released the track entitled \u201cQueen of
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        a Disney Channel Argentina show released the track entitled \u201cQueen of
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        a Disney Channel Argentina show released the track entitled \u201cQueen of
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        that it will go into the Ragnarok storyline.","title":"\"Thor 3\" Possibly
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        3 is confirmed, but the storyline is not yet released, leaving fans to speculate
        that it will go into the Ragnarok storyline.","title":"\"Thor 3\" Possibly
        Heading to Ragnarok: Will Loki and Thor both die? A new enchantress joins
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        that it will go into the Ragnarok storyline.","title":"\"Thor 3\" Possibly
        Heading to Ragnarok: Will Loki and Thor both die? A new enchantress joins
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        3 is confirmed, but the storyline is not yet released, leaving fans to speculate
        that it will go into the Ragnarok storyline.","title":"\"Thor 3\" Possibly
        Heading to Ragnarok: Will Loki and Thor both die? A new enchantress joins
        cast!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:32Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24927/20140724/thor-3-loki-thor-ragnarok-enchantress-cast-spoilers-odin-loki-avengers-age-of-ultron.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939980,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:02:24Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
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        television soap opera Days of Our Lives is planning to hold the viewers next
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939976,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939975,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:02:24Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        longest running American soap opera \u2018Days of Our Lives\u2019 will show
        the return of Eileen Davidson as Kristen DiMera on July 28, 2014.","title":"\"Days
        of Our Lives\" Spoilers: Eileen Davidson to reappear on show as Kristen DiMera
        on July 28 with plans for revenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24928/20140724/days-of-our-lives-spoilers-eileen-davidson-kristen-dimera-july-28-plans-revenge.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939974,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:02:24Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        longest running American soap opera \u2018Days of Our Lives\u2019 will show
        the return of Eileen Davidson as Kristen DiMera on July 28, 2014.","title":"\"Days
        of Our Lives\" Spoilers: Eileen Davidson to reappear on show as Kristen DiMera
        on July 28 with plans for revenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24928/20140724/days-of-our-lives-spoilers-eileen-davidson-kristen-dimera-july-28-plans-revenge.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939973,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:02:24Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        longest running American soap opera \u2018Days of Our Lives\u2019 will show
        the return of Eileen Davidson as Kristen DiMera on July 28, 2014.","title":"\"Days
        of Our Lives\" Spoilers: Eileen Davidson to reappear on show as Kristen DiMera
        on July 28 with plans for revenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24928/20140724/days-of-our-lives-spoilers-eileen-davidson-kristen-dimera-july-28-plans-revenge.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939972,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:02:24Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        longest running American soap opera \u2018Days of Our Lives\u2019 will show
        the return of Eileen Davidson as Kristen DiMera on July 28, 2014.","title":"\"Days
        of Our Lives\" Spoilers: Eileen Davidson to reappear on show as Kristen DiMera
        on July 28 with plans for revenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24928/20140724/days-of-our-lives-spoilers-eileen-davidson-kristen-dimera-july-28-plans-revenge.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:16Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939971,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:06:25Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        on-again off-again couple Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran is alledgedly fighting
        on Twitter. The topic of feud seems to be ''Loyalty'' by Chris Brown''s tweets.","title":"Chris
        Brown and Karrueche Tran News 2014: The couple fighting over ''Loyalty'' on
        Twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:16Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24929/20140724/chris-brown-karrueche-tran-news-2014-couple-fighting-over-loyalty-feud.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:16Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939970,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:06:25Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        on-again off-again couple Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran is alledgedly fighting
        on Twitter. The topic of feud seems to be ''Loyalty'' by Chris Brown''s tweets.","title":"Chris
        Brown and Karrueche Tran News 2014: The couple fighting over ''Loyalty'' on
        Twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:16Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24929/20140724/chris-brown-karrueche-tran-news-2014-couple-fighting-over-loyalty-feud.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939969,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:06:25Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        on-again off-again couple Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran is alledgedly fighting
        on Twitter. The topic of feud seems to be ''Loyalty'' by Chris Brown''s tweets.","title":"Chris
        Brown and Karrueche Tran News 2014: The couple fighting over ''Loyalty'' on
        Twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24929/20140724/chris-brown-karrueche-tran-news-2014-couple-fighting-over-loyalty-feud.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939968,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:11:36Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Mimi
        Faust and Nikko Smith, stars of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta,\" recently had a
        sex tape dubbed as \"Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. It was leaked in April
        and the controversy still has not died down.","title":"\"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta\"
        Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith''s sex tape scandal: couple proud of the leaked
        video; co-stars react, and Nikko says Mimi''s daughter not a factor in the
        issue","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24933/20140724/love-hip-hop-atlanta-mimi-faust-and-nikko-smiths-sex-tape-scandal.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939967,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:06:25Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        on-again off-again couple Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran is alledgedly fighting
        on Twitter. The topic of feud seems to be ''Loyalty'' by Chris Brown''s tweets.","title":"Chris
        Brown and Karrueche Tran News 2014: The couple fighting over ''Loyalty'' on
        Twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24929/20140724/chris-brown-karrueche-tran-news-2014-couple-fighting-over-loyalty-feud.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939966,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:03:51Z","slug":"34","summary":"\u201cReal
        Housewives of Orange County\u201d star Shannon Beador has reportedly managed
        to save her marriage with husband David Beador. The star claims the two are
        on good terms again and their relationship is back on track. According to
        an article by Enstarz, people close to the Bravo reality star, however, are
        in doubt whether it is true.","title":"\u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d
        2014 News: Shannon Beador Has Managed to Save Marriage with David Beador?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25002/20140726/real-housewives-of-orange-county-shannon-beador-las-vegas-david-beador.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939965,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:03:51Z","slug":"ships","summary":"\u201cReal
        Housewives of Orange County\u201d star Shannon Beador has reportedly managed
        to save her marriage with husband David Beador. The star claims the two are
        on good terms again and their relationship is back on track. According to
        an article by Enstarz, people close to the Bravo reality star, however, are
        in doubt whether it is true.","title":"\u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d
        2014 News: Shannon Beador Has Managed to Save Marriage with David Beador?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25002/20140726/real-housewives-of-orange-county-shannon-beador-las-vegas-david-beador.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939964,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:09:13Z","slug":"34","summary":"American
        television soap opera Days of Our Lives is planning to hold the viewers next
        week with thrilling sequences, which will be aired on July 28 \u2013 August
        1, 2014.","title":"\"Days of Our Lives\" Spoilers: Sami to include Kayla in
        her revenge plan, Soap opera to feature Hope-Aiden-Kayla love triangle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24930/20140724/days-of-our-lives-spoilers-sami-kayla-revenge-plan-hope-aiden-kayla-love-triangle.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939963,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:09:13Z","slug":"ships","summary":"American
        television soap opera Days of Our Lives is planning to hold the viewers next
        week with thrilling sequences, which will be aired on July 28 \u2013 August
        1, 2014.","title":"\"Days of Our Lives\" Spoilers: Sami to include Kayla in
        her revenge plan, Soap opera to feature Hope-Aiden-Kayla love triangle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24930/20140724/days-of-our-lives-spoilers-sami-kayla-revenge-plan-hope-aiden-kayla-love-triangle.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939962,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:09:13Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"American
        television soap opera Days of Our Lives is planning to hold the viewers next
        week with thrilling sequences, which will be aired on July 28 \u2013 August
        1, 2014.","title":"\"Days of Our Lives\" Spoilers: Sami to include Kayla in
        her revenge plan, Soap opera to feature Hope-Aiden-Kayla love triangle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24930/20140724/days-of-our-lives-spoilers-sami-kayla-revenge-plan-hope-aiden-kayla-love-triangle.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939961,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:03:51Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"\u201cReal
        Housewives of Orange County\u201d star Shannon Beador has reportedly managed
        to save her marriage with husband David Beador. The star claims the two are
        on good terms again and their relationship is back on track. According to
        an article by Enstarz, people close to the Bravo reality star, however, are
        in doubt whether it is true.","title":"\u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d
        2014 News: Shannon Beador Has Managed to Save Marriage with David Beador?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25002/20140726/real-housewives-of-orange-county-shannon-beador-las-vegas-david-beador.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939960,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:09:13Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"American
        television soap opera Days of Our Lives is planning to hold the viewers next
        week with thrilling sequences, which will be aired on July 28 \u2013 August
        1, 2014.","title":"\"Days of Our Lives\" Spoilers: Sami to include Kayla in
        her revenge plan, Soap opera to feature Hope-Aiden-Kayla love triangle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24930/20140724/days-of-our-lives-spoilers-sami-kayla-revenge-plan-hope-aiden-kayla-love-triangle.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939959,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T08:03:10Z","slug":"34","summary":"Most
        iPhone users have already read multiple articles on the Internet about tips
        and tricks for their iPhones. Some are very useful, some aren\u2019t, and
        some are just for fun. There are actually so many tips and tricks that the
        iPhone has up its sleeve, but they haven\u2019t been uncovered yet.","title":"iPhone
        5s, iPhone 4s and Other iPhone Tips You Never Knew Before","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24995/20140726/iphone-5s-tips-and-tricks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939958,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:11:36Z","slug":"34","summary":"Mimi
        Faust and Nikko Smith, stars of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta,\" recently had a
        sex tape dubbed as \"Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. It was leaked in April
        and the controversy still has not died down.","title":"\"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta\"
        Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith''s sex tape scandal: couple proud of the leaked
        video; co-stars react, and Nikko says Mimi''s daughter not a factor in the
        issue","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24933/20140724/love-hip-hop-atlanta-mimi-faust-and-nikko-smiths-sex-tape-scandal.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939957,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:03:51Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"\u201cReal
        Housewives of Orange County\u201d star Shannon Beador has reportedly managed
        to save her marriage with husband David Beador. The star claims the two are
        on good terms again and their relationship is back on track. According to
        an article by Enstarz, people close to the Bravo reality star, however, are
        in doubt whether it is true.","title":"\u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d
        2014 News: Shannon Beador Has Managed to Save Marriage with David Beador?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25002/20140726/real-housewives-of-orange-county-shannon-beador-las-vegas-david-beador.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939956,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:11:36Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Mimi
        Faust and Nikko Smith, stars of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta,\" recently had a
        sex tape dubbed as \"Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. It was leaked in April
        and the controversy still has not died down.","title":"\"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta\"
        Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith''s sex tape scandal: couple proud of the leaked
        video; co-stars react, and Nikko says Mimi''s daughter not a factor in the
        issue","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24933/20140724/love-hip-hop-atlanta-mimi-faust-and-nikko-smiths-sex-tape-scandal.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939955,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:11:36Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Mimi
        Faust and Nikko Smith, stars of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta,\" recently had a
        sex tape dubbed as \"Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. It was leaked in April
        and the controversy still has not died down.","title":"\"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta\"
        Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith''s sex tape scandal: couple proud of the leaked
        video; co-stars react, and Nikko says Mimi''s daughter not a factor in the
        issue","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24933/20140724/love-hip-hop-atlanta-mimi-faust-and-nikko-smiths-sex-tape-scandal.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939954,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T08:03:10Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Most
        iPhone users have already read multiple articles on the Internet about tips
        and tricks for their iPhones. Some are very useful, some aren\u2019t, and
        some are just for fun. There are actually so many tips and tricks that the
        iPhone has up its sleeve, but they haven\u2019t been uncovered yet.","title":"iPhone
        5s, iPhone 4s and Other iPhone Tips You Never Knew Before","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24995/20140726/iphone-5s-tips-and-tricks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939953,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:11:36Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Mimi
        Faust and Nikko Smith, stars of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta,\" recently had a
        sex tape dubbed as \"Mimi & Nikko: Scandal in Atlanta. It was leaked in April
        and the controversy still has not died down.","title":"\"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta\"
        Mimi Faust and Nikko Smith''s sex tape scandal: couple proud of the leaked
        video; co-stars react, and Nikko says Mimi''s daughter not a factor in the
        issue","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24933/20140724/love-hip-hop-atlanta-mimi-faust-and-nikko-smiths-sex-tape-scandal.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939952,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:03:51Z","slug":"sony","summary":"\u201cReal
        Housewives of Orange County\u201d star Shannon Beador has reportedly managed
        to save her marriage with husband David Beador. The star claims the two are
        on good terms again and their relationship is back on track. According to
        an article by Enstarz, people close to the Bravo reality star, however, are
        in doubt whether it is true.","title":"\u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d
        2014 News: Shannon Beador Has Managed to Save Marriage with David Beador?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25002/20140726/real-housewives-of-orange-county-shannon-beador-las-vegas-david-beador.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939951,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T08:03:10Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Most
        iPhone users have already read multiple articles on the Internet about tips
        and tricks for their iPhones. Some are very useful, some aren\u2019t, and
        some are just for fun. There are actually so many tips and tricks that the
        iPhone has up its sleeve, but they haven\u2019t been uncovered yet.","title":"iPhone
        5s, iPhone 4s and Other iPhone Tips You Never Knew Before","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24995/20140726/iphone-5s-tips-and-tricks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939950,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:27:22Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"When
        the Dallas Mavericks signed Rashard Lewis this summer, it was with the hopes
        that the veteran forward will prove to be a key reserve in the coming 2014-15
        NBA season with his size, shooting, and championship experience. The new union,
        however, went on an early and unfortunate break up as the Mavericks found
        that Lewis needed to undergo a surgery this summer,\n\nAccording to Marc J.
        Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Lewis signed a one year, league minimum contract
        with the Mavs on July 15. The agreement, though, is no longer valid as the
        Mavs voided the contract on Wednesday as reported by Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Mavericks Void Rashard Lewis'' Contract After Failed
        Physical","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24943/20140724/nba-free-agent-2014-news-mavericks-void-rashard-lewis-contract-after-failed-physical.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940241,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:13:36Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        Bold and the Beautiful, an American television soap opera created by William
        J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS, will feature Rena Sofer as Quinn Fuller
        in its next week\u2019s sequences, which start from July 28, 2014.","title":"\"The
        Bold and the Beautiful\" Spoilers: a new turning point in Liam-Wyatt-Hope
        love triangle, Quinn Fuller to be back with changed mind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24934/20140724/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-spoilers-liam-wyatt-hope-love-triangle-quinn-fuller-back.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939947,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T08:03:10Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Most
        iPhone users have already read multiple articles on the Internet about tips
        and tricks for their iPhones. Some are very useful, some aren\u2019t, and
        some are just for fun. There are actually so many tips and tricks that the
        iPhone has up its sleeve, but they haven\u2019t been uncovered yet.","title":"iPhone
        5s, iPhone 4s and Other iPhone Tips You Never Knew Before","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24995/20140726/iphone-5s-tips-and-tricks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940238,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:13:36Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        Bold and the Beautiful, an American television soap opera created by William
        J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS, will feature Rena Sofer as Quinn Fuller
        in its next week\u2019s sequences, which start from July 28, 2014.","title":"\"The
        Bold and the Beautiful\" Spoilers: a new turning point in Liam-Wyatt-Hope
        love triangle, Quinn Fuller to be back with changed mind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24934/20140724/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-spoilers-liam-wyatt-hope-love-triangle-quinn-fuller-back.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939945,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T08:03:10Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Most
        iPhone users have already read multiple articles on the Internet about tips
        and tricks for their iPhones. Some are very useful, some aren\u2019t, and
        some are just for fun. There are actually so many tips and tricks that the
        iPhone has up its sleeve, but they haven\u2019t been uncovered yet.","title":"iPhone
        5s, iPhone 4s and Other iPhone Tips You Never Knew Before","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24995/20140726/iphone-5s-tips-and-tricks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940233,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:13:36Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        Bold and the Beautiful, an American television soap opera created by William
        J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS, will feature Rena Sofer as Quinn Fuller
        in its next week\u2019s sequences, which start from July 28, 2014.","title":"\"The
        Bold and the Beautiful\" Spoilers: a new turning point in Liam-Wyatt-Hope
        love triangle, Quinn Fuller to be back with changed mind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24934/20140724/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-spoilers-liam-wyatt-hope-love-triangle-quinn-fuller-back.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939944,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:25Z","slug":"34","summary":"Not
        only will the Season 8 Premiere of \"Doctor Who\" (which is also a feature
        film) premiere in August, but famed director Peter Jackson is rumored to be
        directing new episodes of the series.","title":"\"Doctor Who\" Season 8 Movie
        Premieres in August, \"Lord of the Rings\" Director Peter Jackson to Direct
        New Episodes [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24998/20140726/doctor-who-season-8-movie-premieres-august-lord-rings-director.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939943,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:23:40Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"As
        Bones returns for its tenth season, Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) will be
        seen going through the motions while awaiting trial for the murder of the
        FBI agents who pelted his house with bullets.","title":"Bones Season 10 Update:
        Booth returns emotionally vulnerable, family might ''expand''!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24939/20140724/bones-season-10-update-booth-returns-emotionally-vulnerable-family-might-expand.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939941,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:27:22Z","slug":"ships","summary":"When
        the Dallas Mavericks signed Rashard Lewis this summer, it was with the hopes
        that the veteran forward will prove to be a key reserve in the coming 2014-15
        NBA season with his size, shooting, and championship experience. The new union,
        however, went on an early and unfortunate break up as the Mavericks found
        that Lewis needed to undergo a surgery this summer,\n\nAccording to Marc J.
        Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Lewis signed a one year, league minimum contract
        with the Mavs on July 15. The agreement, though, is no longer valid as the
        Mavs voided the contract on Wednesday as reported by Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Mavericks Void Rashard Lewis'' Contract After Failed
        Physical","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24943/20140724/nba-free-agent-2014-news-mavericks-void-rashard-lewis-contract-after-failed-physical.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939940,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:27:22Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"When
        the Dallas Mavericks signed Rashard Lewis this summer, it was with the hopes
        that the veteran forward will prove to be a key reserve in the coming 2014-15
        NBA season with his size, shooting, and championship experience. The new union,
        however, went on an early and unfortunate break up as the Mavericks found
        that Lewis needed to undergo a surgery this summer,\n\nAccording to Marc J.
        Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Lewis signed a one year, league minimum contract
        with the Mavs on July 15. The agreement, though, is no longer valid as the
        Mavs voided the contract on Wednesday as reported by Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Mavericks Void Rashard Lewis'' Contract After Failed
        Physical","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24943/20140724/nba-free-agent-2014-news-mavericks-void-rashard-lewis-contract-after-failed-physical.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939939,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:25Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Not
        only will the Season 8 Premiere of \"Doctor Who\" (which is also a feature
        film) premiere in August, but famed director Peter Jackson is rumored to be
        directing new episodes of the series.","title":"\"Doctor Who\" Season 8 Movie
        Premieres in August, \"Lord of the Rings\" Director Peter Jackson to Direct
        New Episodes [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24998/20140726/doctor-who-season-8-movie-premieres-august-lord-rings-director.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940223,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:13:36Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        Bold and the Beautiful, an American television soap opera created by William
        J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS, will feature Rena Sofer as Quinn Fuller
        in its next week\u2019s sequences, which start from July 28, 2014.","title":"\"The
        Bold and the Beautiful\" Spoilers: a new turning point in Liam-Wyatt-Hope
        love triangle, Quinn Fuller to be back with changed mind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24934/20140724/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-spoilers-liam-wyatt-hope-love-triangle-quinn-fuller-back.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939938,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:27:22Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"When
        the Dallas Mavericks signed Rashard Lewis this summer, it was with the hopes
        that the veteran forward will prove to be a key reserve in the coming 2014-15
        NBA season with his size, shooting, and championship experience. The new union,
        however, went on an early and unfortunate break up as the Mavericks found
        that Lewis needed to undergo a surgery this summer,\n\nAccording to Marc J.
        Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Lewis signed a one year, league minimum contract
        with the Mavs on July 15. The agreement, though, is no longer valid as the
        Mavs voided the contract on Wednesday as reported by Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Mavericks Void Rashard Lewis'' Contract After Failed
        Physical","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24943/20140724/nba-free-agent-2014-news-mavericks-void-rashard-lewis-contract-after-failed-physical.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:51Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939936,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:25Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Not
        only will the Season 8 Premiere of \"Doctor Who\" (which is also a feature
        film) premiere in August, but famed director Peter Jackson is rumored to be
        directing new episodes of the series.","title":"\"Doctor Who\" Season 8 Movie
        Premieres in August, \"Lord of the Rings\" Director Peter Jackson to Direct
        New Episodes [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24998/20140726/doctor-who-season-8-movie-premieres-august-lord-rings-director.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939935,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:23:40Z","slug":"34","summary":"As
        Bones returns for its tenth season, Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) will be
        seen going through the motions while awaiting trial for the murder of the
        FBI agents who pelted his house with bullets.","title":"Bones Season 10 Update:
        Booth returns emotionally vulnerable, family might ''expand''!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24939/20140724/bones-season-10-update-booth-returns-emotionally-vulnerable-family-might-expand.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939934,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:23:40Z","slug":"ships","summary":"As
        Bones returns for its tenth season, Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) will be
        seen going through the motions while awaiting trial for the murder of the
        FBI agents who pelted his house with bullets.","title":"Bones Season 10 Update:
        Booth returns emotionally vulnerable, family might ''expand''!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24939/20140724/bones-season-10-update-booth-returns-emotionally-vulnerable-family-might-expand.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939933,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:23:40Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"As
        Bones returns for its tenth season, Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) will be
        seen going through the motions while awaiting trial for the murder of the
        FBI agents who pelted his house with bullets.","title":"Bones Season 10 Update:
        Booth returns emotionally vulnerable, family might ''expand''!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24939/20140724/bones-season-10-update-booth-returns-emotionally-vulnerable-family-might-expand.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939931,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:23:40Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"As
        Bones returns for its tenth season, Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) will be
        seen going through the motions while awaiting trial for the murder of the
        FBI agents who pelted his house with bullets.","title":"Bones Season 10 Update:
        Booth returns emotionally vulnerable, family might ''expand''!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24939/20140724/bones-season-10-update-booth-returns-emotionally-vulnerable-family-might-expand.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939932,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:25Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Not
        only will the Season 8 Premiere of \"Doctor Who\" (which is also a feature
        film) premiere in August, but famed director Peter Jackson is rumored to be
        directing new episodes of the series.","title":"\"Doctor Who\" Season 8 Movie
        Premieres in August, \"Lord of the Rings\" Director Peter Jackson to Direct
        New Episodes [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24998/20140726/doctor-who-season-8-movie-premieres-august-lord-rings-director.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939930,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"Two
        separate reports claim that Phaedra Parks is leaving \"The Real Housewives
        of Atlanta,\" for two separate reasons, both involving her husband, Apollo
        Nida.","title":"Phaedra Parks Leaves \"The Real Housewives of Atlanta\"- but
        Because of Prison or a Cheating Husband?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25000/20140726/phaedra-parks-leaves-real-housewives-atlanta-prison-cheating-husband.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939929,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Two
        separate reports claim that Phaedra Parks is leaving \"The Real Housewives
        of Atlanta,\" for two separate reasons, both involving her husband, Apollo
        Nida.","title":"Phaedra Parks Leaves \"The Real Housewives of Atlanta\"- but
        Because of Prison or a Cheating Husband?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25000/20140726/phaedra-parks-leaves-real-housewives-atlanta-prison-cheating-husband.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939928,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:25Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Not
        only will the Season 8 Premiere of \"Doctor Who\" (which is also a feature
        film) premiere in August, but famed director Peter Jackson is rumored to be
        directing new episodes of the series.","title":"\"Doctor Who\" Season 8 Movie
        Premieres in August, \"Lord of the Rings\" Director Peter Jackson to Direct
        New Episodes [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24998/20140726/doctor-who-season-8-movie-premieres-august-lord-rings-director.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939927,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939926,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Two
        separate reports claim that Phaedra Parks is leaving \"The Real Housewives
        of Atlanta,\" for two separate reasons, both involving her husband, Apollo
        Nida.","title":"Phaedra Parks Leaves \"The Real Housewives of Atlanta\"- but
        Because of Prison or a Cheating Husband?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25000/20140726/phaedra-parks-leaves-real-housewives-atlanta-prison-cheating-husband.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939925,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:38:15Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        author of Game of Thrones book series, George R.R Martin, is not very pleased
        with obsessive fans of his \"Game of Thrones\" book series. Fans are reportedly
        worried about the author''s health and they think he doesn''t look in great
        shape considering that he is overweight and aging at 65 years old.","title":"\"Winds
        of Winter\" Release Date update: ''Game of Thrones'' author George R.R Martin
        gives the middle finger to speculation about his death","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24941/20140724/winds-of-winter-release-date-update-game-of-thrones-author-george-r-r-martin-gives-the-middle-finger-to-speculation-about-his-death.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939924,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939923,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:39:03Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"According
        to new rumors, \"Top Gun 2\" could be moving along further than originally
        thought. Comments from the film''s producers indicate the film may move into
        production shortly.","title":"\"Top Gun 2\" Update: Release Date Coming Soon,
        Will Feature Tom Cruise vs. Drones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24950/20140724/top-gun-2-update-release-date-coming-soon-will-feature.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:40Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939922,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Two
        separate reports claim that Phaedra Parks is leaving \"The Real Housewives
        of Atlanta,\" for two separate reasons, both involving her husband, Apollo
        Nida.","title":"Phaedra Parks Leaves \"The Real Housewives of Atlanta\"- but
        Because of Prison or a Cheating Husband?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25000/20140726/phaedra-parks-leaves-real-housewives-atlanta-prison-cheating-husband.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939921,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:00Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Two
        separate reports claim that Phaedra Parks is leaving \"The Real Housewives
        of Atlanta,\" for two separate reasons, both involving her husband, Apollo
        Nida.","title":"Phaedra Parks Leaves \"The Real Housewives of Atlanta\"- but
        Because of Prison or a Cheating Husband?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25000/20140726/phaedra-parks-leaves-real-housewives-atlanta-prison-cheating-husband.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939920,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:38:15Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        author of Game of Thrones book series, George R.R Martin, is not very pleased
        with obsessive fans of his \"Game of Thrones\" book series. Fans are reportedly
        worried about the author''s health and they think he doesn''t look in great
        shape considering that he is overweight and aging at 65 years old.","title":"\"Winds
        of Winter\" Release Date update: ''Game of Thrones'' author George R.R Martin
        gives the middle finger to speculation about his death","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24941/20140724/winds-of-winter-release-date-update-game-of-thrones-author-george-r-r-martin-gives-the-middle-finger-to-speculation-about-his-death.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939919,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:38:15Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        author of Game of Thrones book series, George R.R Martin, is not very pleased
        with obsessive fans of his \"Game of Thrones\" book series. Fans are reportedly
        worried about the author''s health and they think he doesn''t look in great
        shape considering that he is overweight and aging at 65 years old.","title":"\"Winds
        of Winter\" Release Date update: ''Game of Thrones'' author George R.R Martin
        gives the middle finger to speculation about his death","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24941/20140724/winds-of-winter-release-date-update-game-of-thrones-author-george-r-r-martin-gives-the-middle-finger-to-speculation-about-his-death.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939918,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:38:15Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        author of Game of Thrones book series, George R.R Martin, is not very pleased
        with obsessive fans of his \"Game of Thrones\" book series. Fans are reportedly
        worried about the author''s health and they think he doesn''t look in great
        shape considering that he is overweight and aging at 65 years old.","title":"\"Winds
        of Winter\" Release Date update: ''Game of Thrones'' author George R.R Martin
        gives the middle finger to speculation about his death","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24941/20140724/winds-of-winter-release-date-update-game-of-thrones-author-george-r-r-martin-gives-the-middle-finger-to-speculation-about-his-death.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939917,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:38:15Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        author of Game of Thrones book series, George R.R Martin, is not very pleased
        with obsessive fans of his \"Game of Thrones\" book series. Fans are reportedly
        worried about the author''s health and they think he doesn''t look in great
        shape considering that he is overweight and aging at 65 years old.","title":"\"Winds
        of Winter\" Release Date update: ''Game of Thrones'' author George R.R Martin
        gives the middle finger to speculation about his death","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24941/20140724/winds-of-winter-release-date-update-game-of-thrones-author-george-r-r-martin-gives-the-middle-finger-to-speculation-about-his-death.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939916,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:04:40Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"A
        new interview with Simon Kinberg, screenwriter on \"X-Men: Apocalypse,\" reveals
        new information about the film''s villains and about Hugh Jackman''s continuing
        role in the franchise.","title":"\"X-Men: Apocalypse\" News: Villain Details,
        Hugh Jackman Leaving the X-Men? [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24952/20140724/x-men-apocalypse-news-villain-details-hugh-jackman-leaving.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939915,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:16:53Z","slug":"34","summary":"Micheal
        Muhnay not returning to Young & Restless, Adam Newman role remains vacant.","title":"Young
        & Restless Recasting News: Adam Newman\u2019s Role Remains Vacant, Michael
        Muhney Impossible to Return","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25003/20140726/young-and-restless-recasting-adam-newman-michael-muhney-jill-farren-phelps.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939914,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:16:53Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Micheal
        Muhnay not returning to Young & Restless, Adam Newman role remains vacant.","title":"Young
        & Restless Recasting News: Adam Newman\u2019s Role Remains Vacant, Michael
        Muhney Impossible to Return","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25003/20140726/young-and-restless-recasting-adam-newman-michael-muhney-jill-farren-phelps.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939913,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:08:00Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Khloe
        Kardashian, of \"Keeping Up with the Kardashians\" fame, has allegedly been
        fighting with her sister Kim, and gaining significant weight- all due to her
        new relationship with rapper French Montana.","title":"\"Keeping Up With the
        Kardashians\" Update: Khloe Feuding With Kim, New Boyfriend, Weight Gain from
        French Montana on the Hips [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24954/20140724/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-update-khloe-kardashian-feud-kim-kardashian-boyfriend-weight-gain-french-montana-boyfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939912,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:39:03Z","slug":"34","summary":"According
        to new rumors, \"Top Gun 2\" could be moving along further than originally
        thought. Comments from the film''s producers indicate the film may move into
        production shortly.","title":"\"Top Gun 2\" Update: Release Date Coming Soon,
        Will Feature Tom Cruise vs. Drones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24950/20140724/top-gun-2-update-release-date-coming-soon-will-feature.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939911,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:16:53Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Micheal
        Muhnay not returning to Young & Restless, Adam Newman role remains vacant.","title":"Young
        & Restless Recasting News: Adam Newman\u2019s Role Remains Vacant, Michael
        Muhney Impossible to Return","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25003/20140726/young-and-restless-recasting-adam-newman-michael-muhney-jill-farren-phelps.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939910,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:39:03Z","slug":"ships","summary":"According
        to new rumors, \"Top Gun 2\" could be moving along further than originally
        thought. Comments from the film''s producers indicate the film may move into
        production shortly.","title":"\"Top Gun 2\" Update: Release Date Coming Soon,
        Will Feature Tom Cruise vs. Drones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24950/20140724/top-gun-2-update-release-date-coming-soon-will-feature.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939909,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:39:03Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"According
        to new rumors, \"Top Gun 2\" could be moving along further than originally
        thought. Comments from the film''s producers indicate the film may move into
        production shortly.","title":"\"Top Gun 2\" Update: Release Date Coming Soon,
        Will Feature Tom Cruise vs. Drones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24950/20140724/top-gun-2-update-release-date-coming-soon-will-feature.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939908,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:39:03Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"According
        to new rumors, \"Top Gun 2\" could be moving along further than originally
        thought. Comments from the film''s producers indicate the film may move into
        production shortly.","title":"\"Top Gun 2\" Update: Release Date Coming Soon,
        Will Feature Tom Cruise vs. Drones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24950/20140724/top-gun-2-update-release-date-coming-soon-will-feature.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940191,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:47:24Z","slug":"34","summary":"While
        the rumors are rife that she is dating NBA player Miami Heat star Norris Cole,
        unnamed sources have confirmed that the reality star is actually hooking up
        with NFL player  Lesean McCoy of the Philadelphia Eagles.","title":"Porsha
        Williams Boyfriend 2014: Is ''The Real Housewives of Atlanta'' star dating
        an NBA Player?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24944/20140724/porsha-williams-real-housewives-of-atlanta-lesean-mccoy-girlfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939907,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:04:40Z","slug":"34","summary":"A
        new interview with Simon Kinberg, screenwriter on \"X-Men: Apocalypse,\" reveals
        new information about the film''s villains and about Hugh Jackman''s continuing
        role in the franchise.","title":"\"X-Men: Apocalypse\" News: Villain Details,
        Hugh Jackman Leaving the X-Men? [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24952/20140724/x-men-apocalypse-news-villain-details-hugh-jackman-leaving.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939906,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:04:40Z","slug":"ships","summary":"A
        new interview with Simon Kinberg, screenwriter on \"X-Men: Apocalypse,\" reveals
        new information about the film''s villains and about Hugh Jackman''s continuing
        role in the franchise.","title":"\"X-Men: Apocalypse\" News: Villain Details,
        Hugh Jackman Leaving the X-Men? [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24952/20140724/x-men-apocalypse-news-villain-details-hugh-jackman-leaving.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939905,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:04:40Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"A
        new interview with Simon Kinberg, screenwriter on \"X-Men: Apocalypse,\" reveals
        new information about the film''s villains and about Hugh Jackman''s continuing
        role in the franchise.","title":"\"X-Men: Apocalypse\" News: Villain Details,
        Hugh Jackman Leaving the X-Men? [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24952/20140724/x-men-apocalypse-news-villain-details-hugh-jackman-leaving.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940190,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:47:24Z","slug":"ships","summary":"While
        the rumors are rife that she is dating NBA player Miami Heat star Norris Cole,
        unnamed sources have confirmed that the reality star is actually hooking up
        with NFL player  Lesean McCoy of the Philadelphia Eagles.","title":"Porsha
        Williams Boyfriend 2014: Is ''The Real Housewives of Atlanta'' star dating
        an NBA Player?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24944/20140724/porsha-williams-real-housewives-of-atlanta-lesean-mccoy-girlfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:25Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939904,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:04:40Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"A
        new interview with Simon Kinberg, screenwriter on \"X-Men: Apocalypse,\" reveals
        new information about the film''s villains and about Hugh Jackman''s continuing
        role in the franchise.","title":"\"X-Men: Apocalypse\" News: Villain Details,
        Hugh Jackman Leaving the X-Men? [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24952/20140724/x-men-apocalypse-news-villain-details-hugh-jackman-leaving.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:25Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939903,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:16:53Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Micheal
        Muhnay not returning to Young & Restless, Adam Newman role remains vacant.","title":"Young
        & Restless Recasting News: Adam Newman\u2019s Role Remains Vacant, Michael
        Muhney Impossible to Return","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25003/20140726/young-and-restless-recasting-adam-newman-michael-muhney-jill-farren-phelps.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940189,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:47:24Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"While
        the rumors are rife that she is dating NBA player Miami Heat star Norris Cole,
        unnamed sources have confirmed that the reality star is actually hooking up
        with NFL player  Lesean McCoy of the Philadelphia Eagles.","title":"Porsha
        Williams Boyfriend 2014: Is ''The Real Housewives of Atlanta'' star dating
        an NBA Player?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24944/20140724/porsha-williams-real-housewives-of-atlanta-lesean-mccoy-girlfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940188,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:10:43Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"San
        Diego Comic-Con has announced the finalist of Will Eisner Spirit of Comics
        Retailer Award. This year, twelve retail stores are selected from the 37 nominees
        for the final round.","title":"San Diego Comic-Con to declare Will Eisner
        Spirit of Comics Retailer Award today","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24977/20140725/comic-con-international-san-diego-2014-will-eisner-spirit-comics-retailer-award-today.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939902,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:08:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"Khloe
        Kardashian, of \"Keeping Up with the Kardashians\" fame, has allegedly been
        fighting with her sister Kim, and gaining significant weight- all due to her
        new relationship with rapper French Montana.","title":"\"Keeping Up With the
        Kardashians\" Update: Khloe Feuding With Kim, New Boyfriend, Weight Gain from
        French Montana on the Hips [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24954/20140724/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-update-khloe-kardashian-feud-kim-kardashian-boyfriend-weight-gain-french-montana-boyfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939901,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:16:53Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Micheal
        Muhnay not returning to Young & Restless, Adam Newman role remains vacant.","title":"Young
        & Restless Recasting News: Adam Newman\u2019s Role Remains Vacant, Michael
        Muhney Impossible to Return","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25003/20140726/young-and-restless-recasting-adam-newman-michael-muhney-jill-farren-phelps.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939900,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:08:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Khloe
        Kardashian, of \"Keeping Up with the Kardashians\" fame, has allegedly been
        fighting with her sister Kim, and gaining significant weight- all due to her
        new relationship with rapper French Montana.","title":"\"Keeping Up With the
        Kardashians\" Update: Khloe Feuding With Kim, New Boyfriend, Weight Gain from
        French Montana on the Hips [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24954/20140724/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-update-khloe-kardashian-feud-kim-kardashian-boyfriend-weight-gain-french-montana-boyfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939899,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:19:16Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"With
        Comic-Con already underway, speculation has begun as to whether \"Terminator
        5\" will show any footage at the famed convention.","title":"\"Terminator
        5\" Update: New Footage Premiere at Comic Con, Casting Updates: X-Men Star
        joins cast? [Rumor]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24953/20140724/terminator-5-update-footage-premiere-comic-con-casting-arnold-schwarzenegger-emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-x-men-douglas-smith.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939898,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:08:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Khloe
        Kardashian, of \"Keeping Up with the Kardashians\" fame, has allegedly been
        fighting with her sister Kim, and gaining significant weight- all due to her
        new relationship with rapper French Montana.","title":"\"Keeping Up With the
        Kardashians\" Update: Khloe Feuding With Kim, New Boyfriend, Weight Gain from
        French Montana on the Hips [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24954/20140724/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-update-khloe-kardashian-feud-kim-kardashian-boyfriend-weight-gain-french-montana-boyfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:22Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939897,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:08:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Khloe
        Kardashian, of \"Keeping Up with the Kardashians\" fame, has allegedly been
        fighting with her sister Kim, and gaining significant weight- all due to her
        new relationship with rapper French Montana.","title":"\"Keeping Up With the
        Kardashians\" Update: Khloe Feuding With Kim, New Boyfriend, Weight Gain from
        French Montana on the Hips [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:22Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24954/20140724/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-update-khloe-kardashian-feud-kim-kardashian-boyfriend-weight-gain-french-montana-boyfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:22Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939896,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:22Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939895,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940185,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-24T16:47:24Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"While
        the rumors are rife that she is dating NBA player Miami Heat star Norris Cole,
        unnamed sources have confirmed that the reality star is actually hooking up
        with NFL player  Lesean McCoy of the Philadelphia Eagles.","title":"Porsha
        Williams Boyfriend 2014: Is ''The Real Housewives of Atlanta'' star dating
        an NBA Player?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24944/20140724/porsha-williams-real-housewives-of-atlanta-lesean-mccoy-girlfriend.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939894,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:18Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939893,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:26:25Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"A
        feud between \"Teen Mom\" star Farrah Abraham and \"Teen Moms 2\" star Jenelle
        Evans has bled onto Twitter, with Evan''s boyfriend potentially caught in
        the crossfire.","title":"\"Teen Mom\" Farrah Abraham and \"Teen Mom 2\" Jenelle
        Evans Begin Bitter Rivalry, Evans'' Boyfriend Caught in the Middle [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24955/20140724/teen-mom-farrah-abraham-2-jenelle-evans-rivalry-nathan-griffith.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939892,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939891,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:23Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        Queen + Adam Lambert tour, featuring the \"American Idol\" alumni and Queen
        legends Brian May and Roger Taylor, has officially started in June, and will
        continue until the end of August. Find information on venues and tickets below.","title":"Queen
        and Adam Lambert tour North America, Asia, Australia: Show Schedule and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24966/20140725/queen-and-adam-lambert-tour-north-america-asia-australia-show-schedule.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939890,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"sony","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939889,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:19:16Z","slug":"34","summary":"With
        Comic-Con already underway, speculation has begun as to whether \"Terminator
        5\" will show any footage at the famed convention.","title":"\"Terminator
        5\" Update: New Footage Premiere at Comic Con, Casting Updates: X-Men Star
        joins cast? [Rumor]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24953/20140724/terminator-5-update-footage-premiere-comic-con-casting-arnold-schwarzenegger-emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-x-men-douglas-smith.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939888,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:19:16Z","slug":"ships","summary":"With
        Comic-Con already underway, speculation has begun as to whether \"Terminator
        5\" will show any footage at the famed convention.","title":"\"Terminator
        5\" Update: New Footage Premiere at Comic Con, Casting Updates: X-Men Star
        joins cast? [Rumor]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24953/20140724/terminator-5-update-footage-premiere-comic-con-casting-arnold-schwarzenegger-emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-x-men-douglas-smith.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939887,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:19:16Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"With
        Comic-Con already underway, speculation has begun as to whether \"Terminator
        5\" will show any footage at the famed convention.","title":"\"Terminator
        5\" Update: New Footage Premiere at Comic Con, Casting Updates: X-Men Star
        joins cast? [Rumor]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24953/20140724/terminator-5-update-footage-premiere-comic-con-casting-arnold-schwarzenegger-emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-x-men-douglas-smith.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939886,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:19:16Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"With
        Comic-Con already underway, speculation has begun as to whether \"Terminator
        5\" will show any footage at the famed convention.","title":"\"Terminator
        5\" Update: New Footage Premiere at Comic Con, Casting Updates: X-Men Star
        joins cast? [Rumor]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24953/20140724/terminator-5-update-footage-premiere-comic-con-casting-arnold-schwarzenegger-emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-x-men-douglas-smith.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939885,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:47:26Z","slug":"34","summary":"It
        was confirmed that \u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d star Michael
        Fassbender will be part of the cast for the upcoming Assassin\u2019s Creed
        Movie.","title":"\u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d Actor Michael
        Fassbender to Star in Assassin\u2019s Creed Movie; New Game Version to be
        Released on November","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24993/20140726/x-men-days-future-past-michael-fassbender-assassins-creed.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939884,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T02:31:07Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"James
        Franco causes yet another scandal in Instagram. Franco reposted a picture
        from an entertainment gossip website showing his brother Dave Franco and Zac
        Efron. In the photos, the two seemed to be very close to one another.","title":"James
        Franco Creates Yet Another Instagram Scandal: Posts Pictures of His Brother
        Dave and Zac Efron Close Together; Sarcastically Pokes Fun at Gossip Website","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24957/20140724/james-franco-dave-franco-zac-efron-scandal-lana-del-rey.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939883,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:26:25Z","slug":"34","summary":"A
        feud between \"Teen Mom\" star Farrah Abraham and \"Teen Moms 2\" star Jenelle
        Evans has bled onto Twitter, with Evan''s boyfriend potentially caught in
        the crossfire.","title":"\"Teen Mom\" Farrah Abraham and \"Teen Mom 2\" Jenelle
        Evans Begin Bitter Rivalry, Evans'' Boyfriend Caught in the Middle [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24955/20140724/teen-mom-farrah-abraham-2-jenelle-evans-rivalry-nathan-griffith.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939882,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:26:25Z","slug":"ships","summary":"A
        feud between \"Teen Mom\" star Farrah Abraham and \"Teen Moms 2\" star Jenelle
        Evans has bled onto Twitter, with Evan''s boyfriend potentially caught in
        the crossfire.","title":"\"Teen Mom\" Farrah Abraham and \"Teen Mom 2\" Jenelle
        Evans Begin Bitter Rivalry, Evans'' Boyfriend Caught in the Middle [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24955/20140724/teen-mom-farrah-abraham-2-jenelle-evans-rivalry-nathan-griffith.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939881,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:26:25Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"A
        feud between \"Teen Mom\" star Farrah Abraham and \"Teen Moms 2\" star Jenelle
        Evans has bled onto Twitter, with Evan''s boyfriend potentially caught in
        the crossfire.","title":"\"Teen Mom\" Farrah Abraham and \"Teen Mom 2\" Jenelle
        Evans Begin Bitter Rivalry, Evans'' Boyfriend Caught in the Middle [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24955/20140724/teen-mom-farrah-abraham-2-jenelle-evans-rivalry-nathan-griffith.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939880,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T01:26:25Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"A
        feud between \"Teen Mom\" star Farrah Abraham and \"Teen Moms 2\" star Jenelle
        Evans has bled onto Twitter, with Evan''s boyfriend potentially caught in
        the crossfire.","title":"\"Teen Mom\" Farrah Abraham and \"Teen Mom 2\" Jenelle
        Evans Begin Bitter Rivalry, Evans'' Boyfriend Caught in the Middle [Video]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24955/20140724/teen-mom-farrah-abraham-2-jenelle-evans-rivalry-nathan-griffith.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939879,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:47:26Z","slug":"ships","summary":"It
        was confirmed that \u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d star Michael
        Fassbender will be part of the cast for the upcoming Assassin\u2019s Creed
        Movie.","title":"\u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d Actor Michael
        Fassbender to Star in Assassin\u2019s Creed Movie; New Game Version to be
        Released on November","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24993/20140726/x-men-days-future-past-michael-fassbender-assassins-creed.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939878,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:47:26Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"It
        was confirmed that \u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d star Michael
        Fassbender will be part of the cast for the upcoming Assassin\u2019s Creed
        Movie.","title":"\u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d Actor Michael
        Fassbender to Star in Assassin\u2019s Creed Movie; New Game Version to be
        Released on November","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24993/20140726/x-men-days-future-past-michael-fassbender-assassins-creed.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940180,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:56:40Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"\"Supernatural\",
        an American television series airing for nearly nine years already, has twists
        and revelations that could hit everyone''s psyche - especially that Season
        9 left its viewers a tough cliffhanger.","title":"Supernatural Season 10 Spoilers
        and Plot Update: Demon Dean holds \"golden ticket\"; Jensen Ackles felt challenged
        on his new role","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24981/20140726/supernatural-season-10-spoilers-and-plot-update-demon-dean-holds-golden-ticket-jensen-ackles-felt-challenged-on-his-new-role.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939877,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:47:26Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"It
        was confirmed that \u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d star Michael
        Fassbender will be part of the cast for the upcoming Assassin\u2019s Creed
        Movie.","title":"\u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d Actor Michael
        Fassbender to Star in Assassin\u2019s Creed Movie; New Game Version to be
        Released on November","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24993/20140726/x-men-days-future-past-michael-fassbender-assassins-creed.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939876,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:47:26Z","slug":"sony","summary":"It
        was confirmed that \u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d star Michael
        Fassbender will be part of the cast for the upcoming Assassin\u2019s Creed
        Movie.","title":"\u201cX-Men: Days of the Future Past\u201d Actor Michael
        Fassbender to Star in Assassin\u2019s Creed Movie; New Game Version to be
        Released on November","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24993/20140726/x-men-days-future-past-michael-fassbender-assassins-creed.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939875,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T02:31:07Z","slug":"34","summary":"James
        Franco causes yet another scandal in Instagram. Franco reposted a picture
        from an entertainment gossip website showing his brother Dave Franco and Zac
        Efron. In the photos, the two seemed to be very close to one another.","title":"James
        Franco Creates Yet Another Instagram Scandal: Posts Pictures of His Brother
        Dave and Zac Efron Close Together; Sarcastically Pokes Fun at Gossip Website","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24957/20140724/james-franco-dave-franco-zac-efron-scandal-lana-del-rey.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939874,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T02:31:07Z","slug":"ships","summary":"James
        Franco causes yet another scandal in Instagram. Franco reposted a picture
        from an entertainment gossip website showing his brother Dave Franco and Zac
        Efron. In the photos, the two seemed to be very close to one another.","title":"James
        Franco Creates Yet Another Instagram Scandal: Posts Pictures of His Brother
        Dave and Zac Efron Close Together; Sarcastically Pokes Fun at Gossip Website","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24957/20140724/james-franco-dave-franco-zac-efron-scandal-lana-del-rey.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939873,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:23Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        Queen + Adam Lambert tour, featuring the \"American Idol\" alumni and Queen
        legends Brian May and Roger Taylor, has officially started in June, and will
        continue until the end of August. Find information on venues and tickets below.","title":"Queen
        and Adam Lambert tour North America, Asia, Australia: Show Schedule and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24966/20140725/queen-and-adam-lambert-tour-north-america-asia-australia-show-schedule.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939872,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T02:31:07Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"James
        Franco causes yet another scandal in Instagram. Franco reposted a picture
        from an entertainment gossip website showing his brother Dave Franco and Zac
        Efron. In the photos, the two seemed to be very close to one another.","title":"James
        Franco Creates Yet Another Instagram Scandal: Posts Pictures of His Brother
        Dave and Zac Efron Close Together; Sarcastically Pokes Fun at Gossip Website","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24957/20140724/james-franco-dave-franco-zac-efron-scandal-lana-del-rey.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939871,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:23Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        Queen + Adam Lambert tour, featuring the \"American Idol\" alumni and Queen
        legends Brian May and Roger Taylor, has officially started in June, and will
        continue until the end of August. Find information on venues and tickets below.","title":"Queen
        and Adam Lambert tour North America, Asia, Australia: Show Schedule and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24966/20140725/queen-and-adam-lambert-tour-north-america-asia-australia-show-schedule.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939870,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:23Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        Queen + Adam Lambert tour, featuring the \"American Idol\" alumni and Queen
        legends Brian May and Roger Taylor, has officially started in June, and will
        continue until the end of August. Find information on venues and tickets below.","title":"Queen
        and Adam Lambert tour North America, Asia, Australia: Show Schedule and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24966/20140725/queen-and-adam-lambert-tour-north-america-asia-australia-show-schedule.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939869,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:48Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Shannon
        Brown was waived by the New York Knicks after he was enlisted in the team''s
        Summer League Squad in Las Vegas. Brown had a decent, though not spectacular,
        outing in the Summer League games for the Knicks, averaging 7.4 points and
        1.5 rebounds a game. He was cut off by the Knicks, however, possibly because
        the team already had a crowded back court with newly acquired point guard
        Jose Calderon and Shane Larkin from a trade deal with the Mavs.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Shannon Brown Waived by the New York Knicks; Bad Decision
        for the Knicks?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24937/20140725/nba-free-agent-2014-news-shannon-brown-waived-by-the-new-york-knicks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939868,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T02:31:07Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"James
        Franco causes yet another scandal in Instagram. Franco reposted a picture
        from an entertainment gossip website showing his brother Dave Franco and Zac
        Efron. In the photos, the two seemed to be very close to one another.","title":"James
        Franco Creates Yet Another Instagram Scandal: Posts Pictures of His Brother
        Dave and Zac Efron Close Together; Sarcastically Pokes Fun at Gossip Website","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24957/20140724/james-franco-dave-franco-zac-efron-scandal-lana-del-rey.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939867,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:23Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        Queen + Adam Lambert tour, featuring the \"American Idol\" alumni and Queen
        legends Brian May and Roger Taylor, has officially started in June, and will
        continue until the end of August. Find information on venues and tickets below.","title":"Queen
        and Adam Lambert tour North America, Asia, Australia: Show Schedule and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24966/20140725/queen-and-adam-lambert-tour-north-america-asia-australia-show-schedule.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939866,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939865,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:51Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939864,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"34","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:51Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939863,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:11:49Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Lifetime
        comedy-drama series \"Devious Maids\" has recently been concluded, and fans
        are wondering if the show will be renewed. So far, Lifetime has not yet revealed
        if there will be a third season. If the first two seasons are any indication,
        however, it looks like fans of the show would be in for more.","title":"''Devious
        Maids'' update: Finale questions answered, show to premiere down under, renewal
        for a third season possible","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24958/20140725/devious-maids-update-finale-questions-answered-premiere-ana-ortiz-grant-show.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939862,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939861,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939860,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939859,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939858,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:48Z","slug":"34","summary":"Shannon
        Brown was waived by the New York Knicks after he was enlisted in the team''s
        Summer League Squad in Las Vegas. Brown had a decent, though not spectacular,
        outing in the Summer League games for the Knicks, averaging 7.4 points and
        1.5 rebounds a game. He was cut off by the Knicks, however, possibly because
        the team already had a crowded back court with newly acquired point guard
        Jose Calderon and Shane Larkin from a trade deal with the Mavs.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Shannon Brown Waived by the New York Knicks; Bad Decision
        for the Knicks?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24937/20140725/nba-free-agent-2014-news-shannon-brown-waived-by-the-new-york-knicks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939857,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:48Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Shannon
        Brown was waived by the New York Knicks after he was enlisted in the team''s
        Summer League Squad in Las Vegas. Brown had a decent, though not spectacular,
        outing in the Summer League games for the Knicks, averaging 7.4 points and
        1.5 rebounds a game. He was cut off by the Knicks, however, possibly because
        the team already had a crowded back court with newly acquired point guard
        Jose Calderon and Shane Larkin from a trade deal with the Mavs.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Shannon Brown Waived by the New York Knicks; Bad Decision
        for the Knicks?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24937/20140725/nba-free-agent-2014-news-shannon-brown-waived-by-the-new-york-knicks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939856,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:48Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Shannon
        Brown was waived by the New York Knicks after he was enlisted in the team''s
        Summer League Squad in Las Vegas. Brown had a decent, though not spectacular,
        outing in the Summer League games for the Knicks, averaging 7.4 points and
        1.5 rebounds a game. He was cut off by the Knicks, however, possibly because
        the team already had a crowded back court with newly acquired point guard
        Jose Calderon and Shane Larkin from a trade deal with the Mavs.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Shannon Brown Waived by the New York Knicks; Bad Decision
        for the Knicks?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24937/20140725/nba-free-agent-2014-news-shannon-brown-waived-by-the-new-york-knicks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939855,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:09:48Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Shannon
        Brown was waived by the New York Knicks after he was enlisted in the team''s
        Summer League Squad in Las Vegas. Brown had a decent, though not spectacular,
        outing in the Summer League games for the Knicks, averaging 7.4 points and
        1.5 rebounds a game. He was cut off by the Knicks, however, possibly because
        the team already had a crowded back court with newly acquired point guard
        Jose Calderon and Shane Larkin from a trade deal with the Mavs.","title":"NBA
        Free Agent 2014 News: Shannon Brown Waived by the New York Knicks; Bad Decision
        for the Knicks?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24937/20140725/nba-free-agent-2014-news-shannon-brown-waived-by-the-new-york-knicks.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939854,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"major-league-baseball","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939852,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"losing-weight","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939853,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939851,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"carrots","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939850,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"am","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939849,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"george","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939848,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"avant","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939847,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939846,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"span","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939845,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"c-span","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939844,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"c","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939843,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"virgin-america","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939842,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939841,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939840,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"herbalife","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939839,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"immense","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939838,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"ak","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939837,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:13:21Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        royal family is caught in rumors. They are surrounded by baby drama recently
        when the sparks of Kate Middleton pregnancy with Prince George''s baby sister
        hit the media.","title":"Duchess of Cambridge expecting another baby? Kate
        Middleton suffers a miscarriage [rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24967/20140725/duchess-cambridge-expecting-another-baby-kate-middleton-suffers-miscarriage-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939836,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"urge","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939835,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:11:49Z","slug":"34","summary":"Lifetime
        comedy-drama series \"Devious Maids\" has recently been concluded, and fans
        are wondering if the show will be renewed. So far, Lifetime has not yet revealed
        if there will be a third season. If the first two seasons are any indication,
        however, it looks like fans of the show would be in for more.","title":"''Devious
        Maids'' update: Finale questions answered, show to premiere down under, renewal
        for a third season possible","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24958/20140725/devious-maids-update-finale-questions-answered-premiere-ana-ortiz-grant-show.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939834,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"amc-networks","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939833,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:11:49Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Lifetime
        comedy-drama series \"Devious Maids\" has recently been concluded, and fans
        are wondering if the show will be renewed. So far, Lifetime has not yet revealed
        if there will be a third season. If the first two seasons are any indication,
        however, it looks like fans of the show would be in for more.","title":"''Devious
        Maids'' update: Finale questions answered, show to premiere down under, renewal
        for a third season possible","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24958/20140725/devious-maids-update-finale-questions-answered-premiere-ana-ortiz-grant-show.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939832,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"amc","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939831,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:11:49Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Lifetime
        comedy-drama series \"Devious Maids\" has recently been concluded, and fans
        are wondering if the show will be renewed. So far, Lifetime has not yet revealed
        if there will be a third season. If the first two seasons are any indication,
        however, it looks like fans of the show would be in for more.","title":"''Devious
        Maids'' update: Finale questions answered, show to premiere down under, renewal
        for a third season possible","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24958/20140725/devious-maids-update-finale-questions-answered-premiere-ana-ortiz-grant-show.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939830,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"6","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939828,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939829,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939827,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:11:49Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Lifetime
        comedy-drama series \"Devious Maids\" has recently been concluded, and fans
        are wondering if the show will be renewed. So far, Lifetime has not yet revealed
        if there will be a third season. If the first two seasons are any indication,
        however, it looks like fans of the show would be in for more.","title":"''Devious
        Maids'' update: Finale questions answered, show to premiere down under, renewal
        for a third season possible","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24958/20140725/devious-maids-update-finale-questions-answered-premiere-ana-ortiz-grant-show.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939826,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"gimme","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939825,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"blablacar","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939824,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"34","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939823,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"2","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939822,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"time-warner","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939821,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"reason","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939820,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T15:00:56Z","slug":"e","summary":"Despite
        Beijing\u2019s golf course moratorium, some big developers have continued
        to show a remarkable ability to manage and massage guanxi with local government
        officials. Without the right connections, it would never have been possible
        to operate on the grand scale needed to build a golf resort. And managing
        and massaging guanxi was often a very [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=237209&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"To get a golf course built in China,
        call it a \u201cresort\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/237209/to-get-a-golf-course-built-in-china-call-it-a-resort/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939819,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:13:21Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        royal family is caught in rumors. They are surrounded by baby drama recently
        when the sparks of Kate Middleton pregnancy with Prince George''s baby sister
        hit the media.","title":"Duchess of Cambridge expecting another baby? Kate
        Middleton suffers a miscarriage [rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24967/20140725/duchess-cambridge-expecting-another-baby-kate-middleton-suffers-miscarriage-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939818,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:13:21Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        royal family is caught in rumors. They are surrounded by baby drama recently
        when the sparks of Kate Middleton pregnancy with Prince George''s baby sister
        hit the media.","title":"Duchess of Cambridge expecting another baby? Kate
        Middleton suffers a miscarriage [rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24967/20140725/duchess-cambridge-expecting-another-baby-kate-middleton-suffers-miscarriage-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939817,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:13:21Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        royal family is caught in rumors. They are surrounded by baby drama recently
        when the sparks of Kate Middleton pregnancy with Prince George''s baby sister
        hit the media.","title":"Duchess of Cambridge expecting another baby? Kate
        Middleton suffers a miscarriage [rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24967/20140725/duchess-cambridge-expecting-another-baby-kate-middleton-suffers-miscarriage-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:32Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939816,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:13:21Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        royal family is caught in rumors. They are surrounded by baby drama recently
        when the sparks of Kate Middleton pregnancy with Prince George''s baby sister
        hit the media.","title":"Duchess of Cambridge expecting another baby? Kate
        Middleton suffers a miscarriage [rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:32Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24967/20140725/duchess-cambridge-expecting-another-baby-kate-middleton-suffers-miscarriage-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939815,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:16:00Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        sex change controversy concerning Bruce Jenner is not anymore fresh news as
        it has been discussed many times early this year. Lately, Jenner is once again
        in the headlines after photos of him leaving Beverly Hills Surgical Center
        surfaced on the net. It was reported that he came to the famous surgical clinic
        for an alleged \u201claryngeal shave.\u201d","title":"\u201cKeeping Up with
        the Kardashians\u201d Bruce Jenner Sex Change: Fans of TV Show Shocked, Chooses
        \u201cBrigitte\u201d as His New Name","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24964/20140725/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-bruce-jenner-sex-change-new-name-brigette.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939814,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T13:57:00Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"NBC\u2019s
        hit reality talent series \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d Season 9 made
        its major round of cuts, narrowing down over a hundred contestants to its
        top 47 acts. After eliminating more than half of the contestants that made
        it through the show''s first round, the show will now move on to the next
        round of the reality television competition.","title":"\u201cAmerica\u2019s
        Got Talent\u201d Eliminations: 47 Acts Advance to Next Round; One More Act
        to Be Chosen Via ''Today'' Competition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24959/20140725/americas-got-talent-agt-season-10-top-47.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939813,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:16:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        sex change controversy concerning Bruce Jenner is not anymore fresh news as
        it has been discussed many times early this year. Lately, Jenner is once again
        in the headlines after photos of him leaving Beverly Hills Surgical Center
        surfaced on the net. It was reported that he came to the famous surgical clinic
        for an alleged \u201claryngeal shave.\u201d","title":"\u201cKeeping Up with
        the Kardashians\u201d Bruce Jenner Sex Change: Fans of TV Show Shocked, Chooses
        \u201cBrigitte\u201d as His New Name","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24964/20140725/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-bruce-jenner-sex-change-new-name-brigette.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939812,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:16:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        sex change controversy concerning Bruce Jenner is not anymore fresh news as
        it has been discussed many times early this year. Lately, Jenner is once again
        in the headlines after photos of him leaving Beverly Hills Surgical Center
        surfaced on the net. It was reported that he came to the famous surgical clinic
        for an alleged \u201claryngeal shave.\u201d","title":"\u201cKeeping Up with
        the Kardashians\u201d Bruce Jenner Sex Change: Fans of TV Show Shocked, Chooses
        \u201cBrigitte\u201d as His New Name","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24964/20140725/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-bruce-jenner-sex-change-new-name-brigette.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939811,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:16:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        sex change controversy concerning Bruce Jenner is not anymore fresh news as
        it has been discussed many times early this year. Lately, Jenner is once again
        in the headlines after photos of him leaving Beverly Hills Surgical Center
        surfaced on the net. It was reported that he came to the famous surgical clinic
        for an alleged \u201claryngeal shave.\u201d","title":"\u201cKeeping Up with
        the Kardashians\u201d Bruce Jenner Sex Change: Fans of TV Show Shocked, Chooses
        \u201cBrigitte\u201d as His New Name","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24964/20140725/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-bruce-jenner-sex-change-new-name-brigette.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939810,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T11:16:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        sex change controversy concerning Bruce Jenner is not anymore fresh news as
        it has been discussed many times early this year. Lately, Jenner is once again
        in the headlines after photos of him leaving Beverly Hills Surgical Center
        surfaced on the net. It was reported that he came to the famous surgical clinic
        for an alleged \u201claryngeal shave.\u201d","title":"\u201cKeeping Up with
        the Kardashians\u201d Bruce Jenner Sex Change: Fans of TV Show Shocked, Chooses
        \u201cBrigitte\u201d as His New Name","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24964/20140725/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-bruce-jenner-sex-change-new-name-brigette.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939809,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:47:00Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"It
        looks like the dating rumors have been confirmed: Dakota Johnson is indeed
        dating Matthew Hitt. The two were spotted holding hands in New York City on
        Wednesday. There were photos taken of the new couple appeared to be relaxed
        on a walk, while occasionally hugging and kissing, in NYC''s East Village.","title":"Dakota
        Johnson and boyfriend Matthew Hitt get cozy in NYC as official ''Fifty Shades''
        trailer debuts [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24960/20140725/fifty-shades-of-grey-erotic-movie-trailer-dakota-johnson-matthew-hitt-dating-video.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939808,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T13:57:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"NBC\u2019s
        hit reality talent series \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d Season 9 made
        its major round of cuts, narrowing down over a hundred contestants to its
        top 47 acts. After eliminating more than half of the contestants that made
        it through the show''s first round, the show will now move on to the next
        round of the reality television competition.","title":"\u201cAmerica\u2019s
        Got Talent\u201d Eliminations: 47 Acts Advance to Next Round; One More Act
        to Be Chosen Via ''Today'' Competition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24959/20140725/americas-got-talent-agt-season-10-top-47.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939807,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T13:57:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"NBC\u2019s
        hit reality talent series \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d Season 9 made
        its major round of cuts, narrowing down over a hundred contestants to its
        top 47 acts. After eliminating more than half of the contestants that made
        it through the show''s first round, the show will now move on to the next
        round of the reality television competition.","title":"\u201cAmerica\u2019s
        Got Talent\u201d Eliminations: 47 Acts Advance to Next Round; One More Act
        to Be Chosen Via ''Today'' Competition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24959/20140725/americas-got-talent-agt-season-10-top-47.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939806,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T13:57:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"NBC\u2019s
        hit reality talent series \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d Season 9 made
        its major round of cuts, narrowing down over a hundred contestants to its
        top 47 acts. After eliminating more than half of the contestants that made
        it through the show''s first round, the show will now move on to the next
        round of the reality television competition.","title":"\u201cAmerica\u2019s
        Got Talent\u201d Eliminations: 47 Acts Advance to Next Round; One More Act
        to Be Chosen Via ''Today'' Competition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24959/20140725/americas-got-talent-agt-season-10-top-47.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939805,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T13:57:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"NBC\u2019s
        hit reality talent series \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d Season 9 made
        its major round of cuts, narrowing down over a hundred contestants to its
        top 47 acts. After eliminating more than half of the contestants that made
        it through the show''s first round, the show will now move on to the next
        round of the reality television competition.","title":"\u201cAmerica\u2019s
        Got Talent\u201d Eliminations: 47 Acts Advance to Next Round; One More Act
        to Be Chosen Via ''Today'' Competition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24959/20140725/americas-got-talent-agt-season-10-top-47.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939804,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:51:53Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        Australian Hockey player Jayde Taylor and Brooke Peris have gained worldwide
        popularity in few hours, when they posted a selfie that featured ''The Queen''
        at the background. The Queen appears to be smiling at the camera.","title":"Hockeyroos
        Jayde Taylor gets a royal photobomb by ''the Queen'', was it planned?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24975/20140725/hockeyroos-jayde-taylor-gets-royal-photobomb-queen-planned.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939803,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:47:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"It
        looks like the dating rumors have been confirmed: Dakota Johnson is indeed
        dating Matthew Hitt. The two were spotted holding hands in New York City on
        Wednesday. There were photos taken of the new couple appeared to be relaxed
        on a walk, while occasionally hugging and kissing, in NYC''s East Village.","title":"Dakota
        Johnson and boyfriend Matthew Hitt get cozy in NYC as official ''Fifty Shades''
        trailer debuts [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24960/20140725/fifty-shades-of-grey-erotic-movie-trailer-dakota-johnson-matthew-hitt-dating-video.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939802,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:47:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"It
        looks like the dating rumors have been confirmed: Dakota Johnson is indeed
        dating Matthew Hitt. The two were spotted holding hands in New York City on
        Wednesday. There were photos taken of the new couple appeared to be relaxed
        on a walk, while occasionally hugging and kissing, in NYC''s East Village.","title":"Dakota
        Johnson and boyfriend Matthew Hitt get cozy in NYC as official ''Fifty Shades''
        trailer debuts [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24960/20140725/fifty-shades-of-grey-erotic-movie-trailer-dakota-johnson-matthew-hitt-dating-video.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939801,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:47:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"It
        looks like the dating rumors have been confirmed: Dakota Johnson is indeed
        dating Matthew Hitt. The two were spotted holding hands in New York City on
        Wednesday. There were photos taken of the new couple appeared to be relaxed
        on a walk, while occasionally hugging and kissing, in NYC''s East Village.","title":"Dakota
        Johnson and boyfriend Matthew Hitt get cozy in NYC as official ''Fifty Shades''
        trailer debuts [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24960/20140725/fifty-shades-of-grey-erotic-movie-trailer-dakota-johnson-matthew-hitt-dating-video.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939800,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:47:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"It
        looks like the dating rumors have been confirmed: Dakota Johnson is indeed
        dating Matthew Hitt. The two were spotted holding hands in New York City on
        Wednesday. There were photos taken of the new couple appeared to be relaxed
        on a walk, while occasionally hugging and kissing, in NYC''s East Village.","title":"Dakota
        Johnson and boyfriend Matthew Hitt get cozy in NYC as official ''Fifty Shades''
        trailer debuts [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24960/20140725/fifty-shades-of-grey-erotic-movie-trailer-dakota-johnson-matthew-hitt-dating-video.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939799,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T16:40:00Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"\"House
        of Cards\" lead protagonist Francis \"Frank\" Underwood, which is played by
        Kevin Spacey, may be killed off in the series'' next season, according to
        rumors. The character will be assassinated upon the orders of the First Lady
        herself, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), Bustle reported.","title":"''House
        of Cards'' Season 3 Spoilers: Is this the end of Frank Underwood? Kevin Spacey
        rumored to be killed off in series","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24961/20140725/house-of-cards-season-3-spoilers-frank-underwood-death-kevin-spacey.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939798,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:51:53Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        Australian Hockey player Jayde Taylor and Brooke Peris have gained worldwide
        popularity in few hours, when they posted a selfie that featured ''The Queen''
        at the background. The Queen appears to be smiling at the camera.","title":"Hockeyroos
        Jayde Taylor gets a royal photobomb by ''the Queen'', was it planned?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24975/20140725/hockeyroos-jayde-taylor-gets-royal-photobomb-queen-planned.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939797,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:51:53Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        Australian Hockey player Jayde Taylor and Brooke Peris have gained worldwide
        popularity in few hours, when they posted a selfie that featured ''The Queen''
        at the background. The Queen appears to be smiling at the camera.","title":"Hockeyroos
        Jayde Taylor gets a royal photobomb by ''the Queen'', was it planned?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24975/20140725/hockeyroos-jayde-taylor-gets-royal-photobomb-queen-planned.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939796,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:51:53Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        Australian Hockey player Jayde Taylor and Brooke Peris have gained worldwide
        popularity in few hours, when they posted a selfie that featured ''The Queen''
        at the background. The Queen appears to be smiling at the camera.","title":"Hockeyroos
        Jayde Taylor gets a royal photobomb by ''the Queen'', was it planned?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24975/20140725/hockeyroos-jayde-taylor-gets-royal-photobomb-queen-planned.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939795,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:51:53Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        Australian Hockey player Jayde Taylor and Brooke Peris have gained worldwide
        popularity in few hours, when they posted a selfie that featured ''The Queen''
        at the background. The Queen appears to be smiling at the camera.","title":"Hockeyroos
        Jayde Taylor gets a royal photobomb by ''the Queen'', was it planned?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24975/20140725/hockeyroos-jayde-taylor-gets-royal-photobomb-queen-planned.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939794,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"major-league-baseball","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939793,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"losing-weight","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939792,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"carrots","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939791,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"am","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939790,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"george","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939789,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"avant","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939788,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939787,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"span","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939786,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"c-span","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939785,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"c","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939784,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"virgin-america","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939783,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939782,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"herbalife","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939781,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"immense","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939780,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"ak","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939779,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"urge","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939778,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"amc-networks","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939777,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"amc","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939776,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"6","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939775,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939774,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"gimme","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939773,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"blablacar","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939772,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"time-warner","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939771,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"reason","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939770,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T17:09:19Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Supermodel
        Irina Shayk arrives at the Hollywood premiere of her debut film \"Hercules,\"
        cozies up with co-stars including Dwayne Johnson. Although boyfriend and football
        star Cristiano Ronaldo is not present in the premiere, she describes her beau
        in an earlier as \"generous.\"","title":"Cristiano Ronaldo Girlfriend Irina
        Shayk shows up alone in Dwayne Johnson ''Hercules'' Premiere, are they fighting?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24963/20140725/hercules-2014-dwayne-johnson-cristiano-ronaldo-girlfriend-irina-shayk.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939769,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-26T17:23:54Z","slug":"e","summary":"China
        is already the biggest beer market in the world by volume\u2014it overtook
        the US in 2002 and is already\u00a0twice as large, according to Euromonitor.
        By value, the US still leads, but last year, the Chinese market was worth
        around 80% as much as America&#8217;s\u00a0and Euromonitor predicts it will
        overtake the world&#8217;s richest country by [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240950&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"These are the most popular beers in
        the world\u2019s biggest beer market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240950/these-are-the-most-popular-beers-in-the-worlds-biggest-beer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939768,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T16:40:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"\"House
        of Cards\" lead protagonist Francis \"Frank\" Underwood, which is played by
        Kevin Spacey, may be killed off in the series'' next season, according to
        rumors. The character will be assassinated upon the orders of the First Lady
        herself, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), Bustle reported.","title":"''House
        of Cards'' Season 3 Spoilers: Is this the end of Frank Underwood? Kevin Spacey
        rumored to be killed off in series","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24961/20140725/house-of-cards-season-3-spoilers-frank-underwood-death-kevin-spacey.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939767,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T16:40:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"\"House
        of Cards\" lead protagonist Francis \"Frank\" Underwood, which is played by
        Kevin Spacey, may be killed off in the series'' next season, according to
        rumors. The character will be assassinated upon the orders of the First Lady
        herself, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), Bustle reported.","title":"''House
        of Cards'' Season 3 Spoilers: Is this the end of Frank Underwood? Kevin Spacey
        rumored to be killed off in series","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24961/20140725/house-of-cards-season-3-spoilers-frank-underwood-death-kevin-spacey.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939766,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T16:40:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"\"House
        of Cards\" lead protagonist Francis \"Frank\" Underwood, which is played by
        Kevin Spacey, may be killed off in the series'' next season, according to
        rumors. The character will be assassinated upon the orders of the First Lady
        herself, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), Bustle reported.","title":"''House
        of Cards'' Season 3 Spoilers: Is this the end of Frank Underwood? Kevin Spacey
        rumored to be killed off in series","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24961/20140725/house-of-cards-season-3-spoilers-frank-underwood-death-kevin-spacey.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939765,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T16:40:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"\"House
        of Cards\" lead protagonist Francis \"Frank\" Underwood, which is played by
        Kevin Spacey, may be killed off in the series'' next season, according to
        rumors. The character will be assassinated upon the orders of the First Lady
        herself, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), Bustle reported.","title":"''House
        of Cards'' Season 3 Spoilers: Is this the end of Frank Underwood? Kevin Spacey
        rumored to be killed off in series","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24961/20140725/house-of-cards-season-3-spoilers-frank-underwood-death-kevin-spacey.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939764,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"major-league-baseball","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939763,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"losing-weight","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939762,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"carrots","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939761,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"am","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:49Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939760,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"george","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:49Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939759,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"avant","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:49Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939758,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939757,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"span","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939756,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"c-span","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939755,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"c","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939754,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"virgin-america","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939753,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939752,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"his","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939751,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"herbalife","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939750,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"ak","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939749,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"tv","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939748,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"urge","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939747,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"amc-networks","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939746,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"amc","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939745,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"i","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939744,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"6","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939743,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939742,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"gimme","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939741,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"blablacar","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939740,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"2","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939739,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"time-warner","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939738,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"reason","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939737,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T17:09:19Z","slug":"34","summary":"Supermodel
        Irina Shayk arrives at the Hollywood premiere of her debut film \"Hercules,\"
        cozies up with co-stars including Dwayne Johnson. Although boyfriend and football
        star Cristiano Ronaldo is not present in the premiere, she describes her beau
        in an earlier as \"generous.\"","title":"Cristiano Ronaldo Girlfriend Irina
        Shayk shows up alone in Dwayne Johnson ''Hercules'' Premiere, are they fighting?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24963/20140725/hercules-2014-dwayne-johnson-cristiano-ronaldo-girlfriend-irina-shayk.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939736,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"e","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939735,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T17:09:19Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Supermodel
        Irina Shayk arrives at the Hollywood premiere of her debut film \"Hercules,\"
        cozies up with co-stars including Dwayne Johnson. Although boyfriend and football
        star Cristiano Ronaldo is not present in the premiere, she describes her beau
        in an earlier as \"generous.\"","title":"Cristiano Ronaldo Girlfriend Irina
        Shayk shows up alone in Dwayne Johnson ''Hercules'' Premiere, are they fighting?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24963/20140725/hercules-2014-dwayne-johnson-cristiano-ronaldo-girlfriend-irina-shayk.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939734,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T17:09:19Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Supermodel
        Irina Shayk arrives at the Hollywood premiere of her debut film \"Hercules,\"
        cozies up with co-stars including Dwayne Johnson. Although boyfriend and football
        star Cristiano Ronaldo is not present in the premiere, she describes her beau
        in an earlier as \"generous.\"","title":"Cristiano Ronaldo Girlfriend Irina
        Shayk shows up alone in Dwayne Johnson ''Hercules'' Premiere, are they fighting?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24963/20140725/hercules-2014-dwayne-johnson-cristiano-ronaldo-girlfriend-irina-shayk.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939733,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T17:09:19Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Supermodel
        Irina Shayk arrives at the Hollywood premiere of her debut film \"Hercules,\"
        cozies up with co-stars including Dwayne Johnson. Although boyfriend and football
        star Cristiano Ronaldo is not present in the premiere, she describes her beau
        in an earlier as \"generous.\"","title":"Cristiano Ronaldo Girlfriend Irina
        Shayk shows up alone in Dwayne Johnson ''Hercules'' Premiere, are they fighting?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24963/20140725/hercules-2014-dwayne-johnson-cristiano-ronaldo-girlfriend-irina-shayk.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939732,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"major-league-baseball","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939731,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"losing-weight","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939730,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"carrots","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939729,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"am","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939728,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"avant","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939727,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939726,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"span","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939725,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"c-span","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939724,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"c","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939723,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"virgin-america","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939722,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939721,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"his","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939720,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"herbalife","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939719,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"ak","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939718,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"tv","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939717,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"urge","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939716,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"amc-networks","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939715,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"amc","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939714,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"i","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939713,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"6","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939712,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939711,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"gimme","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939710,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"blablacar","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939709,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"time-warner","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939708,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"reason","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939707,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"e","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939706,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:51:00Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"After
        spending two consecutive NBA finals appearances, which include an NBA championship
        with James in Miami, the Miami Heat sharpshooter is reportedly considering
        teaming up with LeBron in Cleveland.","title":"NBA free agent 2014 News: Ray
        Allen to the Cleveland Cavaliers? Mulls LeBron teamup in Cleveland","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24973/20140725/nba-2014-free-agent-ray-allen-cleveland-cavaliers-transfer.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939705,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:28:00Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"News
        about the exclusive movie poster''s release was first tweeted by director
        Colin Trevorrow. The artwork in the tweet shows a velociraptor on top of a
        \"Jurassic Park\" SUV. Some details in the background include cranes and helicopters
        rebuilding the park.","title":"Artwork poster for ''Jurassic World'' debuts
        in SDCC; film to be released in 2015","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:30Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24978/20140725/jurassic-world-artwork-san-diego-comic-con-poster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940085,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:24:12Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        trailer for the fifth season of AMC''s hit show \"The Walking Dead\" has recently
        been released at the San Diego Comic Con. Here''s what we know so far about
        the upcoming season.","title":"''The Walking Dead'' Season 5 trailer released
        in SDCC: Crew arrive in Terminus, Beth''s whereabouts revealed! [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:17Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25001/20140726/the-walking-dead-season-5-trailer-released-in-sdcc.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939704,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:51:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"After
        spending two consecutive NBA finals appearances, which include an NBA championship
        with James in Miami, the Miami Heat sharpshooter is reportedly considering
        teaming up with LeBron in Cleveland.","title":"NBA free agent 2014 News: Ray
        Allen to the Cleveland Cavaliers? Mulls LeBron teamup in Cleveland","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:17Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24973/20140725/nba-2014-free-agent-ray-allen-cleveland-cavaliers-transfer.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939703,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:51:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"After
        spending two consecutive NBA finals appearances, which include an NBA championship
        with James in Miami, the Miami Heat sharpshooter is reportedly considering
        teaming up with LeBron in Cleveland.","title":"NBA free agent 2014 News: Ray
        Allen to the Cleveland Cavaliers? Mulls LeBron teamup in Cleveland","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:17Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24973/20140725/nba-2014-free-agent-ray-allen-cleveland-cavaliers-transfer.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:16Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939702,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:51:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"After
        spending two consecutive NBA finals appearances, which include an NBA championship
        with James in Miami, the Miami Heat sharpshooter is reportedly considering
        teaming up with LeBron in Cleveland.","title":"NBA free agent 2014 News: Ray
        Allen to the Cleveland Cavaliers? Mulls LeBron teamup in Cleveland","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:16Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24973/20140725/nba-2014-free-agent-ray-allen-cleveland-cavaliers-transfer.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:16Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939701,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:51:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"After
        spending two consecutive NBA finals appearances, which include an NBA championship
        with James in Miami, the Miami Heat sharpshooter is reportedly considering
        teaming up with LeBron in Cleveland.","title":"NBA free agent 2014 News: Ray
        Allen to the Cleveland Cavaliers? Mulls LeBron teamup in Cleveland","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:16Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24973/20140725/nba-2014-free-agent-ray-allen-cleveland-cavaliers-transfer.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939700,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:28:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"News
        about the exclusive movie poster''s release was first tweeted by director
        Colin Trevorrow. The artwork in the tweet shows a velociraptor on top of a
        \"Jurassic Park\" SUV. Some details in the background include cranes and helicopters
        rebuilding the park.","title":"Artwork poster for ''Jurassic World'' debuts
        in SDCC; film to be released in 2015","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24978/20140725/jurassic-world-artwork-san-diego-comic-con-poster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939699,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:28:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"News
        about the exclusive movie poster''s release was first tweeted by director
        Colin Trevorrow. The artwork in the tweet shows a velociraptor on top of a
        \"Jurassic Park\" SUV. Some details in the background include cranes and helicopters
        rebuilding the park.","title":"Artwork poster for ''Jurassic World'' debuts
        in SDCC; film to be released in 2015","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24978/20140725/jurassic-world-artwork-san-diego-comic-con-poster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939698,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:28:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"News
        about the exclusive movie poster''s release was first tweeted by director
        Colin Trevorrow. The artwork in the tweet shows a velociraptor on top of a
        \"Jurassic Park\" SUV. Some details in the background include cranes and helicopters
        rebuilding the park.","title":"Artwork poster for ''Jurassic World'' debuts
        in SDCC; film to be released in 2015","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24978/20140725/jurassic-world-artwork-san-diego-comic-con-poster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939697,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T18:28:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"News
        about the exclusive movie poster''s release was first tweeted by director
        Colin Trevorrow. The artwork in the tweet shows a velociraptor on top of a
        \"Jurassic Park\" SUV. Some details in the background include cranes and helicopters
        rebuilding the park.","title":"Artwork poster for ''Jurassic World'' debuts
        in SDCC; film to be released in 2015","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24978/20140725/jurassic-world-artwork-san-diego-comic-con-poster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939696,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T19:15:00Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"E!
        News quoted Woodley about the stunts in the clip and said, \"We are doing
        the train scenes where we get to run and jump on a moving train and I have
        not rehearsed this. Everyone else had a chance to rehearse this and today''s
        my first time kind of seeing the set and it''s been really exciting.\"","title":"''Insurgent''
        Movie spoilers: Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort discuss risky stunts for film
        sequel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24936/20140725/theo-james-shailene-woodley-ansel-elgort-performs-risky-stunts-run-jump-on-moving-train.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939695,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:53:29Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Blake
        Griffin has just announced that he won''t be participating for the USA Men''s
        Basketball National Team as they head to Spain this summer for the 2014 FIBA
        World Cup championships. Griffin expressed his appreciation to be invited
        in US basketball squad but said that he would have to decline the offer because
        he wanted to focus all his time and energgy in preparation for the upcoming
        2014-2015 NBA season with the Clippers.","title":"Team USA basketball 2014:
        No Blake Griffin for Team USA at FIBA World Cup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24965/20140725/team-usa-basketball-2014-no-blake-griffin-for-team-usa-at-fiba-world-cup.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939694,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"major-league-baseball","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939693,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"losing-weight","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939692,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"carrots","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939691,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"am","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939690,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"george","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939689,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"major-league-baseball","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939688,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"avant","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939687,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"losing-weight","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939686,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939685,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"carrots","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939684,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"span","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939683,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"am","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939682,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"c-span","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939681,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"george","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939680,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"avant","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939679,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"c","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939678,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939677,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"virgin-america","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939676,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"span","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939675,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939674,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"c-span","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939673,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"c","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939672,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"his","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939671,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"virgin-america","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939670,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"herbalife","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939669,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939668,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"ak","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939667,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"herbalife","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939666,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"tv","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939665,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"urge","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939664,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"ak","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939663,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"tv","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939662,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"amc-networks","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939661,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"urge","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939660,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"amc-networks","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939659,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"amc","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939658,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"i","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939657,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"amc","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939656,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"6","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939655,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939654,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"i","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939653,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"gimme","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939652,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"6","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939651,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T19:15:00Z","slug":"34","summary":"E!
        News quoted Woodley about the stunts in the clip and said, \"We are doing
        the train scenes where we get to run and jump on a moving train and I have
        not rehearsed this. Everyone else had a chance to rehearse this and today''s
        my first time kind of seeing the set and it''s been really exciting.\"","title":"''Insurgent''
        Movie spoilers: Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort discuss risky stunts for film
        sequel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24936/20140725/theo-james-shailene-woodley-ansel-elgort-performs-risky-stunts-run-jump-on-moving-train.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939650,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939649,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"blablacar","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939648,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T19:15:00Z","slug":"ships","summary":"E!
        News quoted Woodley about the stunts in the clip and said, \"We are doing
        the train scenes where we get to run and jump on a moving train and I have
        not rehearsed this. Everyone else had a chance to rehearse this and today''s
        my first time kind of seeing the set and it''s been really exciting.\"","title":"''Insurgent''
        Movie spoilers: Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort discuss risky stunts for film
        sequel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24936/20140725/theo-james-shailene-woodley-ansel-elgort-performs-risky-stunts-run-jump-on-moving-train.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939647,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"2","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939646,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"gimme","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939645,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T19:15:00Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"E!
        News quoted Woodley about the stunts in the clip and said, \"We are doing
        the train scenes where we get to run and jump on a moving train and I have
        not rehearsed this. Everyone else had a chance to rehearse this and today''s
        my first time kind of seeing the set and it''s been really exciting.\"","title":"''Insurgent''
        Movie spoilers: Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort discuss risky stunts for film
        sequel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24936/20140725/theo-james-shailene-woodley-ansel-elgort-performs-risky-stunts-run-jump-on-moving-train.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939644,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"time-warner","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939643,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"blablacar","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939642,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"reason","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939641,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"2","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939640,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T19:15:00Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"E!
        News quoted Woodley about the stunts in the clip and said, \"We are doing
        the train scenes where we get to run and jump on a moving train and I have
        not rehearsed this. Everyone else had a chance to rehearse this and today''s
        my first time kind of seeing the set and it''s been really exciting.\"","title":"''Insurgent''
        Movie spoilers: Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort discuss risky stunts for film
        sequel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24936/20140725/theo-james-shailene-woodley-ansel-elgort-performs-risky-stunts-run-jump-on-moving-train.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939639,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"e","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939638,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"time-warner","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939637,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"reason","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939636,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"e","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939635,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:53:29Z","slug":"34","summary":"Blake
        Griffin has just announced that he won''t be participating for the USA Men''s
        Basketball National Team as they head to Spain this summer for the 2014 FIBA
        World Cup championships. Griffin expressed his appreciation to be invited
        in US basketball squad but said that he would have to decline the offer because
        he wanted to focus all his time and energgy in preparation for the upcoming
        2014-2015 NBA season with the Clippers.","title":"Team USA basketball 2014:
        No Blake Griffin for Team USA at FIBA World Cup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24965/20140725/team-usa-basketball-2014-no-blake-griffin-for-team-usa-at-fiba-world-cup.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939634,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:53:29Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Blake
        Griffin has just announced that he won''t be participating for the USA Men''s
        Basketball National Team as they head to Spain this summer for the 2014 FIBA
        World Cup championships. Griffin expressed his appreciation to be invited
        in US basketball squad but said that he would have to decline the offer because
        he wanted to focus all his time and energgy in preparation for the upcoming
        2014-2015 NBA season with the Clippers.","title":"Team USA basketball 2014:
        No Blake Griffin for Team USA at FIBA World Cup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24965/20140725/team-usa-basketball-2014-no-blake-griffin-for-team-usa-at-fiba-world-cup.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939633,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:53:29Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Blake
        Griffin has just announced that he won''t be participating for the USA Men''s
        Basketball National Team as they head to Spain this summer for the 2014 FIBA
        World Cup championships. Griffin expressed his appreciation to be invited
        in US basketball squad but said that he would have to decline the offer because
        he wanted to focus all his time and energgy in preparation for the upcoming
        2014-2015 NBA season with the Clippers.","title":"Team USA basketball 2014:
        No Blake Griffin for Team USA at FIBA World Cup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24965/20140725/team-usa-basketball-2014-no-blake-griffin-for-team-usa-at-fiba-world-cup.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939632,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T21:53:29Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Blake
        Griffin has just announced that he won''t be participating for the USA Men''s
        Basketball National Team as they head to Spain this summer for the 2014 FIBA
        World Cup championships. Griffin expressed his appreciation to be invited
        in US basketball squad but said that he would have to decline the offer because
        he wanted to focus all his time and energgy in preparation for the upcoming
        2014-2015 NBA season with the Clippers.","title":"Team USA basketball 2014:
        No Blake Griffin for Team USA at FIBA World Cup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24965/20140725/team-usa-basketball-2014-no-blake-griffin-for-team-usa-at-fiba-world-cup.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940054,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:10:43Z","slug":"34","summary":"San
        Diego Comic-Con has announced the finalist of Will Eisner Spirit of Comics
        Retailer Award. This year, twelve retail stores are selected from the 37 nominees
        for the final round.","title":"San Diego Comic-Con to declare Will Eisner
        Spirit of Comics Retailer Award today","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24977/20140725/comic-con-international-san-diego-2014-will-eisner-spirit-comics-retailer-award-today.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940044,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:10:43Z","slug":"ships","summary":"San
        Diego Comic-Con has announced the finalist of Will Eisner Spirit of Comics
        Retailer Award. This year, twelve retail stores are selected from the 37 nominees
        for the final round.","title":"San Diego Comic-Con to declare Will Eisner
        Spirit of Comics Retailer Award today","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24977/20140725/comic-con-international-san-diego-2014-will-eisner-spirit-comics-retailer-award-today.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940042,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:10:43Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"San
        Diego Comic-Con has announced the finalist of Will Eisner Spirit of Comics
        Retailer Award. This year, twelve retail stores are selected from the 37 nominees
        for the final round.","title":"San Diego Comic-Con to declare Will Eisner
        Spirit of Comics Retailer Award today","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24977/20140725/comic-con-international-san-diego-2014-will-eisner-spirit-comics-retailer-award-today.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939631,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"major-league-baseball","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939630,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"losing-weight","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939629,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"carrots","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939628,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"am","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939627,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"george","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939626,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"avant","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939625,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"okcupid","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939624,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"span","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939623,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"c-span","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939622,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"c","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3940040,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:10:43Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"San
        Diego Comic-Con has announced the finalist of Will Eisner Spirit of Comics
        Retailer Award. This year, twelve retail stores are selected from the 37 nominees
        for the final round.","title":"San Diego Comic-Con to declare Will Eisner
        Spirit of Comics Retailer Award today","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24977/20140725/comic-con-international-san-diego-2014-will-eisner-spirit-comics-retailer-award-today.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939621,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"virgin-america","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939620,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939619,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"herbalife","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939618,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"ak","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939617,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"tv","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939616,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"urge","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939615,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"amc-networks","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939614,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"amc","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939613,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"i","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939612,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"6","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939611,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939610,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"gimme","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3939609,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"blablacar","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
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        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        an American television series airing for nearly nine years already, has twists
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        an American television series airing for nearly nine years already, has twists
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        is the New Black\" has been completely eminent in restoring few marks of values
        of equality - for the lives of prisoners, LGBT rights, and loving choices.
        With this, \"OITNB\" shall continue, expectedly, to obtain more fans especially
        that the first two seasons made a huge mark (a mark first seen on other TV
        series such as Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Supernatural) and an upcoming
        season awaits.","title":"\"Orange Is The New Black\" Season 3 Plot Rumors,
        Spoilers, Premiere Date: Who will Piper choose between Alex Vause and Larry
        Bloom?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24990/20140726/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-plot-rumors-spoilers-premiere-date-alex-vause-larry-bloom-laura-prepon.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939549,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:54:52Z","slug":"ships","summary":"\"Orange
        is the New Black\" has been completely eminent in restoring few marks of values
        of equality - for the lives of prisoners, LGBT rights, and loving choices.
        With this, \"OITNB\" shall continue, expectedly, to obtain more fans especially
        that the first two seasons made a huge mark (a mark first seen on other TV
        series such as Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Supernatural) and an upcoming
        season awaits.","title":"\"Orange Is The New Black\" Season 3 Plot Rumors,
        Spoilers, Premiere Date: Who will Piper choose between Alex Vause and Larry
        Bloom?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24990/20140726/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-plot-rumors-spoilers-premiere-date-alex-vause-larry-bloom-laura-prepon.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939548,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:54:52Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"\"Orange
        is the New Black\" has been completely eminent in restoring few marks of values
        of equality - for the lives of prisoners, LGBT rights, and loving choices.
        With this, \"OITNB\" shall continue, expectedly, to obtain more fans especially
        that the first two seasons made a huge mark (a mark first seen on other TV
        series such as Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Supernatural) and an upcoming
        season awaits.","title":"\"Orange Is The New Black\" Season 3 Plot Rumors,
        Spoilers, Premiere Date: Who will Piper choose between Alex Vause and Larry
        Bloom?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24990/20140726/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-plot-rumors-spoilers-premiere-date-alex-vause-larry-bloom-laura-prepon.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939937,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:24:12Z","slug":"sony","summary":"The
        trailer for the fifth season of AMC''s hit show \"The Walking Dead\" has recently
        been released at the San Diego Comic Con. Here''s what we know so far about
        the upcoming season.","title":"''The Walking Dead'' Season 5 trailer released
        in SDCC: Crew arrive in Terminus, Beth''s whereabouts revealed! [VIDEO]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25001/20140726/the-walking-dead-season-5-trailer-released-in-sdcc.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939547,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:54:52Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"\"Orange
        is the New Black\" has been completely eminent in restoring few marks of values
        of equality - for the lives of prisoners, LGBT rights, and loving choices.
        With this, \"OITNB\" shall continue, expectedly, to obtain more fans especially
        that the first two seasons made a huge mark (a mark first seen on other TV
        series such as Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Supernatural) and an upcoming
        season awaits.","title":"\"Orange Is The New Black\" Season 3 Plot Rumors,
        Spoilers, Premiere Date: Who will Piper choose between Alex Vause and Larry
        Bloom?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24990/20140726/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-plot-rumors-spoilers-premiere-date-alex-vause-larry-bloom-laura-prepon.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939546,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:54:52Z","slug":"sony","summary":"\"Orange
        is the New Black\" has been completely eminent in restoring few marks of values
        of equality - for the lives of prisoners, LGBT rights, and loving choices.
        With this, \"OITNB\" shall continue, expectedly, to obtain more fans especially
        that the first two seasons made a huge mark (a mark first seen on other TV
        series such as Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Supernatural) and an upcoming
        season awaits.","title":"\"Orange Is The New Black\" Season 3 Plot Rumors,
        Spoilers, Premiere Date: Who will Piper choose between Alex Vause and Larry
        Bloom?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24990/20140726/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3-plot-rumors-spoilers-premiere-date-alex-vause-larry-bloom-laura-prepon.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939545,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:04Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Are
        the Dallas Mavericks true contenders after key signings this summer in the
        2014 NBA Free agency? After a busy off-season, the Mavericks were able to
        bring back Tyson Chandler via sign and trade deal from the New York Knicks,
        stole Chandler Parsons from the Houston Rockets, and signed Jameer Nelson
        for two years. They have also filled their roster with key pieces in Al-Farouq
        Aminu and Richard Jefferson while managing to resign Devin Harris and Dirk
        Nowizki to a discount. Are these moves enough to put the Mavs in the mix of
        the Wes power houses?","title":"2014 NBA Free Agency Preview: Mavs true contenders
        after key free agent moves and signings?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24997/20140726/2014-nba-free-agency-dallas-mavericks-tyson-chandler-jameer-nelson-al-farouq-aminu.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939544,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:16Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"New
        reports claim that \"Thor 3\" will follow the \"Ragnarok\" storyline, which
        killed off a major Thor character in Marvel Comics.","title":"\"Thor 3\"Plot
        Details: Which Fan-Favorite Character Will DIe? And Who Will be the Villain?
        [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24996/20140726/thor-3-plot-details-fan-favorite-character-will-die-who.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939543,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:04Z","slug":"34","summary":"Are
        the Dallas Mavericks true contenders after key signings this summer in the
        2014 NBA Free agency? After a busy off-season, the Mavericks were able to
        bring back Tyson Chandler via sign and trade deal from the New York Knicks,
        stole Chandler Parsons from the Houston Rockets, and signed Jameer Nelson
        for two years. They have also filled their roster with key pieces in Al-Farouq
        Aminu and Richard Jefferson while managing to resign Devin Harris and Dirk
        Nowizki to a discount. Are these moves enough to put the Mavs in the mix of
        the Wes power houses?","title":"2014 NBA Free Agency Preview: Mavs true contenders
        after key free agent moves and signings?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24997/20140726/2014-nba-free-agency-dallas-mavericks-tyson-chandler-jameer-nelson-al-farouq-aminu.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939542,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:04Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Are
        the Dallas Mavericks true contenders after key signings this summer in the
        2014 NBA Free agency? After a busy off-season, the Mavericks were able to
        bring back Tyson Chandler via sign and trade deal from the New York Knicks,
        stole Chandler Parsons from the Houston Rockets, and signed Jameer Nelson
        for two years. They have also filled their roster with key pieces in Al-Farouq
        Aminu and Richard Jefferson while managing to resign Devin Harris and Dirk
        Nowizki to a discount. Are these moves enough to put the Mavs in the mix of
        the Wes power houses?","title":"2014 NBA Free Agency Preview: Mavs true contenders
        after key free agent moves and signings?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24997/20140726/2014-nba-free-agency-dallas-mavericks-tyson-chandler-jameer-nelson-al-farouq-aminu.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939541,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:04Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Are
        the Dallas Mavericks true contenders after key signings this summer in the
        2014 NBA Free agency? After a busy off-season, the Mavericks were able to
        bring back Tyson Chandler via sign and trade deal from the New York Knicks,
        stole Chandler Parsons from the Houston Rockets, and signed Jameer Nelson
        for two years. They have also filled their roster with key pieces in Al-Farouq
        Aminu and Richard Jefferson while managing to resign Devin Harris and Dirk
        Nowizki to a discount. Are these moves enough to put the Mavs in the mix of
        the Wes power houses?","title":"2014 NBA Free Agency Preview: Mavs true contenders
        after key free agent moves and signings?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24997/20140726/2014-nba-free-agency-dallas-mavericks-tyson-chandler-jameer-nelson-al-farouq-aminu.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939540,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:04Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Are
        the Dallas Mavericks true contenders after key signings this summer in the
        2014 NBA Free agency? After a busy off-season, the Mavericks were able to
        bring back Tyson Chandler via sign and trade deal from the New York Knicks,
        stole Chandler Parsons from the Houston Rockets, and signed Jameer Nelson
        for two years. They have also filled their roster with key pieces in Al-Farouq
        Aminu and Richard Jefferson while managing to resign Devin Harris and Dirk
        Nowizki to a discount. Are these moves enough to put the Mavs in the mix of
        the Wes power houses?","title":"2014 NBA Free Agency Preview: Mavs true contenders
        after key free agent moves and signings?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24997/20140726/2014-nba-free-agency-dallas-mavericks-tyson-chandler-jameer-nelson-al-farouq-aminu.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939539,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:04Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Are
        the Dallas Mavericks true contenders after key signings this summer in the
        2014 NBA Free agency? After a busy off-season, the Mavericks were able to
        bring back Tyson Chandler via sign and trade deal from the New York Knicks,
        stole Chandler Parsons from the Houston Rockets, and signed Jameer Nelson
        for two years. They have also filled their roster with key pieces in Al-Farouq
        Aminu and Richard Jefferson while managing to resign Devin Harris and Dirk
        Nowizki to a discount. Are these moves enough to put the Mavs in the mix of
        the Wes power houses?","title":"2014 NBA Free Agency Preview: Mavs true contenders
        after key free agent moves and signings?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24997/20140726/2014-nba-free-agency-dallas-mavericks-tyson-chandler-jameer-nelson-al-farouq-aminu.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:34Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939538,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:16Z","slug":"34","summary":"New
        reports claim that \"Thor 3\" will follow the \"Ragnarok\" storyline, which
        killed off a major Thor character in Marvel Comics.","title":"\"Thor 3\"Plot
        Details: Which Fan-Favorite Character Will DIe? And Who Will be the Villain?
        [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24996/20140726/thor-3-plot-details-fan-favorite-character-will-die-who.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:34Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939537,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:16Z","slug":"ships","summary":"New
        reports claim that \"Thor 3\" will follow the \"Ragnarok\" storyline, which
        killed off a major Thor character in Marvel Comics.","title":"\"Thor 3\"Plot
        Details: Which Fan-Favorite Character Will DIe? And Who Will be the Villain?
        [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24996/20140726/thor-3-plot-details-fan-favorite-character-will-die-who.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:34Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939536,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:16Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"New
        reports claim that \"Thor 3\" will follow the \"Ragnarok\" storyline, which
        killed off a major Thor character in Marvel Comics.","title":"\"Thor 3\"Plot
        Details: Which Fan-Favorite Character Will DIe? And Who Will be the Villain?
        [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24996/20140726/thor-3-plot-details-fan-favorite-character-will-die-who.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:34Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939535,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:16Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"New
        reports claim that \"Thor 3\" will follow the \"Ragnarok\" storyline, which
        killed off a major Thor character in Marvel Comics.","title":"\"Thor 3\"Plot
        Details: Which Fan-Favorite Character Will DIe? And Who Will be the Villain?
        [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24996/20140726/thor-3-plot-details-fan-favorite-character-will-die-who.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:34Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939534,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T13:59:16Z","slug":"sony","summary":"New
        reports claim that \"Thor 3\" will follow the \"Ragnarok\" storyline, which
        killed off a major Thor character in Marvel Comics.","title":"\"Thor 3\"Plot
        Details: Which Fan-Favorite Character Will DIe? And Who Will be the Villain?
        [Rumors]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24996/20140726/thor-3-plot-details-fan-favorite-character-will-die-who.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939533,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:39:50Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"\"Game
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        A Song of Ice and Fire, brought diverse emotions on its fourth season, where
        Westeros was very much damaged from all the battles.","title":"\"Game Of Thrones\"
        Season 5 Spoilers, Premiere, Cast Update: New Cast Members at San Diego Comic-Con;
        George R.R. Martin inspiration on ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' revealed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24994/20140726/hbo-game-of-thrones-season-5-spoilers-premiere-season-5-new-cast-members-comic-con-san-diego.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939532,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:26:28Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Dina
        Manzo enters another family drama with Caroline and other family members.","title":"Family
        Feud Alert at the Manzo Clan! Dina Manzo in Yet Another Fight with Caroline
        Manzo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:19Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24999/20140726/family-feud-alert-manzo-clan-dina-another-fight-caroline.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939531,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:26:28Z","slug":"34","summary":"Dina
        Manzo enters another family drama with Caroline and other family members.","title":"Family
        Feud Alert at the Manzo Clan! Dina Manzo in Yet Another Fight with Caroline
        Manzo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24999/20140726/family-feud-alert-manzo-clan-dina-another-fight-caroline.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939530,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:26:28Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Dina
        Manzo enters another family drama with Caroline and other family members.","title":"Family
        Feud Alert at the Manzo Clan! Dina Manzo in Yet Another Fight with Caroline
        Manzo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24999/20140726/family-feud-alert-manzo-clan-dina-another-fight-caroline.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939529,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:26:28Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Dina
        Manzo enters another family drama with Caroline and other family members.","title":"Family
        Feud Alert at the Manzo Clan! Dina Manzo in Yet Another Fight with Caroline
        Manzo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24999/20140726/family-feud-alert-manzo-clan-dina-another-fight-caroline.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939528,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:26:28Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Dina
        Manzo enters another family drama with Caroline and other family members.","title":"Family
        Feud Alert at the Manzo Clan! Dina Manzo in Yet Another Fight with Caroline
        Manzo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24999/20140726/family-feud-alert-manzo-clan-dina-another-fight-caroline.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939527,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:26:28Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Dina
        Manzo enters another family drama with Caroline and other family members.","title":"Family
        Feud Alert at the Manzo Clan! Dina Manzo in Yet Another Fight with Caroline
        Manzo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24999/20140726/family-feud-alert-manzo-clan-dina-another-fight-caroline.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939526,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:39:50Z","slug":"34","summary":"\"Game
        of Thrones'''', the American fantasy drama adapted from George R.R. Martin''s
        A Song of Ice and Fire, brought diverse emotions on its fourth season, where
        Westeros was very much damaged from all the battles.","title":"\"Game Of Thrones\"
        Season 5 Spoilers, Premiere, Cast Update: New Cast Members at San Diego Comic-Con;
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        of Thrones'''', the American fantasy drama adapted from George R.R. Martin''s
        A Song of Ice and Fire, brought diverse emotions on its fourth season, where
        Westeros was very much damaged from all the battles.","title":"\"Game Of Thrones\"
        Season 5 Spoilers, Premiere, Cast Update: New Cast Members at San Diego Comic-Con;
        George R.R. Martin inspiration on ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' revealed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24994/20140726/hbo-game-of-thrones-season-5-spoilers-premiere-season-5-new-cast-members-comic-con-san-diego.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939524,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:39:50Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"\"Game
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        A Song of Ice and Fire, brought diverse emotions on its fourth season, where
        Westeros was very much damaged from all the battles.","title":"\"Game Of Thrones\"
        Season 5 Spoilers, Premiere, Cast Update: New Cast Members at San Diego Comic-Con;
        George R.R. Martin inspiration on ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' revealed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24994/20140726/hbo-game-of-thrones-season-5-spoilers-premiere-season-5-new-cast-members-comic-con-san-diego.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939523,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:39:50Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"\"Game
        of Thrones'''', the American fantasy drama adapted from George R.R. Martin''s
        A Song of Ice and Fire, brought diverse emotions on its fourth season, where
        Westeros was very much damaged from all the battles.","title":"\"Game Of Thrones\"
        Season 5 Spoilers, Premiere, Cast Update: New Cast Members at San Diego Comic-Con;
        George R.R. Martin inspiration on ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' revealed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24994/20140726/hbo-game-of-thrones-season-5-spoilers-premiere-season-5-new-cast-members-comic-con-san-diego.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939522,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:39:50Z","slug":"sony","summary":"\"Game
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        A Song of Ice and Fire, brought diverse emotions on its fourth season, where
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        Season 5 Spoilers, Premiere, Cast Update: New Cast Members at San Diego Comic-Con;
        George R.R. Martin inspiration on ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' revealed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:45:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/24994/20140726/hbo-game-of-thrones-season-5-spoilers-premiere-season-5-new-cast-members-comic-con-san-diego.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939521,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
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        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939519,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939518,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939517,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"34","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939516,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939515,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939514,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939513,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939512,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939511,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939510,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939509,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939508,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"34","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939507,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"ships","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939506,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939505,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939504,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"sony","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939503,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"34","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939502,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939501,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939500,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939499,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939498,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939497,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"sony","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939496,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"34","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939495,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"ships","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939494,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939493,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939492,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"sony","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939491,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939490,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939489,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"34","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939488,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:25Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939487,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:25Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939486,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939485,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"34","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:19Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939484,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"ships","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:19Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939483,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:18Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939482,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:18Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939481,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"sony","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:18Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939480,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:13Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939479,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939478,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939477,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"samsung-electronics","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939476,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939475,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939474,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"34","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939473,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939472,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939471,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939470,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939469,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"34","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939468,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"34","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939467,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"ships","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939466,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"ships","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939465,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939464,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939463,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"huawei","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939462,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939461,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"playstation-network","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3939460,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"sony","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-14T18:50:27Z","slug":"mass-biologics","summary":"Targanta
        Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass. drug developer at work on a new generation
        of antibiotics, hopes to raise $86.3 million in an initial offering, according
        to an SEC filing. The company didn\u2019t specify how many shares it plans
        to offer or what price it hopes they fetch.","title":"Antibiotic maker Targanta
        aims for $86.3M\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/14/antibiotic-maker-targanta-aims-for-863m-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939458,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-13T18:31:18Z","slug":"mass-biologics","summary":"(UPDATED:
        See below.) Ever since the Clinton health plan went down in flames 13 years
        ago, discussion of significant reforms to the U.S. healthcare system has been
        largely academic. Until now.","title":"Ringing in the healthcare-reform debate","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/13/ringing-in-the-healthcare-reform-debate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939457,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-21T09:46:16Z","slug":"mass-biologics","summary":"(UPDATED
        at 7:40pm PT: See below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Aug.
        21,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/21/life-science-briefing-tuesday-aug-21-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-14T07:30:33Z","slug":"mass-biologics","summary":"Willy
        Shih, a professor at Harvard University, warns that manufacturing is key to
        the economy and the country should do what it can to hang onto\u00a0it.","title":"Silicon
        Valley and the nation still need manufacturing jobs for economic survival\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/14/silicon-valley-and-the-nation-still-need-manufacturing-jobs-for-economic-survival-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939455,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-10T05:30:45Z","slug":"mass-biologics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post RxAdvance, an innovative pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company, has       expanded
        its executive management team with another industry veteran,       Anand Tati,
        who joins as executive vice president, operations and client engagement.\u00a0\u2026","title":"RxAdvance
        Expands Executive Management\u00a0Team","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/10/rxadvance-expands-executive-management-team/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-04T07:01:32Z","slug":"mass-biologics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post RxAdvance announced today the acquisition of SentiCare, a medication       adherence
        solution company. With this acquisition, RxAdvance now offers       the last
        mile in the healthcare continuum, controlling avoidable medical       costs
        due to non-adherence\u2026","title":"RxAdvance, a Full Service Prescription
        Benefit Management Company, Acquires SentiCare...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/04/rxadvance-a-full-service-prescription-benefit-management-company-acquires-senticare-the-only-fda-approved-camera-based-prescription-adherence-and-monitoring-solution-company-with-proven-results-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939453,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-06T07:52:38Z","slug":"mass-biologics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post According to NEHI, prescription non-adherence is costing the US       healthcare
        system $290B annually. Over 15% of the Medicare beneficiaries       reach
        the prescription coverage gap or \u201cDonut Hole\u201d annually and over       50%
        of these beneficiaries\u2026","title":"RxAdvance Deploys a Patent-Pending
        Innovative Service \u201cDonut Hole Predictor &am...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/06/rxadvance-deploys-a-patent-pending-innovative-service-donut-hole-predictor-medication-management-using-therapeutic-alternatives-to-avoid-donut-hole-increase-adherence-and-reduce-avoidable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-03T08:02:12Z","slug":"mass-biologics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post RxAdvance, a full service Pharmacy Benefits Management company,       announced
        George Rapier III, MD has joined its board of directors. In       addition
        he has also participated in Series A1 funding which was closed       in mid
        February 2014.\u00a0\u2026","title":"George Rapier, WellMed Founder and CEO
        Joins RxAdvance Board and Participated in Seri...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/03/george-rapier-wellmed-founder-and-ceo-joins-rxadvance-board-and-participated-in-series-a1-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939451,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-29T21:22:12Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"1.
        WSJ Digital Network hires Microsoft for ads","title":"Roundup: Microsoft ads
        for News Corp., Paramount''s virtual goods, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/29/roundup-microsoft-ads-for-news-corp-paramounts-virtual-goods-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-21T07:00:10Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Having
        paid through the nose for school portraits over the years, I would love someone
        to do a Web 2.0-style disruption on that business. And it looks like that
        is happening with a company called Picateers.","title":"Picateers disrupts
        school portrait market with Web 2.0\u00a0tactics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/21/picateers-disrupts-school-portrait-market-with-web-20-tactics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939449,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-19T21:43:06Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: TV news still main source for some,
        HP has strong quarter, free subway tickets? and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/19/roundup-tv-news-still-main-source-for-some-hp-free-subway-tickets-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-06T12:23:49Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Russia
        is the sixth-largest economy in the world, but it\u2019s also a country relatively
        untouched by foreign investors, especially investors in technology.  Could
        Russia potentially be the home of the next massive tech boom?","title":"Investing
        in Russia? Better hire bodyguards and hunker\u00a0down","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/06/investing-in-russia-hire-body-guards-and-hunker-down/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-29T15:37:00Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Enemy
        of the State by Game Informer Associate Editor, Matt Miller, was a piece of
        great interest to me. Legal issues in the gaming sub-culture are important
        and opportunity to honestly discuss how or why these laws will affect jobs,
        hobbies, or passion abound. Sadly, what articles tend to lack in proper focus
        and scope, is made up for in shock and hyperbole. The latter is the reason
        I found Enemy of the State disappointing. I believe that perhaps, the article
        treated the topic irresponsibly and presented facts poorly, if at all.","title":"Opinion:
        And Justice for\u00a0Whom?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/29/opinion-and-justice-for-whom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-09T14:31:26Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"John
        Backus is a co-founder and managing partner at early-stage VC fund New Atlantic
        Ventures. He blogs at http://navfund.com/blog/.","title":"The best place to
        set up your\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/09/the-best-place-to-set-up-your-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939445,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-23T12:45:05Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"A
        new online education startup for Baby Boomers, The Encore Career Institute
        in Los Gatos, announced today that it has landed $15 million in first round
        financing co-led by VC firms Granite Ventures and InterWest Partners.","title":"Encore
        Career Institute raises $15M to educate Baby\u00a0Boomers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/23/encore-career-institute-raises-15m-to-educate-baby-boomers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-01T21:20:15Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Maybe
        games can teach kids something after all.","title":"DreamBox aces test: study
        shows edutainment program boosts exam\u00a0scores","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/01/dreambox-aces-test-study-shows-edutainment-program-boosts-exam-scores/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939443,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-19T16:30:15Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Apple
        recently announced a handful of new initiatives focused on making digital
        books more accessible in the classroom.","title":"Can Apple\u2019s new textbook
        initiative save U.S. education?\u00a0(infographic)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/19/apple-textbooks-education-infographic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939442,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-04T00:57:11Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Read
        the following word out loud:","title":"News Blips: British children hit each
        other, League for Gamers fight labels, Arkham City rumors, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/04/news-blips-british-children-hit-each-other-league-for-gamers-fight-labels-arkham-city-rumors-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-21T16:11:38Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Silicon
        Valley\u2019s brightest young minds will vie for $150,000 in rewards as part
        of a full-day entrepreneurial challenge at Stanford University this Tuesday.","title":"Entrepreneur
        \u201cstudent fair on steroids\u201d brings heavy hitter VCs to\u00a0Stanford","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/21/entrepreneur-student-fair-on-steroids-brings-heavy-hitter-vcs-to-stanford/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-08T11:37:08Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick For International Women\u2019s Day, we spoke with dozens of women in
        the tech industry to understand the primary problems they still face, and
        their suggested\u00a0solutions.","title":"Let\u2019s talk about \u2018women
        in tech'': Silicon Valley still has a gender\u00a0problem","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/08/the-woman-in-tech-dialogue-is-taking-center-stage-and-this-is-a-good-thing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-19T13:00:52Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick It\u2019s easy to take shots at Riccitiello\u2019s record, but his successes
        and failures were\u00a0complex.","title":"John Riccitiello\u2019s legacy:
        EA survives, but its hit points are dangerously\u00a0low","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/19/the-ups-and-downs-at-ea-under-fired-ceo-john-riccitiello-and-its-outlook-for-the-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939438,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-01T14:35:39Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"U.S.
        Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke frankly to a roomful of Silicon Valley
        entrepreneurs about the crisis in our current education\u00a0system.","title":"U.S.
        Education Secretary\u2019s stern challenge to entrepreneurs: \u2018We have
        so far to\u00a0go\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/01/u-s-education-secretary-issues-stern-challenge-to-entrepreneurs-we-have-so-far-to-go/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939437,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T13:30:44Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"The
        PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 still have plenty of gaming left in\u00a0them.","title":"5
        reasons why you must keep your PlayStation 3 and Xbox\u00a0360","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/keep-your-playstation-3-and-xbox-360/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939436,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T08:25:43Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The U.S. Patents Office awarded two new patents to Rutgers, The State       University
        of New Jersey, that describe sustainable concrete products       that cure
        and harden by consuming carbon dioxide (CO2)       instead of water.1,2 The
        commercialization\u2026","title":"Rutgers University and Solidia Technologies
        Advance Sustainable Building Materials wi...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/rutgers-university-and-solidia-technologies-advance-sustainable-building-materials-with-two-new-patents-for-co2-cured-concrete-products/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939435,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-26T14:53:29Z","slug":"the-association-of-former-students","summary":"Attorney
        Gary Reback made a name for himself in the 1990s by taking on Microsoft in
        a series of lawsuits that challenged what he claimed was Microsoft\u2019s
        monopoly status. Reback challenged Bill Gates\u2019 acquisition of Intuit
        and attempts to kill browser maker Netscape by giving away Internet Explorer.","title":"Former
        anti-Microsoft lawyer sets his sights on Google''s book\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/26/former-anti-microsoft-lawyer-sets-his-sights-on-googles-book-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939434,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-04T09:51:33Z","slug":"wyeth-research","summary":"Catalyst
        Biosciences has raked in $40.4 million in third-round funding to continue
        engineering an enzyme called protease to fight disease-causing proteins. The
        technology has the potential to affect many different diseases, including
        cancer and hemophilia. It has R&D agreements with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and
        Centocor Research & Development.","title":"Catalyst lands $40M to combat disease-causing\u00a0proteins","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/04/catalyst-lands-40m-to-combat-disease-causing-proteins/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-10T06:00:11Z","slug":"wyeth-research","summary":"DecisionView,
        developer of software applications that streamline the clinical trials process
        for biotech and pharmaceutical companies, announced today that it closed a
        fourth-round of funding earmarked for product development \u2014 including
        additional work on its top offering, the StudyOptimizer.","title":"DecisionView
        lands financing to optimize clinical\u00a0trials","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/10/decisionview-lands-financing-to-optimize-clinical-trials/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939432,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-03T11:26:07Z","slug":"wyeth-research","summary":"We\u2019ve
        got 12 deep-dive breakout sessions lined up throughout both days of MobileBeat\u00a02013.","title":"12
        chances to get close to the experts at MobileBeat\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/03/12-chances-to-get-close-to-the-experts-at-mobilebeat-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939431,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-08T11:00:54Z","slug":"wyeth-research","summary":"Our
        sixth annual event on the future of mobile is\u00a0coming up next Tuesday
        and Wednesday, and we\u2019ve got over 100 big-name speakers lined up. See
        the full list\u00a0here.","title":"100 mobile industry leaders to take MobileBeat
        by\u00a0storm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/08/100-mobile-industry-leaders-to-take-mobilebeat-by-storm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939430,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-06T07:00:36Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action we\u2019re following today on the GreenBeat:","title":"On
        the GreenBeat: Sierra Club sues over solar plant, LDK Solar takes $33 million
        stake in Solar\u00a0Power","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/06/on-the-greenbeat-sierra-club-sues-over-solar-plant-ldk-solar-takes-33-million-stake-majority-solar-power-inc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939429,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-26T19:37:03Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"In
        one week, Vator will be holding Vator Splash, an evening event that will be
        held on February 3rd, at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco. As always, the event
        will feature 10 promising young high-tech startups to present onstage in front
        of prominent investors, fellow entrepreneurs and high-tech influencers.","title":"Why
        you need to attend Vator Splash: Get your discounted tickets\u00a0here","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/26/vator-splash-discount/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939428,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-27T13:07:28Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Trip
        Hawkins, the chief executive of mobile gaming firm Digital Chocolate and founder
        of Electronic Arts, may be on the hook for $20 million in back taxes after
        a judge rejected his attempt to use personal bankruptcy to cancel the debt,
        according to Forbes.","title":"The IRS isn''t playing games with Trip\u00a0Hawkins","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/27/the-irs-isnt-playing-games-with-trip-hawkins/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939427,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-29T14:56:47Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Sorry
        to rain on your parade, but this will only take a minute. A new report surveying
        leaders of technology companies indicates\u00a0the U.S. economic recovery
        is two years away, instead of previous forecasts that it will happen in 2012.","title":"Tech
        executives offer their views on the U.S. economy (It\u2019s not\u00a0good)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/29/tech-executives-offer-their-views-on-the-u-s-economy-its-not-good/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939426,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-13T15:05:07Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Anyone
        who has ever typed their credit card information on a mobile keypad will appreciate
        Card.io. The company offers a software-based credit card payment solution
        for smartphone developers, and they are competing today in MobileBeat\u2019s
        2011 Startup Competition in the infrastructure category. (The winner will
        be announced later today.)","title":"Pay on the go with a picture of your
        credit\u00a0card","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/13/pay-on-the-go-with-a-picture-of-your-credit-card/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939425,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-01T21:01:02Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"About
        94 percent of media executives polled say they expect an increase in digital
        revenues this year, according to a survey of media and communications executives
        by KPMG.","title":"Media executives see digital revenues on the\u00a0rise","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/01/media-executives-see-digital-revenues-on-the-rise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939424,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-17T14:25:22Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Every
        year there are a few trends with catchy names that make the rounds of the
        press and analyst circuit. Some are truly important and groundbreaking, others
        are just passing fads and only time will tell which are of real value. One
        trend that has bubbled to the top is \u201cconsumerization of IT.\u201d Is
        this a real trend? Yes. But what does it mean?","title":"Cloudsourcing your
        technology to enable today\u2019s \u201ccloud\u00a0commuter\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/17/cloudsourcing-your-technology-to-enable-todays-cloud-commuter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939423,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-18T21:01:55Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Semiconductor
        industry executives worry that profits and revenue are sinking, and they don\u2019t
        plan to hire as many people as they did a year ago.","title":"Chip executive
        outlook reveals bleak times\u00a0ahead","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/18/chip-executive-outlook-reveals-bleak-times-ahead/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939422,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-24T09:35:11Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Join hundreds of high-tech influencers for Vator Splash LA on June 7,
        2012 between 4 pm and 11 pm at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa\u00a0Monica\u2026","title":"Get
        your discounted tickets for Vator Splash\u00a0LA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/24/get-your-discounted-tickets-for-vator-splash-la/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939421,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-15T11:19:32Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Although
        nothing is certain until cash is in the bank,\u00a0Microsoft\u2019s $1.2 billion
        acquisition of Yammer looks pretty much like a done deal. VentureBeat asked
        some industry analysts and experts what they think this deal will do to Yammer,
        Microsoft, and the enterprise social networking industry as a whole.","title":"YammerSoft:
        What the industry thinks of Microsoft\u2019s rumored Yammer\u00a0buy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/15/yammersoft-what-the-industry-thinks-of-microsofts-rumored-yammer-buy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939420,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-26T21:00:53Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"More
        than four out of 10 global executives polled by KPMG believe that the world
        center of technology innovation will not be Silicon Valley within four years.
        And among those who believe that Silicon Valley will lose its place as the
        de facto world capital of technology, a similar four out of 10 believe China
        will house the next dynamo of technological creation.","title":"More valley,
        less silicon: Is China\u2019s dragon about to\u00a0roar?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/26/more-valley-less-silicon-is-chinas-dragon-about-to-roar/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-26T10:15:48Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Tibbr,
        the enterprise social network from Tibco, has added new features including
        a social graph, API for developers, and new integrations with Box, Badgeville,
        Teamly, and\u00a0more.","title":"Enterprise social network Tibbr adds slick
        new features, integrates with Box &\u00a0others","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/26/tibbr-social-network-for-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939418,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-06T15:09:51Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Calling all entrepreneurs and investors \u2013 VCs, angels. Vator is
        holding its next Splash NY event at Le Poisson Rouge in downtown Manhattan
        on the evening of Dec.\u00a05.","title":"Get your discounted tickets to Vator
        Splash\u00a0NY!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/06/get-your-discounted-tickets-to-vator-splash-ny/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939417,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T13:20:18Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Autonomy
        founder Michael Lynch and HP, which acquired the company last year, are trading
        public statements over alleged financial improprieties at Autonomy that led
        HP to write off $8.8 billion\u00a0recently.","title":"Autonomy founder lashes
        out at HP over failed\u00a0acquisition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/autonomy-founder-strikes-out-at-hp-over-failed-acquisition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939416,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-06T17:00:55Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"London
        is heating up as an international hub of technology innovation in today\u2019s
        round up of funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding Daily: London\u00a0Calling","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/06/fundiny-daily-london-calling/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939415,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-08T10:44:57Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Guest
        Post Three ways the cloud is redefining sports broadcasting and\u00a0coverage.","title":"Three
        ways the cloud is redefining sports\u00a0broadcasting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/08/cloud-sports/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939414,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-15T05:00:36Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Soasta,
        a provider of cloud-based testing services, has been awarded a patent for
        leveraging more than 500,000 servers across the globe. The goal is to help
        companies setup tests, so they can avoid crashes and failures caused by an
        influx of website\u00a0traffic.","title":"Soasta picks up first cross-cloud
        patent to prevent site\u00a0crashes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/15/soasta-picks-up-first-cross-cloud-patent-to-prevent-site-crashes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939413,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-25T12:58:57Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Guest
        Post We need to appreciate that Apple\u2019s so-called disappointing performance
        is still extraordinary by many measures, and that it has the capabilities
        to keep winning in its markets, which it may yet redefine with more blockbuster\u00a0products.","title":"Business
        prof: Apple still in an \u2018extraordinarily strong\u2019 position despite
        disappointing\u00a0results","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/25/business-prof-apple-still-in-an-extraordinarily-strong-position-despite-disappointing-results/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-24T10:45:54Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Calling all entrepreneurs and investors: Vator Splash LA is being held
        on the evening of May 30 at the famed Hollywood\u00a0Roosevelt.","title":"VentureBeat
        discount for Vator Splash LA, May\u00a030","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/venturebeat-discount-for-vator-splash-la-may-30/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939411,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-03T12:47:02Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"March
        sales were also up slightly from a year\u00a0ago.","title":"Semiconductor
        chip sales rise slightly for the first\u00a0quarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/03/semiconductor-chip-sales-rise-slightly-for-the-first-quarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939410,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-11T13:00:26Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Guest
        Post How much does it cost to fund the development of a chip? A few years
        ago the answer to this question would have been many tens, and probably hundreds
        of millions of dollars. But things are\u00a0changing.","title":"Will trend
        for low cost chip development bring back the\u00a0investors?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/11/will-trend-for-low-cost-chip-development-bring-back-the-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939409,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-15T15:43:13Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Guest
        Post We pivoted three times in four years \u2014 here\u2019s what we\u00a0learned.","title":"The
        art of the pivot: How to cut your losses and move\u00a0on","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/15/the-art-of-the-pivot-how-to-cut-your-losses-and-move-on/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939408,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-25T09:00:27Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Guest
        Post Businesses spanning finance and tech entail inherent challenges, but
        they also offer substantial opportunities. Here\u2019s some tips to make them\u00a0work.","title":"Making
        financial-tech collaborations\u00a0work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/25/making-financial-tech-collaborations-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939407,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-12T10:28:47Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"GreenBeat
        2009, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid, is just around the
        corner on Nov. 18-19. And one of the key pieces of the event \u2014 perhaps
        the one we\u2019re most excited about \u2014 is the Innovation Competition,
        a chance for startups and big companies alike to go head-to-head showcasing
        their boldest, most disruptive technologies and business models.","title":"GreenBeat
        2009: Meet your Innovation Competition\u00a0judges","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/12/greenbeat-2009-meet-your-innovation-competition-judges/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939406,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-12T13:33:16Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Investment
        bankers are another key group helping to give birth to the Super Grid, or
        the more efficient electrical grid the nation desperately needs in order to
        lower carbon emissions.","title":"GreenBeat 2009: Meet the Super Grid\u00a0bankers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/12/greenbeat-2009-meet-the-super-grid-bankers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939405,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-12T14:53:34Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"We\u2019re
        rounding out the agenda for GreenBat 2009, the seminal executive conference
        on the Super Grid taking place NEXT WEEK on Nov. 18-19. Today, we\u2019re
        delighted to announce the addition of still more policy, IT and investment
        experts.","title":"GreenBeat2009: Still more Super Grid\u00a0speakers!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/12/greenbeat2009-still-more-super-grid-speakers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939404,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-13T11:59:29Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"In
        order for a conference to be a catalyst for change, it needs to have people
        asking the right questions. GreenBeat 2009 has recruited a crack team of moderators
        to execute this task \u2014 including two of the most respected analysts speaking
        and writing about the emerging Super Grid.","title":"GreenBeat 2009: Bringing
        in the Grid\u00a0analysts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/13/greenbeat-2009-bringing-in-the-grid-analysts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939403,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-16T15:09:29Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"GreenBeat
        2009 may be the first conference we\u2019ve hosted in the environmental space,
        but it wouldn\u2019t be a VentureBeat event without emphasis on investors
        and innovators. Our Innovation Competition will spotlight some of the most
        promising technologies and business models in the Smart Grid business, hopefully
        attracting the right backers.","title":"GreenBeat 2009: Hot opportunities
        for startups,\u00a0investors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/16/greenbeat-2009-hot-opportunities-for-startups-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939402,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-21T09:53:38Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"The
        chip industry is surprisingly bullish in its outlook for 2011, even though
        it already enjoyed record results in 2010. Typically, a boom year in the semiconductor
        industry is followed by a bust.","title":"Chip industry outlook surprisingly
        bullish after a boom year in\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/21/chip-industry-outlook-surprisingly-bullish-after-a-boom-year-in-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939401,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-13T11:32:16Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Mobile
        payments will be mainstream within two years, according to a growing number
        of executives in financial, tech, telecommunications and retail industries.","title":"Study:
        Mobile payments expected to be mainstream by\u00a02013?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/13/study-mobile-payments-expected-to-be-mainstream-by-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939400,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-17T12:05:18Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Cloudbeat
        2011 is lees than two weeks away! We\u2019ll be delving deep into customer-centric
        case studies to uncover the best cloud processes and architectures for companies
        in all stages. The conference takes place Nov 30 \u2013 Dec 1 at the Hotel
        Sofitel in Redwood City.","title":"Top execs from Zynga, Zendesk, BestBuy
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        has been an exciting year for the cloud. Companies are starting to accept
        the idea of using internet-based services instead of servers they control
        themselves. That in turn has driven a push to make the technologies more mature
        \u2014 and the tech companies making those technologies are growing up too.","title":"Five
        trends that will dominate the \u201ccloud\u201d in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/28/cloud-trends-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939398,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-26T11:25:09Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"This
        sponsored post is produced by Vator.tv.","title":"Join us at Vator Splash
        in San Francisco on February\u00a02nd","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/26/join-us-at-vator-splash-in-san-francisco-on-february-2nd/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939397,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-06T11:59:02Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Despite
        concerns about data security and loss of control, cloud-based service providers
        are highly-confident about the growth of the industry in the next few\u00a0years.","title":"KPMG
        survey finds a \u2018stronger than expected\u2019 demand for cloud\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/06/kpmg-international-survey/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939396,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-10T22:04:06Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"The
        optimistic outlook bodes well for the tech\u00a0economy.","title":"Executives
        predict a broad chip industry rebound in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/10/executives-predict-a-broad-chip-industry-rebound-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939395,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-09T11:43:42Z","slug":"kpmg","summary":"Investments
        in big data are coming hard and fast this year in comparison with the last
        five years, according to a new infographic from the website Big Data\u00a0Startups.","title":"Big
        data startups pull in big money in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/09/big-data-startups-pull-in-big-money-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939394,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-05T09:58:57Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"Living
        Microsystems, a Watertown, Mass., developer of new prenatal diagnostics, raised
        $19.6 million in a second funding round, VentureWire reports (subscription
        required). The company is developing new blood tests designed to detect prenatal
        chromosomal and genetic defects that could complement or even one day replace
        amniocentesis and similar invasive tests.","title":"Living Microsystems pulls
        in $20M for prenatal\u00a0tests","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/05/living-microsystems-pulls-in-20m-for-prenatal-tests/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939393,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-06T10:45:35Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"(UPDATED
        at 5:05 p.m. PDT; see below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Aug.
        6,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/06/daily-life-sciences-deal-briefing-monday-august-6-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939392,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-15T10:00:55Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"(UPDATED
        at 5:55pm PT: See below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Aug.
        15,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/15/life-science-briefing-wednesday-aug-15-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939391,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-24T07:54:40Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"Featured
        companies: Angstrom Medica, Asuragen, Aryx Therapeutics, HistoRx, MiMedx,
        Pioneer Surgical, Transfusion & Transplantation Technologies, Tolerx, Vivo
        Ventures","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Oct. 24,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/24/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-oct-24-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939390,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-05T05:52:16Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"Featured
        companies: AxoGen, Cognition Therapeutics, Ester Neurosciences, Gene Security
        Network, HealthTalk, MPM Capital, Revolution Health, SparkPeople","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Wednesday, Dec. 5,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/05/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-dec-5-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939389,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-08T15:02:32Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Jan. 8,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/08/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-jan-8-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939388,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-23T10:04:35Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Jan. 23,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/23/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-jan-23-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939387,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-26T05:00:54Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 26,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/26/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-feb-26-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939386,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-26T07:47:58Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Wednesday, March 26,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/26/life-science-briefing-wednesday-march-26-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939385,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-20T09:22:00Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"Amplino
        may be the ultimate garage project. Three DIY bio-hackers have created a malaria
        testing kit that can identify different strains of malaria with 95 percent
        accuracy in under 40 minutes. The testing device is connected via Bluetooth
        to a mobile phone, making it possible to track malaria outbreaks and the spread
        of particular\u00a0strains.","title":"Dutch bio-hackers mobilize malaria\u00a0testing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/20/dutch-bio-hackers-mobilize-malaria-testing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939384,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-27T12:23:13Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"Guest
        Post Genomics data is about to change the way doctors discover and treat disease
        \u2014 but there are some significant obstacles standing in the\u00a0way.","title":"The
        personalized medicine revolution is almost\u00a0here","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/27/the-personalized-medicine-revolution-is-almost-here/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939383,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-30T08:33:58Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"The
        company, which launched on iOS just over a year ago to \u201cdeobfuscate\u201d
        application crashes, helps developers find what\u2019s happening when their
        mobile apps freeze or unexpectedly quit. Besides Twitter, companies like Square,
        Kayak, Yelp, Path, and Yammer use\u00a0Crashlytics.","title":"Twitter acquisition
        Crashlytics launches Android version to help developers build better\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/30/twitter-acquisition-crashlytics-launches-android-version-to-help-developers-build-better-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939382,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-24T06:00:22Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"\u201cWe\u2019ll
        be market leaders in Node within 60 days, I\u2019m sure of it,\u201d said
        New Relic CEO Lew Cirne in an interview with VentureBeat this\u00a0week.","title":"Your
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        startups begin by pricing their product based on cost or competition. Smart
        startups price their product based on value to the customer \u2014 because
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        customers make you\u00a0smarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/07/when-customers-make-you-smarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939380,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T09:00:05Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The 26 companies here are a good start on reclaiming your sense of amazement
        at what the tech business, at its best, can come up\u00a0with.","title":"26
        amazing startups you need to watch in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/26-amazing-startups-you-need-to-watch-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:37:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939379,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-01T14:00:27Z","slug":"plus-diagnostics","summary":"Guest
        Post Other than \u201cI\u2019ll know it when I see it\u201d, there\u2019s
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        latest version of the open-source Xen hypervisor now supports 64-bit ARM-based
        server chips. And it offers performance improvements, which could help cloud
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        raised $19 million in a fourth funding round. The company\u2019s release is
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        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> By shying away from foreign
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        suits the middle man-less nature of the alternative&#160;currency.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514170&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. Today, FameBit has announced
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        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513957&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        suits the middle man-less nature of the alternative&#160;currency.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514170&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Bitcoin Foundation throws up everything
        you need to know about Bitcoin on GitHub","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/bitcoin-foundations-throws-up-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitcoin-on-github/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939362,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T22:15:49Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. Today, FameBit has announced
        that it has\u00a0completed&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513957&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"FameBit raises $1.4 million to help
        YouTubers make money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/famebit-raises-1-4-million-to-help-youtubers-make-money/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939361,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:30:16Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p>Unlimited
        data plans are officially dead for Verizon&#160;customers.\n</p><img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514172&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Sorry, data hogs: Verizon to soon throttle
        LTE speeds for unlimited data customers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/sorry-data-hogs-verizon-to-soon-throttle-lte-speeds-for-unlimited-data-customers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939360,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T23:30:16Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p>Unlimited
        data plans are officially dead for Verizon&#160;customers.\n</p><img alt=\"\"
        border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514172&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Sorry, data hogs: Verizon to soon throttle
        LTE speeds for unlimited data customers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/sorry-data-hogs-verizon-to-soon-throttle-lte-speeds-for-unlimited-data-customers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939359,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:30:41Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. Google has given those who
        work with&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514441&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Google Docs now works with uploaded
        tracked changes from your Word documents","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/google-docs-now-works-with-uploaded-tracked-changes-from-your-word-documents/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939358,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T00:30:41Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. Google has given those who
        work with&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514441&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Google Docs now works with uploaded
        tracked changes from your Word documents","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/google-docs-now-works-with-uploaded-tracked-changes-from-your-word-documents/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939357,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:50Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. Apple has taken another
        step into the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514587&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Apple has acquired BookLamp and its
        book recommendation engine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/apple-has-acquired-booklamp-and-its-book-recommendation-engine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939356,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T14:15:50Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. Apple has taken another
        step into the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514587&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Apple has acquired BookLamp and its
        book recommendation engine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/apple-has-acquired-booklamp-and-its-book-recommendation-engine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939355,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T16:00:00Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p>One
        can forgive early believers like Andreessen for taking a few of victory laps,
        even if those laps are just short trots to the bank and&#160;back.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514594&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Marc Andreessen takes a walk down memory
        lane with Facebook doubters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/andreessen-takes-a-walk-down-memory-lane-with-facebook-doubters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939354,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T16:00:00Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p>One
        can forgive early believers like Andreessen for taking a few of victory laps,
        even if those laps are just short trots to the bank and&#160;back.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514594&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Marc Andreessen takes a walk down memory
        lane with Facebook doubters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/andreessen-takes-a-walk-down-memory-lane-with-facebook-doubters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939353,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:00:41Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. I found some things to like
        about&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514283&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon\u2019s Fire Phone is a nice piece
        of gear, with some not-very-useful parlor tricks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/amazons-fire-phone-is-a-nice-piece-of-gear-with-some-not-very-useful-parlor-tricks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939352,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:00:41Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. I found some things to like
        about&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514283&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon\u2019s Fire Phone is a nice piece
        of gear, with some not-very-useful parlor tricks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/amazons-fire-phone-is-a-nice-piece-of-gear-with-some-not-very-useful-parlor-tricks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939351,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T23:00:21Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p>The
        bill began as a surprisingly viral petition on the White House''s experimental
        direct action website,&#160;WeThePeople.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514651&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Cell phone unlocking bill could be a
        historic step in Internet politics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/telecom-lobbies-0-online-direct-democracy-1-cell-phone-bill-is-historic-step-in-internet-politics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939350,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T23:00:21Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p>The
        bill began as a surprisingly viral petition on the White House''s experimental
        direct action website,&#160;WeThePeople.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514651&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Cell phone unlocking bill could be a
        historic step in Internet politics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/telecom-lobbies-0-online-direct-democracy-1-cell-phone-bill-is-historic-step-in-internet-politics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939349,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:00:21Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. When it comes to anonymous social network&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1510245&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How brands are completely missing the
        point on anonymous social site Secret","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/how-brands-are-completely-missing-the-point-on-anonymous-social-site-secret/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939348,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T03:00:21Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. When it comes to anonymous social network&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1510245&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How brands are completely missing the
        point on anonymous social site Secret","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/how-brands-are-completely-missing-the-point-on-anonymous-social-site-secret/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939347,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939346,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939345,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"scoop","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939344,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939343,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939342,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"boilerplate","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939341,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939340,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"weve","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939338,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939337,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"boilerplate","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:18Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939374,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"youtube-channel","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:18Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:11Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939373,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"youtube","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:11Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:09Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939372,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"ign-entertainment","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:09Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:02Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939371,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"ouya","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:02Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:55Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939370,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"lp","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:55Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:49Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939367,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"bloomberg-beta","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:43Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939366,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"bloomberg","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:43Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:56:11Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939336,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-29T09:56:07Z","slug":"pan-asia","summary":null,"title":"Practically
        Green Raises $3M To Help Companies Manage Sustainability Programs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:56:11Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/30/practically-green-series-a/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:07:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-05T08:33:03Z","slug":"yugma","summary":"CrossLoop,
        a company that lets two people easily share their desktops while working in
        different locations, has raised $3 million in a first round of capital.","title":"CrossLoop
        \u2014 free desktop\u00a0sharing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:07:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/05/crossloop-free-desktop-sharing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:07:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939334,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-22T08:38:34Z","slug":"brightspot-tv","summary":"Siperian
        , a Silicon Valley company that helps businesses unify their data about customers,
        products and organizations fragmented across different systems (with so-called
        \u201cmaster data management\u201d software), has raised $25 million more
        in financing.","title":"Siperian, master data management co, gets $25M\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:07:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/22/siperian-master-data-management-co-gets-25m-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:07:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939333,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-15T00:00:34Z","slug":"brightspot-tv","summary":"At
        the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show in January, there will be lots of
        new digital photo frame models capable of receiving updated photos via Wi-Fi
        wireless network connections.","title":"Samsung launches a new chip to liven
        up digital photo\u00a0frames","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:07:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/15/samsung-launches-a-new-chip-to-live-up-digital-photo-frames/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:07:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939332,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-04T08:23:57Z","slug":"affinity-labs","summary":"updated
        with input from Affinity","title":"Monster buys community site, Affinity Labs,
        for significant\u00a0$61M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:07:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/04/just-in-monster-buys-community-site-affinity-labs-for-61m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:07:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939331,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-12-11T08:59:52Z","slug":"wellsphere","summary":"Check
        out the fresh $100,000+ jobs at the VentureBeat JobBoard.","title":"VentureBeat''s
        high-end jobs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:07:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/11/venturebeats-high-end-jobs-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-02T11:47:44Z","slug":"wellsphere","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Is Apple doing a video phone? Blue Monster
        tattoo man laid off, and H-1B worker\u00a0woes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/02/roundup-is-apple-doing-a-video-phone-blue-monster-tattoo-man-laid-off-and-h-1b-worker-woes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939329,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-28T22:28:35Z","slug":"wellsphere","summary":"updated","title":"Wellsphere,
        for those striving to be fit and\u00a0healthy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/28/wellsphere-for-those-striving-to-be-fit-and-healthy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939328,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-18T15:55:12Z","slug":"mayas-mom","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Lot''s going on, here''s a\u00a0summary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/18/roundup-lots-going-on-heres-a-summary/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939327,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-27T11:32:15Z","slug":"mayas-mom","summary":"updated","title":"Invasion
        of the mommy sites \u2014 Maya''s Mom launches with angel\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/27/invasion-of-the-mommy-sites-mayas-mom-launches-with-angel-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939326,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-27T11:59:48Z","slug":"mayas-mom","summary":"See
        story here.","title":"Maya''s Mom launches with seed funding, joins other
        parental advice\u00a0sites","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/27/mayas-mom-launches-with-seed-funding-joins-other-parental-advice-sites/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939325,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-28T06:56:54Z","slug":"mayas-mom","summary":"The
        mother-focused site BabyCenter, owned by giant J&J, has acquired Maya\u2019s
        Mom, a Palo Alto, Calif. social networking site for mothers.","title":"J&J
        swallows mother social networking site, Maya''s\u00a0Mom","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:06:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/28/jj-swallows-mother-social-networking-site-mayas-mom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:05:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-14T08:38:44Z","slug":"geneva-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Featured
        companies: Advanced Bio-Surfaces, Ambit Biosciences, EnteroMedics, Molecular
        Vision, Skyline Ventures","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Nov.
        14,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:05:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/14/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-nov-14-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:05:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939323,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-17T12:38:29Z","slug":"daylife","summary":"NewsCred,
        a startup focused on making it easy to syndicate premium news content, has
        acquired cloud-based publishing platform Daylife, the company announced\u00a0today.","title":"Newswire
        startup NewsCred acquires Daylife to double its\u00a0customers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:05:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/17/newscred-daylife/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:05:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939322,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-14T18:00:43Z","slug":"myndnet","summary":"LeadVine
        is hoping to turn the community into your sales force. The company is launching
        its beta social networking site today to help sales people extract customer
        leads from the public at large.","title":"LeadVine turns community into your
        sales\u00a0force","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:05:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/14/leadvine-turns-community-into-your-sales-force/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:05:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939321,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-09T06:00:00Z","slug":"myndnet","summary":"Finding
        sales leads isn\u2019t easy and cold calling isn\u2019t that efficient. That\u2019s
        why Evan Sohn started SalesConx in 2007. It\u2019s a site that combines an
        expert system with social networking, providing a place where businesses can
        post the leads that they need.","title":"SalesConx raises $1.5 million round
        for lead referral\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:05:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/09/salesconx-raises-15-million-round-for-lead-referral-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939320,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-27T11:00:05Z","slug":"geoiq","summary":"This
        post is sponsored by Geo-Loco.","title":"Geo-Loco: Is location 2.0 here and
        making dollars &\u00a0sense?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/27/geo-loco-is-location-2-0-here-and-making-dollars-sense/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-12T10:52:31Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest:","title":"Roundup: Sabio, Photobucket cont, Technorati, Choicestream,
        PersonalBee and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/12/roundup-sabio-labs-personalbee-bought-photobucket-cont-choicestream-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939318,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-21T12:30:22Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"Brad
        Greenspan, the jilted MySpace executive, makes play at WSJ \u2014 Greenspan,
        who filed a suit against MySpace\u2019s parent company for ripping off shareholders
        in its sale to News Corp. (the suit was rejected), is now seeking to buy the
        WSJ\u2019s parent company Dow Jones. Of course, this continues the rivalry
        between Greenspan and News Corp\u2019s Rupert Murdoch, another bidder for
        Dow Jones.","title":"Roundup: WSJ''s suitors, odd story of Tom Perkins, VC
        tax, WeFi and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/21/roundup-wsjs-suitors-odd-story-of-tom-perkins-vc-tax-wefi-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939317,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-10T18:36:46Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"The
        Congressional debate about a new tax (see our coverage) on investors kicks
        off tomorrow (Wednesday) with U.S. Senate hearings.","title":"Kate Mitchell
        goes to Washington, to defend VCs from new\u00a0tax","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/10/kate-mitchell-goes-to-washington-to-defend-vcs-from-new-tax/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939316,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-07T12:48:45Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Singularity hype, Xobni, Rapleaf selling
        your data, Vudu, Seedcamp and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/07/roundup-singularity-hype-xobni-rapleaf-selling-your-data-vudu-seedcamp-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939315,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-12T04:52:37Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"Cisco,
        the giant networking company, has expanded its venture capital investments
        to central and eastern Europe, taking a majority stake in a 30 million Euro
        ($40 million) fund there.","title":"U.S. venture capital goes to eastern Europe,\u00a0Russia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/12/us-venture-capital-goes-to-eastern-europe-russia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939314,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-20T09:30:49Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"The
        index of leading economic indicators, a broad basket of data meant to predict
        U.S. economic activity six to nine months in the future, rose unexpectedly
        in September by 0.3 percent.","title":"Economic indicators jump \u2014 but
        start-up headache still setting\u00a0in","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/20/economic-indicators-jump-but-start-up-headache-still-setting-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939313,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-23T10:58:54Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"Updated","title":"\"Alley
        Cat\" VC Joanna Rees may shun investing, run for SF\u00a0mayor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/23/alley-cat-venture-capitalist-may-shun-investing-run-for-sf-mayor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939312,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-29T08:02:28Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"There
        are shortcuts and then there are shortcuts that cost money. When you\u2019re
        running a small company, you\u2019ll likely find both types are essential
        if you want to give your team time to focus.","title":"Product management
        on a\u00a0shoestring","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/29/product-management-on-a-shoestring/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939311,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-03T00:00:00Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Well this is awkward. Here I am, promoting a post to the front page
        that\u2019s actually an interview with me. Oh well. For more late-breaking
        news about me, subscribe to my newsletter. -Demian","title":"Wrath of the
        Linn King: An Interview with Bitmob\u2019s Own Demian\u00a0Linn","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:04:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/03/wrath-of-the-linn-king-an-interview-with-bitmobs-own-demian-linn/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939310,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-12T21:49:41Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"Please
        find enclosed a selection of Dreamcast-related writings by your fellow Bitmobbers.
        And stay tuned for tomorrow''s Dreamcastiversary Reviews Spotlight!","title":"Bitmob
        Spotlight: Dreamcast\u00a0Edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/12/bitmob-spotlight-dreamcast-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939309,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-13T11:59:29Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"In
        order for a conference to be a catalyst for change, it needs to have people
        asking the right questions. GreenBeat 2009 has recruited a crack team of moderators
        to execute this task \u2014 including two of the most respected analysts speaking
        and writing about the emerging Super Grid.","title":"GreenBeat 2009: Bringing
        in the Grid\u00a0analysts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/13/greenbeat-2009-bringing-in-the-grid-analysts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939308,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-23T14:40:54Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"Event
        management site Eventbrite launched a new service today for non-profits. Eventbrite
        for Causes is open to all US-based non-profits with 501(c)(3) status. It will
        charge non-profits 2% of the event ticket price plus 99 cents per ticket sold
        (the normal rate is 2.5% of the ticket price plus 99 cents per ticket sold).","title":"Eventbrite
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        is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring
        2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present,
        but our coverage of them remains objective.","title":"DEMO: Fliptop to rock
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        written a lot about what it will take to transform today\u2019s energy infrastructure
        into the super grid of tomorrow, from cleaner, cheaper energy sources to smarter
        networks and support for fleets of electric vehicles. But the ultimate requirement
        is people. We\u2019ll have to tap our collective brainpower like never before.
        That\u2019s why VentureBeat is assembling a superstar cast of speakers for
        our GreenBeat 2010 conference, at the academic powerhouse of Stanford University
        on November 3 and 4.","title":"Meet 26 experts charging the super grid: GreenBeat
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        occupants are mysteriously absent, yet the house is teeming with life.","title":"Dreaming
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        which requires knowing what the people across the table are thinking. But\u00a0the
        answers you need could be sitting on your monitor, assuming you know how to
        access them.","title":"Your blog can be a private detective before a\u00a0roadshow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/01/how-to-prepare-your-corporate-blog-for-a-roadshow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939302,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-23T11:00:06Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"EDITOR\u2019S
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        a column on an aspect of gaming world that GamesBeat covers. My colleague
        Dylan Tweney is writing a column on technology and business called Dylan\u2019s
        Desk. Together, these columns will be available to newsletter subscribers
        a whole day before they appear here on the website.","title":"The DeanBeat:
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        while executive editor Dylan Tweney is writing a technology and business column
        called Dylan\u2019s Desk. They are available to newsletter subscribers a whole
        day before they appear on the VentureBeat website.","title":"The DeanBeat:
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        called The DeanBeat, while executive editor Dylan Tweney is writing a technology
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        subscribers a whole day before they appear on the VentureBeat website. This
        week, senior editor Devindra Hardawar is taking over for a flu-ridden Dean.","title":"What
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        to predict the most revolutionary products of the coming year.","title":"Dylan\u2019s
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        \u2014 a men\u2019s online shopping club that had\u00a0yet to establish a
        payment system via credit cards \u2014 in 2008. His first online sale featured
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        company was bought by Thrillist in 2010 for an undisclosed amount, but\u00a0Ross\u00a0continues
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        his lows, his best advice and what he thinks is next for the online retail
        industry.","title":"How JackThreads grew from a bootstrapped bedroom startup
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        that our gaming heritage is preserved for future generations to enjoy, study,
        and learn\u00a0from?","title":"Museum presses save button on gaming history\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/04/museum-presses-save-button-on-gaming-history-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939295,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-17T08:58:26Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"Smart
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        following is an excerpt from Scott Steinberg\u2019s new book, The Crowdfunding
        Bible. The book is free to download at http://www.CrowdFundingGuides.com,
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        to last year. Naturally, investors punished the company by stripping more
        than five percent from its stock price. Aren\u2019t you people ever\u00a0satisfied?","title":"Stop
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        that is so attractive to\u00a0entrepreneurs?","title":"What makes FoundersCard
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        host of companies have been scrambling for a leadership position in one of
        the hottest areas of the economy: providing the technology needed by businesses
        to embrace the cloud.","title":"The top 10 \u2018arms merchants\u2019 of the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/23/the-top-10-arms-merchants-of-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T09:03:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939289,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-16T08:45:29Z","slug":"oh-newsletter","summary":"Once
        upon a time, you could launch a product or a service with a newspaper, radio,
        or TV ad; deliver orders to middlemen; or provide services yourself and watch
        the dollars roll in.\nThat fantasy world is long\u00a0gone.","title":"Superheroes
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        to discuss this new indie content initiative \u2014 and the concept of an
        open-platform Nintendo blew our\u00a0minds.","title":"Nintendo\u2019s Wii
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        says e-mail is dead? Advertising startup isocket has forged an agreement with
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        compare five content-saving services to figure out which reigns supreme in
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        5 best services for saving stuff\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/11/content-saving-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939265,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-13T06:00:26Z","slug":"title-services","summary":"YoYo
        Games is making it easy to tap monetization and analytics services from within
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        Braintree buys scrappy Venmo; can the duo continue to take over the mobile
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        a services company like an app development house become a product company,
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        you buy a car with a warranty, you still have to get it serviced. Your cloud
        infrastructure is no different. Cloud monitoring is a complex, highly competitive
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        people informed during\u00a0emergencies.","title":"How our favorite tech services
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        the complete download from EA\u2019s earnings call. The game giant continues
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        developers\u00a0die.","title":"CEO David Helgason on why Unity has expanded
        into mobile game-dev services\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/09/ceo-david-helgason-on-why-unity-has-expanded-into-mobile-game-dev-services-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939225,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:55:22Z","slug":"title-services","summary":"NextNav,
        a California-based location services provider, announced today that it has\u00a0concluded
        a $70 million Series D round of financing.","title":"NextNav raises $70M to
        enhance life-saving location\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/nextnav-raises-70m-to-enhance-life-saving-location-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939224,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-13T20:51:01Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"So,
        did you guys vote or did you just stay at home playing Halo 4? One will determine
        the fate of our country for the next four years while the other the fate of
        the universe. From that perspective the choice seems rather simple. But enough
        about that! Onwards to the industry\u2019s current juggernaut. After that,
        get ready for a full on console launch come this Sunday. Too bad you won\u2019t
        see any of those games here. I\u2019m saving those for a special Coming Soon
        this Friday.","title":"Coming Soon! 11/12/2012 \u2013\u00a0ish","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/13/coming-soon-11122012-isn/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939223,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-30T12:00:28Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick With so much activity in this space, I sat down with Nate Gross, cofounder
        of RockHealth, to compile a list of the ten biggest health-tech stories that
        shocked and amazed us this\u00a0year.","title":"Med tech\u2019s top 10 stories
        from\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/30/health-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939222,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-24T09:11:10Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Guest
        Post As online retailers incorporate better technology to improve the shopping
        experience for consumers, the convenience and experience gap between offline
        and online gets\u00a0bigger.","title":"Why the department store experience
        needs a serious upgrade,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/24/why-the-department-store-experience-needs-a-serious-upgrade-too/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939221,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-07T21:24:08Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Who
        won what at this year DICE awards? GamesBeat has the full winners\u00a0list.","title":"Journey
        dominates the 2013 D.I.C.E. Awards (full winner\u00a0list)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/07/dice-2013-awards/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939220,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-08T08:00:51Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga\u2019s
        sinking market value crushed\u00a0valuations.","title":"The DeanBeat: After
        Zynga\u2019s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:59:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/08/the-deanbeat-after-zyngas-crash-game-investments-dive-44-percent-in-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939219,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-05T07:30:58Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Ghostlight
        is brightening the role-playing game market around the world by bringing Japanese
        console titles to\u00a0Steam.","title":"Ghostlight\u2019s worldwide Steam
        releases could help Japanese role-playing\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/05/ghostlights-worldwide-steam-releases-could-help-japanese-role-playing-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939218,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T10:09:16Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"What
        if we could replay some of the greatest gaming experiences of our lives again,
        but for the first time? Which would they be, and\u00a0why?","title":"If you
        could replay any this-gen game again for the first time \u2026 (staff\u00a0feature)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/if-you-could-replay-any-game-again-feature/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939217,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-07T11:09:48Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"As
        a monetization consultant I\u2019m always critiquing the freemium design.
        If you\u2019d like a chance to have an article written on your game please
        fill out the form http://bit.ly/14h2pJg.","title":"Improving Freemium Design
        \u2013\u00a0Ionage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/07/improving-freemium-design-ionage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939216,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-12T05:49:17Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"This
        move may be several years too late, but\u00a0BlackBerry announced this morning
        that it will be exploring \u201cstrategic alternatives\u201d for its business
        through a newly formed special committee.","title":"BlackBerry tries to save
        its skin: Considering a company sale, partnerships, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/blackberry-tries-to-save-its-skin-considering-a-company-sale-partnerships-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939215,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-12T12:31:49Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Guest
        Post We\u2019re supposedly in another \u201cgolden age\u201d for gaming. But
        if so, where are the\u00a0mergers?","title":"\u2018White space\u2019 helps
        us understand the strategic direction of gaming mergers and\u00a0acquisitions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/white-space-helps-us-understand-the-strategic-direction-of-gaming-mergers-and-acquisitions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939214,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-30T09:10:31Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Revolution
        Ventures has raised a $200 million fund, which the firm said is the \u201clargest
        first-time venture fund outside of Silicon Valley since the 2008 financial
        crisis.\u201d It focuses on early startups \u201coff-the-beaten\u00a0path.\u201d","title":"Revolution
        Ventures closes $200M fund to support \u2018the rise of the\u00a0rest\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/revolution-ventures-closes-200m-fund-to-support-the-rise-of-the-rest/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939213,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-04T09:19:30Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Argent       Wealth Management and Pillar       Financial Advisors have
        merged effective November 1, 2013. The new       firm, now known as Argent
        Wealth Management, LLC, will manage a combined       $1.2 billion in client
        assets and will continue\u00a0to\u2026","title":"Argent Wealth Management
        and Pillar Financial Advisors to\u00a0Merge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/04/argent-wealth-management-and-pillar-financial-advisors-to-merge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939212,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-12T05:08:55Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Antegrin       Therapeutics, a drug discovery and development company
        focused on       novel treatments for fibrotic diseases, announced today the
        publication       of key preclinical data in the current       online issue
        of Nature Medicine.\u00a0The\u2026","title":"Antegrin Announces Publication
        in Nature Medicine of Preclinical Data in Fibrosis&nbs...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/12/antegrin-announces-publication-in-nature-medicine-of-preclinical-data-in-fibrosis-models/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939211,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-12T08:34:38Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post 5BARz       International Inc. (OTCBB: BARZ) (Berlin: O5B), a technology
        leader       in the cellular network extender industry, announced today the       completion
        of a private placement, resulting in net proceeds of       $2,610,000. The
        Company\u00a0issued\u2026","title":"5BARz International, Inc. Completes $2.6M
        Private\u00a0Placement","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/12/5barz-international-inc-completes-2-6m-private-placement/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939210,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-19T02:30:34Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Guest
        Post You need to take a harder look at your website to determine which will
        suit your needs\u00a0best.","title":"Responsive design vs. adaptive delivery:
        Which one\u2019s right for\u00a0you?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/19/responsive-design-adaptive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939209,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T08:38:46Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post 5BARz International Inc., a leader in the cellular network extender technology
        industry, announced today that Dr. Gil Amelio has been elected Chair of its
        Board of\u00a0Directors.","title":"Dr. Gil Amelio Appointed Chairman of the
        Board of Directors of 5BARz International,&n...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/dr-gil-amelio-appointed-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors-of-5barz-international-inc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939208,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-26T04:24:39Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post With more than 4,100 private equity real estate funds in the world, Occasio       Funds
        announced today it is the first fund to focus exclusively on       luxury
        residential resort real estate, capitalizing on the growing $24       billion
        villa\u00a0rental\u2026","title":"Occasio Funds Launches First-Ever Private
        Equity Real Estate Fund Focused Exclusively...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/26/occasio-funds-launches-first-ever-private-equity-real-estate-fund-focused-exclusively-on-luxury-resort-residences/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939207,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-28T05:02:10Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"As
        I did last year, I thought it would be interesting to survey what the next
        year has to offer between consoles, handhelds, and PCs focusing mainly on
        NA by taking a large sampling of what (we hope) will show up on time and go
        from there with a few thoughts on them in\u00a0general.","title":"A Survey
        of the 2014\u00a0Gamescape","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/28/a-survey-of-the-2014-gamescape/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939206,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T11:24:33Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Don\u2019t
        let a bad New Years Eve happen to\u00a0you.","title":"6 tech tricks for having
        a fun (and regret-free) New Year\u2019s\u00a0Eve","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/6-tech-tricks-for-having-a-fun-and-regret-free-new-years-eve/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939205,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T14:41:55Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"James
        takes a look at the RPG element of life and what this could mean for the future
        of video\u00a0games.","title":"How close to reality are video\u00a0games?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/how-close-to-reality-are-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939204,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T18:00:09Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Way
        back in the last century, users of the early Internet often shrugged off content
        piracy. But the scale and damage is different\u00a0now.","title":"The average
        piracy site makes $4.4M each year on ads from Amazon, Lego,\u00a0etc.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/the-average-piracy-site-makes-4-4m-each-year-on-ads-from-amazon-lego-etc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939203,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-05T00:00:14Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"If
        you are fascinated by Greek mythology, with fake gods, goddesses, demi-gods,
        heroes, and oracles of ancient Greece and Rome inspiring you, you\u2019ll
        want to take a look at these below five games.","title":"5 Greek Mythology
        Mobile Games to Whet Your\u00a0Appetite","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/05/5-greek-mythology-mobile-games-to-whet-your-appetite/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939202,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-18T03:07:00Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Under
        The Radar, a prominent IT and startup-focused blog in Korea, recently published
        a top 10 list of venture backed enterprises in Korea. Not surprisingly, Kakao
        placed number one in the list by a wide margin.","title":"Top 10 VC-backed
        startups in Korea: Kakao still\u00a0dominates","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/18/top-10-most-valuable-korean-venture-companies-kakao-still-reigning-with-its-unquestionable-supremacy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939201,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T05:31:25Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Mansa Capital Management, LLC, a private equity firm focused on the $2.5       trillion
        US healthcare market, has received a Green Light letter from       the U.S.
        Small Business Administration (SBA) to continue its application       process
        to\u00a0obtain\u2026","title":"Mansa Capital \u201cGreen-Lighted\u201d by
        the U.S. Small Business\u00a0Administrat...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/mansa-capital-green-lighted-by-the-u-s-small-business-administration/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939200,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T06:20:47Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post AT&T*       and The Chernin Group, which manages and invests in media
        businesses       around the world, today announced the formation of a venture
        to acquire,       invest in and launch over-the-top (OTT) video services.
        The Chernin Group\u00a0and\u2026","title":"The Chernin Group and AT&T Create
        New Venture to Acquire, Invest in and Launch On...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/the-chernin-group-and-att-create-new-venture-to-acquire-invest-in-and-launch-online-video-businesses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939199,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T20:15:44Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"After
        talking about it for a year or so, the action sports camera company GoPro
        filed for an initial public offering Monday. ","title":"Highlights from GoPro\u2019s
        IPO filing,\u00a0unearthed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/highlights-from-gopros-ipo-filing-unearthed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939198,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T10:52:11Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"I
        first heard about the notorious app called \u201cMake it Rain: The Love of
        Money\u201d by Space Inch, LLC, while blithely scrolling through my email
        and seeing a headline from Business Insider about the app making $50,000 per
        day in ad revenue and in-app purchases. Several days later, I\u2019d see it
        in action, in the hands of a 5th-grade student as I chaperoned a school trip
        to Cincinnati.","title":"\u2018Make it Rain\u2019 app: The secret to its $50K
        per day\u00a0success","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/make-it-rain-app-the-secret-to-its-50k-per-day-success/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939197,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T18:42:15Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Save
        your money! Build a fun Hearthstone deck for\u00a0free!","title":"Build a
        kick ass mage deck in\u00a0Hearthstone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/build-a-kick-ass-mage-deck-in-hearthstone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939196,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T14:33:49Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"For
        those of you who were hoping the successor to the Yo app would be a reverse
        psychology pinger called Oy, you have a surprise coming.","title":"As if Yo
        is not enough, get ready for Yo for\u00a0Business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/as-if-yo-is-not-enough-get-ready-for-yo-for-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939195,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T13:00:36Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"The
        Connected Cloud Summit will bring together executives from the leading IoT
        players and innovative enterprises deploying the IoT solutions. The Summit
        will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to pursue new business
        opportunities and overcome the technology challenges created by IoT to better
        serve their customers, create new offerings, and gain a competitive advantage
        in the\u00a0marketplace.","title":"Connected Cloud Summit showcases the latest
        Internet of things\u00a0innovations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/connected-cloud-summit-showcases-the-latest-internet-of-things-innovations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939194,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T09:00:54Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"The
        last great prison break game I played was way back in 1986. Roofer turned
        game developer Chris Davis is aiming to make up for lost\u00a0time.","title":"The
        Escapists is bringing the prison break genre back to life \u2014 on a shoestring\u00a0budget","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/the-escapists-prison-break-genre/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939193,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-25T07:15:22Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Xtera
        Communications Inc., a Allen, Texas maker of optical-networking transport
        systems for the Internet backbone, has acquired San Jose, Calif.\u2019s AscenVision
        Technology, a provider of wide-area network traffic management technology
        that allows more efficient use of available bandwidth.","title":"Xtera, optical
        networking company, continues acquisition strategy \u2014 buys\u00a0AscenVision","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/25/xtera-optical-networking-company-continues-acquisition-strategy-buys-ascenvision/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939192,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-20T11:40:28Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"With  General
        Motors, Nissan and Mitsubishi all moving forward on plans to  launch plug-in
        and all-electric vehicles in the next two years, Honda \u2014  one of the
        largest automotive companies in the world \u2014 has been  conspicuously absent.
        But no longer.","title":"Late to the party, Honda unveils plug-in vehicle\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/20/honda-plug-in-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939191,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-18T15:36:11Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Our
        next GreenBeat 2010 conference is just three weeks away. If you\u2019re an
        entrepreneur or executive focused on energy or the environment, you should
        sign up soon. Early-bird tickets, which offer a 30 percent discount, end on
        Friday.","title":"Lots at stake at GreenBeat 2010: New speakers, early-bird
        extended to\u00a0Friday","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/18/lots-at-stake-at-greenbeat-2010-new-speakers-early-bird-extended-to-friday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939189,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-10T12:54:59Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Apple
        has partnered with a patent troll company called Digitude Innovations, VentureBeat
        has confirmed, allowing that company to attack the world\u2019s largest phone
        manufacturers of smartphones.","title":"Apple partners with patent troll Digitude
        Innovations \u2014 and wow, what a\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/10/apples-patents-digitude-innovations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939188,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-04T17:10:13Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Today
        was a big day for media companies.","title":"Comcast & Disney reach content
        deal for \u201cTV Everywhere\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/04/disney-comcast-metro-pcs-media/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939187,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-06T00:18:13Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"It
        starts off with \u201cmore of the same\u201d but quickly moves to \u201cgive
        me more.\u201d New towers and plenty of little secrets make this one a\u00a0must-play.","title":"Kingdom
        Rush: Frontiers is full of secrets, geeky references, and deep, addicting
        strategy\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/06/kingdom-rush-frontiers-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939186,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-29T15:11:31Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Nintendo
        also launched the Onett Times news portal for EarthBound information on the
        Wii U\u00a0Miiverse.","title":"Nintendo releases Wii U-optimized e-version
        of original EarthBound Player\u2019s\u00a0Guide","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/29/nintendo-releases-wii-u-optimized-e-version-of-original-earthbound-players-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939185,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T15:35:24Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick FindTheBest is taking a stand and saying \u201cscrew you\u201d to patent
        trolls. The company filed a lawsuit against a patent troll, which sued it
        for a patent infringement earlier this\u00a0year.","title":"FindTheBest sues
        patent trolls under anti-Mafia RICO\u00a0Act","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/findthebest-sues-patent-trolls-under-anti-mafia-rico-act/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:35Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939184,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:34Z","slug":"behance","summary":null,"title":"After
        5 Years Of Bootstrapping, Behance Nabs $6.5M From USV, Jeff Bezos, Dave Morin
        & More","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:35Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/14/behance-raises-first-round-after-5-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939183,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T12:39:24Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Two
        top games research firms have partnered up to dig deep into the growth of\u00a0e-sports.","title":"E-sports
        viewers doubled to over 70 million in 2013 \u2014 and they tend to be young
        men, married, and have steady\u00a0jobs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/e-sports-viewers-doubled-to-over-70-million-in-2013-and-they-tend-to-be-young-men-married-and-have-steady-jobs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939182,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T03:48:05Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"As
        solitaire games go, Fairway Solitaire is a big franchise, and now it has a
        new arcadey\u00a0version.","title":"Big Fish Games sees zany Fairway Solitaire
        Blast as another potential \u2018evergreen\u2019 mobile\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/big-fish-games-launches-fairway-solitaire-blast-mobile-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939181,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T13:00:35Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Tablet adoption in enterprises is growing like crazy. Finance, retail,
        healthcare, and education are deploying tablets at a furious pace. The Tablet
        Strategy conference will showcase the best examples of how tablets are being
        used by\u00a0businesses.","title":"Tablets 2.0: GE, Home Depot, Intel, Microsoft
        execs at Tablet Strategy on May\u00a06","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/tablets-2-0-ge-home-depot-intel-microsoft-execs-at-tablet-strategy-on-may-6/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:27Z","domain":"observer.com","id":3939180,"news_source":"Observer","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:26Z","slug":"daylife","summary":null,"title":"      *
        Sep. 22, 2009     * Login     * Register     * Make Observer.com Your Homepage     *
        About Us  RSS Feed Observer Logo      *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *     *  News      *
        Fashion Week ","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:27Z","url":"http://www.observer.com/2009/media/getty-invests-4-million-daylife-creates-photo-galleries-future"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939179,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T06:08:18Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"What
        does it take to bring an asymmetrical, party real-time strategy game to the
        Wii U? With only days left to go in his studio\u2019s Kickstarter campaign,
        Prismatic Games\u2019 Chris Jennewein answers this question and more about
        the developer\u2019s debut project, Hex\u00a0Heroes.","title":"How Kickstarter
        game Hex Heroes is reimagining the real-time strategy genre for the Wii U\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/interview-how-kickstarter-game-hex-heroes-is-reimagining-the-rts-genre-for-the-wii-u/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939177,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T12:00:51Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Creating
        tension and excitement in a free browser game is a tough ask, but this is
        one zombie title worth diving into from your\u00a0desk.","title":"Dead Underground
        turns London\u2019s subway map into a zombie-strategy\u00a0blast","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/dead-underground-turns-londons-subway-map-into-a-zombie-strategy-blast/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:26Z","domain":"animenewsnetwork.com","id":3939178,"news_source":"Anime
        News Network","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:25Z","slug":"crunchyroll","summary":null,"title":"Crunchyroll
        and TV TOKYO Announce Strategic Investment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:26Z","url":"http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-03-25/crunchyroll-and-tv-tokyo-announce-strategic-investment"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939176,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-25T17:30:07Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"AOL
        and Microsoft partner on huge content deal, hoping to stay\u00a0relevant.","title":"AOL
        and Microsoft ink video-content\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/25/aol-and-microsoft-ink-video-content-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939175,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-27T00:55:02Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Nintendo
        betrayed the trust of core gamers with the Wii, can they rebuild the trust
        and respect we used to have for\u00a0them?","title":"Struggling to trust Nintendo
        again in the home console\u00a0space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/27/struggling-to-trust-nintendo-again-in-the-home-console-space/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939174,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T09:00:11Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Publisher
        Asiasoft and its subsidiaries will oversee Heroes of the Storm in Thailand,
        Singapore, Malaysia, and the\u00a0Philippines.","title":"Blizzard\u2019s Heroes
        of the Storm online strategy game will make landfall in Southeast\u00a0Asia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/blizzards-heroes-of-the-storm-online-strategy-game-will-make-landfall-in-southeast-asia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939173,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T12:00:53Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Nintendo
        expects it will report a $240 million loss for the year later this\u00a0week.","title":"Nintendo
        will report its yearly earnings this week \u2014 expect weak Wii U\u00a0sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/05/nintendo-is-warning-investors-that-it-only-sold-2-8m-wii-us-during-its-fiscal-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:24Z","domain":"benchmark.com","id":3939172,"news_source":"Benchmark","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:22Z","slug":"daylife","summary":null,"title":"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:23Z","url":"http://www.benchmark.com/news/europe/2007/06_25_2007.php"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939171,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T11:00:47Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post As businesses become increasingly reliant on online channels for customer
        interactions, the need for faster, more functional websites becomes increasingly\u00a0evident.","title":"Four
        ways to modernize your APM strategy (white\u00a0waper)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/four-ways-to-modernize-your-application-performance-monitoring-strategy-for-web-2-0-and-ajax-white-paper/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939170,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T13:04:39Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Amazon\u2019s recent purchase of ComiXology affirms Columbia Pacific       Advisors\u2019
        $100 million funding strategy for technology-enabled companies       in need
        of growth capital, the firm said today.              Columbia Pacific Advisors,
        based in\u00a0Seattle,\u2026","title":"Columbia Pacific Advisors Commits $100
        Million to Growth Capital\u00a0Strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/columbia-pacific-advisors-commits-100-million-to-growth-capital-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:23Z","domain":"deepjiveinterests.com","id":3939169,"news_source":"deepjiveinterests.com","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:21Z","slug":"crunchyroll","summary":null,"title":"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:22Z","url":"http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2008/02/27/vcs-back-crunchyroll-guts-brains-or-sheer-stupidity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939168,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-09T09:00:21Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Nintendo
        is working on a Skylanders-style Mario game as well as hardware with \u201cnew
        thinking\u201d for emerging\u00a0markets.","title":"Nintendo turns to toys
        and China \u2014 but these won\u2019t fix what\u2019s\u00a0wrong","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/09/nintendo-turns-to-toys-and-china-but-those-wont-fix-whats-wrong/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939167,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T08:03:29Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Microsoft
        is also announcing new Xbox Live Gold\u00a0features.","title":"$399 Xbox One
        without a Kinect is Microsoft\u2019s strategy to combat PlayStation\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/399-xbox-one-without-a-kinect-is-microsofts-strategy-to-combat-playstation-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939166,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T13:30:51Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"The
        casual market is nice and all, but core gamers still demand a ton of\u00a0content.","title":"34M
        hardcore gamers play an average of 22 hours a week \u2014 but Nintendo isn\u2019t
        \u2018core\u2019 enough to\u00a0count","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/34m-hardcore-gamers-play-an-average-of-22-hours-a-week-but-nintendo-isnt-core-enough-to-count/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:21Z","domain":"finsmes.com","id":3939165,"news_source":"FinSMEs","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:19Z","slug":"spiceworks","summary":null,"title":"Spiceworks
        Closes $57M Series E Funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:21Z","url":"http://www.finsmes.com/2014/02/spiceworks-closes-57m-series-e-funding.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939164,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T08:00:35Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"The
        Wii U problem needs some immediate solutions. Here are\u00a0three.","title":"How
        Nintendo can fix the Wii U right\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/how-nintendo-can-fix-the-wii-u-right-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939163,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T12:37:59Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"The
        real motivation behind AT&T\u2019s acquisition of DirectTV is far less glitzy
        than you\u2019d think.","title":"AT&T\u2019s DirecTV merger is about bloated
        dividends, not grand\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/analyst-attdirectv-is-about-atts-bloated-dividend-payout-not-grand-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939162,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T15:00:08Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Strategy
        shifts to retaining and monetizing existing users, as opposed to acquiring
        new\u00a0ones.","title":"Social casino market shrinks, and game operators
        shift\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/social-casino-market-shrinks-and-game-operators-shift-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939161,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T10:01:47Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Last
        week, Life360, the company I co-founded in 2008, raised $50 million in Series
        C financing and signed a strategic partnership with ADT Security Systems to
        partner on the connected home.","title":"Patent trolls have come after my
        startup. I\u2019m fighting\u00a0back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/patent-trolls-have-come-after-my-startup-im-fighting-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939160,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-01T04:00:04Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Guest
        Post If you have read anything about online advertising in the past year,
        you may be afraid that the industry is about to collapse under the weight
        of\u00a0fraud.","title":"The frighteningly overblown reports of online ad\u00a0fraud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/01/the-frighteningly-overblown-reports-of-online-ad-fraud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939159,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T18:09:55Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Nintendo
        saved a 3DS announcement for the middle of the\u00a0week.","title":"Nintendo
        reveals Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. for 3DS from Advance Wars\u00a0studio","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/nintendo-reveals-code-name-s-t-e-a-m-for-3ds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939158,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T11:45:19Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Nintendo
        of America\u2019s president and chief operating officer remains an optimist
        at E3\u00a02014.","title":"Reggie Fils-Aime talks about E3, industry change,
        and what Nintendo is doing for a comeback\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/reggie-fils-aime-talks-about-e3-industry-change-and-what-nintendo-is-doing-for-a-comeback-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939157,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-14T09:57:17Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Legally, Tesla could still charge for access to its patented technologies.
        But it almost certainly won\u2019t. The benefits of fostering a standard platform
        for electric car tech far outweigh short term revenue gains from paid licensing
        agreements. And that mindset demonstrates that, at its core, Tesla is a tech
        company, not a car\u00a0company.","title":"Here\u2019s what Tesla\u2019s \u2018good
        faith\u2019 patent stance actually\u00a0means","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/14/heres-what-teslas-good-faith-patent-stance-actually-means/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939156,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T12:00:30Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Nintendo
        came to E3 with a mission to justify the Wii U. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s
        doing\u00a0that.","title":"Still don\u2019t want a Wii U? This is what Nintendo
        would say to convince\u00a0you","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/still-dont-want-a-wii-u-this-is-what-nintendo-would-say-to-convince-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:15Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939155,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:14Z","slug":"spiceworks","summary":null,"title":"Spiceworks
        Raises $25 Million To Be The Facebook For IT Managers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:15Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/28/spiceworks-raises-25-million-to-be-the-facebook-for-it-managers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939154,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T17:14:27Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"After
        much speculation, Google-owned Nest has officially acquired connected-camera
        company Dropcam.","title":"Google extends its connected home play in $555M
        Dropcam\u00a0buy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/google-extends-its-connected-home-play-in-555m-dropcam-buy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939153,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T08:54:52Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Imagine walking into a mostly empty room that contains only a table with
        a cup on top of it. Now imagine being able to figure out how much volume that
        cup holds simply by taking a photo and making a few gestures with your\u00a0fingers.","title":"This
        app can measure an entire room \u2014 and its contents \u2014 by taking a
        picture with Google Tango hardware\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/this-app-can-measure-an-entire-room-and-its-contents-by-taking-a-picture-with-google-tango-hardware/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939152,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T11:42:25Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"StreamNation,
        a media-focused cloud locker service, is the latest company looking to expand
        its reach by branching out a single feature into a separate mobile app.","title":"StreamNation\u2019s
        new photo app Shutter follows the Swarm & Paper multi-app\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/streamnations-new-photo-app-shutter-follows-the-swarm-paper-multi-app-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939151,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T14:00:10Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Guest
        Post Great Firewall filtering means non-Chinese sites are even slower than
        mainland-based sites. On top of that, 38 percent of China\u2019s Internet
        users only access the Internet on a mobile\u00a0device.","title":"4 tech risks
        to watch for when extending your e-commerce biz to\u00a0China","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/4-tech-risks-to-watch-for-when-extending-your-e-commerce-biz-to-china/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939150,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-05T11:00:01Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Walmart
        has sought to revolutionize the in-store experience by adding navigation,
        voice commands, shopping lists, price comparisons, and other useful tools
        to its mobile applications.","title":"Driving commerce with mobile: increasing
        savings & shortening in-store\u00a0visits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/05/driving-commerce-with-mobile-increasing-savings-shortening-in-store-visits/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939149,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T07:32:09Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Nintendo
        tried to block the Evolution 2013 tournament from playing Super Smash Bros.
        Now, it is providing financial backing to the\u00a0event.","title":"Nintendo
        is now a sponsor of Evolution 2014 \u2014 one of the biggest fighting-game
        events \u2014 after years of ignoring\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/nintendo-is-sponsoring-one-of-the-biggest-fighting-game-events-after-years-of-ignoring-that-community/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:11Z","domain":"texastechpulse.com","id":3939148,"news_source":"venture
        capital","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:10Z","slug":"spiceworks","summary":null,"title":"Spiceworks
        Gets $16M More  ","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:11Z","url":"http://www.texastechpulse.com/spiceworks_gets_$16m_more/s-0026130.html"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939147,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T07:29:15Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Nintendo
        continues to embrace competitive gaming as a strategy to promote its upcoming
        Super Smash\u00a0Bros.","title":"Nintendo continues courting hardcore Super
        Smash Bros. fans with a tournament at San Diego\u00a0Comic-Con","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/nintendo-wants-you-to-come-out-and-compete-in-a-super-smash-bros-tournament-at-comic-con/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939146,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T14:33:24Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"GrowthBeat,\u00a0our
        new event exploring the data, apps, and science of successful marketing, is
        coming up on Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 in San Francisco.","title":"Adobe VP of strategy
        to discuss marketing cloud at\u00a0GrowthBeat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/adobe-vp-of-strategy-to-discuss-marketing-cloud-at-growthbeat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939145,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T15:50:05Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Netflix
        isn\u2019t worried that the large number of competing late night talk shows
        will hurt its own show\u00a0with E! host Chelsea Handler, according to VP
        of programming Ted Sarandos.","title":"Netflix explains its strategy for getting
        into the crowded \u2018late night\u2019 talk show\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/netflix-explains-its-strategy-for-getting-into-the-crowded-late-night-talk-show-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:09Z","domain":"spiceworks.com","id":3939144,"news_source":"Spiceworks","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:08Z","slug":"spiceworks","summary":null,"title":"Spiceworks
        Press Release","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:09Z","url":"http://www.spiceworks.com/news/2006-06-16.php"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939143,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T09:15:55Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Square
        Enix is looking at Bravely Default as a roadmap for its future games thanks
        to the classic-style RPG\u2019s\u00a0success.","title":"Bravely Default\u2019s
        1M copies sold reveals why it has Square Enix reconsidering its Final Fantasy\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/bravely-defaults-1m-copies-sold-reveals-why-it-has-square-enix-is-reconsidering-its-final-fantasy-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939142,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-01T09:20:46Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Associated
        Content, a company that delivers all kinds of information online, from movie
        reviews to tutorials about how to fix a kitchen sink disposal, has raised
        a $10 million in a second round of funding.","title":"Associated Content''s
        bold media strategy \u2014 relying on\u00a0Google","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/01/associated-contents-bold-media-strategy-relying-on-google/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939141,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-09T16:32:41Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Despite
        its massive growth, Twitter has always had a big user retention problem: most
        people who sign-up don\u2019t get it.","title":"Twitter reveals one more branch
        of its retention\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/09/twitter-reveals-one-more-branch-of-its-retention-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939140,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-01T09:41:04Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"There
        has been a lot of excitement about Netflix\u2019s decision to air the original
        Kevin Spacey-starring television series House of Cards, but today co-founder
        and chief executive Reed Hastings sounded cautious about the company\u2019s
        future production plans.","title":"Netflix CEO''s original content strategy:
        We''d rather work with\u00a0HBO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/01/netflix-hbo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:05Z","domain":"spiceworks.com","id":3939139,"news_source":"Spiceworks","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:03Z","slug":"spiceworks","summary":null,"title":"Spiceworks
        Press Release","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:05Z","url":"http://www.spiceworks.com/news/2007-08-28.php"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939138,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-17T11:49:29Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"After
        gaining over 2 million paying subscribers of its Hulu Plus premium subscription
        service, Hulu is ready for its next big challenge \u2014 evolving into the
        first true internet-based premium television network.","title":"Hulu, after
        hitting 2M paying subscribers, revises its ad & content\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/17/hulu-plus-subscriptions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939137,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-05T09:10:36Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Guest
        Post When you\u2019re neck deep in starting a new business, you may not take
        the time to properly protect your inventions. Here are five easy tips on how
        to quickly develop an intellectual property\u00a0strategy.","title":"5 tips
        for developing a patent\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/05/5-tips-for-developing-a-patent-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939136,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-14T12:32:14Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"At
        Nintendo\u2019s Wii U launch event in NYC this week, we spoke with Nintendo\u2019s
        executive vice president of sales Scott Moffitt, the man responsible for getting
        us pumped about the Wii\u00a0U.","title":"Nintendo VP Scott Moffitt dishes
        on the Wii U\u2019s $299 price, living room strategy, and more\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/14/nintendos-scott-moffitt-dishes-on-the-wii-us-299-price-living-room-strategy-and-more-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939135,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-09T07:03:38Z","slug":"strategy-ten","summary":"Going
        private could give BlackBerry the breathing room it needs to\u00a0recover.","title":"BlackBerry\u2019s
        next potential turnaround strategy: going\u00a0private","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/09/blackberrys-next-potential-turnaround-strategy-going-private/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:01Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3939134,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:58:00Z","slug":"mayas-mom","summary":null,"title":"Maya\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
        Mom Raises Angel Round, Launches","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:58:01Z","url":"http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/27/mayas-mom-raises-angel-round-launches/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939133,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-13T00:00:00Z","slug":"paramark","summary":"   ","title":"The
        Death of Print or a Need for\u00a0Reimagining","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/13/the-death-of-print-or-a-need-for-reimagining/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939132,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-17T00:00:00Z","slug":"paramark","summary":"    \u00a0[PC;
        2006]Developed by Techland [full credits] \u00a0[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-iPjMTVBjA
        560x340]\u00a0The Western is one of film\u2019s most iconic and beloved genres,
        but has long been overlooked in video games.\u00a0 Other than a handful of
        Western-themed shooters from the 90s, such as Gunsmoke, Sunset Riders, and
        Wild Guns, we haven\u2019t played cowboys and Indians in a virtual playground.\u00a0
        Then in the mid-00s the genre saw a brief revival spurred by Rockstar\u2019s
        Red Dead Revolver, followed by Neversoft\u2019s excellent Gun, and punctuated
        with Techland\u2019s Call of Juarez.\u00a0 With nothing more than a history
        of budget PC titles behind the developer, you\u2019d expect Techland\u2019s
        effort wouldn\u2019t be worth note.\u00a0 Nevertheless,\u00a0 upon finishing
        Call of Juarez I concluded that I didn\u2019t just play the most faithful
        ode to the Western, but one of the all time great first person shooters.  While
        Red Dead Revolver and Gun were good games with their own takes on the genre,
        I found that both faltered in one major area; it always seemed like the most
        memorable moments representative of the Western were delivered through cutscenes,
        in those games.\u00a0 Of course such an obvious ode to a genre remembered
        through film rather than books will appear cinematic in delivery, but I often
        wanted to shut those games off and just watch The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
        again.\u00a0 Techland completely understand this and sought to make a decisively
        immersive experience.\u00a0 It\u2019s safe to say that the game build itself
        on the same model of Half-Life, where the attention is always on you, the
        player, with no breaks from the action.\u00a0 None of this would matter though
        if the story didn\u2019t hold up.  Call of Juarez\u2019s story is epic in
        scope, complex in theory, but simple and enjoyable in execution.\u00a0 In
        the game, you play as both Billy Candle, a young misunderstood rebel who returns
        to his home only to be wrongly accused of murder, and Reverend Ray, Billy\u2019s
        bat shit crazy step-father who chases him in response to the murder.\u00a0
        You alternate between these two characters throughout the game.\u00a0 Techland
        really took a step back from the Western and thought of ways to implement
        the genre into the interactive medium rather than just sandwich a story better
        suited for the cinema around chunks of gameplay.\u00a0 Playing opposing characters
        who are at each other\u2019s neck really makes for some memorable moments
        and an exciting story that owes as much to The Fugitive as it does to Western
        classics.\u00a0 Saying where the game story goes after the opening 3 hours
        would lead to some major spoilers, but know that this is secretly the best
        Indian Jones game since The Fate of Atlantis.  It\u2019s rare that we see
        story and gameplay come together as well as it does in Call of Juarez.\u00a0
        The gameplay elements by themselves aren\u2019t anything groundbreaking, but
        when you are sneaking through a bandit camp with the right context given it
        can be a lot of fun.\u00a0 And, make no mistake; you will be doing a lot of
        sneaking when you play as Billy Candle, the young gun.\u00a0 This leads me
        to the biggest complaint of the game, the opening chapter.\u00a0 The game
        opens with a handful of infuriating stealth sections that are noticeably worse
        than the rest of the game.\u00a0 When you couple this with the steep learning
        curve, it can be enough to throw the controller down and never pick it up
        again.\u00a0 If you stick with it, you\u2019ll soon be playing as Reverend
        Ray and it\u2019s a good time from that point on.\u00a0 There are some familiar
        mechanics at play, such as a quickdraw mode similar to the one in Gun, bow-and-arrow
        fights, and horseback riding.\u00a0 The stand-out moments of the game, however,
        lie in its variety.\u00a0 One chapter will have you climbing a mountain that
        recalls Shadow of the Colossus, another will have you solving the mystery
        of a hidden treasure that feels like an old-school adventure title, and then
        you\u2019ll have plenty of straight-forward action chapters, like one where
        you have to fight off a gang from within a mine shaft\u2014and yes you\u2019ll
        be able to ride in a mine cart and derail enemies just like in Temple of Doom.    Call
        of Juarez is rough around the edges; between the lacking intro and awkward
        quick draw controls, there is room for improvement, which the upcoming sequel
        will hopefully address.\u00a0 There is no doubt that the pros strongly outweigh
        the cons.\u00a0\u00a0 Even if it is a short adventure, it is much better than
        most modern westerns that make it to theatres.\u00a0 If you are an Indiana
        Jones fan or western fan or first person shooter fan or\u2026hell, this is
        just a game that needs to be played and appreciated by anyone who is a fan
        of inventive games with a strong narrative.\u00a0 Whether it was bad timing
        in its release or just ahead of its time in its design, Call of Juarez has
        been an unsung hero in the FPS genre for far too long.\u00a0 It may lay low
        on Metacritic with a yellow rating, but the term \u201cburied treasure\u201d
        has never been more appropriate.","title":"Call of Juarez\u00a0Review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/17/call-of-juarez-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939131,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-01T00:00:00Z","slug":"paramark","summary":"    When
        I sat down a few weeks ago to plan which upcoming games I would be purchasing
        I decided that I really wanted to play both inFAMOUS and Prototype. Despite
        the similarities in genre and gameplay style each had a unique quirk that
        prevented me from disregarding it in favour of the other. The comic book art
        style and general superhero shtick of inFAMOUS appealed to the comic book
        fan in me, and the idea of a re-imagined Hulk: Ultimate Destruction with all
        the \u2018next-gen\u2019 trappings of a modern action game also piqued my
        interest.\u00a0  Despite my intentions to buy and play both games I have only
        purchased and played inFAMOUS. Not because I don\u2019t have the money or
        because I\u2019m having trouble finding a copy, but because playing inFAMOUS
        has killed any desire I previously had to play Prototype, in fact I\u2019ve
        gone from being extremely excited for Prototype to actively avoiding it.  This
        kind of emotion is unusual to me; it is a completely irrational response,
        an illogical dismissal of something despite having no contact or experience
        with it, it is the kind of characteristic pioneered and perfected by fanboys
        and I\u2019d like to think that I\u2019m not a crazed fanboy (does a fanboy
        know whether he or she is a fanboy?). I\u2019ve been struggling to figure
        out what has caused this and after thinking long and hard I\u2019ve come to
        a conclusion, fate, yes \u2013 fate!\u00a0  My opinions of inFAMOUS are about
        as irrational as my opinions of Prototype, although I can recognise that the
        game has numerous flaws; the hawkeyed sharpshooting enemies, the repetitive
        mission types and numerous glitches to name a few, I have fallen completely
        and utterly in love with inFAMOUS. I\u2019m infatuated the point that I\u2019m
        am actively enjoying aspects of the game that I would cite as clich\u00e9
        and contrived if it were featured in any other game. Cole\u2019s bald headed
        gruff voiced character design is extremely generic, but I\u2019ll still argue
        he is much cooler than Alex Mercer despite feeling deep down that I wouldn\u2019t
        be surprised if it turned out they were identical twins split at birth as
        part of a social experiment. Other than Cole\u2019s ability to command electricity
        in various forms his only other skill is his familiarity with the city and
        his skills in \u2018Urban exploration\u2019. To me it\u2019s a beautiful method
        of effortlessly moving from point to point with the finesse of a calm breeze,
        but to everyone else it\u2019s that Parkour crap that everyone seems to be
        able to do ever since Altair showed up, jumped from a shack to a windowsill
        and then walked along a beam and into some hay. Sure, I know it\u2019s Parkour
        but I\u2019ll still maintain that the gameplay and feel of Cole\u2019s particular
        brand of Parkour is much better than Altair\u2019s or Alex\u2019s, \u2014
        like I said, completely irrational.\u00a0  It seems Sucker Punch has created
        a game that clicks with me on every level, every aspect of the game ranging
        from the comic book visuals to the electricity infused combat, the simple
        but cool characters to the typical and slightly predictable anime/comic book
        style storyline appeals to me. It appeals to me on a level that even lets
        me appreciate and enjoy the aspects of the game that are so clearly generic
        and uninspired. It\u2019s almost as if Sucker Punch had a detailed psych profile
        of me and then created a game perfectly suited for me, a game that I was predetermine
        to love.  \u00a0After playing inFAMOUS and looking at Prototype all I can
        see is a game that seems to have been rushed, an uninspired and poorly updated
        rehash of an old title, created with the kitchen sink approach to development
        and wrapped in bland, unremarkable and unappealing visuals, and I say all
        this having never played the game.   Yeah I know, I know what I am\u2026So,
        Bitmob community, I ask you: have you ever been enamored with a game like
        this before, has there been a game that has reduced you from a sane\u00a0
        person into a rabid one man defense force?","title":"inFAMOUS, what have you
        done to\u00a0me?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/01/infamous-what-have-you-done-to-me/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939130,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-03T00:00:00Z","slug":"paramark","summary":"    \u00a0
        [PC; 2009]\u00a0Developed by DigiFX Interactive [full credits] \u00a0[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfbHJWpKfyk
        640x505]While we have virtual console, XBLA, and PSN to re-spark peoples\u2019
        interest in old console games, many 90s PC titles are forever lost.\u00a0
        In many cases, it\u2019s better that the budget titles, FMV disasters, and
        quick cash-ins are forgotten.\u00a0 Then there are exceptions like Harvester.\u00a0
        Harvester came out at the wrong time, as many critics saw it as nothing more
        than a late FMV adventure release complimented by a disturbing story.\u00a0
        I guess that\u2019s not far from the truth, but the fact that there hasn\u2019t
        been a game released like it in 13 years is telling of the game\u2019s originality.\u00a0
        Like all adventure games, you play Harvester for the story and the little
        interaction between the long dialog scenes.\u00a0 Thankfully, these breaks
        don\u2019t feel like empty item searching but a chance to regain your sanity
        for a brief moment.  As the story begins, you play the role of Steve who awakes
        in the town of Harvester in 1952.\u00a0 Everyone acts as if they\u2019ve known
        him for years, but it doesn\u2019t take long until he starts to notice the
        creepy, Stepford-esque nature of the town. \u00a0Harvester, with a meager
        population of 51, revolves around an exclusive club called the Lodge which
        is located in a giant, esoteric temple in the center of town.\u00a0 As the
        player, you are given little hints as to who you are but the real truth lies
        in the Lodge, so Steve must gain entry into the building at all cost.\u00a0
        For the first 2/3rds of the game, you\u2019ll be solving local mysteries in
        the day time and passing the Lodge entry trials at night (which are of a much
        more sinister nature).\u00a0   The story doesn\u2019t really pick up until
        the game\u2019s final half, but it\u2019s the characters and script that hold
        the player\u2019s interest throughout the entirety of the adventure.\u00a0
        The game will recall Silent Hill for many players, but that game\u2019s characters
        seem almost PG friendly when compared to the unsavory, perverted residents
        of Harvester.\u00a0 You can stop by the high school where the teachers say
        \u201cdiscipline\u201d but mean molesting and beating kids with a bat, or
        visit the police department where Deputy Loomis jerks-off every hour the sheriff
        is away.\u00a0 Every character has their own dirty secret, and the ones that
        seem the most harmless often are holding back the worst.\u00a0   Harvester
        is a classic point-and-click adventure and one of the easier ones at that.\u00a0
        Unlike other adventure games where you need to cycle through touching, seeing,
        and talking pointers, Harvester only gives you one which will changes depending
        on the context of the object you are pointing at.\u00a0 Harvester is of a
        much more logical nature then many other adventure games of its time.\u00a0
        Still, you\u2019ll run into a couple of badly designed portions.\u00a0 For
        example, I ran into a snag halfway through the game with no indication of
        where to go next.\u00a0 After turning to a FAQ, it turns out I needed to pick
        up a dolly in the background of a garage that is barely visible, use it on
        a shelf at my house, and disable an alarm system so I can break into a window
        of my own house.\u00a0 I could have spent an hour clicking on everything and
        not have come to that conclusion.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t unexpected for a 90s
        adventure game but it certainly holds the game back.  Harvester is at its
        best when it breaks from the genre\u2019s norms, which it often does.\u00a0
        The freedom Harvester gives you to explore is refreshing and will leave players
        with some moderately different experiences.\u00a0 There are optional characters
        you can meet, optional side-plots you can explore, alternate dialog choices,
        extra weapons you can find, and you can even get arrested and have an \u201cescape
        from jail\u201d sequence.\u00a0 If this sounds like a lot of ground for a
        1996 adventure title to cover, it is.\u00a0 There are some quirks, like when
        I talked to my mom after 4 days and she went on a long illogical rant, citing
        things that already happened as if they were upcoming events.\u00a0 Also,
        the combat is far from exceptional.\u00a0 You just click up, front, or down
        to melee your enemies to death or shoot them with a shotgun or nail gun.\u00a0
        It works well enough and it\u2019s a fun diversion, so I thought it was a
        good addition even if it wouldn\u2019t hold up on its own.\u00a0 It\u2019s
        especially fun to kill the townsfolk and see just how much you can get away
        with.  Many people are watching this video and thinking \u201cthis game looks
        like shit\u201d to which I say, play it!\u00a0 You need to play Harvester
        to get the deep rooted sense of dark comedy that turns Harvester from another
        dated FMV disaster like Phantasmagoria into a timeless PC classic.\u00a0 The
        game has a strong identity and plays to all its cheesiness in the same way
        The Evil Dead film series did. \u00a0In effect, this makes everything lacking
        in its design and all the glitches into rather amusing quirks that only make
        the experience more enjoyable.\u00a0 While Silent Hill shares a similar take
        on psychological horror, Harvester is much more comedic and all the better
        for it.  If you haven\u2019t been able to tell yet, Harvester is a very violent
        and disturbing title.\u00a0 You\u2019d think a 13 year old game would be tame
        by today\u2019s standards, but the imagery of Harvester is still unsettling,
        and thanks to the FMV incorporation, all too real.\u00a0 I can\u2019t think
        of another game that has you killing 3 kids with a scythe as their intestines
        cover the screen\u2014it\u2019s some real ugly stuff.\u00a0 If you play until
        the game\u2019s end, it will all make sense why the game is this way but that
        doesn\u2019t make any of these scenes tasteful.\u00a0 As long as you can stomach
        it all, playing until the game\u2019s finale is a must.\u00a0 The ending Lodge
        portion of the game is just some of the most twisted, poignant, disturbing,
        and violent stuff to ever make it into a video game.\u00a0 I remember lending
        this game to a friend in 5th grade and his parents banned me from their house
        for the rest of the year.\u00a0 When judging by the content that fills the
        game, I can\u2019t really accuse them of overreacting.  The biggest problem
        with Harvester in 2009 has less to do with the game and more to do with getting
        it to run.\u00a0 Like many old PC titles, you\u2019ll need to run it through
        Dosbox which is a task unto itself.\u00a0 On top of that, there is a myriad
        of problems you\u2019ll face like background music cutting off and occasional
        crashes.\u00a0 Nevertheless, once you know how to run the game you, you\u2019re
        in for one of the sickest and hilarious games to ever be released.\u00a0 I
        still have yet to play a game with a script as bold and original as Harvester,
        and it\u2019s a shame we never saw another game from its developers.\u00a0
        It might seem like a hassle to get the game to run, but this is a game that
        deserves to be reevaluated by the \u201cgames as art\u201d-obsessed media
        of the past decade.\u00a0And here is a video I made of the game that will
        scar you for life\u2026\u00a0[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcmycWp6O-Q
        853x505]","title":"Harvester Review (w/\u00a0Video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/03/harvester-review-w-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939129,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-10T00:00:00Z","slug":"paramark","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Note: I actually interviewed Persona 4 director Katsura Hashino and art director
        Shigenori Soejima for a 1UP Afterthoughts feature late last year, and I found
        it interesting that the one question they declined to comment on was a query
        relating to Kanji Tatsumi\u2019s sexuality. I took that to mean that it\u2019s
        pretty much up to the player to determine where Kanji\u2019s coming from,
        and that if players want to interpret him as a gay character, they can. (Much
        more after the jump.) -Fitch","title":"Boys Wear Blue, Girls Wear Pink: Persona
        4 and Queer\u00a0Subjectivity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/10/boys-wear-blue-girls-wear-pink-persona-4-and-queer-subjectivity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:39Z","domain":"dowjones.com","id":3939128,"news_source":"Dow
        Jones","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:57:37Z","slug":"geoiq","summary":null,"title":"FortiusOne
        Maps Out $5.5M Series C Round For Geospatial Data  ","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:38Z","url":"https://www.fis.dowjones.com/article.aspx?productidfromapplication=32&aid=djfvw00020100826e68q0002t&r=rss&s=djfvw"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939127,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-24T00:00:00Z","slug":"paramark","summary":"  ","title":"Videogames:
        The New Artist\u2019s\u00a0Canvas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/24/videogames-the-new-artists-canvas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939126,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-31T00:00:00Z","slug":"paramark","summary":"    All
        it takes is one try, like dropping a toaster into the bathtub. As soon as
        the crackle of electricity flows from Cole\u2019s fingers like sweet elocution,
        you know that with its combination of looks and gameplay that developer Sucker
        Punch has crafted a gem. Not that their ability to create a great game should
        ever have been doubted. After all, Sly Cooper was a great series, one unjustly
        overshadowed by Sony\u2019s other platforming titans: Ratchet and Clank and
        Jak and Daxter. Even with the developer\u2019s strong pedigree, they had never
        created anything outside of the Sly universe; coupled with the pitfalls that
        usually plague the open-world/sandbox genre it\u2019s understandable how one
        may have been weary of what Infamous could come to offer. \u00a0One of my
        biggest grievances of the open-world formula is that most of them, while being
        solid in gameplay, sacrifice a likable story, character development and in
        many cases an understandable plot free of convolution for the do-anything,
        go-anywhere play style. While Infamous certainly hasn\u2019t graduated from
        such problems, it does represent the furthering matriculation of the open-world
        genre. The first and most noticeable improvement is the fantastic comic book
        art which accompanies the storytelling cut-scenes. Where Dice\u2019s Mirror\u2019s
        Edge failed in its comic book styled cut scenes is exactly where Infamous
        triumphs. The artistry portrays a darkened world, decimated by disaster and
        conspiracy. The only light is Cole who, surviving a catastrophic explosion,
        has become the unwilling possessor of great supernatural ability. The plot
        immediately harkens one\u2019s memory to Stan Lee\u2019s now famous words,
        made popular by the legendary Spiderman series, \u201cWith great power comes
        great responsibility.\u201d\u00a0 Power and responsibility become the two
        over-arching themes as Cole, electricity coursing through his veins, has been
        single-handedly tasked with either saving or condemning his city. The plot,
        while sandbox game thin, offers just enough to keep the player interested
        in progressing through it, and I felt myself intrigued to further my understanding
        of the developing conspiracy and to encounter the next over-the-top villain.
        \u00a0\u00a0  The next pitfall Infamous needed to sidestep was the binary
        good or evil gameplay choice. While I am a fan of moral consequences in games,
        made famous by Bioware\u2019s Knights of the Old Republic series, I do subscribe
        to the desire of many gamers in wanting a middle ground, a gray neutrality
        between the extremes of light and dark. Also, when faced with questions of
        morality in a game, I tend to suffer from \u201cgoody-goody\u201d disease
        and find it difficult to play out the role of a villain. While Infamous doesn\u2019t
        allow you a neutral option,\u00a0 it does make being evil not only easy but
        preferable. \u00a0To understand how Sucker Punch manages to create this feeling,
        imagine Cole\u2019s persona as a love child between Spiderman and a 50\u2019s
        style film noir detective.\u00a0 In keeping with the half of him reminiscent
        of Sam Spade, Cole speaks with the deep rasp of a man who\u2019s smoked a
        carton of cigarettes a day since he was knee high to duck, and he approaches
        each moral obligation with the same warmth and attachment a rich republican
        feels when giving to charity for the tax write-off. Cole, whether you choose
        to save or destroy the city, remains relatively cold and detached from the
        situation evolving around him. It is this detachment that makes playing the
        villain easy and fun.  The gameplay is nearly flawless; Cole interacts with
        the environment wonderfully, able to cling and climb on nearly anything in
        the world. The RPG-like evolution of Cole\u2019s powers is fun to experiment
        with as his power options differ depending on what moral choices the player
        makes. The boss battles are interesting and creative and feature some of the
        best villains I\u2019ve witnessed outside of a comic. Infamous, while including
        basic fetch and collect missions, does manage to avoid the tedium of games
        like Assassin\u2019s Creed by providing many varied tasks in which the player
        can partake. Also, unlike Assassin\u2019s Creed or Mirror\u2019s Edge, I found
        that it does lack the frantic running and evading that I have come to hope
        for in parkour inspired games. Cole\u2019s animations for grabbing and leaping
        can become static and awkward, but in a game where you can grab onto almost
        anything, such a minor issue is easily forgettable.  In the last few years,
        our own non-virtual world has seen its fair share of disasters, from Tsunamis
        and Hurricanes to true evil. As our own world grows darker, it seems more
        and more difficult to embrace the traditional un-conflicted, \u201clight is
        right\u201d hero. In response, the world of Infamous is a nice artistic representation
        of the challenges facing our own world, and Cole does a great job of usurping
        the mantle of the iconic, dark, morality-torn anti-hero. Sucker Punch has
        crafted a wonderful new canon in the ever-crowding super hero genre. One that
        hopefully marks the beginning in the company\u2019s new direction, though
        I\u2019m still crossing my fingers for a new Sly Cooper addition. Also, don\u2019t
        drop toasters into bathtubs; it\u2019s bad news.  Final Score: 8.5/10","title":"With
        Great Power: Sucker Punch Gets\u00a0(In)Famous","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/31/with-great-power-sucker-punch-gets-infamous/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939125,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-25T17:32:31Z","slug":"paramark","summary":"Editor''s
        note: I''d say I enjoy videogame music for the same reason Brian does \u2014
        for the distinctive melodies that stick in your head. And like Brian, I just
        don''t feel those same connections to game music as I did when I was a kid
        \u2014 and it''s not simply because of nostalgia. I''ll let Brian explain
        why. -Fitch","title":"Videogame Music Needs to Go Back to the\u00a0Future","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/25/videogame-music-needs-to-go-back-to-the-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939124,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-27T23:45:23Z","slug":"paramark","summary":"","title":"Letter
        to a Senator: Games Deserve Free Speech,\u00a0Too","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/27/letter-to-a-senator-games-deserve-free-speech-too/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939123,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-25T07:00:36Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"We\u2019re
        starting a new jobs post will help you choose between an overwhelming number
        of\u00a0startups.","title":"The 5 coolest startup jobs of the\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/25/the-5-coolest-startup-jobs-of-the-week/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939122,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T09:00:42Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"So
        you want to join a startup? You\u2019re ready for the crazy perks, long hours,
        and nagging fear that the company may buckle at any\u00a0moment?","title":"The
        5 coolest startup jobs of the\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/the-5-coolest-startup-jobs-of-the-week-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939121,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T08:00:09Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Guest
        Post The story of how Bobbi Perreault, a struggling mom of four, became a
        developer and built one of the most successful sports apps in the\u00a0world.","title":"Swing
        by Swing: The unexpected journey of a \u2018renegade entrepreneur\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/swing-by-swing-the-unexpected-journey-of-a-renegade-entrepreneur/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939120,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-09T22:33:58Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"The
        biggest surprise of the True Detective finale? HBO\u2019s streaming service
        wasn\u2019t prepared for the overwhelming demand.","title":"True Detective
        finale cripples HBO Go \u2014 Internet freaks\u00a0out","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/09/true-detective-finale-cripples-hbo-go-internet-freaks-out/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939119,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-17T05:00:14Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"One
        developer has been able to triple user engagement and boost in-app revenue
        thanks to\u00a0nGen.","title":"Tapjoy unveils one-stop platform nGen for mobile
        app\u00a0monetization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/tapjoy-unveils-one-stop-shop-ngen-platform-for-mobile-app-monetization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939118,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T06:00:14Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"There\u2019s
        a new kid on the (SoMa) block, and his name is Big \u2014 Bigcommerce.","title":"Bigcommerce
        grabs two key new hires and a new SF office to keep \u2018democratizing retail\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/bigcommerce-grabs-two-key-new-hires-and-a-new-sf-office-to-keep-democratizing-retail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939117,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T05:00:22Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Behavioral       Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs), creator of the
        AISight\u00ae       platform, the artificial intelligence analytics solution
        that teaches       itself to recognize and alert on unexpected patterns within
        massive       volumes of\u00a0sensor\u2026","title":"BRS Labs Announces Nine
        Additional U.S. Patents\u00a0Granted","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/brs-labs-announces-nine-additional-u-s-patents-granted/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939116,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T05:30:21Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Today the pioneer in social relationship management software, Nimble,       announced
        the newest release of its Nimble Everywhere strategy \u2013 Version       2.0
        of the Nimble Contacts Widget for Gmail. The company also debuted       the
        ability to\u00a0add\u2026","title":"Nimble Launches Version 2.0 of Smart Contacts
        Widget, Adding Relationship Intelligenc...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/nimble-launches-version-2-0-of-smart-contacts-widget-adding-relationship-intelligence-to-the-inbox-chrome-browser/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939115,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T06:13:24Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Local       Motors, Inc. announces the launch of the       3D Printed
        Car Design Challenge to inform and influence the       design of the vehicle
        that will be manufactured at IMTS \u2013 The       International Manufacturing
        Technology Show 2014 in\u00a0Chicago,\u2026","title":"Local Motors Launches
        Design Challenge for First 3D-Printed\u00a0Car","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/local-motors-launches-design-challenge-for-first-3d-printed-car/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939114,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-21T04:00:18Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Five ways companies are using big data to treat customers more like individuals
        \u2014 and build better long-term relationships so those customers happily
        buy more and\u00a0more","title":"5 ways companies are using big data to help
        their\u00a0customers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/5-ways-big-data-is-helping-companies-help-their-customers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939113,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T06:01:02Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"The
        10 different shows include the Halo TV series and\u00a0more.","title":"Microsoft
        goes Hollywood as it unveils Xbox Originals television programs for Xbox\u00a0Live","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/microsoft-goes-hollywood-as-it-unveils-xbox-originals-television-programs-for-xbox-live/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939112,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T13:00:10Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"The
        X Games Austin event from June 6 to June 8 will feature both gaming and\u00a0music.","title":"MLG
        and ESPN team up on live e-sports gaming event in\u00a0Austin","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/mlg-and-espn-team-up-on-live-esports-gaming-event-in-austin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939111,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T14:30:43Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"If
        you want to learn more about Nosgoth\u2019s human-vampire conflict, or if
        you\u2019re wondering how Psyonix\u2019s game fits within the lore, start\u00a0here.","title":"A
        beginner\u2019s guide to the history between Nosgoth and Legacy of\u00a0Kain","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/nosgoth-and-the-history-of-legacy-of-kain/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939110,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T04:32:38Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Sponsored
        Post UberMedia, the leader in leveraging social and location signals to drive       mobile
        advertising results, today announced $8 million in additional       funding
        from Gordon Crawford and Blue Chip Ventures, among others.       Gordon Crawford
        is the\u00a0former\u2026","title":"UberMedia Achieves 300% Growth in 2013;
        Secures $8M in Additional Funding from Gordon...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/05/ubermedia-achieves-300-growth-in-2013-secures-8m-in-additional-funding-from-gordon-crawford-and-blue-chip-ventures/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939109,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T06:47:04Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"This
        fresh Pinterest study just might explain the company\u2019s\u00a0insane\u00a0$3.8
        billion\u00a0valuation.","title":"Pinterest users remain almost exclusively
        female, 84% stay active after 4 years\u00a0(study)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/pinterest-users-remain-almost-exclusively-female-84-stay-active-after-4-years-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939108,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T08:54:35Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick If cab companies and state officials get their way, they\u2019ll regulate
        Uber to\u00a0death.","title":"As Uber battles 13 lawsuits, cabbies & state
        agencies are out for\u00a0blood\u00a0(update)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/as-uber-battles-13-lawsuits-cabbies-state-agencies-are-out-for-blood/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939107,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T09:30:03Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Guest
        Post However, the new requirement doesn\u2019t really address a core, underlying
        cause for the practice: broken app discovery. Fortunately for Google, it has
        a number of means to quickly gain the edge on discovery over Apple. In the
        process, the search giant can greatly help the independent developer\u00a0community.","title":"How
        Google can fix the broken app store for indie-game devs \u2014 and leapfrog
        Apple in the\u00a0process","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/how-google-can-fix-the-broken-app-store-for-indie-game-devs-and-leapfrog-apple-in-the-process/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939106,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T19:00:16Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"More
        companies are watching their revenues increase or seeing their costs drop
        as they analyze big piles of data. And that means the enabling tools stand
        to become more\u00a0popular.","title":"Here\u2019s the coolest tech we saw
        at DataBeat\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/heres-the-coolest-tech-we-saw-at-databeat-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939105,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T08:30:06Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"With
        E3 coming up, we decided to list the characters we feel Nintendo is mostly
        likely to announce for the next Smash Bros.\u2019s\u00a0roster.","title":"No
        wishing: We expect Nintendo to add these characters to Super Smash Bros. for
        Wii U and 3DS at\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/no-wishing-we-expect-nintendo-to-add-these-characters-to-super-smash-bros-for-wii-u-and-3ds-at-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939104,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-31T08:00:30Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Watch
        video game characters like Dracula, Vaas Montenegro, and Delsin Rowe progress
        from concept art to full-blown 3D\u00a0models.","title":"From concept art
        to polygons: The evolution of a game\u00a0character","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/31/from-concept-art-to-polygons-the-evolution-of-a-game-character/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939103,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T09:00:52Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"You
        better get used to the scarves and the sports tape. Sonic Boom might be around
        for a\u00a0while.","title":"Don\u2019t call it a reboot: Sonic Boom is just
        a \u2018different branch\u2019 of the Sonic\u00a0universe","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/dont-call-it-a-reboot-sonic-boom-is-just-a-different-branch-of-the-sonic-universe/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939102,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T19:30:01Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"The\u00a0movement
        to publish\u00a0branded stories\u00a0across destinations ranging from Facebook
        to The New York Times, also known as native advertising, is drawing a lot
        of attention and ad dollars.","title":"4 tools and 5 tips for making the most
        of native\u00a0advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/4-tools-and-5-tips-for-making-the-most-of-native-advertising/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939101,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T14:36:22Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"It\u2019s
        something diehard fans will love but will frustrate and confuse anyone\u00a0else.","title":"EA
        Sports UFC is the best UFC game yet \u2014 but that isn\u2019t saying\u00a0much","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/ea-sports-ufc-is-the-best-ufc-game-yet-but-that-isnt-saying-much/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939100,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T19:00:10Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"If
        you\u2019re a conventional computer worried about being laid off \u2014 along
        with thousands of your fellow silicon units \u2014 by those new quantum computers,
        you may be able to rest easier.","title":"New tests question if current quantum
        computing is really, you know, a quantum\u00a0leap","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/new-tests-question-if-current-quantum-computing-is-really-you-know-a-quantum-leap/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939099,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T10:40:25Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Runa
        Capital, a Moscow-based global tech-focused venture capital firm, announced
        yesterday the first closing of its new fund, Runa Capital II. With a target
        size of $200 million, the firm will continue investing in tech-based companies
        worldwide, focusing especially on Europe. The amount of the first closing
        has not been disclosed.","title":"Moscow-based Runa Capital to invest up to
        $200 million in European\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/moscow-based-runa-capital-to-invest-up-to-200-million-in-european-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939098,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T08:30:05Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Why
        is Asia\u2019s Nexon cutting so many deals with Western game\u00a0makers?","title":"Nexon
        chief Owen Mahoney explains deal with Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/nexon-chief-owen-mahoney-explains-deal-with-gears-of-war-creator-cliff-bleszinski-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939097,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:07:06Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"But
        changes are coming.\u00a0\u2026","title":"Nadella\u2019s first full quarter
        at Microsoft barely beats revenue predictions, but profits\u00a0slip","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/microsoft-2q14-earnings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939096,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T18:00:03Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Guest
        Post By shying away from foreign startups, U.S. tech investors may miss the
        next wave of major\u00a0exits.","title":"Silicon Valley VCs don\u2019t like
        to travel. Here\u2019s why they should\u00a0reconsider","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/silicon-valley-vcs-dont-like-to-travel-heres-why-they-should-reconsider/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939095,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-12-11T11:17:43Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Here\u2019s
        another story (Mercury News) about the differences between the venture and
        start-up communities on the East and West coasts.","title":"West Coast vs.
        East Coast \u2014 West is drubbing East, in modesty\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/11/west-coast-vs-east-coast-west-is-drubbing-east-in-modesty-too/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939094,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-14T09:40:49Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Franklin
        & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology, a Cleveland startup focused on remote
        analysis of X-ray and other medical images, raised $25 million from Oak Investment
        Partners, a Westport, Conn., venture-capital firm.","title":"Franklin & Seidelmann
        draws on $25M for \"teleradiology\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/14/franklin-seidelmann-draws-on-25m-for-teleradiology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939093,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-23T12:51:28Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"(UPDATED:
        See below.)","title":"deCODEme''s underwhelming personal-genomics service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/23/decodemes-maddening-and-underwhelming-personal-genomics-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939092,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-19T18:22:45Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Are
        you looking to take a vacation with a specific purpose, say bird-watching?
        If so, perhaps you should check out TravelMuse, a new vacation recommendation
        site that launched this week.","title":"TravelMuse launches a good looking
        vacation recommendations\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/19/travelmuse-launches-a-good-looking-vacation-recommendations-site/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939091,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-07T02:46:23Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"2009
        has been a long and eventful year for gaming. This is the first year that
        I followed almost every release and kept track of them. This is easier said
        than done, because a lot of them came out. So I\u2019m here to\u00a0chronicle\u00a0my
        Top 5 Most Underwhelming Games of 2009\u00a0These are all, of course, my own
        opinions. And off we go:","title":"My Top 5 Most Underwhelming Games of\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/07/my-top-5-most-underwhelming-games-of-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939090,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-11T15:08:00Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Frank
        O\u2019Connor is one big know-it-all. The franchise development director for
        343 Industries, the Microsoft group responsible for all things Halo, knows
        what\u2019s going to happen to Master Chief six years from now.","title":"Halo
        Legends Q&A: East Meets West For An Unlikely\u00a0Matchup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/11/halo-legends-qaa-east-meets-west-for-an-unlikely-matchup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939089,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-13T10:16:49Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Rockstar
        Games has moved out West for its next game, Red Dead Redemption. The question
        is whether the company can bring the magic of Grand Theft Auto (whose last
        installment generated $500 million in its first week of sales in 2008) to
        the Wild West.","title":"Red Dead Redemption: Will Grand Theft Auto style
        work in the Wild\u00a0West?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/13/red-dead-redemption-will-grand-theft-auto-style-game-work-in-the-wild-west/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939088,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-21T16:46:09Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"GamesBeat
        sat down with studio president Mike O\u2019Brien to talk about making a sequel
        to the game that turned the AAA MMO model on its\u00a0head.","title":"ArenaNet
        president discusses careful monetization of Guild Wars 2, the least greedy
        Western\u00a0MMO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/21/guild-wars-2-interview-monetization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939087,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-03T11:59:03Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Facebook
        today started offering some of its U.S. members a simple way to ensure that
        more of their friends see their super important, can\u2019t-miss status\u00a0updates.","title":"Meet
        Facebook\u2019s newest advertiser:\u00a0You","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/03/facebook-promoted-posts-for-people/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939086,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-28T08:19:18Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"Hey
        there, you big ol\u2019 nerd. We know you\u2019re in the mood for growing
        your knowledge base this summer, and we\u2019ve got a couple more resources
        to share with you.","title":"Treehouse\u2019s newest courses: SQL & Adobe\u00a0Illustrator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/treehouse-sql-illustrator/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939085,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-22T14:06:56Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"\u201cIt\u2019s
        not easy to raise a fund from scratch without corporate backing or family
        money,\u201d said fund manager Charlie O\u2019Donnell.  \u201cI just went
        around hat in hand for over a\u00a0year.\u201d","title":"A fund grows in Brooklyn:
        Meet the East Coast\u2019s newest seed\u00a0firm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/22/a-fund-grows-in-brooklyn-meet-the-east-coasts-newest-seed-firm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939084,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T13:30:29Z","slug":"west-elm","summary":"The
        Japanese publisher is uniting with a studio founded by formers employees of
        Rockstar Games and Deep\u00a0Silver.","title":"Nexon partners with Austrian
        game developer Socialspiel Entertainment to firm up its Western mobile\u00a0efforts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:57:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/nexon-partners-with-austrian-game-developer-socialspiel-entertainment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:46Z","domain":"thealarmclock.com","id":3939190,"news_source":"Alarm:Clock","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:53:45Z","slug":"myndnet","summary":null,"title":"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:46Z","url":"http://www.thealarmclock.com/mt/archives/2007/06/myndnet_wins_fu.html"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939083,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-18T12:16:21Z","slug":"spg-solar","summary":"Liz
        Claman, anchor of Fox Business Network, is back for a series of broadcasts
        from Silicon Valley. She has done her segment on 3 Days in the Valley for
        three years now and began the newest series today. Claman, (pictured with
        Twitter\u2019s Jack Dorsey last year), is interviewing a series of Silicon
        Valley bigwigs today through Wednesday (see the schedule at the bottom). We
        got together with Claman for a quick Q&A over the weekend to get a sense for
        why the rest of the business world cares about Silicon Valley. Here\u2019s
        what she had to say:","title":"Fox''s Liz Claman grills executives for 3 days
        in Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/18/foxs-liz-claman-shows-up-for-3-days-in-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939082,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-06T07:55:53Z","slug":"spg-solar","summary":"SPG
        Holdings, parent company of solar system design firms SPG Solar and Thompson
        Technologies Industries, has raised $13 million in equity from the Global
        Environmental Fund and Robeco, according to VentureWire.","title":"SPG Holdings
        brings in $13 million for solar\u00a0projects","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/06/spg-holdings-brings-in-13-million-for-solar-projects/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939081,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-20T13:12:01Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Purfresh
        is the new name of Novazone, a Livermore, Calif., company that disinfects
        and protects water and fresh produce, and which is expanding to cover more
        aspects of the food business.","title":"Purfresh raises large financing round
        to make food\u00a0safer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/purfresh-raises-large-round-to-make-food-safer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939080,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-06T18:47:39Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Developer:
        Sega WOW","title":"Valkyria Chronicles [PS3]\u00a0Review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/06/valkyria-chronicles-ps3-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939079,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-06T13:35:54Z","slug":"anser","summary":"This
        is probably the longest critique you''ll ever read, about this particular
        game. Critiquing a game that is amazing or terrible is easy. Critique of a
        game that just misses its marks is a lot harder, because a lot more reasoning
        is required. So bear with me, if this feels long.","title":"DANTE, your Beatrice
        is in another CIRCLE OF\u00a0HELL!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/06/sorry-dante-your-beatrice-is-in-another-circle-of-hell/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939078,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-02T21:20:53Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Ys
        III: Wanderers from Ys (Ys is pronounced like \u201cease\u201d) on the SNES
        was my first exposure to Falcom''s action RPG series. At the time, I thought
        it was just a quirky, side-scroller with cool music, neat visual effects,
        and punishing difficulty. Dying within seconds of entering the first \u201cdungeon\u201d
        was my first taste of humble pie with Falcom''s arcade RPG series, a craving
        that had never really gone away.","title":"Lost in Esteria: A Short History
        of Falcom\u2019s Ys\u00a0Series","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/02/lost-in-esteria-a-short-history-of-falcoms-ys-series/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939077,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-22T21:59:00Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Editor''s
        note: Mike''s favorite underrated games certainly deserve the title \u2014
        I haven''t heard of half of his choices, let alone played them. What would
        you add to his list? -Brett","title":"Musings of a Gamer: Favorite Underrated\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/22/musings-of-a-gamer-favorite-underratedunknown-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939076,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-23T00:59:00Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Editor''s
        note: Matthew Hunter Mason comes to terms with his status as a gamer dad.
        Although, as a non-dad gamer, I''m still with Matthew in that I really like
        to finish a good game before I cue up the next. -Demian\u00a0","title":"Gamer
        Dad, Gaming\u00a0Monogamist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/23/the-gaming-monogamist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-15T20:07:40Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: As a native to Toronto, nothing fascinates me more than the idea of
        total bedlam in the streets of my city. Luckily, Bryan O''Malley''s comic-book
        series brings that violent fantasy to life. But the question remains: Do I
        play the video game or watch the film to satisfy my thirst for destruction?
        Chris has the answer. \u2013Omar","title":"Is Scott Pilgrim the Game Better
        Than Scott Pilgrim the\u00a0Movie?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/15/why-scott-pilgrim-the-game-is-better-than-scott-pilgrim-the-movie/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939074,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-23T17:58:36Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Ys
        Seven was released last week for the PSP, but the biggest surprise for me
        was the huge amount of fanservice that publisher Xseed games had lavished
        on it. It''s crazy what they included with the premium edition.","title":"Ys
        Seven Unpacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/23/ys-seven-unpacked/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-14T15:45:30Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Ys
        games don''t often make their way out of Japan \u2013 and not because of the
        cheesy dialogue in the title \u2013 but when Ys Seven hit shelves last month,
        it made a money splash with both a regular and CE version for fans.","title":"Ys
        Seven \u2013 Hang onto your butter everyone, because it\u2019s time to\u00a0churn!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/14/ys-seven-hang-onto-your-butter-everyone-because-its-time-to-churn/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939072,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-29T01:26:03Z","slug":"anser","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Impressions:
        Borderlands \u2013 \u201cClaptrap\u2019s New Robot Revolution\u201d Add-on","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/29/impressions-borderlands-claptraps-new-robot-revolution-add-on/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939071,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-05T01:20:31Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Captain
        Smiley is a pretty crappy superhero. He''s insecure, frequently confused and
        his itchy trigger finger has resulted in the accidental death of more than
        one innocent. Not traits that we typically associate with the larger-than-life
        4-color demigods of our youth. Mind you, it doesn''t exactly help that he''s
        perpetually browbeaten by his \"friends\" just as often as the villains in
        his rogues gallery either. That can''t be good for anyone''s self-esteem.
        It''s no wonder the poor guy''s series got cancelled.","title":"Comic Jumper:
        The Adventures of Captain Smiley \u2013 Crush! Frag!\u00a0Review!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/05/comic-jumper-the-adventures-of-captain-smiley-crush-frag-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939070,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-15T07:29:32Z","slug":"anser","summary":"For
        once Palm is gaining talent since its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard, instead
        of losing it.","title":"Palm lands former Nokia Meego chief Ari Jaaksi, plus
        Samsung, HP\u00a0talent","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/15/palm-lands-former-nokia-meego-chief-ari-jaaksi-plus-samsung-hp-talent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939069,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-25T12:49:10Z","slug":"anser","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Coming
        Soon! 10/25/2010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/25/coming-soon-10252010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939068,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-06T05:03:05Z","slug":"anser","summary":"I
        was fighting for my life in a country club convention center. I entered a
        BlazBlue: Continuum Shift tournament for fun, but I still didn\u2019t want
        to lose in the first rounds. I spent my first match getting destroyed as my
        opponent exposed how little I trained. Now to avoid elimination I had to win
        my next match. My opponent was using Tsubaki, a soldier girl wearing a body-covering
        uniform. My hopes rested on Mu-12, a half-naked robot girl.","title":"BlazBlue
        and my Love/Hate Relationship With\u00a0Mu-12","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/06/blazblue-and-my-lovehate-relationship-with-mu-12/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939067,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-18T22:53:00Z","slug":"anser","summary":"\u201cWhat
        are you playing?\u201d","title":"Download Lowdown: The\u00a0UnderGarden","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/18/download-lowdown-the-undergarden/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939066,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-06T08:43:58Z","slug":"anser","summary":"And
        the December lull continues. You\u2019d have to be a pretty big fan of anthropomorphic
        bears to be even remotely excited for the releases this week. But who knows.
        Maybe somewhere buried deep in the releases of this week is a sleeper game
        that\u2019s been waiting for you to come along to find and give some love.
        Dear God, I seriously need to get laid.","title":"Coming Soon! 12/6/2010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/06/coming-soon-1262010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939065,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-12T14:08:40Z","slug":"anser","summary":"We
        gamers are a self conscious breed. So used are we to coming so close to mainstream
        acceptance before being snubbed, we are constantly and with varying degrees
        of eloquence leaping to defend the medium as a legitimate art form; which
        occasionally and sadly leads us to forget sometimes that games are supposed
        to entertain. We''ll allow ourselves Marvel Versus Capcom 3, yeah, fine, as
        long as we go and get that Team Ico collection asap so we can atone, or try
        and get some kind of angle on how Dead Space 2 earnestly explores the human
        psyche. Must. Resist. Fun. Brown bread for main course, white for desert.","title":"GArt!
        Arames! Gaming At the Japan Media Arts\u00a0Festival","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/12/gart-arames-gaming-in-the-japan-media-arts-festival/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939064,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-12T14:42:31Z","slug":"anser","summary":"We
        can\u2019t expect that every game ever released will be a winner. This is
        especially true in today\u2019s marketplace, where the number of games released
        on a yearly basis causes the almighty Law of Averages to strike back with
        a fiery vengeance. You can\u2019t have that much of something without a large
        portion of it being subpar. It\u2019s the law.","title":"How to enjoy subpar\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/12/how-to-enjoy-subpar-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-18T16:59:49Z","slug":"anser","summary":"An
        invading alien race is so angry with humanity that they want to destroy the
        Earth. Their scheme revolves around launching an explosive device directly
        at the planet after they''ve gathered enough precious resources from the moon.
        It''s up to the heroic Moon Ranger to put an end to their predictable and
        completely impractical villainy. Surely we''re not the only ones who know
        the moon isn''t stocked full of explosive elements\u2026.","title":"Horrible
        games: Moon\u00a0Ranger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/18/horrible-games-moon-ranger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939062,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-19T11:44:40Z","slug":"anser","summary":"\"Why
        can\u2019t you see that you\u2019re wasting your precious talents?\" Char
        Aznable","title":"Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3\u00a0Review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/19/dynasty-warriors-gundam-3-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939061,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-09T21:04:35Z","slug":"anser","summary":"In
        an unforeseeable twist, Dynasty Warriors 7 actually make[sic] some big changes
        from it''s[sic] predecessors. And they''re all for the worse. WTF Koei?","title":"Five
        Problems With the Dynasty Warriors Formula and How to Fix\u00a0Them","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/09/five-problems-with-the-dynasty-warriors-formula-and-how-to-fix-them/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939060,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-26T16:56:20Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Let
        me share my favorite moment from London Life, an extra mode bundled with\u00a0Professor
        Layton and the Last Specter, with you. I was talking to a lady behind a desk
        inside a huge department store. She was telling me how elevators in England
        don''t count the main floor as the first. Instead, it''s called the ground
        floor, and the level above it is the first story. After this detailed explanation,
        the clerk casually concluded, \"It differs from the system in the U.S., which
        I, of course, mention just out of interest since we''re all English here!\"","title":"Learning
        about English elevators in Professor Layton\u2019s London\u00a0Life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/professor-laytons-lond-life-is-infinitely-charming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939059,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-26T20:59:12Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Kirby
        games are relatively simple. The true challenge is in collecting all the trinkets
        and unlockables littered through the progressively more complicated stages.
        Their difficulty is based on how deep into the gameplay you really want to
        go, making them tremendously accessible.\u00a0","title":"Kirby\u2019s Return
        to Dreamland is actually\u00a0difficult","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/kirbys-return-to-dreamland-proves-kirby-games-can-be-challenging/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939058,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-07T20:05:53Z","slug":"anser","summary":"The
        Castlevania series: One that is well loved, especially its portable titles.\u00a0
        However, have you heard of Castlevania''s original Game Boy titles?\u00a0
        These three titles (and one spin-off) seem to always go forgotten, where most
        anyone would give you a blank stare should you mention them, then follow up
        with, \"Oh, you mean Circle of the Moon?\"","title":"Swept Under the Carpet:
        Castlevania Game Boy\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/07/swept-under-the-carpet-castlevania-game-boy-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939057,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-19T21:42:09Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Fans
        who have been following the Kingdom Hearts series since its incarnation should
        seriously check out this colossal, 8 minute trailer featuring a lot of familiar
        faces, as well as some gameplay samplings here and there. Those familiar faces,
        by the way, are mostly the hip kids from The World Ends With You; arguably
        the only Tetsuya Nomura-related game that\u2019s currently out there (in North
        America at least) which deserves every attention.","title":"Square wants me
        to purchase a 3DS: Kingdom Hearts 3D Jump Festa 2011\u00a0Trailer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/19/square-wants-me-to-purchase-a-3ds-kingdom-hearts-3d-jump-festa-2011-trailer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939056,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-23T02:34:23Z","slug":"anser","summary":"While
        writing the first entry in today''s News Blips, my holiday music playlist
        sputtered to a halt and spat out a smarmy insurance commercial instead. Curse
        you, awkward coincidence!","title":"News Blips: Humble Indie Bundle 4 scams,
        The Old Republic missing keys, and Vita launch\u00a0lineup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/23/news-blips-humble-indie-bundle-4-scams-the-old-republic-missing-keys-and-vita-launch-lineup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939055,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-10T02:04:00Z","slug":"anser","summary":"I''ve
        thought about getting into the Kickstarter thing, but I don''t know how likely
        people would be to pay me to draw bad cartoons about times I was embarrassed.
        Oh, well\u2026at least I still have Blogger.","title":"News Blips: People
        really want a new Double Fine game, Skylanders is pretty popular, Alan Wake\u2019s
        PC editions, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/10/news-blips-people-really-want-a-new-double-fine-game-skylanders-is-pretty-popular-alan-wakes-pc-editions-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939054,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-20T09:47:09Z","slug":"anser","summary":"And
        the string of Triple-B releases continues, folks. This week, we\u2019ve got
        the Japanese take on the Incredible Hulk, corporate espionage made cool with
        guns, and a port of an eight-year-old game. God, I\u2019m getting old! Of
        course, the Playstation Vita officially comes out this Wednesday, and you
        can expect an accompanying special edition of Coming Soon this Tuesday as
        well. I hope you\u2019ve got deep pockets because a lot of games are coming
        for it.","title":"Coming Soon! 2/20/2012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/20/coming-soon-2202012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939053,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-01T19:59:00Z","slug":"anser","summary":"\t","title":"Asura\u2019s
        Wrath is refreshingly\u00a0linear","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/01/asuras-wrath-is-refreshingly-linear/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939052,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-03T08:15:54Z","slug":"anser","summary":"NOTE:
        Names have been changed out of respect for \u201cBob\u2019s\u201d privacy","title":"Imposters
        and jerks: where are the real heroes in the tech\u00a0community?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/03/tech-heroes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939051,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-30T23:50:06Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Is
        that a leak in the water dam? You know, the one holding back the flood of
        releases that come in October? Well, I\u2019m sure I\u2019m just imagining
        it. I\u2019m just glad something notable comes out this week after the month
        long drought we\u2019ve been in.","title":"Coming Soon! 7/30/2012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/30/coming-soon-7302012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939050,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-15T17:11:31Z","slug":"anser","summary":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        ","title":"The Agony of Victory: Drinking Heavily and Playing\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/15/the-agony-of-victory-drinking-heavily-and-playing-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939049,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-05T10:00:20Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Sonic
        Adventure 2 (and all of its 10-year-old issues) comes to the PlayStation 3
        and Xbox 360. Will playing it again ruin your nostalgia for the Dreamcast\u00a0era?","title":"Sonic
        Adventure 2 HD runs back to the beginning of the franchise\u2019s fall\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/05/sonic-adventure-2-hd-runs-back-to-the-beginning-of-the-franchises-fall-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939048,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T16:39:08Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Journey\u2019s Grammy-winning composer Austin Wintory is working on the
        music for the adult-humor adventure\u00a0game.","title":"How Journey\u2019s
        composer ended up working on Leisure Suit Larry (exclusive\u00a0interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/how-journey-composer-austin-wintory-ended-up-working-on-leisure-suit-larry-exclusive-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939047,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-22T15:37:33Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Freelance
        artist and Japanese RPG enthusiast Guiseppi Protacio lists down his favorite
        games of\u00a02012.","title":"My Top 20 Video Games of\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/22/my-top-20-video-games-of-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939046,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-07T06:29:44Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Developer
        Alex Norton talks about combining an old-school role-playing game experience
        with a random\u00a0world.","title":"Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox: A
        world \u2018inside the imagination of a sentient sword\u2019\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/07/a-world-inside-the-imagination-of-a-sentient-sword-kickstarter-funded-indie-game-malevolence-the-sword-of-ahkranox-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939045,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-30T13:00:32Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Supermoves
        not only look cinematic these days \u2014 they almost last as long as a\u00a0movie.","title":"You
        can make a snack before these fighting game supermoves\u00a0finish","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/30/you-can-make-a-snack-before-these-fighting-game-supermoves-finish/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939044,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-11T09:56:22Z","slug":"anser","summary":"As
        the August 13th release date of Payday 2 rapidly approaches, Overkill Software
        keeps throwing pearls to heisting\u00a0fans.","title":"Payday 2 bonuses for
        early buyers and series\u00a0veterans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/11/payday-2-bonuses-for-early-buyers-and-series-veterans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939043,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-20T07:30:01Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick VentureBeat caught up with some of Silicon Valley\u2019s power players
        to gauge their opinions on Google\u2019s new initiative to prolong human\u00a0life.","title":"Calico:
        How Google\u2019s stab at the fountain of youth could transform health\u00a0care","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:53:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/20/calico-how-googles-stab-at-the-fountain-of-youth-could-transform-health-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939042,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-05T08:05:25Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Transera
        Communications, a company that offers outsourcing services to large companies
        to help them handle calls for customer and technical support, has raised $10
        million.","title":"Transera raises $10M for outsourced\u00a0call-center","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/05/transera-raises-10m-for-outsourced-call-center/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939041,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-16T15:19:40Z","slug":"anser","summary":"Transera,
        provider of software that lets its clients set up cost-effective call centers
        with agents (in-house or outsourced) all over the world, announced that it
        brought in $17 million in a fourth round of funding from Accel Partners, Apax
        Partners, Lighthouse Capital Partners and Storm Ventures. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based
        company says it will use the money to go after new customers, improve its
        service infrastructure and continue developing its products.","title":"Transera
        raises $17M for on-demand call center\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/16/transera-raises-17m-for-on-demand-call-center-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939040,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-04T18:00:22Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Tim goes Business 101 on us to illustrate the interdependencies between
        big budget and niche games. I\u2019m still not entirely sure what a BCG matrix
        is, but I can definitely get behind his final conclusion. -Brett","title":"Why
        We Gamers Love to Hate\u00a0Ourselves","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/04/why-we-gamers-love-to-hate-ourselves/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939039,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-24T00:00:22Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"The
        DEMO Spring 2010 conference ended today after three balmy days in Palm Desert,
        Calif. A total of 65 companies competed for the $1 million prize that was
        awarded tonight to eXaudios, which created call center software that could
        detect the emotional state of a caller based on the sound of the caller\u2019s
        voice. But the conference wasn\u2019t just about a Darwinian contest. Here\u2019s
        a photo gallery that shows off some of the best sights and scenes of the event.
        The opening photo above captures Matt Marshall, editor-in-chief of VentureBeat
        and executive producer of DEMO, as he greeted the crowd on Monday morning
        on the big stage.","title":"The sights, scenes, schticks and stunts of DEMO
        Spring 2010 (photo\u00a0gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/24/the-sights-scenes-and-stunts-of-demospring-10-photo-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939038,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-24T05:33:07Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Imagine
        eating at your favorite burger joint. ","title":"Sony does owe us for the
        PSN\u00a0malfunction","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/24/sony-does-owe-us-for-the-psn-malfunction/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939037,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-09T06:00:56Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"In
        an incredibly brazen move, enterprise cloud storage provider Egnyte has introduced
        the \u201cBox Buster Buyout\u201d program, which is designed to steal away
        Box\u2019s customers by essentially paying them to switch to Egnyte.","title":"Egnyte
        brazenly targets Box\u2019s customers with \u201cBox Buster Buyout\u201d\u00a0program","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/09/egnyte-box-buster/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939036,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-08T22:15:03Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Chipping
        at the\u00a0Backlog","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/08/chipping-at-the-backlog/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939035,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-03T17:53:15Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Nineteen
        big names in gaming answer the question, \u201cWhat are you most excited to
        see at E3 this\u00a0year?\u201d","title":"Big names in gaming sound off on
        what to expect at\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/03/big-names-in-gaming-sound-off-on-what-to-expect-at-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939034,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-18T06:13:09Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Well,
        a lifetime of waiting and all I can do is recite wise words from a gentlemanly
        scholar named Tyga. I know I am not breaking any news by discussing the Penny
        Arcade Expo \"expanding internationally\" but I feel in the excitement of
        Melbourne, Australia being named as PAX''s first big romp outside of America,
        the true significance for gaming in Australia has been overlooked here. Let
        me first clear up that my intention isn''t to whine about how the gaming situation
        in Australia (and New Zealand) is particularly unfair compared to our trans-atlantic
        brothers. But to be brutally honest, there''s gonna be a little bit of whining.
        And I think it is worth whining about again and again because if PAX heading
        to Melbourne tells us anything, it is that the video game market and community
        in Australia is and has been rapidly growing for decades and is finally being
        realised for what it is: strong.","title":"PAX, PAX city\u00a0b**ch!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/18/pax-pax-city-bch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939033,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-20T07:31:52Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"That\u2019s
        right. Persona 4: Golden is not only a gorgeous port to the PlayStation Vita
        but also the secret best multiplayer experience you\u2019ll ever\u00a0have.","title":"Persona
        4: Golden is secretly multiplayer, and you\u2019ll love it\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/20/persona-4-golden-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939032,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-15T10:00:26Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Speculation has run rampant: It\u2019s a phone! It\u2019s a plane! Here\u2019s
        what the social network is really announcing\u00a0today.","title":"Facebook
        shows off search function to knock out Google, Yelp, LinkedIn, & even\u00a0Match.com","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/15/live-at-facebook-heres-whats-being-announced-today/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939031,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-17T17:20:53Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"A
        frenzy of media-related funding news. I\u2019m the guy on the\u00a0left.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Media\u00a0frenzy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/17/funding-daily-media-frenzy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939030,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-13T18:23:22Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Bislr
        wants to help SMBs manage their online marketing activities by creating one
        platform to rule them\u00a0all.","title":"Marketing platform Bislr nabs $3.5M
        to help SMBs tone down the\u00a0crazy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/13/bislr/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939029,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-07T17:31:27Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Funding
        news got a little spicy today, jazzed up by a dollop of\u00a0Sriracha.","title":"Funding
        Daily: I heart\u00a0Sriracha","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/07/funding-daily-i-heart-sriracha/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939028,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-22T17:31:55Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Today
        brought a deluge of funding stories, and the amounts were generally larger
        than our typical funding-news fodder,\u00a0too.","title":"Funding Daily: \u2018The
        startup is\u00a0you!\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/22/funding-daily-monday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939027,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-20T11:28:05Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"It\u2019s
        about the Skittles and steaks, he says, and making great\u00a0games.","title":"Ex-EA
        chief John Riccitiello pushes console makers to get four things right in this\u00a0generation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/20/ex-ea-chief-john-riccitiello-pushes-console-makers-to-get-four-things-right-in-this-generation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939026,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T14:30:27Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"We
        now know where Gabe Newell likes to\u00a0eat.","title":"Valve boss Gabe Newell
        on Bitcoin, Mario, and\u00a0restaurants","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/valve-boss-gabe-newell-on-bitcoin-mario-and-restaurants/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939025,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T09:14:21Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Who
        does what, who gets the cash, and who\u2019s in charge?","title":"CMO, CTO,
        CIO: How the new alphabet-soup C-suite plays nice together\u00a0(webinar)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/cmo-cto-cio-how-the-new-alphabet-soup-c-suite-plays-nice-together-webinar/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939024,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-30T09:30:45Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Sponsored
        Post In the new enterprise tech stack, how do the CTO, CIO, and CMO work together
        to implement corporate strategy? Find out in this free\u00a0webinar.","title":"VB
        Webinar:  Enterprise software and the CMO, CTO, CIO \u2014 who does what,
        who gets the cash, & who\u2019s in\u00a0charge?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/30/vb-webinar-enterprise-software-and-the-cmo-cto-cio-who-does-what-who-gets-the-cash-and-whos-in-charge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939023,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T19:30:47Z","slug":"steak-digital","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The new Amazon phone will have to offer a lot more than just phone features
        to\u00a0compete.","title":"Analysts: New Amazon phone must reinvent shopping
        on\u00a0smartphones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/analysts-new-amazon-phone-must-reinvent-shopping-on-smartphones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939022,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-20T14:24:44Z","slug":"the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints","summary":"Updated","title":"Rumor
        from the news doldrums of August: Mormon church trying to buy Facebook\u00a0[Updated]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:52:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/20/rumor-from-the-news-doldrums-of-august-mormon-church-trying-to-buy-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939021,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-23T22:37:48Z","slug":"softimage","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Khosla talks algae, Microsoft warns
        of slowdown, woman kills the avatar of her virtual\u00a0ex-husband","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/23/roundup-khosla-talks-algae-microsoft-warns-of-slowdown-woman-kills-the-avatar-of-her-virtual-ex-husband/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939020,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-04T18:04:03Z","slug":"softimage","summary":"If
        you haven\u2019t noticed, Canada is making a bid to be the video game giant
        of the world. Yesterday, video game publisher THQ announced it would build
        a studio in Montreal with 400 employees, thanks to subsidies from the Quebec
        provincial government.","title":"Canadian government is buying the video game\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/04/canadian-government-is-buying-the-video-game-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939019,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-02T08:00:31Z","slug":"softimage","summary":"Cloud-gaming
        startup Otoy is making some big moves in advance of next week\u2019s Game
        Developers Conference, including its first acquisition: the animated film
        technology firm Refractive Software.","title":"Otoy buys Refractive Software
        and announces cloud-based digital animation technology\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/02/otoy-buys-refractive-software-and-announces-cloud-based-digital-animation-technology-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939018,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-19T14:54:55Z","slug":"softimage","summary":"The
        popularity of open-ended 3D worlds peaked with Second Life around 2007. But
        for e-commerce companies, the dream of virtually replicating the experience
        of going to a mall lives on.","title":"Welcome to Yogurtistan, a 3D shopping
        universe inside\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/19/welcome-to-yogurtistan-a-3d-shopping-universe-inside-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939017,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-26T11:15:32Z","slug":"softimage","summary":"Octane
        Render, available now, should increase 3D computer-generation and image-rendering\u00a0productivity.","title":"OTOY\u2019s
        Octane Render reduces the cost of creating hyper-real 3D imagery\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/26/otoys-octane-render-speeds-up-and-reduces-the-cost-of-creating-hyper-real-3d-imagery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939016,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-01T14:58:29Z","slug":"relypsa","summary":"Three
        recent posts over at VentureBeat Life Sciences worth a gander:","title":"A
        Facebook for the disabled, and an anti-drooling\u00a0drug","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/01/a-facebook-for-the-disabled-and-an-anti-drooling-drug/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939015,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-06T13:19:42Z","slug":"relypsa","summary":"A
        few months ago, I wrote about the intriguing trend toward \u201cre-launching\u201d
        biotech startups that had been recently acquired by Big Pharma or Big Biotech
        \u2014 minus, of course, whatever promising drug candidates had prompted the
        acquisition in the first place. Now an entrepreneur has taken the logic one
        step further, having just re-acquired a drug from the troubled biotech that
        bought out his previous startup three years earlier.","title":"EKR Therapeutics
        and the sweet taste of \"re-acquisition\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/06/ekr-therapeutics-and-the-sweet-revenge-of-re-acquisition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939014,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-03T06:45:46Z","slug":"relypsa","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, March 3\u00a0,2008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/03/life-sciences-briefing-monday-march-3-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939013,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-29T15:43:27Z","slug":"relypsa","summary":"See
        our story on this Santa Clara, Calif., biotech at VentureBeat Life Sciences.","title":"Relypsa
        raises $33M for polymer\u00a0drugs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/29/relypsa-raises-33m-for-polymer-drugs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939012,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-11T13:23:30Z","slug":"relypsa","summary":"Pharmaceutical
        company Relypsa announced that its investors extended its first round of funding
        by $10 million to a total $43 million to help it finish phase-two clinical
        trials on its lead drug candidate, a treatment that could alleviate symptoms
        of heart failure and chronic kidney disease.","title":"Heart drug co. Relypsa
        gets $10M more to complete\u00a0trials","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:42:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/11/heart-drug-co-relypsa-gets-10m-more-to-complete-trials/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:40:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939011,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-04-24T11:36:44Z","slug":"skypilot-networks","summary":"Venture
        Capital  Venture investments on rise \u2014 Venture capital investments rose
        in the first quarter, especially into companies focused on the Internet. Here
        is our story in today\u2019s Mercury News. Healthcare investments have declined
        from their robust pace of the past year.","title":"Monday wrap-up: VC investments
        are up, Neurosky, and VoIP\u00a0abounds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:40:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/04/24/monday-wrap-up-vc-investments-are-up-neurosky-and-voip-abounds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939010,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-07-18T12:34:49Z","slug":"skypilot-networks","summary":"Bix,
        to offer online performance contests, raises $7 million \u2014 The start-up,
        previously known as 900 Seconds, wants to let companies (and others) tap into
        the American Idol craze \u2014 giving them a way to create their own performance
        competitions online. The companies come up with sponsorship dollars, and they
        enjoy the positive branding while eager performers do their own thing. Mike
        Speiser, co-founder of Epinions.com, has raised $6.77 million from Sutter
        Hill Ventures, Trinity Ventures and individual investors including ex-Yahoo
        Geoff Ralston, according to Om Malik. Still in testing mode, so you won\u2019t
        be able to see how it works until it launches \u2014 expected soon","title":"Eight
        start-ups & tech ideas\u2026.the latest\u00a0action","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/18/eight-start-ups-tech-ideasthe-latest-action/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939009,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-24T16:58:20Z","slug":"skypilot-networks","summary":"Trilliant,
        provider of radio transmission devices and networks that allow smart meters
        to wirelessly beam energy consumption data between utilities and their customers,
        has become the newest of IBM\u2019s partners in its smart grid efforts.","title":"Trilliant,
        IBM join forces to help utilities smart up their\u00a0grids","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/24/trilliant-ibm-join-forces-to-help-utilities-smart-up-their-grids/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939008,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-15T12:08:59Z","slug":"skypilot-networks","summary":"Trilliant,
        one of several  companies piecing together a cleaner, more efficient smart
        grid, just got a big shot in the arm. The Redwood City, Calif. company has
        raised $106  million in venture funding to expand globally and continue developing  its
        products.","title":"Trilliant gears up with $106M, new utility deal for smart
        grid\u00a0networking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/15/trilliant-106m-smart-grid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939007,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-01T01:12:22Z","slug":"skypilot-networks","summary":"Trilliant,
        provider of devices and networks that allow smart meters to beam energy data
        directly to utilities, has extended its reach with the acquisition of SkyPilot
        Networks, provider of mesh broadband coverage. No financial terms have been
        disclosed. Both companies had previously raised a substantial amount of capital.","title":"Trilliant
        buys SkyPilot to extend its smart grid\u00a0reach","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/01/trilliant-buys-skypilot-to-extend-its-smart-grid-reach/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939006,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-16T10:43:08Z","slug":"skypilot-networks","summary":"Trilliant,  one
        of several companies providing the wireless networks that carry  energy use
        data from smart meters back to utilities, announced today  that it can now
        seamlessly connect wide  area networks and local (neighborhood) area networks.
        The new  service gives utilities total \u2014 and more secure \u2014 control
        over where  data and energy flow, and at a lower cost than typical cellular
        networks.","title":"Trilliant combines local and wide area networks to build
        an even smarter\u00a0grid","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/16/trilliant-combines-local-and-wide-area-networks-to-build-an-even-smarter-grid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939005,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-05-17T10:37:28Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"Catching
        up on start-up and venture stuff:","title":"Latest Silicon Valley start-ups:
        3jam, JWire, Imperva &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/17/latest-silicon-valley-start-ups-3jam-jwire-imperva-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939004,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-23T06:55:03Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"Two
        companies have been tapped as the first recipients of an investment from a
        program called RechargeIT, run by Google\u2019s philanthropic arm: Aptera
        Motors, a Carlsbad, Calif. company that is gearing up to sell a futuristic
        three-wheeled car; and ActaCell, a battery company that hopes to help make
        electric cars both cheap and safe.  Each company is receiving $2.75 million
        from Google.org (although ActaCell also has other new investors). The announcement
        comes as RechargeIT is releasing the results of a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV)
        test showing that a modified Prius can get over 90 miles per gallon.  The
        230+ miles-per-gallon Aptera has received plenty of attention over the past
        few months, and a post here on VentureBeat asking whether readers would drive
        the odd-looking vehicle continues to get responses indicating that yes, quite
        a few people are interested in the $30,000 car. The Google investment is also
        only part of a total $24 million round that should bring the company closer
        to its production goals.","title":"Google.org gives electric cars a push,
        with investments in Aptera and\u00a0ActaCell","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/23/googleorg-gives-electric-cars-a-push-with-investments-in-aptera-and-actacell/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939003,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-08T23:42:56Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"The
        global semiconductor industry will grow 1 or 2 percent this year and finally
        hit $300 billion revenue in 2011, marking the first time it has done so. At
        the At the Global Semiconductor Association\u2019s annual awards dinner today
        in Santa Clara, Calif., analysts predicted the industry might grow 1 percent
        to 5 percent in 2012.","title":"At $300B in revenues, the chip industry still
        embraces its cool\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/08/at-300b-in-revenues-the-chip-industry-still-embraces-its-cool-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939002,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-28T10:00:02Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"Oil
        is in the news again. Last week, oil prices touched all-time highs due to
        Iranian export declines; the chief economist of the International Energy Agency
        said that high oil prices could cause an international recession. And whereas
        it looked like the State Department had put the breaks on the Keystone pipeline
        in November, President Obama announced last week that he was going to fast-track
        the construction of the southernmost portion of the project.","title":"5 trends
        in oil & gas technology, and why you should\u00a0care","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/28/5-trends-in-oil-gas-technology-and-why-you-should-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939001,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-05T09:15:32Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"The
        Federal Trade Commission may levy its first multimillion dollar fine against
        Google over a security breach initially uncovered by a Stanford student, a
        sign that the agency is stepping up its efforts to safeguard consumers\u2019
        online\u00a0rights.","title":"FTC could fine Google millions for Safari privacy
        breach\u00a0(updated)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/05/ftc-could-fine-google-millions-for-safari-privacy-breach/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3939000,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-27T12:24:38Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"","title":"Forget
        the Euro Crisis and the Supreme Court \u2014 the future is better than you\u00a0think","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/27/forget-the-euro-crisis-and-the-supreme-court-the-future-is-better-than-you-think/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938999,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-17T09:30:50Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In the end, Google simply didn\u2019t have room for Marissa Mayer.\nYesterday,
        the ambitious executive shocked the tech world by leaving Google to become
        Yahoo\u2019s new CEO, a role she officially takes over starting today.\nAs
        we published news of Mayer\u2019s move, we were bombarded with criticisms
        of her decision. The Internet in general lambasted the executive\u2019s choice,
        claiming that Yahoo was an inferior company and Mayer was making a fool\u2019s
        bargain to choose Yahoo over\u00a0Google.","title":"The real reason Marissa
        Mayer left Google: She had\u00a0to","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/17/marissa-mayer-yahoo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938998,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-24T10:00:44Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"This
        animated film has photorealistic shading, lighting, and compositing. That
        means the animated rain looks like real rain, and so does everything\u00a0else.","title":"How
        Pixar created the ultrarealistic animated film, The Blue Umbrella\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/how-pixar-created-the-ultrarealistic-animated-film-the-blue-umbrella-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938997,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-24T06:00:47Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Tony Hsieh\u2019s great urban experiment is transforming the downtown
        Vegas economy. Is it a model that can be replicated\u00a0elsewhere?","title":"Tony
        Hsieh\u2019s $350M plan to make Vegas an \u2018entrepreneur\u2019s Disneyland\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/24/part-1-why-zappos-ceo-tony-hsieh-is-investing-350m-into-downtown-vegas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938996,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-24T16:00:47Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"\u201cThis
        is the best time ever to start your company in Korea,\u201d said Dreamcamp
        Manager Ryu\u00a0Hahn.","title":"Can Korea\u2019s new culture of business
        creativity rival Silicon\u00a0Valley?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/24/the-worlds-largest-startup-can-koreas-new-culture-of-business-creativity-rival-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938995,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-16T13:20:12Z","slug":"bar-ilan-university","summary":"Guest
        Post Luxury goods companies\u2019 desire to maintain their brand image and
        tightly control their inventory, which directly conflicts with everything
        that e-commerce has come to represent. How can fashion-tech startups find
        a\u00a0middle-ground?","title":"Chanel who? E-commerce has barely made a dent
        in the luxury goods\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/16/tech-luxury-goods/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938994,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-04-18T05:43:45Z","slug":"orca-interactive","summary":"Adobe
        says today that it will acquire Macromedia for $3.4 billion, in a move to
        create a super-platform for rich interactive online content.","title":"Latest
        Silicon Valley marriage: Adobe to buy\u00a0Macromedia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/04/18/latest-silicon-valley-marriage-adobe-to-buy-macromedia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938993,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-12T12:36:16Z","slug":"orca-interactive","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: A longtime Yahoo employee leaves, speculation
        that Loopt beat out Whrrl for WWDC keynote position and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/12/roundup-a-longtime-yahoo-employee-leaves-speculation-that-loopt-beat-out-whrrl-for-wwdc-keynote-position-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938992,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-18T22:14:04Z","slug":"orca-interactive","summary":"For
        those who haven''t procrastinated on YouTube recently, congratulations for
        being hard-working enough to not notice YouTube''s fifth anniversary. First
        started as a means to share videos among Steve Chen and Chad Hurley. Five
        years later YouTube have been the modern medium for sharing videos online
        including video game tips, tricks, glitches and playthroughs.","title":"Five
        years of videos games on\u00a0YouTube","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/18/five-years-of-videos-games-on-youtube/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938991,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-09T08:00:43Z","slug":"orca-interactive","summary":"Lord
        of the Rings fans have been waiting a while for their beloved stories to meet
        a great game. So far, that hasn\u2019t happened, at least not in some time.
        Electronic Arts had care of the franchise during the heyday of Peter Jackson\u2019s
        movies, but not much came of it beyond a bad role-playing game and even worse
        3D action games.","title":"Thousands of orcs die \u2014 along with our patience
        \u2014 in Lord of the Rings: War in the North\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/09/review-thousands-of-orcs-die-along-with-our-patience-in-lord-of-the-rings-war-in-the-north/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938990,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-14T17:43:17Z","slug":"orca-interactive","summary":"An
        overview of the sweet 16 funding stories that came out\u00a0today.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Sweet\u00a016","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/14/funding-daily-sweet-16/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938989,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-08T04:00:07Z","slug":"apptera","summary":"\u201cHello,
        and welcome to Moviefone.\u201d","title":"Hello, and welcome targeted ads
        on\u00a0Moviefone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/08/hello-and-welcome-targeted-ads-on-moviefone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938988,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-17T23:16:39Z","slug":"apptera","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Facebook goes ''Places,'' S.F. blocks
        smart meter roll outs, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/17/roundup-facebook-goes-places-s-f-blocks-smart-meter-roll-outs-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938987,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-19T05:00:29Z","slug":"apptera","summary":"Voice
        and visual mobile ad network Apptera clearly doesn\u2019t think that mobile
        advertising is going to take as big a hit as other forms of online advertising.
        In fact, from its perspective, mobile advertising may be the perfect way for
        publishers to cut costs while reaching a very targeted audience. The company
        has just closed a new round of funding to expand operations and help its clients
        do just that.","title":"Apptera gets more funding and a former Yahoo VP on
        its\u00a0board","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/19/apptera-gets-more-funding-and-a-former-yahoo-vp-on-its-board/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938986,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-17T19:47:03Z","slug":"apptera","summary":"Apptera,
        provider of voice and visual mobile advertising, has closed a $10 million
        fifth round of equity. According to a filing with the SEC, investors in the
        Sunnyvale, Calif. company include Walden International Group,\u00a0New World
        Ventures, Alloy Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Capital. In February, the
        company announced a multi-year agreement with movie ticketing company Fandango.
        Apptera now operates 1-800-FANDANGO, Fandango\u2019s show time and ticketing
        phone service.\u00a0AT&T is another Apptera publisher.\u00a0The company last
        raised $10.5 million in 2008.","title":"Mobile ad provider Apptera brings
        in $10 million\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/17/mobile-ad-provider-apptera-brings-in-10-million-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938985,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-12T06:00:05Z","slug":"stepup-commerce","summary":"DriverSide
        has raised $5.3 million in a second round of funding for its site that gives
        advice to car owners.","title":"DriverSide raises $5.3 million for car advice\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/12/driverside-raises-53-million-for-car-advice-site/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938984,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-12-13T13:55:01Z","slug":"stepup-commerce","summary":"StepUp
        Commerce, the San Francisco local shopping site, has closed a round of funding.
        Allegis Capital and Granite Ventures LLC led the $6.6 million round, which
        also included participation by the company\u2019s previous investors. StepUp
        is an Internet shopping site that lets shoppers see what goods merchants have
        in stock. Merchants big and small send inventory data feeds to StepUp so the
        site can stay fresh. StepUp was one of the companies that helped Google test
        Google Base. StepUp uploads its product data feeds to Google so the products
        will show up in Base and Froogle. StepUp launched in August of 2004. Bob Ackerman
        and Standish O\u2019Grady, managing director of Granite Ventures, join the
        board.","title":"StepUp takes $6.6\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/12/13/stepup-takes-66-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938983,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-14T07:57:50Z","slug":"stepup-commerce","summary":"The
        Google alliance with tax and accounting software company Intuit is a pretty
        impressive one, if you look at the details.","title":"Intuit and Google strike
        at the \"long-tail\"; Intuit buys\u00a0StepUp","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/14/intuit-and-google-strike-at-the-long-tail-intuit-buys-stepup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938982,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-14T08:14:53Z","slug":"stepup-commerce","summary":"Mountain
        View accounting software company Intuit said it has acquired StepUp Commerce,
        of San Francisco for $60 million.","title":"Intuit acquires StepUp Commerce
        for $60M \u2014 to build Google\u00a0relationship","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/14/intuit-acquires-stepup-commerce-for-60m-to-build-google-relationship/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938981,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T09:32:06Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"This
        message will self-destruct in 5 seconds.","title":"SecretInk is the Snapchat
        of email and SMS, with a little \u2018Mission Impossible\u2019 sprinkled\u00a0in","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/secretink-is-the-snapchat-of-email-and-sms-with-a-little-mission-impossible-sprinkled-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938980,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-01T08:30:00Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"With
        the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, we\u2019ve seen a new drama
        nearly every day. Here we round up 12 of the most controversial moments from
        what have been a truly explosive two\u00a0weeks.","title":"Two weeks, 12 dramas.
        The most controversial console generation\u00a0yet?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/01/two-weeks-twelve-dramas-console-controversies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938979,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-03T16:34:09Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"In
        the last full year, more than 1.1 million people donated the equivalent of
        $30 million in 80 different currencies to the Wikimedia Foundation, which
        runs Wikipedia.\u00a0This year, the Wikipedians are hoping for even more \u2014
        about $50 million.","title":"Wikipedia starts new fundraising appeal for Internet\u2019s
        \u2018temple of the\u00a0mind\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/03/wikipedia-starts-new-fundraising-appeal-for-the-internets-temple-of-the-mind/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938978,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-16T20:04:33Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"U.S.
        District Judge Richard Leon ruled today that the National Security Agency\u2019s
        phone metadata collection program is violating the Constitution.","title":"Unconstitutional
        NSA surveillance: Why today\u2019s ruling was a huge step for\u00a0privacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/16/nsa-surveillance-unconstitutional/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938977,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-19T13:00:52Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"See
        what one of the top minds at IBM said after coming up with the top five\u00a0predictions.","title":"Our
        complete interview with IBM\u2019s Bernie Meyerson on the top five predictions
        for the next five\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/19/our-complete-interview-with-ibms-bernie-meyerson-on-the-top-five-predictions-for-the-next-five-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938976,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-30T09:00:03Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"More
        ad products, more software, more developer services, and more hardware all
        add up to more money as Google retains its position as one of the most powerful
        companies in the\u00a0world.","title":"Google in 2014: Expect new hardware,
        more retail, and a Google+\u00a0explosion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/30/google-in-2014-expect-new-hardware-more-retail-and-a-google-explosion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938975,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-01T07:00:00Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post Could a Microsoft Android fork be even more damning than a Samsung\u00a0fork?","title":"Windroid:
        What if Microsoft forked\u00a0Android?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/01/windroid-what-if-microsoft-forked-android/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938974,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-03T08:01:33Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"The
        encryption battle may be leaving the realm of 1s and\u00a00s.","title":"The
        NSA is racing to build a quantum computer capable of cracking even the strongest\u00a0encryption","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/03/the-nsa-is-racing-to-build-a-quantum-computer-capable-of-cracking-strong-encryption/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938973,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-15T09:45:39Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"It
        was only a matter of time until someone developed a smartphone entirely focused
        on security.","title":"PGP creator\u2019s new \u2018Blackphone\u2019 is a
        secure Android phone that may protect you from the\u00a0NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/15/pgp-creators-new-blackphone-is-a-secure-android-phone-that-protects-you-from-the-nsa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938972,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T09:37:09Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"The
        fate of your career could rest on your answers to the following\u00a0questions.","title":"The
        top 25 oddball interview questions of 2013 include pizza, cooties, and\u00a0boats","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/the-top-25-oddball-interview-questions-of-2013-include-pizza-cooties-and-boats/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938971,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T15:37:06Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"U.S.
        companies including Apple and Microsoft have committed $750 million to the
        ConnectED\u00a0Initiative.","title":"President Obama $750M closer to getting
        99% of American students\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/president-obama-750m-closer-to-getting-99-of-american-students-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938970,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-06T13:30:53Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"It\u2019s
        hard to imagine starting a company without using Google Apps. I take it back:
        It\u2019s impossible.","title":"Why a startup will probably never compete
        with Google\u00a0Apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/why-a-startup-will-probably-never-compete-with-google-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938969,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-12T10:02:18Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Why is New Jersey targeting the Boston-based developer of a Bitcoin program
        \u2014 one that has never even been used to mine\u00a0Bitcoins?","title":"New
        Jersey slaps MIT Bitcoin hackers with subpoena \u2014 and they\u2019re fighting\u00a0back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/new-jersey-slaps-mit-bitcoin-hackers-with-subpoena-and-theyre-fighting-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938968,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T07:10:13Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"The
        WhatsApp acquisition makes it clear: Facebook and Google have no intention
        of remaining dependent on the caprices of the\u00a0telcos.","title":"WhatsApp
        shows that Facebook & Google are serious about competing with\u00a0telcos","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/whatsapp-shows-that-facebook-google-are-serious-about-competing-with-telcos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938967,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T16:00:25Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post So what made WhatsApp so incredibly valuable and what does it mean for
        the mobile messaging\u00a0space?","title":"WhatsApp for business? How international
        organizations are getting in on mobile\u00a0messaging","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/whatsapp-for-business-how-international-organizations-are-getting-in-on-mobile-messaging/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938966,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-15T07:15:55Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"We\u2019re
        seeing the biggest change in how we interact with computers in years. And
        it\u2019ll mean much less input from you.","title":"Predictive tech is getting
        smarter and more pervasive \u2014 but more controversial,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/15/predictive-tech-is-getting-smarter-and-more-pervasive-but-more-controversial-too/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938965,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T22:54:55Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post You might not have heard about kill-switching for phones But if you\u2019ve
        got a business, you ought to know about it, because pending legislation could
        force its implementation, which could cause\u00a0threats.","title":"4 reasons
        cell phone kill-switching could damage your\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/4-reasons-cell-phone-kill-switching-could-damage-your-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938964,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-21T08:25:50Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"It\u2019s
        not just consumers who are dumping their BlackBerrys \u2014 even the White
        House is considering alternatives.","title":"Watch out, BlackBerry: The White
        House is reportedly testing Samsung & LG Android\u00a0phones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/21/watch-out-blackberry-the-white-house-is-reportedly-testing-samsung-lg-android-phones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938963,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-26T07:00:49Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Harbor
        Springs, Michigan, may seem like a random choice for a startup accelerator.
        High unemployment, low income, and few jobs plague the community. So why start
        up\u00a0here?","title":"Meet Coolhouse Labs, a startup accelerator in the
        unlikeliest of places\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/26/meet-coolhouse-labs-a-startup-accelerator-in-the-unlikeliest-of-places-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938962,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-26T08:00:31Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The founders of Oculus VR describe how their startup survived its charmed
        life and got acquired by Facebook for\u00a0$2B.","title":"The superfast rise
        of Oculus VR: How it went from startup to $2B acquisition in 21 months\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/26/the-accelerated-life-of-oculus-vr-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938961,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-09T04:30:40Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post How are the native ad exchanges that have emerged in the past year different
        from existing display advertising\u00a0exchanges?","title":"What you need
        to know about the brand-new native ad\u00a0exchanges","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/09/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-brand-new-native-ad-exchanges/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938960,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T14:41:55Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post In the words of Aldous Huxley: \u201cThere is only one corner of the
        universe that you are certain of improving and that is your own self.\u201d
        Wearables are THE tool for self-improvement, or as we like to call it,\u00a0self-mastery.","title":"Brave
        new wearable world: Crowdsourcing health, and the coming battle of\u00a0bio-signals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/brave-new-wearable-world-crowdsourcing-health-and-the-coming-battle-of-bio-signals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938959,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-21T17:25:15Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Netflix
        CEO Reed Hastings made it clear during today\u2019s quarterly earnings video
        conference\u00a0that his company is against the tentative merger of Comcast
        and Time Warner Cable.","title":"Netflix comes out against the Comcast-TWC
        merger, says it will hurt the open\u00a0Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/netflix-comes-out-against-the-comcast-twc-merger-says-it-will-hurt-the-open-internet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938958,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T12:32:42Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Sirrus, a manufacturer of high-performance monomers formerly known as       Bioformix,
        has successfully developed a new chemistry platform that       promises to
        transform a range of adhesive, coating, printing and resin       applications
        for the\u00a0automotive,\u2026","title":"Sirrus Unveils First New Chemistry
        Platform for Adhesives, Coatings and Inks in\u00a0...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/sirrus-unveils-first-new-chemistry-platform-for-adhesives-coatings-and-inks-in-decades/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938957,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T08:20:11Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post Five points developers need to consider when building for the Internet
        of\u00a0things.","title":"50 billion devices: How software has to change to
        fit an ultra-connected\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/50-billion-devices-how-software-has-to-change-to-fit-an-ultra-connected-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938956,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T08:35:42Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Portsmouth,
        England, is where Lord Admiral Nelson\u2019s flagship, the HMS Victory, is
        enshrined. It just might also be home to the most innovative marketing automation
        system on the planet.","title":"Most innovative marketing automation system
        ever? Salesformics launches from\u00a0beta","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/most-innovative-marketing-automation-system-ever-salesformics-launches-from-beta/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938955,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T07:55:55Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Today
        IBM launched ExperienceOne, a new integrated portfolio of offerings\u00a0to
        help organizations bring marketing, sales, and service together. It\u2019s
        also a single label to pin on a vast $3 billion array of acquisitions, software,
        and services that\u00a0IBM has bought\u00a0and built\u00a0over the past five
        years in the marketing, e-commerce, and \u2014 yes \u2014 hosting/cloud industries.","title":"Salesforce1,
        meet ExperienceOne, IBM\u2019s platform to connect sales, marketing, and\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/ibm-launches-experienceone-to-answer-salesforce1-and-connect-sales-marketing-and-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938954,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T08:00:13Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Data is undoubtedly shaping the future of business. With more than 2.5
        exabytes of data being created each day, brands that don\u2019t harness consumer
        data to guide customer experiences and communications just won\u2019t make\u00a0it.","title":"Data
        collection is shaping brand perception \u2014 here\u2019s how to improve your\u00a0reputation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/data-collection-is-shaping-brand-perception-how-to-improve-your-reputation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938953,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T14:02:58Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"It\u2019s
        hard to imagine that AT&T\u2019s $48.5 billion merger with satellite TV service
        provider DirecTV will result in increased competition for consumers. That
        said, I\u2019m sure AT&T will do its best to \u201cprove\u201d this will indeed
        be the end result.","title":"Why you should hate the AT&T-DirecTV merger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/why-you-should-hate-the-att-directv-merger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938952,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-24T12:00:27Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"One
        day venture capitalist Vinod Khosla gets in a fight with surfers over access
        to a beach with sweet\u00a0waves, and the next he\u2019s over at Stanford
        saying that he thinks the healthcare system would be a lot better off if most
        doctors were replaced by Big Data crunchers. Wow. Lose friends much?","title":"Valley
        heavyweight Vinod Khosla says replacing doctors with data crunchers is good\u00a0medicine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/24/valley-heavyweight-vinod-khosla-says-replacing-doctors-with-data-crunchers-is-good-medicine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938951,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T15:00:45Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"The
        business of marketing has moved from guesswork to a data operation in the
        cloud, or at least that is what Adobe and Oracle would have you believe. In
        the last few days, both of these tech giants have announced significant enhancements
        and additions to their marketing cloud operations.","title":"PR Tech: The
        next automated marketing\u00a0frontier","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/pr-tech-the-next-automated-marketing-frontier/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938950,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T11:05:18Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"When
        it comes to the cloud, Verizon gets pretty cocky. The telecommunications giant
        rebooted its cloud infrastructure efforts late last year, playing feature
        catchup with competitors like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. But Verizon Cloud
        started off with a pair of huge advantages: Verizon\u2019s global data centers
        and networking\u00a0infrastructure.","title":"Verizon thinks its cloud is
        better than yours \u2014 and it may be\u00a0right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/verizon-thinks-its-cloud-is-better-than-yours-and-it-may-be-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938949,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T10:00:57Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post Brands and healthcare organizations are realizing the potential of mobile
        apps \u2014 and increasingly, wearable devices \u2014 to engage with and influence
        the behaviors of millions of\u00a0Americans.","title":"How mobile can drive
        down healthcare costs \u2014 & improve\u00a0care","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/mhealth-and-the-affordable-care-act-how-mobile-can-drive-down-costs-and-improve-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938948,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-15T08:57:24Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Virtually
        every major company has a world-changing complex.  Many little companies do,\u00a0too.","title":"3
        \u2018trivial\u2019 inventions that ended up changing the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/15/3-trivial-inventions-that-ended-up-changing-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938947,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T07:04:11Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Fitwall,       one of the World\u2019s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies
        in Fitness according       to Fast Company, announced today that it has secured
        additional       funding in order to continue its meteoric growth and dominance
        as the       future of\u00a0fitness\u2026.","title":"Fitwall Secures Additional
        Funding as Demand for Company\u2019s Innovative Approach ...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/fitwall-secures-additional-funding-as-demand-for-companys-innovative-approach-to-fitness-accelerates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938946,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:00:09Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post They have the most to lose from industry sexism \u2014 and the most to
        gain from demanding\u00a0improvement.","title":"How VCs can help us solve
        tech\u2019s problem with\u00a0women","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/how-vcs-can-help-us-solve-techs-problem-with-women/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938945,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-18T11:00:38Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Cloud
        communications company RingCentral has launched its brand new Cloud-Touch
        service, the first of its kind to help businesses manage and access their
        office phone system from smartphones.","title":"RingCentral re-imagines cloud-based
        phone systems with\u00a0Cloud-Touch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/18/ringcentral-cloud-touch-phone-systems/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938944,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-03T12:12:07Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"One
        of the Internet\u2019s first big web video networks, Revision3 is being bought
        by Discovery Communications, the company that owns familiar cable networks
        such as the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN),
        and Science Channel.","title":"Confirmed: Revision3 acquired by Discovery\u00a0Communications","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/03/revision3-acquired-discovery-communications/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938943,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-09T10:09:47Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":"Tim
        Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web, spent an hour enthusiastically
        exhorting a crowd at SXSW to use HTML5 and build applications on the Open
        Web Platform. He also offered a host of pithy comments on the Web\u2019s history
        and\u00a0future.","title":"Tim Berners-Lee: \u2018You can do anything with
        a computer that you can\u00a0imagine\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/09/tim-berners-lee-sxsw/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938942,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-20T17:10:33Z","slug":"schemalogic","summary":"Many
        businesses view social media tools like Twitter as time-wasting distractions
        for employees. But social-media software startup Optify has secured $6.1 million
        in financing as the group seeks to gain a lead in the already-crowded field
        of companies offering social marketing tools to blue-chip customers.","title":"Sales
        leads in social media? Real-time marketer Optify snags $6.1M to prove it\u00a0works","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/20/sales-leads-in-social-media-real-time-marketer-optify-snags-6-1m-to-prove-it-works/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938941,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-16T00:45:37Z","slug":"schemalogic","summary":"SchemaLogic,
        a company that wants to use \u201ctagging\u201d to transform the internal
        archives at media companies and large businesses, has just raised $12.7 million
        more to do so.","title":"SchemaLogic offers tagging to media and\u00a0corporations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/16/schemalogic-offers-tagging-to-media-and-corporations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938940,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-18T16:32:41Z","slug":"rollstream","summary":"Rollstream
        is a Fairfax, Virginia company that builds custom software to help large companies
        manage supply chains and communications among themselves and their vendors.
        It has raised $6 million from Core Capital Partners with participation from
        Grotech Ventures.","title":"Enterprise software provider Rollstream gets\u00a0$6M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/18/enterprise-software-provider-rollstream-gets-6m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938939,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-21T16:00:42Z","slug":"teamer-net","summary":"Rune
        Factory 4 is a little bit of everything you already\u00a0love.","title":"Rune
        Factory 4 has a secret: It\u2019s all your favorite games rolled into\u00a0one","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/21/rune-factory-4-all-your-favorite-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938938,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-28T07:00:31Z","slug":"teamer-net","summary":"Goplay
        is launching a web portal for social games in the hopes of luring disaffected
        publishers away from Facebook.","title":"Goplay launches portal for social
        games on the web\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/28/goplay-launches-portal-for-social-games-on-the-web-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938937,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-09T05:00:32Z","slug":"verdiem","summary":"If
        you were reading VentureBeat a couple of weeks ago, you may have seen an article
        suggesting that most people don\u2019t care about global warming \u2014 despite
        a recent deluge of media about climate change and renewable energy, many people
        aren\u2019t convinced. Today a new study is suggesting that the geeky, forward-thinking
        information technology industry is also behind on becoming environmentally
        friendly.","title":"Inaction in IT means computing still ain''t\u00a0green","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/09/inaction-in-it-means-computing-still-aint-green/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938936,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-30T08:57:40Z","slug":"verdiem","summary":"San
        Francisco-based venture firm Catamount Ventures announced that it closed its
        fourth fund at $80 million, according to VentureWire. It plans to use the
        smaller fund to back early-stage companies in the IT and cleantech sectors.","title":"Catamount
        finalizes $80M early-stage\u00a0fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/30/catamount-finalizes-80m-early-stage-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938935,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-13T14:23:15Z","slug":"verdiem","summary":"Verdiem,
        a growing Seattle company that makes computer networks use less energy, has
        raised $8.33 million from seven investors including big-name venture capital
        firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.","title":"Cleantech: Verdiem raises
        $8 million from Kleiner Perkins, others, to save PC\u00a0energy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/13/cleantech-verdium-raises-8-million-from-kleiner-perkins-others-to-save-pc-energy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938934,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-28T00:01:15Z","slug":"verdiem","summary":"Verdiem,
        a Seattle, Wash. startup that makes PC software capable of reducing energy
        consumption across networks of computers, has raised a fresh round of funding
        as it expands.  Its Surveyor software can reduce the energy consumption of
        an average computer by about 30 percent, according to the company, lowering
        electricity consumption across the average organization by 3-6 percent. The
        payback time, it says, it 18 months or less.  Although this latest funding
        is Verdiem\u2019s sixth, it is by far the largest round the company has taken
        to date. NCD Investors led the round, while Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,
        Catamount Ventures, and Phoenix Partners also participated. The company has
        raised a total of $27 million.","title":"Verdiem pulls in $12M for power-saving\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/28/verdiem-pulls-in-12m-for-power-saving-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938933,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-06T16:15:29Z","slug":"transitive","summary":"Welcome
        back to Hit or Miss, where I\u2019ll tell weak-willed people how to feel about
        the biggest stories of the week. Strong-willed people, meanwhile, can tell
        me to cram it with walnuts.","title":"Bitmob\u2019s Hit or Miss Weekend Recap
        \u2013 Sept. 6,\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/06/bitmobs-hit-or-miss-weekend-recap-sept-6-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938932,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-31T23:53:23Z","slug":"transitive","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Brian uses The Hurt Locker and Red Faction: Guerrilla as a jumping-off
        point for a pretty fascinating post about when a game is just a game, and
        when it\u2019s something more. -Demian","title":"Game Pairings: Red Faction:
        Guerrilla + The Hurt Locker =\u00a0?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/31/red-faction-guerilla-the-hurt-locker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938931,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-06T02:06:14Z","slug":"transitive","summary":"I\u2019ve
        recently come to terms with an ugly truth; I am the office nerd. My co-workers
        frequently don\u2019t know what the hell I\u2019m talking about and just as
        frequently don\u2019t care; you try explaining Eternal Sonata to an uninterested,
        middle-aged Admin Assistant. Topics like weekend plans are becoming rare within
        a three foot radius of my cubical. While the guys on my floor are discussing
        the Yankees\u2019 win, I\u2019m reading Bitmob*. People say that I smell funny
        (probably unrelated). Traditionally, there\u2019s a level of shame that comes
        along with being a nerd\u2014let alone your office\u2019s officially recognized
        nerd. I\u2019m finding that, with the right attitude, I can turn this negative
        into a positive in several work related scenarios.","title":"I am the Office\u00a0Nerd","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/06/i-am-the-office-nerd/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938930,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-18T04:00:54Z","slug":"transitive","summary":"NorthScale,
        the recently-launched data infrastructure company whose first customers include
        social gaming giant Zynga, just raised a $10 million second round of funding.
        The round was led by Mayfield Fund, with participation from existing investors
        Accel Partners (which also helped bring the founding team together) and North
        Bridge Venture Partners.","title":"Data infrastructure startup NorthScale
        gets $10M and a new\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/18/northscale-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938929,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-09T16:16:00Z","slug":"transitive","summary":"In
        the most recent of a long line of media flashpoints in video game coverage,
        critics singled out Medal of Honor\u2019s multiplayer mode over the fact that
        players \u201ctake on the role\u201d of Taliban soldiers during matches. This
        has sparked some choice quotes, both from a British General and EA Europe\u2019s
        PR Department. A lively debate over what constitutes appropriate content for
        video games has also flared back up even though it has been largely dormant
        since the Six Days in Fallujah controversy.","title":"Taliban in Medal of
        Honor: Controversy Based on\u00a0Misconception","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/09/american-taliban-gamer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938928,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-03T06:00:39Z","slug":"transitive","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Larry Chiang is CEO of Duck9 and is also co-moderating the upcoming
        ReverseVC Pitch Panel and Dinner at Stanford. He submitted this column to
        VentureBeat.)","title":"7 ways to get a VC you don''t know to mentor\u00a0you","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/03/7-ways-to-get-a-vc-you-dont-know-to-mentor-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938927,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-25T16:52:10Z","slug":"transitive","summary":"Over
        in the land of\u00a0slightly\u00a0crazy lawsuits, a man from Arizona filed
        a lawsuit Friday to make \u201cGoogle\u201d a generic word, Paid Content reports.","title":"Disgruntled
        gentleman honestly thinks he can strip Google of its\u00a0trademark","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/25/google-sued-over-trademark/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938926,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-18T16:42:42Z","slug":"transitive","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action: ","title":"Roundup: IBM snags Transitive, HP buoys market,
        Transmeta sells\u00a0out","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/18/roundup-ibm-snags-transitive-hp-buoys-market-transmeta-sells-out/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938925,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-06-15T17:00:58Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"Imbee,
        the new social networking site for kids aged 8 to 14, will launch sometime
        tonight. Imbee, owned by parent company Industrious Kid, is betting parents
        of these youngsters want a safer alternative to the more liberal MySpace.
        With Imbee, parents get to set the rules about who is allowed to connect with
        their kids. It is a closed site, not accessible from the wider Web","title":"Imbee,
        the chaperoned social networking site,\u00a0launches","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/15/imbee-the-chaperoned-social-networking-site-launches/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938924,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-07T12:15:45Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"Provigent,
        a Santa Clara, Calif. system-on-a-chip provider for the broadband wireless
        transmission market, said it has raised a $16 million fourth round of financing.","title":"Provigent
        raises $16M for broadband wireless\u00a0chip","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/07/provigent-raises-16m-for-broadband-wireless-chip-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938923,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-26T05:38:25Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"Nokia
        Siemens Networks, of Munich, Germany, has agreed to acquire Atrica, which
        makes carrier Ethernet transport systems for metro networks, for a reported
        $100 million.","title":"Nokia Siemens Networks acquires Atrica, Ethernet systems
        company, for a\u00a0loss","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/26/nokia-siemens-networks-acquires-atrica-ethernet-systems-company-for-a-loss/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938922,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-23T13:45:30Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"So
        why are we holding our MobileBeat conference tomorrow?","title":"MobileBeat:
        Mobile success\u00a0stories","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/23/mobilebeat2008-catch-it-all-live-tomorrow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938921,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-21T08:51:30Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"Hardwired
        office desk top phones, some costing several hundred dollars a piece, and
        a very lucrative business for the likes of Cisco, Avaya and others, are on
        their last legs.","title":"The office desk phone is\u00a0dead!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/21/office-desk-phone-is-dead/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938920,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-09T14:08:22Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"Foursquare,
        the hot New York-based location-based check-in game, has partnered with Japanese
        telecommunications company KDDI to give users a short-cut for downloading
        the mobile application on several of its Android smartphones.","title":"Foursquare
        short-cut to debut on Japanese\u00a0smartphones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/09/foursquare-japanese-consumers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938919,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-22T11:00:26Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"Scvngr,
        the maker of a check-in app that asks users to complete activity challenges,  is
        defying the conventional wisdom that services which broadcast one\u2019s location
        to friends aren\u2019t ready for the mainstream. Just yesterday, the app has
        reached 1 million users, founder and chief executive Seth Priebatsch tells
        VentureBeat, and added nearly 10,000 new users since then.","title":"Scvngr
        finds 1 million users willing to complete location\u00a0challenges","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/22/scvngr-1-million-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938918,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-27T15:02:53Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post With some 70,000 visitors in Barcelona this week for the Mobile World
        Congress, the tone is being set for the next phase of the dynamic mobile telecommunications
        industry.","title":"Next generation reigns at Mobile World\u00a0Congress","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/27/next-generation-reigns-at-mobile-world-congress/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938917,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-25T09:21:25Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post The world economies stand at a crossroads. Industries that once were
        dominant are long in\u00a0decline.","title":"Your career, future-proofed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/25/your-career-future-proofed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938916,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-09T09:00:47Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"The
        startup says its \u201creal-world operating system\u201d lets you insert your
        animated content into reality, as viewed on your mobile\u00a0devices.","title":"With
        $3.2M in funding, Dekko unveils a clever tech to insert animations into the
        real\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/09/with-3-2m-in-funding-dekko-unveils-a-clever-tech-to-insert-animations-into-the-real-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938915,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-31T11:00:10Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"Now
        you never have to stop catching \u2018em\u00a0all.","title":"FAA OKs Nintendo
        3DS, PlayStation Vita, and more for takeoff and\u00a0landing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/31/faa-oks-3ds-playstation-vita-and-more-for-takeoff-and-landing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938914,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-25T08:00:40Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"After
        scanning recent news releases, and consulting our followers on Twitter, here
        are the buzz words we expect to take off in\u00a02014.","title":"\u2018Hyperdata,\u2019
        \u2018growth hacker,\u2019 & other awful buzzwords that will rule in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/25/hyperdata-growth-hacker-other-awful-buzzwords-that-will-rule-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938913,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-21T10:15:55Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"I
        caught up with three tech companies \u2014 Salesforce.com, Change.org and
        NerdWallet \u2014 to assess the impact of \u201cLean In\u201d on their company\u00a0culture.","title":"How
        Bay Area techies \u2014 men & women \u2014 are really learning from \u2018Lean\u00a0In\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/21/how-bay-area-techies-are-really-learning-from-lean-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938912,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T08:00:42Z","slug":"ascend-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Yes, email marketing works. It\u2019s a much more effective way of finding
        prospective customers than display ads or social media, according to many
        experts.  But only 22% of businesses are satisfied with their conversion rates,
        notes\u00a0Econsultancy.","title":"Effective landing pages don\u2019t have
        to be expensive & difficult to\u00a0create","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/effective-landing-pages-dont-have-to-be-expensive-difficult-to-create/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938911,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T06:00:15Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"The
        company is single-mindedly focused on getting more players for\u00a0games.","title":"Israeli
        startup DAU-UP joins the race to help developers find mobile gamers\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/israeli-startup-dau-up-joins-the-race-to-help-developers-find-mobile-gamers-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938910,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T06:01:07Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Global
        mobile traffic grew 95% from the first quarter to the second\u00a0quarter.","title":"Global
        mobile ad spending grows 48% in Q2 over Q1, with emerging markets\u00a0dominating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/global-mobile-ad-spending-grows-48-in-q2-over-q1-with-emerging-markets-dominating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938909,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T07:00:43Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"The
        company has 180 employees and plans on hiring 70 more this\u00a0year.","title":"Ad
        revenue optimization platform SponsorPay rebrands as\u00a0Fyber","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/ad-revenue-optimization-platform-sponsorpay-rebrands-as-fyber/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938908,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T12:45:03Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Guest
        Post Viewing the mobile channel as a tool for browsing and not buying could
        blinker advertisers to its true value in driving users towards a\u00a0purchase.","title":"How
        to uncover the true value of mobile ads: Focus on multiple\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/how-to-uncover-the-true-value-of-mobile-ads-focus-on-multiple-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938907,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T14:54:27Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Could
        reports that a tech entrepreneur hit his girlfriend 117 times over half an
        hour \u2014 leading to his firing from a company he founded \u2014 affect
        the reception of his new company?\nThat\u2019s not a rhetorical\u00a0question.","title":"Here\u2019s
        the next venture from Gurbaksh Chahal, the CEO who pled guilty to domestic\u00a0violence","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/heres-the-next-venture-from-gurbaksh-chahal-the-ceo-who-pled-guilty-to-domestic-violence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938906,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T15:35:42Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"In
        today\u2019s earnings announcement the search giant was again evasive about
        the performance of its mobile\u00a0ads.","title":"Google continues to play
        it close to the vest on mobile\u00a0ads","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/google-continues-to-play-it-close-to-the-vest-on-mobile-ads/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938905,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T06:05:36Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Guest
        Post Ayelet Noff, who managed PR for the launch of the viral hit Yo, gives
        a detailed outline of the events (and PR strategy) which led to Yo\u2019s
        grand\u00a0success.","title":"How Yo became one of the most viral apps of
        all time \u2014 step by\u00a0step","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/how-yo-became-one-of-the-most-viral-apps-of-all-time-step-by-step/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938904,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T14:00:26Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Today,
        we\u2019re excited to announce a new session with 6Sense CEO and founder Amanda
        Kahlow and Pure Storage head of global campaigns and demand generation Mike\u00a0Kim.","title":"GrowthBeat
        will show you why smarter CRMs enable businesses to get ahead and\u00a0grow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/growthbeat-will-show-you-why-smarter-crms-enable-businesses-to-get-ahead-and-grow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938903,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T15:37:13Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Hard
        Rock Cafe Sr. Director of Digital Marketing & CRM Kim Matlock, along with
        Privy CEO & Founder Ben Jabbawy, will discuss a user-case of marketing tech\u2019s
        impact on growth in a one-on-one\u00a0session.","title":"The Hard Rock Cafe
        spotlights how it uses online marketing tech to drive\u00a0growth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/the-hard-rock-cafe-spotlights-how-it-uses-online-marketing-tech-to-drive-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938902,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T08:19:51Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Guest
        Post Moving into the Chinese market is an enticing prospect, especially given
        China\u2019s insatiable craving for western goods. But a number of substantial
        barriers exist, and I\u2019m not just talking about the language and\u00a0culture.","title":"Why
        Tmall is the smartest route into China\u2019s ecommerce\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/why-tmall-is-the-smartest-route-into-chinas-ecommerce-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938901,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T09:15:06Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Despite
        limited success so far, Facebook and Twitter are continuing their efforts
        to get you to buy stuff while you\u2019re using their services.\u00a0(Video)","title":"Social
        shopping experiments continue on Facebook and Twitter. But\u00a0why?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/social-shopping-experiments-continue-on-facebook-and-twitter-but-why/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:36:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938900,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T20:11:40Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"At
        GrowthBeat, One Kings Lane will show how it uses platforms like CommandIQ
        to build unified profiles from its customers\u2019 multiple digital bread
        crumbs and then design A/B testing campaigns to send fewer emails with much
        better chances of driving\u00a0purchases.","title":"One Kings Lane makes data
        count, drives bigger sales with fewer\u00a0emails","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/one-kings-lane-makes-data-count-drives-bigger-sales-with-fewer-emails/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938899,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T09:21:59Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"It\u2019s
        a Darwinian world out there. And not many are winning.","title":"10,000-developer
        survey: 2% of coders split staggering 54% of all app\u00a0revenue","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/10000-developer-survey-2-of-coders-split-staggering-54-of-all-app-revenue/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938898,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T12:56:40Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"This
        summer, two of the leading tech conferences are breaking through the clutter
        of data, growth, marketing and customer experience. Starting with GrowthBeat
        in San Francisco, followed by the GROW Conference, in\u00a0Whistler.","title":"This
        summer, don\u2019t miss GrowthBeat & GROW\u00a0Conference","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/this-summer-dont-miss-growthbeat-grow-conference/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938897,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T13:01:01Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Months
        after the departure of former CEO Marcus Nelson, Addvocate is still on track
        and releasing a new version of its social media platform today.","title":"Addvocate
        launches a new employee-powered social marketing platform, hires new\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/addvocate-social-platform-launch-new-ceo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938896,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T14:33:24Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"GrowthBeat,\u00a0our
        new event exploring the data, apps, and science of successful marketing, is
        coming up on Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 in San Francisco.","title":"Adobe VP of strategy
        to discuss marketing cloud at\u00a0GrowthBeat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/adobe-vp-of-strategy-to-discuss-marketing-cloud-at-growthbeat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938895,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T05:01:47Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Their 40-hour work week might look a little different than yours, but
        here is what ad sales executives are really doing \u2014 and how they\u2019re
        proving a ROI from their business development\u00a0efforts.","title":"Why
        ad sales executives are\u00a0lazy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/why-ad-sales-executives-are-lazy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938894,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T06:30:55Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick About 43 percent of respondents say they are most excited about using
        video ads in the\u00a0future.","title":"Mobile marketers are turning to video
        ads to acquire new users\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/mobile-marketers-are-turning-to-video-ads-to-acquire-new-users-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938893,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T10:54:16Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"CallidusCloud
        is an odd duck.","title":"Marketing automation for sales: CallidusCloud inserts
        \u2018mini-Hootsuite\u2019 into\u00a0Gmail","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/calliduscloud-says-crm-doesnt-add-value-delivers-marketing-automation-for-sales-right-inside-gmail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938892,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T11:55:21Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"E-commerce
        websites like Zappos rely heavily on advertising to engage and re-engage shoppers
        online.","title":"How Zappos is personalizing the consumer ad\u00a0experience","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/how-zappos-is-personalizing-the-consumer-ad-experience/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938891,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T14:02:12Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"LinkedIn
        is getting into the \u201cBizo\u201d-ness.","title":"LinkedIn buys B2B marketing
        startup Bizo for\u00a0$175M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/linkedin-buys-bizo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938890,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T20:59:01Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"LinkedIn
        announced today\u00a0via its marketing blog that it has acquired B2B marketing
        platform Bizo for $175M, its second acquisition this year after acquiring
        data insights and technology company Bright back in February.","title":"Linkedin
        + Bizo: LinkedIn solidifies lead within B2B enterprise\u00a0advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/linkedin-solidifies-lead-within-b2b-enterprise-advertising/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938889,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T03:42:46Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Mobile
        messaging networks like KakaoGame are making mobile games more\u00a0viral.","title":"After
        two years, KakaoGame hits 20M monthly active\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/after-two-years-kakaogame-hits-20m-monthly-active-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938888,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T06:00:20Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Guest
        Post Sorry, folks. There\u2019s no longer a place for wishful thinking in
        sales forecasts. Cloud-based tools that use data science make sense for all
        kinds of\u00a0reasons.","title":"3 reasons your sales team needs data\u00a0science","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/3-reasons-your-sales-team-needs-data-science/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938887,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T08:05:46Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Big IT companies buying mobile analytic and ad outfits will likely be
        accelerated across the ecosystem because of the Yahoo-Flurry deal\u00a0Monday.","title":"Yahoo\u2019s
        Flurry deal will kick mobile-ad buyout frenzy into high\u00a0gear","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/yahoos-flurry-deal-will-kick-mobile-ad-buyout-frenzy-into-high-gear/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938886,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T09:00:23Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Asia
        Pacific stands out as the biggest revenue generator for mobile games by\u00a0far.","title":"Mobile
        games revenue will double by 2017 as growth spreads worldwide\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/mobile-games-revenue-will-double-by-2017-as-growth-spreads-worldwide-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938885,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T09:01:08Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Ever
        since the dawn of digital communications, marketers have faced the same problem
        time and time again. How do you quickly, easily and effectively segment your
        data and send a message to your clients \u2014 via email or within your app
        \u2014 without having to involve engineers, developers, and other teams in
        the process?","title":"Mass marketing is dead? Intercom breathes new life
        into customer\u00a0relationships","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/mass-marketing-is-dead-intercom-breathes-new-life-into-customer-relationships/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938884,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T09:30:46Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Join
        us for an upcoming webinar on August 7 at 10 am Pacific where we\u2019ll be
        diving deep on mobile app security with top execs from Dell, Expedia, the
        US Air Force, and Forrester.","title":"Dell, Expedia, US Air Force to explore
        mobile app security in a BYOD\u00a0organization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/dell-expedia-us-air-force-to-explore-mobile-app-security-in-a-byod-organization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938883,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:28:12Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"The
        social networking giant reported a gain of only 7 percent in new daily users
        from the U.S. and\u00a0Canada.","title":"Facebook\u2019s future is now: Most
        member growth is coming from outside U.S.,\u00a0Europe","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/facebooks-future-is-now-most-member-growth-is-coming-from-outside-u-s-europe/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938882,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T07:16:43Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"After
        two jam-packed days of panel sessions at the recent MobileBeat conference,
        featuring brand executives in the retail, CPG and travel sectors, my head
        (and my notebook) are flowing with mobile marketing insights and lessons.","title":"5
        lessons from MobileBeat: Move beyond mobile tactics, invest in the experience\u00a0first","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/5-lessons-from-mobilebeat-move-beyond-mobile-tactics-invest-in-the-experience-first/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938881,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T08:00:25Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Talk to any sales rep in the tech world and you\u2019ll hear about the
        gap. It\u2019s the gap between marketing and CRM.While maybe not as big as
        the Grand Canyon, that gap is big enough to hold the mile-high frustrations
        of countless sales representatives who\u2019d love to spend more time selling
        and less time in task\u00a0management.","title":"Is sales automation the missing
        piece to turbocharging\u00a0revenues?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:37:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/is-sales-automation-the-missing-piece-to-turbocharging-revenues/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:35:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938880,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T12:37:28Z","slug":"pharmaceutical-marketing-services","summary":"With
        1,400 marketing-tech vendors touting solutions that can drive ROI, increase
        visitors, and raise revenue, even the most experienced, up-to-date marketer
        gets overwhelmed. And companies offer no assurance of interoperability across
        these\u00a0products.","title":"1,400 marketing tech vendors! How to select
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        terms this spring, the company is eyeing emerging markets as a new source
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        is going to go beyond rolling out standalone applications for iPhones, Google
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        microblogging network is an ideal match for developing markets like India.","title":"Twitter
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        Next Generation Video Markets","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:32:47Z","url":"http://www.freshnews.com/news/314533/imagine-communications-closes-10-million-venture-capital-round-fuel-growth-next-generati"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:32:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938834,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:32:44Z","slug":"apptera","summary":"Apptera,
        a San Bruno, Calif. developer of speech recognition, search and advertising
        for mobile phones, has drawn $9.74 million from a $14.74 million fourth round
        of capital committed by investors, according to a regulatory filing cited
        by PE Wire.","title":"Apptera raises $9.74M for mobile search advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:38:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/20/apptera-raises-974m-for-mobile-search-advertising/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:32:44Z","domain":"googleusercontent.com","id":3938833,"news_source":null,"publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:32:43Z","slug":"imagine-communications","summary":null,"title":"Imagine
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        Platform - Backed by Carmel Ventures and Columbia Capital.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:32:44Z","url":"http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1wluho3sdcmj:www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1g1-145153877.html+imagine+communications,+inc.+raised+%249.2&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:32:40Z","domain":"startupmeme.com","id":3938832,"news_source":"Startup
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        in San Francisco. If we were able to have stock in these companies, here\u2019s
        how we\u2019d rank them: CastTV, Cubic Telecom, Yap, Cognitive Code, Viewdle,
        Powerset, Trutap, Faroo, Ceedo and Loudtalks. Summaries of each company follow.","title":"New
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        broadband providers, has raised a $15 million second round of financing.","title":"Imagine
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        six investments into new companies at its CEO Summit.","title":"Intel Capital''s
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        See the company\u2019s announcement here about why. We last mentioned the
        company here. The company boasts: Since we launched Basecamp we\u2019ve been
        contacted by nearly 30 different VC firms. We\u2019ve never been interested
        in the typical traditional VC deal. With a few exceptions, all the VCs could
        offer us was cash and connections. We\u2019re fine on both of those fronts.
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        is full. We\u2019re looking for something else\u2026We found a perfect match
        in Jeff. Jeff is our kinda guy.","title":"Roundup: 37Signals, MetroFi, CaliSolar
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        to 5 percent this year, according to a Goldman Sachs report summarized on
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        virtual world, which turned out to be Lively, research firm Hitwise has turned
        back to its data to predict the search giant\u2019s next moves. The results
        suggest something related to either autos (perhaps bad news for these two
        ) or music (which could affect many more companies).  Yahoo may want to buy
        Demand; Demand may not want to sell \u2014 Demand Media, a large domain speculator
        and advertising business that qualifies as one of the Internet\u2019s most
        heavily-funded companies, may be on Yahoo\u2019s acquisition radar, reports
        TechCrunch. One small problem: Demand don\u2019t wanna sell, at least according
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        might offer up to $2 billion. Senator grills ad startup over privacy \u2014
        \u201cDeep\u201d targeting firm NebuAd may not survive in its current form,
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        issue with the startup\u2019s tracking of users\u2019 surfing in a hearing
        on Wednesday morning, and especially with the company\u2019s opt-out policy,
        which he said should be opt-in, only. We\u2019ve previously covered the company\u2019s
        technology in some depth. Separately, Facebook\u2019s privacy officer testified
        on his own company (transcript here), and Google and Microsoft said that they
        would support new privacy legislation.Senate approves expansion of Internet
        surveillance \u2013Also on Wednesday, the Senate passed expanded wiretapping
        provisions to allow more government surveillance of citizens, just hours after
        the Commerce Committee was criticizing businesses for making efforts to do
        the same. Neither opt-ins nor -outs from FBI snooping were discussed.","title":"Roundup:
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        escaping closure, wideband chip maker TZero Technologies has sold to medical
        imaging company NDS Surgical Imaging, one of its customers, reports VentureWire.
        No financial terms were disclosed, but most of the engineering personnel will
        be transferred seamlessly.","title":"Wideband chipmaker TZero sells out to
        medical imaging\u00a0co.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:32:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/15/wideband-chipmaker-tzero-sells-out-to-medical-imaging-co/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:32:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938822,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-19T20:00:21Z","slug":"riverside-partners","summary":"Southern
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        week\u2019s bevy of applicants for smart grid stimulus funds, has forged a
        partnership with First Solar to buy electricity from two new thin-film photovoltaic
        plants slated to produce 550 megawatts for 170,000 homes.","title":"SoCal
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        restoring trust to the used car market.","title":"TC50: Mota wants to curb
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        and Halo splitting is like some kind of weird video-game-industry divorce.
        Too bad they couldn''t try to stay together for the kids.","title":"News Blips:
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        advice to car owners.","title":"DriverSide raises $5.3 million for car advice\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:32:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/12/driverside-raises-53-million-for-car-advice-site/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:32:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938818,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-14T13:51:19Z","slug":"riverside-partners","summary":"The
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        installs and operates solar systems, with the merger of Solar Works and SolarWrights
        by private equity firm Riverside Partners.","title":"Riverside Partners merges
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        in tech-heavy Silicon Valley, yet companies have continued, on and off, to
        get funding. The latest is SkyPilot Networks, with a comparatively small $3.4
        million (compared to its $70+ million total).  SkyPilot makes broadcasting
        equipment like base stations, as well as tools for mesh networks like antennae.
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        growth for city-wide WiFi \u2014 mostly for use in security systems, or for
        emergency responders like fire departments.  The funding is the last bit needed
        to get SkyPilot to profitability, the CEO said in in a release. August Capital
        and Mobius Venture Capital provided the funding, along with other existing
        investors.","title":"SkyPilot Networks gets $3.4M for municipal WiFi","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:39:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/30/skypilot-networks-gets-34m-for-municipal-wifi/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:32:00Z","domain":"nantero.com","id":3938815,"news_source":"Nantero-Home
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        High Tech","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:26:26Z","slug":"patientkeeper","summary":null,"title":"PatientKeeper
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        Closes $8 Million Financing to Support Continued Rapid Growth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:26:20Z","url":"http://www.patientkeeper.com/news_events/press_release.html?id=187"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:26:16Z","domain":"freshnews.com","id":3938800,"news_source":"FreshNews.com","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:26:16Z","slug":"patientkeeper","summary":null,"title":"PatientKeeper
        Closes $13M Round of Financing to Support Continued Rapid Growth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:26:16Z","url":"http://www.freshnews.com/news/256668/patientkeeper-closes-13m-round-financing-support-continued-rapid-growth"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T08:26:11Z","domain":"equityhelpdesk.com","id":3938799,"news_source":"Equity
        Help Desk","publication_date":"2014-07-29T08:26:10Z","slug":"patientkeeper","summary":null,"title":"Equity
        Help Desk","updated_at":"2014-07-29T08:26:11Z","url":"http://www.equityhelpdesk.com/privateequity/patientkeeper_adds_7_5_million/related_links"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T07:42:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938783,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T19:15:18Z","slug":"kontakt-io","summary":"The
        Polish company will use the cash to spread its take on Beacon tech around
        the\u00a0world.","title":"Kontakt.io raises $2M to boost \u2018beacon\u2019
        devices and\u00a0platform","updated_at":"2014-07-29T07:42:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/kontakt-io-raises-2m-to-boost-beacon-devices-and-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T07:42:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938782,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:00:41Z","slug":"bright-computing","summary":"The
        funding is an indication of how much demand there is, in modern corporate
        computing environments, for clusters of\u00a0servers.","title":"Bright Computing
        raises $14.5M to expand services for Linux cluster\u00a0management","updated_at":"2014-07-29T07:42:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/bright-computing-raises-14-5m-to-expand-services-for-linux-cluster-management/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T07:42:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938781,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-15T08:00:01Z","slug":"the-clymb","summary":"Update:
        Don\u2019t like page breaks? This two-part series is now available as an e-book
        for the Amazon Kindle.","title":"The making of the Xbox: Microsoft\u2019s
        journey to the next generation (part\u00a02)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T07:42:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/15/the-making-of-the-xbox-part-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:28:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938780,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-06T10:08:37Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Google''s RSS search, VC sells blog,
        Veoh sued, Groxis and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:28:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/06/roundup-googles-rss-search-vc-sells-blog-veoh-sued-groxis-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938779,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-18T11:21:06Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Kango,
        a travel search engine that finds lodging and activities that match your personal
        preferences, is launching a closed testing version and announcing that it
        raised $4 million from Shasta Ventures earlier this year.","title":"Kango
        makes travel search personal and raises\u00a0$4mm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/kango-makes-travel-search-personal-and-raises-4mm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938778,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-22T07:54:16Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Travel
        sites are in fashion this spring, with new sites adding at a steady pace.
        Finnish travel site TripSay is just the latest to emerge, for example, with
        ways to share tips about travel. It\u2019s still in closed testing, but it
        plans to open to the public in a few months.","title":"Boom for travel sites
        \u2014 Can they make\u00a0money?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/22/boom-for-travel-sites-can-they-make-money/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938777,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-14T11:31:00Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Sim
        City, the epic series of computer games that let you build your own virtual
        cities, seems to have ended up in a cul-de-sac. Instead, the series\u2019
        visionary creator, Will Wright, switched to create life simulater The Sims
        years ago. More recently, he\u2019s been working on a forthcoming game called
        Spore that will let you evolve organisms from amoeba into galaxy-spanning
        civilizations \u2014 but not build beautiful, life-like cities. However, there\u2019s
        been a parallel series that I haven\u2019t checked out, built by a French
        company called Monte Cristo. The first title was called City Life, and I didn\u2019t
        play it because it was based on designing cities around class conflict (I
        liked playing Sim City to get my mind off of things like real-world political
        issues). But, the sequel, slated to launch next year, is called Cities XL,
        and I\u2019m planning on trying it out. Given that the company has just raised
        $7 million from Innoven Partenaires, Arts Alliance and 360 Degress Capital
        Partners, hopefully that will be sooner rather than later.Check out the screenshots
        above and below.","title":"While Sim City creator Wright works on Spore, Monte
        Cristo aims for city-creating\u00a0conquest","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/14/while-sim-city-creator-wright-works-on-spore-monte-cristo-aims-for-city-creating-conquest/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938776,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-08T00:00:00Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Greetings
        once again to the land of Bitmob! This year\u2019s E3 was my first visit to
        the fabled paradise for gamers. You may have seen my recap over at 1UP.com,
        but I decided to share my experience with this growing mob, too. I\u2019ll
        begin with a recap of my days at E3, and end with a large array of photos
        featuring the many sights of the expo. Yes, that includes booth babes. One
        last warning before the fun begins\u2026 I write seemingly endless but thorough
        convention reports and take way too many photos! \u00a0\u00a0TUESDAYSince
        my trip to E3 was planned about two weeks prior to the actual event, all the
        hotels in the area had no vacancy. Luckily for me, my uncle happens to live
        in the area. Crashing at his place, I\u2019d get dropped off each morning
        as he headed off to work. On Tuesday morning, I knew that I\u2019d arrived
        at the convention center when I saw the giant Mafia 2 advertisement up above.Once
        I entered the massive complex, I picked up my badge and badge holder without
        needing to wait in line. I had quite a bit of time to kill before the exhibit
        halls opened for general attendees at noon, so I started to explore the convention
        center to get a feel of the place. One of the first things I noticed was a
        stage sponsored by Pepsi, where people could play Rock Band 2. If you created
        the best music video, you\u2019d win a prize, which was an MTV VMA trophy.Heading
        towards the western hall, I noticed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 banners
        hanging from up above. Even though I enjoyed some of Call of Duty 2, the series
        has never really been my cup of tea. Still, I would have tried MW2 if it had
        been playable in the hall just to rub it in to my CoD-loving coworkers, but
        that wasn\u2019t meant to be.Outside of the hall, I noticed a stall that was
        filled with free magazines. I made sure to load up my backpack with one of
        each issue so that I\u2019d have something to read on the flight back home.
        I can finally say that I own a copy of Edge! I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll
        read all the magazines, mainly since the Hollywood Reporter and Dealerscope
        aren\u2019t really the kind of publications that mesh with my interests. Oh
        yeah, around this point, I noticed a somewhat recognizable face walk by me
        in the opposite direction. It was Mr. Tony Hawk!Looking outside, I spotted
        a familiar vehicle near the west entrance of the convention center. It was
        Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters! I was somewhat excited when I saw some dude go inside
        the driver\u2019s seat, but then learned that he was one of the workers. I\u2019m
        sure the car would take some damage if thousands of nerds and geeks hopped
        in for photo ops.Since I didn\u2019t have a chance to get breakfast, I stopped
        by a cafeteria for some concessions. I\u2019ve enjoyed convention cuisine
        in the past, but I must say that this $16 meal was not very tasty. Note to
        self\u2026 never eat inside the LA Convention Center again!After throwing
        away the remnants of my gross meal, I joined the growing line outside of the
        west hall. I was fairly close to the beginning of the queue. Turning around
        to look back, I was thankful to be far from the end since the line started
        to stretch to one of the outer passageways. I played Puchi Puchi Virus on
        my DSi until the clock finally struck noon.IT HAS BEGUN! The large mob of
        gamers, media members, and businessmen started marching towards the entrance
        of the west hall. Many cameras went off to record the moment as we all officially
        entered E3, including my own.As a seasoned convention attendee, I knew that
        free swag should be top priority! After looking to the right and spying the
        Atlus booth, I decided to make them my first stop since they were handing
        things out. I took a free Atlus swag bag to store the first of my goods, which
        was a Neo Steam t-shirt that I obtained by signing up for free membership.Rushing
        further into the hall, I spied a woman handing out a special stylus to people
        who sampled the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks on the DS. The portion
        that I was in didn\u2019t feature any combat, but a puzzle that I needed to
        solve by controlling both Link and a knight. I honestly didn\u2019t play enough
        of it to give a fair evaluation, but I did find the dual character aspect
        to be somewhat intriguing. I received my gift and was a bit sad to see that
        it was just the Phantom Hourglass feather stylus in a different box. Oh well,
        free is free!I stumbled upon a demo setup for Real Heroes: Firefighter on
        the Wii, which happened to be handing out reusable shopping bags sporting
        the game\u2019s logo. I took some time to hear about the game from the rep,
        learning that it features the voice of Jamie Kennedy, would be priced at $29.99,
        and part of the proceeds will go to help firefighters. Watching him play it,
        the game basically worked like the arcade game Brave Firefighters, except
        with more exploration. I thanked the man, received my bag, and headed off
        to the next booth.My next destination, Ignition Entertainment, ended up becoming
        one of my favorites at E3. With cool games to play, sweet swag, and lovely
        models, we had a winner on three fronts! I picked up a bunch of nice postcards
        and portfolios featuring artwork from Ignition\u2019s games, plus a drawstring
        bag sporting several game logos.I\u2019ve been eager to get my hands on King
        of Fighters XII for quite some time, so I rushed over and joined the growing
        line. Using my team of Terry Bogard, Iori Yagami, and Kim Kaphwan, I won the
        roughly three matches that I played. I\u2019m a huge Terry fan, so I was kind
        of sad to see him lose the Buster Wolf. At least he regained Rising Tackle
        and his classic costume. Iori\u2019s new set of special moves surprised me,
        so I\u2019ll definitely need to rethink some of my tactics. Kim seemed to
        be the least changed out of my trio. I probably should have substituted Raiden
        in as a team member for a game since I enjoyed using him in Capcom VS SNK
        2, but I guess I\u2019ll have to wait for July before I do that.Next up at
        Ignition was Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny. I didn\u2019t really like it
        at first since it wasn\u2019t like a normal Samurai Shodown, but the changes
        are starting to grow on me. The selection of characters is quite broad, with
        a lot of new faces. I somehow glitched the game and made it lock up when executing
        a deadly attack on my opponent with Galford, which was kind of funny. Switching
        over to the new American Indian warrior known as Black Hawk when the demo
        finished rebooting, I defeated a Kyoshiro, severing his hand with a geyser
        of blood. My last fight was as the hulking viking Garros, who was quite a
        beast! I\u2019ll definitely buy a copy upon release, and hope that the demo
        version\u2019s lengthy load times will be reduced in the final product.The
        last game that I tried at Ignition\u2019s booth was one of my top E3 titles.
        It was the Wii\u2019s Muramasa: The Demon Blade! I\u2019ve never actually
        played my copy of Odin Sphere, so this was my first time seeing Vanillaware\u2019s
        beautiful 2D artwork in motion. Playing as Momohime, I battled several ninjas
        in a forest, samurai warriors in a field, and if I remember correctly, flying
        eyes. The battles were quick and addictive, with special slashes causing neat
        attack animations that were fun to watch. I\u2019ve heard about slowdown issues
        plaguing Odin Sphere, and a rep assured us that this game would not have that
        problem. I\u2019m inclined to believe him after seeing no interruptions in
        the animation during my time with it. I\u2019ll gladly dust off my Wii to
        play Muramasa this fall!Since I\u2019d made a lap around the west hall, I
        left and made a trek for the southern exhibits. Partially as a favor to my
        friend Michael, I made Konami\u2019s Saw the first game I played in the other
        hall. Putting on the demo station\u2019s headphones, I started a new game
        on the default difficulty. My first task was attempting to free my character
        from a bear trap that was attached to his mouth. I failed on my first go since
        I didn\u2019t try to press any buttons until it was too late. Restarting,
        I cleared the trap and solved a combination lock puzzle. Escaping in the darkness,
        I reached another room where my character helped another victim by sticking
        his hand in a toilet full of syringes to hunt for an item. My thanks for saving
        the dude was betrayal, but Jigsaw took care of him with a door trap that blew
        the poor guy\u2019s head off. I fought one battle before leaving to play another
        something else, which felt a bit unnecessary in a game like this. Overall,
        Saw was better than I anticipated, but still nothing I\u2019d like to buy.My
        walking soon led me to a display showcasing the Batman: Arkham Asylum Collector\u2019s
        Edition. I\u2019ve already committed myself to buying it since I\u2019m a
        big fan of the goddamn Batman. Still, I was disappointed to see that the batarang
        was made of plastic. How am I supposed to fight crime with that?!I soon approached
        one of the booths I really wanted to see at E3, which was Koei\u2019s. I was
        kind of bummed out when I looked around and noticed that Warriors: Legends
        of Troy and Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires weren\u2019t playable. After picking
        up a free Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce magnet and PSP wrist strap, I played
        against the dude in the above picture in Monster Racers. The full release
        will have some sort of Pokemon-ish RPG elements, but the trial only featured
        the sidescrolling races. Using my white cat creature, I ran to the finish
        line before my opponent, grabbing turbo boosts power-ups along the way. I
        wouldn\u2019t call it one of my favorite E3 games, but I\u2019ll still pick
        up a copy due to my blatant Koei fanboyism.Moving over a few feet, I reached
        NIS America\u2019s rather plain setup. I was hoping to see some Prinnys! Anyway,
        the only game I ended up trying at their booth was A Witch\u2019s Tale on
        the DS. The game had NIS\u2019s trademark witty humor, but I wasn\u2019t too
        fond of the gameplay. Everything was pretty much controlled by the stylus,
        and the turn-based battle engine didn\u2019t seem to have any really innovative
        bells and whistles. I hope the battle I fought was against a boss since the
        enemies felt like they endured too much damage for a simple random encounter.Going
        further south, I made a stop at E3\u2019s IndieCade. This exhibit featured
        a variety of independent video games. The one that caught my eye was called
        Pluff. Using a stuffed animal as a controller, he would react to your kindness
        or abuse on-screen. If he liked you, he would even do tricks!Next up was Natsume,
        where I wanted to have some serious fun. The first two titles that I tried
        were Adventures to Go on the PSP and Squishy Tank on the DS. In the RPG Adventures
        to Go, you would order a customized quest and complete it with your hero.
        Options included the landscape and types of enemies, plus you could use items
        to spice things up with random events. I fought some insects in a desert land,
        and was fairly entertained by the turn-based grid combat used in the battle
        engine. My only complaint was something that would probably go away after
        time, which was the fact that the isometric angle made using the directional
        pad slightly confusing. I\u2019d accidently hit the wrong direction, making
        my character face another way and lose a few action points. I\u2019ll be brief
        about Squishy Tank. I was expecting some sort of cutesy shooter, but it was
        a puzzle game. The character designs were generally amusing, but I grew tired
        of the game really quickly since all I had to really do was tap on different
        groups of colored blocks until a certain amount disappeared.Two more DS games
        from Natsume were Cheer We Go and Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming. I tried out
        Cheer We Go first since Frantic Farming was in use. It was the more amusing
        game of the pair, basically being a simplified Elite Beat Agents/Ouendan without
        licensed tracks. Frantic Farming was a puzzle game where your farmer would
        move around tiles shaped like crops so that an elf could harvest them. It
        boggled my mind when I first tried to understand the rules, but the tutorial
        gradually broke down the correct way to play the game. Still, I\u2019ll pass
        on the retail release.Namco Bandai\u2019s booth was nearby, so I wandered
        over there. The Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny demo units were surprisingly
        empty, probably due to the masses playing Tekken 6. The rep revealed that
        the ugly Kratos was in the game, which was news to me since I hadn\u2019t
        had a chance to catch up on the latest topics at NeoGAF. Both Kratos and his
        fellow freak Dampierre were on the character select screen, but could not
        be used. Man, I was hoping to use them as practice dummies for Mitsurugi!
        Selecting the samurai, I battled Cassandra. Mitsurugi seemed to retain his
        Soul Calibur 4 move set, but if there were any changes, I didn\u2019t notice.
        The game ran at a smooth 60 FPS, which is always a joy to see in portable
        fighters. Maybe this will top Tekken: Dark Resurrection as my favorite PSP
        game!Up next on my list of things to play was Katamari Forever on the PS Triple.
        The graphics are slightly different and you can now jump, but other than that,
        it\u2019s basically more of the same. That\u2019s not necessarily a horrible
        thing since I\u2019d rather have the Katamari series stick with the formula
        instead of branching out to weird offshoots like Korogashi Puzzle Katamari
        Damacy on the DSi. My session ended with a score of 100 and praise from the
        King of All Cosmos. That\u2019s just how I roll.Since my friend Ryan wants
        info on the new Dead to Rights: Retribution, I stood in the small line to
        play it. My impressions won\u2019t be too favorable! The guy in front of me
        left after he cleared the Jack Slate section, so I was playing as Shadow the
        dog for the first few minutes. While I\u2019ll admit that seeing Shadow taking
        out evil-doers was kind of cool, you had to play with more of a stealth focus,
        which I do not like. You also had to protect an injured Jack, so I restarted
        the demo in order to avoid the nightmarish gameplay combo of escorting and
        sneaking. Even then, Mr. Slate\u2019s action sequences weren\u2019t that great
        in my humble opinion. The mix of hand-to-hand fighting with gunplay just seemed
        dull since you could only perform the somewhat cool moves at context sensitive
        points. Thanks Namco, but I\u2019ll stick with the Musou series for my action
        fix!I made a stop at Konami\u2019s booth since I caught sight of the new Karaoke
        Revolution! I\u2019d read that this version would feature tracks performed
        by the original artists, so I wanted to take a look at the current build\u2019s
        soundtrack. I snapped the photo above which shows most of the songs from the
        demo. That portion was enough to warrant a purchase from me and a few of my
        buddies, so I look forward to the final list.Returning to the west hall, I
        saw a large crowd forming around part of Nintendo\u2019s booth and went to
        investigate. I soon saw Reggie Fils-Aime and Geoff Keighly from Game Trailers
        playing against each other in Wii Sports Resort. I don\u2019t know who won,
        but Reggie gave Geoff a frisbee after their bout. I snapped that photo like
        a paparazzo and moved on.DC Universe Online was my next game. Using some generic
        hero, I helped several Justice League members take on the Joker, Lex Luthor,
        and Sinestro. It was certainly more appealing to me than Champions Online,
        and the inclusion of lesser known characters like Blue Beetle, Ambush Bug,
        and Deathstroke made the comic fan within me happy. I\u2019ll keep an eye
        on this since it was somewhat entertaining, but if there\u2019s a monthly
        fee, that will be enough to push away my interest.The last major thing I did
        on Tuesday was stop by the 1UP booth. Well, it was more of a work room for
        them when compared to the booths they\u2019ve had at PAX. Several staffers
        were there, including a tired Sam Kennedy and Tina Sanchez. Despite their
        weariness from the day\u2019s excitement, they were still very friendly and
        even recognized me from the site, which was cool. They posed for a quick photo
        before I let \u2018em get back to work and headed out of the convention center.WEDNESDAYAfter
        arriving at the convention center on Wednesday, I soon met up with 1UP community
        members Bob Morgan (Naked BoB) and Wayne Sung (Gaian). Since we needed breakfast
        and had an hour to pass before everything opened, Wayne led us to the Original
        Panty Cafe so we could grab a bite to eat. On the way there, we saw these
        beautiful Final Fantasy XIII ads on buildings outside of the expo.Inside and
        outside of the restaurant, we had a few more gamer celebrity sightings! I
        saw 1UP editor Jeremy Parish walking across the street and former 1UP staffer
        Jeff Green dining on breakfast. While some of the service was kind of questionable
        at the restaurant, the grub was more satisfying than anything that the convention
        center had to offer. Before we left, I asked Bob and Wayne to pose for a photo,
        which is shown up above.Returning to E3, I showed Wayne and Bob the Atlus
        booth so they could get themselves some t-shirts and swag bags. While they
        did that, I went over to a PSP to examine the remake of Shin Megami Tensei:
        Persona. It has been over a decade since I played the original on PlayStation,
        but I will gladly pick up this enhanced port due to the improvements. From
        what I recall, movement speed in the first-person dungeons has been increased.
        The world map is no longer shown from a rotatable 3D overhead view, which
        was the only change I didn\u2019t like. The translation has been redone, and
        the cast is once again a bunch of Japanese students, which is a love it or
        hate it thing. I did see mentions of the Snow Queen quest, which made me pleased
        since this alternate path was cut from the original US release. My only other
        issue with the game was that they kept the stupid ellipsis that appears whenever
        you try to run away, making you wait a few extra seconds each time you attempt
        an escape. Get rid of those damn things!Right next to Persona was Shin Megami
        Tensei: Devil Survivor. My overall impression was that the game combined aspects
        from Final Fantasy Tactics and DemiKids. Battles were fought on a turn-based
        grid. When you attacked, the game shifted to a first-person scene like in
        DemiKids or several other SMT titles. Each attack lasted a single turn, well,
        two if you used an attack that the enemy was weak against. You\u2019d return
        to the grid regardless of whether the target died or lived through the encounter
        so that the next character could make their move. As long as their are a bunch
        of cool demons to find and train, I\u2019ll like the final product.An Atlus
        rep in a straw hat showed me how to play Shiren the Wanderer on the Wii. I\u2019ve
        played roguelikes before, so his assistance was primarily for translating
        the menu commands since the demo was actually the Japanese version of Shiren.
        The game had some nice in-game artwork, and I didn\u2019t really have any
        complaints about the way things played. I\u2019ll need to see how the companion
        system works before giving a proper verdict.I\u2019d say my least favorite
        game at the Atlus booth was Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do
        to Deserve This?. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019ll still pick it up once
        it\u2019s released, but the game felt extremely overwhelming for a demo. In
        order to properly play it, you\u2019d have to go through a ton of tutorials
        to learn all the little nuances required to play and win. I\u2019ll save all
        that time and efffort for when the game hits retail!I was ready to pass it
        up since it was only a downloadable game, but after watching Trine in motion
        on the 360, I was intrigued. After playing it to form an opinion, I\u2019m
        impressed! Up to three local players are thrust into a puzzle/platforming
        adventure starring a knight, thief, and a wizard. Each member of the trio
        has different talents and skills that will be necessary to survive. If you\u2019re
        going it alone, you can simply press LB and RB to switch between characters.
        I teamed up with another E3 attendee to defeat a few skeletons and bypass
        several cliffs, but our journey came to an end when we died in a pit of spikes.Splitting
        up from Wayne and Bob, I returned to the south hall. I saw a line forming
        at Alienware\u2019s booth, figuring some freebie was waiting to be mine. Asking
        another person what was up, I learned that the line ended with a quick survey
        about the booth from the two women in black shown above. After you take it,
        a staff member would give you a free 8 GB flash drive. I can finally retire
        the 512 MB drive I bought back around 2003!I remember reading about a cool
        Adventure Island t-shirt that was handed out as swag during the Tokyo Game
        Show, so I dropped by Hudson\u2019s booth to see if they had any of those
        for Americans. They did not. However, they did have the first game from Victor
        Ireland\u2019s Gaijinworks, Miami Law! I\u2019ll still buy it to support the
        man who gave us Working Designs, but I felt that the demo needed some work.
        I basically played through a bunch of the investigation portion of the game
        and never reached any of the shooting or driving scenes. I did encounter a
        few simple puzzle minigames, but other than that I basically got to read a
        bunch of jibberjabber for 15 minutes. No offense intended, as the story was
        interesting, but I felt a demo that easily gave you an option to try each
        of the gameplay modes would have been a better way to present the game at
        E3.Looking at my iPhone, I noticed that it was almost time for Ignition\u2019s
        autograph session with George Kamitani, the artist responsible for the visuals
        in Odin Sphere and Muramasa: The Demon Blade. I texted my colleagues to let
        them know about the event, and ran back to the west hall to get in line. No
        photos were allowed at the event, so I can\u2019t give you a glimpse of George
        at the signing, but I did get a swell autographed poster. You\u2019ll definitely
        see that in the upcoming swag post!I was chatting with a nice guy behind me
        in the autograph line who happened to have a Tekken 6 faceplate and skin.
        He told me that he got them by participating in one of Namco\u2019s Tekken
        6 tournaments and that everyone got them regardless of whether they won or
        lost. They were gorgeous, so I swore right then and there that I would get
        one for myself at all costs! I told Bob and Wayne, who were also up for the
        challenge. Running back to the south hall, we signed up on a list for one
        of the tournaments later in the day.We probably should have practiced to get
        a shot at the grand prize, which was a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360, but
        as usual my desire to get more swag led us away. We ended up at Microsoft\u2019s
        large exhibit since Major Nelson\u2019s Twitter page mentioned that we could
        score a free E3 trophy for our Avatars. It took us a while to find the laptop
        that was used for sign-ups, which happened to be obstructed by a camera filming
        an interview with Epic\u2019s Cliff Bleszinski. Sneaking by, the three of
        us put in our info. Later on, Mr. Bleszinski stood next to me and used his
        iPhone to call someone. OMG!!!While Bob and Wayne went to watch a presentation
        on Halo: ODST, I went off so I could play the demo of Left 4 Dead 2. God,
        I always hate waiting in Valve\u2019s lines! The queue for L4D2 was the longest
        wait I had at all 3 days of E3. In a way, I wish they trimmed the demo down
        to a single act or had more than four demo kiosks so that things would move
        along faster. Sidetracking for a bit, guess who kind of bumped into me as
        she tried to get past the L4D2 line? None other than Jade Raymond of Assassin\u2019s
        Creed fame! Anyway, when my turn finally came up, I was cast in the role of
        Ellis the mechanic. Man, I was hoping to play as the James Avery-esque Coach!I
        grabbed a shotgun and made it a point to try to find one of the new melee
        weapons as soon as possible. I intended on trying to stick with one of those
        till the end of the act just to give them a fair try. I found an axe, and
        after using it for a few minutes, I cast it away for good. Yeah, they give
        you more power than a normal melee swing and did more damage than a pistol,
        but I found them to be rather pointless since you\u2019re still better off
        with just about any other gun due to the range. I would not want to try taking
        on a Tank with one of those! My team soon encountered a Charger, who is basically
        a smaller Tank with one shriveled arm. He charged through and pounced on a
        teammate, but was put down with little effort. Once we reached the safehouse,
        I\u2019d had enough. Left 4 Dead 2 offers slight tweaks for a formula that
        still works fairly well, so I\u2019ll probably pick it up.Wayne had informed
        me that you could get a free Harvest Moon drawstring bag at Natsume\u2019s
        booth for trying out one of their games. I didn\u2019t even notice since I
        was busy playing several of the DS and PSP offerings that they had on Tuesday,
        so I made sure to get one today. I picked Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition
        since the strange lion and burger-ish robot looked cool. This kiosk didn\u2019t
        have any information on the button configuration, so I had to figure out the
        game on my own. I\u2019d drive around in a jeep, looking for anything that
        rustled the plantlife. Once you spotted movement, you\u2019d go on foot and
        try to take photos of animals in their natural habitat. I\u2019m honestly
        not sure if I was supposed to acquire photos of a certain quality or take
        them just for fun, like in Endless Ocean. I\u2019ll find out someday, but
        for the time being, I took my new bag and went off to pursue the flora and
        fauna of E3.I never really got into the Devil May Cry series, but I still
        wanted to give Bayonetta a try. The graphics were great, everything ran at
        a smooth 60 FPS. The heroine seemed to have a wide variety of moves at her
        disposal, most of them being quite over the top. The Climax Action she used
        to finish off a giant monster with a statue\u2019s face looked kind of stupid.
        It had her standing around with some of her hair swirling over her privates
        while the rest of it formed a dragon that took a bite out of the enemy creature.
        I didn\u2019t feel like trying more of the game since I\u2019d seen another
        guy go through the rest of the demo, so I set the controller down and walked
        away.I soon regrouped with Bob and Wayne since it was time to get our asses
        kicked in Tekken 6! Or so we thought. Looks like we accidentally signed up
        for the alternate list since the main one had been full. ARGH! My uncle gave
        me a call, saying he was on his way, so I told Wayne I\u2019d see him tomorrow
        and said farewell to Bob since he was only here for a single day. On the way
        out, I stopped by the registration desk at Namco\u2019s booth and noticed
        a free spot on the main list for Thursday\u2019s 4 PM Tekken tournament. Miracles
        happen, eh?Turns out my uncle got stuck in traffic, so I ended up running
        back to the west hall for another 45 minutes. I certainly didn\u2019t mind
        the chance to play some more games! Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was open at Sony\u2019s
        booth, so I hopped on. I would have liked to try out one of the new playable
        characters like Ayane, but the demo had me playing as Ryu. Maybe I\u2019m
        imagining things, but the game did not seem as gory and the load times felt
        worse than the 360. Since I wasn\u2019t a big fan of NG2 in the first place,
        I\u2019ll pass on this remake unless I get a really good reason to buy it,
        like the new cooperative mode.I was going to pass through the Nintendo booth
        to reach Capcom when I saw some guys begging for someone to be the fourth
        player in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. I planned on playing the game on Thursday
        due to the lines, but looks like I arrived at the nick of time! Yeah, it\u2019s
        not the truly 2D sprite-based Super Mario World sequel I dream of, but I\u2019ll
        gladly take this over any 3D Mario garbage. I had a good time playing through
        the level, which was more chaotic than I imagined since you\u2019d bounce
        off other players and they could also pick you up. I was the first to die
        since some cloud thingie killed me when I tried to grab a mushroom. My character
        eventually floated by in a bubble and was rescued by another player. I didn\u2019t
        personally try any of the new power-ups, which looked nifty from what I observed
        on the screen. The main flaw I saw with the current build was the fact that
        the game would stutter for a second whenever someone would die, which would
        usually throw everyone else off. Hopefully that will be corrected whenever
        this comes out. Oh, and two Toads? C\u2019mon, I like the guy but that\u2019s
        just lazy, there are plenty of other faces in the Mario franchise!The last
        game I tried on Thursday was Capcom\u2019s Lost Planet 2. Right away, I was
        sad to see it running at 30 FPS. At least the actual demo was pretty entertaining.
        I\u2019m glad that I don\u2019t have to worry about my energy draining like
        in the original LP! Three other players and I battled a giant monster. After
        damaging it with a Vital Suit, I attempted to jump in the weakened behemoth\u2019s
        mouth like another player before me. Unfortunately, he recovered before I
        could do that. My uncle gave me another call letting me know it was time to
        head out, so I had to depart before we could finish off the beast.THURSDAYOnce
        my ride dropped me off outside of the convention center on Thursday morning,
        I grabbed the E3 Show Daily and eventually went into the west hall. Since
        this was my last day at E3, I had spent the previous night typinig up a brief
        to-do list on my iPhone. I began to work my way down the list, starting at
        the west hall.First up was playing Sin & Punishment 2 on the Wii. After playing
        the demo, I had found another one of my favorite games at the show! Playing
        as the male lead Isa, I flew through a futuristic city blasting away at baddies
        in a manner similar to Panzer Dragoon and Gamera 2000. Everything flowed well
        at 60 FPS, which was great since frame rate is always one of the first things
        that I notice in a game. Dodge rolls and charged shots were part of the hero\u2019s
        useful repertoire, and they were all easy to perform on the remote and nunchuck.
        I defeated a few choppers and a boss that resembled an eagle, but met my demise
        thanks to a tank. Due to this title and Muramasa, I can honestly say that
        the Wii had my two favorite titles at E3, which is surprising.Treading further
        into Nintendo\u2019s booth, I looked around to see if I could find Wario Ware
        DIY in the DS area. If it was there, I sure didn\u2019t see it! I did see
        a station with a non-interactive demo of Golden Sun DS, so I gave that a glance.
        The sign kind of lied to me since I did have to move Isaac with the stylus
        at one point, but that was the only interaction I had with the demo. The graphics
        on the map and battle were both fine for the DS. Maybe I\u2019ll make this
        the first Golden Sun I actually play.To the right of Golden Sun DS was another
        RPG, Glory of Heracles. I\u2019ve been researching the series on NeoGAF and
        liked what I had read, so I went over to give the latest version a try. Using
        the stylus, I lead the hero around town. None of the shops were available
        in the demo, so I couldn\u2019t see what they had to offer. I eventually made
        it to a boat, where I battled a giant crab boss. The battle system in GoH
        is turn-based, and really reminded me of the classic PS1 RPG Beyond the Beyond.
        Not just due to the look, but due to the fact that you could rapidly tap with
        the stylus at times to power up some attacks, kind of like the button mashing
        in BtB. I can see myself buying the final version, but whether or not I\u2019ll
        be totally motivated to start it up is another story.I\u2019m several months
        behind everybody else, but the next item on my to-do list was finally playing
        Tatsunoko VS Capcom. While waiting in line for my turn, Reggie Fils-Aime and
        several Nintendo executives walked by to observe the game. Before Reggie left,
        I got a handshake with the man himself! I\u2019m glad that he left, otherwise
        he would have got to witness me getting my ass kicked at TVC. I knew that
        I was going to use Alex no matter what, and randomly decided on Soki from
        Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams as his partner. I knew that the game only used four
        buttons, but I couldn\u2019t figure out how to tag out. Combine that with
        the change in Alex\u2019s normal moves from Third Strike and the fact that
        my enemy was an experienced player, the results weren\u2019t pretty!Another
        item on my list of games to see was Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. I knew
        that I was going to be in for disappointment when I noticed the 30 FPS animation.
        At least the game used motion blurring, so it doesn\u2019t look as bad as
        other titles running at that frame rate. Anyway, their were four selectable
        racers in the demo. I skipped Amy Rose and AiAi and decided between Sonic
        and Amigo, with the former winning out. The game\u2019s your typical Mario
        Kart clone. The character roster is what\u2019s going to make or break it
        for me, and right now, I\u2019m saddened by the overuse of Sonic franchise
        characters. I know he\u2019s in the title, but anyone beyond Sonic, Tails,
        Knuckles, or Robotnik is too much for me! I think I\u2019ll borrow the game,
        unless Sega magically adds some characters from my wishlist, which will make
        me pre-order a copy. I really don\u2019t think they\u2019re crazy enough to
        put Lan Di, Domingo, Psycho Fox, Candy/Honey from Fighting Vipers, and other
        obscure Sega stars in the kart racing mix.Since I\u2019ve appreciated SouthPeak\u2019s
        previous titles like Two Worlds and Monster Madness, I visited their booth
        to see what was cooking. Sure enough, they had several restaurant-themed games
        for me to try out. The first one was Fast Food Panic on the Wii. I had to
        use the remote and nunchuck to flip burgers, assemble food, input bills, and
        greet customers at a restaurant. I liked the character designs, but I\u2019ll
        pass on the actual game until it\u2019s dirt cheap.Next up was Sushi Go Round
        on the DS. I had a little more fun with this one, mainly since the gameplay
        seemed more focused than the previous game. All you had to do was use the
        stylus to hand customers menus, assemble their sushi, restock supplies, and
        clear the tables when a customer was finished. Once again, it\u2019s nothing
        I\u2019ll buy right away, but it was a mildly interesting distraction.I soon
        approached the Lips: Number One Hits and played with another E3 visitor. I
        was curious about which songs were on the demo, and saw that there were only
        a couple tracks, and they\u2019d already been revealed in the first press
        release. My duet partner ask if I knew the song Apologize, which I did, so
        we made our choice. I noticed a few differences in this new version of Lips.
        You no longer had to strike poses to start earning stars, you just shake the
        mic. There were also specific points where you were supposed to rattle the
        mic, kind of like the tamborine in Rock Band. I\u2019m not sure if it was
        because the Microsoft guy accidently hit the controller at one point, but
        we easily earned the Party medal without having to press buttons to the rhythm
        like on the previous version. The other player had the higher score at the
        end, so I congratulated him as we each received a prize, which was a set of
        Lips earbuds.Venturing back to Konami\u2019s exhibit, I tried out the new
        Xbox Live Arcade version of Vandal Hearts. Despite the fact that the new heroes
        looked rather childish, the game still had it\u2019s share of blood, so I\u2019m
        sure it will be M-rated like the originals. I never played those two games,
        so I\u2019m not sure if spellcasters took slight damage when casting spells
        like they do in this iteration. I can\u2019t say I really liked that since
        it makes frail mages even weaker. Other than that, the game plays like a traditional
        turn-based strategy RPG. I\u2019ll probably end up downloading VH once it
        is uploaded to the Marketplace.I returned to the west hall and meandered over
        to Sony\u2019s booth in order to look for the PSP Go!. While there, I was
        distracted by the portable version of Army of Two: The 40th Day. This port
        basically changed the game to a shooter kind of like Smash TV, except without
        the constant flow of enemies. Your partner tagged along and could be set to
        passive or aggressive behaviour. I think I encountered a glitch when a bomb
        fell from the sky, making a giant hole appear on the building my character
        was on. Rios disappeared, and I couldn\u2019t get Salem to do anything. It
        didn\u2019t lock up since I could still switch between AI settings. Regardless
        of whether or not that was a glitch, it\u2019s so different from the original
        Army of Two that my verdict is skip it!My pursuit of the PSP Go! continued.
        Perhaps I wasn\u2019t searching hard enough, but I couldn\u2019t find it in
        any of Sony\u2019s game areas. I know Wayne ended up seeing it somewhere,
        so I\u2019m assuming it was available to people other than the media. This
        gigantic display mock-up was as close as I got to seeing the Go! in person.White
        Knight Chronicles was setup in one of the PlayStation 3 demo sections, so
        I headed over to see how the game was shaping up. Wandering around the overworld
        felt a lot like World of Warcraft, where you\u2019d see random mobs going
        about their business. I didn\u2019t really like the battle system too much
        since it reminded me of Final Fantasy XII, which wasn\u2019t my thing. Unlike
        what I remember from XII, you have to hit a button to execute your action
        whenever it\u2019s charged up. I eventually filled up enough of my character\u2019s
        bar to transform. The transformation looked cool, but it seemed to reduce
        the number of moves I had available. At the time, I was fighting a giant troll.
        I noticed I\u2019ve mentioned this quite a bit over the past few blogs, but
        that thing had too much HP! I kept swinging away and taking hits that did
        negligible amounts of damage, but he kept asking for more. Maybe I\u2019m
        just not used to modern RPG mechanics, but I grew weary of fighting him and
        left before the troll met his demise. I\u2019ll still pick up WKC since I
        really like the character designs, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll go through
        and play it.You know what PS3 RPG was better than White Knight Chronicles?
        Demon\u2019s Souls! Okay, I know some of this may be old news to PS3 importers,
        but I\u2019ve been lagging behind on that front. I really liked how you could
        leave cryptic notes to warn people about upcoming danger and see the final
        fates of those who went ahead. Since I\u2019m a hack and slash fan, the battle
        system was more appealing than WKC since I could strike at an enemy on a more
        regular basis. I died when I reached the Vanguard, which the rep informed
        me was a natural part of the game. I was ready to move on, and will definitely
        pick up the domestic release once it arrives in stores.Going back to my list,
        I wanted to spend some time with Red Steel 2. The original sounded interesting
        in previews, but the bad reviews and overall look of the game made me skip
        it. I thought the design of the sequel\u2019s hero looked awesome when he
        was unveiled, and the style used to render the world looked more to my liking.
        The gameplay has lived up to my hopes, too. The Wii Motion Plus accurately
        rendered my sword swings on the TV screen. Using power attacks took some time
        for me since I wasn\u2019t letting my wrists move freely, but I mastered them
        as soon as I did. I couldn\u2019t swing constantly like a lunatic swordsman
        since it would decalibrate the Wii Motion Plus, which was I slight bummer.
        The Ubisoft rep mentioned something about that being due to another demo station
        being next to it, so I\u2019ll find out if I can go nuts when I buy my own
        copy.It was almost 4 PM, so I returned to the south hall to get ready for
        the Tekken 6 tournament. On the way to Namco Bandai\u2019s booth, I saw several
        people with cameras snapping photos of Mario and Sonic. I politely asked someone
        to take my picture with the famous pair of video game heroes.At 4 PM, I officially
        joined the King of Iron Fist tournament! I got a picture with the girl above
        before the tournament bracket was filled out. She ended up being my first
        opponent! She went by the name Princess and is supposedly the #1 ranked female
        player in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. She asked if I was any good, and I told
        her not really since even though I play all the Tekken games, I wouldn\u2019t
        qualify myself as a tournament-caliber player. She soon told me the first
        time she played the game was yesterday, wuh oh! I was in one of those tough
        situations\u2026 go easy on her and lose face by being defeated or show no
        mercy and look bad for beating up a girl! I went with the latter option, since
        a girl is just as worthy of a competitor as any man. Still, I was booed by
        the crowd when I won, haha. Sorry Princess, but at least you managed to hit
        me! I won the first round of my next fight against a Bob user, but he recovered
        and scored two Perfects against me. How embarassing! I got my precious faceplate
        and skin, which is all I really wanted, so all\u2019s well that ends well.I
        soon returned to the Sony exhibit in the west hall and met up with Wayne one
        final time. We tried out the upcoming PSN game PixelJunk Shooter. I liked
        the overall aesthetic style, but the gameplay was just okay in my opinion.
        I\u2019d rather go around shooting everything with my ship instead of rescuing
        people and solving puzzles. After that, I said bye to Wayne and returned to
        the southern hall for one last look.Before the show ended, I decided to play
        a round of Dance Dance Revolution for old time\u2019s sake. Looking at the
        song list, I wasn\u2019t too impressed, just like with other modern DDR mixes.
        When the girl on the left finally got off the pad, I went on and played Daft
        Punk is Playing at My House with the dude. We were both on Difficult, but
        I was the only one who made it to the end of the song with energy in my bar.
        I didn\u2019t full combo the song and had too many Greats, so I do need some
        practice! I eventually left the convention center to meet my uncle and his
        family for sushi, saying a fond farewell to my first E3.SWAGEver wonder about
        what kinds of freebies are being handed out at E3? Well, here\u2019s a look
        at the bag of goodies I picked up at the expo. My two favorites will be up
        near the top.My precious Tekken 6 faceplate and skin that I received at the
        tournamentThe signed Muramasa poster I received at the George Kamitani autograph
        sessionCan\u2019t hold your swag without a bagT-shirts and a pair of briefsA
        poster from Bethesda\u2019s WETFashionable accessoriesGame-related accessoriesComic
        booksA King of Fighters XII portfolio and postcardsA Samurai Shodown: Edge
        of Destiny portfolio and postcardsA Muramasa: The Demon Blade portfolio and
        postcardsA Nostalgia portfolio and postcardsSkins, stckers, temporary tattoos,
        and magnetsMiscellaneous trinketsIncredible ediblesBetas, download keys, and
        codesMagazines and other periodicalsFlyers, business cards, and adverts of
        all shapes and sizesI\u2019d call that a decent sized haul, eh? I\u2019ll
        admit that I usually gather up a better crop at Penny Arcade Expo, but overall
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        pile of junk that was promoting the new Rayman gameThe official E3 merchandise
        boothKoei\u2019s trio of lovely ladiesFlare from Koei\u2019s Monster RacersA
        DJ performing at Activision\u2019s boothA giant samurai at the Mini Ninjas
        exhibitMagna Carta 2The Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny demo areaMomiji and Rachel
        from the Ninja Gaiden seriesNeed For Speed: Shift\u2019s demo stationA Darksiders
        advertisementThis Battlefield 1943 booth gave out 100 download codes each
        hourThe VMA prize from Pepsi\u2019s Rock Band 2 contestThese pirates arrrr
        from Tales of Monkey IslandToss the football in the goals to win prizesA wide
        shot of Natsume\u2019s boothA gigantic plush Harvest Moon cowA mech from Ubisoft\u2019s
        boothPoison Ivy art at a Batman: Arkham Asylum exhibitKiller CrocHarley QuinnBaneThe
        gates to the asylumOne of E3\u2019s Lego Rock Band stagesBooth babes playing
        DDRWalk all over Final Fantasy XIIILook Ma, I\u2019m a firefighter!The slightly
        dirty Stay Puft Marshmallow ManFiriona Vie from EverquestBethesda\u2019s booth
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        can rest in plastic bubblesAlexei Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris, at a panelKoei\u2019s
        boothPart of Microsoft\u2019s exhibitThe IndieCadeWaSaBi, who sold fancy carrying
        cases with Japanese artworkThe stage where Steve Wiebe failed to reclaim the
        Donkey Kong world recordHalf of the Square Enix boothThe other halfTwo of
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        is the perfect city for you? How would you learn?","title":"What''s next:
        an eHarmony for\u00a0Travel?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/31/whats-next-an-eharmony-for-travel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938774,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-23T00:30:48Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Oh,
        girl, it\u2019s on! Jason Goldberg is moving in on Scott Gatz\u2019s turf.
        And Gatz is not taking it lying down.\u00a0The two openly gay entrepreneurs
        are both trying to create the hot place for their brethren to check in with
        each other online.","title":"Fabulis vs. GayCities: A social-networking battle
        that''s totally\u00a0gay","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/23/gaycities-fabulis-gay-social-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938773,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-14T22:00:00Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Meet
        Bulletstorm, the \"Burnout of shooters.\" That''s what Epic Design Director
        Cliff Bleszinski described as his elevator pitch of the game, in development
        at Epic subsidiary People Can Fly in Poland. Bulletstorm stars Grayson Hunt
        as a hard-drinking ex-mercenary who crash lands on Stygia, a \"pleasure planet\"
        for the rich which has recently gone to seed. Giant carnivorous plants now
        wrap themselves along the halls of ritzy hotels, and mutated rejects from
        a Mad Max movie stand in the way of Grayson getting his ass off the planet
        in one piece \u2014 and maybe redeeming his dirty past in the process.","title":"Will
        Bulletstorm Become the Burnout of\u00a0Shooters?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/14/will-bulletstorm-become-the-burnout-of-shooters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938772,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-13T10:36:20Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"After
        getting pummeled by the recession the last couple of years, the Consumer Electronics
        Show coming in January looks like it\u2019s going to be bigger and better
        again.","title":"CES preview: A bigger show with everything from connected
        TVs to smart grid\u00a0monitors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/13/ces-preview-a-bigger-show-all-around-with-everything-from-connected-tvs-to-smart-grid-monitors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938771,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-25T09:40:23Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Now
        that Planetary Resources has unveiled its plans to explore strange new worlds,
        to seek out new deposits of platinum and water, and to strip-mine them and
        shuttle them back to secure facilities back on our home planet, I think it\u2019s
        time to take ask the question we\u2019ve all been wondering:","title":"Dylan\u2019s
        Desk: A spaceship is the perfect gift for the billionaire who has\u00a0everything","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/25/dylans-desk-a-spaceship-is-the-perfect-gift-for-the-billionaire-who-has-everything/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938770,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-03T17:53:15Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Nineteen
        big names in gaming answer the question, \u201cWhat are you most excited to
        see at E3 this\u00a0year?\u201d","title":"Big names in gaming sound off on
        what to expect at\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/03/big-names-in-gaming-sound-off-on-what-to-expect-at-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938769,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-03T13:46:43Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Consumer
        attitudes and behaviors surrounding renting, borrowing, and leasing items,
        versus ownership, are shifting around the country, according to a study conducted
        by Sunrun and Harris\u00a0Interactive.","title":"Disownership is the new normal:
        the rise of the shared economy\u00a0(infographic)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/disownership-is-the-new-normal-the-rise-of-the-shared-economy-infographic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938768,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-22T08:00:31Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"This
        app is a kindness for those who are doomed to wander aimlessly through some
        of the world\u2019s biggest and most confusing\u00a0buildings.","title":"Lighthouse\u2019s
        new Android location service could give you indoor navigation for Las Vegas\u2019\u00a0casinos","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/22/lighthouse-signal-systemss-android-app-will-let-you-find-your-way-inside-the-biggest-las-vegas-casinos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938767,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-28T13:00:06Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"If
        the game didn\u2019t depress you enough, we\u2019re here to help with some
        related\u00a0material.","title":"Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for The
        Last of Us\u00a0fans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/28/read-watch-listen-the-last-of-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938766,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T20:22:00Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Wondering
        where that beautiful tunnel of ivy everyone is pinning actually lives? Now
        Pinterest will let you attach pins to a map, showing exactly where you can
        find the real thing.","title":"Pinterest launches \u2018Place Pins\u2019 \u2014
        a map overlay for your travel\u00a0pins","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/pinterest-place-pins/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938765,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-22T05:00:01Z","slug":"the-planet-of-hotels","summary":"Henk
        Rogers is an entrepreneur who knows how to hustle. You can thank him as the
        man who introduced Tetris to the Western hemisphere.","title":"Interview with
        Henk Rogers, video game visionary, on saving the\u00a0planet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:27:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/22/interview-with-henk-rogers-video-game-visionary-on-saving-the-planet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:25:06Z","domain":"bizjournals.com","id":3938764,"news_source":"The
        Business Journals","publication_date":"2014-07-29T05:25:04Z","slug":"greylock-partners","summary":"Staff
        Boston Business Journal\n In conjunction with the Waltham venture capital
        firm''s 40th anniversary, Greylock Partners has closed its twelfth fund, Greylock
        XII Limited Partnership, for $500 million. All existing Greylock limited partners,...","title":"Trending\n    \n        \n        \n            In
        Partnership with","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:25:06Z","url":"http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2005/11/greylock-locks-up-12th-fund-at-500m.html"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:24:57Z","domain":"reuters.com","id":3938763,"news_source":"Reuters","publication_date":"2014-07-29T05:24:55Z","slug":"greylock-partners","summary":"(Reuters)
        - Greylock Partners, the venture-capital firm behind companies like LinkedIn,
        () said on Tuesday it raised a $1 billion fund, its 14th.\nThe fund will focus
        on early-stage companies, Greylock partner David Sze said in a blog post,...","title":"Greylock
        Partners raises $1 billion for new venture fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:24:57Z","url":"http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/10/us-venture-newfund-greylock-idusbre98910920130910"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T05:24:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938762,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-29T05:24:42Z","slug":"greylock-partners","summary":null,"title":"Greylock
        Fund XIII","updated_at":"2014-07-29T05:24:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/01/greylock-1-billion-fund/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3a+venturebeat_deals+%28venturebeat+%c2%bb+deals+%26+more%29"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938761,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T20:09:41Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Elon
        Musk unveiled SpaceX\u2019s first manned commercial spacecraft Today\u2013and
        it looks like the\u00a0future.","title":"Video and pictures of SpaceX\u2019s
        new spaceship. It looks like the\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/video-and-pictures-of-spacexs-new-spaceship-it-looks-like-the-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938760,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T14:19:11Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Humanity
        maybe plunging into a post-apocalyptic climate change disaster hellscape as
        rising temperatures spark disastrous\u2026.did someone say new Apple\u00a0fronts?","title":"Today,
        people cared about Apple\u2019s meh announcements more than Obama\u2019s climate
        plan (in 4\u00a0pictures)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/today-people-cared-about-apples-meh-announcements-more-than-obamas-climate-plan-in-4-pictures/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938759,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T07:39:10Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"NASA\u2019s
        next big leap\u00a0toward Mars exploration missions is set for tomorrow, when
        it plans to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle into the sky at supersonic speeds.","title":"Last
        stop, Mars: NASA preps its \u2018flying saucer\u2019 craft for test\u00a0flight","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/last-stop-mars-nasa-preps-its-flying-saucer-craft-for-test-flight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938758,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T11:50:58Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Google
        had originally planned their adorable self-driving bug with a human backup,
        but user\u2019s attention to the road was overtaken by complete trust in their
        new robotic\u00a0chauffeur.","title":"Google ditched steering wheels because
        \u2018humans are lazy\u2019 and trust robots way too\u00a0much","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/google-ditched-steering-wheels-because-humans-are-lazy-and-trust-robots-way-too-much/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938757,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T07:21:00Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Meet
        the humble \u201cMagnetosperm,\u201d a tiny, sperm-like robot with incredible
        potential in the medical world.","title":"Scientists say robotic sperm could
        change fertilization & chemotherapy\u00a0treatment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/scientists-say-robotic-sperm-could-change-fertilization-chemotherapy-treatment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938756,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T14:30:10Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Imagine
        an industry where a few companies make billions of dollars by exerting strict
        control over valuable information \u2014 while paying the people who produce
        that information nothing at all.","title":"Dylan\u2019s Desk: Watch this multi-billion-dollar
        industry evaporate\u00a0overnight","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/dylans-desk-watch-this-multi-billion-dollar-industry-evaporate-overnight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938755,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-08T08:06:49Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Twitter
        reached another important space-related milestone yesterday thanks to astronaut
        Reid Wiseman.","title":"Check out the first Vine from space, courtesy of astronaut
        Reid\u00a0Wiseman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/08/check-out-the-first-vine-from-space-courtesy-of-astronaut-reid-wiseman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938754,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T12:06:28Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"NASA
        scientist Harold White unveiled a new concept design for a spaceship with
        a faster-than-light-speed warp drive engine yesterday that most sci-fi fans
        will probably describe as gorgeous.","title":"NASA\u2019s new \u2018IXS Enterprise\u2019
        is a spaceship worthy of James T.\u00a0Kirk","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:59:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/nasas-new-ixs-enterprise-is-a-spaceship-worthy-of-james-t-kirk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938753,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T08:25:51Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"While
        the crew of the International Space Station may be secluded in space, that
        doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t paying attention to this week\u2019s World
        Cup festivities in Brazil.","title":"Here\u2019s how the International Space
        Station celebrates the World Cup\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/heres-how-the-international-space-station-celebrates-the-world-cup-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938752,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T11:01:16Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"One
        of the world\u2019s most prestigious science publications, Nature, is out
        with a new OpEd arguing that top-notch PhD programs should lower their math
        requirements to admit more\u00a0women.","title":"Scientists: If we lower math
        requirements, maybe we\u2019ll have more lady\u00a0scientists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/scientists-if-we-lower-math-requirements-maybe-well-have-more-lady-scientists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938751,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-15T08:57:24Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Virtually
        every major company has a world-changing complex.  Many little companies do,\u00a0too.","title":"3
        \u2018trivial\u2019 inventions that ended up changing the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/15/3-trivial-inventions-that-ended-up-changing-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938750,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T12:53:02Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"After
        a few delay\u2019s commercial space startup SpaceX is finally launching its
        reusable Falcon 9 rocket into space today. You can watch via the live video
        stream we\u2019ve embedded below.","title":"Watch live: SpaceX\u2019s Falcon
        9 launches 6 satellites into space\u00a0today","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/watch-spacex-falcon-9-livestream/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938749,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T19:00:10Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"If
        you\u2019re a conventional computer worried about being laid off \u2014 along
        with thousands of your fellow silicon units \u2014 by those new quantum computers,
        you may be able to rest easier.","title":"New tests question if current quantum
        computing is really, you know, a quantum\u00a0leap","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/new-tests-question-if-current-quantum-computing-is-really-you-know-a-quantum-leap/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938748,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T23:00:17Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Some
        day, Microsoft might be known for supporting breakthroughs in particle physics
        and for helping pioneer quantum\u00a0computers.","title":"Microsoft delves
        deep into quantum computing\u00a0research","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/microsoft-delves-deep-into-quantum-computing-research/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938747,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T15:33:39Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"NASA
        hosts a ton of earth-science data on Amazon Web Services \u2014 and the space
        agency wants you to figure out what to do with\u00a0it.","title":"NASA wants
        developers to harvest its climate data to make a cool\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/nasa-wants-developers-to-harvest-its-climate-data-to-make-a-cool-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938746,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T11:20:24Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Dumb
        drones are already old hat.","title":"Forget dumb, rude drones. Here come
        smart, polite\u00a0drones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/forget-dumb-rude-drones-here-come-smart-polite-drones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938745,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T12:07:00Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Apparently,
        NASA doesn\u2019t worry too much that hostile aliens might receive a message
        from Earth and say, in so many of their word-forms, \u201cThanks for the invitation.\u201d","title":"NASA
        to aliens: Stay tuned for a group message from\u00a0humanity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/nasa-to-aliens-stay-tuned-for-a-group-message-from-humanity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938744,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-28T09:18:05Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"To
        land\u00a0a spacecraft on Mars, NASA needs to test\u00a0a bunch\u00a0of tech
        here on Earth. That\u2019s why the space agency\u00a0plans to launch\u00a0a
        saucer-shaped vehicle into the sky at 11:15 AM pacific time today.","title":"Watch
        live as NASA tests its supersonic \u2018flying saucer\u2019\u00a0craft","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/28/watch-live-as-nasa-tests-its-supersonic-flying-saucer-craft/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938743,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T15:15:23Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Astronomers
        from the University of New South Wales in Australia have discovered a new
        planet that could be the most similar to the Earth ever observed.","title":"Newly
        discovered planet is the most Earth-like yet, scientists\u00a0say","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/newly-discovered-planet-is-the-most-earth-like-yet-scientists-say/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938742,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T07:18:35Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Hundreds
        of thousands of people die annually because the demand for organs far exceeds
        the donor supply. Artificial organs could save those lives \u2014 and scientists
        just made a huge breakthrough in the field by \u201cbio-printing\u201d artificial
        vascular networks.","title":"Researchers successfully 3D print blood vessels,
        a \u2018game changer\u2019 for artificial\u00a0organs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/researchers-successfully-3d-print-blood-vessels-a-game-changer-for-artificial-organs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938741,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T09:44:28Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"The
        satellite will take samples of the planet\u2019s atmosphere that will help
        scientists find both the location and sources of carbon\u00a0emissions.","title":"NASA
        launches new satellite to map CO2\u00a0emissions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/nasa-launches-new-satellite-to-map-co2-emissions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938740,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T11:57:24Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"With
        the threat of global warming looming, software developers are using\u00a0mapping
        technology in innovative ways to challenge our changing climate head-on.","title":"These
        13 apps use mapping tech to fight climate\u00a0change","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/these-13-apps-use-mapping-tech-to-fight-climate-change/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938739,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T07:44:00Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"At
        the Aspen Ideas Festival yesterday Facebook\u2019s Global Head of Policy Monika
        Bickert said Facebook\u2019s emotional contagion experiments were all about\u00a0innovation.","title":"Facebook\u2019s
        policy head calls mood-manipulation experiment \u2018innovation\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/facebooks-policy-head-calls-mood-manipulation-experiment-innovation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938738,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T10:00:48Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"IBM
        says it can identify contaminated foods responsible for disease outbreaks
        more quickly using big data\u00a0analysis.","title":"How IBM\u2019s life-saving
        tech tracks food poisoning to its\u00a0source","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/ibm-uses-big-data-to-predict-the-sources-of-contaminated-food-after-disease-outbreaks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938737,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T11:08:57Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Cutting
        back on greenhouse gases is only one part of the fight against climate change.
        The planet will also need to capture and store \u2014 or, better yet, capture
        and re-use \u2014 the gases already out there.","title":"Princeton researchers
        use sunlight to convert CO2 more efficiently than plants\u00a0do","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/princeton-researchers-use-sunlight-to-convert-co2-more-efficiently-than-plants-do/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938736,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T10:05:54Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"The
        powerful fro-yo union will go cray\u00a0cray.","title":"Watch: Cornell team
        creates a robot that understands casual commands, makes\u00a0dessert","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/watch-cornell-team-creates-a-robot-that-understands-casual-commands-makes-dessert/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938735,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-06T08:15:40Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"NASA
        has approved work on the core stage of a rocket for its forthcoming Space
        Launch System project that will take us back to the moon, to mars, and even
        beyond.","title":"NASA OK\u2019s spending on a new rocket built for deep space\u00a0exploration","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/06/nasa-oks-spending-on-a-new-rocket-built-for-deep-space-exploration/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938734,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T10:21:05Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Robots
        aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are getting shiny new smartphones
        with 3D imaging capabilities, courtesy of Google\u2019s Project Tango hardware,
        reports Reuters.","title":"NASA\u2019s space robots will soon sport Google\u2019s
        Project Tango\u00a0smartphones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/nasas-space-robots-will-get-google-project-tango-smartphones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938733,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T08:00:43Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"The
        path to unlocking the secrets of the brain is a tough one, but Numenta is
        making progress with apps like\u00a0Grok.","title":"After nine years of research,
        Numenta finally has apps that mimic the way the brain works\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/numentas-brain-research-has-taken-a-long-nine-years-but-it-starting-to-pay-off-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938732,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T14:00:06Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"IBM
        is exploring chip alternatives like graphene and carbon\u00a0nanotubes.","title":"IBM
        goes berserk for chips as it announces $3B research\u00a0initiative","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/ibm-goes-berserk-for-chips-as-it-announces-a-3b-research-initiative/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938731,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-11T10:10:19Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Researchers
        at Georgia Tech are enlisting humanoid robots to play Angry Birds with the
        help of kids suffering from motor-skill and cognitive disabilities.","title":"Robots
        can play Angry Birds, too \u2014 and help kids with\u00a0disabilities","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:58:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/11/robots-can-play-angry-birds-too-and-help-kids-with-disabilities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938730,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T11:11:18Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Space
        tourism isn\u2019t a reality yet, but the U.K. is certainly taking steps to
        make sure it eventually happens.","title":"U.K. to open its first commercial
        spaceport by\u00a02018","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/u-k-to-open-its-first-commercial-spaceport-by-2018/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938729,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T06:22:44Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Jibo
        is stout with a big round glassy face and turns to greet you when you walk
        in the door. When I met this little device, it was sitting on a table inside
        a hotel room in midtown, looking like a sleekly designed minimalist version
        of R2-D2.","title":"A home robot for the price of a\u00a0tablet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/a-home-robot-for-the-price-of-a-tablet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938728,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T11:28:18Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"The
        zombie apocalypse isn\u2019t the only factor driving up the demand for dead
        bodies. More medical students + people living longer = fewer cadavers for
        scientific research and medical education.","title":"Australian University
        3D-prints body parts for med\u00a0schools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/australian-university-3d-prints-body-parts-for-med-schools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938727,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T14:36:12Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"German
        firm Quant revealed a car powered by what it called \u2018nanoFLOWCELL\u2019
        technology. Now, the flow-cell vehicle will make its road-going\u00a0debut.","title":"Fantastic,
        futuristic fuel-cell limo ready for road testing\u00a0(gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/fantastic-futuristic-fuel-cell-limo-ready-for-road-testing-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938726,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T13:55:24Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Until
        now, all attempts have been\u00a0unsuccessful.","title":"The world\u2019s
        first direct-diode laser is strong enough to cut & weld\u00a0metal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/the-worlds-first-direct-diode-laser-is-strong-enough-to-cut-weld-metal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938725,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T19:00:45Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Computers
        help researchers make a potentially big discovery in the war against breast\u00a0cancer.","title":"Computers
        help humans make big strides in breast cancer\u00a0fight","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/computers-help-humans-make-big-strides-in-breast-cancer-fight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938724,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:15:03Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Google
        is\u00a0joining the quest to map the human body, except it\u2019s not just
        tackling one part of the body, it\u2019s going whole hog\u00a0to find answers
        to questions\u00a0scientists still have about the way the body works \u2014
        and what defines a healthy person.","title":"Google takes on the human body
        to find out what a healthy person looks\u00a0like","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/google-takes-on-the-human-body-to-find-out-what-a-healthy-person-looks-like/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938723,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T08:10:19Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"Elon
        Musk, the closest thing we have to a real-life Tony Stark (aka Iron Man),
        visited the set of Comedy Central\u2019s Colbert Report last night to chat
        about his various accomplishments as well as what\u2019s in store for his
        future.","title":"Elon Musk tells Colbert why humanity *needs* a reusable
        rocket\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/elon-musk-tells-colbert-why-humanity-needs-a-reusable-rocket-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938722,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T09:23:24Z","slug":"institute-of-environmental-sciences","summary":"While
        NASA is constantly thinking of ways to discover life beyond our solar system,
        there\u2019s plenty of reason to believe we might not need to look that far.","title":"NASA\u2019s  laser-powered
        drilling robot can search for life on Jupiter\u2019s ice moon\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T04:57:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/nasas-laser-powered-drilling-robot-can-search-for-life-on-jupiters-ice-moon-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938721,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-19T10:00:05Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"The
        co-creator of EA\u2019s new SimCity founded his own startup to go beyond what
        Will Wright taught\u00a0him.","title":"Ocean Quigley steps out of Will Wright\u2019s
        shadow\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/19/ocean-quigley-steps-out-of-the-shadow-of-will-wright-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938720,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-03T17:03:37Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Guest
        Post With the flurry of recent large SaaS acquisitions, you might wonder if
        the era of independent SaaS companies will be a footnote in the annals of
        software. Are we witnessing the continued consolidation of business\u00a0software?","title":"Software
        is evolving out of the tar pits of\u00a0consolidation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/03/software-is-evolving-out-of-the-tar-pits-of-consolidation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938719,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-04T08:00:31Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"With
        cash from Nexon, the CEO of Rumble Entertainment says he has time to get game
        quality just\u00a0right.","title":"Rumble\u2019s Greg Richardson on building
        games that last forever\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/04/rumbles-greg-richardson-on-building-games-that-last-forever-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938718,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-15T07:45:56Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Guest
        Post iOS 7 isn\u2019t just another upgrade for Apple; it\u2019s the most noteworthy
        iOS upgrade since the iPhone first hit the market in\u00a02007.","title":"Why
        iOS 7 is Apple\u2019s most important upgrade yet for enterprise\u00a0developers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/15/why-ios-7-is-apples-most-important-upgrade-yet-for-enterprise-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938717,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-20T08:00:03Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"A
        number of game developers attempt to answer why we need female characters
        beyond reasons of\u00a0\u201cdiversity.\u201d","title":"Developers share why
        women characters matter beyond\u00a0diversity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/20/women-characters-matter-beyond-diversity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938716,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-27T14:31:25Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"If
        you purchase, evaluate, develop, or invest in enterprise technology, then
        you need to be at CloudBeat 2013, Sept. 9-Sept. 10 in San\u00a0Francisco.","title":"25
        new reasons to attend\u00a0CloudBeat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/27/25-new-reasons-to-attend-cloudbeat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938715,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-04T12:01:09Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"If
        you\u2019re interested in enterprise cloud technologies, there\u2019s only
        one event that you need to be at: CloudBeat\u00a02013.","title":"With 85 speakers,
        CloudBeat will be an unmatched cloud tech\u00a0event","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/04/with-85-speakers-cloudbeat-will-be-an-unmatched-cloud-tech-event/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938714,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-03T19:00:15Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Guest
        Post These mistakes can keep a company from meeting its growth objectives,
        distract from the main business focus, and even lead to a mediocre team being
        hired, any of which can kill a company in the long\u00a0term.","title":"Three
        mistakes founders make (and how to avoid\u00a0them)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/03/three-mistakes-founders-make-and-how-to-avoid-them/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938713,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-25T10:30:56Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Intel\u2019s
        Jason Waxman puts micro servers in perspective as change comes to the data\u00a0center.","title":"How
        Intel will move into micro servers and avoid cannibalizing its high end\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/25/how-intel-will-move-into-micro-servers-and-avoid-cannibalizing-its-high-end-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938712,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T17:56:49Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Yes,
        one day soon your smoke detector is going to need to be secured. And Mocana
        is already thinking about how to do it.","title":"Mocana gets $15M to get
        an early jump on protecting the Internet of\u00a0Things","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/mocana-funding-iot/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938711,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-17T10:00:11Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Konstantin
        Sashchuk is general manager of\u00a0Plarium\u2019s Kharkov Studio.","title":"The
        real driving forces behind hardcore social\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/17/the-real-driving-forces-behind-hardcore-social-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938710,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-27T08:00:18Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"My
        own picks for the golden year of games include both blockbusters and original
        titles that contributed to the canon of video game\u00a0creativity.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: Creativity thrives in the top 10 games of the year\u00a0(poll)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/27/the-deanbeat-creativity-thrives-in-the-top-10-games-of-the-year-poll/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938709,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-28T05:02:10Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"As
        I did last year, I thought it would be interesting to survey what the next
        year has to offer between consoles, handhelds, and PCs focusing mainly on
        NA by taking a large sampling of what (we hope) will show up on time and go
        from there with a few thoughts on them in\u00a0general.","title":"A Survey
        of the 2014\u00a0Gamescape","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/28/a-survey-of-the-2014-gamescape/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938708,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-29T20:03:14Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Uh,
        not really.","title":"Why China\u2019s Lenovo needs to save Silicon Valley
        from a major dearth of\u00a0innovation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/29/why-chinas-lenovo-needs-to-save-silicon-valley-from-a-major-dearth-of-innovation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938707,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-08T06:00:40Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick New Relic has added to its board of directors Sarah Friar, who currently
        works as Square\u2019s chief financial officer. It\u2019s the latest female
        executive appointment for the growing software\u00a0company.","title":"New
        Relic board makes room for Square executive Sarah\u00a0Friar","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/08/new-relic-board-makes-room-for-square-executive-sarah-friar/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938706,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-10T15:00:13Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"My
        favorite games from last\u00a0year.","title":"My top 10 games of\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/10/my-top-10-games-of-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938705,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-20T12:00:46Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"At
        the recent 2014 International CES tech show, we quizzed representatives from
        Sony, Microsoft, Oculus VR, and Rovio about the challenges that stand in their\u00a0way.","title":"See
        what four experts have to say about the top gaming trends of\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/20/four-views-of-the-top-trends-driving-gaming-in-2014-and-beyond/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938704,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T10:32:48Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Nadella has no experience running a public company, but he has all the
        makings of a great CEO. He\u2019s technically proficient, humble, unafraid,
        and unwilling to accept the\u00a0ordinary.","title":"The new Microsoft: How
        Satya Nadella will transform the\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/the-new-microsoft-how-satya-nadella-will-transform-the-company/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938703,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-05T09:07:55Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Some former Microsoft employees believe new chief executive Satya Nadella
        has what it takes to challenge convention and reignite the technology\u00a0heavyweight.","title":"Why
        Satya Nadella could be just right for rebooting\u00a0Microsoft","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/05/why-satya-nadella-could-be-just-right-for-rebooting-microsoft/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938702,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T05:00:14Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick We\u2019ve put together this top 10 index of CRM services that are innovative,
        accessible, and validated by the\u00a0market.","title":"The top 10 customer
        relationship management\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/top-10-crm-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938701,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T21:00:04Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Universities
        and traditional business schools aren\u2019t developing the right talent to
        help founders grow their businesses. Are startup-focused career accelerators
        the\u00a0answer?","title":"Are career accelerators the solution to the startup
        skills\u00a0gap?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/are-career-accelerators-the-solution-to-the-startup-skills-gap/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:28:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938700,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T08:00:09Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"The
        Andreessen Horowitz partner isn\u2019t immersed in gaming, but he has made
        some pioneering game\u00a0investments.","title":"Game changer: VC Chris Dixon
        talks about Oculus and his occasional forays into gaming\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/uber-investor-chris-dixon-talks-about-oculus-and-other-occasional-game-investments-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938699,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-27T08:42:33Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Institutional       Venture Partners (IVP), one of the premier later-stage
        venture       capital and growth equity firms, is pleased to announce that
        it has       opened a satellite office in San Francisco. The new office is
        close to the\u00a0headquarters\u2026","title":"Institutional Venture Partners
        Opens New Office in San\u00a0Francisco","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/institutional-venture-partners-opens-new-office-in-san-francisco/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938698,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-15T06:18:55Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"I
        had a chance to talk with Bob the PR Bot recently about his new game, Survivalist.
        He was a very nice and personable guy.\u00a0At least I think he was a guy.
        He may have been a robot. I mean, \u201cPR Bot\u201d is part of his name.
        So for now, I\u2019m going to assume he\u2019s human. My sincere apologies
        to my robotic and artificial intelligence readers, just in case you actually
        exist.","title":"Interviewing Bob the PR Bot: Developer for Indie Game\u00a0Survivalist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/15/interviewing-bob-the-pr-bot-developer-for-indie-game-survivalist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938697,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-15T14:00:04Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Titanfall\u2019s
        gameplay mechanics are teaching jaded players new tricks in a tired and depleted\u00a0genre.","title":"Titanfall
        forces gamers to rethink how they play first-person\u00a0shooters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/15/titanfall-teaching-old-gamers-new-tricks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938696,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T07:02:22Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"\u201cThe
        languages are in charge at that point. \u2026 It makes me uncomfortable too,
        actually. But what does that mean for the endpoint of human\u00a0purpose?\u201d","title":"In
        Stephen Wolfram\u2019s future, \u2018a box of a trillion souls\u2019 will
        create any universe we want\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/in-stephen-wolframs-future-a-box-of-a-trillion-souls-will-create-any-universe-we-want-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938695,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-25T04:00:42Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post French entrepreneur Jerome Lecat has an open letter for the president
        of France: Build a bridge between Silicon Valley and France, and lower the
        barriers to creating startups in\u00a0France.","title":"Why France needs to
        build a bridge to Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/25/why-france-needs-to-build-a-bridge-to-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938694,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T21:19:24Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"It\u2019s
        pretty clear that marketing automation is no longer just for tech companies.
        And it\u2019s becoming obvious that it is\u00a0also not\u00a0just for medium
        and large enterprises. But I hadn\u2019t heard of local business adopting
        marketing automation technologies until just today.","title":"Marketing tech
        hits Main Street: Even local businesses are adopting marketing\u00a0automation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/marketing-tech-hits-main-street-now-even-local-businesses-are-adopting-marketing-automation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938693,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T17:28:22Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Guest
        Post I\u2019m an enormous believer in the value of outside directors relatively
        early in the life of a company. I like to keep boards small and weighted toward
        outside directors as the companies\u00a0grow.","title":"Here\u2019s how to
        find & keep a great outside board\u00a0member","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/if-youre-going-to-have-an-outside-board-member-look-for-an-independent-thinker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938692,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T06:08:18Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"What
        does it take to bring an asymmetrical, party real-time strategy game to the
        Wii U? With only days left to go in his studio\u2019s Kickstarter campaign,
        Prismatic Games\u2019 Chris Jennewein answers this question and more about
        the developer\u2019s debut project, Hex\u00a0Heroes.","title":"How Kickstarter
        game Hex Heroes is reimagining the real-time strategy genre for the Wii U\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/interview-how-kickstarter-game-hex-heroes-is-reimagining-the-rts-genre-for-the-wii-u/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938691,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T07:55:55Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Today
        IBM launched ExperienceOne, a new integrated portfolio of offerings\u00a0to
        help organizations bring marketing, sales, and service together. It\u2019s
        also a single label to pin on a vast $3 billion array of acquisitions, software,
        and services that\u00a0IBM has bought\u00a0and built\u00a0over the past five
        years in the marketing, e-commerce, and \u2014 yes \u2014 hosting/cloud industries.","title":"Salesforce1,
        meet ExperienceOne, IBM\u2019s platform to connect sales, marketing, and\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/ibm-launches-experienceone-to-answer-salesforce1-and-connect-sales-marketing-and-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938690,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T21:01:30Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Real-time
        bidding is replacing in-person media buys. And real-time marketing is replacing
        slow batch processes, apparently.","title":"Adobe\u2019s marketing cloud goes
        real-time, adds app store, boosts search ads\u00a025%","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/adobes-marketing-cloud-goes-real-time-adds-app-store-and-boosts-search-ads-25/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938689,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T14:05:39Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"At
        our DataBeat event next week, we\u2019ve handpicked many of the most astute
        \u201cbig data\u201d investors to join us in debate about how companies can
        use data to achieve more profitability.","title":"Meet 10 of the top data
        investors at DataBeat (special\u00a0offer)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/meet-10-of-the-top-data-investors-at-databeat-special-offer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938688,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-21T16:30:03Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"With
        this week\u2019s\u00a0announcement that early-stage VC Greycroft has raised
        a $200 million growth fund, this type of fund\u00a0has officially become a
        trend.","title":"Why VC firms are raising separate late-stage growth or \u2018opportunity\u2019
        funds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/21/why-vc-firms-are-raising-separate-late-stage-growth-or-opportunity-funds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938687,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-15T17:34:20Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Now
        that this year\u2019s fall DEMO, the technology launchpad conference co-produced
        by VentureBeat and IDG, is winding down, we\u2019ve chosen the strongest entries
        among the 70 companies who\u2019ve demonstrated new products on stage. DEMO
        attendees (not demonstrators) selected their favorite company, and Dynamics
        won for its Card 2.0, a next-generation credit card technology. The win lands
        Dynamics with $1 million worth of free advertising from IDG magazines like
        Computerworld, PC World, InfoWorld, and CIO Magazine.","title":"DEMO: Dynamics
        wins $1M People''s Choice Award with next-gen credit\u00a0card","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/15/demo-card-2-0-wins-the-1m-peoples-choice-award/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938686,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-28T21:01:46Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Dynamics,
        the big winner in the 2010 DEMOfall conference, has raised $35 million in
        funding to accelerate its business of making computerized smartcards and payment
        systems.","title":"Dynamics raises $35M round for computerized smartcards
        and payment\u00a0systems","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/28/dynamics-raises-35m-round-for-computerized-smartcards-and-payment-systems/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938685,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-14T05:00:38Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Dynamics,
        the big winner in the 2010 DEMOfall conference, revealed today some of the
        big-name investors who helped the payments company raise more than $40 million
        in two funding rounds.","title":"Payment startup Dynamics reveals its A-List\u00a0investors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/14/payment-startup-dynamics-reveals-its-a-list-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938684,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-23T00:01:50Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"App
        performance management startup AppDynamics has raised $50 million from top-tier
        investors in its fourth round of funding, cash that will help the company
        expand and fight for more\u00a0users.","title":"AppDynamics nets $50M from
        IVP, Greylock, & others to dominate app performance\u00a0management","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/23/appdynamics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938683,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T05:00:56Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"AppDynamics
        doesn\u2019t want to be just another vendor of software to manage apps. It\u2019s
        looking left and right to provide tooling for operations people and business
        analysts, too. New mobile features should\u00a0help.","title":"AppDynamics
        adds to mobile monitoring features in quest to provide application\u00a0intelligence","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/appdynamics-adds-to-mobile-monitoring-features-in-quest-to-provide-application-intelligence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938682,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T08:05:03Z","slug":"general-dynamics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Powerhouse       Dynamics announced that it has raised $6 million in
        Series B       funding. The round was led by Point Judith Capital and Constellation       Technology
        Ventures (CTV). Existing investors, including SOSVentures and Vision\u00a0Ridge\u2026","title":"Powerhouse
        Dynamics Raises $6M in Series B\u00a0Funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/powerhouse-dynamics-raises-6m-in-series-b-funding/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-29T03:06:02Z","domain":"fb.me","id":3938681,"news_source":"Welcome
        to Facebook","publication_date":"2014-07-29T03:06:00Z","slug":"ellen-liftin","summary":null,"title":"Pleased
        to announce that we closed our seed round financing last week.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T03:06:02Z","url":"http://on.fb.me/oqfhni"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938680,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-13T09:45:26Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"There\u2019s
        no mistaking it. The richest era of internet boom, the early part of what
        has been called the \u201cgreatest creation of legal wealth in the history
        of mankind,\u201d has played itself out.","title":"Venture capital shrivels
        40 percent \u2014 It really is the end of the tech\u00a0boom","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/13/venture-capital-shrivels-40-percent-it-really-is-the-end-of-the-tech-boom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938679,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-01T07:39:30Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Global
        chip sales for March rose 3.3 percent from February, a slight improvement
        that will be viewed as welcome news in the bellwether chip industry, according
        to the industry trade group.","title":"Chip sales climb 3 percent in\u00a0March","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/01/chip-sales-rebounding-slightly-with-march-sales-up-3-percent-from-previous-month/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938678,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-07T00:00:00Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"You\u2019ve
        most likely never heard of Ossian Studios. You may not know of its big cheese,
        Alan Miranda. But you\u2019ve heard of the games that Miranda\u2019s worked
        on \u2014 he was the producer for Baldur\u2019s Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal, and
        he once worked at Relic Entertainment.  Miranda and his wife, Elizabeth, founded
        Ossian in 2003. The ensuing years may have been a bit bumpy \u2014 their first
        game, Darkness over Daggerford, ended up as a free download after the premium
        module program for Neverwinter Nights was canceled. And their first true retail
        product, the Neverwinter Nights 2 adventure pack Mysteries of Westgate, was
        delayed for nearly two years due to DRM issues. But when MOW finally came
        out, it received not only good reviews but was embraced by the NWN2 community.
        Miranda talks about the challenges faced by a fledgling studio, what it means
        to be a \"virtual\" studio, the state of role-playing games in North America,
        working on existing triple-A games, and what it\u2019s like to run a company
        with his wife.\u00a0Bitmob: Ossian is a small studio, and this is its first
        \"official\" retail product. Your first planned product, Darkness over Daggerford,
        ended up getting released as a free module instead of a retail product. And
        you had months of issues with Atari and its DRM for Mysteries of Westgate.
        Why did you decide to work on adventure packs for existing games \u2014 and
        cede some control over the process \u2014 instead of making your own game?
        Do you regret that decision? Alan Miranda: Hindsight is always 20/20.  We
        could not have known that Daggerford would be canceled or that Westgate would
        be delayed by DRM issues. We sought to create add-ons for existing games because
        development is made easier by using an existing engine/toolset and also because
        Neverwinter is an established triple-A franchise. So working with something
        like that is a good move for any young company. Still, despite those problems,
        if you look at the flip side of the coin, Daggerford\u2019s cancelation was
        actually a blessing because so many more people played it \u2014 over 70,000
        \u2014 and learned of Ossian, and it even won the [Independent Games Festival]
        Best RPG Mod award, which isn\u2019t applicable to commercial products. And
        with Westgate, DRM delays aside, it was a step up for Ossian both in terms
        of company growth as well as the profile of the title.  Making our own game
        was something we attempted prior to making add-ons for NWN1/NWN2, but it had
        limited success, which is why we chose to try a different strategy. I mentioned
        that this road is a good move for any start-up, and it definitely was for
        Ossian, although I can\u2019t talk about anything except for our games that
        have been publicly announced. Our plan has always been that at a certain point
        we would eventually come full circle and develop our own game. Bitmob: Mysteries
        of Westgate received better review scores in Europe than in the United States.
        Is the U.S. market more critical of RPGs, or do single-player RPGs have a
        larger following in Europe than in the U.S.? AM: I\u2019ve heard several opinions
        on this from people in the industry, and it likely boils down to cultural
        taste differences with regard to new game features. What this means is that
        the features North American gamers expect from a new RPG are different from
        what European gamers expect, or Asian gamers for that matter. Unique cultural
        tastes are well known among publishers, although I hadn\u2019t expected to
        see it with MOW. As far as I can tell, North American reviewers are more expectant
        of flashier features for a new RPG product, whereas European reviewers are
        not. We focused on making a fun game using what already existed in NWN2 in
        the spring of 2007 since that was the directive from Atari in order to release
        the game before the first expansion. So MOW had no new \"real\" features to
        speak of, like the typical bullet points you see on expansion packs with new
        races, classes, spells, or game mechanics that require engine code changes.
        So apart from some great new art and an intriguing story in a new setting,
        the city of Westgate, North American reviewers saw it as \"more of the same\"
        with no additional coolness factor.  Europeans didn\u2019t have a problem
        with more of the same, as long as it was good. Bitmob: What value do review
        scores have for small studios? AM: Good scores obviously give people who haven\u2019t
        heard of Ossian Studios an indication of what we\u2019re capable of. I\u2019m
        not saying that the 72 percent on Metacritic for Mysteries of Westgate is
        representative of the quality of the games we can make, but at the minimum
        it says that we know what we\u2019re doing for developing an RPG. Good scores
        can keep doors open.  Bitmob: Have MMORPGs like World of WarCraft become a
        drain on the single-player RPG scene?  AM: In a way, I think they have. Their
        lucrative nature spurs many developers and publishers to pursue the Holy Grail
        of MMORPGs \u2014 i.e., WOW \u2014 to the detriment of developing single-player
        RPGs that could never make as much even if they were smash hits. The thing
        is, in a winner-takes-all industry, where the Western market is oversaturated
        with MMOs, very few of those games will hit it as big as they want. I see
        that as a great opportunity to fill a gap and create high quality single-player
        RPGs to fulfill demand. Everything goes in cycles, and I expect that one day
        the pendulum will swing away from MMOs. Bitmob: What is it about vampires
        that\u2019s captivated you and your team?  AM: It\u2019s those red vampire
        eyes that are so captivating when you look deeply\u2026into\u2026them\u2026.
        I don\u2019t think anyone on the team was captivated by vampires when developing
        MOW. They were just an intrinsic part of the city of Westgate\u2019s lore,
        so we knew we had to incorporate them as a central theme into MOW. Other than
        that, I am personally impartial to the children of the night. Bitmob: BioWare
        had six premium modules for the first Neverwinter Nights. What are the chances
        of Ossian working on another adventure pack for Neverwinter Nights 2?  AM:
        There are lots of ideas that work really well for a NWN2 adventure pack, especially
        in 3rd edition [of D&D and the Forgotten Realms] before the Spellplague. Apart
        from that, I\u2019m going to have to answer \"no comment\" on this question.
        Bitmob: How large is Ossian? Where are most of your employees from? Are they
        big-studio refugees or former modders? AM: Ossian has about 25 people, and
        as a virtual company, they are spread across different countries in the world.
        There are quite a few of the team who are located in the U.S., but we also
        have people in Canada, the U.K., and Brazil, just to name a few countries.
        The biggest benefit to being a virtual company is that we can hire the best
        in the world no matter where in the world that is. As Ossian grows, the people
        it employs come from both modding backgrounds as well as the game industry.
        Bitmob: What do modders offer that designers with big-studio pedigrees don\u2019t?
        AM: Both can be really great at what they do. However, a person\u2019s big-studio
        pedigree often translates into an expectation of an onsite position. With
        a virtual studio such as Ossian, which doesn\u2019t have a central office,
        someone\u2019s location doesn\u2019t matter, and they can work from home,
        the coffee shop, or the beach.  It doesn\u2019t matter to us so long as they
        get their work done well. Modders are more flexible with this setup, and we
        can easily expand team sizes based on the needs of a project.  Bitmob: What\u2019s
        it like running a studio with your wife? What\u2019s been the biggest disagreement
        that you\u2019ve had over running the company? AM: Running Ossian Studios
        with Elizabeth has been one of the best experiences of my life. Back when
        we had dual careers, we didn\u2019t get to spend as much time with each other
        during the week as we wanted, and that got worse during my crunches in the
        game industry. Now we always work and crunch together, side by side in the
        same office at home. We both really like working together. People say two
        heads are better than one, and I completely agree. There are obviously times
        where Elizabeth and I disagree about something \u2014 and no, there is no
        throwing of mice or keyboards \u2014 though I\u2019m hard-pressed to remember
        what the \"biggest disagreement ever\" might be. We\u2019re actually very
        complementary in our co-management of the company and through discussion can
        examine more perspectives on an issue than just one person in charge. Bitmob:
        Can a small studio make it by working on small products for larger games?
        Or do you need to make your own standalone product, like a well-respected
        indie game or downloadable title, to establish yourself? AM: I think both
        are feasible paths for a small studio. The reason we went with making add-ons
        for larger games was because we wanted to increase Ossian\u2019s association
        with triple-A franchises, which increases awareness of our products and company.
        Ossian has also built up a decent RPG fanbase because of this. Bitmob: How
        difficult is it for a small studio like Ossian to craft a story? AM: No more
        difficult than crafting a story at a large studio. I would say it\u2019s even
        easier if there are layers of red tape or departmental politics that larger
        companies may have to contend with. Being smaller allows Ossian to be more
        versatile in developing games. Really, it\u2019s no different than my time
        at BioWare, where someone would write up a few story ideas in an e-mail to
        send around, and then get together to talk about it. At Ossian, the same kind
        of e-mail gets sent out followed by online meetings and more e-mails. Our
        writing team is small \u2014 only 6 people including myself \u2014 but there\u2019s
        never a shortage of ideas. Bitmob: What are the most significant challenges
        facing a studio like Ossian during these difficult economic times? AM: Obviously,
        during a recession, many publishers cut back on expenditures and tend to focus
        on fewer products. Depending on a publisher\u2019s strategy, DLC is one area
        that can get cut back on. So finding the right opportunities to work on can
        be a challenge. However, unlike game studios that have a central office, Ossian
        has low overhead costs, whereas a high overhead can drain a company during
        tough economic times. Nor would we ever need to lay anyone off during a lean
        time since we hire people per project \u2014 think of the film industry, but
        all done virtually. That kind of resilience proves useful.  Bitmob: Ossian\u2019s
        two games have plenty of sidequests, which reminds me of another game series
        that you worked on while at BioWare: Baldur\u2019s Gate 2. How important are
        sidequests to your games?  AM: What made me want to work at BioWare were the
        Baldur\u2019s Gate games and the fun I had exploring their worlds. Part of
        what makes exploration interesting are the situations you come across as a
        player, meeting new characters, uncovering new locations, landing in the middle
        of a strange side-adventure.  That\u2019s what makes a world so much more
        believable for me, rather than relatively empty areas with some monsters to
        fight, which is why I find sidequests so important. Most players of Daggerford
        and Westgate really loved the sidequests, so I believe many people place an
        equally high value on them. Bitmob: Do sidequests muddle the main story? AM:
        If you\u2019re out to convince a player of the believability of a living world,
        then sidequests are an absolute necessity. If you have people or sentient
        creatures inhabiting the world, then you\u2019re bound to have \"people troubles\"
        \u2014 i.e., side stories. Otherwise, those characters might as well be cardboard
        cutouts standing around. With the need for sidequests, all that can vary is
        their complexity, and I think complexity is what you\u2019re referring to
        when asking if they muddle the main story. My feeling is that as long as a
        sidequest\u2019s story doesn\u2019t get as grandiose in its complexity and
        length as the main story, then it\u2019s good to have. I like side stories
        to have interesting flavors that players can enjoy, and prefer to stay away
        from the kind of filler sidequests with no depth, like \"find my potato\"
        \u2014 yes, that\u2019s an actual sidequest from a game. Bitmob: What have
        NWN2 modders done thus far with Mysteries of Westgate and its content? AM:
        It\u2019s hard to know what MOW content modders might be using because fan
        mods can take months or years to create. But we did release all of MOW\u2019s
        content for free to the fan community, so I hope they find some good uses
        for it. Bitmob: What is it about these community-driven games that you find
        so interesting? AM: Aside from seeing the creation of some great mods, what
        I find most interesting to see is the emergence of extremely talented designers
        and artists. Games like NWN and NWN2 established a proving ground by giving
        people the same set of powerful tools that developers use. If they can make
        something fantastic with them, then they have an excellent opportunity to
        get noticed by companies like Ossian or BioWare.  Bitmob: What are the financial
        challenges facing small studios that are trying to establish themselves? AM:
        The biggest challenge always boils down to project funding. When you\u2019re
        a new small company, you have yet to prove yourself until you\u2019ve released
        a game. And that was actually one of the attractions for us to do a premium
        mod for BioWare, which was to start on a small scale but develop something
        for a triple-A title \u2014 it\u2019s quite a good mix. I think that by developing
        a portfolio of smaller, quality titles in the shorter term, more doors will
        open up for small studios looking to establish themselves with the aim of
        developing a large title. Not only will they have a successful track record,
        but they\u2019ll also have a fanbase. Bitmob: What did Ossian do while it
        was waiting for Atari to finish adding its DRM to MOW? AM: Well, we didn\u2019t
        sit idly, that\u2019s for sure. We worked on other games, though what those
        were I\u2019m not at liberty to say. Bitmob: Now that the game is out, what\u2019s
        surprised you about its reception among players?  AM: Overall, the reaction
        from players has been excellent. So although we were surprised by the wide
        spread of review scores, we were more pleased than surprised at the predominantly
        positive reception by NWN2 players. On the biggest fan site for reviewing
        and downloading NWN2 mods, the Neverwinter Vault, fan reviews have given MoW
        a 90 percent average, with the consensus being that MOW is a thoroughly enjoyable
        adventure easily worth the $10 price tag for 15-plus hours of gameplay. If
        there was a specific issue I was personally surprised about, it was the polarization
        on the humourous aspects of MOW, such as the Brotherhood of the Ferret sidequest.
        Some players absolutely loved it, while others found it silly. Given the popularity
        of Minsc and Boo from the Baldur\u2019s Gate series, I had thought that a
        comedic sidequest in the same \"hamster\" vein would be a winner across the
        board. So I was genuinely surprised that for some people it fell flat, although
        this may have something to do with the Terry Pratchett humour style we used
        for it, which is different than mainstream American humor. Bitmob: What is
        it about the Forgotten Realms, and fantasy in general, that you find so compelling?
        AM: If I trace the answer to that question back many years, my attraction
        to medieval fantasy probably has its roots in playing with toys of medieval
        castles and knights as a kid. Later, it evolved into reading books about ancient
        legends like King Arthur. So when a friend introduced me to Dungeons & Dragons
        and the Forgotten Realms when I was 15, I took an instant liking to it. It
        wasn\u2019t just that it was grounded in medieval legend, but its world was
        more fantastic than anything I\u2019d seen, limited only by my imagination.
        And the fantasy genre has the excellent characteristic of having unexplained
        mysticism, something I believe is intrinsically important to human curiosity.Playing
        D&D tabletop eventually expanded to reading The Lord of the Rings and many
        other fantasy books. So it wasn\u2019t the D&D rules in particular that compelled
        me to play, but the Forgotten Realms world itself, with its lore, creatures,
        and call to adventure. The call to adventure into the unknown has always been
        such a strong theme for me that the golden horn in Ossian Studios\u2019 logo
        represents a call to adventure for all the players of our games.\u00a0        ","title":"Alan
        Miranda Q&A: Unraveling the Mystery Behind Mysteries of Westgate and Ossian\u00a0Studios","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/07/alan-miranda-qaa-the-mystery-behind-mysteries-of-westgate-and-ossian-studios/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938677,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-23T00:38:01Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"","title":"Cash?  Credit?  Debit,
        or your\u00a0privacy?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/23/cash-credit-debit-or-your-privacy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938676,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-06T12:23:49Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Russia
        is the sixth-largest economy in the world, but it\u2019s also a country relatively
        untouched by foreign investors, especially investors in technology.  Could
        Russia potentially be the home of the next massive tech boom?","title":"Investing
        in Russia? Better hire bodyguards and hunker\u00a0down","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/06/investing-in-russia-hire-body-guards-and-hunker-down/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938675,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-30T06:00:23Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Jeff Bussgang is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. This
        column originally appeared on his blog Seeing Both Sides.)","title":"Is the
        sky falling or are we entering a golden\u00a0age?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/30/is-the-sky-falling-or-are-we-entering-a-golden-age/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938674,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-06T07:51:25Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Global
        chip sales continued to recover in May with sales up 4.5 percent from April
        and 47.6 percent from a year ago, according to the Semiconductor Industry
        Association.","title":"Global chip sales rise 47.6 percent from a year ago
        as electronics sales\u00a0recover","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/06/global-chip-sales-rise-47-6-percent-from-a-year-ago-as-electronics-sales-recover/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938673,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-29T15:37:00Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Enemy
        of the State by Game Informer Associate Editor, Matt Miller, was a piece of
        great interest to me. Legal issues in the gaming sub-culture are important
        and opportunity to honestly discuss how or why these laws will affect jobs,
        hobbies, or passion abound. Sadly, what articles tend to lack in proper focus
        and scope, is made up for in shock and hyperbole. The latter is the reason
        I found Enemy of the State disappointing. I believe that perhaps, the article
        treated the topic irresponsibly and presented facts poorly, if at all.","title":"Opinion:
        And Justice for\u00a0Whom?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/29/opinion-and-justice-for-whom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938672,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-30T17:18:32Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"We\u2019ve
        written a lot about what it will take to transform today\u2019s energy infrastructure
        into the super grid of tomorrow, from cleaner, cheaper energy sources to smarter
        networks and support for fleets of electric vehicles. But the ultimate requirement
        is people. We\u2019ll have to tap our collective brainpower like never before.
        That\u2019s why VentureBeat is assembling a superstar cast of speakers for
        our GreenBeat 2010 conference, at the academic powerhouse of Stanford University
        on November 3 and 4.","title":"Meet 26 experts charging the super grid: GreenBeat
        2010''s latest\u00a0speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/30/greenbeat-2010-speakers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938671,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-05T07:00:15Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"The
        Semiconductor Industry Association held its annual dinner for a thousand industry
        executives on Thursday night in San Jose, Calif. At the event, the group\u2019s
        new president, Brian Toohey (left) laid out the industry\u2019s political
        agenda in the wake of the Republican victories in this week\u2019s national
        election.","title":"In wake of Republican victory, chip trade group''s new
        chief shows his political agenda\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/05/in-wake-of-republican-victory-chip-trade-groups-new-chief-shows-his-political-agenda-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938670,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-23T07:53:50Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"\u201cAn
        escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You would never see
        an \u2018Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order\u2018 sign, just \u2018Escalator
        Temporarily Stairs\u2019. Sorry for the convenience.\u2019\u201d","title":"Gamer:
        The Self-Entitlement Proxy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/23/gamer-the-self-entitlement-proxy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938669,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-26T17:17:14Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"So
        what''s in store for 2012?","title":"Surveying the 2012 Gaming\u00a0Apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/26/surveying-the-2012-gaming-apocalypse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938668,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-13T10:19:04Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"","title":"They\u2019re
        in! Meet the DEMO Spring 2012\u00a0Speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/13/demo-sages-spring-201/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938667,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-03T10:00:25Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the full agenda of more than 80 speakers at GamesBeat\u00a02012","title":"GamesBeat
        2012 features more than 80 of the game industry\u2019s best and\u00a0brightest","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/03/more-than-80-of-the-game-industrys-best-and-brightest-will-be-on-stage-at-gamesbeat-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938666,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-08T12:00:26Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Guest
        Post When it comes to the IPO, both the Valley\u2019s entrepreneurs and our
        government leaders are misguided. The IPO isn\u2019t a profit superhighway,
        with on-ramps and exits for entrepreneurs thirsty for a quick profit. Rather,
        an IPO is like a\u00a0marriage.","title":"Silicon Valley needs to rethink
        its fascination with\u00a0IPOs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/08/silicon-valley-needs-to-rethink-its-fascination-with-ipos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938665,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-01T08:50:19Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"DEMO,
        a semiannual showcase of startups and new products, returns to Silicon Valley
        on\u00a0Tuesday!","title":"They\u2019re in! Meet the DEMO Fall 2012\u00a0Speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/01/theyre-in-meet-the-demo-fall-2012-speakers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938664,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-28T15:36:36Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Online
        investing platform FundersClub gains acceptance and legitimacy as a member
        of the National Venture Capital\u00a0Association.","title":"Members Only:
        NVCA admits FundersClub into its\u00a0ranks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/28/members-only-nvca-admits-fundersclub-into-its-ranks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938663,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-28T09:00:47Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Imagine
        this: You\u2019re a founder of a Silicon Valley enterprise software company.
        It\u2019s only 15 years old, but it\u2019s already worth $3.5 billion. You\u2019ve
        never lost money, and you\u2019ve left your initial competition in the dust.","title":"Tibco
        is \u2018the fastest growing enterprise software company,\u2019 CEO says \u2014
        despite sales\u00a0missteps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/tibco/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938662,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-25T13:46:21Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Guest
        Post The greatest number of jobs is created when startups create a new market
        \u2013 one where the product or service never existed before or is radically
        more convenient. Yet this is where startups will run into anti-innovation
        opponents they may not expect. These opponents have their own name \u2013  \u201crent
        seekers\u201d \u2013 the landlords of the status\u00a0quo.","title":"Strangling
        innovation: Tesla versus \u201crent\u00a0seekers\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/25/strangling-innovation-tesla-versus-rent-seekers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938661,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-16T18:46:40Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Sometimes
        you just have to\u00a0celebrate.","title":"Funding Daily: Twerk","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:58:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/16/funding-daily-twerk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938660,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-16T11:03:00Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Guest
        Post Where is the smart money going in content\u00a0advertising?","title":"Content
        marketing: 6 categories VCs are betting on right\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/16/content-marketing-6-categories-vcs-are-betting-on-right-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938659,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-29T07:10:37Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"By
        now it should be clear: For any new mobile technology to take off and thrive,
        convenience and value must be abundantly clear to the consumer.","title":"The
        future of the Mobile Wallet is not in payments, but in organizing\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/29/the-future-of-the-mobile-wallet-is-not-in-payments-but-in-organizing-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938658,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-15T22:30:55Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"When
        I travel outside the Mile High City, I\u2019m often asked what makes Denver
        so attractive for startups. While\u00a0our tech community and the\u00a0companies
        it\u2019s home to are gaining traction by the month, the benefits of launching
        a startup in Denver aren\u2019t necessarily as obvious as those associated
        with major tech destinations like the Valley and, more recently, New York.","title":"Denver
        vs. Silicon Valley: Where we\u2019re better and where we need to\u00a0grow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/15/denver-vs-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938657,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T08:38:46Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Sponsored
        Post 5BARz International Inc., a leader in the cellular network extender technology
        industry, announced today that Dr. Gil Amelio has been elected Chair of its
        Board of\u00a0Directors.","title":"Dr. Gil Amelio Appointed Chairman of the
        Board of Directors of 5BARz International,&n...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/dr-gil-amelio-appointed-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors-of-5barz-international-inc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938656,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-03T11:30:05Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"E-sports
        continue to bring in cash, but is everyone\u00a0benefiting?","title":"How
        the players, developers, and leagues of e-sports are making money and creating
        a thriving\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/03/how-the-players-developers-and-leagues-of-e-sports-are-making-money-and-creating-a-thriving-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938655,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-16T12:41:50Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Flash
        storage firm Violin Memory has let go chief executive Don Basile in a bid
        to turn its fortunes around after a disappointing\u00a0IPO.","title":"Struggling
        flash storage firm Violin Memory fires its\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/16/struggling-flash-storage-firm-violin-memory-fires-its-ceo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938654,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-21T13:05:15Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Guest
        Post The Silicon Valley wealth divide is increasing. In a region famous of
        innovation and entrepreneurship, huge swaths of our population are being left\u00a0behind.","title":"Silicon
        Valley\u2019s forgotten public offering: 18 percent of our community lives
        in\u00a0poverty","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/21/silicon-valleys-forgotten-public-offering/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938653,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-14T13:00:41Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Sponsored
        Post New startups, competitions, accelerators, and incubators pop up nearly
        every day aiming to reinvent everything. The media and entertainment industry
        is no exception. The question is: How can startups stand out amid all of the
        noise and forge real\u00a0change?","title":"Why industry icons should collaborate
        with startups to foster\u00a0innovation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/14/why-industry-icons-should-collaborate-with-startups-to-foster-innovation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938652,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-17T04:00:27Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The U.S.-born Leonard has a unique perspective on Singapore\u2019s burgeoning
        tech startup sector \u2014 and how Singapore can play a role in the global\u00a0economy.","title":"Singapore:
        A tech haven, an Asian business hub, and an espresso lover\u2019s\u00a0dream","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/17/singapore-a-tech-haven-an-asian-business-hub-and-an-espresso-lovers-dream/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938651,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T08:54:35Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick If cab companies and state officials get their way, they\u2019ll regulate
        Uber to\u00a0death.","title":"As Uber battles 13 lawsuits, cabbies & state
        agencies are out for\u00a0blood\u00a0(update)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/as-uber-battles-13-lawsuits-cabbies-state-agencies-are-out-for-blood/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938650,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T05:44:06Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Sponsored
        Post GE (NYSE:GE) today announced the activation of its global co-creation       community
        FirstBuild.com-an       online community dedicated to conceiving, engineering
        and building the       next generation of major appliances. Now engineers,
        designers,\u00a0\u2026","title":"FirstBuild.com: Co-Creating a New World of
        Major\u00a0Appliances","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/firstbuild-com-co-creating-a-new-world-of-major-appliances/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938649,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T07:00:03Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"The
        soul of gaming is changing, and that\u2019s reflected in the board of the
        academy that gives out gaming\u2019s\u00a0Oscars.","title":"The game academy\u2019s
        new board signals the shift to digital gaming\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/the-game-academys-new-board-signals-the-shift-to-digital-gaming-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938648,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T12:45:09Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Sponsored
        Post SEMI today announced that SEMICON West 2014 will feature Robert       \u201cBob\u201d
        Metcalfe, professor at the University of Texas at       Austin, as the Silicon
        Innovation Forum\u2019s keynote speaker. The Silicon       Innovation Forum
        (SIF) is where\u00a0strategic\u2026","title":"Strategic Investors to Connect
        with Startups at Silicon Innovation Forum \u2013 Bob Metc...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/strategic-investors-to-connect-with-startups-at-silicon-innovation-forum-bob-metcalfe-to-keynote/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938647,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-07T10:57:36Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Facebook
        will host an event for academics as it studies the broader world, including
        developing\u00a0countries.","title":"EXCLUSIVE: Facebook plans event to recruit\u00a0sociologists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/07/exclusive-to-sell-ads-in-the-developing-world-facebook-is-hiring-sociologists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938646,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T08:00:19Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Sony\u2019s
        U.S. game boss says his teams are open to experimentation as well as new\u00a0franchises.","title":"Sony\u2019s
        Scott Rohde on game delays, beating Microsoft, and Project\u00a0Morpheus","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/sonys-scott-rohde-on-game-delays-beating-microsoft-and-project-morpheus/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938645,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T10:00:51Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Bob
        Meese of Google Play, Malathi Nayak of Reuters, and Jonathan Simpson-Bint
        of Twitch will join us on Sept.\u00a015-16.","title":"Announcing our next
        trio of speakers for GamesBeat 2014: a store guy, a broadcaster, and a\u00a0reporter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/announcing-our-next-trio-of-speakers-for-gamesbeat-2014-a-store-guy-a-broadcaster-and-a-reporter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938644,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T08:00:25Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Talk to any sales rep in the tech world and you\u2019ll hear about the
        gap. It\u2019s the gap between marketing and CRM.While maybe not as big as
        the Grand Canyon, that gap is big enough to hold the mile-high frustrations
        of countless sales representatives who\u2019d love to spend more time selling
        and less time in task\u00a0management.","title":"Is sales automation the missing
        piece to turbocharging\u00a0revenues?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/is-sales-automation-the-missing-piece-to-turbocharging-revenues/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938643,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-01T06:00:33Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Cigital
        bills itself as the world\u2019s largest consulting firm specializing in software
        security. The Dulles, VA- based company works with government agencies and
        large corporations to design, build, and maintain secure\u00a0software.","title":"Cigital
        raises $50M to be the mastermind behind secure corporate\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/01/cigital-raises-50m-to-be-the-mastermind-behind-secure-corporate-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938642,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-21T07:34:00Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"Sponsored
        Post NecesSea, LLC, a rapidly growing software company specializing in the       oil
        and gas and maritime industries announced today that it has       appointed
        Stephen A. (Steve) Landry to the Board of Directors of the       Company.
        Mr. Landry\u00a0currently\u2026","title":"Energy Corporate Finance Veteran
        Joins NecesSea\u00a0Board","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/21/energy-corporate-finance-veteran-joins-necessea-board/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938641,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-21T18:28:50Z","slug":"association-for-corporate-growth","summary":"In
        the past decade, an unprecedented amount of growth has developed in the gaming
        industry. As the Entertainment Software Association reports, in 2013, 51%
        of Americans play video games, 32% of which play social games. In a society
        where making connections has become a staple in communication and industry,
        I find it particularly odd and unsettling that where communication is the
        most important for gamers \u2013 from player to developer \u2013 a new culture
        has emerged that defies the typical structure and openness of software developers.","title":"Modern
        disaster: Corporate gaming\u00a0enterprise","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:57:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/21/modern-disaster-corporate-gaming-enterprise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938640,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-08T08:00:51Z","slug":"nest-labs","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga\u2019s
        sinking market value crushed\u00a0valuations.","title":"The DeanBeat: After
        Zynga\u2019s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/08/the-deanbeat-after-zyngas-crash-game-investments-dive-44-percent-in-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938639,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-29T06:48:55Z","slug":"webjam","summary":"Webjam,
        a London-based internet start-up that lets people publish and share documents
        online, has raised $2 million from French early stage venture capital firm
        I-Source Gestion.","title":"Webjam, content sharing company, raises\u00a0$2M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/29/webjam-content-sharing-company-raises-2m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938638,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-30T20:05:29Z","slug":"webjam","summary":"Relatively
        few people have the time and skill to sit down and hand code a community-based
        website. Even fewer actually want to. Webjam is a service that simplifies
        that process greatly. However, there are plenty of other services out there
        like the well-funded Ning and Soceeo. But as Webjam cofounder and chief executive
        Yann Motte told us, \u201cpeople have learned to do all this stuff [build
        sites with online tools] the past few years, the key question is: \u2018What
        the hell to do now?''\u201d","title":"Webjam tastes pretty good, but can it
        compete with industrial-sized Ning?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/30/webjam-tastes-pretty-good-but-can-it-compete-with-industrial-sized-ning/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938637,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-20T09:38:43Z","slug":"sato-pharmaceutical","summary":"(UPDATED:
        See below.)","title":"Weekend update: The spinning of Baby Einstein, multiple-med
        confusion, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/20/weekend-update-the-spinning-of-baby-einstein-multiple-med-confusion-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938636,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-21T02:07:17Z","slug":"sato-pharmaceutical","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Obama''s big Bay Area night, Xbox 360
        sells out in Japan, Hulu going international and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/21/roundup-obamas-big-bay-area-night-xbox-360-sells-out-in-japan-hulu-going-international-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938635,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-03T08:45:11Z","slug":"sato-pharmaceutical","summary":"Roomba
        technologist moves to new robotic venture \u2014 Rodney Brooks, chief technology
        officer and co-founder at iRobot, is moving on to a new company called Heartland
        Robots, which will work to \u201crehumanize and revitalize manufacturing.\u201d","title":"Roundup:
        iRobot co-founder moves to new robot venture, botnets surge, IPOs come and
        go, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/03/roundup-irobot-co-founder-moves-to-new-robot-venture-botnets-surge-ipos-come-and-go-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938634,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-08T11:15:36Z","slug":"sato-pharmaceutical","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick \u201cThe media paints IPOs that are go up as a huge success,\u201d said
        David Liu, an investment banker with Jeffries who has helped take dozens of
        tech companies public. \u201cI think that\u2019s wrong, but it\u2019s a fact
        of\u00a0life.\u201d","title":"Lessons of Twitter\u2019s stock pop: Balancing
        positive press with economic\u00a0reality","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/08/ipo-pricing-should-tech-companies-strive-for-love-or-money/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938633,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-08T15:11:00Z","slug":"sato-pharmaceutical","summary":"Satori
        Pharmaceuticals, a company that says it\u2019s developing drugs with the potential
        to actually stop Alzheimer\u2019s disease in its early phases \u2014 an unprecedented
        claim \u2014 landed $22 million in second-round funding to push its products
        through a first battery of tests.","title":"Satori brings in $22M to stop
        Alzheimer''s in its\u00a0tracks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/08/satori-brings-in-22m-to-stop-alzheimers-in-its-tracks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938632,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-28T00:24:51Z","slug":"sato-pharmaceutical","summary":"Satoris,
        a Redwood City, Calif. company that makes bloodstream-based diagnostic tests
        for Alzheimer\u2019s disease, says it has raised $1.12 million toward an anticipated
        $1.5 million bridge round, which will be used to commercialize its lead product,
        reports VentureWire.","title":"Satoris closes $1.1M for Alzheimer''s diagnostics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:52:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/28/satoris-closes-11m-for-alzheimers-diagnostics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938631,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-18T14:04:53Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"It\u2019s
        a holiday today, and so slower posting. Here\u2019s the latest.","title":"Roundup:
        Virgin''s Branson wants green war room, Media employment plunges, WikiLeaks
        shuts\u00a0down","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/18/roundup-bransons-wants-green-war-room-media-employment-plunges-wikileaks-shuts-down/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938630,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-22T05:00:01Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Henk
        Rogers is an entrepreneur who knows how to hustle. You can thank him as the
        man who introduced Tetris to the Western hemisphere.","title":"Interview with
        Henk Rogers, video game visionary, on saving the\u00a0planet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/22/interview-with-henk-rogers-video-game-visionary-on-saving-the-planet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938629,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-30T17:10:14Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Kleiner Perkins has something up sleeve,
        new HP circuit may replace your synapses, EA-Land shuts down, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/30/roundup-kleiner-perkins-has-something-up-sleeve-new-hp-circuit-may-replace-your-synapses-ea-land-shuts-down-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938628,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-07T09:27:47Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Sequesco
        joins a growing list of startups that are using synthetic biology to custom-produce
        advanced biofuels. But unlike competitors LS9 and Amyris, which are engineering
        microbes to make hydrocarbon-based fuels from various plant biomass sources,
        it uses waste carbon dioxide as its primary feedstock.","title":"SequesCO
        combines CO2 sequestration with biofuel\u00a0production","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/07/sequesco-combines-co2-sequestration-with-biofuel-production/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938627,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-23T12:12:59Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Athenix,
        a Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based maker of processes and products
        for agricultural and bioenergy applications, has raked in $10 million from
        existing investors Hunt Ventures, Intersouth Partners and Polaris Venture
        Partners, reports PEHub.","title":"Athenix raises $10M for biofuels and specialty\u00a0chemicals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/23/athenix-raises-10m-for-biofuels/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938626,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-08T05:51:23Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Temperatures
        across the world could rise as much as 4 degrees centigrade this century,
        a new United Kingdom report claims, setting off a chain reaction of flooding,
        droughts and mass extinctions. Although it doesn\u2019t sound like much, a
        4C rise (about 6 degrees Fahrenheit) would be disastrous, in part because
        large structures like glaciers depend on specific temperature ranges, and
        in part because regional variations could be much wider. Professor Bob Watson
        told the UK government that it should be prepared for major changes, despite
        a plan to keep any temperature shifts under 2C. The UK is an interesting source
        of information about climate change, because government scientists there have
        encountered far less resistance to their research than counterparts in the
        United States. As a relatively small country surrounded by water and dependent
        on ocean currents to maintain the temperate weather, the UK would be betting
        on its own future existence by ignoring climate change. It has led the way
        in studying the phenomenon with reports like the Stern Review. But for a country
        like the US, such a large temperature swing would still be massively destabilizing.
        Worldwide, a climate shift would cause torrential rain in some places, and
        harsh droughts in others; both cases would require strenuous efforts to control,
        sanitize and supply water, both for human consumption and agriculture. Even
        small changes could destabilize worldwide water supplies. Meanwhile, in the
        case of a major change, rising sea levels would send waves lapping into every
        coastal city.  If or until those events occur, Watson has recommended heavy
        government investment in carbon capture and sequestration for coal plants,
        despite the litany of criticisms others have leveled at the technology. (More
        on the US government\u2019s moves toward CCS direction later today). As a
        counterpoint to the dire predictions, it\u2019s also possible that scientists
        in the UK overstate estimates in an effort to spur action. And whether the
        world is actually warming up or not remains a point of contention \u2014 even
        though some changes can already be seen.","title":"In case of a 4 degree temperature
        rise, prepare to invest in water,\u00a0canoes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/08/in-case-of-a-4-degree-temperature-rise-prepare-to-invest-in-water-canoes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938625,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-18T12:00:39Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Steve
        Jurvetson, a managing director at Silicon Valley stalwart venture capital
        firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, talks so fast I always have to use a digital
        recorder to capture his rapid-fire thoughts. Jurvetson is an investor who
        ventures deep into the technology of his subjects. He was passionate about
        investing in nanotechnology a few years ago and has since poured his energy
        into cleantech. He has had some big hits with investments in Hotmail, Interwoven,
        Kana, Tradex and Cyras \u2014 the last of which was acquired for $8 billion.
        He spoke with us earlier this year and we caught up with him again at the
        recent AlwaysOn Venture Summit West.","title":"Steve Jurvetson on focusing
        on cleantech during the economic\u00a0storm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/18/steve-jurvetson-on-focusing-on-cleantech-during-the-economic-storm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938624,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-15T01:41:06Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Small
        and medium businesses (SMBs) -\u2013 companies of less than 50 employees -\u2013
        are the holy grail of software. They compose 99.7% of all U.S. employers and
        generate 40-50% of GDP, but are notoriously resistant to technology: Only
        39% think IT can help them compared to 80% of large businesses. 70% of SMBs
        don\u2019t even have a website. Technology vastly enhances productivity but
        as analyst Steve Hilton writes, \u201cSMBs are stuck in a productivity malaise
        using technology no more helpful than a bikini in a meat locker.\u201d","title":"Next
        new biz: Free computers for small\u00a0businesses?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/15/next-new-biz-free-computers-for-small-businesses-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938623,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-15T13:23:16Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Small
        and medium businesses (SMBs) -\u2013 companies of less than 50 employees -\u2013
        are the holy grail of software. They compose 99.7% of all U.S. employers and
        generate 40-50% of GDP, but are notoriously resistant to technology: Only
        39% think IT can help them compared to 80% of large businesses. 70% of SMBs
        don\u2019t even have a website. Technology vastly enhances productivity but
        as analyst Steve Hilton writes, \u201cSMBs are stuck in a productivity malaise
        using technology no more helpful than a bikini in a meat locker.\u201d","title":"What''s
        next: Free computers for small\u00a0businesses?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/15/next-new-biz-free-computers-for-small-businesses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938622,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-15T16:26:14Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Gasoline
        should cost $10 a gallon, with a built-in carbon tax, Tesla Motors chief executive
        Elon Musk told the crowd at the Wired Business Conference today \u2014 a move
        that would be gangbusters for his zero-emissions car company (if the U.S.
        survived the ensuing protests, of course). But even with that boost, it\u2019s
        unlikely he could pull off his other claim: that he plans to take over a Detroit
        factory from a major automaker and ramp up Tesla\u2019s production to 100,000
        cars a year.","title":"$10 per gallon gas and other oddities from Tesla CEO
        Elon\u00a0Musk","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/15/10-per-gallon-gas-and-other-oddities-from-tesla-ceo-elon-musk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938621,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-19T11:06:22Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"PG&E,
        California\u2019s largest electric utility, objected yesterday to two pieces
        of state legislation that would encourage consumers to invest in solar energy.
        Its opposition is just the latest in a stream of evidence indicating poorly-structured
        U.S energy grid policy.","title":"PG&E reveals true color of its business
        model: Not\u00a0green!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/19/pge-reveals-true-color-of-its-business-model-not-green-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938620,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-31T11:17:15Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Kleiner
        Perkins Caufield & Byers has backed its first water-related cleantech company
        \u2014 a significant milestone for the firm, and a sign that the floodgates
        might finally open in water investing in the U.S. The lucky recipient, Applied
        Process Technology (APT), makes water remediation technology that removes
        agricultural (read: fertilizer) nitrates from well water.","title":"Kleiner
        makes splash with inaugural water\u00a0investment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/31/kleiner-makes-splash-with-inaugural-water-investment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938619,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-12T04:39:47Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"","title":"Flipping
        Your Wig with the Bigwigs \u2013 Meet the Mob: James\u00a0DeRosa","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/12/flipping-your-wig-with-the-bigwigs-meet-the-mob-james-derosa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938618,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-01T12:49:22Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Foreword:","title":"Tales
        of Monkey Island: Episodic Gaming at its\u00a0Best","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/01/tales-of-monkey-island-episodic-gaming-at-its-best/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938617,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-08T18:18:44Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Sapphire
        Energy, maker of an algae-based replacement for gasoline and jet fuel, unveiled
        its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle today in front of San Francisco\u2019s
        city hall \u2014 combining several promising technologies aimed at slashing
        carbon emissions.","title":"Sapphire Energy launches algae-powered\u00a0hybrid","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/08/sapphire-energy-launches-algae-powered-hybrid-electric-car/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938616,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-04T20:16:49Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"With
        the aid of a microbe found in termites and $25 million in DOE grants awarded
        today, ZeaChem is proposing to build a trial sized biofuels refinery in Boardman,
        Ore. A hundred and 50 miles east of Portland, on the Columbia river, the Boardman
        facility would convert poplar hybrid trees into cellulosic ethanol.","title":"ZeaChem
        gets $25M from DOE to make fuel from\u00a0trees","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/04/zeachem-gets-25m-from-doe-for-making-fuel-from-trees/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938615,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-25T01:42:19Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"I
        remember in middle school I would pretentiously proclaim to friends, \u201cI
        don\u2019t watch TV.\u00a0 I play video games.\u201d\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s
        changed since The Sorpanos came about but I digress.\u00a0 Who knew I\u2019d
        be watching so many great \u2018video game\u2019-centered series a decade
        later?\u00a0 Let\u2019s be honest, video games had a hard time adapting to
        TV and film in the 80s.\u00a0 I grew up with tips & tricks videos that featured
        the most hilariously anti-social nerds and terrible acid flashback video effects,
        which confirmed the idea that video games make for terrible subject in film/TV.\u00a0
        Seeing clips of Starcade and Video Power on YouTube did little to convince
        me otherwise.\u00a0 Flash foward to 2010 and I have a difficult time choosing
        which series/film makes the cut on my top 10 list.\u00a0 These are the films/web/TV
        series that have taken the broadest strides forward while keeping their focus
        on quality video game coverage.\u00a0 So keep your Power Glove off my girl
        and we\u2019ll get to the runner-ups\u2026","title":"Top 10 Video Game\u00a0Films/Series","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:51:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/25/top-10-video-game-filmsseries/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938614,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-26T06:39:04Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Editor''s
        note: While I''m proud to have been a Mac owner since the computers running
        HyperCard at my junior high school blew me away, I''ve always been disappointed
        by the state of gaming on the Mac. Richard''s insightful and in-depth history
        of Mac gaming sheds light on why I \u2014 and most other Mac-owning gamers
        \u2014 feel that way. -Brett","title":"The Rocky History of Gaming on the\u00a0Mac","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/26/the-current-state-of-mac-gaming-part-1-how-it-got-this-way/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938613,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-21T21:00:25Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"GreenNurture
        is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the  DEMO Spring
        2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present,
        but our coverage of them remains objective.","title":"DEMO: GreenNurture helps
        you make your company more sustainable\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/21/demo-greennurture-helps-you-make-your-company-more-sustainable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938612,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-14T15:28:41Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Guitar
        gods are a stuck-up bunch. You\u2019d think true musicians would want their
        music exposed to as many people as possible, regardless of how those people
        (legally) access it.","title":"Guitarists Shouldn\u2019t Hate Guitar\u00a0Hero","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/14/guitarists-shouldnt-hate-guitar-hero/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938611,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-07T06:00:23Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software.
        This story originally appeared on his blog.)","title":"How to build customer
        loyalty by screwing\u00a0up","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/07/how-to-build-customer-loyalty-by-screwing-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938610,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-14T08:39:48Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"In
        its $9.4 million first-round financing, SG Biofuels has attracted the backing
        of a subsidiary of Koch Industries \u2013 the first time the oil and agriculture
        conglomerate has invested in biofuels. SG Biofuels makes fuel from the inedible
        seed of the jatropha plant (pictured). Oils produced from jatropha could be
        made for less than $1 a gallon, Earth2Tech reports.","title":"On the GreenBeat:
        SG Biofuels gets $9.4 million in first round, Toyota to launch six new hybrids
        by\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/14/on-the-greenbeat-sg-biofuels-gets-9-4-million-in-first-round-toyota-to-launch-six-new-hybrids-by-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938609,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-23T08:00:31Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"The
        Postcode Lottery Green Challenge award is a startup competition run by the
        Dutch Postcode Lottery with 500,000 EU ($666,200) up for grabs for the winner
        and 200,000 EU ($260,500) for the runner-up. All entries must have the potential
        to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in a measurable fashion. From an impressive
        field of young entrepreneurs, the jury chose 25-year old Scot Frank of One
        Earth Designs as the winner for his company\u2019s SolSource solar oven.","title":"The
        SolSource solar oven wins 500K EU in the Green\u00a0Challenge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/23/the-solsource-solar-oven-wins-500k-eu-in-the-green-challenge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938608,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-29T14:05:52Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Vinod
        Khosla, dynamic founder of Khosla Ventures and Kevin Skillern, managing director
        of GE energy financial services, both just spoke on the \u201cGreenTech Gurus\u201d
        panel at TechCrunch Disrupt. Here are some highlights of the discussion.","title":"Venture
        capitalist Khosla sour on electric cars at Disrupt green\u00a0panel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/29/venture-capitalist-khosla-sour-on-electric-cars-at-disrupts-green-panel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938607,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-02T17:04:00Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Our
        GreenBeat conference Wednesday and Thursday at Stanford University, we\u2019ll
        be talking about investment opportunities in energy grids. Could it be that
        some of the smartest minds in the business are missing out on the next big
        thing?","title":"Grab those billions! Why weather data is the next big thing
        in energy\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/02/weather-data-land-grab-greenbeat-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938606,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-08T11:30:09Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"George
        Bernard Shaw once claimed that England and America were \u201ctwo countries
        divided by a common language\u201d. This adage may hold true even when the
        language is smart grid.","title":"Smart grid in Europe is all about\u00a0renewables","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/08/smartgrid-europe-renewables/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938605,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-02T10:41:08Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Handmade
        marketplace Etsy was never a conventional tech company. Started in 2005 by
        a ragtag bunch of musicians, artists and makers who wanted somewhere to sell
        their own creations, by 2010 it was handling $400 million in sales and had
        yearly revenue of $40-$50 million. I talked to Matt Stinchcomb, Etsy\u2019s
        European director and one of its first employees, about marketing, micro-enterprise
        and sheep.","title":"An insider speaks on the cult of\u00a0Etsy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/02/matt-stinchcomb-on-the-cult-of-etsy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938604,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-11T07:00:55Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"The
        $42 million investment in Angry Birds creator Rovio could be a watershed event
        for mobile games.","title":"How the Angry Birds deal could lead to mobile
        gaming\u00a0nirvana","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/11/how-the-angry-birds-deal-could-lead-to-mobile-gaming-nirvana/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938603,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-03T05:02:27Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Few
        things in gaming culture make me want to burp a baby using the claw end of
        a hammer than when I see generally decent publishers and developers make a
        game licensed from a television show, movie, or comic book. Although not all
        licensed games hurl luke-warm pork in an ashtray all over the gaming culture,
        a majority of them do. Take for example, the staple butt-end of a joke game,
        E.T. Or, if you would prefer:","title":"Jaded Gamer Rant: Licensed\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/03/jaded-gamer-rant-licensed-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938602,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-06T07:17:15Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uDDy7QSdt6A","title":"Google
        wants to make sci-fi a reality with \u201cSolve for X,\u201d a conference
        for radical tech\u00a0ideas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/06/google-wants-to-make-sci-fi-a-reality-with-solve-for-x-a-conference-for-radical-tech-ideas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938601,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-06T14:59:23Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"A
        pair of artists illustrate the numerous life lessons we can learn from classic
        video\u00a0games.","title":"Little Mac, Resetti, and that ugly pink monster
        from Doom each have a life lesson to teach\u00a0(gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/06/little-mac-resetti-and-that-ugly-pink-monster-from-doom-each-have-a-life-lesson-to-teach-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938600,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T18:31:01Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Food,
        food, and more food in today\u2019s Funding Daily. Tis the season to be hungry
        for food\u00a0startups.","title":"Funding Daily: Hungry, hungry\u00a0hippos","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/funding-daily-hungry-hungry-hippos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938599,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-19T09:35:35Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Sponsored
        Post When you hear people talk about going green, it\u2019s easy to visualize
        these efforts on a small\u00a0scale.","title":"Greening the supply chain to
        up profits, cut costs and get\u00a0ahead","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/19/greening-the-supply-chain/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938598,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-25T15:44:38Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"In
        2012, NASA came back with a vengeance \u2014 and a spate of fascinating new
        programs \u2014 and we Earthlings fell in love with space exploration all
        over\u00a0again.","title":"Why 2012 was the year space exploration made a\u00a0comeback","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/25/space/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938597,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-11T07:00:59Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Calysta Energy\u2122 (www.calystaenergy.com)       today announced completion
        of a Series A financing round totaling $3       million. The financing was
        led by Pangaea Ventures Ltd., (www.pangaeaventures.com),       and included
        current Calysta\u00a0officers\u2026","title":"Calysta Completes $3 Million
        Series A\u00a0Financing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/11/calysta-completes-3-million-series-a-financing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938596,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-16T18:00:00Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Leyla
        Seka is VP AppExchange & Partner Operations at\u00a0Salesforce.com.","title":"What
        enterprise developers can learn from consumer\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/16/what-enterprise-developers-can-learn-from-consumer-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938595,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T05:00:09Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Recent studies continue to support astaxanthin\u2019s broad potential
        in       chronic inflammatory disease, adding to more than 1,000 peer-reviewed       papers
        published on astaxanthin. Selected publications from January 2013       to
        April 2014\u00a0include\u2026","title":"Recent Studies Further Demonstrate
        Astaxanthin\u2019s Potential as a Safe and Effect...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/recent-studies-further-demonstrate-astaxanthins-potential-as-a-safe-and-effective-anti-inflammatory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938594,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T09:03:47Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Can
        an array of tiny gadgets stop the wanton and massive destruction of tropical
        rainforests? Yes, says engineer Topher White.","title":"Your old smartphone
        could pinpoint illegal logging & save the\u00a0rainforests","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/your-old-smartphone-could-pinpoint-illegal-logging-save-the-rainforests/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938593,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-07T12:39:30Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"The
        U.S. Department of Energy has been placing a lot of emphasis on bold, out-of-the-box
        plays when it comes to cleantech \u2014 an attitude that led to the creation
        of ARPA-E, its Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. At the end of October,
        it gave $151 million in grants to 37 high-risk projects aimed at combating
        global warming. Today, it announced $100 million more under the ARPA-E banner
        for companies and institutions developing innovative biofuels, advanced batteries
        for electric and hybrid vehicles, and carbon sequestration techniques.","title":"Dept.
        of Energy hands out $100M more to risky biofuel, battery and carbon capture\u00a0projects","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/07/dept-of-energy-hands-out-100m-more-to-risky-biofuel-battery-and-carbon-capture-projects/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938592,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-29T08:30:11Z","slug":"carbon-culture","summary":"Inside
        Practice Fusion, a fast-growing health IT startup where employees receive
        free Fitbits and Yoga\u00a0classes.","title":"Practice Fusion owes its success
        \u2014 and its culture \u2014 to a motorcycle\u00a0crash","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:50:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/29/practice-fusion-owes-its-success-and-its-culture-to-a-motorcycle-crash/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938591,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-07T14:45:07Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Apple
        Maps plays catch\u00a0up.","title":"Apple patent would let iOS users roll
        their own Street\u00a0View","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/07/apple-patent-street-view/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938590,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-29T16:09:44Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"This
        travel startup introduced its portal for $10 travel guides today, which aim
        to give you a feel for a new place in just three\u00a0days.","title":"Around
        the world in 18 days? Inside.co unveils 3-day guides for traveling like a\u00a0local","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/29/around-the-world-in-18-days-inside-co-unveils-3-day-guides-for-traveling-like-a-local/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938589,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T17:00:51Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Oh,
        Funding Daily, you unpredictable world where cashmere blankets, personal loans,
        origami, skydiving, and little black dresses come together in one\u00a0place.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Cashmere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/funding-daily-cashmere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938588,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-28T14:08:04Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Fridays
        are typically pretty slow for funding announcements, but a pair of companies
        announced seed financings\u00a0today.","title":"Funding Daily: Babel Street
        &\u00a0Roojoom","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/28/funding-daily-babel-street-roojoom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938587,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-05T09:00:31Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Peek\u00a0wants
        to be the\u00a0Open Table\u00a0of events and tours. It just\u00a0raised $5
        million from investors like\u00a0StubHub cofounder\u00a0Jeff Fluhr and Orbitz
        board member\u00a0Brad Gerstner\u00a0to make that happen.","title":"Jack Dorsey-backed
        Peek raises $5M, plans Latin America launch for\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/jack-dorsey-backed-peek-raises-5m-plans-latin-america-launch-for-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938586,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-05T17:00:45Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"A
        whole raft of stories today, from a huge Google Capital spend to a teensy
        debt round in Woodland Hills,\u00a0Calif.","title":"Funding Daily: March 5,\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/funding-daily-march-5-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938585,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-08T07:17:07Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"I\u2019m
        all for novelty gadgets, but when it\u2019s something as important as a smartphone
        I tend to fall on the pragmatic side of things. It\u2019s clear that LG doesn\u2019t
        know what to do with its curved screens just\u00a0yet.","title":"LG\u2019s
        G Flex: Is a curved smartphone screen innovation or desperation?\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/08/lgs-g-flex-is-a-curved-smartphone-screen-innovation-or-desperation-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938584,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-14T02:03:37Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"The
        company provides simple and easy visa application services with a success
        rate of 99.8 percent. The startup said it processed the visa applications
        of more than 400,000 tourists in\u00a02013.","title":"Online visa & travel
        service ByeCity bags $20M from\u00a0Alibaba","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/14/online-tourism-startup-byecity-bags-20m-from-alibaba/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938583,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T17:11:57Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Square
        Enix is auctioning off original artwork from Final Fantasy X and X-2 on Gallery
        Nucleus\u2019s website. All proceeds are going to Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts
        in the\u00a0Philippines.","title":"Developers and fans celebrate the legacy
        of Final Fantasy X and X-2 for a good\u00a0cause","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/ffx-ffx-2-charity-event/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938582,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T06:00:45Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Jaunt has raised $6.8 million to make 3D, 360-degree films that take
        advantage of virtual reality\u00a0gear.","title":"Virtual reality has another
        \u2018wow\u2019 moment as Jaunt introduces 360-degree cinematic\u00a0videos","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/virtual-reality-has-another-wow-moment-as-jaunt-introduces-360-degree-cinematic-videos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938581,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-09T07:04:02Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Stray
        Boots, a\u00a0startup\u00a0that makes exploring your city feel like a game,
        is hoping to\u00a0turn its users\u00a0into tour guides.","title":"Scavenger
        hunt app Stray Boots wants to turn you into a tour\u00a0guide","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/09/scavenger-hunt-app-stray-boots-wants-to-turn-you-into-a-tour-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938580,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-02T09:56:53Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"People
        who party a lot know the dark, sad hours before the dawn, when you\u2019re
        exhausted, home is a long way away, and there are no trains running.","title":"These
        nerds want to put your bored ass in a hot\u00a0nightclub","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/02/these-nerds-want-to-put-your-bored-ass-in-a-hot-nightclub/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938579,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T15:46:22Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In the beginning there was the word. Literally, just text on a web page.
        Today, however, content marketing is evolving into something not unlike freemium\u00a0games.","title":"The
        4 waves of content marketing: text, images, personalization, & now \u2026\u00a0apps?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/the-4-waves-of-content-marketing-text-images-personalization-now-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938578,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T00:56:40Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"The
        ambitious new property from Ubisoft makes some bold claims and backs a lot
        of it\u00a0up.","title":"You\u2019re the king of Watch Dogs\u2019 open world
        \u2014 until the story hacks into it\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/youre-the-king-of-watch-dogs-open-world-until-the-story-hacks-into-it-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938577,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T10:02:10Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Another
        company has joined the Node.js parade.","title":"A new Node.js company, NodeSource,
        opens its virtual\u00a0doors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/a-new-node-js-company-nodesource-opens-its-virtual-doors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938576,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T16:46:00Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: Recharging your
        batteries, answering your email, & encrypting your\u00a0IMs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/funding-daily-recharging-your-batteries-answering-your-email-encrypting-your-ims/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938575,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T14:15:51Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"The
        engineers who\u00a0worked on the original iPhones must have gotten tired of
        hearing how bad the little white earbuds that shipped with their product sounded.
        Why would a company helmed by a professed audiophile like Steve Jobs allow
        that to happen?","title":"Apple will take over design of Beats headphones,
        but what about the mediocre\u00a0sound?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/apple-will-take-over-design-of-beats-headphones-but-what-about-the-mediocre-sound/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938574,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T09:30:01Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Independent
        developer Spry Fox takes a look at life and its puzzling mechanics in Road
        Not\u00a0Taken.","title":"Triple Town developer\u2019s next game is more than
        puzzling. It\u2019s therapy\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/triple-town-developers-next-game-is-more-than-puzzling-its-therapy-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938573,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-14T09:57:17Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Legally, Tesla could still charge for access to its patented technologies.
        But it almost certainly won\u2019t. The benefits of fostering a standard platform
        for electric car tech far outweigh short term revenue gains from paid licensing
        agreements. And that mindset demonstrates that, at its core, Tesla is a tech
        company, not a car\u00a0company.","title":"Here\u2019s what Tesla\u2019s \u2018good
        faith\u2019 patent stance actually\u00a0means","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/14/heres-what-teslas-good-faith-patent-stance-actually-means/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938572,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-14T17:27:33Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"On
        Wednesday, Berlin\u2019s The Factory opened (more on the opening) its 16,000
        square-meter\u00a0startup office. While all the other startups (such as 6Wunderkinder,
        Mozilla, Zendesk, and others) are still waiting to finally move into Berlin\u2019s
        new startup space, SoundCloud\u2019s office is the only one that is ready.","title":"SoundCloud\u2019s
        new office in Berlin puts yours to\u00a0shame","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/14/soundclouds-new-office-in-berlin-puts-yours-to-shame/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938571,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T06:00:48Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Instead
        of long car rides with Mom, new software for the Oculus Rift brings the college
        to\u00a0you.","title":"I\u2019ve seen the future of college visits, and it\u2019s
        powered by Oculus\u00a0VR","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/ive-seen-the-future-of-college-visits-and-its-powered-by-oculus-vr/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938570,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T07:24:02Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Ubisoft
        Montpellier\u2019s Valiant Hearts: The Great War, may be THE alternative to
        the violent first-person shooter in creating a successful war\u00a0game.","title":"Valiant
        Hearts: A truly great war\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/valiant-hearts-a-truly-great-war-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:49:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938569,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T07:51:10Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Apartment
        hunting is still a huge pain, especially in cities where stock is low and
        renter\u00a0numbers are high. This is why\u00a0Apartment List, a company whose
        mission is to help alleviate that pain, is releasing\u00a0a new feature and
        a new service today.","title":"Apartment List\u2019s new feature is like Google
        Street View for apartment\u00a0interiors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/apartment-list-gets-an-upgrade-with-in-app-360-views-and-tour-booking-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938568,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T14:58:37Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Airbnb will launch a brand redesign this week during an event for top
        hosts and guests, photographs that VentureBeat obtained\u00a0reveal.","title":"Airbnb
        gears up to launch a complete brand redesign this\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/airbnb-gears-up-to-launch-a-complete-brand-redesign-this-week/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938567,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T16:30:02Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Plenty
        of money to be made in the mobile business, it\u00a0seems.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Mobile this, mobile\u00a0that","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/funding-daily-mobile-this-mobile-that/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938566,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-28T23:13:00Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Where
        Google\u2019s Street View and Microsoft\u2019s Live Local aim to map out the
        world at street level, Everyscape takes the cameras inside buildings, providing
        virtual tours of businesses and landmarks.","title":"Everyscape launches,
        allowing virtual tours of\u00a0buildings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/28/everyscape-finally-launches-allowing-interior-tours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938565,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-25T05:33:57Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Tuesday, March 25,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/25/life-science-briefing-tuesday-march-25-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938564,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-29T13:49:37Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"A
        Google application that builds walkable tours of city (or country) attractions
        has been significantly upgraded to make it much, much easier to use.","title":"Google
        City Tours creates custom walking\u00a0maps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/29/google-city-tours-creates-custom-walking-maps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938563,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-13T01:53:00Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"A
        few months ago, a talented group of videographers based in the U.K. got in
        touch with us about a potential collaboration. This is the result, or at least
        the first result: a behind-the-scenes look at Brink developer Splash Damage.","title":"Bitmob
        Studio Tours: Splash\u00a0Damage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/13/bitmob-studio-tours-splash-damage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938562,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-27T18:57:00Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"If
        you\u2019re an animation graduate like me, it\u2019s virtually impossible
        not to know about the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Why? Because our teachers
        told us to learn from the best, and Gnomon is where you''ll find the cr\u00e8me
        de la cr\u00e8me. It\u2019s a school that not only features top animators,
        3D modelers, sculptors, and concept artists as its instructors, but also as
        its students. Gnomon is the place where prodigies and masters go to perfect
        their craft even more than it already is. And as a result, it\u2019s a place
        where one can discover some of the best artwork around. So of course I jumped
        at the opportunity to visit such a renowned institution. I would have been
        crazy not to.","title":"A tour of the Gnomon School of Visual\u00a0Effects","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/27/a-tour-of-the-gnomon-school-of-visual-effects/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938561,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-25T13:18:37Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Weaving
        together pictures to make them worth more than a 1,000 words, Google has given
        life to more than 15,000 landmarks across the world with the release of photo
        tours for Google Maps.","title":"Google Maps launches 3D photo tours to fly
        you around famous\u00a0landmarks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/25/google-maps-photo-tours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938560,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-26T16:59:18Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Travel
        startup Vayable made its global debut today and revealed a couple of major
        announcements. What began as a way to explore San Francisco is now a worldwide
        phenomenon. Vayable offers 2,500 experiences in 600 cities across 6 continents,
        including elephant rides around Angkor Wat, cooking classes in Avignon, and
        wildlife walks through the Peruvian Amazon.","title":"Vayable goes global
        with tours to explore the world\u2019s nooks and\u00a0crannies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/26/vayable-goes-global-with-tours-to-explore-the-worlds-nooks-and-crannies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938559,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-21T13:45:18Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"These
        companies seek to fill empty airline seats, building free travel guides for
        mobile devices, and booking \u201ctravel\u00a0experiences.\u201d","title":"Three
        startups embark on journey to redefine the travel\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/21/three-startups-embark-on-journey-to-redefine-travel-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938558,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-31T18:10:38Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Between
        Google Earth with its 3D imagery and realistic flyovers and flythroughs, and
        Google Maps with underwater \u201cstreet view\u201d panoramas in the Great
        Barrier Reef, there are precious few places you can\u2019t virtually travel\u00a0anymore.","title":"Google
        Earth adds new 3D imagery in 21 cities to its 11,000 guided tours of our\u00a0planet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/31/google-earth-adds-new-3d-imagery-in-21-cities-to-its-11000-guided-tours-of-our-planet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938557,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-30T19:36:50Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"With
        the new Google Earth, you may never have to step out of your door ever\u00a0again.","title":"Google
        adds 100,000 new tours and a million new photos to Google Earth\u2019s \u2018tour\u00a0guide\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/30/google-adds-100000-new-tours-and-a-million-new-photos-to-google-earths-tour-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938556,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-22T14:03:17Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"The
        government has recruited a group of technical experts to make sustained improvements
        to the online health exchange\u00a0marketplaces.","title":"Government taps
        Jeffrey Zients, Presidential Innovation Fellows to repair federal health\u00a0exchange","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/22/government-taps-jeffrey-zients-presidential-innovation-fellows-to-repair-federal-health-exchange/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938555,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-10T09:44:10Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"You
        can now create your very own Street-view experiences, using little more than
        some patience, an Android phone, or a DSLR. Google has announced a new feature
        for Google Maps that lets anyone convert 360-degree images into street view-esque
        guided tours that can be plotted on Google Maps and shared with the world.","title":"Google
        will now let you create your own guided street view tours with an Android\u00a0phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/10/google-street-view-constellations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938554,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-17T09:00:32Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"Airbnb\u00a0may
        soon expand to offer \u201cexperiences\u201d (like local tours or classes)
        in addition to its core shared accommodations\u00a0business. Airbnb\u00a0\u201chosts\u201d
        would be allowed to market such experiences via the Airbnb app.","title":"Airbnb
        quietly tests selling tours and other \u2018experiences\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/17/airbnb-quietly-tests-selling-tours-and-other-experiences/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938553,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T01:00:04Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"On
        Thursday Russia\u2019s hot online travel market saw its third major venture
        funding operation in one month as\u00a0OnlineTours, a reseller of package
        tours, closed a $7 million Series B round.","title":"Russian online travel
        market heats up with $7M international investment into\u00a0OnlineTours","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/russian-online-travel-market-heats-up-with-7m-international-investment-into-onlinetours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938552,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-03T20:57:46Z","slug":"ef-tours","summary":"","title":"Bitmob
        Studio Tours: Gnomon School of Visual\u00a0Effects","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/03/bitmob-studio-tours-gnomon-school-of-visual-effects/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938551,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-06T11:31:26Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"By
        now, shouldn\u2019t we be able to say \u201cbeam me up, Scotty\u201d and have
        it actually happen? Speech technology will fundamentally transform the way
        we interact with mobile apps and devices, but the technology is taking its
        sweet time to go mainstream. iSpeech\u00a0is hoping to accelerate innovation,
        by making its self-service speech platform available for developers of iOS,
        Android and BlackBerry \u2014 for free.","title":"iSpeech beams up a free
        speech platform for app\u00a0developers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/06/ispeech-beams-up-a-free-speech-platform-for-app-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-09T08:10:46Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"BlackBerry-maker
        Research in Motion said Monday evening that it will cooperate after police
        said BlackBerry Messenger played an instrumental part in coordinating the
        violent rioting and looting in London during the past few days.","title":"BlackBerry
        Messenger blamed for fueling London riots, RIM\u00a0cooperating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/09/blackberry-messenger-blamed-for-fueling-london-riots-rim-cooperating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938549,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-03T19:43:23Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Digg
        co-founder Kevin Rose has just launched his new discovery app Oink, which
        lets users tag and rate the things around them.","title":"Kevin Rose launches
        Oink on iPhone: Yelp, Instagram and a dash of\u00a0Foursquare","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/03/kevin-rose-oink-iphone-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938548,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-18T10:30:28Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Will
        Wright\u2019s games from SimCity to The Sims have sold more than 100 million
        units. That\u2019s why people are paying attention to his new startup and
        game idea, HiveMind. The Berkeley, Calif.-based company is focused on \u201cpersonal
        gaming,\u201d or a kind of title that can customize itself for the individual
        player, taking into account aspects of a player\u2019s real-life situation
        as elements of the game.","title":"How HiveMind\u2019s Will Wright plans to
        crowdsource your happiness\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/18/interview-will-wright-speaks-his-hivemind/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938547,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-22T13:30:27Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Like
        any news blog, VentureBeat gets a lot of spam. Sometimes it\u2019s a long-lost
        relative from the\u00a0Philippines\u00a0who just needs us to send them $10,000
        in unmarked bills so that we can claim our inheritance. More recently, \u201cVISA\u201d
        is claiming our credit cards have been suspended and that all we need to do
        to lift the restriction is disclose our social security number and mother\u2019s
        maiden number to an unidentified Hotmail address. But every once in a while,
        an actual person with a story to tell finds their way to us. Enter Bill Chrouch,
        an ex-convict who\u00a0is looking for funding for the\u00a015,128 inventions
        he came up with while incarcerated.","title":"Ex-con looking to fund over
        15,000 inventions designed while incarcerated\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:48:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/22/ex-con-looking-to-fund-over-15000-inventions-designed-while-incarcerated/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938546,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-24T12:00:39Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Augmented
        reality, combining real world views and digital information, is not particularly
        new, but it is still considered in its infancy. The technology has been used
        in a variety of ways, from GPS systems to fitness apps, though entertainment
        seems to be the most popular.","title":"Augmented reality takes pop-up books
        to the next level\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/24/augmented-reality-creator-takes-pop-up-books-to-the-next-level-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938545,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-26T12:55:44Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Is
        there such a thing as being too organized? A new to-do app called Clear aims
        to cut down on the amount of time you spend managing to-do lists so that you
        can actually, well, do things. The app is being demoed for the first time
        Thursday at the Macworld/iWorld expo in San Francisco.","title":"New to-do
        list app Clear simplifies and color-codes\u00a0organization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/26/clear-app-color-coded-to-dos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938544,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-16T05:00:08Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"In
        a refreshing about-face from mobile apps\u2019 usual version-to-version progression,
        the team behind phone-to-phone sharing app\u00a0Bump\u00a0has amputated all
        extraneous features from the app, mercilessly whittling it down to only two
        functions.","title":"Bump 3.0 launches today, pared down to just 2\u00a0features","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/16/bump-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938543,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-13T10:00:20Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Even with all the breakthroughs in technology that have allowed us to
        become the most entertained society in history, no console-game first-person
        shooter or online puzzle challenge can trump the popularity of card\u00a0games\u2026","title":"It\u2019s
        all in the cards: How card games such as Solitaire have found new life in
        social\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/13/its-all-in-the-cards-how-tried-and-true-card-games-such-as-solitaire-have-found-new-life-in-social-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938542,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-11T14:28:38Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Facebook
        chief executive Mark Zuckerberg didn\u2019t mince words today about the company\u2019s
        past mobile\u00a0strategy.","title":"Facebook\u2019s Zuckerberg: \u2018The
        biggest mistake we\u2019ve made as a company is betting on HTML5 over\u00a0native.\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/11/facebooks-zuckerberg-the-biggest-mistake-weve-made-as-a-company-is-betting-on-html5-over-native/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938541,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-02-07T15:10:34Z","slug":"solar-sketch","summary":"(Updated)
        roundup of latest tech stuff:","title":"Roundup: Amazon-TiVo video punch,
        Metacafe''s woes, Google''s tracking &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/07/roundup-amazon-tivo-video-punch-metacafes-woes-googles-tracking-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938540,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-19T10:25:51Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Benioff,
        Salesforce\u2019s outspoken CEO, took the stage for his keynote address at
        Dreamforce 2012 with one clear message: A \u201csocial revolution\u201d is
        taking place, and his company wants to be the driving force behind\u00a0it.","title":"Keynote:
        Marc Benioff wants to lead a \u2018social revolution\u2019 in the\u00a0enterprise","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/19/keynote-dreamforce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938539,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-29T15:46:41Z","slug":"solar-sketch","summary":"The
        Smart Grid has officially stolen the cleantech spotlight this week, with the
        Department of Energy announcing the distribution of $3.4 billion in stimulus
        grants for utilities championing a cleaner, more efficient electrical grid.
        And this has set the stage for new, innovative grid ideas to gain some traction.
        One of the most promising: Microgrids, smaller-scale electrical systems spanning
        college campuses, municipalities and business parks, where energy is generated,
        stored and very closely managed on an intensely local level. And today, Pike
        Research released a report predicting microgrids to be a $2.1 billion market
        by 2015.","title":"Microgrids: A $2.1B market in the\u00a0making?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/29/microgrids-a-21b-market-in-the-making/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938538,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-25T08:00:42Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Sega
        and the developers at Arkedo are keeping the spirit of Bubsy and Earthworm
        Jim alive with Hell Yeah: Wrath of the Dead\u00a0Rabbit.","title":"Hell Yeah:
        Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is an homage to bad \u201890s platformers\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/25/hell-yeah-wrath-of-the-dead-rabbit-is-a-homage-to-bad-90s-platformers-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938537,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-25T18:49:54Z","slug":"solar-sketch","summary":"Stage
        three of our budget games series is go \u2014 you\u2019ll need to scrape together
        a few cents for these, but a thorough couch cushion dig expedition should
        do the trick. Read on for more cheap game picks from the Bitmob community
        and staff!","title":"Bitmob\u2019s Budget Game Bonanza: The Cheapies ($0.01
        through\u00a0$8)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/25/bitmobs-budget-game-bonanza-the-cheapies-001-through-8/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938536,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-09T14:40:56Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"The
        latest app from Google and the team behind Field Trip is an augmented reality\u00a0game.","title":"The
        Niantic Project is Google\u2019s most bizarre idea\u00a0yet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/09/google-teases-niantic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938535,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-12T23:17:59Z","slug":"solar-sketch","summary":"Sally
        Benson, head of Stanford University\u2019s Global Climate and Energy Project
        (GCEP), said today that the world can meet its future energy needs and control
        climate change \u2014 but the strategy for achieving this goal will inevitably
        include the use of fossil fuels and nuclear energy.","title":"SDForum: The
        best future power mix still includes fossil\u00a0fuels","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/12/sdforum-the-best-future-power-mix-still-includes-fossil-fuels/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938534,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-09T09:14:05Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"It\u2019s
        been a long road for the Pebble team, despite some initial\u00a0success.","title":"Pebble\u2019s
        smartwatch debuts at CES: shipping to Kickstarter backers Jan.\u00a023","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/09/pebbles-smartwatch-debuts-at-ces-shipping-to-kickstarter-backers-jan-23/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938533,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-06T07:05:42Z","slug":"solar-sketch","summary":"\u00a0","title":"A
        Super Review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/06/a-super-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938532,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-19T08:00:58Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"A
        panel of experts describes both paid and non-paid user acquisition\u00a0tactics.","title":"User
        acquisition may not be sexy, but it\u2019s critical in mobile games (part\u00a02)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/19/user-acquisition-may-not-be-sexy-but-its-critical-in-mobile-games-part-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938531,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-30T13:55:23Z","slug":"solar-sketch","summary":"I
        just sat down with Alan Salzman, CEO of VantagePoint  Venture Partners \u2014
        perhaps better known today as the top venture  capital firm investing in Tesla
        Motors \u2014 to see how he\u2019s feeling about  the big win, and what it
        might mean for VPVP\u2019s growing green strategy.","title":"VantagePoint''s
        Alan Salzman on Tesla and how VCs should think\u00a0green","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/30/vantagepoints-alan-salzman-on-tesla-and-how-vcs-should-think-green/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938530,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-18T11:41:02Z","slug":"solar-sketch","summary":"Hong
        Kong: home of 7 million crowded people, sky-high real estate prices, and \u2026
        a new Apple data center. Well, a future Apple data\u00a0center.","title":"Apple
        plants first Asian data center in Hong\u00a0Kong","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/18/apple-data-center-china/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938529,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T14:38:44Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Reporting
        live at Sony\u2019s PlayStation conference at New York City\u2019s Hammerstein\u00a0Ballroom.","title":"A
        play-by-play of Sony\u2019s big PlayStation 4\u00a0reveal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/sony-playstation-4-event-live/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938528,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T06:00:35Z","slug":"solar-sketch","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The Mega Design Bundle contains more than 2.5 GB of smooth icons, flashy
        vector elements, intuitive Photoshop templates, and other essential designer
        assets for just\u00a0$49!","title":"The Mega Design Bundle is a designer\u2019s
        dream package [VB\u00a0Store]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/the-mega-design-bundle-is-a-designers-dream-package-vb-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938527,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-07T15:40:44Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Yahoo
        is focusing on interfaces and voice controls for search, not the heavy-duty
        algorithmic machinery that powers it\u00a0all.","title":"Yahoo & Microsoft
        renew their search vows for another\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/07/yahoo-microsoft-search-again/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938526,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T11:30:04Z","slug":"solar-sketch","summary":"New
        Apple patent describes activity tracking headphones you can control with a\u00a0nod.","title":"New
        patent shows Apple wants to turn those ubiquitous earbuds into sensor-packed
        health meters\u00a0(pics)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/new-patent-shows-apple-wants-to-turn-those-ubiquitous-earbuds-into-sensor-packed-health-meters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938525,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-11T08:00:49Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Tbis app will track where your family members are without draining your
        phone\u00a0battery.","title":"Life360 has figured out always-on location that
        doesn\u2019t kill your battery\u00a0(demo)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/life360-battery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938524,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-16T18:21:10Z","slug":"solar-sketch","summary":"Search
        giant Google will begin constructing the nation\u2019s largest solar electricity
        system on its Mountain View campus, the company said\u00a0today.","title":"Google
        builds largest solar installation in U.S. \u2014 oh, and bigger than Microsoft''s","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/16/google-builds-largest-solar-installation-in-us-oh-and-bigger-than-microsofts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938523,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-13T16:52:53Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"An
        analysis of a possible Xbox One marketing strategy that tip toes into conspiracy\u00a0theory.","title":"The
        low bar strategy: Xbox\u00a0One","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/13/the-low-bar-strategy-xbox-one/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938522,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T05:00:18Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Today, technology is touching every corner of our lives \u2014 more than
        ever before \u2014 including the tangible products and services that seemed
        to have nothing to do with the web or internet\u00a0culture.","title":"The
        Internet of Things: How technology is touching\u00a0everything","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/the-internet-of-things-how-technology-is-touching-everything/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938521,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-18T07:44:48Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick I\u2019ve been using iOS 7 in various beta forms for the last three months,
        and it\u2019s the best mobile operating system Apple has ever\u00a0delivered.","title":"iOS
        7: still the\u00a0best","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/18/ios-7-still-the-best/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938520,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-19T06:00:27Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Sponsored
        Post A \u201cpivot\u201d can be defined as a company\u2019s decision to shift
        its core purpose or business model to optimize for success. In fact, technophile
        and blogger Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, suggests that all companies
        have pivoted in one way or another, some at earlier stages than others. Some
        have blazed bold new trails while others have stuck with nuanced course\u00a0corrections.","title":"Smart
        scaling: 3 signs you need to pivot and how to pull it\u00a0off","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/smart-scaling-3-signs-you-need-to-pivot-and-how-to-pull-it-off-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938519,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-09T13:46:52Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Seeking
        Alpha, a financial news site, has managed to carve out a lucrative niche \u2014
        and is paying its crowdsourced contributors handsomely for their\u00a0content.","title":"Seeking
        Alpha: Who needs an acquisition when we\u2019re doing so\u00a0well?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/09/seeking-alpha-acquisition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938518,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-17T11:00:20Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"SANTA
        CLARA, Calif. \u2014 At DEMO today, we have yet another contender in an increasingly
        crowded arena: mobile payments.","title":"Yet another virtual wallet emerges
        in a battlefield with no clear\u00a0winner","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/17/yet-another-virtual-wallet-emerges-in-a-battlefield-with-no-clear-winner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938517,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-19T15:00:28Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"A
        few weeks ago my team at MuleSoft created a video describing what it\u2019s
        like to be a developer at the company, and I noted in the video how developers
        are like artists. In response, I received numerous questions and comments
        about it being an interesting metaphor and requests to elaborate on the concept.","title":"Why
        developers are like\u00a0artists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/19/841449/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938516,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-23T12:15:54Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Companies
        selling to consumers can become household names, but those with products for
        business don\u2019t always get that level of recognition. We\u2019ve picked
        out the stars of the enterprise space this\u00a0year.","title":"Meet the 2013
        enterprise\u00a0superstars","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/23/meet-the-2013-enterprise-superstars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938515,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T12:57:20Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"In
        an ideal world, consumers would enter their payment information into apps
        like Uber or Airbnb once and never have to worry about it again, even if they
        get a new credit\u00a0card.","title":"PayPal\u2019s vision for payments: Never
        enter a 16-digit number again\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:47:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/paypals-vision-for-payments-never-enter-a-16-digit-number-again-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938514,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T07:00:41Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"The
        title is one of the first to come out of the experimental G-Lab at\u00a0Gree.","title":"Gree
        launches its ridiculous fighting game Flop Fu, born from its G-Labs\u00a0experiment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/gree-launches-its-ridiculous-fighting-game-flop-fu/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938513,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-04T10:43:22Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"The
        stakes are high, because just about every one of the hundreds of millions
        of businesses worldwide needs to know how to grow its profile on\u00a0mobile.","title":"Learn
        the dirty secrets of mobile monetization at the Mobile\u00a0Summit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/04/learn-the-dirty-secrets-of-mobile-monetization-at-the-mobile-summit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938512,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T12:00:53Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Nintendo
        expects it will report a $240 million loss for the year later this\u00a0week.","title":"Nintendo
        will report its yearly earnings this week \u2014 expect weak Wii U\u00a0sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/05/nintendo-is-warning-investors-that-it-only-sold-2-8m-wii-us-during-its-fiscal-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938511,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-30T07:00:30Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"We\u2019ll
        look for the best game startup at our sixth annual GamesBeat conference on
        Sept. 15 and Sept.\u00a016.","title":"Let\u2019s kick off the Who\u2019s Got
        Game Innovation Showdown\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/30/lets-kick-off-the-whos-got-game-innovation-showdown-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938510,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T10:00:52Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Want
        to psych yourself up for the World Cup without playing FIFA or Pro Evolution
        Soccer? Check out these five unconventional\u00a0alternatives.","title":"5
        ways to get hyped for the World Cup without FIFA or Pro Evolution\u00a0Soccer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/5-ways-to-get-your-world-cup-fix-without-fifa-or-pro-evolution-soccer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938509,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T19:30:47Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The new Amazon phone will have to offer a lot more than just phone features
        to\u00a0compete.","title":"Analysts: New Amazon phone must reinvent shopping
        on\u00a0smartphones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/analysts-new-amazon-phone-must-reinvent-shopping-on-smartphones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938508,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T08:00:18Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Emoji
        had a huge victory this week, with Apple confirming that the \u201cmiddle
        finger\u201d emoji (along with many others) will grace iOS keyboards soon.
        But why stop at emoji when you could start throwing stickers in the middle
        of your text messages?","title":"Hi-Art\u2019s new app brings a boatload of
        stickers to SMS and\u00a0iMessage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/hi-arts-new-app-brings-a-boatload-of-stickers-to-sms-and-imessage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938507,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T18:00:34Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Meet Yo, an app whose entire function is to send a \u201cYo\u201d to
        your friends \u2014 and that\u2019s\u00a0it.","title":"Yo\u2019s digital nudges
        are the new \u2018pokes\u2019 \u2014 and possibly the new\u00a0notifications","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/yos-digital-nudges-are-the-new-pokes-and-possibly-the-new-notifications/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938506,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-23T23:03:43Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"[Editor''s
        note: Social media applications on networks like Facebook and MySpace -- and
        more recently the iPhone -- are starting to pull in real revenue. And we''re
        seeing some developers add new types of functionality to their offerings in
        order to stand out from the crowd and attract new advertisers through a better
        brand offering and increased revenue. Below, Chris Cunningham, founder of
        appssavvy, a company that connects social network application developers with
        advertisers, highlights several players to watch.]","title":"It''s all about
        utility: Social media apps grow up (for advertisers,\u00a0too)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/23/its-all-about-utility-social-media-apps-grow-up-for-advertisers-too/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938505,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-06T05:00:01Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"You
        probably haven\u2019t heard of LOLapps, the maker of social games on Facebook.
        But the company has quietly become one of the leaders of the pack among hot
        social game companies that are still independent.","title":"LOLapps thrives
        as under-the-radar Facebook social game\u00a0maker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/06/lolapps-thrives-as-an-under-the-radar-facebook-social-game-maker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938504,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-22T12:00:45Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Location-based
        digital marketing company Placecast has made a name for itself by sending
        text messages to users when they\u2019re within range of a business that is
        offering discounts. Now the company is expanding these updates, called ShopAlerts,
        to work within mobile apps.","title":"Placecast combines \u201cgeofenced\u201d
        ShopAlerts with mobile\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/22/placecast-expands-its-geofenced-shopalerts-to-mobile-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938503,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-07T09:00:26Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"Do
        you get the feeling apps are getting dumber? They are, and that\u2019s a good
        thing. Behind the surprising simplicity of some of today\u2019s top apps,
        smart developers are realizing that they\u2019re able to get users to do more
        by doing less. A new crop of companies is setting its sights on changing the
        small behaviors in your life, hoping to reap big rewards.","title":"Stop building
        apps and start building\u00a0behaviors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/07/stop-building-apps-and-start-building-behaviors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938502,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T07:26:11Z","slug":"elaborate-apps","summary":"While
        plenty of apps have tried to make television a social experience, the smart
        remote app Peel is tapping into an existing social network for conversations
        around your favorite show.","title":"Who needs social TV apps? Smart remote
        app Peel now highlights trending TV Twitter\u00a0conversations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/who-needs-social-tv-apps-peel-now-highlights-twitter-conversations-about-tv-shows/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938501,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-10T03:01:43Z","slug":"tuebingen-university","summary":"According
        to a news release, the company will launch a campaign on Feb. 12 to drive
        the technology through clinical trials so it can be commercialized in\u00a02015.","title":"British
        biotech startup turns to crowdfunding to help eliminate\u00a0malaria","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:46:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/10/british-biotech-startup-turns-to-crowdfunding-to-help-eliminate-malaria/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938500,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-13T18:14:57Z","slug":"roche-holding","summary":"Here\u2019s
        a list of the latest developments/investment  in clean-technology:","title":"Green
        roundup: Solar flights, clean water, green search engine, fusion &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/13/green-roundup-solar-flights-clean-water-green-search-engine-fusion-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-18T12:05:09Z","slug":"roche-holding","summary":"The
        DEMOfall 09 conference for companies launching new products and technologies
        is less than a week away, and it just released the full list of presenting
        companies.","title":"DEMOfall09: The launching\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/18/demofall09-the-launching-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938498,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-22T04:02:34Z","slug":"roche-holding","summary":"We\u2019re
        in the middle of DEMOfall 09 today in San Diego, where 56 tech companies will
        launch new products, and another 14 will give sneak peeks of the products
        that they\u2019re working on.","title":"DEMOfall 09: Your guide to VentureBeat''s
        coverage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/22/demofall-09-your-guide-to-venturebeats-coverage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938497,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-13T07:00:00Z","slug":"roche-holding","summary":"August
        22 update: And the winners are\u2026.","title":"Bitmob turns two! Time for
        the Super Bitmob\u00a0Giveaway","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/13/the-super-bitmob-giveaway/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938496,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-09T07:30:36Z","slug":"roche-holding","summary":"Shockingly
        (note the sarcasm), Google seems hell-bent on making its Google Wallets platform
        the de facto standard for Android in-app payments.","title":"Relax, nothing
        has changed with Android\u2019s Google Wallet in-app\u00a0payments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/09/google-wallet-android-in-app-payments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938495,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-25T09:11:04Z","slug":"roche-holding","summary":"Verizon
        is currently trying to convince the Federal Communications Commission to approve
        a deal that would allow the carrier to purchase a section of spectrum currently
        owned by big cable companies \u2014 a move that many smaller carriers, including
        T-Mobile, claimed would stifle competition.","title":"Wait, now T-Mobile is
        on team Verizon? Carriers may swap\u00a0spectrum","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/25/verizon-tmobile-spectrum-swap/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938494,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-05T14:27:02Z","slug":"roche-holding","summary":"LightSail
        has earned some heavyweight support from both venture capital firms and angel
        investors, including Microsoft co-founder Bill\u00a0Gates.","title":"Clean-tech
        startup LightSail pulls in $37.3M from Bill Gates, Peter\u00a0Thiel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/05/clean-tech-startup-lightsail-pulls-in-37-3m-from-bill-gates-peter-thiel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938493,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-05T17:37:06Z","slug":"roche-holding","summary":"A
        look at the deals that transpired from dusk to dawn on this first Monday in\u00a0November","title":"Funding
        Daily: Daylight\u00a0Savings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/05/funding-daily-daylight-savings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938492,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-13T00:07:32Z","slug":"sanarus-medical","summary":"Sanarus
        Medical, maker of a device used to diagnose and treat breast cancer, brought
        in $3 million in convertible note funding from existing investors, reports
        VentureWire. It\u2019s currently working on a product that uses ultrasound
        technology to detect the early stages of the disease.","title":"Sanarus raises
        $3M to battle breast\u00a0cancer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/13/sanarus-raises-3m-to-battle-breast-cancer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938491,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-06T08:00:16Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Game
        fundings destroyed the record book for fundings this year as 145 companies
        raised more than $1.540 billion in 2011, not counting initial public offerings.","title":"DeanBeat:
        Game companies raised a record-breaking $1.54B in\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/06/deanbeat-game-companies-raised-a-record-breaking-1-55b-in-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938490,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-01T05:00:00Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Streaming
        video service Netflix recently appealed to a panel of U.S. senators to update
        an old law that forbids the company from launching a Facebook application
        within the country.","title":"Senate Democrats don\u2019t like the idea of
        a Netflix Facebook\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/01/netflix-facebook-app-vppa-senate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938489,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-20T08:00:13Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Technology
        teaches us to forget the past. Last year\u2019s tech news seems like it has
        no use whatsoever. Thankfully, historians beg to differ, and they have begun
        to preserve the history of the tech industry as it becomes more and more important
        to the evolution of our lives and world. Those who understand the history
        of technology and the people who made it happen can probably figure out more
        quickly how to build on the shoulders of giants and advance technology further.
        Here\u2019s some books that are great fun to read because they either relate
        great ideas that influenced a generation of technologists or because they
        chronicle the lives of people who changed the world. This list includes books
        that have stood the test of time and are worth a look for the history lover.
        And it includes new books, such as Walter Isaacson\u2019s tome on Steve Jobs,
        that are likely to be the new classics. It doesn\u2019t, however, include
        any tech textbooks. My focus is on books that deliver not just a technical
        understanding of how something works today, but hard-earned wisdom.","title":"The
        top 25 technology books of all\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:45:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/20/the-top-25-technology-books-of-all-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-03T13:23:32Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Forbes
        today published its Midas List, an annual recounting of who\u2019s who among
        the top investors around the globe.","title":"Need some inspiration, ladies?
        Meet the women of Forbes\u2019 Midas\u00a0List","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/03/women-midas-list/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938487,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-07T09:02:05Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Investment
        firm Felicis Ventures announced today that it has raised $70 million for a
        new fund, its third and largest to date since 2006.","title":"Hey entrepreneurs,
        Felicis Ventures has another $70M to spend on cool\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/07/felicis-ventures-70-million-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938486,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-26T08:09:48Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"[
        Updated with new comments as they come in ... most recently at 4:01 PM PST,
        June 27 ]","title":"[updated] Yammer & Microsoft: industry reaction now that
        the deal is\u00a0done","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/26/yammer-microsoft-industry-reaction-now-that-the-deal-is-done/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938485,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-13T11:00:03Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Guest
        Post Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) is a new HTML5 standard framework
        that enables the sharing of video, audio, and data directly between web browsers.
        These capabilities open the door to a new wave of advanced web\u00a0applications.","title":"WebRTC
        is almost here, and it will change the\u00a0web","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/13/webrtc-is-almost-here-and-it-will-change-the-web/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938484,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-25T09:52:15Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick SAP\u2019s startup program is not just about building loyalty with early-stage
        companies. It\u2019s about ensuring SAP has an equity stake and, when the
        timing is right, that it can make the first stab at\u00a0acquisition.","title":"SAP
        gives startups millions of dollars worth of software. Here\u2019s\u00a0why.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/25/sap-gives-startups-millions-of-dollars-worth-of-software-heres-why/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938483,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-07T11:25:03Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Intel
        shaved more than a billion dollars off its expected revenue in the third quarter,
        sending shockwaves through the PC industry. The shortfall may be based on
        simple buying logic. Consumers may be waiting for Microsoft to launch its
        touchscreen-friendly Windows 8 operating system on Oct. 26.","title":"Intel\u2019s
        weak earnings forecast: An earthquake for the PC\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/07/intels-weak-earnings-forecast-an-earthquake-for-the-pc-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938482,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-10T21:15:05Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Advanced
        Micro Devices began selling its first Intel-based low-power servers after
        it acquired SeaMicro for $334 million in Feburary. The move was AMD\u2019s
        first move into energy-efficient \u201cmicroservers,\u201d which were based
        on low-end Intel Atom processors rather than high-end Intel Xeon server chips.","title":"AMD
        launches new generation of low-power microservers \u2014 including one with
        an Intel\u00a0chip","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/10/amd-launches-new-generation-of-low-power-microservers-including-one-with-an-intel-chip/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938481,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-16T14:27:37Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"GameStop,
        one of the world\u2019s biggest game retailers, will cut its global footprint
        by about 1\u00a0percent.","title":"Analyst: GameStop store closures could
        hurt industry\u00a0sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/16/gamestop-closures-and-the-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938480,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-18T16:17:54Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Guest
        Post The time has come for social networks to stop paying lip service to privacy
        management and proactively develop protocols and technology around privacy.
        If they don\u2019t, regulatory bodies may force them\u00a0to.","title":"Passive
        sharing is passe: Why protecting privacy in the social sphere preserves value
        in the\u00a0channel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/18/passive-sharing-is-passe-why-protecting-privacy-in-the-social-sphere-preserves-value-in-the-channel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938479,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-30T10:11:37Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"I\u2019d
        never been to a Star Trek convention, so getting to spend quality time with
        Geordi, Data, Worf, Troi, and Q was mind-blowing, to say the\u00a0least.","title":"How
        I got the most awesome Brent Spiner autograph\u00a0ever","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/30/star-trek-convention/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938478,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-28T08:00:28Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Predictions
        are always embarrasing in hindsight, but we love going out on a\u00a0limb.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: Game industry predictions for\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/28/the-deanbeat-game-industry-predictions-for-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938477,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-04T10:22:57Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"We\u2019re
        excited to announce dates for CloudBeat 2013, our annual enterprise cloud
        computing event.","title":"CloudBeat 2013 set for Sept. 9-10; early bird tickets
        now on\u00a0sale","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/04/cloudbeat-2013-to-be-held-sept-9-10-early-bird-tickets-now-on-sale/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938476,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-17T11:00:53Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Guest
        Post Here\u2019s a primer on a hot new area of games from the organizer of
        the NeuroGaming\u00a0conference.","title":"Let the NeuroGames\u00a0Begin","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/17/let-the-neurogames-begin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938475,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-08T08:00:51Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga\u2019s
        sinking market value crushed\u00a0valuations.","title":"The DeanBeat: After
        Zynga\u2019s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/08/the-deanbeat-after-zyngas-crash-game-investments-dive-44-percent-in-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938474,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-08T12:30:13Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"VentureBeat\u2019s
        annual Mobile Summit is back for a third year, and it\u2019s shaping up to
        be our biggest one\u00a0yet.","title":"VentureBeat Mobile Summit: Top 180
        mobile players tackle huge elephant in the\u00a0room","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/08/mobile-summit-2013-announcement/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-14T13:15:55Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"The
        third and final wave of provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) will become
        effective on March 16, 2013, completing the overhaul of United States patent
        law that began with enactment of the AIA on September 16, 2011. Do you know
        what\u2019s\u00a0changing?","title":"Understanding changes to the America
        Invents Act that go into effect Mar.\u00a016","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/14/understanding-changes-to-the-america-invents-act-that-go-into-effect-mar-16/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938472,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-29T10:30:27Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: GDC
        2013, BioShock Infinite, Battlefield 4, and women in\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/29/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-42/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938471,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-23T14:00:46Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick EA had a good E3, and Frank Gibeau is one reason why that happened. Here\u2019s
        our interview with EA\u2019s studio\u00a0boss.","title":"EA exec Frank Gibeau:
        Betting on next-gen consoles, mobile, and doing right by consumers\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/23/eas-frank-gibeau-on-interview-part-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938470,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-15T08:00:22Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"VentureBeat
        asked some of the most well-known cloud investors what technologies they are
        most excited about. Here\u2019s what they\u00a0said.","title":"The top 5 trends
        cloud-focused VCs are most excited\u00a0about","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/15/the-top-5-trends-these-cloud-focused-vcs-are-most-excited-about/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938469,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-23T09:13:32Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"A
        host of companies have been scrambling for a leadership position in one of
        the hottest areas of the economy: providing the technology needed by businesses
        to embrace the cloud.","title":"The top 10 \u2018arms merchants\u2019 of the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/23/the-top-10-arms-merchants-of-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938468,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-11T10:00:46Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Guest
        Post Mobile 3.0 will be defined by mobile devices that can drive emotional\u00a0connections.","title":"The
        best days of mobile are ahead: less distraction, more quality of\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/11/what-will-be-the-killer-app-behind-mobile-3-0/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938467,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T05:48:54Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Zero       Gravity Solutions, Inc. (ZGSI or \u201cthe Company\u201d),
        (Pink Sheets:       ZGSI), announced today the appointment of former Congressman
        Robert S.       Walker as Legislative and Regulatory Advisor. Congressman
        Walker has       been a leading\u00a0voice\u2026","title":"Zero Gravity Solutions,
        Inc. Announces the Appointment of Former Congressman, Robert ...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/zero-gravity-solutions-inc-announces-the-appointment-of-former-congressman-robert-s-walker-as-legislative-and-regulatory-advisor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938466,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-06T08:00:59Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"The
        new consoles don\u2019t have a critic\u2019s favorite. With no killer app,
        will we get bored\u00a0quickly?","title":"The DeanBeat: How quickly will we
        become bored with the new\u00a0consoles?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/06/the-deanbeat-how-quickly-will-we-become-bored-with-the-new-consoles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938465,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T18:09:35Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Zynga\u2019s
        new leaders say they\u2019ll target the racing and \u201cpeople\u201d game
        categories with new\u00a0acquisition.","title":"Zynga\u2019s Don Mattrick
        and Clive Downie describe their strategy for 2014 and today\u2019s results\u00a0(excerpts)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/zyngas-don-mattrick-and-clive-downie-describe-their-strategy-for-2014-and-todays-results-excerpts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938464,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T15:05:19Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"VANCOUVER
        \u2014 In Canada, 75 percent of major retailers accept contactless payment.
        In the U.S., fewer than 2 percent of retailers do the same.","title":"Why
        Canada just might be the future of U.S. mobile\u00a0payments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/why-canada-just-might-be-the-future-of-u-s-mobile-payments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938463,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-14T08:00:51Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick As Hadoop takes off, companies need to get data ready to run in it. Now
        data-integration vendor Talend is growing thanks to its simple way of transforming
        data within\u00a0Hadoop.","title":"Hadoop startup Talend is shooting for an
        IPO \u2018in the next couple of years,\u2019 says\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/14/talend/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938462,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T08:00:56Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The King IPO will come down to how long Candy Crush Saga will last and
        whether it will lead to a whole series of blockbuster\u00a0hits.","title":"How
        King built one of the strongest businesses in gaming \u2014 and what we learned
        from its IPO\u00a0filing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/how-king-built-one-of-the-strongest-businesses-in-gaming-and-what-we-learned-from-its-ipo-filing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938461,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T08:36:49Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Amazon
        wants to deliver toilet paper, food, and games into your\u00a0life.","title":"Amazon
        joins the living room gaming brawl with its $99 Fire TV and a sci-fi\u00a0shooter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/amazon-turns-to-games-to-take-on-the-television-with-its-kindle-fire-tv-box/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938460,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T13:25:11Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"NASA
        and SpaceX are blasting a bunch of lettuce into\u00a0orbit.","title":"NASA\u2019s
        putting plants inside special \u2018pillows\u2019 to grow veggies in\u00a0space","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:44:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/nasas-putting-plants-inside-special-pillows-to-grow-veggies-in-space/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T14:41:55Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Guest
        Post In the words of Aldous Huxley: \u201cThere is only one corner of the
        universe that you are certain of improving and that is your own self.\u201d
        Wearables are THE tool for self-improvement, or as we like to call it,\u00a0self-mastery.","title":"Brave
        new wearable world: Crowdsourcing health, and the coming battle of\u00a0bio-signals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/brave-new-wearable-world-crowdsourcing-health-and-the-coming-battle-of-bio-signals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938458,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T08:40:17Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Most
        website owners hope\u00a0to win the traffic lottery \u2014 whether that\u2019s
        reaching\u00a0the top of Reddit or getting a celebrity Twitter mention\u00a0\u2014
        but few can actually handle millions of page views without their site grinding
        to a halt.","title":"WP Engine\u2019s new product will keep your website chugging
        along during huge traffic\u00a0spikes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/wp-engines-new-product-will-keep-your-website-chugging-along-during-huge-traffic-spikes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938457,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T08:00:09Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"The
        founder of O\u2019Reilly Media wants the tech industry to help simplify government
        so it can be more\u00a0accessible.","title":"Tim O\u2019Reilly wants tech
        heroes to change government\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/tim-oreilly-wants-tech-heroes-to-change-government-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T08:00:27Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post What makes this latest wave of devices, appliances and wearable materials
        different is their connectivity to each other and exchange of data via the
        cloud. To take this a step further, the Internet of Things is upon us and
        is something everyone in the technology world is talking\u00a0about.","title":"The
        Internet of Things: Opportunity is Knocking for Consumers, Enterprises &\u00a0Developers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/the-internet-of-things-opportunity-is-knocking-for-consumers-enterprises-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938455,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:01:44Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"The
        onset of multicore processors and cloud computing made the film\u00a0possible.","title":"How
        DreamWorks made \u2018Dragon 2\u2032 movie with the \u2018absolute pinnacle\u2019
        of tech\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-cto/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-29T07:00:14Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"When
        Nokia announced its new N8 smartphone this week, it was another step forward
        for touch feedback. Immersion confirmed that it has provided \u201chaptics\u201d
        technology that is more accurate than other touch-sensation technologies used
        in the past.","title":"Immersion sees wave of touch-feedback smartphones\u00a0coming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/29/immersion-sees-wave-of-touch-feedback-smartphones-coming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938453,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-16T10:58:14Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"The
        next wave of the electronic display industry will come in the form of small
        portable devices such as foldable 3D TVs and wall-sized displays such as interactive
        signs.","title":"Next wave of displays will be foldable 3D TVs and interactive\u00a0signs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/16/next-wave-of-displays-will-be-foldable-3d-tvs-and-interactive-signs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T07:30:11Z","slug":"third-wave-technologies","summary":"With
        virtual reality and eye-tracking, gaming\u2019s biggest trade show wasn\u2019t
        disappointing with new\u00a0tech.","title":"The 10 coolest technologies for
        gamers at this year\u2019s\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/the-nine-coolest-technoloiges-for-gamers-at-this-years-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938451,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-18T05:27:29Z","slug":"ligocyte-pharmaceuticals","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Tuesday, March 18,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/18/life-science-briefing-tuesday-march-18-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-19T07:28:50Z","slug":"zayo-bandwidth","summary":"Zayo,
        a provider of fiber-based bandwidth services, has acquired AboveNet for a
        whopping $2.2 billion, the company announced today.","title":"Zayo acquires
        AboveNet for $2.2B to advance its fiber\u00a0network","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:43:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/19/zayo-abovenet-2-billion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938449,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-10T15:00:13Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"My
        favorite games from last\u00a0year.","title":"My top 10 games of\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/10/my-top-10-games-of-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T08:00:19Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Steam
        Machines and Oculus were the highlights of game technology at CES, but there
        was plenty more for gamers waiting in the\u00a0aisles.","title":"The DeanBeat:
        The gaming innovations at CES that go way beyond the\u00a0consoles","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/the-deanbeat-ces-unveiled-a-bright-gaming-future-that-goes-way-beyond-the-consoles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-02T08:00:45Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Former Valve team has developed a big following for its augmented reality\u00a0project.","title":"Move
        over, Oculus. This startup\u2019s augmented reality will blow your\u00a0mind.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/02/technical-illusions-aims-for-low-cost-augmented-reality-glasses-with-castar-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T05:00:12Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"After
        three years of development, Turtle Rock Studios finally unveils the gameplay
        of its Evolve co-op monster-hunting\u00a0game.","title":"Evolve is a terrifying
        and fun co-op monster-hunting game from the makers of Left 4 Dead (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/evolve-is-a-terrifying-and-fun-co-op-monster-hunting-game-from-the-makers-of-left-4-dead-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938445,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-14T12:55:53Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Guest
        Post In the state of California, something sinister is\u00a0brewing.","title":"Code
        danger: Crackdown of California hacker bootcamps is no good for\u00a0students","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/14/code-danger-crackdown-of-california-hacker-bootcamps-is-no-good-for-students/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-17T13:00:27Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cementing San Francisco\u2019s and the festival\u2019s status as the
        center of the global developer community, DeveloperWeek 2014 invites industry
        leaders and developers from the Bay Area and beyond to attend over 25 developer-
        and technology-focused events around the\u00a0city.","title":"DeveloperWeek
        organizes 25-plus dev events in one\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/17/developerweek-organizes-25-plus-dev-events-in-one-week/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938443,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T05:58:47Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Resogun\u2019s
        developers talk about their studio and working with Sony on the PlayStation\u00a04.","title":"Know
        your developer: Resogun creator\u00a0Housemarque","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/know-your-developer-housemarque/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938442,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-02T09:58:25Z","slug":"emptoris","summary":"Gaming
        startup 8D World,\u00a0 which is currently operating in stealth mode, has
        raised a first round of funding to create a new virtual world from Spark Capital.
        The amount is \u201cmeaningfully\u201d more than $1 million, according to
        Alex Finkelstein, a principal at Spark, VentureWire reported.","title":"8D
        World raises a round for secret online fantasy\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/02/8d-world-raises-a-round-for-secret-online-fantasy-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T22:21:16Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"AMD
        has launched a graphics chip for appliance-like\u00a0gadgets.","title":"AMD\u2019s
        Adelaar graphics chip will deliver cool visuals on \u2026 home\u00a0appliances?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/amds-adelaar-graphics-chip-will-deliver-cool-visuals-on-appliances/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T07:00:16Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Everyone
        expected Jagex to make Runescape with robot suits, but Transformers Universe
        is more than that. Designed to challenge hardcore gamers and be accessible
        to newcomers, it\u2019s been built to last 10 years or\u00a0more.","title":"Transformers
        Universe is the free-to-play game with e-sports potential that your 10 year
        old can\u00a0play","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/transformers-universe-online-game-with-esports-potential-that-your-10-year-old-can-play/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T09:30:15Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Peter
        Molyneux says Godus is foolishly, ridiculously ambitious in going after hardcore
        and casual gamers\u00a0alike.","title":"Playing god was never so easy with
        Godus (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/playing-god-was-never-so-easy-with-godus-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938438,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T10:00:49Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Julian
        Gollop hopes to raise $180,000 on Kickstarter to build a strategy role-playing\u00a0game.","title":"Updated:
        X-COM creator\u2019s Kickstarter for Chaos Reborn hits its funding\u00a0goal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/x-com-creators-kickstarter-for-chaos-reborn-comes-down-to-the-wire/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938437,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-17T09:30:09Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"A
        new strategic element helps the sequel overcome otherwise bland\u00a0additions.","title":"Warlock
        2: The Exiled turns World War II-style island hopping into a plane-spanning
        fantasy quest\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/17/warlock-2-the-exiled-turns-world-war-ii-style-island-hopping-into-a-plane-spanning-fantasy-quest/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938436,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-17T13:15:13Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"These
        five characters from the Warcraft, Diablo, and StarCraft franchises would
        make great additions to Blizzard\u2019s crossover online battle\u00a0arena.","title":"5
        Blizzard all-stars missing from Heroes of the\u00a0Storm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/17/5-blizzard-all-stars-missing-from-heroes-of-the-storm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938435,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T16:00:05Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"With
        the new version, you can trap characters in the digital realm and store them
        in a\u00a0toy.","title":"Activision brings life to toys in Skylanders: Trap
        Team\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/activision-brings-life-to-toys-in-skylanders-trap-team-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938434,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-15T08:57:24Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Virtually
        every major company has a world-changing complex.  Many little companies do,\u00a0too.","title":"3
        \u2018trivial\u2019 inventions that ended up changing the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/15/3-trivial-inventions-that-ended-up-changing-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T08:24:50Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Simulations
        of the Battle of Gettysburg and the air war over Stalingrad are a welcome
        addition to indie\u00a0gaming.","title":"The DeanBeat: War games make a comeback
        with strong indie gaming and digital\u00a0distribution","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/the-deanbeat-war-games-make-a-comeback-with-strong-indie-gaming-and-digital-distribution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938432,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-03T08:55:24Z","slug":"sensys-networks","summary":"Several
        start-ups, including ParkingCarma, Streetline Networks, Sensys and VehicleSense
        are using wireless technology to make parking easier.","title":"ParkingCarma,
        Streetline Networks, Sensys help to make parking\u00a0easier","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/03/parkingcarma-streetline-networks-sensys-help-to-make-parking-easier/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938431,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-10T00:00:00Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"    \u00a0Welcome
        to part two of my journey in the world of Terranigma\u2013a relatively unknown
        Action-RPG classic that never reached our shores.\u00a0 To catch up on my
        sojourn in this mysterious world, review this entry.\u00a0 Like my previous
        journal, spoilers await, so those of you who plan to explore the world of
        Terranigma would be advised to avoid this manuscript as if it were swine-flu.  For
        many of you, time is of the essence, so here is a brief synopsis of my previous
        journey.\u00a0 I, the mischievous boy known as Ark, lived in a village known
        as Crysta, which I previously believed to be the epicenter of the Universe.\u00a0
        One day, I violated the Elder\u2019s trust and opened a mysterious door that
        brought a calamity upon my village.\u00a0 The Elder then made me aware that
        this village was a part of a vast underworld and sent me on a journey to restore
        my village.\u00a0 After activating five towers and restoring five continents:
        Eurasia, North America, South America, Africa, and Australia, my village reawakened.\u00a0
        The Elder then sent me on a journey to restore the world above.\u00a0 I transformed
        what was once a barren wasteland into a world that was full of lush vegetation,
        flocks of birds, animals that roamed the Earth, and I brought about the restoration
        of humankind.\u00a0 This journey was a grueling experience, so I lost consciousness
        for three years after reviving humankind.  Returning to the present, I awoke
        in small village in Tibet teaming with yaks and monks.\u00a0 I hadn\u2019t
        witnessed a single human since my journey to the surface of the Earth, so
        this was a surprise.\u00a0 I was made aware that I had been out cold for three
        years, so I once again attempted to find my place in this rapidly transforming
        world.\u00a0 Before awakening, I had heard the Elder\u2019s voice.\u00a0 He
        entrusted me with a new task: revive \"The Genius\".\u00a0 Could he have been
        any more vague?\u00a0 First, I was thrust into a land devoid of life, and
        now, I had to find a \"Genius\" in a land that was the polar opposite of what
        I had previously witnessed.\u00a0 I wondered why the Elder knew so much? And
        why did he desire the revival of the surface and its inhabitants, when he
        previously secluded me and the rest of his village from the outside world.\u00a0
        I realized that regardless of what the Elder was thinking, I must press on
        with my journey; otherwise, there would be no hope of returning to my beloved
        homeland.  I decided to meet with the spiritual leader of this village hoping
        that he\u2019d direct me towards this \"genius\".\u00a0 I didn\u2019t find
        what I was looking for, but a traveler from afar interrupted our meeting and
        notified the village ruler, Kumari, of his missing granddaughter.\u00a0 Apparently,
        the old man\u2019s granddaughter frequented this hidden village that was once
        home to her deceased parents.\u00a0 As I expected, they asked for my assistance,
        but I was willing to oblige, since I figured this might give me a starting
        point for my next journey.\u00a0 I immediately set out in search of this girl
        and the hidden village.\u00a0 Without much difficulty, I discovered this village
        in the middle of a desert.\u00a0 For a hidden village, it was quite a lively
        place. \u00a0Village people went about their business and they seemed to like
        this girl I was searching for.\u00a0 After entering a house where she was
        mentioned, I discovered her after crawling through an inactive fireplace.\u00a0
        Being covered in soot was no big deal, but I was furious when she rejected
        my offer to take her home.\u00a0 Her tantrum made me reconsider my options,
        so I decided to cool off at the local inn.    \u00a0After resting, I awoke
        to a town full of the undead.\u00a0 These walking corpses were out for my
        blood, so I had to quickly devise a plan to save myself and the girl.\u00a0
        I wondered why these people that were previously human were suddenly undead?\u00a0
        Did someone cast a spell on them?\u00a0 My racing thoughts had to wait while
        I hunted for the girl through unconventional means.\u00a0 With the help of
        the girl\u2019s scarf, her dog, and a holy emblem, I managed to find her amongst
        the hordes of the revolting undead.\u00a0 When I discovered her, she was once
        again angry, but at least she was a little more talkative this time.\u00a0
        She informed me that she had created a mirage to make this undead city look
        like the town she formerly inhabited.\u00a0 This girl, Meilin, hadn\u2019t
        gotten over her dead parents, so she would frequent the city to relive her
        memories.\u00a0 Her powers enabled her to do so.\u00a0\u00a0 This time, I
        was able to take her back to her grandfather without any major problems.  Meilin\u2019s
        grandfather was joyful upon her return, so he and the village leader gave
        me directions that would enable me to reach new lands.\u00a0 Their advice
        was to travel to a camp of nomads that would teach me how to cross a seemingly
        endless desert.\u00a0   When I reached the village of the nomads, they clearly
        resented city-dwellers like myself, but they imparted their wisdom that would
        enable me to cross the vast desert to the west.\u00a0 I basically had to follow
        certain landmarks that would allow me to reach the exit without much trouble.\u00a0
        After sweating buckets, I reached a land abundant with chlorophyll.\u00a0
        These grasslands were a refreshing change of pace.\u00a0 I soon discovered
        a medium-sized town, and decided to enter.\u00a0 This was the village of Loire,
        and it appeared to be a European village.\u00a0 The town of Loire was governed
        by a monarch who resided in a nearby castle, but it was also home to an interesting
        group of villagers; most notably one that had aspirations of liberty and democracy.\u00a0
        His wishes seemed like a pipe dream in this strictly governed domain, so I
        ignored him and decided to enter the castle.   The castle was home to a king,
        guards, servants, and a princess.\u00a0 This princess was of a foreign land\u2013a
        village of which she was the last remnant, so the king took her under his
        wing.\u00a0 A female knight under his command named Fyda was responsible for
        the princess\u2019 protection.\u00a0 I was soon made aware that this princess
        was mute, so foreign suitors had been entering the castle with the goal of
        helping her regain her voice. I tried my hand at making the princess speak,
        but I failed miserably.\u00a0 As a clueless foreigner, I felt hopelessly lost,
        so I went in search of a solution.\u00a0 By sleuthing, I had discovered a
        few clues: a Robin Hood-like figure was locked inside of the castle, the king
        appeared to have a bad reputation, a townsperson mentioned he was looking
        for a mushroom in a small forest, and there was the village the princess was
        from.\u00a0 The princess\u2019 former home was guarded by a dense forest that
        was impassable without a certain item.\u00a0 A magical bell was needed to
        guide a person through this forest, and it was in the possession of the king,
        so the only way to obtain that item would be to resort to thievery.\u00a0   With
        the forest impassable and the thief locked up, there was only one option\u2013I
        went in search of the mushroom.\u00a0 I brought the magical fungi back to
        the townsperson who requested it, and he soon concocted a sleeping potion,
        which he then gave to me free of charge.\u00a0 Being mischievous and not wanting
        this generous fellow\u2019s work to go to waste, I decided to enter the kitchen
        of the castle and slip a bit of this tasty potion into the cook\u2019s stew.\u00a0
        I then exited the castle, and made my return after dinner.\u00a0 The guards
        were out cold, so the first thing I did was pilfer the keys off a sleeping
        guard. I then used my newly acquired key on the lone thief\u2019s jail cell.\u00a0
        He thanked me and gave me some advice.\u00a0 I was told that the king\u2019s
        treasure was hidden behind a statue in his room, so I made like Locke and
        bolted into the monarch\u2019s bedroom.\u00a0 Sure enough, the statue near
        his bed contained a secret.\u00a0 I pushed it to the side and crawled through
        a hole in the wall to discover a tower.\u00a0 The king\u2019s bell awaited
        me at the top of the tower.\u00a0 After obtaining my prize, I quickly escaped
        the castle without being detected.\u00a0 I then entered a dense forest maze.   Without
        the bell, this forest would be impassable, so I equipped it to guide me in
        the correct direction.\u00a0 I soon discovered the bridge to the village,
        but it was in worse shape than Zenan, so I had to take a longer route.\u00a0
        After reaching the village, I found that Meilin (the girl I saved previously
        who created the mirage) had been following me.\u00a0 What was more interesting
        however, was that this village looked exactly the same as my hometown, except
        for the fact that this place was devoid of life.\u00a0 The princess was from
        this village, and she looked exactly like my hometown sweetheart, Elle.\u00a0
        Her name was even the same.\u00a0 What the hell was going on here?\u00a0 Unfortunately,
        I couldn\u2019t go any further because of a pack of wolves that were guarding
        the village.\u00a0 An item I discovered deep within the forest repelled the
        wolves who would have torn me to pieces, so I was then free to enter.   Once
        I was inside the town, I discovered the village\u2019s past with the help
        of Meilin.\u00a0 Meilin had the ability to see what had transpired, so she
        offered to create a mirage in the hope that Elle would then speak.\u00a0 We
        quickly returned to the castle, and Meilin unleashed her mirage.\u00a0 In
        the mirage, we discovered that the king had been seeking a great treasure
        hidden in this village, and no one would reveal its location.\u00a0 In a rage,
        he decided to wipe out the entire village.\u00a0 Elle was the only person
        saved for unknown reasons, but her parents had been murdered.\u00a0 After
        knowing that Elle had discovered the truth, the king expelled me from the
        castle.\u00a0 I rested a night before proceeding onward in my journey.  The
        next morning when I awoke, I discovered that the king was dead and Princess
        Elle was nowhere to be found.\u00a0 Had Elle murdered the king?\u00a0 Was
        the princess kidnapped?\u00a0 I was unable to return to the castle to find
        the answers, so instead, I participated in a town election before moving on.\u00a0
        Through voting, I helped the citizen wanting liberty and democracy obtain
        a position of power.\u00a0 I then moved on to a previously inaccessible area
        guided by a toll booth.  I soon reached a small Portuguese fishing village
        where I received word that the Castle of Spain had turned into a nightmare.\u00a0
        Columbus, who had recently returned from an overseas voyage had been imprisoned
        there unjustly, because he was blamed for the death of the Queen\u2019s three
        sons.\u00a0 Apparently, the Queen went berserk and \u00a0murdered everyone
        in the castle.\u00a0 I decided to see if the rumors were true, so I headed
        to the Castle of Spain with the hope of rescuing Columbus and securing a vessel
        to cross the sea.  Upon arriving at the castle, I noticed that it emitted
        a foul odor and the grounds were seeping with poison.\u00a0 The Castle of
        Spain was filled with puzzles and difficult enemies.\u00a0 Four portraits
        were missing jewel eyes, so I had to return the jewels to their proper sockets.\u00a0
        These jewels wouldn\u2019t be easily obtained, so I immediately proceeded
        to solve the castle\u2019s difficult puzzles.\u00a0 Upon solving them, a chandelier
        crashed to the floor and created an opening to the dungeon below.\u00a0 I
        sensed the famous explorer\u2019s presence, so I jumped into the abyss.\u00a0
        I was confronted with strange \u2018Simon Says\u2019 mini-games and an \u2018attack-the-correct
        enemy\u2019 sequence before I finally encountered the undead queen: Bloody
        Mary.\u00a0 My normal weapon of choice wasn\u2019t doing much damage, so I
        quickly brandished a light spear and turned her into mincemeat.\u00a0 I then
        proceeded to Columbus, who looked like he hadn\u2019t taken a bath in months.   Columbus
        thanked me, and offered me his vessel.\u00a0 Being an intrepid explorer, I
        had to accept, but I first wanted a good night\u2019s sleep.\u00a0 During
        the evening, Fyda (Elle\u2019s bodyguard) came to me and requested that I
        take Elle with me on my journey, since she was in grave danger.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t
        know who was after her, but I willingly obliged.\u00a0 The next morning, I
        set sail, but we all know how ship voyages turn out.\u00a0 Not only are ships
        often reduced to rubble from storms, but they often have to deal with sea
        monsters and ghosts.\u00a0 As luck would have it, during the night I heard
        a scream.\u00a0 Elle was in the clutches of a ghost, but I quickly fought
        off the howling banshees.\u00a0 I put in a good night\u2019s work, so I thought
        I would lay back and catch some z\u2019s. \u00a0Like a famous spiky red-haired
        hero, I got out of bed late after the ship had arrived in the New World.\u00a0
        \u00a0I noticed that Elle was missing, but I was handed a letter by a fellow
        sailor.\u00a0 The letter revealed that she had indeed killed the king and
        didn\u2019t want to be a burden to me, so went off gallivanting.   I wasn\u2019t
        sure what to do in this racially diverse, strange new land, so I decided to
        look around the town of Freedom.\u00a0 Despite this town looking like it was
        straight out of the 1800s, I encountered a skateboarder that would put Tony
        Hawk to shame.\u00a0 I soon befriended him, and met some inventors that populated
        the town.\u00a0 In a previous town, someone had been working on a camera that
        was completed with my assistance, so I decided to aid a couple good souls
        once again to benefit humanity.\u00a0 I helped someone who was in the process
        of creating electricity, and I aided someone working on a device that allowed
        for two-way long distance communication.\u00a0 These were strange devices,
        but perhaps they could bring prosperity and change to humankind.\u00a0 I also
        engaged in some trade while touring this town.\u00a0 I soon learned about
        two other towns: one was a farming village to the north, and another was a
        town in South America where every day was a carnival.   In the farming village,
        I discovered that there was a prominent inventor who had created a flying
        device, but he had gone missing ever since he crashed into the Great Lakes.\u00a0
        I attempted to enter the Great Lakes, but someone was guarding the entrance,
        awaiting his wife.\u00a0 I decided not to end the pathetic man\u2019s life,
        and instead, proceeded to journey south.\u00a0 A large river hampered my progress,
        but a builder was willing to do something about it if I could gather some
        logs.\u00a0 I discovered a tiny forest full of evil stumps, and I started
        hacking away faster than Paul Bunyan.\u00a0 Soon, I brought the engineer some
        logs, and he quickly constructed a bridge.\u00a0 Once it was complete, I journeyed
        on to the carnival town of Liotto.\u00a0   There, I heard about a tower in
        the sea that was under attack by monsters.\u00a0 Before heading out to kick
        some monster tail, I stopped at this romantic spot with Meilin who I had encountered
        again recently.\u00a0 She wanted me to reveal my love for her at night, but
        alas, an image of Elle appeared, so she was out of luck.\u00a0 With a hole
        permanently etched in her heart, she yelled at me and decided to skedaddle.
        Ignoring Meilin\u2019s outburst, I decided to rest once again.  In the morning,
        I journeyed to Mermaid Tower by boat, and cleared out the tall underwater
        structure that was infested with monsters. \u00a0How I could breathe underwater
        was a mystery, but I managed to free the mermaids from captivity.\u00a0 One
        of them, was the wife of the man guarding the Great Lakes, and she had become
        a mermaid after dying in a shipwreck, due to reincarnation.\u00a0 She bestowed
        me with a ring to give to her husband, so he could rest in peace.  I quickly
        returned to the Great Lakes and presented the annoying guard with a ring from
        his wife. \u00a0He thanked me and spontaneously vanished, so I proceeded to
        enter the cave underneath the lakes.\u00a0 This cave was a clearly a giant
        monster\u2019s lair.\u00a0 I fought off venomous enemies, traveled through
        underwater portals, used flippers to swim, and fought off starfish parasites
        plaguing a dragon. \u00a0\u00a0These starfish had been holding Will, the man
        responsible for inventing the airplane hostage, so after a lengthy battle,
        I managed to secure his release.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Will no longer had the
        parts to build another airplane, so I had to head to Yunkou where the parts
        were supposedly located.  I once again had to travel by sea, but before heading
        to Yunkou which was near the coast of China, I traveled to Neotokio in Japan.\u00a0
        This town was similar to late 1990\u2019s Japan with modern amenities such
        as TVs and computers.\u00a0 It also featured a developer\u2019s room, where
        I got to meet various developers of Terranigma.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what
        developers are, but it was cool nonetheless.  I then reached Yunkou, and found
        that Fyda lay ill in a bed at the inn.\u00a0 Being clueless when it comes
        to medicine, I decided to seek out a doctor.\u00a0 He told me where I could
        find some Ginseng to create medicine, and after I obtained it, he quickly
        concocted a potion.\u00a0 I presented the potion to Fyda, and she was thrown
        into a dream state.\u00a0 There, I discovered that she was the one responsible
        for killing Elle\u2019s parents.\u00a0 She didn\u2019t want to, but was forced
        to by the king in order to save Elle\u2019s life.\u00a0 This atrocity was
        haunting her, but I reminded her that it wasn\u2019t entirely her fault, and
        she gave me a useful piece of information\u2013that Elle was at the nearby
        Dragoon Castle.\u00a0 I proceeded to Dragoon Castle where the skateboarder
        Perel was awaiting me.   Why was he here?\u00a0 I don\u2019t know, but he
        offered to create a distraction so I could sneak inside the castle.\u00a0
        His distraction allowed me to make like Shadow and sneak inside the castle.\u00a0
        Instead of being a typical dungeon filled with monsters, this area was more
        Metal Gear- esque.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t break necks like Solid Snake, but
        I managed to sneak past guards holding flashlights with some running shoes
        I had obtained during a side trip to Australia.\u00a0 When I reached the castle\u2019s
        prison, I encountered Elle hanging in chains.\u00a0 As I went about rescuing
        her, I fell into a pit below.   \u00a0It turns out that Meilin had created
        a mirage of Elle.\u00a0 She was angry with me for breaking her heart, and
        she had also been working for the owner of this castle (who was in league
        with the king who had destroyed Elle\u2019s village), all along.\u00a0 I foolishly
        fell for a few other illusions, but Meilin was later done in by her own trickery.\u00a0
        Her boss, Mr. Wong, had turned on her since her usefulness had ended, and
        he decided to kill us both.\u00a0 Fyda later appeared to help rescue Elle
        from his clutches.\u00a0 A mercenary Mr. Wong had hired, Royd, who I encountered
        briefly in other parts of the world turned on Mr. Wong, so I managed to escape
        with Elle.\u00a0 I discovered that Mr. Wong had been working for someone named
        Beruga that lived near the town of Mosque.\u00a0 With this knowledge, I headed
        back to meet Will who had built an airplane.\u00a0 I then borrowed Will\u2019s
        amazing airplane, and flew to the town of Mosque in the Middle East.   \u00a0When
        I reached Mosque, I was overcome with a feeling of dread.\u00a0 The city appeared
        to be ran by religious zealots who worshipped a messianic figure known as
        Beruga.\u00a0 Apparently, he was a renowned scientist who had been dead for
        ages, but his revival was imminent.\u00a0 Bergua\u2019s place of residence
        was a futuristic monolith to the south, so I prepared to infiltrate the tower
        by land.\u00a0    This structure was unlike any building I had ever encountered.\u00a0
        It was completely mechanized, and was dark upon entry.\u00a0 I found a switch
        to return power to the structure, so I was then able to see and access the
        elevator.\u00a0 I made my descent into the tower with this handy elevator,
        and fought robots gone rogue.\u00a0 I solved numerous puzzles and activated
        switches on each floor to progress further into the tower.\u00a0 When I reached
        the bottom, I encountered a giant security robot that wielded machine guns
        and had several legs.\u00a0 It was one of the most difficult encounters of
        my journey, but I managed to cripple the three-legged mechanized beast.\u00a0
        After beating him, the great Beruga awakened from his long slumber.\u00a0
        He congratulated me and proceeded to show me his plans.\u00a0 Beruga planned
        for a world where only a few would survive, and they would become immortal
        while the other pathetic humans would perish.\u00a0 I sensed this mad scientist\u2019s
        evil nature, so I planned to run my sword into the fanatic, but my effort
        was in vain.\u00a0 His robots seized me, and proceeded to squeeze the life
        out of me.\u00a0 Beruga then initiated an attack that engulfed Neotokio.\u00a0
        I also remember him mentioning that his liege from the underworld would soon
        awaken before I passed out.\u00a0   After I was unconscious, I heard the Elder\u2019s
        voice.\u00a0 He congratulated me for finally awakening \"The Genius\".\u00a0
        The Elder mentioned that my quest was complete, and that I could now rest
        for eternity.\u00a0 Had I been used this entire time?\u00a0 I thought I was
        a goner, but the ruler of Tibet managed to revive me, and I found myself in
        the village where my quest for \"The Genius\" began. \u00a0Beruga was obviously
        quite powerful, and an impending calamity threatened the surface, so it was
        clear that something had to be done.\u00a0 I went to the Kumari, the village
        leader seeking what I must do.\u00a0 He sent me on a quest in search of five
        starstones.\u00a0 I feared that I was being used again, but I mustered up
        courage and took a chance.   Vague hints of the locations of these starstones
        were offered: they could be found in a dream, a desert, a ruin, a cold land,
        and a mountain peak.\u00a0 Finding these locations proved to be a bit difficult,
        but I managed to receive one stone from a scientist atop a mountain in Austraila.\u00a0
        I found the next stone inside a skeleton in the Sahara desert.\u00a0 The third
        stone was in Greenland, which had to be reached by unconventional means.\u00a0
        I found a hidden forest in South America that was home to migrating birds.\u00a0
        One of these strong gulls managed to carry me across the ocean to Greenland
        without a hitch.\u00a0 Upon my return, I entered some ruins in western South
        America that featured a goblet.\u00a0 This goblet took me to a dream world
        featuring characters I had encountered during my journey, but with different
        names.\u00a0 After the dream\u2019s conclusion, I found a starstone at my
        side.\u00a0 The final starstone was the most difficult to obtain.\u00a0 It
        was beneath the now uninhabited Neotokio.\u00a0 On a police transceiver, I
        heard a girl\u2019s voice that was coming from a sewer below the city.\u00a0
        After traversing the sewer and finding a key, I managed to save her from a
        lion that nearly devoured her.\u00a0 It turns out that this lion was a grown-up
        version of the lion\u00a0 I helped towards the beginning of my journey.\u00a0
        He let the girl go, and I obtained the last glowing starstone.  With the starstones
        in hand, I proceeded to a massive graveyard in a desert in Antarctica (I know,
        crazy right?), and there I placed the starstones inside five skulls.\u00a0
        A spirit appeared, and asked me why I was able to survive all these near-death
        experiences?\u00a0 He explained that I was able to survive because I was the
        hero.\u00a0 This spirit was the light side Ark, my spirit, and I was the dark
        side Ark.\u00a0 We would work in tandem to save the world.\u00a0 He explained
        that this Earth ran on a cycle.\u00a0 Birth and rebirth were ever-present
        in this world and even the world could be destroyed and recreated, but someone
        had thrown this process off.\u00a0 Because Beruga had been revived, the world
        was thrown into chaos, and it was up to me to do something about it.\u00a0
        The spirit then zapped me with a beam of light and I went unconscious.\u00a0
        He told me to dream about the Earth.  My dream was an usual one\u2013I was
        a baby in the village of Storkholm (the surface parallel to Crysta), and the
        Elle of my home village walked in my room.\u00a0 A voice told her to kill
        me, so she took me to the basement that looked just like the place where my
        journey began and proceeded to do so.\u00a0 All of the sudden, the Elle from
        the surface walked in, and she was surprised that there was another Elle.\u00a0
        Before she could do anything, Yomi (the creature I unleashed from Pandora\u2019s
        Box at the beginning of the game) told my childhood friend Elle to kill me.\u00a0
        Before this could occur, several distant voices reached me.\u00a0 Kumari,
        the elder from Tibet, the great tree I saved, and the animals I had revived
        told that I was the only hope for the world\u2019s revival.\u00a0 Yomi then
        immobilized me and the Elle from the surface, and told my childhood friend,
        Elle, to kill me.\u00a0 He mentioned that I no longer had any use after reviving
        Beruga.\u00a0 The Elder had ordered my death, and this was necessary in order
        for Dark Gaia to revive.\u00a0 Elle refused to kill me, so Yomi decided to
        carry out the deed, and she sacrificed herself in order to save me.\u00a0
        In her dying breath, she mentioned that she had always wanted to be with me,
        so I was deeply saddened by her passing.\u00a0 I wondered why I had even gone
        on this journey in the first place?\u00a0 Did I cause the death of my good
        friend because of my childish antics and need for adventure? Now was not the
        time for questions however, because I still had a world to save.  A box similar
        to the one I opened at the beginning of the game was in this basement.\u00a0
        What was inside?\u00a0 Yomi.\u00a0 This Yomi was light side Yomi, and appeared
        not to have evil intent, but one can never be too sure.\u00a0 He mentioned
        that great treasures could also be found inside the box that were previously
        hidden from the king.\u00a0 The village was guarded with wolves (or the spirits
        of the villagers) in order to protect the treasures.\u00a0 What were the treasures?\u00a0
        Powerful hero equipment that\u2019s a perfect fit for a demon slaying badass
        like yours truly.\u00a0 After donning the equipment, I was ready to waltz
        out of the village when a bird delivered an important message.\u00a0 This
        message was from my allies who told me to meet at Beruga\u2019s tower in Siberia.\u00a0
        One transatlantic flight later, I arrived at Beruga\u2019s doorstep.\u00a0
        As I entered, I would encounter the old man from Lhasa, Fyda the swordswoman,
        Perel the skater, Royd, a former mercenary, and Meilin.\u00a0 These allies
        would help me overcome many obstacles.\u00a0 They activated numerous switches
        and destroyed deadly turrets and security cameras.\u00a0 As we were about
        to corner Beruga, he climbed aboard his airship, but we managed to board the
        ship, just in the nick of time.\u00a0 \u00a0   My allies had found some time
        bombs earlier, so they handed them to me to plant on seven of the ship\u2019s
        computers.\u00a0 I armed the bombs, and we detonated them shortly before we
        reached the ship\u2019s sole escape pod.\u00a0 We discovered that Beruga had
        already reached the escape pod, and he mocked us saying that the computer
        needed to be operational in order for the escape pod to function.\u00a0 As
        smart as Beruga was, he ended up falling into the ship\u2019s propellers as
        he backed away from us.\u00a0 The cause of his demise will likely go down
        in the annals of history as being the most ridiculous death of all time.\u00a0
        Even though we managed to destroy \"The Genius\" (or rather \"The Idiot\")
        our mortal coil had expired, or so we thought.\u00a0 Somehow, a gull had managed
        to reach the high elevation we were flying at, and it carried me to safety.\u00a0
        My allies decided to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of humanity.\u00a0
        I hastily returned to the surface of the Earth aboard the wings of a bird.  Looking
        for clues of where the ship landed, I went to a scientist atop a mountain
        in Australia.\u00a0 This scientist had previously given me a starstone, and
        he saw this plane crash as a sign that the world was going to end.\u00a0 I
        disregarded his pessimistic attitude and headed towards South America where
        he believed the ship crashed.\u00a0 First, I explored the water, but it was
        no use\u2013the plane was nowhere to be found.\u00a0 I then began checking
        previously explored areas on the continent itself, and I discovered a new
        crater in the Earth where I had first accessed the surface world.\u00a0 Strangely
        enough, the world\u2019s most famous explorer, Columbus, was standing right
        beside the crater.\u00a0 He warned me that I may never be able to return (where
        had I heard that before?), but I jumped in anyway.\u00a0 I then found myself
        in the underworld with all bones intact.\u00a0    What was there to do in
        this dark recess of the planet?\u00a0 I decided to go to the Elder for answers.\u00a0
        The village inhabitants acted quite strange, and they even turned into spirits
        when I approached them.\u00a0 Then, I reached the room of the Elder.\u00a0
        He complimented me on a job well done, but then went on to explain that I
        had seen too much.\u00a0 A vortex opened and the Elder and I warped to an
        unknown location.\u00a0 I found myself on a never-ending bridge.   The Elder
        mentioned that I was in the center of the underworld\u2019s sun.\u00a0 He
        spoke about the light and the dark side, and how humankind were replicas of
        the crystal blue, and that they\u2019d eventually revert back to that form.\u00a0
        There was a duality in this world\u2013a balance of light and dark, but it
        was now time for the dark to conquer the light.\u00a0 Dark Gaia required my
        death in order for this to occur, so the Elder (or Dark Gaia\u2019s spirit)
        sent me to my doom.\u00a0 I was more powerful than he expected however, and
        I was able to vanquish this dark god.\u00a0 It turns that the Elder\u2019s
        true form, Dark Gaia was sealed away all this time, so he needed me to revive
        Beruga to bring about his revival.\u00a0 Dark Gaia expected me to perish,
        but instead, I managed to defeat him and create a bright future for the surface
        world.\u00a0 After defeating Dark Gaia, my light side spirit spoke to me.   My
        light side spirit explained that I was hidden away in the village of Crysta,
        so I would be unable to meddle in Dark Gaia\u2019s affairs.\u00a0 He had recognized
        me as the legendary hero, so he created a copy of a light side town and held
        me prisoner.\u00a0 This place wasn\u2019t meant to exist, so it would soon
        disappear.\u00a0 The surface world was all that would remain.\u00a0 Even I
        would disappear for good.\u00a0 The spirit gave me one last chance to walk
        around the village, however.\u00a0 I felt a sense of despair as I walked around
        my once lively home.\u00a0 Everything I had once known was forever lost.\u00a0
        I now understand the sadness that overwhelmed Elle when her homeland was crushed
        by a greedy king.\u00a0 What did I go on this journey for?\u00a0 I could have
        been happy and lived a carefree life in my faux village if I just minded my
        own business.\u00a0 Yomi appeared and tried to comfort me.\u00a0 He explained
        that I was basically a god-on-Earth with my ability to bring life to the world.\u00a0
        Yomi also mentioned that good and evil would always exist as long as humans
        were alive, so the cycle would be never-ending.\u00a0   Yomi not only tried
        to cheer me up, but I finally learned what he was.\u00a0 Apparently, Yomi
        was the creature that humankind and animals had evolved from.\u00a0 We evolved
        from his state, and may eventually return to his state (but that\u2019s not
        such a comforting thought if you ask me).\u00a0 With nothing else left to
        tell me, I decided to accept my fate and sleep eternally.  Before perishing
        for good, I experienced one last dream.\u00a0 Elle appeared, and mentioned
        that she tried to kill me when I was a baby at the Elder\u2019s command.\u00a0
        She failed because she realized that we were all individuals and shouldn\u2019t
        simply live at the command of one entity.\u00a0 Elle told me we would meet
        again, and my last memory was my transformation into a bird, where I\u2019d
        watch the world grow older\u2026  But there is one last memory.\u00a0 Someone
        knocked on Elle\u2019s door at the close of the adventure.\u00a0 Could it
        have been me?","title":"Terranigma: Unraveling The\u00a0Mystery","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/10/terranigma-unraveling-the-mystery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938430,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-04T00:17:10Z","slug":"sensys-networks","summary":"Sensys
        Networks, which makes wireless sensors for vehicle detection and traffic data
        collection, has raised $5 million in a fourth round of funding. The round
        was led by Voyager Capital, with participation from existing investors Velocity
        Interactive, Horizon Ventures and Garrett Gruener.","title":"Sensys Networks
        raises $5M for vehicle\u00a0sensors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/04/sensys-networks-raises-5m-for-vehicle-sensors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938429,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-23T21:12:51Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"People
        who\u2019ve seen Br\u00fctal Legend in ads or are interested by the heavy
        metal aesthetic of the game may find themselves confused and perhaps alienated
        by what it actually is. The thing about Br\u00fctal Legend that\u2019s most
        likely to alienate players is the bait-and-switch that occurs as you\u2019re
        playing the game. The game starts out as an action-adventure game that admittedly
        feels rough around the edges, but what happens is that slowly but surely the
        game turns into something most players don\u2019t expect; a Real-Time Strategy
        game.","title":"Br\u00fctal Legend \u2013 Dishonesty May Be the Best\u00a0Policy.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/23/brutal-legend-dishonesty-may-be-the-best-policy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938428,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-31T13:52:27Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"You\u2019re
        now aware of my hatred towards the CDi Zelda titles, so why not spend this
        spooky Halloween browsing the third part of my 100 Legendary Games series?
        Perhaps you\u2019ll spot a couple horror titles in there, or maybe you\u2019ll
        find my exclusion of such innovative titles as Irritating Stick horrifying.","title":"Let
        Me Introduce You To 100 Legendary Games (Part\u00a03)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/31/let-me-introduce-you-to-100-legendary-games-part-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938427,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-03T19:21:41Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Going
        into Brutal Legend I definitely wanted to like it. Like so many other games
        I find myself thinking about how good it would be if done right.\u00a0I''m
        a fan of Tim Schafer''s sense of humor and storytelling style and played the
        crap out of Psychonauts both around when it came out and after the fact when
        it was being game clubbed. If Brutal Legend was a progressive improvement
        over Double fine''s last effort then it would have been a very impressive
        game.\u00a0","title":"OMG WTF: Brutal\u00a0Legend","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/03/omg-wtf-brutal-legend/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938426,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-16T18:39:17Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"\u201cIn
        war, you can only be killed once, but in card games, many times.\u201dDubbed
        as \u201cThe War to End All Wars\u201d, World War II has more than seen its
        share of games, mostly in first person shooter form. Normandy Beach has been
        stormed through and through, Berlin invaded more times than can be counted
        and even Hitler has gotten the axe in a variety of ways \u2013 even while
        wearing a mechanized armor. Want to win the war in Panzer General: Allied
        Assault? You better have a steady hand \u2014 At cards.","title":"Panzer General:
        Allied Assault (XBLA)\u00a0Review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/16/panzer-general-allied-assault-xbla-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938425,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-21T16:04:43Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"You\u2019re
        journeying through a massive world and have two choices: you can either save
        a hot babe or slay the Dragon Lord. Which would you choose? Regardless of
        your decision, you don\u2019t have to make that choice in the first RPG to
        hit the NES, because Dragon Quest allows fans of 8-bit games to do both.","title":"Is
        This Genre-Birthing Quest Still A\u00a0Hero?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/21/is-this-genre-birthing-quest-still-a-hero/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938424,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-14T17:17:21Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Environmental
        and policy hurdles continue to stymie nuclear  development in the United States
        despite rapid growth in Europe.  But a relatively new Seattle-based company
        called TerraPower is hoping to revamp  nuclear\u2019s public image with brand
        new technology \u2014 and it just raised  $35 million to do it.","title":"Gates,
        Khosla-backed TerraPower lands $35M to launch a new era of\u00a0nuclear","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:42:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/14/terrapower-lands-35m-to-launch-a-new-era-of-nuclear/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938423,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-01T23:59:00Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Editor''s
        note: Niall chronicles a few minutes of indie game Minecraft, and simultaneously
        argues that Minecraft pushes the edge of emergent gameplay as much or more
        than anything out there. I have to play this game now\u2026. -Demian","title":"Minecraft
        and the Future of Emergent\u00a0Storytelling","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/01/minecraft-and-emergent-storytelling/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938422,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-21T17:00:29Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Terra-Gen
        Power, a major developer of  wind, solar and geothermal energy projects in
        the U.S., is $1.2 billion closer to building  the country\u2019s largest wind
        farm. This new capital, announced today, will  help the company aggregate
        570 megawatts-worth of power at its Alta Wind Energy  Center site in Kern
        County, Calif.","title":"Terra-Gen bags $1.2B for massive Southern California
        wind\u00a0farm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/21/terra-gen-wind-farm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938421,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-02T01:02:33Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Developer
        Ocean once was a powerhouse that grabbed any brand it could as fast as possible.
        Like EA in the present day, they burst out game after game, but with quite
        a low success rate. Hell, these are the guys that not only had faith in the
        Waterworld franchise, but were so confident they brought it out on Virtual
        Boy. Luckily, they also produced such cIassics as Worms, Road Rash and Syndicate,
        so it''s not all bad. The Legend of Prince Valiant is yet such a franchise
        that scored some popularity with its cartoon series in the early 90''s.That''s
        reason enough to spit out a Gameboy game for it.","title":"The Legend Of Prince\u00a0Valiant!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/02/the-legend-of-prince-valiant/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938420,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-03T13:41:37Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action we\u2019re following today on the GreenBeat:","title":"On
        the GreenBeat: Nexterra bags $15M for biomass power, Johnson Controls make
        $32.3M smart grid\u00a0buy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/03/nexterra-better-place/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-03T07:01:06Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Despite
        the trouble with Japan\u2019s Fukushima nuclear power plant following that
        country\u2019s devastating earthquake, Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill
        Gates still hasn\u2019t given up on nuclear power.","title":"Bill Gates: The
        good thing about nuclear power is its lack of\u00a0innovation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/03/bill-gates-nuclear-power/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938418,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-15T10:39:10Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Only
        around a quarter of the new electricity capacity introduced in 2010 came from
        wind power, down from 42 percent in 2009, according to a report from the U.S.
        Department of Energy.","title":"U.S. DOE: Wind power production fell in\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/15/wind-power-2010-production/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938417,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-17T00:00:00Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"The\u00a0Community
        Spotlight\u00a0highlights some of the best articles that didn''t quite make
        the front page. This week, we''ve got a look at the newest mining craze, a
        discussion on the use of current events in game narratives, praise for the
        Player 2s of the world, and more spacefaring action in Eve Online. Put down
        your resource-gathering implement of choice and join us, won''t you?","title":"Spotlight:
        Minecraft and Terraria, praise for Player 2, contemporary conflicts, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/17/spotlight-minecraft-and-terraria-praise-for-player-2-contemporary-conflicts-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938416,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-19T17:09:40Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"In
        the next five years your shoe may be what powers the battery in your cell
        phone. Engineers are harnessing the power of kinetic energy and one IBM employee
        thinks widespread usage of the technology isn\u2019t far off.","title":"Kinetic
        energy may power our home and gadgets starting in 5\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/19/kinetic-energy-ibm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938415,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-07T13:41:38Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Hacking
        into government systems just got a bit harder.\u00a0TerraEchos, a\u00a0security
        company using big data to identify and thwart\u00a0security\u00a0threats,
        announced today that it\u2019s raised $1.55 million in seed funding to be
        an internet security\u00a0vigilante.","title":"TerraEchos fights security
        threats with data, attracts $1.55M seed\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/07/terraecho-fights-security-threats/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938414,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-16T06:00:15Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Rackspace,
        the top cloud infrastructure provider after Amazon, has significantly upgraded
        its core offerings with a new next-generation public cloud powered by OpenStack,
        the company said Monday.","title":"Rackspace launches OpenStack-powered next-gen
        public\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/16/rackspace-openstack-upgrade-open-api/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938413,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-28T10:00:38Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Dawnguard,
        the new downloadable content for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim manages to do
        something the main game tiptoed around: instilling a sense of urgency to complete
        the main story\u00a0missions.","title":"Dawnguard finally brings a sense of
        urgency to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/28/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-dawnguard-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-20T18:34:22Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"If
        you read newspapers, blogs and other popular reports on renewable energy,
        you are very likely hearing almost exclusively about power generation advances
        in solar cell or wind turbine efficiency or ways to reduce production costs.","title":"Storage,
        not generation, is the challenge to renewable\u00a0energy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/20/storage-not-generation-is-the-challenge-to-renewable-energy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938411,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-30T09:26:44Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Learn
        all about Support Ranks, marriage, and how to unlock every legendary weapon
        in the\u00a0game.","title":"Fire Emblem: Awakening starter guide: Tips, tricks,
        legendary weapons, marriage, and\u00a0babies!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/30/fire-emblem-starter-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938410,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-13T13:47:26Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Next-gen
        visuals will benefit more from physics and destruction than polygon\u00a0counts.","title":"Havok:
        Next gen is all about dynamic, destructible\u00a0environments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/13/havok-next-gen-is-all-about-dynamic-destructible-environments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938409,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-05T10:30:01Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"DC
        Universe Online update 31 is more of a soft relaunch for the game than a regular
        update. All the new enhancements and features might be enough to lure more
        players back to the free-to-play\u00a0MMO.","title":"DC Universe Online\u2019s
        next-gen facelift comes with over 2,000 changes\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/05/dcuo-update-31/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938408,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T08:37:09Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Local       Motors announces successful outcome for Army CoCreate, a
        six-month       proof-of-concept effort with the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping
        Force (REF).       The Army CoCreate initiative combined web-based and face-to-face
        collaboration\u00a0to\u2026","title":"Local Motors Powers ArmyCoCreate Community
        to Engage Soldiers and to Deliver Real-Tim...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/local-motors-powers-armycocreate-community-to-engage-soldiers-and-to-deliver-real-time-solutions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938407,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T06:17:16Z","slug":"terra-gen-power","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Battery-electric bus manufacturer Proterra Inc. has raised more than
        $30       million in additional funding to accelerate further deployment of
        its       industry-leading zero-emission EV transit technology. Participation
        in       this round of\u00a0funding\u2026","title":"Proterra Secures Additional
        $30 Million in Financing to Meet Rapidly Growing Demand f...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/proterra-secures-additional-30-million-in-financing-to-meet-rapidly-growing-demand-for-ev-transit-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938406,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T08:24:50Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Simulations
        of the Battle of Gettysburg and the air war over Stalingrad are a welcome
        addition to indie\u00a0gaming.","title":"The DeanBeat: War games make a comeback
        with strong indie gaming and digital\u00a0distribution","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/the-deanbeat-war-games-make-a-comeback-with-strong-indie-gaming-and-digital-distribution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938405,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:00:57Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"The
        improved hardware will enable developers to experiment with new features that
        the consumer version will\u00a0have.","title":"Oculus VR begins shipping its
        latest Rift virtual-reality development\u00a0kit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:41:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/oculus-vr-begins-shipping-its-latest-rift-development-kit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938404,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:01:44Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"The
        onset of multicore processors and cloud computing made the film\u00a0possible.","title":"How
        DreamWorks made \u2018Dragon 2\u2032 movie with the \u2018absolute pinnacle\u2019
        of tech\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-cto/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938403,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:03:39Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Artists
        created How to Train Your Dragon 2 using an intuitive new electronic\u00a0paintbrush.","title":"How
        DreamWorks reinvented animation software to make How to Train Your Dragon\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-premo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938402,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:04:42Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Now
        film directors can get an idea of what a scene will look like before they
        commit the resources to create the\u00a0scene.","title":"How DreamWorks created
        a visualization system to prototype scenes in \u2018Dragon\u00a02\u2032","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-visualization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938401,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:05:43Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"DreamWorks
        Animation remade its animation tool chain to deliver on a director\u2019s\u00a0vision.","title":"How
        \u2018Dragon 2\u2032 director used the cloud to create gigantic animated fight\u00a0sequences","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-director/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938400,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-09T19:38:28Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Representatives
        from Apple have visited executives for Los Angeles\u2019 Cedars-Sinai Medical
        Center \u201cthree or four times\u201d to talk about the Apple tablet\u2019s
        potential for\u00a0\u00a0medical professionals at Cedars-Sinai, according
        to entrepreneur Jason Wilk.","title":"Apple tablet reps spotted at LA\u00a0hospital","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/09/apple-tablet-reps-spotted-at-la-hospital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938399,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-23T07:00:37Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Microsoft
        just wrapped up its \u201cSilicon Valley Road Show,\u201d a showcase for some
        of the most interesting tools and toys created by the software giant\u2019s
        research teams.","title":"Microsoft''s Silicon Valley Road Show: Affordable
        surface computing, programming for kids and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/23/microsofts-silicon-valley-road-show-affordable-surface-computing-programming-for-kids-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938398,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-02T12:02:01Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Every
        year, Apple does a Back-to-School promotion during the summer time to spur
        sales of its computers. This year, the word on the street was that it would
        be the biggest promotion yet. Some details are now coming in about the promotion
        which is scheduled to kick-off tomorrow \u2014 and it\u2019s a doozy.","title":"Apple
        to get youngsters hooked early on mobile\u00a0computing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/02/apple-to-get-youngsters-hooked-early-on-mobile-computing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938397,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-06T05:00:43Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"I
        can remember the first interview I did with Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive
        of Nvidia, back when the company was coming out of stealth in 1995. Since
        3-D games didn\u2019t exist back then, Huang described his graphics chip as
        the ideal \u201cWindows accelerator.\u201d And if you remember those days,
        Windows needed a lot of help. Then came no less than 50 3-D graphics startups.
        They all came and went. Nvidia remains.","title":"Nvidia encourages new generation
        of visual computing\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/06/nvidia-tries-its-hand-at-encouraging-visual-computing-start-ups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938396,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-21T11:56:23Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: This story is part of our Microsoft-sponsored series on cutting-edge
        innovation.","title":"Extreme computing opens up unlimited\u00a0possibilities","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/21/extreme-computing-opens-up-unlimited-possibilities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938395,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-26T03:00:41Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"NComputing
        is unveiling today a computer which costs just $200 but acts like a full-fledged
        Windows PC for the enterprise.","title":"NComputing launches low-cost thin
        client that acts like a full Windows\u00a0PC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/26/ncomputing-launches-low-cost-thin-client-that-acts-like-a-full-windows-pc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938394,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-07T05:00:33Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Visual
        computing keeps gathering steam, if Nvidia\u2019s upcoming conference on the
        matter is any indication.","title":"Nvidia to showcase 60 visual computing
        startups at GPU Technology\u00a0event","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/07/nvidia-to-showcase-60-visual-computing-startups-at-gpu-technology-event/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938393,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-09T07:00:41Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Microsoft
        has created a unique experience with its Kinect motion-control gaming system.
        On its face, it\u2019s more compelling than either the Nintendo Wii, which
        is now showing its age, and the Sony PlayStation Move, the wand-like controller
        from Sony that doesn\u2019t go far enough in motion sensing.","title":"Review:
        Microsoft''s Kinect motion-sensing game system isn''t as good as we\u00a0hoped","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/09/review-microsoft-kinect-motion-sensing-game-system-isnt-as-good-as-we-hoped-it-would-be/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938392,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-18T05:00:19Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"NaturalMotion
        has had great success making realistic physics technology for video games.
        But as a console game maker itself, it didn\u2019t fare so well. The company\u2019s
        Backbreaker Football console game featured brutal football games with realistic
        tackles. The concept was good. But when it debuted, the game was full of bugs
        and was panned by the critics.","title":"NaturalMotion pivots from consoles
        to iPhone\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/18/naturalmotion-pivots-from-consoles-to-iphone-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938391,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-30T06:00:42Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Measuring
        emotions isn\u2019t as hard as it sounds.","title":"Want marketers to measure
        your emotions? That technology''s coming\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/30/mit-researcher-shows-how-to-measure-emotions-with-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938390,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-22T07:00:58Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Game
        developer NaturalMotion\u00a0showed off a cool, super-realistic horse simulation
        game on the iPad this week that wowed attendees at the Casual Connect game
        conference in Seattle.","title":"NaturalMotion shows off a cool horse game
        for the iPad\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/22/naturalmotion-ipad-horse-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938389,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-22T17:39:37Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Chip
        and hardware designer Ceva made a minority equity investment in gesture recognition
        firm EyeSight Mobile Technologies, the companies announced today.","title":"Ceva
        doubles down with investment in motion-gesture recognition\u00a0firm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/22/ceva-doubles-down-on-motion-gesture-recognition-firm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938388,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-14T08:15:50Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"There\u2019s
        a good chance that your next laptop will be thinner and lighter than you can
        possibly imagine.","title":"More than just hype, Ultrabooks are the future
        of laptop\u00a0computing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/14/ultrabooks-future-of-laptops/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938387,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-01T21:01:21Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Some
        of the biggest friggin\u2019 computers you\u2019ll ever see are going to help
        decipher data from the world\u2019s largest telescope as it explores the origins
        of the universe.","title":"IBM takes on a gigantic computing task to find
        the universe\u2019s origins","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/01/ibm-takes-on-a-gigantic-computing-task-to-find-the-universes-origins/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938386,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-11T10:45:18Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"SoftKinetic\u2019s
        close-range gesture control technology is at the heart of Intel\u2019s upcoming
        non-touch control for laptops. The companies call this development the beginning
        of perceptual\u00a0computing.","title":"With Kinect-like gestures, SoftKinetic
        leads the way to Intel\u2019s perceptual\u00a0computing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/11/with-kinect-like-gestures-softkinetic-leads-way-to-intels-perceptual-computing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938385,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-13T00:01:24Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"BitGym
        is bringing motion-sensing, Kinect-like games to mobile\u00a0devices.","title":"BitGym
        brings motion gaming to mobile\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/13/bitgym-brings-motion-gaming-to-mobile-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938384,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-13T10:00:06Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Watch
        a live demo of SoftKinetic\u2019s close-range gesture\u00a0controls.","title":"Magic
        fingers: SoftKinetic is at the core of Intel\u2019s \u2018perceptual computing\u2019
        technology (video\u00a0demo)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/13/magic-fingers-softkinetic-is-at-the-core-of-intels-perceptual-computing-technology-video-demo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938383,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-20T08:50:04Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Research
        in Motion founder Mike Lazaridis, who created the BlackBerry smartphone, has
        donated $100 million to a new center pursuing radically small computing\u00a0innovations.","title":"BlackBerry
        creator pays big to go small: donates $100M to quantum computing and nanotech\u00a0center","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:40:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/20/lazaridis-quantum-computing-nanotech-center/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938382,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-30T15:52:39Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"The
        motion-technology company plans to release The Leap gestural controller next
        year and brought on Zagorsek to lead its marketing\u00a0efforts.","title":"Leap
        Motion hires former Apple director to lead its marketing\u00a0team","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/30/leap-motion-hires-former-apple-director-to-lead-its-marketing-team/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938381,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-28T07:00:54Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"While
        2012 didn\u2019t have any single products that were as exciting as when we
        saw the iPad or iPhone for the first time, I have a feeling we\u2019ll look
        back at this year as a turning\u00a0point.","title":"2012: When mobile shaped
        the future of\u00a0computing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/28/2012-in-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938380,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-07T15:16:52Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Intel
        says one application of perceptual computing is face recognition, for better
        computer\u00a0security.","title":"A year later, Intel\u2019s \u2018perceptual
        computing\u2019 initiative is becoming more\u00a0concrete","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/07/a-year-later-intels-perceptual-computing-initiative-is-becoming-more-concrete/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938379,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-22T09:00:52Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Nvidia
        continues to invest in companies that can make use of its graphics processors
        and mobile\u00a0devices.","title":"Nvidia\u2019s Jeff Herbst: \u2018We get
        it\u2019 and \u2018we\u2019re here to help\u2019 startups with visual\u00a0computing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/22/nvidias-jeff-herbst-says-we-get-it-and-were-here-to-help-startups-with-visual-computing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938378,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-22T09:01:41Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"This
        morning Google announced that the next major version of Google Earth, available
        today, will support input from Leap Motion\u2019s innovative new gesture control
        technology. In other words, you\u2019ll be able to fly virtually around the
        planet, using your hand to guide and direct the\u00a0software.","title":"Google
        Earth gets Leap Motion, now your hand can fly over the world like\u00a0Superman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/22/google-earth-announces-leap-motion-support-now-your-hand-can-fly-through-the-world-like-superman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938377,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-04T11:11:36Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Intel
        has a strategic interest in making perceptual computing successful, since
        the future of the PC depends on\u00a0it.","title":"Intel Capital creates $100M
        fund to invest in perceptual\u00a0computing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/04/intel-capital-creates-100m-fund-to-invest-in-perceptual-computing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938376,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-16T08:05:35Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Intel
        is making a big play for gesture computing with the acquisition of Omek\u00a0Interactive.","title":"Intel
        snaps up gesture computing firm\u00a0Omek","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/16/intel-snaps-up-gesture-computing-firm-omek/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938375,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-22T07:49:13Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"After
        months of developer releases, preorders, video teases, and OEM deals, Leap
        Motion\u2019s 3-D motion control is finally available for\u00a0purchase.","title":"Leap
        Motion launches \u2018world\u2019s most accurate 3-D motion\u2019 gesture
        controller\u00a0today","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/22/leap-motion-finally-launches-worlds-most-accurate-3-d-motion-gesture-controller/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938374,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-22T07:58:34Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Leap
        Motion enables precise gestural control through 10-finger tracking for only\u00a0$80.","title":"Kinect-like
        Leap Motion 3D camera launches with over 75\u00a0applications","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/22/kinect-like-leap-motion-3d-camera-launches-with-over-75-applications/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938373,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-11T10:00:35Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"The
        STEM system is a wireless motion-tracking platform that goes well with the
        Oculus Rift virtual reality\u00a0goggles.","title":"Sixense to launch Kickstarter
        for wireless motion-sensing game controllers\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/11/sixense-to-launch-kickstarter-for-wireless-motion-sensing-game-controllers-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938372,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-05T11:57:09Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Leap
        Axlr8r is investing in 10 startups building on Leap Motion and other 3D human
        computer interaction\u00a0tech.","title":"Founders Fund and SOSventures launch
        startup accelerator for Leap Motion\u2019s gesture\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/05/founders-fund-and-sosventures-launch-startup-accelerator-for-leap-motions-gesture-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938371,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-13T11:30:42Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Intel\u2019s
        top \u201cperceptual computing\u201d leader believes cheap gesture control
        cameras will revolutionize the PC. And he says Microsoft isn\u2019t Intel\u2019s\u00a0enemy.","title":"Intel
        bets that perceptual computing will save the PC\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/intels-mooly-eden-bets-that-perceptual-computing-will-save-the-pc-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938370,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T23:00:17Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Some
        day, Microsoft might be known for supporting breakthroughs in particle physics
        and for helping pioneer quantum\u00a0computers.","title":"Microsoft delves
        deep into quantum computing\u00a0research","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/microsoft-delves-deep-into-quantum-computing-research/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938369,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-23T09:59:50Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Just
        a day after the long-suffering smartphone and handheld maker Palm picked up
        a $100 million investment from Elevation Partners, mobile computing startup
        Motion Computing is announcing a smaller, $6 million investment of its own.","title":"Motion
        Computing picks up $6M for tablet\u00a0PCs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/23/motion-computing-picks-up-6m-funding-for-tablet-pcs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938368,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-25T00:47:17Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"Tablet
        computer maker Motion Computing raked in $6 million in fourth-round funding
        to increase its penetration of the health care sector. The Austin, Tex.-based
        company sells products with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities. Its newest,
        the Motion C5, is tailored for medical assitants, and is already used in over
        4,000 hospitals and doctor\u2019s offices around the world. It also has a
        tough LE1700 model designed for rugged outdoor use.","title":"Motion Computing
        snags $6M for\u00a0tablets","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/25/motion-computing-snags-6m-for-tablets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938367,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-20T16:32:33Z","slug":"motion-computing","summary":"\u201cWe
        want our users to have a magical experience, with easy and natural movements
        in the air leading to amazing interactions,\u201d co-founder David Holz said.
        \u201cLeap Motion\u2019s mission is to break down the barriers between people
        and\u00a0technology.\u201d","title":"Leap Motion shows off Windows 8 \u2018touch
        free\u2019 computing (and it\u2019s\u00a0awesome)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/20/leap-motion-shows-off-windows-8-touch-free-computing-and-its-awesome/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938366,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-08T03:03:01Z","slug":"gearworks","summary":"Split
        Rock Partners, a venture capital firm based in Minneapolis with offices in
        Menlo Park, Calif., has raised a $300 million second fund for investment in
        healthcare, software and Internet companies.  Split Rock first raised funds
        in 2005, picking up $275 for its inaugural fund. It reports that all investors
        in that fund returned for the second. The fund invests does early stage investment,
        and has put money into companies incuding Atritech, Evalve, Gearworks, HireRight,
        and LowerMyBills.com  Michael Gorman, Jim Simons, Dave Stassen and Allan Will
        are the fund\u2019s managing directors. Along with the new raise, Josh Baltzell
        was also promoted to managing director.","title":"Split Rock Partners raises
        $300M for second\u00a0fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/08/split-rock-partners-raises-300m-for-second-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938365,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-11T11:30:33Z","slug":"gearworks","summary":"Warning
        \u2014 Trite Statement to Follow: The leadership at a startup makes or breaks
        the success of the company.","title":"Cleantech startups, here\u2019s why
        you need a Commercialization Executive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/11/cleantech-startups-here%e2%80%99s-why-you-need-a-commercialization-executive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938364,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-12T03:30:25Z","slug":"gearworks","summary":"Xora
        and Gearworks, two venture-backed companies that make mobile business applications,
        announced today that they\u2019re merging. The companies say that by combining
        into a single entity (also called Xora), they\u2019ll become far-and-away
        the top competitor in the market.","title":"Mobile business consolidation:
        Xora and Gearworks\u00a0merge","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:39:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/12/mobile-business-consolidation-xora-and-gearworks-merge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938363,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-16T07:45:43Z","slug":"xradia","summary":"Xradia,
        a Concord, Calif company that sells high resolution 3D x-ray microscopes and
        fluorescence imaging systems for the semiconductor and biology industries,
        has raised $4 million.","title":"Xradia, high-res 3D x-ray imaging systems,
        raises\u00a0$4M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/16/xradia-high-res-3d-x-ray-imaging-systems-raises-4m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938362,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-05T01:59:01Z","slug":"voyage-medical","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: I played the tutorial for Star Trek Online during a recent visit to
        Cryptic Studios, the game\u2019s developer. Instead of doing a standard preview,
        I decided to present the game in a narrative that Star Trek fans are familiar
        with: the captain\u2019s log. -Jason","title":"Star Trek Online: Captain\u2019s\u00a0Log","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/05/star-trek-online-captains-log/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938361,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-02T11:29:03Z","slug":"voyage-medical","summary":"Not
        many games can boast having a million registered users by the time they formally
        launch. Then again, there\u2019s only one Star Trek Online game.","title":"Star
        Trek Online starts boldly today with a million registered\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/02/star-trek-online-starts-boldly-today-with-a-million-registered-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938360,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-07T05:00:33Z","slug":"voyage-medical","summary":"Visual
        computing keeps gathering steam, if Nvidia\u2019s upcoming conference on the
        matter is any indication.","title":"Nvidia to showcase 60 visual computing
        startups at GPU Technology\u00a0event","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/07/nvidia-to-showcase-60-visual-computing-startups-at-gpu-technology-event/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938359,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-26T09:52:03Z","slug":"voyage-medical","summary":"WellnessFX,\u00a0an
        online concierge service for improving personal health, launched out of stealth
        today. Behind the startup is Jim Kean, founder of Sapient Health Network,
        which became the foundation of\u00a0WebMD\u2019s consumer health business
        in 1995.","title":"Founder of WebMD\u2019s consumer health branch hopes WellnessFX
        is the next game\u00a0changer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/26/founder-webmds-consumer-health-wellnessfx/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938358,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-13T11:24:49Z","slug":"voyage-medical","summary":"In
        2009, a startup known as\u00a0Breakthrough\u00a0announced it would make it
        cheap and easy for people to receive confidential counseling on the web. Three
        years later, with the upholding of healthcare reform, the startup has finally
        convinced angel investors to make a $900,000 bet that the shrink\u2019s couch
        will go online.","title":"Breakthrough receives funding, but are we ready
        for online\u00a0shrinks?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/13/breakthrough-receives-funding-but-are-we-ready-for-online-shrinks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938357,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-27T11:53:38Z","slug":"voyage-medical","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Unreasonable at Sea, a floating incubator for tech startups, has selected
        its first group of companies to expand their business operations while cruising
        through the high\u00a0seas.","title":"Meet the inaugural class of startups
        that will step aboard \u2018Yacht Combinator\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/27/meet-the-inaugural-class-of-startups-that-will-step-aboard-yacht-combinator/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938356,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-05T17:37:06Z","slug":"voyage-medical","summary":"A
        look at the deals that transpired from dusk to dawn on this first Monday in\u00a0November","title":"Funding
        Daily: Daylight\u00a0Savings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/05/funding-daily-daylight-savings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938355,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-08T09:00:49Z","slug":"voyage-medical","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick These startups are making a big impact even while facing much larger
        competition with more resources and name\u00a0recognition.","title":"5 Davids
        beating Goliath in the cloud\u00a0arena","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/08/5-davids-beating-goliath-in-the-cloud-arena/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938354,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-27T16:45:58Z","slug":"voyage-medical","summary":"$30
        million for LiveOps, $23 million for Sentons, and\u00a0more.","title":"Funding
        Daily: January 27,\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:38:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/27/funding-daily-january-27-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:37:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938353,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-07T08:26:55Z","slug":"tacere-therapeutics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Jan. 7,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:37:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/07/life-sciences-briefing-monday-jan-7-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:37:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938352,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-22T09:21:06Z","slug":"tacere-therapeutics","summary":"Tacere
        Therapeutics, a San Jose, Calif., biotech developing new RNA-based drugs,
        struck a partnership with Tokyo\u2019s Oncolys BioPharma to co-develop a treatment
        for hepatitis C. The companies didn\u2019t disclose financial terms of the
        deal.","title":"Tacere Therapeutics sells equity stake to Oncolys BioPharma
        for hepatitis-drug\u00a0development","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:37:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/22/tacere-therapeutics-sells-equity-stake-to-oncolys-biopharma-for-hepatitis-drug-development/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:37:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938351,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-07T15:16:04Z","slug":"tacere-therapeutics","summary":"See
        our story about this San Jose, Calif., biotech in today\u2019s daily briefing
        at VentureBeat Life Sciences.","title":"Tacere Therapeutics strikes RNAi deal
        with Pfizer for up to\u00a0$145M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/07/tacere-therapeutics-strikes-rnai-deal-with-pfizer-for-up-to-145m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938340,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-16T08:06:17Z","slug":"cornerstone-pharmaceuticals","summary":"Guest
        Post Health care experts and policy officials are rightly worried about increased
        wait times for patients and doctors that are overworked and stretched too
        thin. If we\u2019re going to fully address the problem, we need to augment
        with emerging\u00a0technologies.","title":"Confronting the doctor shortage
        with virtual assistants and performance-based health\u00a0care","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/16/confronting-the-doctor-shortage-with-virtual-assistants-and-performance-based-health-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-04T07:22:35Z","slug":"schering","summary":"Aveo
        Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, Mass. cancer-drug company, raised $53 million
        in a fourth round of funding from a coalition of mostly blue-chip life-science
        investors.","title":"Cancer-drug maker Aveo raises\u00a0$53M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/04/cancer-drug-maker-aveo-raises-53m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938334,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-09T18:15:26Z","slug":"schering","summary":"Between
        the sweeping job cuts across Big Pharma, falling stock prices, stalled drug
        approvals, safety problems with drugs like Avandia and an expected avalanche
        of generic competitors to billion-dollar brand-name drugs, it\u2019s certainly
        starting to look like the traditional drug industry\u2019s best days are behind
        it.","title":"Is Big Pharma down for the\u00a0count?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/09/is-big-pharma-down-for-the-count/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938333,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-08T09:21:33Z","slug":"schering","summary":"MAP
        Pharmaceuticals, the Mountain View, Calif., specialty pharma, had a mixed
        reception to its IPO Friday. The company priced its shares at $12, below its
        anticipated range of $14 to $16, raising up to $69 million \u2014 substantially
        less than the $92 million it might have pulled in. Investors, however, reacted
        positively and pushed up the shares 11 percent to $13.35.","title":"IPO roundup:
        MAP Pharma''s mixed reception, other recent\u00a0filings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/08/ipo-roundup-map-pharmas-mixed-reception-other-recent-filings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938332,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-24T23:56:01Z","slug":"schering","summary":"Biotech
        firm Anacor Pharmaceuticals has withdrawn its filing to go public after an
        arduous 16-month wait (unprecedented for health care enterprises, reports
        VentureWire). The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company says the market is not optimal
        to hit its target of $57.5 million in the sale.","title":"Drug developer Anacor
        cancels IPO\u00a0plans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/24/drug-developer-anacor-cancels-ipo-plans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938331,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-07T13:48:46Z","slug":"schering","summary":"Anacor
        Pharmaceuticals, a Palo Alto, Calif. firm working on topical treatments for
        fungal infections in nails, just got a $50 million infusion in a fifth round
        of funding. This is pretty good news for a company that had to withdraw its
        IPO filing just two weeks ago due to poor market conditions.","title":"Anacor
        takes $50M to treat fungal\u00a0infections","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:32:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/07/anacor-takes-50m-to-treat-fungal-infections/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-13T21:34:12Z","slug":"schering","summary":"MySpace
        Events get an upgrade \u2014 The network\u2019s new event invite system takes
        more advantage of users\u2019 social circles. TechCrunch has more.","title":"Roundup:
        PG&E installs smart meters, Stewart cows Cramer, the market seesaws and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/13/roundup-pge-installs-smart-meters-stewart-cows-cramer-the-market-seesaws-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938329,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-22T10:00:14Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Skylanders
        Swap Force is the biggest and most intricately designed Skylanders game to
        date. This guide helps you assemble the cheapest possible set of figures for
        the main\u00a0campaign.","title":"Skylanders Swap Force: The cheapest way
        to get all the toys you need for the main\u00a0campaign","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/22/skylanders-swap-force-the-cheapest-way-to-get-all-the-toys-you-need-for-the-main-campaign/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938328,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-18T06:00:10Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"It\u2019s
        a whole lot bigger and touts an open world, but does the latest Dead Rising
        have what it takes to compete with the Xbox One launch\u00a0window?","title":"Dead
        Rising 3 is the Xbox One\u2019s gigantic, though bizarre and simplistic, step
        into the next generation (review)\u00a0[update]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/18/dead-rising-3-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938327,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-24T09:00:35Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Rovio
        is building an entertainment empire and trying to become more than a one-brand\u00a0company.","title":"In
        the land of Angry Birds: Rovio reveals its global entertainment ambitions
        (photo\u00a0gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/24/in-the-land-of-angry-birds-my-trip-to-rovios-headquarters-photo-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938326,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-03T00:01:07Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Tiny
        Brains puts a fun variety of powers against a rotating collection of puzzles
        and challenges. Is it enough to add a bit of variety to the PlayStation 4\u2019s
        digital\u00a0offerings?","title":"Tiny Brains is a great PS4 co-op experience
        that\u2019s far too short for the price\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/03/tiny-brains-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938325,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-11T00:29:30Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Rovio
        is turning on its marketing engine to make the next Angry Birds game a\u00a0winner.","title":"Will
        Rovio recapture its glory as Angry Birds Go! debuts on a global\u00a0stage?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/11/will-rovio-recapture-its-glory-as-angry-birds-go-debuts-on-a-global-stage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T06:00:35Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Disney
        moves Club Penguin to iPad as Apple allows subscription\u00a0model.","title":"Disney
        takes its Club Penguin virtual world to the\u00a0iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/disney-takes-its-club-penguin-virtual-world-to-the-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938323,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-13T08:11:32Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Team
        Ninja, Comcept, and Spark Unlimited are making a bold statement with Yaiba
        Ninja Gaiden\u00a0Z.","title":"Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is breaking from the
        modern Ninja Gaiden formula\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/13/yaiba-ninja-gaiden-z-is-breaking-from-the-modern-ninja-gaiden-formula-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938322,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-16T08:00:58Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Halo:
        Spartan Assault has been adapted from the tablet to the Xbox One. It\u2019s
        coming Dec.\u00a024.","title":"Halo: Spartan Assault\u2019s lead designer
        Mike Ellis tells us how we can blast The Flood in co-op on Xbox One\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/16/halo-spartan-assaults-lead-designer-mike-ellis-tells-us-how-we-can-blast-the-flood-in-co-op-on-xbox-one-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938321,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-26T07:00:42Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"The
        Princess from Twilight Princess is back in action on the Wii U and\u00a03DS.","title":"Nintendo
        calls Princess Zelda back to fight in the next Super Smash\u00a0Bros.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/26/nintendo-calls-princess-zelda-back-to-fight-in-the-next-super-smash-bros/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938320,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-02T20:00:13Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Nano
        bots, sonic screwdrivers, security camera-foiling clothing, and a dental implant
        that makes broccoli taste like cupcakes: We have high hopes for CES\u00a02014.","title":"Our
        tech wishlist for CES: A fantasy in\u00a0reply-all","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/02/our-tech-wishlist-for-ces-a-fantasy-in-reply-all/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-14T11:30:40Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Laes
        sees technology coming that will blend the game and physical worlds of Angry
        Birds\u00a0together.","title":"Rovio\u2019s Jami Laes on keeping Angry Birds
        in the entertainment vortex\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/14/rovios-jami-laes-on-keeping-angry-birds-in-the-entertainment-vortex-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938318,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-20T12:00:46Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"At
        the recent 2014 International CES tech show, we quizzed representatives from
        Sony, Microsoft, Oculus VR, and Rovio about the challenges that stand in their\u00a0way.","title":"See
        what four experts have to say about the top gaming trends of\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/20/four-views-of-the-top-trends-driving-gaming-in-2014-and-beyond/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938317,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T06:00:49Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Lightning
        Returns: Final Fantasy XIII sports the best battle system in the franchise,
        set against one of its worst\u00a0stories.","title":"Lightning Returns: Final
        Fantasy XIII\u2019s armor-based combat barely makes up for its overwrought
        story\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/lightning-returns-armor-based-combat-makes-up-for-its-overwrought-story-but-just-barely-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:31:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938316,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-14T14:13:34Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"With
        Lighting Returns out this week maybe you\u2019re considering trying other
        games for the first time in the Final Fantasy Franchise. Here are my impressions
        of the all the main numbered entries minus the online and spin-off entries
        to help you pick the game that\u2019s right for\u00a0you.","title":"A Look
        Back At The History Of Final\u00a0Fantasy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/14/a-look-back-at-the-history-of-final-fantasy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938315,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-21T00:00:35Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"The
        eight playable characters in Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare have sprouted
        new abilities that they never had in the original\u00a0games.","title":"Plants
        vs. Zombies Garden Warfare characters outclass the originals\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/21/plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare-characters-outclass-the-originals-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938314,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-25T08:28:03Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Plants
        vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare updates PopCap\u2019s charming world in 3D, but
        the uninspired squad-based shooter gameplay isn\u2019t a good\u00a0fit.","title":"Plants
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        Park: The Stick of Truth is one of the greatest licensed games ever\u00a0made.","title":"South
        Park: The Stick of Truth is disgusting, offensive, and brilliant\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/south-park-the-stick-of-truth-is-disgusting-offensive-and-brilliant-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938312,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-05T09:00:24Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"CloudLift
        and OnLive Go will deliver cloud gaming benefits to users with much less\u00a0cost.","title":"OnLive
        is reborn with IGN founder as chief and two new cloud-based gaming\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/onlive-gets-former-ign-founder-as-chief-and-reboots-with-two-new-cloud-based-gaming-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938311,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T12:30:25Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"These
        are some of the many tricks that Irrational Games used to make Elizabeth seem
        more real to\u00a0players.","title":"How soccer and theater helped Irrational
        create BioShock Infinite\u2019s Elizabeth","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/how-soccer-and-theater-helped-irrational-create-bioshock-infinites-elizabeth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938310,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T07:00:21Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Gorgeous
        visuals and unique superpowers make Infamous: Second Son a stunning showpiece
        for the PlayStation\u00a04.","title":"Infamous: Second Son unlocks the spectacular
        new powers of your PlayStation 4\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/infamous-second-son-unlocks-the-spectacular-new-powers-of-your-playstation-4-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938309,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-25T16:34:57Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Zuck
        recently gave the ski-goggles-like device a spin, and described the experience
        as entirely\u00a0\u201cunique.\u201d","title":"Zuckerberg paints a surprising
        future for Oculus VR: \u2018The most social platform\u00a0ever\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/25/zuckerberg-paints-a-surprising-future-for-oculus-vr-the-most-social-platform-ever/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938308,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T11:09:15Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"BioSchock","title":"BioShock:
        Shallow waters reveal a deep\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/bioshock-shallow-waters-reveal-a-deep-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938307,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T12:00:22Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Even
        though they\u2019re unfinished, DayZ and its post-apocalyptic competitors
        have racked up millions of sales. How did they get so\u00a0popular?","title":"This
        is the end: Why millions of gamers love to play in the\u00a0apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/apocalypse-in-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938306,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T10:53:06Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Was
        it worth the hype? Probably not, but Titanfall does represent a big step in
        the right direction for the competitive multiplayer fps\u00a0genre.","title":"Titanfall:
        An unbiased\u00a0review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/titanfall-an-unbiased-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938305,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-25T08:00:37Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"You
        can mine underground all day or chop wood and then build stuff. Landmark is
        what you make\u00a0it.","title":"You can build your own fantasy in Sony\u2019s
        Landmark online world\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/25/you-can-build-your-own-fantasy-in-sonys-landmark-online-world-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938304,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T10:15:38Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Rovio
        also plans a level expansion for Angry Birds Star Wars\u00a0II.","title":"Angry
        Birds leads to Star Wars, Star Wars leads to toys, toys leads to 30M\u00a0scans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/angry-birds-leads-to-star-wars-star-wars-leads-to-toys-toys-leads-to-30m-scans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938303,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-31T12:30:31Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Eating
        in class, teleporting out of lectures, and asking for hints in exams. All
        perks for the students role-playing their way through school life with\u00a0Classcraft.","title":"Classcraft
        makes the classroom a giant role-playing game \u2014 with freemium\u00a0pricing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/31/classcraft-role-playing-classroom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938302,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T10:00:29Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"The
        Glitch Ray enables you to create your own \u201cglitches\u201d to manipulate
        enemies and the\u00a0environment.","title":"Axiom Verge combines Metroid,
        Game Genie, and glitches into a frantic\u00a0sidescroller","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/axiom-verge-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938301,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T12:00:16Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"GamesBeat
        spends some hands-on time with Destiny, Bungie\u2019s upcoming, big-budget
        online\u00a0shooter.","title":"Destiny\u2019s alpha shows this polished shooter
        still needs an identity (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/destiny-alpha-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938300,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T08:29:11Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"The
        Autobirds will face off against the Deceptihogs in a new mobile game from\u00a0Rovio.","title":"Angry
        Birds Transformers rolls out later this\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/angry-birds-transformers-rolls-out-later-this-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938299,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T11:15:57Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Lego
        is also joining Nintendo and Hasbro in a space that has already made more
        than $2 billion for\u00a0Activision.","title":"\u200bHow Lego Fusion will
        build on Activision\u2019s and Disney\u2019s success with interactive\u00a0toys\u200b","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/%e2%80%8bhow-lego-fusion-will-build-on-activisions-and-disneys-success-with-interactive-toys%e2%80%8b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938298,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-22T08:00:00Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Ryu
        and 43 other World Warriors have traded blows in Street Fighter IV since 2008.
        Check out which participants joined the competition and how they changed during
        each of its five\u00a0installments.","title":"A characters\u2019 history of
        Street Fighter IV: Ultra\u00a0edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/22/the-history-of-street-fighter-4-through-the-characters-eyes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938297,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T18:00:55Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"It\u2019s
        not quite clear if the man behind this is an entrepreneur or an activist \u2014
        or just a rich\u00a0wacko.","title":"A new (legal) Aereo? FilmOn launches
        in 18\u00a0cities","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/a-new-legal-aereo-filmon-launches-in-18-cities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938296,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T20:00:35Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Science
        fiction is quickly becoming science reality. Many of the technologies that
        we saw in \u201cStar Trek\u201d are beginning to materialize, and ours might
        actually be better than Starfleet\u2019s. Best of all, we won\u2019t have
        to wait 300\u00a0years.","title":"How today\u2019s technology is rapidly catching
        up to \u2018Star\u00a0Trek\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/how-todays-technology-is-rapidly-catching-up-to-star-trek/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938295,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T08:15:15Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Now
        that mobile deep linking \u2014 the process of linking into specific sections
        of apps \u2014 has started to become widespread, it\u2019s increasingly clear
        that apps should never have been isolated from one another in the first place.","title":"Is
        Apple to blame for the mobile app deep linking\u00a0delay?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/is-apple-to-blame-for-the-mobile-deep-linking-delay/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938294,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T11:02:56Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Seedcamp
        raises 30M to scale and expand its ability to invest and support\u00a0startups.","title":"Seedcamp
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        Pick The famous game designer leaves an early retirement to work on a new
        free-to-play shooter. But does he know what he\u2019s\u00a0doing?","title":"Cliff
        Bleszinski on his retirement, returning, what he\u2019s learned, and where
        he\u2019s going from here\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/cliff-bleszinski-on-his-retirement-returning-what-hes-learned-and-where-hes-going-from-here-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938292,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-11-28T16:51:22Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Here
        are nine news nuggets to catch up on Silicon Valley news from the Thanksgiving
        slowdown:","title":"Thanksgiving''s nine news\u00a0nuggets","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/11/28/thanksgivings-nine-news-nuggets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938291,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-18T05:30:07Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"What
        happens in virtual worlds, stays in virtual worlds. That\u2019s the way it\u2019s
        been when you create an avatar, or virtual character, in places such as Linden
        Labs\u2019 Second Life.","title":"Weblin lets you teleport your avatar from
        Second Life to the\u00a0web","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:30:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/18/weblin-lets-you-teleport-your-avatar-from-second-life-to-the-web/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938290,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-11T06:41:30Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"HowStuffWorks,
        an Atlanta company, has raised $75 million in private equity from Capital
        Research & Management and Chilton Investment Co., to build out its instructional
        video site.","title":"HowStuffWorks raises whopping $75M for instructional
        video\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/11/howstuffworks-raises-whopping-75m-for-instructional-video-site/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938289,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-15T14:14:47Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"If
        you understand this, you\u2019re a genius. Stop reading immediately and create
        a Star Trek-style matter teleporter, charge the world royalties, and retire
        as the richest human in the history of the\u00a0world.","title":"World first:
        Chinese scientists teleport data, laying the groundwork for quantum computing
        \u2014 or interplanetary\u00a0Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/15/world-first-chinese-scientists-teleport-data-laying-the-groundwork-for-quantum-computing-or-interplanetary-internet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938288,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-09T10:08:37Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"(UPDATED
        at 6:40pm PT: See below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Aug.
        9,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/09/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-aug-9-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938350,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-19T08:06:53Z","slug":"direvo-industrial-biotechnology","summary":"Featured
        companies: DirectFlow, Direvo, Indigo Biosystems, MacroGenics","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Friday, Oct. 19,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/19/life-sciences-briefing-friday-oct-19-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938287,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-05T07:15:03Z","slug":"telepo","summary":"Before
        settling on the name \u201ciPhone,\u201d Apple considered some hilarious monikers
        for its\u00a0smartphone.","title":"Apple\u2019s rejected iPhone names: \u2018Telepod,\u2019
        \u2018Mobi,\u2019 \u2018Tripod,\u2019 and \u2018iPad\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/05/apples-rejected-iphone-names-telepod-mobi-tripod-and-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938349,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-24T07:54:58Z","slug":"direvo-industrial-biotechnology","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Jan. 24,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/24/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-jan-24-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938286,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-07T20:18:05Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Enertech
        Environmental is one of a new generation companies that promises to use waste
        matter and byproducts from municipalities to help create renewable fuel.","title":"EnerTech
        Environmental, waste conversion company, takes\u00a0$42M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/07/enertech-environmental-waste-conversion-company-takes-42m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938285,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-21T22:32:06Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Wannabe
        guitar players seem to have become a promising market lately.","title":"Guitar
        playing startup hopes to cash in on instructional\u00a0videos","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/21/guitar-playing-startup-hopes-to-cash-in-on-instructional-videos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938284,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-02T23:46:50Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Wheego to launch EV, Twitter battles
        porn, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/02/roundup-3gs-beats-att-sales-records-twitter-battles-porn-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938283,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-19T12:52:31Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Skyblox,
        an Atlanta company that provides WiFi coverage to restaurants and retail stores,
        says it accepted funding money over Twitter using a service called Twipay,
        thus becoming the first company to raise a round of funding using micro-blogging.","title":"WiFi
        provider Skyblox is first company to raise funding via\u00a0Twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/19/wifi-provider-skyblox-is-first-company-to-raise-funding-via-twitter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938282,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-12T08:46:55Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Silicon
        Valley investors are accustomed to searching for the next great start-up to
        nurture. In Uruguay, the country\u2019s only venture capital fund is itself
        a start-up.","title":"Uruguay''s tech sector could prove promising for\u00a0VCs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/12/uruguays-tech-sector-could-prove-promising-for-vcs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938281,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-12T08:00:37Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"BridgeWave
        Communications, a company that provides wireless backhauling services to free
        high-traffic networks from congestion, has raised $2.4 million of an anticipated
        $2.5 million round of equity, according to a filing with the SEC. Based in
        Santa Clara, Calif., the company is backed by Core Capital Partners, Intel
        Capital, Ampal-American Insrael, BreezeCOM, Cipio Partners, DRW Venture Partners,
        Jerusalem Venture Partners, MKS Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Scientific-Atlanta,
        SDL Ventures, SeaPoint Ventures and West Steag Partners.","title":"BridgeWave
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        the many advanced vehicles set to hit the road in the next several years,
        a few under development at Daimler, Honda, Mercedes Benz and other automakers
        are being design to run on hydrogen fuel cells. But they will still hit the
        big roadblock facing their electric-powered peers: How will drivers refuel
        in a world of petroleum gas stations? What\u2019s the point if you can only
        juice up at home?","title":"SunHydro looks ahead to highway lined with hydrogen
        fueling\u00a0stations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/27/sunhydro-looks-ahead-to-highway-lined-with-hydrogen-fueling-stations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938279,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-25T08:50:09Z","slug":"avid-radiopharmaceuticals","summary":"When
        I started in the\u00a0healthcare\u00a0field more than 25 years ago, the only
        thing that a\u00a0healthcare IT\u00a0startup\u00a0needed was a good idea \u2014
        a new technology, maybe, or a new scientific pathway. \u201cIf you build it,
        [they] will come.\u201d","title":"The question every healthcare IT startup
        must\u00a0answer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/25/healthcare-it-startup-tips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938278,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-16T06:00:06Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding announcements include one company that tracks users\u2019 thoughts
        online and another that tracks their data:","title":"Deals & More: Catch grabs
        $7M for mobile note\u00a0taking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/16/deals-more-catch-mobile-note-taking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938277,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-09T08:29:08Z","slug":"avid-radiopharmaceuticals","summary":"Avid
        Radiopharmaceuticals, a Philadelphia-based maker of \u201cmolecular imaging
        agents\u201d that help highlight diseased tissue in various medical scans,
        raised $26 million in a third round to develop early-detection products for
        Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s disease.","title":"Avid Radiopharmaceuticals,
        maker of imaging reagents, raises $26M for clinical\u00a0trials","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/09/avid-radiopharmaceuticals-maker-of-imaging-reagents-raises-26m-for-clinical-trials/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938276,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-18T06:00:55Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"
        Today\u2019s funding announcements include companies focused on social media,
        augmented reality and product management:","title":"Deals & More: Vitrue gets
        $17M to manage social media\u00a0accounts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/18/deals-more-vitrue-gets-17m-to-manage-social-media-accounts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938275,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-08T15:17:40Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Government
        incentives and a rich pool of investors will make this a good year for solar
        projects, but one big question lingers \u2014 what will happen in 2012?","title":"Solar
        financing in U.S. going strong for now, but 2012 question\u00a0looms","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/08/solar-financing-us-2012-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938274,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-03T18:04:16Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"11
        hot deals were announced today in the tech scene. Here they are, all wrapped
        up in a festive, holiday season\u00a0bow.","title":"Funding Daily: Deal-vember","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/03/funding-daily-deal-vember/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938273,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-16T18:07:04Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Grrrr!
        Watch out! Funding\u00a0News!","title":"Funding Daily: Purple people\u00a0eater","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/16/funding-daily-purple-people-eater/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938272,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-16T16:30:28Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Atlanta-based
        Kabbage is experiencing accelerated growth, and it recently beat out hundreds
        of applicants to be named the winner of our CloudBeat Innovation Showdown\u00a0competition.","title":"Kabbage
        brings its quick fix loans to UK\u00a0merchants","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/16/kabbage-brings-its-quick-fix-loans-to-uk-merchants/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938271,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-03T11:30:16Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Kabbage
        just announced it has closed a credit facility of $75 million, its largest
        to date. With these funds, Kabbage aims to provide 100,000 advances by the
        end of\u00a02013.","title":"Kabbage wants to provide loans to 100K small businesses
        this\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/kabbage-wants-to-provide-loans-to-100k-small-businesses-this-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938270,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-13T08:57:50Z","slug":"bedford-funding","summary":"Kontera,
        a San Francisco company that helps online publishers scans for key words in
        articles on their sites and then matches them real-time with relevant \u201cin-text\u201d
        ads, has raised $10.3 million in a second round of funding.","title":"Kontera
        raises $10.3M more for \"in-text\" ad\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/13/kontera-raises-103m-more-for-in-text-ad-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938269,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-16T17:03:00Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"What
        do Star Trek and startups have in common? Enterprise and Data play a role
        in both and nerds everywhere get excited about any news surrounding these
        topics. Here is today\u2019s round up of funding news.\u00a0Nerds.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Into the\u00a0darkness","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/16/funding-daily-into-the-darkness/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938268,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-09T09:16:41Z","slug":"bedford-funding","summary":"VideoIQ
        is one of the companies pursuing \u201cintelligent video surveillance.\u201d
        That means it is bringing security cameras and their accompanying equipment
        into the modern computer age. This includes cameras that transfer video over
        the Internet for storage on hard drives, where the video can be indexed and
        searched for events that trigger alarms. A security officer doesn\u2019t have
        to scroll through hours of dull video to find a possible suspicious incident.","title":"VideoIQ
        raises round for fancy video surveillance\u00a0cameras","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/09/videoiq-raises-round-for-fancy-video-surveillance-cameras/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938267,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-30T17:00:45Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Check
        out the deals\u2019 that went down today in startup land with your favorite
        anthropomorphic turtle\u00a0superheroes.","title":"Funding Daily: Teenage
        Mutant Ninja\u00a0Turtles","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/30/funding-daily-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938266,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-10T11:00:29Z","slug":"bedford-funding","summary":"Zink
        Imaging is steadily expanding its reach for its inkless printing technology
        as it announces that licensee Dell has released its Dell Wasabi PZ310 Ink-free
        Mobile printer.","title":"Dell uses Zink Imaging to create an ink-free mobile\u00a0printer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/10/dells-uses-zink-imaging-to-create-an-ink-free-mobile-printer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938265,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-12T09:08:43Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Multi-format
        advertising firm Collective has just raised $20 million in new equity funding
        from a handful of big\u00a0players.","title":"Multi-screen ad firm Collective
        nets $20M from Cox, Samsung, &\u00a0Accel","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/12/collective-funding-series-c/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938264,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-17T13:34:07Z","slug":"bedford-funding","summary":"More
        data is coming in to businesses. VoltDB pushes a database that can store it
        reliably, and new funding should help it become more\u00a0pervasive.","title":"VoltDB
        gets $8M to scale databases up and\u00a0out","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/voltdb-gets-8m-to-scale-databases-up-and-out/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938263,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-25T17:29:11Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"An
        extra snuggly version of today\u2019s funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Sweaters and\u00a0scarves","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/25/funding-daily-sweaters-and-scarves/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938262,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-01T17:51:28Z","slug":"bedford-funding","summary":"At
        VentureBeat, we come across a lot of funding news every day. In order to bring
        you the most information possible, we\u2019re rounding up the quick-and-dirty
        details about the funding deals of the day and serving them up here in our
        \u201cFunding daily\u201d column.","title":"Funding Daily: ATMs that give
        you money for old broken\u00a0phones","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/01/funding-daily-may-1-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938261,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-15T04:12:53Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"You
        say Coca-Cola, I say\u2026 startups? The beverage giant appears to hope so,
        with plans for accelerator programmes in nine cities including Berlin and
        Istanbul by the end of the year.","title":"Coca-Cola to open startup accelerators
        in nine cities\u00a0including Berlin and\u00a0Istanbul","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/15/coca-cola-to-open-startup-accelerators-in-nine-cities-including-berlin-and-istanbul/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938260,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-14T09:30:21Z","slug":"bedford-funding","summary":"Iamscientist
        is designed to appeal to university professors and researchers who can invest
        a few hundred dollars into engineering, life science, and biotech\u00a0projects.","title":"Iamscientist
        brings crowdfunding to scientific research\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/14/iamscientist-kickstarter-for-academia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938259,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-07T03:31:09Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Sponsored
        Post NXT Capital\u2019s Venture Finance Group (www.nxtcapitalvf.com)       today
        announced the release of the inaugural edition of the NXT Capital       Venture
        Debt Index\u2122. This first-of-its-kind analysis focuses exclusively       on
        venture debt\u00a0financings\u2026","title":"NXT Capital Launches Venture
        Debt\u00a0Index","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/07/nxt-capital-launches-venture-debt-index/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938258,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T16:29:35Z","slug":"atlanta-equity","summary":"Because
        not every startup gets acquired by\u00a0Google.","title":"Funding Daily: Keen
        to collect\u00a0cash","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/funding-daily-keen-to-collect-cash/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938348,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-15T06:20:02Z","slug":"sunpower-corporation","summary":"Pacific
        Gas & Electric, the utility that services much of northern and central California,
        has announced plans to buy electricity from an 800 megawatt solar panel installation,
        a vast project many times the size of anything currently existing.  The move
        is somewhat surprising, because the expectation was that utilities would first
        work on building more solar thermal plants, which focus sunlight with mirrors
        to drive steam turbines, before building large plants with costly solar panels.
        At around the output of a nuclear plant, the PG&E project should provide power
        to several hundred thousand homes.  Economics usually drive such purchasing
        decisions, and they don\u2019t always make sense for solar. Solar panels are
        generally expected to produce power for costs of over 15 cents per kilowatt
        hour when set up en masse (in smaller installations, like rooftops, the figure
        is higher). Roughly speaking, that\u2019s at least three times what coal plants
        cost. Wind power goes for well under 10 cents per kWh, and solar thermal producers
        usually claim to be at 8-12 cents per kWh. Some estimates are listed here.  Thus
        the unusual aspect of PG&E\u2019s deal. It would seemingly make more sense
        to work with other types of renewables to reach the 20 percent requirement
        for renewable energy the utility needs to reach by 2010. While costs for solar
        panels have been dropping, most companies would prefer to test smaller projects
        first. No numbers have been released for the installations, which will be
        in San Luis Obispo County.  One possible reason for PG&E pulling the trigger
        on the deal is that there is very little time left until the 2010 requirement.
        Solar thermal and wind require not only building the plants, but also erecting
        costly transmission lines from the site, sometimes several hundred miles worth.
        San Luis is close to the center of PG&E\u2019s territory.  However, there\u2019s
        also an existing deal with solar thermal provider Ausra to build a 177MW plant
        in the county, which suggests that PG&E could have contracted for more solar
        thermal in the same location. Instead, it went with Optisolar, a secretive
        thin-film solar firm that will build out a previously rumored 550MW of panels,
        and SunPower, a public corporation that makes standard panels, and will have
        250MW of generating capacity.  Optisolar, which still says little about its
        technology, is also building about 100MW of capacity in Ontario, which offers
        hefty incentives for solar power. The thin-film silicon panels the company
        makes are likely very inefficient at converting sunlight to electricity, but
        very cheap to make.  The obvious conclusion to draw is that the economics
        of solar panels have changed drastically in a short time, such that giant
        solar farms make sense. And that seems to be the impression that all three
        companies are attempting to give off; for instance, a PG&E spokesperson told
        the NYT that the plant would be \u201ccompetitive with wind power\u201d.  However,
        there\u2019s likely more to the story than is being admitted. PG&E obviously
        has some strong motivations to buy solar power. The question is what its contract
        with the two companies looks like. A standard contract involves a set purchase
        rate for electricity, say 12 cents per kWh for ten years, rising with inflation.
        That limits risk for the utility; and the risk, in turn, generally falls on
        the owner of the generating capacity.  What\u2019s nearly certain is that
        the plants will not be competitive with wind power, which is not only very
        cheap, but also proven at very large scales. Solar is not yet proven at the
        scale PG&E is working on \u2014 and that may remain the case until the plants
        are built. And in the meantime, to be built at all, the plants will require
        a renewal of the investment tax credit, which still doesn\u2019t look likely.","title":"Are
        the economies of scale in PG&E''s 800 megawatt solar installation\u00a0real?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/15/are-the-economies-of-scale-in-pges-800-megawatt-solar-installation-real/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938257,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-06T06:00:53Z","slug":"yottamark","summary":"Alien
        Technology, a maker of tiny radio tags and readers, has a somewhat bumpy history.
        But now it\u2019s back with a new round of $38 million in venture funding.","title":"Alien
        Technology raises $38 million for RFID\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:29:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/06/alien-technology-raises-38-million-for-rfid-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938256,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-08T16:14:00Z","slug":"yottamark","summary":"Modria\u2019s
        software aims to resolve online disputes quickly and painlessly. It pinpoints
        customer problems and automates the process of addressing\u00a0them.","title":"Modria
        raises $5M to resolve customer complaints in the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/08/modria-raises-5m-to-make-resolve-customer-complaints-in-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938347,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-17T12:52:05Z","slug":"sunpower-corporation","summary":"The
        movement toward a cleaner, more efficient Smart Grid is suddenly  becoming
        vital to a range of existing companies. Appliance makers,  software empires
        and automotive giants alike are all rushing to get a  piece of what is quickly
        becoming a billion dollar business unto itself.  The newest entrant: Mitsubishi
        Electric, which today threw down $76 million for a far-reaching Smart  Grid
        strategy (PDF).","title":"Mitsubishi leaps into the Smart Grid game with $76M\u00a0initiative","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/17/mitsubishi-leaps-into-the-smart-grid-game-with-76m-initiative/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938255,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-30T22:05:01Z","slug":"yottamark","summary":"I
        remember a care-free time when salmonella and E. Coli were confined to rotten
        eggs, bad meat and the occasional unfortunate fast-food chain. That age of
        innocence has passed. Now dangerous bacteria could be everywhere, not only
        in your beef but in your packaged spinach, your green onions \u2014 even that
        innocent-looking jalapeno you\u2019re about to eat. But YottaMark, a Redwood
        City, Calif. company, has just raised a $10 million second round of funding
        to help you take a stand.","title":"YottaMark: Worrying about your tomatoes
        so you don''t have\u00a0to","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/30/yottamark-worrying-about-your-tomatoes-so-you-dont-have-to/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938346,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-21T18:59:29Z","slug":"sunpower-corporation","summary":"Applied
        Materials, one of several major  corporations to jump into the solar energy
        business four years ago, announced today  that it is scrapping its line of
        equipment used to make thin-film solar  panels and laying off an estimated
        500 employees in this division.","title":"Applied Materials axes thin-film
        solar biz, lays off\u00a0500","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/21/applied-materials-axes-thin-film-solar-biz-lays-off-500/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938254,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-22T11:20:22Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"OwnEnergy,
        a company that works with landowners to build and manage 10 to 80-megawatt
        wind farms, added an undisclosed amount to its first round of funding, bringing
        new investors Clearpoint Ventures and GoGreen Capital into its fold. Following
        a first chunk of funds received in October, this extension pushes the company
        closer to the $100 million mark it needs to hit for a 51-megawatt project
        in north Texas.","title":"OwnEnergy catches new funds for wind\u00a0farms","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/22/ownenergy-catches-new-funds-for-wind-farms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938253,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-16T00:00:00Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"
        ","title":"Gaming Honestly","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/16/gaming-honestly/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938252,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-01T13:03:18Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Hercules
        Technology Growth Capital, a company providing debt and equity growth capital
        to venture capital and private equity backed technology companies said it
        has promoted Samir Bhaumik and Parag I. Shah to senior managing directors.","title":"Venture
        debt firm Hercules promotes Bhaumik and\u00a0Shah","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/01/venture-debt-firm-hercules-promotes-bhaumik-and-shah/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938251,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-17T16:37:39Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"A
        recent report from the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative says that
        the state will need to shell out $15.7 billion to install the transmission
        lines necessary to meet the government\u2019s renewable energy mandates on
        time. On top of that, power lines have proved to be extremely unpopular with
        the public.","title":"California''s renewable energy tangled in power\u00a0lines","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/17/californias-renewable-energy-tangled-in-power-lines/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938250,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-18T06:24:35Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Portola
        Pharmaceuticals, a South San Francisco biotech company developing cardiovascular
        and vascular disease therapies, has raised $20 million in debt financing from
        Hercules Technology Growth Capital.","title":"Portola Pharma gets $20M debt\u00a0financing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/18/portola-pharma-gets-20m-debt-financing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938249,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-20T04:07:35Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"EGM
        was one of the most reputable gaming mags for nearly twenty years due to its
        editors\u2019 integrity and ability to communicate a wealth of information
        in an entertaining fashion. Even if you were one of EGM\u2019s few detractors,
        it\u2019s likely that you were affected in some way by the magazine\u2019s
        untimely collapse. For many gamers (including myself), it was a shame to see
        one of our most beloved magazines go, partly because an important piece of
        our lives was lost, but also because it affected the employment status of
        many great people.","title":"EGM\u2019s Final Milestone: The Legendary 200th\u00a0Issue","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/20/egms-final-milestone-the-legendary-200th-issue/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938248,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-27T16:45:27Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"This
        week in news brought a lot of big, groundbreaking, industry-changing developments\u2026
        which may or may not happen. Microsoft is buying EA, perhaps! Sony is going
        to sell PS2 games on the PlayStation Store, probably, but who knows! And Nintendo
        might not release the \u201cWii HD\u201d in 2011, but the Square Enix president
        said so, and you\u2019re not calling him a liar, are you?","title":"Hit or
        Miss Weekend Recap \u2013 Sept. 27,\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/27/bitmobs-hit-or-miss-weekend-recap-sept-27-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938247,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-03T08:02:00Z","slug":"estech","summary":"So-called
        personalized medicine \u2014 tailoring treatments to an individual\u2019s
        genetic traits \u2014 is showing great promise, but insurance companies are
        balking on paying for the very costly medications.","title":"Insurance companies
        balking at personalized\u00a0medications","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/03/insurance-companies-balking-at-personalized-medications/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938246,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-29T11:28:57Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Ryan\u2019s gracious enough to show us some of the choice items that
        he picked up \u2014 for free \u2014 at the Tokyo Game Show. Sounds like Level-5
        was the MVP for swag! -Jason","title":"TGS 2009: Swag\u00a0Walker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/29/tgs-2009-swag-walker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938245,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-23T10:33:54Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Ann
        Arbor, Mich., specialty pharmaceutical company QuatRx Pharmaceuticals raised
        $44 million in a fifth funding round following the withdrawal of its initial
        offering last July. Like the much better-known Jazz Pharmaceuticals, QuatRx
        acquires drugs from other companies in order to push them through clinical
        development, supposedly with a minimum of risk. That helps account for the
        fact that its first four drugs in human testing cover a grab-bag of conditions
        ranging from vaginal atrophy (don\u2019t ask) and testosterone deficiency
        to the skin condition psoriasis to high cholesterol.","title":"QuatRx Pharma
        draws $44M after pulling\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/23/quatrx-pharma-draws-44m-after-pulling-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938244,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-13T08:00:00Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Sounds like a very worthy cause (no pun intended). Bitmob will be donating
        a package full of video games to this organization. -Shoe","title":"A Worthy
        \u2014 and Awesome! \u2014\u00a0Cause","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/13/a-worthy-and-awesome-cause/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938243,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-13T09:55:51Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Blurb.
        Inc., developer of free downloadable software that lets anyone lay out and
        print their very own book, announced today that it nabbed $5 million in third-round
        funding to continue building its feature BookSmart tool, according to peHub.
        Backers in this round included Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners,
        both of which contributed to the $14 million the company raised prior. The
        San Francisco-based company also received $2.5 million in venture debt from
        Hercules Technology Growth Capital.","title":"Blurb raises $5M for self-publishing\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/13/blurb-raises-5m-for-self-publishing-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938242,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-18T09:15:46Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"I
        use games to escape into other worlds, to live other lives I would otherwise
        never experience. I don\u2019t demand that they are heavenly existences, indeed
        I relish in the prospect of living through things that in reality I would
        never want to witness. But at the end of these trials, after the saving the
        city, the world and the universe I seem to be becoming more and more cognisant
        of the fact that my character and I end up getting stiffed.","title":"Who\u2019d
        be a\u00a0Hero?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/18/whod-be-a-hero/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938241,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-03T15:35:46Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Optiscan
        Biomedical, developer of a less-invasive human glucose monitor for hospitals,
        received an additional $5 million in a second round of funding that now totals
        $53 million. The boost came from Wexford Capital, reports VentureWire.","title":"Optiscan
        adds $5M tranche for glucose\u00a0monitor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/03/optiscan-adds-5m-tranche-for-glucose-monitor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938240,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-03T16:36:10Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"The
        game medium is young, but it is maturing quickly. Once upon a time, painting
        was considered nothing more than wall decoration. Film was considered nothing
        more than a technical novelty. Even the novel was just something that bored
        aristocrats did when they had too much time on their hands.","title":"Humanistic
        Value in\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/03/humanistic-value-in-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938239,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-02T00:19:58Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Medical
        device maker Endoscopic Technologies brought in an $11 million tranche of
        second-round funding from Boston Scientific, Telegraph Hill Partners and Saints
        Capital. The money will be used to further develop the San Ramon, Calif. company\u2019s
        line of devices that aid in cardiothoracic surgeries like bypasses and valve
        repairs, reports VentureWire.","title":"Endoscopic Tech nabs $11M for heart
        surgery\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/02/endoscopic-tech-nabs-11m-for-heart-surgery-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938238,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-14T23:33:41Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Recently
        the Modnation Racer beta ended and I was fortunate enough to throughly pick\u00a0through
        this game and\u00a0I have to say\u2026Pretty god damn impressive.\u00a0 The
        level of detailed United Front put into this game blows Mario Kart, Little
        Big Planet and PS Home out of the water.\u00a0","title":"Modnation, A Great\u00a0Creatation.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/14/modnation-a-great-creatation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938237,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-16T22:05:57Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Poor
        market conditions have dashed the IPO hopes of two more health care companies
        \u2014 clinical data provider Epocrates and cardiovascular drug developer
        Aegerion Pharmaecuticals. This makes 38 companies across all sectors that
        have had to pull their public filings this year, reports VentureWire. Out
        of those that have made it through the gate, only three have been in lifescience.","title":"IPO
        market freezes out two more health care\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/16/ipo-market-freezes-out-two-more-health-care-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938236,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-30T16:55:00Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Editor''s
        note: Dennis hits on a topic that I think our discussion lacks \u2014 a substantive
        conversation on the aesthetics of video games. While he''d prefer to strike
        a balance between the critic and the gamer, I think the medium would become
        much stronger if we developed a vocabulary to intelligently critique our electronic
        pastime. -Rob","title":"Are We Gamers or\u00a0Critics?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/30/are-we-gamers-or-critics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938235,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-10T22:30:52Z","slug":"estech","summary":"RazorGator,
        an online ticket vendor specializing in tickets to sold-out sporting and entertainment
        events, just brought in $10 million in debt financing from Hercules Technology
        Growth Capital. The Los Angeles-based company says it will use the money to
        aggressively scale up its operation.","title":"RazorGator raises $10M in debt
        for sold-out event\u00a0ticketing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/10/razorgator-raises-10m-in-debt-for-sold-out-event-ticketing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938234,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-02T11:41:53Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Ad
        marketplace Reply.com filed for a $60 million IPO in February. But now the
        company has taken another $15 million from Hercules Technology Growth Capital,
        a Palo Alto-based firm that feeds both VC and private equity-backed companies.","title":"Hercules
        Technology Growth Capital lends $111M to nine companies, still has more to\u00a0invest","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/02/hercules-technology-growth-capital-commits-111m-including-reply-com/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938233,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-05T23:30:31Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Editor''s
        note: In the market for an RPG this month? You''ve come to the right place.
        Hell, even I''m thinking about picking up Dragon Quest 9, and the last JRPG
        I played was Final Fantasy 8\u2026. -Demian","title":"(30) Days of RPGs: July\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/05/30-days-of-rpgs-july-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938232,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-08T06:00:21Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding announcements include sites for sharing and socializing Facebook updates
        and online videos:","title":"Deals & More: Threadsy gets $2.9M for one-stop
        social networking, KickTag grabs $1.9M for video\u00a0enthusiasts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/08/deals-more-threadsy-gets-2-9m-for-one-stop-social-networking-kicktag-grabs-1-9m-for-video-enthusiasts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938345,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-15T07:03:06Z","slug":"medikeeper","summary":"Featured
        companies: Biolipox, Cellpoint Diagnostics, Corum Medical, MediKeeper, Mendel
        Biotechnology, NanoMed, Orexo, Rules-Based Medicine, Tengion","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Monday, Oct. 15,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/15/life-sciences-briefing-monday-oct-15-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938231,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-05T21:35:59Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Good
        Old Games pulled a fast one on players at the end of September in a PR stunt
        that felt as if they had sprung a trap on everyone and chuckled when pies
        hit the fan instead. Not a lot of people were amused, but at least the service
        wasn''t going anywhere.","title":"Old PC RPGs for New Players or How Not to
        Break the Bank in Getting Acquianted with a Few RPG\u00a0Classics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/05/old-pc-rpgs-for-new-players-or-how-not-to-break-the-bank-in-getting-acquianted-with-a-few-rpg-classics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938230,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-30T23:04:23Z","slug":"estech","summary":"How
        the tables have turned. Microsoft, a company that is no stranger to regulator
        scrutiny, is planning to file an antitrust complaint against Google in Brussels
        today, the New York Times reports.","title":"Microsoft''s first antitrust
        target:\u00a0Google","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/30/microsoft-antitrust-google/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938229,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-04T02:20:00Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"We\u2019re
        all told at some point in our lives not to take our work home with us. It\u2019s
        good general advice, meant to keep our professional and home lives from becoming
        entangled. However, if you put any kind of passion or thought into what you
        do for a living, whether you flip burgers or craft nanomachines, you\u2019re
        bound to think about your job when you\u2019re off the clock.","title":"Journal
        of a Newbie Game Tester: The Dangers of Taking Your Work\u00a0Home","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/04/journal-of-a-newbie-game-tester-the-dangers-of-taking-your-work-home/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938228,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-18T05:51:14Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Quick
        review: Blood\u00a0Stone.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/18/quick-review-blood-stone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938227,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-02T16:45:01Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Many
        hoped that Apple\u2019s iCloud web apps would offer a fully functional version
        of iWork, but it doesn\u2019t seem likely for the service\u2019s initial launch,
        according to a demo video recorded by a iOS developer today.","title":"iCloud
        web apps don\u2019t allow for iWork document\u00a0editing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/02/no-iwork-document-editing-on-icloud-web-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938226,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-03T14:15:01Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Tonight
        we are going to take a look at a retro fighter that is a little bit different
        from the usual fare of \"martial arts masters\" or \"street fighters\" brawling
        with one another for the sake of honour, revenge or personal glory. No! This
        time we''re talking about a straight up battle for global dominance\u2026with
        dinosaurs and giant apes. This is Primal Rage.","title":"Unleash your inner
        beast with Primal\u00a0Rage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/03/unleash-your-inner-beast-with-primal-rage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938225,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-07T15:40:56Z","slug":"estech","summary":"No
        Sunday slumber for developers: Apple released its fifth beta (pre-release)
        version of iOS 5 today. The update, which is only available to developers,
        can be downloaded wirelessly to iOS devices.","title":"iOS 5 update: Dictation
        feature found in latest beta\u00a0release","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/07/speech-text-apple-ios/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938224,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-28T14:07:40Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"\u00a0","title":"A
        Game I Played in 2010: Mass Effect\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/28/a-game-i-played-in-2010-mass-effect-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938223,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-10T09:03:23Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Exploring Windows 8 is a like treasure hunting: every so often, you find
        a hidden gem. Since the operating system launched in October, Windows 8 revealed
        a wide range of\u00a0secrets\u2026","title":"Windows 8: hidden tricks and\u00a0shortcuts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/10/windows-8-hidden-tricks-and-shortcuts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938222,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-24T23:10:38Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Almost
        always, the answer is to just say, \u201cyes.\" I endorse all manner of recreational,
        educational, pharmaceutical, ceremonial, universe-amplifying and boredom-dissolving,
        pseudo-religious, mind-body and stat-stimulating substance experimentation.
        You name it, I\u2019ve taken it. Any drug a designer has put in front of me,
        I\u2019ve put inside of me: Plasmids, Pentazemin, Skooma, steroids, Nanosuit,
        Magic Cake, mushrooms, Mentats, Med-X, Jet, Buffout, and booze (according
        to D.A.R.E.).\u00a0","title":"Strung out on video-game drugs\u00a0(EXPANDED)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/24/strung-out-on-video-game-drugs-and-the-long-road-to-recovery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938221,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-14T09:00:46Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Sponsored
        Post In the months leading up to the Windows 8 launch, rumors about the new
        operating system swirled around the Internet like tweens circling a glittery\u00a0vampire\u2026","title":"5
        persistent Windows 8\u00a0myths","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/14/5-persistent-windows-8-myths/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938220,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-30T16:55:03Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Welcome
        guys and gals to yet another review. MOSS (Month of Side-Scroll Shooters)
        continues to roll on ahead with a look at a rather unusual game I happened
        to come across one night as I was scrolling through the Xbox Live Indie Games
        section. It drew my attention because it happens to have character that looks
        like President Barack Obama fighting a horde of zombies with a Japanese samurai.
        What\u2019s not to love? This is 8Bits Fanatics: The Tempura of the Dead.","title":"Obama
        vs the undead: The Tempura of the\u00a0Dead","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/30/obama-vs-the-undead-the-tempura-of-the-dead/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938219,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-19T12:03:58Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Los Angeles tech firms Nativo and Preact were recognized as two of the       region\u2019s
        hottest startups at last week\u2019s LA       Tech Summit, event organizer
        Cornerstone       OnDemand announced today.              Nativo,       which
        was selected as\u00a0the\u2026","title":"Nativo and Preact Honored as \u201cHottest
        Startups\u201d at LA Tech\u00a0Summit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/19/nativo-and-preact-honored-as-hottest-startups-at-la-tech-summit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938218,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-09T01:04:29Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Almost
        always, the best answer is to just say \u201cyes.\" In games, I''ve endorsed
        all manner of recreational, educational, ceremonial, universe-amplifying and
        boredom-dissolving, mind-body and stat-stimulating substance experimentation.
        You name it, I\u2019ve taken it. Any drug a game designer has put in front
        of me, I\u2019ve put inside of me: Plasmids, Pentazemin, Skooma, steroids,
        Nanosuit, Magic Cake, mushrooms, Mentats, Med-X, Jet, Buffout, and booze.","title":"Strung
        out on video-game\u00a0drugs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/09/strung-out-on-video-game-drugs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938217,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-23T09:00:13Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Now
        you can relive your childhood home movies on your iPhone with YesVideo\u2019s
        new\u00a0app.","title":"YesVideo lets you share your old home movies to\u00a0Instagram","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/23/yesvideo-lets-you-share-your-old-home-movies-to-instagram/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938216,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-03T13:30:40Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Endoscopic
        Technologies, a company known as Estech that makes devices for minimally-invasive
        heart surgeries, has tacked $8 million onto an open second round of funding,
        bringing its total to $19.3 million. The new money will be used to boost the
        San Ramon, Calif. company to profitability, it says.","title":"Estech pumps
        in $8M for heart surgery\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/03/estech-pumps-in-8m-for-heart-surgery-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938215,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-12T06:23:46Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"The
        Nintendo 3DS has been out for a little over two weeks ago, yet it was only
        last night did I finally get completely caught up with my video podcast queue
        on iTunes. I\u2019m usually very open minded when it comes game journalists\u2019
        opinions \u2014 the way I see it: they\u2019re the experts, not me.","title":"In
        Defense of the\u00a03DS","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/12/in-defense-of-the-3ds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:28:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938214,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-15T09:39:29Z","slug":"estech","summary":"Endoscopic
        Technologies, maker of tools for non-invasive heart surgeries that does business
        as Estech, says it will pay $1.4 million to settle claims that it gave kickbacks
        to health-care providers that used its devices, reports VentureWire.","title":"Estech
        pays $1.4M to settle Medicare fraud\u00a0suit","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/15/estech-pays-14m-to-settle-medicare-fraud-suit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938344,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-01-19T08:07:52Z","slug":"nanostellar","summary":"Here\u2019s
        another example of what makes this place so dynamic. Stanford scientist, KJ
        Cho, developed a great nanotechnology method, but didn\u2019t know how to
        make a business out of it. He meets a veteran like Bill Miller, who helps
        him throw a business plan together \u2014 and within 18 months, the new company,
        Nanostellar, has gotten $3 million in venture backing and already cranked
        out a prototype for a new catalytic converter that aims to undercut prices
        of existing models, and help save the environment too. Worst case, it may
        end up one of the nine of ten start-ups that eventually fail \u2014 but hey,
        better the idea is given a chance to fly than to let it die in the labs.","title":"Silicon
        Valley''s engine chugs\u00a0on","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/01/19/silicon-valleys-engine-chugs-on/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938213,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-06T15:36:51Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Hey
        there guys and gals and welcome to yet another review. What happens when you
        take the classic Risk formula and alternate it to make it more casual friendly
        without driving away the hardcore strategy/ fans of the original and then
        fill it will with a bunch of wacky cartoon characters bent on war and world
        domination?","title":"A beginners guide to world domination: Risk\u00a0Factions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/06/a-beginners-guide-to-world-domination-risk-factions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938343,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-14T11:35:00Z","slug":"nanostellar","summary":"American
        automakers have finally learned that fuel efficiency and environmental friendliness
        count, turning the yearly Detroit Auto Show, which started Sunday, into a
        lineup of cleantech exhibitions.","title":"The Detroit Auto Show''s cleantech
        notables: Coskata, EcoMotors, Fisker\u00a0Automotive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/14/the-detoit-auto-shows-cleantech-notables-coskata-ecomotors-fisker-automotive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938342,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-30T09:17:59Z","slug":"nanostellar","summary":"Nanostellar,
        a Menlo Park, Calif.  provider of platinum nano-composite catalyst solutions,
        is raising a $3 million bridge financing round, according to a regulatory
        filing cited by PE Wire. The company previously raised around $10 million,
        from firms like 3i Group, Khosla Ventures, AsiaTech Management Monitor Ventures,
        Firelake Capital Management, Big Basin Partners and Modu Angel Fund, according
        to the report.","title":"Nanostellar, car catalytic converter company, raises
        $3M bridge\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/30/nanostellar-car-catalytic-converter-company-raises-3m-bridge-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938212,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-04T23:24:01Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Well,
        readers. Here we are. The end of one year, the birth of a new year; the last
        year, if some are to be believed. Will we all die horribly in a planetary,
        perhaps, galactic upheaval? Time will tell, readers \u2014 time will tell.","title":"My
        Year of Gaming \u2013\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/04/my-year-of-gaming-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938341,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-10T13:52:33Z","slug":"nanostellar","summary":"Among
        the many parts of a car or truck is the catalytic converter, a part that minimizes
        the toxic emissions coming from the engine. Nanostellar, based in Redwood
        City, Calif., is a company that uses nanotechnology not only to improve the
        process but also to reduce costs.","title":"Nanostellar investment brings
        diesel engines closer to\u00a0clean","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/10/nanostellar-investment-brings-diesel-engines-closer-to-clean/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938211,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-25T07:00:20Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"If
        you subscribe to my newsletter you can read these columns a whole day before
        they appear on our website. And check out my other essays in the Dylan\u2019s
        Desk series.","title":"Dylan\u2019s Desk: It\u2019s the season for Monday-morning\u00a0quarterbacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/25/dylans-desk-its-the-season-for-monday-morning-quarterbacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938210,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-22T18:06:00Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"You
        probably think that this comic is going to end on a downer. I mean, Wilhelm
        is dead, and he was sort of the main character. But the story isn''t over
        yet, friends.","title":"The Warcraft Hero in:\u00a0Death","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/22/the-warcraft-hero-in-death/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938209,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-23T22:29:51Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"The
        immediate idea of Cart Life by Richard Hofmeier appears simple enough. At
        first glance, the game looks like a simple management simulation, complete
        with setting prices, buying supplies and dealing with customers, and the majority
        of the game is just that. Take some elements from a game like Fast Food Panic,
        where the player must accomplish trivial tasks to get an order out, but combine
        that with a personal, and somewhat darker version of the Sims, wrap it up
        in retro aesthetics and you have a small taste of what Cart Life is about.","title":"Cart
        Strife: A Look At Cart\u00a0Life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/23/cart-strife-a-look-at-cart-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938208,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-25T13:52:00Z","slug":"college-audit-solutions","summary":"Once
        again, we gather a justice league of gaming icons to solve the insolvable
        questions plaguing the industry!","title":"ROUNDTABLE\u2019D! Gaming icons
        on the demise of music\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/25/roundtabled-gaming-icons-on-the-demise-of-music-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938207,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-21T18:54:00Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Spoiler
        warning: This article discusses the ending of Mass Effect 3 in non-specific
        terms.","title":"Mass Effect 3 doesn\u2019t earn its\u00a0ending","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/21/mass-effect-3-doesnt-earn-its-ending/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938206,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-13T10:19:04Z","slug":"college-audit-solutions","summary":"","title":"They\u2019re
        in! Meet the DEMO Spring 2012\u00a0Speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/13/demo-sages-spring-201/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938205,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-07T14:54:18Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"The
        NASDAQ has reached levels not seen since 2000 at the tail end of dot-com bubble.
        And tech has had a lot to do with\u00a0it.","title":"NASDAQ is killing it
        mostly because tech is killing\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/07/nasdaq-is-killing-it-mostly-because-tech-is-killing-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938204,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-01T08:50:19Z","slug":"college-audit-solutions","summary":"DEMO,
        a semiannual showcase of startups and new products, returns to Silicon Valley
        on\u00a0Tuesday!","title":"They\u2019re in! Meet the DEMO Fall 2012\u00a0Speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/01/theyre-in-meet-the-demo-fall-2012-speakers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938203,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-01T21:08:33Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The latest IDC numbers are out, and Android is by far the undisputed
        heavyweight champion of the smartphone world. If Android was Mike Tyson, iOS
        would be Peewee Herman, and everything else is dust on the\u00a0floor.","title":"As
        Android hits 75% market share, can anyone tell me why this is not Mac vs PC
        all over\u00a0again?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/01/as-android-grabs-75-market-share-can-anyone-tell-me-why-this-is-not-mac-vs-pc-all-over-again/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938202,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-06T08:39:37Z","slug":"college-audit-solutions","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In her charming acceptance speech, Codecademy user Dilys Sun showed the
        world why Codecademy works. Here\u2019s what she\u2019s doing now & how coding
        changed her\u00a0life.","title":"Meet Dilys Sun, the \u2018Codecademy girl\u2019
        from the\u00a0Crunchies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/06/codecademy-crunchies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938201,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-02T14:34:21Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Here\u2019s
        what it takes to conquer some of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance\u2019s harder
        difficulty\u00a0modes.","title":"Going the hard way with Metal Gear Rising:\u00a0Revengeance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/02/the-hard-way-with-metal-gear-rising-revengeance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938200,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-04T06:01:44Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"GamesBeat
        interviews writers Rob Auten and Tom Bissell about the story in Gears of War:
        Judgment, on what they think about the series\u2019 \u201cdude-bro\u201d image,
        and who their favorite new character\u00a0is.","title":"Gears of War: Judgment
        writers debunk the series\u2019 dude-bro reputation\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/04/gears-of-war-judgment-writers-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938199,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-14T17:19:28Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"A
        common critique in video games reviews is whether or not a sequel or reboot
        lives up to a series previous installments? Is this a fair tactic, or are
        certain titles being shunned based upon\u00a0bias?","title":"Is it fair to
        judge a game based on its\u00a0predecessors?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/14/is-it-fair-to-judge-a-game-based-on-its-predecessors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938198,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-22T18:47:19Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"I
        really hate boss fights.","title":"Boss Fights \u2013 My Plea to\u00a0Developers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/22/boss-fights-my-plea-to-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938197,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-14T20:31:12Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"It
        goes without saying that GTA: Online has had a rough start. With the servers
        getting under control and bugs getting squashed, just how is this ambitious
        mode? Full Impressions\u00a0await.","title":"Grand Theft Auto Online impressions
        \u2013 Taking the heist\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/14/grand-theft-auto-online-impressions-taking-the-heist-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938196,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-05T03:00:28Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"The
        acquisition makes a lot of sense for HomeAway as such a service would prove
        very useful to its many clients listing their own homes as vacation\u00a0rentals.","title":"HomeAway
        acquires vacation rental management service \u2018Glad to Have\u00a0You\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/homeaway-acquires-vacation-rental-management-service-glad-to-have-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938195,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-18T17:00:13Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Palm
        kills its Windows Mobile phones \u2014 Palm phones will run the company\u2019s
        own webOS operating system. \u201cThe dusty WinMo platform is direly in need
        of a makeover,\u201d Colin Gibbs writes on GigaOM.  Yet Palm\u2019s promising
        new Pre has failed to make the leap from cocktail party buzz to high-volume
        sales. Gibbs\u2019 forecast: Verizon may come to the Pre\u2019s rescue by
        shipping the phone next year. But don\u2019t count on it. By then the Pre
        will be Last Year\u2019s Moderately Successful Phone. Apple has set the bar
        pretty high: Sell a million phones your first weekend or go home.","title":"5
        O''Clock Roundup: Palm kills Windows, Yahoo readies ads, last word on the
        puppet that totally scooped everyone on the TechCrunch50\u00a0story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/18/5-oclock-roundup-palm-kills-windows-yahoo-readies-ads-last-word-on-the-puppet-that-totally-scooped-everyone-on-the-techcrunch50-story/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938194,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-31T11:05:32Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Personally,
        my political positioning is less about a single litmus test and more about
        the ideal that personal freedom is of utmost importance. It should only be
        trumped in the most serious of situations. As a natural extension of this
        belief, it means that less government is always preferable to more government
        \u2014 especially when it comes to the internet.","title":"SOPA is for lazy
        companies and campaign donations \u2014 not piracy\u00a0prevention","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/31/libertarian-view-on-sopa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938193,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-11T02:46:29Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Mixing
        uppers and downers is a dangerous game, and one that led to the United States
        Food and Drug Administration banning popular malt beverage Four Loko''s original
        recipe. This hideious malt liquor combined the rush of drinking too many energy
        drinks with a stupid amount of alcohol.","title":"The Drunken Moogle: Final
        Fantasy slow and haste\u00a0cocktails","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/11/the-drunken-moogle-final-fantasy-slow-and-haste-cocktails/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938192,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-17T10:54:28Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"Hahvahd
        scientists have successfully stored 70 billion copies of their own book on
        genetics and biology in just a gram of DNA.\nDNA is a fantastic medium from
        a storage perspective \u2026 in fact, it\u2019s so good that all the data
        the world creates in a year could theoretically fit in four grams of\u00a0DNA.","title":"Scientists
        store 700 terabytes in a gram of DNA (Johnny Mnemonic, here we\u00a0come)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/scientists-store-700-terabytes-in-a-gram-of-dna/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-28T07:04:35Z","slug":"boehringer-ingelheim","summary":"Featured
        companies: American Aerogel, Clinicient, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, Genome
        Diagnostics, RadPharm, RainDance Technologies, Vivacta","title":"Life sciences
        briefing: Wednesday, Nov. 28,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/28/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-nov-28-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938191,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-08T10:59:22Z","slug":"agiliance","summary":"Yet
        another company focused on helping businesses with their accounting \u2014
        and specifically with regulatory compliance \u2014 has received its first
        funding, with $13.6 million going to Sunnyvale, Calif. startup Corefino.  The
        firm joins a set of similar companies to receive funding in the past couple
        months: Risk manager Agiliance with $10 million, internal investigator Vantos
        with $10.6 million, and archiving and eDiscovery group Mimosa with $17 million.","title":"Corefino
        raises $13.6M for business accounting and\u00a0finance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/08/corefino-raises-136m-for-business-accounting-and-finance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938338,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-05T11:04:48Z","slug":"boehringer-ingelheim","summary":"Digital
        health accelerator Rock Health has selected its fifth class of startups. Given
        the burgeoning interest in the space, the team says this was its most competitive
        application process\u00a0yet.","title":"Rock Health\u2019s new startups are
        tackling health care\u2019s most \u2018pressing\u00a0problems\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/05/rock-healths-new-startups-are-tackling-health-cares-most-pressing-problems/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938190,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-08T06:49:25Z","slug":"agiliance","summary":"(Updated:
        Intel has also since invested in the company. The story below was written
        10/10/06)","title":"UPDATE: Agiliance raises $6.5 million for yet another
        security co \u2014 but wait, this one''s\u00a0different!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/08/agiliance-raises-65-million-for-yet-another-security-co-but-wait-this-ones-different/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938337,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T04:01:41Z","slug":"boehringer-ingelheim","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Hydra Biosciences, Inc., a leader in the field of Transient Receptor       Potential
        (TRP) channel modulation, and Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the       world\u2019s
        leading pharmaceutical companies, jointly announced today that       they
        have entered\u00a0into\u2026","title":"Hydra Biosciences and Boehringer Ingelheim
        Announce Worldwide Collaboration to Develo...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/hydra-biosciences-and-boehringer-ingelheim-announce-worldwide-collaboration-to-develop-small-molecule-inhibitors-for-the-treatment-of-central-nervous-system-diseases-and-disorders/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938189,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-01T01:06:12Z","slug":"agiliance","summary":"Agiliance,
        a San Jose, Calif. startup that offers IT tools to help companies comply with
        regulations and manage their risk, has raised a $10 million round of funding.  In
        today\u2019s complex regulatory environments, many companies are looking past
        finance officers and accountants to software that can help out. The growing
        space is known as IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC).  We\u2019ve recently
        reported other fundings for related companies: Mimosa, an electronic archiving
        startup, raised $17 million and is looking to have an IPO, and Vantos, which
        makes software for auditing and internal investigation, raised $10.6 million.  The
        $10 million that Agiliance took was led by new investor Castile Ventures,
        with participation from Intel Capital, Walden International and Red Rock Ventures.","title":"Agiliance
        raises $10M for corporate risk and compliance\u00a0control","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/01/agiliance-raises-10m-for-corporate-risk-and-compliance-control/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T05:07:12Z","slug":"boehringer-ingelheim","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cardax, Inc. (\u201cCardax\u201d) (OTCQB:CDXI) announced today the appointment
        of       George W. Bickerstaff, former CFO of Novartis Pharma AG (NYSE:NVS),       Tamar
        D. Howson, former senior business development executive at       Bristol-Myers
        Squibb\u00a0(NYSE:BMY)\u2026","title":"Cardax Appoints Former Novartis, Bristol-Myers
        Squibb, and Boehringer Ingelheim Execu...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/cardax-appoints-former-novartis-bristol-myers-squibb-and-boehringer-ingelheim-executives-as-directors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938188,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-26T18:00:18Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Featured
        companies: Ablynx, Cardiosolutions, Carigent Thereapeutics, Elusys, Genome
        Corp., GlobeImmune, Novazone, Targanta Therapeutics, Waterfront Media","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Wednesday, Sept. 26,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/26/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-sept-26-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938187,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-28T23:14:31Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"There\u2019s
        at least one problem with Facebook\u2019s new value of $15 billion: It is
        so stratospherically high, that it provides less upside to stock the company
        awards to new employees. That may hurt its recruitment efforts.","title":"Facebook''s
        options not like they used to\u00a0be","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/28/facebooks-options-not-like-they-used-to-be/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938186,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-05T09:13:29Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Featured
        companies: Gilde Healthcare Partners, Konanda Pharma Partners, Healthvision,
        OrbiMed, Quovadx, Serentis, Surface, Visiopharm","title":"Life sciences briefing:
        Friday, Oct. 5,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/05/life-sciences-briefing-friday-oct-5-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938185,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-07T13:46:00Z","slug":"cw-downer","summary":"You
        have to feel that if a version of yourself from 1991 was warped through a
        wormhole to the land of today (young tikes can substitute in their dads in
        this scenario) and shown Child of Eden being played with Kinect, they''d nod
        knowingly. If there''s one feeling Tetsuya Miziguchi''s\u00a0most recent offering
        elicits, it''s that this is The Future, or certainly a ''Lawnmower Man''/Jeff
        Minter hybrid vision of such- a first person view of surreal radiant landscapes
        with visuals far beyond what any of us back then could have considered possible-
        all controlled by mystical sweeping gestures and aggressive flicks of the
        wrist.","title":"Experimenting with LSD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:27:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/07/experimenting-with-lsd/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938184,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-08T10:56:14Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Featured
        companies: AirInSpace, Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Apollo Endosurgery, Ascension
        Health Partners, BG Medicine, CeraPedics, GlaxoSmithKline, Simplex Diabetic
        Supply, Zars Pharma","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Oct. 8,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/08/life-sciences-briefing-monday-oct-8-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938183,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-29T01:27:57Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Featured
        companies: Azaya Therapeutics, Global Care Solutions, Oxford Immunotec, RealSelf.com,
        Sequoia Pharmaceuticals, Tactile Systems Technology, WellGen, Zeltiq Aesthetics","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Monday, Oct. 29,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/29/life-sciences-briefing-monday-oct-29-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938182,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-30T00:55:04Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Featured
        companies: Acceleron Pharma, Bledsoe Brace Systems, Eurobiobiz, Genoptix,
        Harmony Information Systems, ImmuneWorks, Pasteuria Bioscience, Renal CarePartners,
        Quantum Genomics, Synergy Software, Vitreo Retinal Technology","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Tuesday, Oct. 30,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/30/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-oct-30-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938181,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-20T07:09:09Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Featured
        companies: American TeleCare, Gliknik, Juvaris BioTherapeutics, Medsphere
        Systems, Primera Biosystems","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Nov.
        20,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/20/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-nov-20-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938180,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-12T07:32:28Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Dec. 12,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/12/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-dec-12-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938179,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-15T08:28:34Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"LIfe sciences briefing: Tuesday, Jan. 15,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/15/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-jan-15-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938178,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-06T02:52:47Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Feb. 6,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/06/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-feb-6-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938177,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-12T06:50:11Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 12,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/12/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-feb-12-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938176,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-20T04:59:36Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Feb. 20,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/20/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-feb-20-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938175,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-22T14:12:21Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Friday, Feb. 22,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/22/life-sciences-briefing-friday-feb-22-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938174,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-25T10:12:02Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Feb. 25,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/25/life-sciences-briefing-monday-feb-25-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938173,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-05T08:35:36Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"(UPDATED:
        See below.)","title":"Precision Thera merger with \"blank check\" firm Oracle
        Healthcare\u00a0collapses","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/05/precision-thera-merger-with-blank-check-oracle-healthcare-collapses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938172,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-20T09:55:49Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Mohr
        Davidow Ventures, a Menlo Park, Calif. firm, has hired two biotech experts
        to help it make prudent investments in personalized healthcare companies.
        Essentially, they will look for startups that apply technology to give patients
        more control over their medical experiences, and to cut costs for care providers
        and drug developers.","title":"MDV hires pros to find personalized medicine\u00a0investments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/20/mdv-hires-pros-to-find-personalized-medicine-investments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938171,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-26T14:02:55Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"The
        first quarter of 2009 saw venture capital investments hit a 12-year low, according
        to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopwers and the National Venture Capital
        Association (NVCA). While investors are still wary about making new investments
        as the economy slowly begins to correct itself, venture capital will no doubt
        reemerge as the preeminent source of financing in the technology and life
        science industries.","title":"VC will ride out of the downturn on health care,
        fintech and online\u00a0ads","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/26/vc-will-ride-out-of-the-downturn-on-health-care-fintech-and-online-ads/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938170,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-14T05:00:38Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Dynamics,
        the big winner in the 2010 DEMOfall conference, revealed today some of the
        big-name investors who helped the payments company raise more than $40 million
        in two funding rounds.","title":"Payment startup Dynamics reveals its A-List\u00a0investors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/14/payment-startup-dynamics-reveals-its-a-list-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938169,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-13T21:34:11Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Just
        about every tech leader in Silicon Valley says they admire Steve Jobs, but
        when it comes to following his lead, where\u2019s the love?","title":"What
        Silicon Valley refuses to learn from Steve\u00a0Jobs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/13/what-silicon-valley-refuses-to-learn-from-steve-jobs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938168,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-11T05:30:00Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Flagship
        Ventures, a VC firm focusing on technologies for healthcare and sustainability,
        has closed its 2011 fundraising efforts with $270 million in the bank.","title":"Flagship
        raises $270M for green & health\u00a0technologies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/11/flagship-ventures/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938167,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:01:44Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"The
        onset of multicore processors and cloud computing made the film\u00a0possible.","title":"How
        DreamWorks made \u2018Dragon 2\u2032 movie with the \u2018absolute pinnacle\u2019
        of tech\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-cto/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938166,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-03T13:23:32Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Forbes
        today published its Midas List, an annual recounting of who\u2019s who among
        the top investors around the globe.","title":"Need some inspiration, ladies?
        Meet the women of Forbes\u2019 Midas\u00a0List","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/03/women-midas-list/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938165,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T07:00:02Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Fates
        Forever, a new multiplayer online battle arena game (MOBA) for tablets, debuted
        on iOS last week. The title has gotten good reviews and hundreds of thousands
        of downloads. That makes Jason Citron, the founder of OpenFeint and the chief
        executive of game studio Hammer & Chisel, quite happy.","title":"Fates Forever
        will test whether MOBAs designed for tablets can attract those who play League
        of Legends or Dota 2\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/fates-forever-will-test-whether-mobas-designed-for-tablets-can-attract-hardcore-gamers-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938164,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-15T11:33:41Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"For
        investors looking to go off the beaten track to find quality deals, Ohio might
        be the answer.","title":"4 reasons VCs should check out\u00a0Ohio","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/15/4-reasons-to-invest-in-ohio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938163,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-28T10:00:47Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Hardcore
        gamers threw a fit when Nintendo didn\u2019t talk much about hardcore games
        at its E3 press conference in Los Angeles. But the company has bigger fish
        to fry, as its choice of executives suggests. Cammie Dunaway joined Nintendo
        of America in November 2007 as executive vice president of sales and marketing.
        She led off the Nintendo press conference at E3 with a chat about breaking
        her wrist while snowboarding and a demo of the Shaun White snowboarding game
        for the Nintendo Wii coming from Ubisoft. Before joining Nintendo, she was
        chief marketing officer for Yahoo. Here\u2019s an interview with Dunaway from
        the recent E3 show.","title":"Nintendo sales chief Cammie Dunaway on the quest
        for a broader game\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/28/nintendo-sales-chief-cammie-dunaway-talks-about-nintendos-quest-for-a-broader-game-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938162,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-25T11:54:58Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Third
        Rock is a venture capital fund solely dedicated to health care companies.
        The firm\u2019s distinct hands-on approach first discovers breakthrough technology
        and then builds the teams to execute\u00a0it.","title":"Third Rock Ventures
        gets its hands dirty with $516M for healthcare\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/25/third-rock-ventures-gets-its-hands-dirty-with-516m-for-healthcare-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938161,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-30T13:01:26Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"The
        Macworld Expo, formerly the most anticipated Apple event of the year (before
        Apple kicked out its legs by pulling Steve Jobs and announcing it was pulling
        out entirely next year), starts on Monday. Not surprisingly, rumors of what
        we can expect from Apple at the event are all over the map. Apple\u2019s senior
        vice president of product marketing, Phil Schiller, will be giving the keynote
        address in place of Jobs and he certainly will have some things to announce,
        but what?","title":"The many rumors of Apple''s final\u00a0Macworld","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/30/the-many-rumors-of-apples-final-macworld/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938160,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-25T18:19:06Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Today\u2019s
        Funding Daily brings you nothing small. We\u2019ve got a huge new fund for
        health tech ideas, a massively ambitious plan to turn cars into something
        from The Jetsons, and a great, big payout from Nasdaq to early Facebook IPO\u00a0participants.","title":"Funding
        daily: Big companies, big dreams, big\u00a0disappointments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/25/special-sauce-on-a-sesame-seed-million-dollar-check/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938159,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-26T06:00:19Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"\u201cOpenBEL
        represents an amazing opportunity for openness and collaboration to advance
        science, and we\u2019re happy to impart our knowledge\u2026 to leaders in
        the life sciences industry,\u201d said the Linux Foundation\u2019s executive\u00a0director","title":"Linux
        Foundation throws its weight behind open\u00a0science","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/26/linux-foundation-throws-its-weight-behind-open-science/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938158,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-29T11:43:14Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"I
        love iTunes Plus, Apple\u2019s digital rights management (DRM)-free catalog
        of tracks in the iTunes music store \u2014 I\u2019m buying music left and
        right on iTunes again. But I still have some iTunes tracks that I bought before
        the days when iTunes Plus was ubiquitous. Apple allows you to upgrade those
        to iTunes Plus, and has for a while, but there\u2019s been a problem: It\u2019s
        been all or nothing. That changed this week.","title":"iTunes Plus upgrades
        get an important feature:\u00a0Choice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/29/itunes-plus-upgrades-get-an-important-feature-choice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938157,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-01T15:51:33Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Who stands to benefit as a key piece of the Affordable Care Act comes
        into effect? Health investors, policy-makers and analysts weigh\u00a0in.","title":"Health
        investors weigh in on Obamacare\u2019s winners and\u00a0losers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/01/health-investors-weigh-in-on-obamacares-winners-and-losers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938156,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-15T00:00:00Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Are
        The Denizens Of Opposable Thumbed Earthlings Ready?We all have it, that one
        memory from childhood that is recalled with the utmost of detail. That one
        moment from the past which continues to live on, with vivacity, in the dark,
        mysterious depths of the brain. For most, this memory likely revolves around
        a particularly special birthday, or perhaps an especially lucrative Christmas.
        On the contrary, for me, that specific section of the medial temporal lobe
        is filled with the wondrous recollection of video games. The most lucid of
        these memories involves what is widely considered to be the first action-adventure
        game, entitled Adventure (a first-party game released in 1979 for the Atari
        2600). The game, given the time period, was archaic in both design and gameplay,
        with the player\u2019s character being represented by, yes, a square. Now,
        it\u2019s not so much the game itself that brings back the flood of memories.
        Nope. In fact, it was the pursuit thereof (though, in retrospect, it was strangely
        compelling). As a six year old, nothing was more exciting than jumping into
        the family car on a Saturday morning and heading out to the local department
        store for a day of shopping. With luck, most excursions would conclude with
        some brand new shiny object of childhood lust in my grimy little kid hands.
        One Saturday, in particular, stands above all others. It concluded, after
        endless pleas, with the acquisition of the aforementioned Adventure. The drive
        home, recalled with excruciating detail, seemed never ending; the castle atop
        the hill, the frightening fire-breathing dragon, the valiant knight with sword
        in hand, and the myriad of bright pastel colors, all of these adorning the
        cleverly conceived cover \u2013 which screamed out to be played. Even after
        all these years, the experience seems so surreal.  \u00a0If Microsoft\u2019s
        recent press announcement is to be believed, memories \u2013 such as the one
        outlined above \u2013 will cease to exist for our gaming youth. The culprit?
        DLC (downloadable content). In his speech at the recent Gamefest developer
        event in London, UK, David Gosen, Microsoft\u2019s VP of strategic marketing
        and Xbox LIVE, was quoted as saying, \"There\u2019s no question digital will
        overtake physical [media]. It happened in music and will happen to our industry.\"
        What does this mean for the future of gaming? Well, it will certainly mean
        the elimination of the brick and mortar experience. Physical activity of any
        kind will no longer be necessary to purchase the next iteration of Dynasty
        Warriors or Need For Speed (all the more reason to seek out Nintendo\u2019s
        hugely popular exercise platform\u2026 Wii Fit, baby!).   Are consumers really
        ready for a future devoid of physical media? In a perfect world, perhaps.
        But according to Gamestop merchandising VP, Bob McKenzie, we won\u2019t be
        ready until approximately the year 2020. His argument being that the current
        configuration of the Internet does not support a timely, consumer friendly
        delivery of large games. There may be some validity to his statement, but
        keep in mind that the man has a vested interest in your continual shopping
        excursions to his place of employment. Now, it obviously could be argued that
        DLC is a reality in the present, as many of us who subscribe to Xbox Live,
        PSN or Valve\u2019s hugely successful Steam could attest to. Some of my all-time
        favorite games are download exclusive, and include such expansive titles as
        Siren: Blood Curse, Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty, Castle Crashers, plus
        a plethora of bite-sized casual games. It would seem the future is a lot closer
        than we are led to believe.  There are plenty of other factors that will likely
        prevent a market predominance of DLC. First and foremost, is the reluctance
        of publishers to ship a title exclusively as downloadable content. The reason
        you ask? Well, DSL (high-speed internet) consumer penetration still leaves
        something to be desired, especially in the European market. We have already
        seen examples of this reluctance, specifically with Sony Computer Entertainment\u2019s
        Siren: Blood Curse. The game is available to North American gamers as a downloadable
        exclusive but, in Europe, the publishing giant decided to play it safe and
        offer a coinciding retail version of the game. Can\u2019t blame \u2018em,
        after all, priority number one is to recoup their development costs.  Another
        issue at the forefront of digital downloading is the gray area surrounding
        Digital Rights Management (DRM). This is where things become truly confusing
        and misleading. So, if you\u2019ve been paying close attention to PSN (Playstation
        Network, Sony\u2019s digital media delivery service), you are likely aware
        of the recently launched Sony Video Store. Within this online store you are
        treated to a wide selection of movies available for purchase or rental. Studios
        on board include Sony Pictures, MGM, Lionsgate, Warner Bros., Disney and Paramount.
        Sounds great, doesn\u2019t it? Word to the wise: before you get too download
        happy, be sure to read Sony\u2019s fine print. \"Purchased content can be
        downloaded to a single PLAYSTATION 3 or a single PSP system,\" reads the warning.
        \"Content cannot be redownloaded once it has been downloaded to either a PLAYSTATION
        3 or PSP system.\" What does this mean? Well, essentially, Sony is allowing
        you temporary ownership of your purchases. Unlike buying your movie at either
        Best Buy or Walmart where, once purchased, it is yours to keep forever, this
        new system is a category all its own, floating somewhere between rental and
        ownership. To be fair, if for any reason you happen to lose your downloaded
        content, a phone call to Sony\u2019s customer service line will allow you
        to redownload your lost content as a one-time courtesy\u2026 thanks a lot
        Sony!  So, as you can see, we are far from an ideal world devoid of \"stuff\"
        (to quote the late, great George Carlin). In all honesty, we as a gaming community
        \u2013 this includes the publishers, developers, and consumers \u2013 need
        to embrace this technology sooner than later. With the depletion of essential
        resources to make said \"stuff\" and the rise of production costs for said
        \"stuff\", a completely digital world begins to make perfect sense (regardless
        of the contradictory nature of this article). Good luck trying to convince
        the hardcore Joe gamer. You know the guy I\u2019m referring to, he who collects
        every piece of gaming/movie/anime memorabilia (toys to the rest of the civilized
        world) to display nonsensically on the walls of his bedroom. Where is this
        bedroom located you ask? In the basement of his parent\u2019s house, of course!\u00a0[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE6MSXqouSk
        425x344]","title":"The Discombobulated World Of\u00a0DLC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/15/the-discombobulated-world-of-dlc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938155,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-22T07:02:43Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Creganna-Tactx Medical, a global Top 10 provider of medical device       outsourcing
        solutions, will showcase the expertise of its California       Center of Excellence
        for Emerging Therapies at the Transcatheter       Cardiovascular Therapeutics\u00a0(TCT)\u2026","title":"Creganna-Tactx
        Medical to Showcase Expertise in Emerging Medical Therapies at TCT&nbs...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/22/creganna-tactx-medical-to-showcase-expertise-in-emerging-medical-therapies-at-tct-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938154,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-05T09:45:43Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Tuesday\u2019s
        announcement from RingRevenue that it had closed a $3.5 million round for
        its \u201cpay-per-call platform designed for affiliate networks\u201d left
        me with two questions: First, what\u2019s a pay-per-call platform? Second,
        why is GRP Partners, a firm that\u2019s taken 15 companies from early stage
        to billion-dollar-plus exits \u2014 Starbucks, Costco, Overture, etc \u2014
        plinking with a $3M round? It\u2019s because online marketing only attracts
        one-tenth of the total $300 billion spent annually on advertising in America.
        RingRevenue plans to open the door to selling higher-priced items online,
        and then quietly take a cut of the action.","title":"RingRevenue lands $3.5M
        from GRP, Rincon, Great Pacific to tap high-end ad\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:26:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/05/ringrevenue-lands-35m-from-grp-rincon-great-pacific/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938153,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-12T05:08:55Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Antegrin       Therapeutics, a drug discovery and development company
        focused on       novel treatments for fibrotic diseases, announced today the
        publication       of key preclinical data in the current       online issue
        of Nature Medicine.\u00a0The\u2026","title":"Antegrin Announces Publication
        in Nature Medicine of Preclinical Data in Fibrosis&nbs...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/12/antegrin-announces-publication-in-nature-medicine-of-preclinical-data-in-fibrosis-models/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938152,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-15T05:57:01Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Brant Cooper is an independent consultant specializing in marketing
        and product management. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)","title":"The
        hidden secrets of market\u00a0research","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/15/the-hidden-secrets-of-market-research/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938151,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T08:38:46Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post 5BARz International Inc., a leader in the cellular network extender technology
        industry, announced today that Dr. Gil Amelio has been elected Chair of its
        Board of\u00a0Directors.","title":"Dr. Gil Amelio Appointed Chairman of the
        Board of Directors of 5BARz International,&n...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/dr-gil-amelio-appointed-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors-of-5barz-international-inc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938150,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-07T19:36:05Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Twenty
        plus years ago the gaming world was significantly different than it is today.","title":"What
        A Different World We Now Live\u00a0In","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/07/what-a-different-world-we-now-live-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938149,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-07T20:00:40Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Most
        startups begin by pricing their product based on cost or competition. Smart
        startups price their product based on value to the customer \u2014 because
        you can\u2019t guess how your product is valued by\u00a0customers.","title":"When
        customers make you\u00a0smarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/07/when-customers-make-you-smarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938148,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-31T05:00:29Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"No
        one at Trion Worlds has promised that the company\u2019s first fantasy role-playing
        online game, Rift: Planes of Telara, will be a World of WarCraft killer. Indeed,
        many makers of massively multiplayer online games have tried to knock out
        Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s online subscription game, but WoW has ruled
        for six years and it just got a major upgrade with World of WarCraft: Cataclysm,
        which sold 3.3 million units in a day. But that doesn\u2019t intimidate the
        folks at Trion Worlds, which has raised more than $100 million and has more
        than 200 people working on a variety of MMOs. Of course, beating WoW is the
        ultimate prize, since WoW has more than 12 million paying subscribers and
        it generates more than $1 billion in revenue per year for Activision Blizzard.","title":"Will
        Trion World''s Rift online game kill World of WarCraft?\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/31/will-trion-worlds-rift-online-game-kill-world-of-warcraft-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938147,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-24T12:30:08Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A combination of factors that led to the Nov. 22 warning letter \u2014
        but the timing of chief legal officer Ashley Gould\u2019s departure may have
        played a\u00a0role.","title":"23andMe lost its chief legal counsel months
        before FDA\u2019s legal\u00a0crackdown","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/24/23andme-lost-its-chief-legal-counsel-months-before-fdas-legal-crackdown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938146,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-07T05:00:56Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Who\u2019s
        responsible for Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s string of money-minting video
        games? Meet Paul Sams, the chief operating officer of Blizzard, now a division
        of Activision Blizzard,  the gaming powerhouse created from the $18 billion
        merger in 2007 of Activision and Vivendi Games.","title":"How World of Warcraft
        maker keeps the hits\u00a0coming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/07/after-two-decades-in-games-blizzard-continues-to-capture-hearts-minds-and-wallets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938145,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T21:00:36Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Serial
        entrepreneur Steve Blank\u2019s Udacity lectures now have over 250,000 students,
        and they\u2019re widely used by other entrepreneurs. Here\u2019s what he learned
        by \u201cflipping\u201d the online classroom\u00a0idea.","title":"What I learned
        by \u2018flipping\u2019 the\u00a0MOOC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/what-i-learned-by-flipping-the-mooc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938144,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-17T08:31:50Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Zynga\u2019s
        GagaVille, a special expansion of FarmVille that pays homage to pop star Lady
        Gaga, went live today.","title":"Zynga''s Lady Gaga marketing deal goes\u00a0live","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/17/zyngas-lady-gaga-marketing-deal-goes-live/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938143,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-01T14:00:27Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Guest
        Post Other than \u201cI\u2019ll know it when I see it\u201d, there\u2019s
        no formal way for an investor attending a demo day to assess project maturity
        or quantify\u00a0risks.","title":"Is this startup ready for\u00a0investment?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/01/is-this-startup-ready-for-investment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938142,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-08T11:11:01Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"With
        eBay\u2019s acquisition of Zong Thursday for $240 million, it\u2019s hard
        not see it as the first salvo in a major war over today\u2019s most important
        business theatre, mobile payments.","title":"EBay-Zong is the first salvo
        in World War of Payments. Which side are you\u00a0on?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/08/ebay-zong-is-the-first-salvo-in-world-war-of-payments-which-side-are-you-on/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938141,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-07T07:47:49Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Health
        technology is advancing so rapidly that within a decade the small handheld
        medical reader used by Dr. Leonard McCoy in Star Trek \u2014 the tricorder
        \u2014 will look primitive.","title":"Why our medicine will soon be cooler
        than Star\u00a0Trek\u2019s","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/07/why-our-medicine-will-soon-be-cooler-than-star-treks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938140,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-19T18:06:37Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"The
        Elder Scrolls have a massive history and the boxes to go with it.","title":"Forget
        Saving the World, I\u2019ve Got Pockets to Pick and Dungeons to Loot \u2013
        A Look at the History of the Elder\u00a0Scrolls","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/19/a-look-at-the-history-of-the-elder-scrolls/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938139,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T04:03:41Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Liquid Grids\u00ae, a Precision Marketing Platform marketing for       the
        Healthcare Industry, has recently completed a Series A investment       round
        led by Miramar Digital Ventures (MDV). The company has also       appointed
        Daniel M. Bradbury,\u00a0former\u2026","title":"Liquid Grids Announces Series
        A Funding and Appoints New\u00a0Chairman","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/liquid-grids-announces-series-a-funding-and-appoints-new-chairman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938138,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-24T10:47:16Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"When
        I first heard that former Gamespot editor, Greg Kasavin was abandoning journalism
        in order to pursue a career in game design I felt conflicted. One one hand,
        one of the few critics that I trusted (read: agreed with often) would no longer
        be offering their opinion for public consumption. On the other, someone who
        had spent over ten years assessing videogames would now be in the business
        of making them; seeing the flaws in a decade''s worth of titles could potentially
        give him the insight to make a \"perfect\" game. Bastion may not be perfect,
        but it is one of the finest games available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
        Developer Supergiant Games'' first effort catalogues the adventures of a hero
        referred to only as \"The Kid,\" who investigates the catastrophic event known
        as \"The Calamity.\"\u00a0","title":"Bastion Review (X360) \u2013 Tell me
        how the world\u00a0ends","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/24/bastion-review-x360-tell-me-how-the-world-ends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938137,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T06:05:14Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Xcovery,       a developer of next-generation targeted therapeutics for
        cancer, today       presented preliminary results at the annual meeting of
        the American       Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) from a phase 1 study
        of X-396, a potent\u00a0small\u2026","title":"Xcovery Presents Interim Phase
        1 Results of X-396 in ALK positive NSCLC at the Americ...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/xcovery-presents-interim-phase-1-results-of-x-396-in-alk-positive-nsclc-at-the-american-society-for-clinical-oncology-annual-meeting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938136,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-10T23:13:08Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Hello,
        everyone! It''s time once again for a Bitmob Roundtable, where we grab a bunch
        of Bitmobbers and discuss an important topic in today''s gaming industry.
        This week, we tackle a whopper that''s been on everyone''s lips lately: the
        state of the Japanese role-playing game.","title":"Bitmob Roundtable: A brave
        new JRPG\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/10/bitmob-roundtable-brave-new-jrpg-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938135,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T06:06:15Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ArmaGen, a privately held biotechnology company focused on developing       revolutionary
        therapies for severe neurological disorders, announced       today that the
        United States\u00a0Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued       a Notice
        of\u00a0Allowance\u2026","title":"ArmaGen Receives Notice of Allowance for
        U.S. Patent Covering Novel Investigational T...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/armagen-receives-notice-of-allowance-for-u-s-patent-covering-novel-investigational-therapy-for-hunter-syndrome/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938134,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T05:02:21Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Tyrogenex       Inc., an Xcovery Group company focused on discovering
        and developing       novel patented cancer and ophthalmic therapeutics, today
        announced it       received $15 million in Series D financing from Brace Pharma,
        the U.S.\u00a0investment\u2026","title":"Tyrogenex Raises $15M in Series D
        Financing from Brace Pharma, US Investment Arm of E...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/tyrogenex-raises-15m-in-series-d-financing-from-brace-pharma-us-investment-arm-of-ems-sa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938133,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-27T21:24:29Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Update:
        A representative for the Avenger Controller (a new one, obviously) has released
        an official statement regarding Ocean Marketing\u2019s involvement with their
        product and the actions of Paul Christoforo.","title":"Ocean Marketing: How
        to self-destruct your company with just a few measly emails\u00a0[update]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/ocean-marketing-how-to-self-destruct-your-company-with-just-a-few-measly-emails/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938132,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T10:42:22Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Founders
        Fund already stands out for backing startups with radical ideas, including
        Counsyl, Hampton Creek, Planet Labs, and SpaceX. Now the venture firm is making
        a formal commitment to funding startups in aeronautics, life sciences, nanotechnology,
        and other geeky realms.","title":"Founders Fund will give dough to early-stage
        science\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/founders-fund-will-give-dough-to-early-stage-science-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938131,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-02T09:56:23Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"It\u2019s
        hard to believe that in 2009, Facebook was insignificant compared to the rest
        of social media.","title":"How Facebook will take over the rest of the world
        in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/02/facebook-total-world-domination/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938130,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-31T10:42:16Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Malvern,
        Pa.-based Ception Therapeutics, a biotech developing drugs to treat inflammatory
        disease, raised an additional $14.7 million in its third funding round, bringing
        the total round to $77 million. Participants included the hedge funds Third
        Point LLC and Greenlight Capital, both existing investors. The company\u2019s
        release is here.","title":"Ception Therapeutics raises additional $15M for
        anti-inflammatories","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/31/ception-therapeutics-raises-additional-15m-for-anti-inflammatories/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938129,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-17T07:00:17Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Mark
        Miller has one of those hot and cold jobs. He is the director of marketing
        at Intel for netbooks and tablets. Tablets, of course, are hot. But netbooks
        are cold. Still, in an interview at the Consumer Electronics Show last week,
        Miller said that netbooks aren\u2019t dead.","title":"Intel marketing guy:
        Netbooks aren\u2019t dead\u00a0yet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/17/intel-marketing-guy-netbooks-arent-dead-yet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938128,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-09T08:00:38Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Let\u2019s
        Battle. That\u2019s a particularly apt slogan for Wargaming.net. The\u00a0
        has scored big with its World of Tanks game, a hardcore massively multiplayer
        online game that lets you battle your friends in World War II tanks. Since
        it launched in April 2011, the game has gotten more than 30 million players
        worldwide.Those players are so engaged in the realistic 3D game that they
        have obliterated 1.3 billion tanks to date.","title":"With 1.3B tanks obliterated
        and 30M players, Wargaming.net plans to conquer the online gaming world\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/09/with-1-3b-tanks-obliterated-and-30m-players-wargaming-net-plans-to-conquer-the-online-gaming-world-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938127,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-20T17:50:43Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"At
        a first glance, San Francisco\u2019s Nuon Therapeutics looks like any other
        specialty-pharmaceutical company that aims to pick up cast-off or failed drugs
        and try to squeeze some new life out of them. That sort of business model
        is frequently dull as dishwater, however lucrative it may turn out to be for
        the investors involved.","title":"Nuon Therapeutics: A transplanted company
        tries to teach an old drug new\u00a0tricks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/20/nuon-therapeutics-a-transplanted-company-tries-to-teach-an-old-drug-new-tricks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938126,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-31T10:30:52Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Storm8
        has bootstrapped itself into a major mobile game company. It has its detractors,
        but the company has a huge base of users and it moves really\u00a0fast.","title":"How
        Storm8 can score millions of mobile game downloads with zero marketing cost\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/31/how-storm8-can-score-millions-of-mobile-game-downloads-with-zero-marketing-expenses-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938125,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T03:00:09Z","slug":"forma-therapeutics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Juventas       Therapeutics, Inc.,a private clinical-stage company developing
        a       drug-based approach to regenerative medicine, today presented top-line       interim
        data from a Phase II study evaluating safety and efficacy of       JVS-100
        in\u00a0patients\u2026","title":"Juventas Therapeutics Data Demonstrates Significant
        Structural, Clinically Meaningful...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/juventas-therapeutics-data-demonstrates-significant-structural-clinically-meaningful-benefit-in-patients-with-advanced-heart-failure/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938124,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-18T14:58:22Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"When
        a startup known as Social Finance raised an astronomical $77.2 million last
        week to expand its new lending model to colleges and universities across the
        United States, it seemed almost too good to be\u00a0true.","title":"SoFi\u2019s
        CEO: \u2018The student loan market is broken. Let\u2019s fix it\u2019\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/18/sofi-student-loan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938123,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-19T05:00:45Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Wouldn\u2019t
        you like to carry around a\u00a0worldphone?","title":"Marvell targets the
        \u2018worldphone\u2019 with quad-core processor that works on different\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/19/marvell-targets-the-worldphone-with-quad-core-processor-that-works-on-different-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938122,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-19T17:26:58Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick BioLite makes a pair of stoves that burn twigs to cook your dinner \u2014
        and charge your phone at the same time. It\u2019s using sales of a backpacking
        stove sold in the U.S. to help fund development of a (hopefully) world-changing
        stove for people in the rest of the\u00a0world.","title":"How burning sticks
        can boil water, recharge your phone, and save the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/19/biolite-stoves/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938121,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-27T10:00:52Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"\u201cA
        year ago we were having the discussion that Facebook doesn\u2019t work, and
        GM is pulling its ads,\u201d AdRoll president Adam Berke told me this morning.
        \u201cNow we\u2019re having the conversation on whether this rivals\u00a0Google!\u201d","title":"Facebook
        news feed ads generate 49 times more clicks at 45% less cost\u00a0(study)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/27/facebook-news-feed-ads-generate-49x-more-clicks-at-45-less-cost-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938120,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-09T07:59:04Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Samsung
        has extended its global lead over Apple in the world\u2019s use of mobile
        devices to access the internet, according to the latest numbers from web analytics
        provider StatCounter.\nWhich may not last long, of course, given Apple\u2019s
        coming iPhone\u00a0launches.","title":"World mobile device map: Apple = rich,
        Nokia = poor, Samsung = global\u00a0leader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/09/world-mobile-device-map-rich-apple-poor-nokia-global-leader-samsung/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938119,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-12T06:50:11Z","slug":"ngm-biopharmaceuticals","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 12,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/12/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-feb-12-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938118,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-10T15:01:05Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Apple\u2019s new iPhone 5C is the answer to China, the answer to India,
        the answer to the entire developing world that might just crave a little more
        iOS in their lives, and the answer to Android\u2019s 80 percent global smartphone
        market share.\nOr is\u00a0it?","title":"This is what Apple\u2019s new \u2018cheap\u2019
        iPhone 5C will cost in China, India, and\u00a0Africa","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/10/this-is-what-apples-new-cheap-iphone-5c-will-cost-in-china-india-and-africa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938117,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-16T18:29:49Z","slug":"ngm-biopharmaceuticals","summary":"NGM
        Biopharmaceuticals, a medical startup looking to treat metabolic disorders
        like type 2 diabetes, has brought in an undisclosed amount of capital toward
        its goal of a $51 million second round of funding. Based in South San Francisco,
        the company is backed by the Column Group, Tichenor Ventures, Prospect Venture
        Partners and Rho Ventures.","title":"NGM Bio closes in on $51M to treat metabolic\u00a0diseases","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/16/ngm-bio-closes-in-on-51m-to-treat-metabolic-diseases/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938116,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T09:00:06Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The mobile games marketing platform AppLift together with the global
        games market research firm Newzoo have teamed up in a joint market analysis
        effort to investigate the appeal of various continental regions for mobile
        game publishers, shedding light onto growth opportunities, monetization potential
        and user acquisition\u00a0costs.","title":"AppLift and NewZoo latest report
        finds global mobile games market to double by\u00a02016","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/the-mobile-opportunity-global-mobile-games-market-to-double-by-2016/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938115,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-04T07:11:41Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"This
        dashboard will tell app marketers how much revenue their apps are making from
        20 sources. And it will tell mobile advertisers how their ad campaigns are
        performing across 10 to 15\u00a0networks.","title":"World first: App Annie
        gives developers \u2014 and advertisers \u2014 one dashboard for all app and
        ad\u00a0revenue","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/04/world-first-app-annie-gives-developers-and-advertisers-one-dashboard-for-all-app-and-ad-revenue/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938114,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T18:45:35Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Guest
        Post Software engineers who are feeding the beast need tools to deliver the
        next tasty morsel to ravenous end users. So the question you should be asking
        yourself is, \u201cHow well does my team\u00a0cook\u201d?","title":"Software\u2019s
        eating the world, and devs are serving up the\u00a0meal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/softwares-eating-the-world-and-devs-are-serving-up-the-meal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938113,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-16T08:45:29Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Once
        upon a time, you could launch a product or a service with a newspaper, radio,
        or TV ad; deliver orders to middlemen; or provide services yourself and watch
        the dollars roll in.\nThat fantasy world is long\u00a0gone.","title":"Superheroes
        of marketing automation: The VentureBeat top\u00a010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/16/superheroes-of-marketing-automation-the-venturebeat-top-10/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938112,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-14T13:00:39Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Nest brings Google some obvious near-term benefits. Google also can take
        major steps forward, were it not for a roadblock standing in the way: the
        use of Nest\u2019s precious\u00a0data.","title":"Google plus Nest: Imagine
        the\u00a0possibilities","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:25:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/14/google-plus-nest-imagine-the-possibilities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938111,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-27T05:58:52Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Our
        look at the lesser-known products from the annual mobile industry\u00a0gathering.","title":"5
        offbeat finds from Mobile World Congress: A beer brewing app, super-secure
        phone, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/five-mobile-world-congress-offbeat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938110,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T09:00:21Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Abe
        is back on the menu thanks to some scrappy thinking from creator Lorne\u00a0Lanning.","title":"Oddworld\u2019s
        Lorne Lanning bets that fans will love a 3D re-creation of Abe\u2019s Oddysee\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/oddworlds-lorne-lanning-bets-that-fans-will-love-a-3d-re-creation-of-abes-oddysee-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938109,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T08:16:42Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Either
        it\u2019s Christmas in May or App Annie really wants to win the mobile analytics
        battle.","title":"ASO is the new SEO as App Annie adds free app store optimization,
        plus ad\u00a0analytics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/aso-is-the-new-seo-as-app-annie-adds-free-app-store-optimization-plus-ad-analytics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938108,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T15:30:03Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"You
        can\u2019t monetize in China, right? Wrong,\u00a0apparently.","title":"China\u2019s
        mobile games market doubling this year to $3B, will surpass U.S. in 2015\u00a0(report)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/chinas-mobile-games-market-doubling-this-year-to-3b-will-surpass-u-s-in-2015-report/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938107,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T09:16:22Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Now
        you can buy users like you buy potatoes \u2014 and on sale, to boot.","title":"Half-price
        mobile users: SessionM launches self-serve mobile user acquisition\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/half-price-mobile-users-sessionm-launches-self-serve-mobile-user-acquisition-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938106,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T16:00:04Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"Think
        Risk but with special races that have different powers each time you\u00a0play.","title":"Great
        tabletop games for video gamers: Small\u00a0World","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/great-tabletop-games-for-video-gamers-small-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938105,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-30T17:38:15Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Another record for cleantech, economy
        contracting, music news and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/30/roundup-another-record-for-cleantech-economy-contracting-music-news-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938104,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T08:29:11Z","slug":"cost-plus-world-market","summary":"The
        presence of mobile audio is becoming more important to all businesses, but
        the bigger question is,\u00a0why?","title":"4 ways mobile music is becoming
        the PB&J of the marketing\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/4-ways-mobile-music-is-becoming-the-pbj-of-the-marketing-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938103,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-18T12:00:39Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Steve
        Jurvetson, a managing director at Silicon Valley stalwart venture capital
        firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, talks so fast I always have to use a digital
        recorder to capture his rapid-fire thoughts. Jurvetson is an investor who
        ventures deep into the technology of his subjects. He was passionate about
        investing in nanotechnology a few years ago and has since poured his energy
        into cleantech. He has had some big hits with investments in Hotmail, Interwoven,
        Kana, Tradex and Cyras \u2014 the last of which was acquired for $8 billion.
        He spoke with us earlier this year and we caught up with him again at the
        recent AlwaysOn Venture Summit West.","title":"Steve Jurvetson on focusing
        on cleantech during the economic\u00a0storm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/18/steve-jurvetson-on-focusing-on-cleantech-during-the-economic-storm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938102,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-22T18:26:28Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"The
        clouds may have rolled in for many other sectors in today\u2019s economy,
        but the sun still shines on cleantech \u2014 and VantagePoint Venture Partners
        in particular. The San Bruno, Calif.-based firm just landed $435 million for
        its second fund, reports VentureWire.","title":"VantagePoint charges up on
        $435M for\u00a0cleantech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/22/vantagepoint-charges-up-on-435m-for-cleantech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938101,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-12T16:51:28Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Stanford
        University just upped the ante on its green technology efforts, announcing
        today that it is founding a new energy institute on campus with an initial
        price tag of $100 million. The staggering sum \u2014 considering the very
        visible downturn in the university\u2019s endowment \u2014 will go toward
        bringing new faculty and even more graduate students on board to investigate
        alternative and sustainable sources of energy.","title":"Stanford launches
        $100M energy institute for cleantech research,\u00a0teaching","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/12/stanford-launches-100m-energy-institute-for-research-teaching/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938100,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-25T15:50:28Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Intel\u2019s
        chief sales and marketing officer Sean Maloney delivered the keynote at the
        annual Cleantech Forum today, underscoring the importance of three themes:
        the government\u2019s commitment of billions of dollars to cleantech industries
        over the next year; the utility of even conventional 3-D simulation software
        in the development of greener buildings, products and vehicles; and the mainstream
        adoption of residential and commercial energy monitoring systems used to cut
        costs during the economic downturn.","title":"Energy monitoring, 3-D simulations,
        government dollars are the future of cleantech, says Intel\u00a0CMO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/25/energy-monitoring-3-d-simulations-government-dollars-are-the-future-of-cleantech-says-intel-cmo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938099,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-09T18:45:17Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Cleantech
        could be the largest area for venture capital investment within five years
        if not sooner, Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association,
        told VentureBeat in an interview. The NVCA has been bullish on cleantech for
        several years now, but the stars do seem to be aligning in new, momentous
        ways.","title":"Cleantech could top venture capital within five\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/09/cleantech-to-top-venture-capital-industry-within-five-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938098,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-23T15:38:18Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"EPS,
        the Costa Mesa, Calif. company that provides Fortune 500 companies with the
        advice and knowledge they need to make environmentally sustainable decisions,
        has raised $30 million in a second round of funding to continue developing
        its xChange Point carbon emissions management system, according to peHub.","title":"EPS
        lands $30M for cleantech\u00a0analytics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/23/eps-lands-30m-for-cleantech-analytics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938097,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-28T17:48:37Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"European
        cleantech is finally feeling the funding crunch. Market analysts at the Cleantech
        Group released a report today showing that investment in the sector during
        the first quarter fell to $281 million, an 11 percent drop from the previous
        quarter and a 31 percent drop from last year. Fourth quarter figures for 2008
        were also down from the previous quarter.","title":"European cleantech feels
        the pinch \u2014 looks to distinguish itself from\u00a0U.S.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/28/european-cleantech-feels-the-pinch-looks-to-distinguish-itself-from-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938096,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-11T06:33:56Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"US
        Venture capital investments into clean technology companies plunged by 63
        percent in the first quarter, mirroring the drop of investments in other sectors.","title":"Cleantech
        VC funding falls off cliff \u2014 except for energy\u00a0storage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/11/cleantech-vc-funding-falls-off-cliff-except-for-energy-storage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938095,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-22T12:30:16Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Government-backed
        stimulus packages are expected to give a major boost to cleantech companies,
        supposedly starting in September. A total of $184.9 billion has been earmarked
        for green initiatives worldwide, and some 65.7 percent of that is going to
        energy verticals like solar and wind, says the New Energy Finance Group. But
        it may be a while longer before startups and their investors see any of that
        money.","title":"Cleantech may need to wait a bit longer for stimulus\u00a0funds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/22/cleantech-may-need-to-wait-a-bit-longer-for-stimulus-funds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938094,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-30T12:12:54Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"It\u2019s
        official: cleantech is the darling of the rebounding investment market. Not
        only has the sector maintained the momentum it picked up in the second fiscal
        quarter of this year, it has emerged as the No. 1 sector in U.S. venture investing
        overall, surpassing long-time leaders IT and biotechnology, according to a
        new report released today by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte & Touche.","title":"Cleantech
        trumps IT, biotech as dominant investment sector in\u00a0Q3","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/30/cleantech-trumps-it-biotech-as-dominant-investment-sector-in-q3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938093,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-18T14:44:32Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Making
        the rounds of Smart Grid events (and there are quite a few of them this season),
        smart thermostat company EcoFactor nabbed the $250,000 grand prize in yesterday\u2019s
        Cleantech Open business plan competition. EcoFactor\u2019s Scott Hublou will
        be speaking today at GreenBeat 2009.","title":"GreenBeat speaker EcoFactor
        takes top honors Cleantech\u00a0Open","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/18/greenbeat-speaker-ecofactor-takes-top-honors-cleantech-open/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938092,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-18T17:28:01Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"\u201cTen
        years out we want lamps that use 2 of percent the energy [they''re usually
        using now] and put out the same amount of light,\u201d Doerr said at the beginning
        of his talk at GreenBeat 2009 today \u2014 indicative of his interest and
        that of his firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in the newest, boldest
        investments when it comes to cleantech and the grid.","title":"GreenBeat:
        Doerr wants to see more U.S. leadership in smart grid,\u00a0cleantech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/18/greenbeat-doerr-leads-kleiner-perkins-to-bold-energy-efficiency-plays/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938091,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-31T15:40:36Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"The
        cleantech sector continues its strong rebound as the economy  gradually comes
        back to life. The first quarter is notoriously slow for  most industries,
        but the number of cleantech venture deals hit record heights, up  29 percent
        from fourth quarter and 83 percent from Q1 of last year,  according to the
        quarterly report released by the Cleantech Group.","title":"Record number
        of cleantech deals in Q1 as green transportation heats\u00a0up","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/31/record-number-of-cleantech-deals-in-q1-as-green-transportation-heats-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938090,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-10T15:54:42Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: This story is part of our Microsoft-sponsored  series on cutting-edge
        innovation. Darryl Siry formerly served as the  chief marketing officer of
        Tesla Motors, the electric vehicle  manufacturer, and of the Fireman\u2019s
        Fund, a large financial services  company. He is now the founder and CEO of
        NewsBasis,  an online software service for media professionals.","title":"Cleantech''s
        next generation: smaller, nimbler, and\u00a0smarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/10/cleantech-next-generation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938089,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-01T11:53:09Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Venture
        capital investment in cleantech in the second quarter totaled  $2.02 billion
        across 140 companies in North America, Europe, China and  India. A little
        down from the $2.04 billion invested in the first  quarter, the total still
        reflects a 65 percent increase from the halfway  mark last year, according
        to a report released today by the  Cleantech Group and Deloitte.","title":"Cleantech
        investment up 65 percent worldwide in first half of\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/01/cleantech-investment-up-65-worldwide-in-first-half-of-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938088,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-14T16:57:29Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"VantagePoint
        has created a $100 million fund for investing in renewable energy in China,
        focusing on investment opportunities in the city of Tianjin and the Tianjin-Bohai
        region in Northeast China.","title":"VantagePoint puts $100 million into China\u00a0cleantech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/14/vantagepoint-puts-100-million-into-china-cleantech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938087,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-30T10:23:02Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Investors
        putting money into cleantech have declined every quarter since early 2009,
        according to a report from Kachan & Co. Early-stage cleantech investment has
        especially suffered \u2013 according to Reuters, 20 percent of all cleantech
        venture capital went to early-stage and seed funding in the first half of
        2010, down from 35 percent in 2007. China\u2019s cleantech IPOs and M&A activity
        continues to lead the rest of the world by nearly fourfold.","title":"On the
        GreenBeat: Cleantech investment keeps falling, Crosslink Capital closes $200
        million\u00a0fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/30/on-the-greenbeat-cleantech-investment-keeps-falling-crosslink-capital-closes-200-million-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938086,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-01T12:49:29Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Preliminary
        third-quarter results for cleantech venture investment totals $1.53 billion,
        down by 30 percent compared to last quarter, according to a new report by
        the Cleantech Group.","title":"Cleantech investment declines in Q3, \"There''s
        been a\u00a0bubble\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:24:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/01/cleantech-investment-declines-in-q3-theres-been-a-bubble/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938085,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-14T10:05:16Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the top cleantech news we\u2019re following today:","title":"On the GreenBeat:
        GE acquires Opal, top 100 cleantech companies\u00a0listed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/14/on-the-greenbeat-ge-acquires-opal-the-top-100-cleantech-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938084,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-27T11:28:51Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Why
        is VentureBeat putting on GreenBeat 2010? The energy revolution depends on
        two disparate groups. Call the first the pipe dreamers: entrepreneurs, politicians,
        and pundits. They have great ideas. Then there are the powermongers \u2014
        the folks who quite literally have the juice, the utilities generating and
        distributing energy today and tomorrow, who have to worry about billions of
        dollar of infrastructure.","title":"Meet cleantech''s dreamers and doers at
        GreenBeat\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/27/dreamers-doers-greenbeat-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938083,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-01T12:01:42Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"There\u2019s
        more bad news for cleantech investing. A new report from Ernst & Young found
        that U.S. venture capital dollars going to cleantech have dropped 55 percent
        compared to the same time last year.","title":"Cleantech is bleeding green:
        U.S. investment dollars slashed by half in last\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/01/cleantech-is-bleeding-green-u-s-investment-dollars-slashed-by-half-in-last-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938082,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-05T12:40:34Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"If
        cleantech is going to have its \u201cNetscape moment,\u201d as John Doerr
        put it, it\u2019s most likely going to come from companies taking a data-oriented
        approach.","title":"Lessons learned from GreenBeat: Data is the new wave in\u00a0cleantech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/05/lessons-learned-from-greenbeat-data-is-the-new-wave-in-cleantech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938081,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-09T07:01:26Z","slug":"metaweb-technologies","summary":"Metaweb
        Technologies is a new start-up seeking to create a massive public database
        that will store all of the world\u2019s digital information, creating what
        one insider calls the \u201csynapses for the global brain.\u201d","title":"Freebase,
        the database, wants to be global\u00a0brain","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/09/freebase-the-database-wants-to-be-global-brain/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938080,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-29T10:54:48Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"The
        Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference presents \u201cPower to the People:
        Distributed Generation & Microgrids\u201d on Thursday December 2 from 11AM-7PM
        at PG&E Headquarters in San Francisco.","title":"Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech
        Conference to explore distributed generation &\u00a0microgrids","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/29/berkeley-stanford-cleantech-conference-to-explore-distributed-generation-microgrids/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938079,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-12T12:57:01Z","slug":"metaweb-technologies","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: March Madness, Starbucks start-ups,
        Zannel and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/12/roundup-march-madness-starbucks-start-ups-zannel-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938078,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-07T10:32:10Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Cleantech
        had a record year in drawing in venture capital in 2010, with $7.8 billion
        invested globally, according to a new report from the Cleantech Group. The
        last half of 2010 saw two consecutive quarters of declines, however.","title":"Record
        $7.8 billion year for cleantech venture capital in 2010, but two quarters
        of\u00a0decline","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/07/record-7-8-billion-year-for-cleantech-venture-capital-in-2010-with-declines-in-second-half/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938077,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-18T20:58:35Z","slug":"metaweb-technologies","summary":"More
        than a year of secrecy spawned rumors about Radar Networks. The most popular:
        It\u2019s a \u201cGoogle killer.\u201d","title":"Radar''s Twine: A semantic
        complement to\u00a0Google","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/18/radars-twine-a-semantic-google-killer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938076,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-12T12:40:44Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Global
        investment in clean energy topped $243 billion last year, surging 30 percent
        from $186.5 billion in 2009, according to a report by Bloomberg New Energy
        Finance.","title":"8 trends to watch after cleantech''s blockbuster $243 billion\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/12/cleantech%e2%80%99s-blockbuster-24-billion-year-what%e2%80%99s-next/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-23T12:06:09Z","slug":"metaweb-technologies","summary":"Talk
        of the \u201csemantic web\u201d was deafening late last year, with startups
        from search engine Hakia to travel organizer TripIt touting specific uses
        of semantic technology. That trend has continued into this year with fundings.
        Metaweb got a giant $42 million round, for its semantic database, Freebase;
        stealth Israeli company SemantiNet just received $1.7 million; and we\u2019re
        hearing rumors of more fundings on the way.","title":"Franz, seeking funding,
        wants to become the foundation for a \"semantic\u00a0web\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/23/franz-seeking-funding-wants-to-become-the-foundation-for-a-semantic-web/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938074,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-11T10:02:43Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Florida-based
        LED maker Lighting Science Group (LSG) announced today it has filed for a
        $150 million IPO.","title":"LED company files for $150 million public offering
        \u2013 is this the year for cleantech\u00a0IPOs?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/11/another-led-maker-files-to-go-public-is-this-the-year-for-cleantech-ipos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-29T16:17:43Z","slug":"metaweb-technologies","summary":"In
        1998, a young New England lawyer frustrated with the difficulty of library
        research decided to scan and index every book in the world.","title":"Questia
        founder moves on to stealth semantic startup\u00a0PeoplePad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/29/questia-founder-moves-on-to-stealth-semantic-startup-peoplepad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938072,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-24T13:23:39Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Updated","title":"Minus
        a partner, Accel puts energy in China\u00a0cleantech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/24/accel-2-billion-fund-peter-wagner-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938071,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-03T09:51:00Z","slug":"metaweb-technologies","summary":"Primal
        Fusion is using semantic technology to help you with \u201cthought networking.\u201d
        What that means, apparently, is that it helps you gather relevant materials
        from across the internet in order to put together a term paper or research
        project.","title":"DEMO: Primal Fusion connects your thoughts\u00a0together","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/03/demo-primal-fusion-connects-your-thoughts-together/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938070,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-08T10:26:19Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"From
        smart meters and building management systems to electric vehicles and charging
        stations, clean technologies are fast becoming data-driven businesses.  The
        ability to collect, communicate, and analyze vast new streams of data is opening
        up opportunities for new technologies to come to market faster than ever before,
        and is offering decision makers more accurate, transparent insight into the
        effectiveness of cleantech deployments. Energy, water, transportation, waste,
        and agriculture, are all being reshaped by information technology solutions
        that are allowing for the fundamental acceleration of global cleantech adoption.  In
        fact, in 2010, Cleantech Group tracked nearly 20% of Cleantech venture investments
        were made in these areas of \u201csmart technology.\u201d","title":"Learn
        more about the convergence of IT and\u00a0cleantech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/08/learn-more-about-the-convergence-of-it-and-cleantech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938069,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T14:05:39Z","slug":"metaweb-technologies","summary":"At
        our DataBeat event next week, we\u2019ve handpicked many of the most astute
        \u201cbig data\u201d investors to join us in debate about how companies can
        use data to achieve more profitability.","title":"Meet 10 of the top data
        investors at DataBeat (special\u00a0offer)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/meet-10-of-the-top-data-investors-at-databeat-special-offer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938068,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-02T11:50:40Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Political
        contributors might have steered clean energy loans from the U.S. Department
        of Energy to companies in their investment portfolios, according to a report
        by the Center for Public Integrity and ABC News.","title":"Did political contributors
        snag stimulus funds for cleantech\u00a0companies?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/02/political-contributions-clean-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938067,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-27T00:28:22Z","slug":"metaweb-technologies","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Page''s helicopter, Metaweb changes,
        Sequoia''s $100 rule,\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/27/roundup-pages-helicopter-metaweb-changes-sequoias-100-rule-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938066,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-05T15:36:50Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Investments
        in clean technology startups rose 13 percent in the first quarter this year
        in North America, Europe, China and India \u2014 to $2.57 billion from $2.28
        billion in the first quarter of 2010 across 159 companies \u2014 according
        to a report by Cleantech Group.","title":"Late-stage investments dominate
        cleantech sector in\u00a0Q1","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/05/cleantech-investments-q1-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938065,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-14T21:29:45Z","slug":"metaweb-technologies","summary":"updated","title":"Shared
        database MetaWeb gets $42M\u00a0boost","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/14/shared-database-metaweb-gets-42m-boost/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938064,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-02T10:48:12Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"\ufeffInvestors
        were still pouring money into solar power ventures in April \u2014 with about
        45 percent the $330 million invested in clean technology ventures pointed
        toward solar power startups.","title":"Solar power dominated cleantech investments
        in\u00a0April","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/02/solar-april-2011-investments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-06T11:58:05Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Investments
        in clean technology projects fell 10 percent in the second quarter this year
        to $1.83 billion when compared to $2.03 billion in the second quarter of 2010,
        according to research firm Cleantech Group.","title":"Kleiner Perkins leads
        slower Q2 cleantech\u00a0investing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/06/q2-cleantech-investing-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938062,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-11T11:30:33Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Warning
        \u2014 Trite Statement to Follow: The leadership at a startup makes or breaks
        the success of the company.","title":"Cleantech startups, here\u2019s why
        you need a Commercialization Executive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/11/cleantech-startups-here%e2%80%99s-why-you-need-a-commercialization-executive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938061,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-10T17:36:50Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Two
        partners are leaving storied cleantech investment firm Khosla Ventures, as
        excitement has started to peter out in the once-buzzing clean technology space.","title":"Has
        cleantech investing lost its glamour? Khosla Ventures loses two\u00a0partners","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/10/khosla-ventures-kim-kinnier/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938060,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-13T15:01:53Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Storied
        venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and his firm, Khosla Ventures, have raised
        a $1.05 billion fund.","title":"Khosla Ventures raises $1.05B fund, half of
        it for\u00a0cleantech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/13/khosla-ventures-1b-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938059,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-19T15:36:52Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Venture
        firm The Westly Group closes its latest fund of $160 million to invest in
        up-and-coming clean tech\u00a0startups.","title":"Westly Group \u2018more
        bullish than ever\u2019 with new $160M fund for clean\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/19/westly-group-more-bullish-than-ever-with-new-160m-fund-for-cleantech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938058,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-10T13:34:18Z","slug":"minglebox","summary":"The
        latest action:","title":"Roundup: Mingling at Sequoia, Kevin Rose''s latest,
        NataliePortman.TV and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/10/roundup-mingling-at-sequoia-kevin-roses-latest-natalieportmantv-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938057,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-16T12:57:07Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"The
        Westly Group, the firm founded and managed by former California state controller
        and financial officer Steve Westly, just closed a $120 million fund to fuel
        revenue-generating cleantech companies. With 13 companies already in the Menlo
        Park, Calif. firm\u2019s portfolio \u2014 including crown jewel investment
        Tesla Motors \u2014 it will be interesting to see which ideas it chooses to
        back.","title":"Westly Group closes $120M fund for\u00a0cleantech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/16/westly-group-closes-120m-fund-for-cleantech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938056,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-25T11:47:22Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"The
        Cleantech  Group, the green technology event, research, reporting and  consulting
        company, is having a big week. The first of five annual  Cleantech Forums
        is taking place right now in San Francisco, drawing  green investors and entrepreneurs
        from around the world. And today, the  Bay Area company took the stage to
        announce its own news: a $3.2 million  third round of funding that will be
        used to expand its reach and  portfolio of services.","title":"Cleantech Group
        nabs $3.2M to grow green\u00a0empire","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/25/cleantech-group-lands-3-2m-to-expand-its-green-empire/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938055,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-18T03:22:19Z","slug":"cleantech-group","summary":"Research
        shop The CleanTech Group just announced its companies of the year, in addition
        to 100\u00a0companies to\u00a0watch on the Global Cleantech 100 list.","title":"The
        Cleantech Group\u2019s companies of the year\u00a0are\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/18/the-cleantech-groups-cleantech-companies-of-the-year-are/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938054,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-12T03:02:33Z","slug":"bloodstone-ventures","summary":"On
        October 5, 1962, Sean Connery introduced himself to audiences in the UK for
        the first time as James Bond in Dr. No.","title":"50 years of James Bond,
        three decades of\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:23:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/12/licensed-for-gaming-celebrating-fifty-years-of-bond/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:22:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938053,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T12:30:18Z","slug":"bloodstone-ventures","summary":"Here
        be dragons. And one pissed-off cult.","title":"The new D&D and Neverwinter:
        Putting the dragons back into the world\u2019s most iconic role-playing game
        (interview, Part\u00a01)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:22:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/the-new-dd-and-neverwinter-putting-the-dragons-back-into-the-worlds-most-iconic-role-playing-game-interview-part-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:22:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938052,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-18T11:42:55Z","slug":"kalman-and-company","summary":"BizSlate
        unveiled a supply-chain management tool for small medium-sized businesses
        today.","title":"BizSlate offers cloud-based supply-chain management tool
        for small\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:22:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/18/bizslate-offers-cloud-based-supply-chain-management-tool-for-small-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:22:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938051,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-15T11:33:42Z","slug":"kalman-and-company","summary":"BizSlate
        is ideal for companies that have \u201coutgrown Quickbooks\u201d but don\u2019t
        have ample resources at their\u00a0disposal.","title":"BizSlate launches its
        supply chain assistant for small businesses\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:22:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/15/bizslate-launches-its-supply-chain-assistant-for-small-businesses-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:22:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938050,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-24T13:00:37Z","slug":"kalman-and-company","summary":"Guest
        Post With Google\u2019s acquisition of the robotics firm Boston Dynamics \u2013-
        its eighth purchase in this space \u2014 robotics jumped into mainstream\u00a0consciousness.","title":"Where
        is Google\u2019s robotics \u2018moonshot\u2019 taking\u00a0us?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:22:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/24/where-is-googles-robotics-moonshot-taking-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:22:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938049,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-25T09:00:17Z","slug":"brokersweb","summary":"The
        following post is sponsored by Lead411.","title":"Technology 200: Mobile,
        Interactive Marketing, and Crowdsourcing. Oh\u00a0My!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:22:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/25/technology-200-mobile-interactive-marketing-and-crowdsourcing-oh-my/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938048,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-05T18:50:25Z","slug":"scrapblog","summary":"Scrapblog,
        a website where users can create and share scrapbooks, has received $2.5 million
        in funding firm Walt Disney\u2019s Steamboat Ventures.","title":"Scrapblog
        raises $2.5M for online\u00a0scrapbooking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/05/scrapblog/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938047,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-09T20:17:48Z","slug":"scrapblog","summary":"Scrapblog,
        a photo sharing site for scrapbook fans, is launching a Facebook app dubbed
        Share the Love today. The cool thing about it is that is an example of \u201cgame-ification,\u201d
        where a non-game app incorporates game-like features.","title":"Scrapblog
        launches \"Share the Love\" Facebook app for scrapbook\u00a0fans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/09/scrapblog-launches-share-the-love-facebook-app-for-scrapbook-fans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938046,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-28T08:41:39Z","slug":"buzzmetrics","summary":"Updated","title":"BuzzLogic
        wants to identify influential blogs, raises\u00a0$1.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/28/buzzlogic-wants-to-identify-influential-blogs-raises-15m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938045,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-07T09:27:44Z","slug":"buzzmetrics","summary":"Networked
        Insights thinks it can do a better job of measuring public opinion than traditional
        companies like ACNielsen, by leveraging the Internet\u2019s crowd power.","title":"Networked
        Insights offers new Internet market\u00a0research","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/07/networked-insights-offers-new-internet-market-research/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938044,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-07T19:04:33Z","slug":"buzzmetrics","summary":"J.D.
        Power, like Nielsen, is one of the old-line firms that has been telling companies
        how they are perceived by the public for decades. Both companies have been
        scrambling to get a hold on the Internet, which provides more opinions than
        a proctology practice.  Umbria, which J.D. Power just acquired, calls itself
        a \u201creputation tracker\u201d, mining message boards, blogs and other sites
        for consumer opinion. J.D. Power has lagged in comparison with Nielsen, which
        has picked up Audience Analytics (coverage), Buzzmetrics and Telephia (coverage
        ) in the span of a year or so, and started several new divisions, including
        HeyNielsen and NetRatings.  There are still quite a few companies out there,
        though, including Biz360, MarketTools (our coverage), Networked Insights (our
        coverage) and others. Companies have a strong appetite for this sort of information,
        so it\u2019s likely there will be more acquisitions and growth before the
        pain hits the remaining, superfluous startups that fail to excel.  The acquisition
        price for Umbria was not disclosed. The company\u2019s investors included
        Arrowpath Venture Capital, Sequel Venture Partners and Vista Ventures.","title":"J.D.
        Power snaps up Umbria, a reputation\u00a0tracker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/07/jd-power-snaps-up-umbria-a-reputation-tracker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938043,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-08T01:05:15Z","slug":"buzzmetrics","summary":"There
        has been no shortage of attention to market research in the past few years.
        Established business like Nielsen and J.D. Power have struggled to encompass
        the Internet and use its information to give their clients a better idea of
        how new products are seen by consumers. Where they\u2019ve fallen short, multiple
        startups have bloomed to do a better job.  The innovation has led to plenty
        of acquisitions: Umbria, Buzzmetrics, Telephia, Audience Analytics and others
        have all made exits for their investors. But according to Biz360, which just
        took a fresh $10 million round, the market for market research is still seriously
        lacking in creativity.  Biz360\u2019s current offering is a media tracking
        tool called Media Insights. Any time someone like me writes about, say, a
        digital camera, Biz360\u2019s automated process picks it up and does some
        analysis on the thrust of the article: Did I like or hate the camera, and
        why? The data is then returned to the business customer that produces the
        camera. But what corporations choose to do when given that data is changing,
        says CEO Brad Brodigan.  \u201cTwo years ago, people were buying media analysis
        for defensive purposes \u2014 they wanted to know when people were saying
        bad things,\u201d says Brodigan. But now companies want to know how to compete
        better. \u201cWhat\u2019s driving someone to buy one digital camera over another,
        or one car over another? There\u2019s been a big shift from defense to offensive
        tools,\u201d he says.  That sort of information is mostly revealed by customer
        opinions, of course, which means Biz360 \u2014 and its competitors \u2014
        will have to move toward much more analysis of social media and customer opinion
        on websites like Amazon.com. Brodigan admits that some companies already do
        that, but says Biz360 will provide a superior product by merging its new findings
        with its existing media research.  And, in any case, the trick is in the analysis,
        not simply collecting the data. There\u2019s no shortage of information on
        the Internet, but just like search engines, market research startups have
        to find ways to understand that information, and give it to their clients
        in a processed, easy-to-understand format. The aim is not just to see whether
        people like your camera, but specifically which features and characteristics
        they like and dislike.  Startups are hard at work to bring that level of detail
        to market research. One example is Networked Insights, which tags reviews
        and conversations to figure out, for instance, what percentage of customers
        really care about the camera\u2019s 24X zoom. Another company is BuzzLogic,
        which recently acquired the Firefox add-on BlogRovR, to give it better data.
        But as far as the old guard of market research, Brodigan says he doesn\u2019t
        think there are any that have a strong product. And down the line, that will
        likely mean another round of acquisitions by companies struggling to catch
        up.  The $10 million funding was led by Foundation Capital, and partner Bill
        Elmore joined the board. Previous investors Granite Ventures and Scale Venture
        Partners also participated. It\u2019s the second full round of funding for
        Biz360, but it hasn\u2019t disclosed the total amount of the first round.
        The company is based in San Mateo, Calif.","title":"Biz360 gets more funding,
        says market research business is still wide\u00a0open","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/08/biz360-gets-more-funding-says-market-research-business-is-still-wide-open/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938042,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-22T11:06:02Z","slug":"buzzmetrics","summary":"Visible
        Technologies, a service that lets companies follow what\u2019s being said
        about them across the web, has brought in $6 million in a third round of funding.
        This bumps its total capital raised to $18 million since its founding in 2003.
        Based in Bellevue, Wash., the company\u2019s investors include Ignition Partners
        and WPP Group. Two other companies, BuzzLogic and BuzzMetrics do roughly the
        same thing, reports paidContent.","title":"Visible Technologies raises $6M
        to help companies track\u00a0buzz","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/22/visible-technologies-raises-6m-to-help-companies-track-buzz/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938041,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-14T07:00:30Z","slug":"buzzmetrics","summary":"There\u2019s
        a series of DirecTV commercials where a TV viewer is immersed in an action
        scene but easily pauses and begins the scene where he left off in a different
        room. While that idea is easy to grasp, it\u2019s not fully realized because
        our homes have more screens than just TVs. The viewer can\u2019t begin watching
        again, on say, his smartphone.","title":"Shodogg will let you pause and restart
        video from any device\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:21:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/14/shodogg-video-sharing-phones-tvs-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938040,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-02T09:00:41Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Guest
        Post When wearables companies embrace the insights provided by the complex
        science of behavior change, we will all be a little\u00a0healthier.","title":"How
        to make wearables stick: Use them to change human\u00a0behavior","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/02/how-to-make-wearables-stick-use-them-to-change-human-behavior/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938039,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-10T22:30:24Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"My
        view has become more nuanced after 365 days and 15,243 miles of of blizzards,
        bird droppings, heat, cold, glitches, groceries, dogs, road trips, drag races,
        Superchargers, traffic jams, service visits, vampire draw, software updates,
        and \u201cCheck Tire Pressure Monitoring System\u201d\u00a0warnings.","title":"One
        year and 15,000 miles with a Tesla Model\u00a0S","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/10/one-year-and-15000-miles-with-a-tesla-model-s/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938038,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T16:54:40Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"So
        a kilowatt, a virtual machine, and a fake Twitter account walk into a\u00a0bar.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Electricity, clouds, and\u00a0spam","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/funding-daily-electricity-clouds-and-spam/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938037,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T17:05:38Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Sponsored
        Post DeNova Homes recently announced the future opening of the new       contemporary
        community of Edgewater at River Islands in Lathrop, CA,       offering all
        new homes with solar as standard, in a partnership with       PetersenDean
        Roofing &\u00a0Solar\u2026","title":"DeNova Homes, PetersenDean and Canadian
        Solar Offer Solar as Standard in New Lathrop,...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/denova-homes-petersendean-and-canadian-solar-offer-solar-as-standard-in-new-lathrop-ca-home-community/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938036,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T01:20:56Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"It\u2019s
        not yet obvious what that unifying force will be in the Internet of things,
        but hints are showing\u00a0up.","title":"Looking beyond the Internet of things
        hype: Here\u2019s what\u2019s in\u00a0store","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/looking-beyond-the-internet-of-things-hype-heres-whats-in-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938035,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T08:00:51Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"As
        the land of big pickup trucks and Big Oil, Texas would hardly seem like the
        kind of place where electric cars could thrive.","title":"Why oil-loving Texas
        is now friendly to electric\u00a0cars","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/why-oil-loving-texas-is-now-friendly-to-electric-cars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938034,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-09T10:59:58Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Guest
        Post You wouldn\u2019t want someone hunting through your trash, real or digital.
        So stop looking through the window and instead ring the\u00a0doorbell.","title":"3
        ways to avoid creeping out consumers with big\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/09/3-ways-to-avoid-creeping-out-consumers-with-big-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938033,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-21T10:13:03Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"It\u2019s
        State Department-sponsored, but it\u2019s also spy-proof. It\u2019s used in
        emergency situations, from earthquakes to censorship. This could be the tech
        to connect us all, one device at a\u00a0time.","title":"We\u2019re approaching
        the post-Internet age. You need to learn about mesh\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/were-approaching-the-post-internet-age-you-need-to-learn-about-mesh-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938032,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T13:37:09Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Before
        today, you had to be a developer to test out an early release of OS X. Now,
        a shift in policy permits anyone to try the latest beta\u00a0of Apple\u2019s
        desktop operating system, TechCrunch reports.","title":"Apple now lets anyone
        try the latest beta of OS X for\u00a0free","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/apple-launches-new-beta-testing-program-for-os-x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938031,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T16:31:55Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"The
        acquisition should help Tibco gain appeal in a tough BI\u00a0market.","title":"Better
        together: Tibco snaps up fellow biz-intelligence player Jaspersoft for\u00a0$185M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/better-together-tibco-snaps-up-fellow-biz-intelligence-player-jaspersoft-for-185m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938030,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T08:20:11Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Guest
        Post Five points developers need to consider when building for the Internet
        of\u00a0things.","title":"50 billion devices: How software has to change to
        fit an ultra-connected\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/50-billion-devices-how-software-has-to-change-to-fit-an-ultra-connected-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938029,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T07:30:29Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Comcast
        has been shelling out large sums of cash to Republican leaders in Congress,
        and the company\u2019s efforts may be paying off.","title":"Comcast gave Republican
        leader 4x more money than Google. Now he opposes net\u00a0neutrality","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/comcast-gave-republican-leader-4x-more-money-than-google-now-he-opposes-net-neutrality/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938028,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T09:12:27Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Camera-equipped
        drones, already on the edge of becoming mainstream, could help recast the
        balance of power in our information-hungry society.","title":"Flocks of airborne
        camera drones will change journalism \u2014 &\u00a0spying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/flocks-of-airborne-camera-drones-will-change-journalism-spying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938027,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T11:05:18Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"When
        it comes to the cloud, Verizon gets pretty cocky. The telecommunications giant
        rebooted its cloud infrastructure efforts late last year, playing feature
        catchup with competitors like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. But Verizon Cloud
        started off with a pair of huge advantages: Verizon\u2019s global data centers
        and networking\u00a0infrastructure.","title":"Verizon thinks its cloud is
        better than yours \u2014 and it may be\u00a0right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/verizon-thinks-its-cloud-is-better-than-yours-and-it-may-be-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938026,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-08T03:37:25Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"While
        today\u2019s Tesla Model S electric car may look just the same as the first
        one that rolled off the line two years ago, it\u2019s had quite a few hardware
        updates under the surface.","title":"Here\u2019s everything Tesla has done
        to the Model S\u2019 software since\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/08/heres-everything-tesla-has-done-to-the-model-s-software-since-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938025,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T22:00:38Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Today
        the National Institutes of Health announced they are offering my Lean LaunchPad
        class (I-Corps @ NIH) to commercialize the life sciences. There may come a
        day that one of these teams makes a drug, diagnostic, or medical device that
        saves your life.","title":"How lean-startup ideology could save your\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/how-lean-startup-ideology-could-save-your-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938024,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T08:50:13Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Guest
        Post What do you do when someone offers you 1% of the total amount you\u2019re
        trying to raise \u2013 are you potentially fragmenting your cap table, causing
        headaches for yourself down the road, or are you making a smart strategic\u00a0play?","title":"Pulling
        in an army of investors has more perks than you\u00a0think","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/pulling-in-an-army-of-investors-has-more-perks-than-you-think/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938023,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T08:44:09Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"After
        covering Google\u2019s I/O developer conference this week, one thing is clear:
        This isn\u2019t the same Google that created Google+.","title":"The big takeaway
        from I/O: Google has finally evolved as a product\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/the-big-takeaway-from-io-google-has-finally-evolved-as-a-product-company/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938022,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T07:34:48Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"When
        will a big winner emerge in the mobile personal productivity market?","title":"10
        steps for building mobile productivity apps that make people dump their\u00a0defaults","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/10-steps-for-building-mobile-productivity-apps-that-make-people-dump-their-defaults/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938021,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T08:15:15Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Now
        that mobile deep linking \u2014 the process of linking into specific sections
        of apps \u2014 has started to become widespread, it\u2019s increasingly clear
        that apps should never have been isolated from one another in the first place.","title":"Is
        Apple to blame for the mobile app deep linking\u00a0delay?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:20:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/is-apple-to-blame-for-the-mobile-deep-linking-delay/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938020,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T11:08:57Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Cutting
        back on greenhouse gases is only one part of the fight against climate change.
        The planet will also need to capture and store \u2014 or, better yet, capture
        and re-use \u2014 the gases already out there.","title":"Princeton researchers
        use sunlight to convert CO2 more efficiently than plants\u00a0do","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/princeton-researchers-use-sunlight-to-convert-co2-more-efficiently-than-plants-do/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938019,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T08:00:43Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"The
        path to unlocking the secrets of the brain is a tough one, but Numenta is
        making progress with apps like\u00a0Grok.","title":"After nine years of research,
        Numenta finally has apps that mimic the way the brain works\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/numentas-brain-research-has-taken-a-long-nine-years-but-it-starting-to-pay-off-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938018,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T11:00:41Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Amazon\u2019s
        Fire Phone has some cool ideas, but bad\u00a0execution.","title":"Amazon\u2019s
        Fire Phone is a nice piece of gear, with some not-very-useful parlor\u00a0tricks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/amazons-fire-phone-is-a-nice-piece-of-gear-with-some-not-very-useful-parlor-tricks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938017,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-23T23:03:43Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"[Editor''s
        note: Social media applications on networks like Facebook and MySpace -- and
        more recently the iPhone -- are starting to pull in real revenue. And we''re
        seeing some developers add new types of functionality to their offerings in
        order to stand out from the crowd and attract new advertisers through a better
        brand offering and increased revenue. Below, Chris Cunningham, founder of
        appssavvy, a company that connects social network application developers with
        advertisers, highlights several players to watch.]","title":"It''s all about
        utility: Social media apps grow up (for advertisers,\u00a0too)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/23/its-all-about-utility-social-media-apps-grow-up-for-advertisers-too/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938016,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-27T15:02:07Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"There\u2019s
        no question we\u2019re in a bad mess when it comes to state of our power grid,
        not only in the United States but globally.","title":"DEMO: New innovations
        for the smart, open power\u00a0grid","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/27/demo-new-innovations-for-the-smart-open-power-grid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938015,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-14T15:51:34Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Major
        smart electric meter maker Itron announced today that it has joined forces
        with home energy management device maker OpenPeak. Their combined technologies
        will help both utilities and their customers keep closer tabs on exactly how
        much electricity is being used, why, and how much it is costing.","title":"Itron
        teams with OpenPeak to bring smart meter data to\u00a0touchscreens","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/14/itron-teams-with-openpeak-for-more-advanced-home-energy-use-management/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938014,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-28T17:16:30Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Earlier
        today, we spotlit an excellent blog post co-authored by Google CEO Eric Schmidt
        about how energy efficiency policies and enterprises will infuse the economy.
        The opportunity is so great that the search engine has staked out its own
        claim with the launch of its home energy management system, PowerMeter, a
        tool that allows you to view your energy consumption and what it\u2019s costing
        you right in your internet browser. As omnipotent as Google sometime seems,
        the service\u2019s rollout is still dependent on partnerships with utilities
        and Smart Grid device makers \u2014 and the company is avidly pursuing both.","title":"Google
        on the hunt for utility, device partners for\u00a0PowerMeter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/28/google-on-the-hunt-for-utility-device-partners-for-powermeter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938013,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-02T00:14:55Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"As
        I was growing up, I was fortunate to learn about the wonderful world of video
        games. I loved hitting boxes that didn\u2019t answer my questions, traipsing
        through the Lost Woods, and driving go-karts through oil slicks. My taste
        in games changed over the years, but no matter how old I grew, one thing remained
        the same \u2014 my love for video games.","title":"Giving Up Games: A Mission
        in\u00a0Futility","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/02/giving-up-games-a-mission-in-futility/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938012,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-28T17:25:43Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Laura
        Ipsen is senior vice president and general manager in charge of the Smart
        Grid for Cisco, and she\u2019ll be speaking at our GreenBeat conference next
        month, where we\u2019ll be discussing the most disruptive technologies bringing
        change to the old carbon-based grid system. Below is a Q&A I just had with
        her over the phone.","title":"Q&A with Cisco''s Laura Ipsen: Telepresence
        reduces carbon at\u00a0Copenhagen","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/28/qa-with-ciscos-laura-ipsen-telepresence-reduces-carbon-at-copenhagen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938011,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-17T01:09:55Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Jon
        Shults and I have had very different experiences with the Team ICO games.
        This is our attempt to come to an agreement on them. This instead taught us
        each something very different then\u00a0we thought it would when we started.The
        following includes SPOILERS for Ico. Read at your own risk.Sure, I grew up
        playing video games, but by the time I got to high school I had grown out
        of them a bit. Nostalgia for the few NES games that we owned when I was a
        kid, and the 16-bit RPGs that my friend and I played together was one thing,
        but I didn\u2019t really obsess over what was coming out then. Still, video
        games interested me, and I would pick up a magazine every once in awhile to
        read about them.It was in one of those magazines that I first heard about
        Ico. It sounded completely different from the games I had been playing, which
        were mostly holdovers from my past gaming days, like Final Fantasy. But like
        I said, I didn\u2019t really obsess over games then, so I didn\u2019t rush
        out to the store to buy it anytime soon.Several months later I found myself
        in a GameStop digging through the bargain bin. There was Ico for\u00a0ridiculously
        cheap, like $6 or something. Getting it home and playing it completely changed
        the way I thought about games. RPGs were always my favorite genre because
        I cared about the story. Ico told the story in a way I hadn\u2019t ever experience
        with RPGs. I\u2019ll get into a specific example of how a little later.Jon
        Shults, didn\u2019t really fall in love with the Team ICO games like I did.
        In the interest of a fair debate, I\u2019ll let him touch on his first experience
        with these games. More specifically we\u2019ll be talking about Shadow of
        the Colossus, but I had to start with Ico to relate my first encounter, and
        why I fell in love with it. Now I\u2019ll let Jon talk about his experiences.\u00a0","title":"An
        Exercise in Futility: A Shadow of the Colossus\u00a0Debate","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/17/an-exercise-in-futility-a-shadow-of-the-colossus-debate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938010,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-25T23:56:32Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Last
        month I tried to pry some information out of BioWare co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka
        on how Mass Effect 2 would interact with your Mass Effect 1 game saves. His
        response, while tantalizing, was short on details. Now that I have a retail
        copy of the game, I can take you step-by-step how the import process works
        \u2014 and tell you precisely what bonuses you can expect to receive for completing
        the first game.\u00a0When starting a new game, you\u2019re given the option
        to import your Mass Effect 1 character.If you select that option, the Import
        Utility will begin.All of your Mass Effect \u201cMission Complete\u201d save
        files will be displayed, along with details on your level, class, origin,
        reputation, time played, and last date played. As you can see, it\u2019s been
        awhile since I dipped my toes in Mass Effect\u2026Once the import has completed,
        your service history will pop up, detailing your rank, class, Vanguard/Renegade
        status, and pivotal choices from the first game involving Wrex, Ashley/Kaidan,
        and the Citadel Council.The opening text changes according to the choices
        you made in the first game.Compare that text to the text that shows up when
        you start a new character from scratch. BioWare has made certain canonical
        decisions for new players \u2014 the Citadel Council was lost, and humans
        now run the Council.If you don\u2019t like the way your imported character
        looks, you\u2019re allowed to change his or her appearance.You\u2019re also
        allowed to \u201cenhance\u201d (read: change) your class to take advantage
        of the new classes.While you don\u2019t get to start at the level you attained
        in Mass Effect 1, your level and stats will net you certain goodies. Compare
        this screen from a new character\u2026\u2026and this one\u2026\u2026to this
        screen using my imported character\u2026\u2026and this one. My imported character
        already has 130,000 credits and ample supplies of palladium, iridium, platinum,
        and element zero. Additionally, she starts at level 3 (with 4 skill points
        to assign) and has her paragon meter increased slightly (I played the first
        game as a badass with a heart, Clint Eastwood in space). Not a bad way to
        start the game!Be sure to check out all of Bitmob\u2019s Mass Effect 2 coverage
        at our Mass Effect 2 content hub.","title":"Mass Effect 2 Import Character
        Utility\u00a0Revealed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/25/the-mass-effect-2-import-character-utility-revealed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938009,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-03T16:30:44Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Google
        announced today that it has released the application  programming interface
        (the API) for Google PowerMeter, the tool it  launched last year to tell users
        in real time how much energy they are using and, more importantly, what it
        is costing them. The decision gives  what was a vaguely informative service
        the potential to spawn gadgetry  and software that could change the way we
        use energy in our daily lives.","title":"Google opens PowerMeter API \u2014
        and the field for energy efficiency\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/03/google-opens-powermeter-api-and-the-field-for-energy-efficiency-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938008,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-06T11:52:02Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Who
        knew that beaming data back and forth between utilities and  smart meters
        could be so controversial? Wireless communications is  quickly becoming the
        hot button issue in the Smart Grid industry,  with companies split into three
        camps, one advocating the use of public  networks (SmartSynch), another pushing
        proprietary networks (Silver Spring Networks, Trilliant), and the third rallying
        for WiMAX (Grid Net and now Cisco Systems).","title":"SmartSynch spearheads
        coalition to pry open Smart Grid\u00a0communications","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/06/smartsynch-spearheads-coalition-to-pry-open-smart-grid-communications/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938007,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-08T11:22:22Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"In
        an effort to boost transparency and faith in the federal government,  all
        of the Obama administration\u2019s departments and agencies have released  \u201cOpen
        Government Plans\u201d detailing how they will better  communicate with the
        public. The U.S. Department of Energy in particular had some interesting  tidbits
        to share.","title":"Energy Dept. unveils credible Open Government\u00a0Plan","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/08/energy-dept-unveils-credible-open-government-plan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938006,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-13T02:42:32Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Dear
        Suikoden Character Recruitment FAQs c.2000-c. 2006,","title":"An Open Letter
        to Suikoden Character Recruitment FAQs c.2000-c.\u00a02006","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/13/an-open-letter-to-suikoden-character-recruitment-faqs-c2000-c-2006/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938005,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-01T23:08:00Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Since
        I have known my wife, I\u2019ve been waging a not-so-subtle campaign to get
        her to play video games. It has been, well, an arduous task.","title":"A diary
        in futility: Convincing my wife to play\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/01/a-diary-in-futility-convincing-my-wife-to-play-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938004,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-08T12:08:28Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Being
        successful in business is about knowing what your competitors know and being
        able to act on it. If you could find out what kinds of work tools are helping
        your competitors stay lean and mean, it could be a real leg up. You can\u2019t
        just call up a competitor and ask. But a new startup called BestVendor is
        creating a Yelp-like recommendations network around work apps to make that
        kind of tool discovery possible.","title":"BestVendor is the utility belt
        for small business\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/08/bestvendor-toolkit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938003,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-02T15:00:35Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"\u201cFacebook\u2019s
        Folly\u201d \u2014 sounds like a mid-life-crisis-type watercraft, doesn\u2019t
        it? But it\u2019s actually a huge bundle of C++ utilities focused on speed,
        ease of use, and interoperability with other C++ libraries you already use.","title":"Facebook
        unveils Folly, a treasure trove of open-source C++\u00a0gold","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/02/facebook-folly/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938002,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-29T13:09:44Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"Guest
        Post Why OpenTable\u2019s new acquisition isn\u2019t a waste of\u00a0money.","title":"OpenTable
        will finally enter the 21st Century with its buy-up of\u00a0Foodspotting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/29/opentable-will-finally-enter-the-21st-century-with-its-buy-up-of-foodspotting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938001,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T00:56:40Z","slug":"open-utility","summary":"The
        ambitious new property from Ubisoft makes some bold claims and backs a lot
        of it\u00a0up.","title":"You\u2019re the king of Watch Dogs\u2019 open world
        \u2014 until the story hacks into it\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:19:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/youre-the-king-of-watch-dogs-open-world-until-the-story-hacks-into-it-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3938000,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-10T19:32:43Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Community
        news sharing site Reddit is planning to shut down its website January 18 in
        protest of proposed legislation the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as well
        as the\u00a0Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), the company announced
        via a blog post today.","title":"Reddit goes black Jan. 18 to protest SOPA
        & PIPA \u2014 Who else will\u00a0join?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/10/reddit-blackout-sopa-pipa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937999,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-16T11:32:58Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"After
        hinting at a site-wide blackout to combat the SOPA anti-piracy bill, Wikipedia
        founder Jimmy Wales confirmed today that the English version of the free encyclopedia
        will go offline on Wednesday, January 18.","title":"Wikipedia goes nuclear
        against SOPA: founder confirms site\u00a0blackout","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/16/wikipedia-sopa-blackout/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937998,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-17T14:25:16Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"The
        U.S. House of Representatives has decided to push back a vote on the controversial
        Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) for at least a month.","title":"House debate
        over SOPA anti-piracy bill to resume in\u00a0Feb.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/17/sopa-delay/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937997,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-23T21:32:45Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"The
        sun burped. A big solar flare burst out of the sun on Sunday night, sending
        a ton of ionized matter towards the Earth at 1,400 miles per second. The resulting
        solar radiation storm from the ionized blast is expected to hit the earth
        Tuesday morning, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s
        Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).","title":"Solar storm coming Tuesday:
        Should you let your iPad out of the\u00a0house?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/23/solar-storm-coming-tuesday-should-you-let-your-ipad-out-of-the-house/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937996,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-02T16:55:41Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Seamus
        Blackley, the co-creator of the Xbox, passionately believes that gameplay
        will triumph in the game business. That is why he and his new startup are
        relying on a team of famous designers from Atari to make a series of games
        for the Apple iPhone and iPad.","title":"Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley launches
        mobile-game startup with Atari arcade\u00a0veterans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/02/seamus-blackley-launches-innovative-leisure-mobile-game-startup-with-atari-arcade-veterans-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937995,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-21T10:35:49Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Hacker
        group Anonymous could have the power to take town the United States\u2019
        electrical grid this year, National Security Agency\u00a0director General
        Keith Alexander believes.","title":"U.S. government concerned about Anonymous
        causing\u00a0blackouts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/21/anonymous-electrical-grid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937994,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-19T15:14:31Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"The
        U.S. Senate just passed a bill requiring all new cars in America to come equipped
        with a black box-like data recording device starting in 2015, InfoWars\u00a0reports.
        Similar to the tell-all black boxes on airplanes, event data recorders (EDR)
        record information about an automobile crash. If you bought a car in the last
        decade, it may already have one installed.","title":"Senate passes bill requiring
        \u201cBlack Boxes\u201d for cars, but you may already have\u00a0one","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/19/black-boxes-for-cars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937993,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-01T21:01:51Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"As
        the cinematics lead for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Adam Rosas has a tough
        job. Rosas (pictured below) had to use current-generation console technology
        to create convincing facial expressions and performances for the characters
        in the game such as Frank Woods. The end result are some highly realistic
        animated characters who have believable face-to-face conversations in the
        title\u2019s movie-like sequences that take place in between gameplay scenes.","title":"How
        Treyarch created realistic human faces in Call of Duty: Black Ops\u00a0II","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/01/how-treyarch-created-realistic-human-faces-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-ii/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937992,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-10T06:13:40Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"What
        do a team of card-counting MIT students making millions in Vegas casinos and
        a personal productivity startup have in common? Not much, perhaps, at first
        glance. But there are common threads between Jeffery Ma\u2019s high-roller
        blackjack days and his latest startup, TenXer: data, analytics, and relentless
        self-improvement.","title":"From MIT\u2019s blackjack team to the quantified
        self: Jeff Ma\u2019s new startup\u00a0TenXer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/10/from-mits-blackjack-team-to-the-quantified-self-jeff-mas-new-startup-tenxer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937991,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-12T11:49:20Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Crime
        is all around us. But while you might most readily associate the word \u201ccrime\u201d
        with having your purse/wallet snatched or being mugged, you are much more
        likely to have your pockets picked online.","title":"Cyber crime black market
        almost as big as illegal drugs industry\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/12/cyber-crime-rasmussen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937990,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-18T20:41:17Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"\u00a0","title":"\u2018A
        Spectre is Haunting [Industry]\u2018 and it\u2019s Black, White, and Red All\u00a0Over","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/18/a-spectre-is-haunting-industry-and-its-black-white-and-red-all-over/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937989,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-27T11:49:34Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"But
        beating the game on Veteran only gives you 15\u00a0gamerscore.","title":"Call
        of Duty finally gets multiplayer achievements in Black Ops\u00a0II","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/27/call-of-duty-black-ops-ii-achievements/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937988,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-28T11:10:51Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Valve
        acquisition rumors, \u2018Threeview,\u2019 and Black Ops\u00a0II","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/28/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-23/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937987,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-04T08:46:27Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Netflix\u2019s
        next big original series, \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d from director David Fincher
        and actor Kevin Spacey, will debut on Feb. 1,\u00a02013.","title":"David Fincher
        & Kevin Spacey\u2019s \u2018House of Cards\u2019 hits Netflix exclusively
        on Feb.\u00a01","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/04/house-of-cards-netflix/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937986,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-11T16:00:05Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Can
        a 20-inch touchscreen be a mobile device? You\u00a0bet.","title":"Sony creates
        a mobile all-in-one Windows 8 PC that you can carry around the\u00a0house","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/11/sony-creates-a-mobile-all-in-one-windows-8-pc-that-you-can-carry-around-the-house/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937985,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-23T10:10:48Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Who says Black Friday has to be about consumer goods? These tech companies
        are offering discounts on products and services for building businesses, rather
        than credit card\u00a0bills.","title":"7 Black Friday deals for entrepreneurs
        and the\u00a0enterprise","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/23/7-black-friday-deals-for-entrepreneurs-and-the-enterprise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937984,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-02T20:19:07Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Pokemon
        Black and White\u00a0Review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/02/pokemon-black-and-white-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937983,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-05T10:15:30Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"The
        House unanimously passed a Senate resolution calling on the U.S. government
        to oppose UN control of the\u00a0Internet.","title":"Who should control the
        Internet? House votes \u2018No\u2019 on\u00a0U.N.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/05/united-nations-internet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937982,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-29T14:15:59Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Netflix
        CEO Reed Hastings has a track record for making bold decisions about his company
        based on the prediction of a successful outcome. Here\u2019s another\u00a0example.","title":"Ahead
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        Fisher returns with gadgets, guns, and upgrades that key directly into the
        way you play, from gunman to ghost to something in-between. If only your opposition
        keyed in,\u00a0too.","title":"Splinter Cell: Blacklist lets you play like
        a ghost, a gunman, or a panther\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/30/splinter-cell-blacklist-lets-you-play-like-a-ghost-a-gunman-or-a-panther-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937980,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-30T09:00:50Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"A
        new user-interface system could let players stay in character throughout Splinter
        Cell and jump between every single mission and mode with ease \u2026 including
        the franchise\u2019s first attempt at side\u00a0missions.","title":"Splinter
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        Fisher is back, and Splinter Cell: Blacklist lead designer Richard Carrillo
        tells us why he\u2019s so different this\u00a0time.","title":"How Ubisoft\u2019s
        designers transformed Sam Fisher into a \u2018panther\u2019 and a leader in
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        GameHouse is shifting its resources into social casino\u00a0games.","title":"GameHouse
        bets it all on its social casino\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:18:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/27/gamehouse-bets-it-all-on-its-social-casino-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937977,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-30T15:30:16Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Hungry
        for more original programming from streaming video service Netflix? Well,
        the company has you covered this\u00a0summer.","title":"Netflix original \u2018Orange
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        debuted a crowdfunding platform today that features projects and ideas benefitting
        the African-American community.","title":"\u2018Kickstarter for black community\u2019
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        Cell\u2019s acclaimed multiplayer returns in not one but two different versions,
        and while they play the same, they feel very\u00a0different.","title":"Splinter
        Cell: Blacklist sneaks in new and classic Spies vs. Mercs modes\u00a0(Preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/07/splinter-cell-blacklist-sneaks-in-new-and-classic-spies-vs-mercs-modes-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937974,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-07T09:15:55Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"A
        previewed co-op side-mission from Splinter Cell: Blacklist brought together
        the classic elements fans love. It just didn\u2019t feel like a two-person\u00a0operation.","title":"Splinter
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        the people,\u00a0baby.","title":"WhiteHouse.gov petition to pardon PRISM leaker
        Edward Snowden needs your\u00a0signature","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/10/whitehouse-gov-petition-to-pardon-prism-leaker-edward-snowden-needs-your-signature/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937972,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-18T06:48:52Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"In
        a huge milestone for original web video, the Netflix original series House
        of Cards and the rebooting of Arrested Development have been nominated for
        Emmys, the highest honors in\u00a0TV.","title":"Netflix earns coveted Emmy
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        sells legal e-books in Russia. It was founded in 2006 to combat the rampant
        piracy in the e-book market and capitalize on the governments anti-piracy\u00a0crackdown.","title":"LitRes
        raises $5M to combat Russia\u2019s black market for\u00a0e-books","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/10/litres-raises-5m-to-combat-russias-black-market-for-e-books/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937970,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-18T10:56:00Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"1
        in 8 households have damaged a laptop, phone, camera, or tablet during the
        holidays, and 35% of the devices damaged are mobile\u00a0phones.","title":"15M
        American households have damaged a device during the\u00a0holidays","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/18/15m-american-households-have-damaged-a-device-during-the-holidays/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937969,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-19T20:31:34Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Adam
        Lewis is a tech entrepreneur and CEO of Apploi, a mobile recruiting application.","title":"The
        8 best apps for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas\u00a0shopping","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/19/the-8-best-apps-for-black-friday-cyber-monday-and-christmas-shopping/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937968,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-02T14:31:38Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Ailing
        smartphone maker BlackBerry is officially taking down its \u201cfor sale\u201d\u00a0sign.","title":"BlackBerry
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        space has been prioritized with six passenger seats, and as a purpose-designed
        London cab it\u2019ll also have to meet the 25-foot turning circle requirement
        of all black cabs \u2014 designed to negotiate the tight entrance circle at
        the Savoy\u00a0Hotel.","title":"New electric taxi to make London\u2019s black
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        Post BlackLight Power, Inc. (BLP) today announced that it has produced       millions
        of watts of power with its breakthrough Solid       Fuel-Catalyst-Induced-Hydrino-Transition
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        and law enforcement working with the retailer on its latest hack will testify
        before the House of Representatives during the first week of February.","title":"Target
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        telecommunications company\u00a0KPN is understandably concerned about security.","title":"Why
        this Dutch carrier is the first to sell the Blackphone \u2014 the ultimate
        secure\u00a0smartphone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/why-this-dutch-carrier-is-the-first-to-sell-the-blackphone-the-ultimate-secure-smartphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:17:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937963,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T06:45:57Z","slug":"black-house","summary":"Don\u2019t
        be surprised by any major business shifts from BlackBerry \u2014 because there
        will likely be many.","title":"BlackBerry is willing to do just about anything
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        Gold Online is a different kind of MMO: You ride giant mechs and must deal
        with a \u201cwanted\u201d meter as you explore its\u00a0realm.","title":"Black
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        not just consumers who are dumping their BlackBerrys \u2014 even the White
        House is considering alternatives.","title":"Watch out, BlackBerry: The White
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        the PC to PC file-sharing company, has raised $1.6M, and is shifting strategy  \u2014
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        with huge financial success, Imangi\u2019s Keith Shepherd wants to preserve
        a small company\u2019s\u00a0creativity.","title":"Even with a Temple Run empire,
        Imangi Studios wants to stay indie at heart\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:15:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/even-with-a-temple-run-empire-imangi-studios-wants-to-stay-indie-at-heart-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:15:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937957,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T16:05:44Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Ubisoft
        showed off its most-anticipated games and revealed a new\u00a0surprise.","title":"Ubisoft\u2019s
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        maker of Moshi Monsters comes to the U.S. with a new game for moms and\u00a0dads.","title":"Mind
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        Capital now in\u00a0court","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:15:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/09/26/vsp-capital-now-in-court/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937954,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T08:00:08Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"A
        multiplayer-only title once again takes the top honors. And don\u2019t worry
        \u2014 plenty of blockbusters are coming your\u00a0way.","title":"The DeanBeat:
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        a San Francisco start-up that launched in June last year, has released a \u201crecommendations\u201d
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        to be forgotten\u201d law is a threat to\u00a0journalism, freedom of speech,
        and the Internet itself. We\u2019d call for protests, but the blowback has
        already arrived.","title":"Europe\u2019s \u2018right to be forgotten\u2019
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        intrigue: First woman VC blogger \"steps down\"; the Levine shocker, and VSP
        saga\u00a0continues","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/02/21/vc-intrigue-first-woman-vc-blogger-steps-down-the-levine-shocker-and-vsp-saga-continues/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937950,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T11:16:31Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Ever
        paid money to order something, only to be told that it might never arrive,
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        Early Access phenomenon: Care to buy a\u00a0dream?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/the-early-access-phenomenon-care-to-buy-a-dream/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937949,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-13T23:00:09Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Dogster,
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        \u201cangel\u201d investors, to help it step on the\u00a0gas\u2026","title":"Dogster
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        is an odd duck.","title":"Marketing automation for sales: CallidusCloud inserts
        \u2018mini-Hootsuite\u2019 into\u00a0Gmail","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/calliduscloud-says-crm-doesnt-add-value-delivers-marketing-automation-for-sales-right-inside-gmail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937947,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-04T23:03:31Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Updated","title":"CastTV
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        Motwani is merely an advisor","title":"CastTV raises $3.1M to launch better
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        a new apartment rental service, officially launches today with a national
        footprint and six million reported listings. The San Francisco company goes
        head-to-head in an established market with competitors such as Rent.com and
        Apartments.com.","title":"Apartment-hunting site MyNewPlace\u00a0launches","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/01/apartment-hunting-site-mynewplace-launches/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937944,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-22T16:15:49Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Updated","title":"Video
        search company, Blinkx, blows bubble with\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937943,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-08-09T10:36:01Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"There
        is a story by Private Equity Week today that says Bay Partners, the Silicon
        Valley venture capital firm that has invested in companies like Riya, Wallop
        and Xactly, has lost half its six partners.","title":"Is Bay Partners falling
        apart? Maybe, maybe\u00a0not","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/08/09/is-bay-partners-falling-apart-maybe-maybe-not/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937942,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-04T16:09:12Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Flock
        announced its intention, over two years ago, of making the web browser more
        social \u2014 like a flock of penguins, it never got off the ground. Two years
        later, the Palo Alto, Calif. company has a bigger set of wings, a 9-month
        late version \u201c0.9.\u201d","title":"Flock still trying to take\u00a0flight","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/04/flock-still-trying-to-take-flight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937941,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-11T07:00:39Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Draper
        Fisher Jurvetson has hired away Don Wood from Vanguard Ventures, to help DFJ
        develop its global network of affiliate funds.","title":"(UPDATED) Is Vanguard
        falling apart? Wood leaves to join\u00a0DFJ","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/11/is-vanguard-falling-apart-wood-leaves-to-join-dfj/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937940,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-09T11:12:24Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"[Update
        9/23/11: Remarkably, the firm has been put together again, albeit with fewer
        general partners. The firm''s limited partners stuck together, and have let
        three general partners continue to invest the firm''s funds. The partners
        are Salil Deshpande (the most prolific from the original group); Stu Phillips,
        formerly of USVP; and the firm''s former leader Neal Dempsey, although we''re
        told he is no longer leader. Indeed, the firm has quietly made several investments
        over the past year, including in Dynatrace, Engine Yard, Jambool, Buddy Media,
        Lending Club, Dropcam, ParAccel and others.]","title":"Bay Partners falls
        apart, latest sign of crisis in venture\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/09/bay-partners-falls-apart-in-latest-sign-of-crisis-in-venture-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937939,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-18T15:55:12Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Lot''s going on, here''s a\u00a0summary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/18/roundup-lots-going-on-heres-a-summary/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937938,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-26T06:07:14Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"As
        Facebook games become a bigger and bigger business, new social game startups
        continue to launch. The latest is  SiXits.","title":"SiXits ready to wade
        into Facebook games with Babies\u00a0Everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/26/sixits-ready-to-wade-into-facebook-games-with-babies-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937937,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-12T14:35:16Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Video
        is getting a lot more social \u2014 and a new startup is trying to make it
        even easier to discover and share videos. The company\u2019s called Unknown
        Vector, and it launched its\u00a0social video desktop application, uvLayer,
        just a couple of weeks ago.","title":"Startup wants to help you build and
        manage video-clip\u00a0collections","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/12/startup-wants-to-help-you-build-and-manage-a-video-clip-collection/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937936,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-10T08:00:17Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"De
        Beers Group, the world\u2019s largest diamond company has set up investment
        offices in Silicon Valley to find and fund startups that use synthetic diamonds
        in their business.","title":"Synthetic diamond maker Element Six sets up venture
        office in Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/10/the-diamond-age-synthetic-diamond-maker-element-six-sets-up-venture-office-in-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937935,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-09T13:05:36Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Social
        video startup Unknown Vector\u00a0launched\u00a0a browser-based\u00a0version
        of its\u00a0uvLayer application yesterday.","title":"Social video startup
        uvLayer looks to be growing up\u00a0fast","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/09/social-video-startup-uvlayer-looks-to-be-growing-up-fast/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937934,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-20T06:44:54Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"","title":"The
        incredible anti-aging startup! Started in 2008, Pinterest is now just six
        months\u00a0old","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/20/when-was-pinterest-founded/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937933,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-16T00:51:21Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:  The Associated Press to blogs: Don\u2019t quote us \u2014
        The Associated Press has demanded that The Drudge Retort (not to be confused
        with much more famous Drudge Report) take down several blog posts containing
        excerpts of AP stories. The objections sound pretty silly \u2014 the longest
        excerpt was 79 words long, and quoting and linking other articles is a popular
        blogging practice. AP Strategy Director Jim Kennedy\u2019s response that the
        excerpts were \u201cmore reproduction than reference\u201d isn\u2019t particularly
        persuasive. Kennedy later told the New York Times that the AP\u2019s response
        was \u201cheavy-handed,\u201d but, strangely, he said the organization isn\u2019t
        backing down from its initial takedown request.Google reveals escape clause
        from Yahoo partnership \u2014 It looks like Google\u2019s deal with Yahoo,
        through which Google will serve ads to Yahoo\u2019s search results, is even
        better for Google than was initially apparent. According to a filing with
        the federal Securities Exchange Commission, if the partnership ever makes
        less than $83.3 million in four months for Google, the search giant can terminate
        the agreement. TechCrunch spotted the filing, and pointed out that it\u2019s
        a pretty low threshold: Yahoo makes $1.3 billion every three months. Still,
        here\u2019s another reason to believe that it\u2019s a better deal for Eric
        Schmidt than for Jerry Yang.  Yahoo exec Weiner joins venture firms as EIR
        \u2014 Speaking of Yahoo, the company has lost another executive. Jeff Weiner,
        who was most recently in charge of core products like Yahoo.com, Yahoo Mail
        and Yahoo Messenger, left to be an entrepreneur-in-residence at Accel Partners
        and Greylock Partners, according to the Los Angeles Times. Weiner follows
        Andrew Bracchia, another Yahoo executive who left for Accel last year. Google
        just lost a big name as well: chief litigator Michael Kwan left for the nonprofit
        Electronic Frontier Foundation.  Google creating new services to fight for
        net neutrality \u2014 The network analysis tools will allow normal users to
        see if their Internet service providers are abiding by \u201cnet neutrality.\u201d
        In other words, you\u2019ll be able to make sure your ISP is giving you the
        best connection possible to the entire Internet, not just to websites that
        pay for better service. A Google policy director mentioned the project during
        a panel discussion on Friday.  XM/Sirius merger close to a done deal \u2014
        The merger between the two satellite radio companies has just been recommend
        for approval by the staff of the Federal Communications Commission, meaning
        it\u2019s unlikely at this point that the government will stop the deal.  Streamzy
        lets you search for music videos \u2014 Music startup Streamzy, which launched
        into the crowded online music market just a couple of weeks ago, has added
        some new features it hopes will set it apart from the competition: It has
        integrated video searches through YouTube and AOL\u2019s Truveo. One of its
        competitors, Seeqpod, is already integrated with YouTube, but the ability
        to stream music performances via Truveo is something none of the other search
        engines are doing yet. Streamzy also plans to offer music and ringtone purchases
        shortly and to add playlist-sharing capabilities.   Orgoo to offer webmail
        service to existing social networks \u2014 The startup, previously known for
        a site that integrates email, instant messaging and SMS text messaging, will
        try to sell networking sites like Facebook and MySpace a solution that allows
        users to check their various email accounts through the social network.  [David
        Adewumi contributed to this article.]","title":"Roundup: The Associated Press
        tries to take down blog excerpts, Google''s escape clause revealed and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/16/roundup-the-associated-press-takes-on-blog-excerpts-googles-escape-clause-revealed-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937932,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-25T10:42:16Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Kosmix,
        the search company that has built sites around specific topics like health
        and automobiles, just rolled out a \u201chorizontal\u201d search engine \u2014
        namely, one that brings the Kosmix approach to any topic you can think of.  That
        may seem like a dangerous move; we\u2019re pretty skeptical about any search
        company that tries to take on Google (particularly one whose founders considered
        acquiring and eventually declined to buy Google when they were working at
        Amazon in 1999). But Kosmix\u2019s approach is less about ranking the results
        to every possible search query, and more about building a home page that pulls
        together the most relevant content for any subject. A search for \u201cbreast
        cancer,\u201d for example, brings together basic facts from MayoClinic.com,
        video from Truveo, Google web search results and more.  The company says its
        strategy is paying off, with a total of around 15 million monthly unique visitors
        to its three existing sites, RightHealth, RightAutos and RightTrips. Now Kosmix
        is trying to make that work on a broader scale.  In a way, Mahalo has been
        trying to provide a similar service. But its search pages are built by people,
        while Kosmix creates its results automatically, with algorithms. In doing
        so, it can cover more topics \u2014 no one has bothered to build a Mahalo
        search page for VentureBeat, for example (which is a grave oversight, by the
        way), but there\u2019s an automatically generated result in Kosmix. Even though
        VentureBeat doesn\u2019t fall into one of Kosmix\u2019s specialties, and Kosmix
        horizontal search is still in early, \u201calpha\u201d testing mode, the page
        about us is surprisingly decent. Through Truveo, InfoSpace and other sites
        you can get all the photos and videos of Editor Matt Marshall that you can
        handle, plus our Google results and forum posts to Omgili.","title":"Specialized
        search company Kosmix isn''t so specialized\u00a0anymore","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/25/specialized-search-company-kosmix-not-so-specialized-anymore/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937931,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-01T07:00:03Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Sponsored
        Post There are misconceptions about how important branding it is to success,
        how much work it takes, and the best ways to approach it. But every company,
        from a fresh-faced tech-startup to Apple, knows good branding can make a product
        or\u00a0service.","title":"Six tips for creating a killer brand for your\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/01/the-art-of-branding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937930,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-18T20:58:28Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Vuclip,
        a mobile video search service that has been operating under the radar for
        a year as Blueapple.mobi, has a very cool technology. In 20 seconds or less,
        Vuclip can take video encoded in any format and convert it on the fly, so
        that it can play on a very wide range of phones. Today, the company is launching
        with a new name, new sites and a service that lets video content companies
        make their videos available on the mobile web.","title":"Vuclip mobile video
        search can make any video format play on your\u00a0phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/18/vuclip-mobile-video-search-can-make-any-video-format-play-on-your-phone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937929,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-15T08:20:26Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Silicon Valley\u2019s top \u201cturnaround\u201d guy has formed a new
        firm, which helps distressed tech companies turn their fortunes\u00a0around.","title":"Startup
        falling apart? Silicon Valley\u2019s fairy godfathers are at your\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/15/startup-falling-apart-silicon-valleys-fairy-godfathers-are-at-your-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937928,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-09T21:40:52Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"So
        far, we\u2019ve relied on TV Guide \u2014 or TiVo \u2014 to know when and
        what television programs are scheduled on TV.","title":"DEMOfall 08: Invision
        TV wants to be your first Internet video\u00a0guide","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/09/demofall-08-invision-tv-wants-to-be-your-first-internet-video-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937927,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-30T21:34:03Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"TellApart,
        a company that helps businesses make the most of their customer data, announced
        today that it had completed the acquisition of AdStack, a provider of email
        marketing software.","title":"Email and retail join forces: TellApart acquires
        AdStack for under\u00a0$10M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/email-and-retail-join-forces-tellapart-acquires-adstack-for-under-10m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937926,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-18T12:40:22Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"OVGuide,
        a comprehensive video search portal that draws results from sites including
        Fancast, Hulu, ESPN and Funny or Die, announced today that it raised $5 million
        in capital all from Baroda Ventures. Based in Beverly Hills, Calif., the company
        was founded in 2006 and says it attracts 150 million page views and 36 million
        searches per month.","title":"OVGuide beefs up video search and discovery
        portal with\u00a0$5M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/18/ovguide-beefs-up-video-search-and-discovery-portal-with-5m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937925,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-17T17:32:15Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Former
        Googler Tim Armstrong is making more moves to redefine AOL, the struggling
        and soon-to-be spun off former Time Warner subsidiary that he is now chief
        executive of. He just named an old business partner, Jon Brod, to run the
        company\u2019s venture unit, according to BoomTown.","title":"AOL Ventures
        gets new leader to clean, rebuild\u00a0house","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/17/aol-ventures-gets-new-leader-to-clean-rebuild-house/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937924,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-05T06:00:10Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Deal
        with Shapeways will make it easy for you to get 3D-printed objects based on
        your own\u00a0designs.","title":"Sixense launches Kickstarter to launch 3D-printable
        design\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/05/sixenses-launches-kickstarter-to-launch-3d-printable-design-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937923,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-01-11T13:29:45Z","slug":"truveo","summary":"Wow,
        you can launch a start-up these days, and in two years sell it for a pretty
        nifty sum.","title":"Video search engine company, Truveo, sold \u2014 for
        $50\u00a0million!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/01/11/video-search-engine-company-truveo-sold-for-50-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937922,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T16:00:07Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"French
        game publisher confirms that Siege will replace the canceled Rainbow Six:
        Patriots game. We\u2019ve got the\u00a0details.","title":"Ubisoft\u2019s Rainbow
        Six: Siege will focus on breach-and-clear operations","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/ubisofts-rainbow-six-siege-will-focus-on-breach-and-clear-operations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937921,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-21T08:00:02Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Tim
        Draper explains why his big idea isn\u2019t so\u00a0crazy.","title":"Why venture
        capitalist Tim Draper wants to divide California into six states\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/21/why-venture-capitalist-tim-draper-wants-to-divide-california-into-six-states-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937920,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:35:06Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Draper\u2019s
        plan would make Silicon Valley into its own state and make it way easier for
        billionaires to influence the\u00a0government.","title":"Stephen Colbert drills
        VC Tim Draper about his \u2018Six Californias\u2019 plan\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/stephen-colbert-drills-vc-tim-draper-about-his-six-californias-plan-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937919,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-01-05T01:03:54Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Perhaps
        it\u2019s time for a little shakeout in the blogging world. The industry is
        getting mature enough. Om Malik is reporting that Six Apart, the San Francisco
        company that makes blogging tools TypePad and Movable Type, is buying LiveJournal,
        the Portland-based blogging service with 5 million-plus users.","title":"Six
        Apart buying\u00a0LiveJournal?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/01/05/six-apart-buying-livejournal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937918,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-01-06T01:09:29Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"As
        suggested before, Six Apart, the San Francisco blogging company, has officially
        announced that it\u2019s buying online journal company LiveJournal in a cash
        and stock deal (no terms released). The deal allows Six Apart, whose products
        to this point were Movable Type and TypePad, to scale up to better compete
        against the likes of Google, Microsoft and AOL, three deep-pocket companies
        with their own blogging services. We talked with Six Apart co-founder Mena
        Trott and company CEO Barak Berkowitz about the deal, which raised the eyebrows
        of many LiveJournal fans and users. Since its inception six years ago, LiveJournal
        has created a large and loyal user base who viewed the service more as a vibrant,
        volunteer-based community and less as a company that could be sold. LiveJournal
        users are afraid that Six Apart will change that. Trott and Berkowitz address
        the concerns and explain the logic behind the acqusition. We recorded our
        phone interview and have posted abridged audio files of the chat. (links below)","title":"Six
        Apart Interview","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/01/06/six-apart-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937917,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-10-25T09:50:10Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Speculate
        all you want about Silicon Valley losing its status as the tech epicenter.
        For some companies, location still matters. The latest example of a company
        making the move is VideoEgg, a small start-up out of New Haven, Connecticut.
        Founder Kevin Sladek is in the Bay Area this week to do business and hunt
        for office space.","title":"VideoEgg: Westward ho, and a deal with Six\u00a0Apart","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/10/25/videoegg-westward-ho-and-a-deal-with-six-apart/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937916,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-11-10T11:24:13Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Six
        Apart has hit more than its share of speed bumps in its short time in business,
        including a pricing strategy that irked users and its controversial acquisition
        of LiveJournal. But now the San Francisco blogging company may be facing its
        toughest test yet \u2013 reliability problems that are causing users to question
        their devotion to its flagship TypePad blogging service. Six Apart founders
        Mena and Ben Trott addressed the problems last month   and again last week.
        And Six Apart employees have been trying to answer concerns in the comments
        sections of users\u2019 blogs. But it seems the fixes haven\u2019t satisfied
        all users. The Blog Herald posted a round-up yesterday of recent gripes  from
        disaffected customers \u2013 admitedly a minute sampling of TypePads\u2019s
        large user base.","title":"Six Apart''s trial by\u00a0fire","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/11/10/six-aparts-trial-by-fire/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937915,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-12-12T06:45:21Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Nice
        little coup for Six Apart, which has had a not-so-enjoyable past couple of
        months. The SF blogging company\u2019s Movable Type software is now the default
        blogging tool for Yahoo\u2019s web hosting services. Individuals and businesses
        that used Yahoo hosting could install Movable Type themselves; now the software
        will come pre-installed and ready to activate. Yahoo hosts about 30 million
        individual Web sites, the company says, so this is a pretty nifty distribution
        deal for Six Apart. The offering is aimed at small businesses that want to
        use a blog to enhance this web sites. Six Apart declined to discuss the financial
        terms of the deal with us.","title":"Six Aparts scores deal with\u00a0Yahoo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/12/12/six-aparts-scores-deal-with-yahoo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937914,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-02-19T12:18:17Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Updated:
        We were just saying you shouldn\u2019t believe anything about this VC world
        unless you scrutinize it (see post above). We\u2019ve heard from very good
        source that this Six Apart funding is not done, and will take a couple of
        more weeks to wrap up.","title":"Six Apart grabs $12 million more; cocktail
        circuit says bubble is\u00a0growing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/02/19/six-apart-grabs-12-million-more-cocktail-circuit-says-bubble-is-growing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937913,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-03-15T21:15:44Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"San
        Francisco blogging software company, Six Apart, has confirmed it has raised
        $12M in venture capital from Intel, Focus Ventures and existing investor August
        Capital.","title":"Six Apart confirms $12M in venture capital \u2014 may launch
        anti-spam legislation\u00a0initiative","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:14:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/03/15/six-apart-confirms-12m-in-venture-capital-may-launch-anti-spam-legislation-initiative/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937912,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-07T10:51:14Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"See
        our story here.","title":"Six Apart buys feed reader company\u00a0Rojo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/07/six-apart-buys-feed-reader-company-rojo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937911,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-08T11:35:27Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"See
        our stories here (scroll down) and here (on Topio). Total amounts of Intel
        investments are undisclosed.","title":"UPDATE: Intel confirms investments
        in Socialtext, SpikeSource, Six Apart, Simplefeed, Newsgator &\u00a0Topio","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/08/intel-confirms-investments-in-socialtext-spikesource-six-apart-simplefeed-newsgator-topio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937910,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-06T21:10:37Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest (updated) action:","title":"Roundup: Six Apart''s memo, VCs and
        sex toys, WiMax in 2008, Newser.com &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/06/roundup-six-aparts-memo-vcs-and-sex-toys-wimax-in-2008-newsercom-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937909,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-16T03:00:20Z","slug":"indaba-music","summary":"Vator.tv,
        the site best-known for allowing entrepreneurs to record \u201celevator pitch\u201d
        videos, has been testing a new way for entrepreneurs to promote their companies
        \u2014 a micro-blogging news feed.","title":"Elevator pitch company Vator.tv
        adds\u00a0micro-blogging","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/16/elevator-pitch-company-vatortv-adds-micro-blogging/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937908,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-14T13:59:27Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Six
        Apart, a popular blogging service, announced it has appointed Christopher
        J. Alden as chief executive of the San Francisco company.","title":"Six Apart,
        a blogging service switches\u00a0CEOs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/14/six-apart-switches-ceos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937907,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-21T11:54:01Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Six Apart launches ad network, Microsoft
        acquires Xobni\u2026maybe and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/21/roundup-six-apart-launches-ad-network-microsoft-acquires-xobnimaybe-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937906,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-12T18:37:40Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Blog
        software company Six Apart is hoping to make its publishers\u2019 sites more
        like social network. Tomorrow morning, it will launch a new version of its
        popular Movable Type blogging software that will include profiles, message
        boards like the \u201cwall\u201d on Facebook, and other features designed
        to increase social interaction between bloggers and readers.Certainly, for
        some publications, this is a great way to increase the time people spend on
        the site \u2014 if you feel a part of a community, you often want to spend
        more time with that community. In and of themselves, though, social networking
        features do not a community make. Just ask many of the more than 70 white-label
        social networking services out there, that are hoping to help companies create
        things like internal intranets for employees to communicate, or sites where
        companies can talk with customers. Figuring out what social interactions users
        actually want to have is always a tricky business, and it often doesn\u2019t
        work.  So for blogs hoping to use Movable Type\u2019s new features to create
        more interaction, their success will be tied to what they write about, the
        sorts of readers they attract, and how they choose to make use of the new
        social features.","title":"Six Apart to launch social networking features
        for\u00a0blogs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/12/six-apart-to-launch-social-networking-features-for-blogs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937905,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-11T14:00:05Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Blogging
        may have been invented during the last recession, but that doesn\u2019t mean
        it\u2019s immune from tough economic times. Six Apart, the San Francisco startup
        that offers Movable Type blogging software and TypePad blogging services,
        just announced it\u2019s laying off eight percent of its staff.","title":"Blogging
        company Six Apart lays off 8\u00a0percent","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/11/blogging-company-six-apart-lays-off-8-percent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937904,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-01T12:08:35Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Blogging
        company Six Apart has acquired micro-blogging startup Pownce for undisclosed
        financial terms. It looks like one of those acquisitions where the buyer was
        more interested in the people than the product \u2014 the Pownce service will
        shut down in two weeks.","title":"Six Apart acquires and shuts down\u00a0Pownce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/01/six-apart-acquires-and-shuts-down-pownce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937903,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-22T11:52:08Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Here\u2019s
        another way to make money from blogging \u2014 maybe. If you\u2019re a blogger
        who uses Six Apart\u2019s software and services, you can now start running
        VideoEgg\u2019s interactive \u201cAdFrame\u201d format. These ads, like the
        toolbar-style \u201cTwig\u201d that VideoEgg introduced in April, contain
        more interactive elements than traditional banner ads. They intend to get
        more attention from readers than traditional online banner ads do.","title":"Six
        Apart bloggers get VideoEgg''s interactive\u00a0ads","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/22/six-apart-bloggers-get-videoeggs-interactive-ads/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937902,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-01T13:48:02Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Six
        Apart said today that it\u2019s ready to expand its TypePad hosting service
        beyond blogs \u2014 now it wants to power \u201cthe next Twitter, Facebook,
        or YouTube.\u201d As an example of what developers can create using the TypePad
        Platform, Six Apart is unveiling a new microblogging application called TypePad
        Motion which is based on Pownce, the startup Six Apart acquired last year.","title":"Blog
        startup Six Apart wants to help you build social apps like\u00a0Pownce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/01/blog-startup-six-apart-wants-to-help-you-build-social-apps-like-pownce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937901,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-25T17:04:22Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"For
        once, people are talking about Six Apart, a blogging pioneer that hasn\u2019t
        otherwise generated much chatter recently. Rumors are flying that the company\u2019s
        in the midst of some kind of a deal \u2014 though we hear executives at Six
        Apart are denying anything\u2019s afoot.","title":"Six Apart, social media''s
        neglected star, gets deal\u00a0buzz","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/25/six-apart-deal-rumors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937900,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-21T14:28:23Z","slug":"six-apart","summary":"Life
        never turns out quite the way you planned. Nor do startups. Two San Francisco-based
        companies, VideoEgg and Six Apart, are formally announcing tomorrow that they\u2019re
        forming a new company, Say Media, built around online advertising \u2014 a
        business that doesn\u2019t have much to do with either\u2019s origins.","title":"VideoEgg,
        Six Apart form online advertising play Say\u00a0Media","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/21/six-apart-videoegg-say-media/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937899,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-26T21:48:44Z","slug":"simulscribe","summary":"Jott
        rocks.","title":"Jott, a convenient voice-to-text\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/26/jott-a-convenient-voice-to-text-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937898,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-10T21:08:39Z","slug":"simulscribe","summary":"Jott,
        the convenient voice-to-text service we reviewed favorably in March, has raised
        $5.4 million in its latest round of financing.","title":"Jott raises $5.4M
        for\u00a0voice-to-text","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/10/jott-raises-54m-for-voice-to-text/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937897,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-12T10:29:57Z","slug":"simulscribe","summary":"updated","title":"Oracle
        offers to buy BEA Systems for $6.7B, continuing software\u00a0consolidation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/12/oracle-buys-bea-systems-for-67b-continuing-software-consolidation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937896,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-28T08:47:10Z","slug":"simulscribe","summary":"Ribbit
        is a remarkable new company, and it knows it: It calls itself \u201cSilicon
        Valley\u2019s first phone company.\u201d","title":"Ribbit, \"Silicon Valley''s
        first phone\u00a0company\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/28/ribbit-silicon-valleys-first-phone-company/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937895,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-21T07:50:16Z","slug":"simulscribe","summary":"SpinVox,
        a London company that converts your voicemail into text, has raised more than
        $100 million to expand quickly by signing deals with large telecom carriers
        around the world \u2014 an apparent land-grab.","title":"SpinVox raises whopping
        $100M+ for voicemail to text\u00a0conversion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/21/spinvox-raises-whopping-100m-plus-for-voicemail-to-text-conversion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937894,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-10T13:34:48Z","slug":"simulscribe","summary":"We
        all know that the iPhone\u2019s brilliant interface has changed the game.
        But let\u2019s face it: while we\u2019ve learned to deal with the touch-based
        keyboard on our iPhones, typing in messages is an inelegant process that is
        often executed with total disregard for the surrounding world. Some people
        (myself included) walk down the street while texting, pulling up directions
        on Google Maps, or updating Twitter. Some even send text messages as they
        drive. And so while touch has become a wonderful way to maneuver around a
        phone, it\u2019s not always the ideal way to go.  A Charlotte, North Carolina-based
        company named Yap wants you to use your voice, instead. Yap, which just raised
        $6.5 million in its first round of financing, is a speech-to-SMS company whose
        technology lets you send texts to your friends without typing, post updates
        to Facebook and Twitter, and so on. Unlike speech-to-text services like Jott
        (our coverage) and PhoneTag (formerly Simulscribe), which employ humans to
        translate voice messages into text, Yap is entirely automated. See sample
        screenshot below.  On top of building its own speech-to-text applications,
        the company has opened up its platform to third-party developers and will
        license its technology to companies that can find interesting ways to deploy
        speech-to-text. By becoming a platform, the small company is entering into
        competition with some established players. The most famous of these is TellMe,
        a voice-recognition company that raised about $263 million before Microsoft
        bought it for around $800 million last year. The other is Nuance, which has
        a similar capability and has its applications on over two billion phones.
        Yap\u2019s co-founder, Victor Jabolokov says his company has an edge on TellMe
        because, unlike TellMe, which requires adherence to grammatical forms, Yap
        can turn free-form speech into text. As for Nuance, which he sees as the bigger
        threat, Jabolokov says that the smaller company\u2019s agility will let it
        tackle parts of this market before its larger competitor can lumber its way
        in.","title":"Voice-to-text mobile transcription service Yap raises\u00a0$6.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/10/yap-a-voice-to-text-mobile-transcription-service-raises-65m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937893,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-30T06:13:51Z","slug":"simulscribe","summary":"[This
        is confirmed: Spinvox just announced a sale to Nuance in a blog post, and
        in a press release. The price is $102.5 million, comprising $66 million in
        cash and $36.5 million in common stock..]","title":"Voice-to-text company
        Spinvox to announce sale to Nuance, source says\u00a0[confirmed]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/30/struggling-voice-to-text-company-spinvox-to-announce-sale-today-source-says/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937892,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-02T13:36:52Z","slug":"simulscribe","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Oracle''s feast, Wired''s dig, Simulscribe
        and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/02/roundup-oracles-feast-wireds-dig-simulscribe-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937891,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-13T12:50:12Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Reddit
        user Lycerius has stuck with the same Civilization II game for a decade. The
        result? A wasted world of nuclear fallout, melted ice caps, and constant war
        between the ragged remains of Celtania, New Vikingland, and\u00a0America.","title":"Player\u2019s
        decade-old Civilization II game is a world of \u201chellish nightmare\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/13/10-year-old-civilization-ii-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937890,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-14T13:00:40Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Social
        game startup uCool\u00a0is coming out of stealth today and describing its
        upcoming game, a social fantasy role-playing hybrid title called Tynon.","title":"New
        studio uCool to launch ambitious Tynon social fantasy role-playing game\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/14/new-studio-ucool-to-launch-tynon-social-fantasy-role-playing-game-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937889,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-26T14:06:09Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Cloze,
        a cloud-based contact management tool, launched its public beta last night
        and announced $1.2 million in funding.","title":"Networking by numbers: CRM
        tool Cloze scores professional\u00a0relationships","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/26/networking-by-numbers-crm-tool-cloze-scores-professional-relationships/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937888,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-09T12:38:43Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Guest
        Post The platform you choose may determine the fate of your business. Instead
        of relying upon other people\u2019s platforms, why not build, control, and
        own your\u00a0own?","title":"Your platform might determine your startup\u2019s
        success \u2014 so why not build your\u00a0own?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/09/your-platform-might-determine-your-startups-success-so-why-not-build-your-own/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937887,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-21T12:14:23Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"THQ
        lays off \u201cabout 20\u2033 people from its marketing and production\u00a0departments.","title":"Leaked
        memo reveals more THQ\u00a0layoffs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/21/leaked-memo-reveals-more-thq-layoffs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937886,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-05T13:00:04Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Minecraft
        is giving people around the world the power to improve their neighborhoods
        for future\u00a0generations.","title":"Minecraft is rebuilding urban areas
        in the real world, one block at a\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/05/block-by-block/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937885,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-12T10:00:01Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Linden Lab is releasing new \u201cshared creative spaces\u201d outside
        of its Second Life virtual\u00a0world.","title":"Linden Lab grabs its second
        life with creativity\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/12/linden-lab-grabs-its-second-life-with-creativity-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937884,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-29T17:31:33Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"\u201cBatman
        has the Lumia 900\u201d said Shauna the sales assistant \u201cits Batman\u2019s
        phone\u201d. \u201cWhat will he do if I buy it then?\u201d I asked churlishly
        \u201csurely I\u2019d get in the way of, nay hinder, his important work?\u201d
        \u201cIt has the logo on the back, that\u2019s all\u201d. \u201cThen I definitely
        don\u2019t want it\u201d I said \u201cI imagined Batman would have a more
        exciting phone, I\u2019ll just take the regular one please.\u201d This was
        how my adventure with a Windows Phone began. How I embarked down a road I,
        and seemingly very few people, had travelled before. A journey that was set
        to be thrilling and fascinating in equal parts; one that would almost certainly
        be as full of games as it was excitement and the unknown. It had Xbox Live
        on it after all.","title":"Xbox Live for Windows Phone is great. Unless you
        like playing compelling\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/29/xbox-live-for-windows-phone-is-great-unless-you-like-playing-good-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937883,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-10T21:32:37Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"French
        developer Gameloft looked at the rich character depth and cheerful world in
        My Little Pony: Frienship is Magic and decided \"Yeah, that''d be a pretty
        good free-to-play game.\" I''m not sure why I''m surprised by that decision,
        since pony-themed microtransactions and hordes of bronies (serious adult fans)
        equals infinite financial gain for both Hasbro (the company that owns MLP)
        and Gameloft, but I am.","title":"My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a
        free-to-play\u00a0nightmare","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/10/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-is-a-free-to-play-nightmare/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937882,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T11:05:51Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Geo-mobile
        social app Highlight rolls out its latest update to date, with photosharing
        and event\u00a0features.","title":"Highlight\u2019s latest update promotes
        serendipity with new social\u00a0features","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/highlights-latest-update-promotes-serendipity-with-new-social-features/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937881,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-07T08:00:00Z","slug":"thorne-research","summary":"Some
        offensively written thoughts about Demon\u2019s Souls.","title":"Demon\u2019s
        Souls: The wife-beating husband of the video game\u00a0world.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/07/demons-souls-the-wife-beating-husband-of-the-video-game-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937880,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-29T16:36:57Z","slug":"thorne-research","summary":"Before
        signing up for your local startup accelerator or incubator, there are a few
        things you should keep in mind. Is your pitch perfected? Does it matter which
        group you join? Is there a right or wrong time to sign up? We asked these
        fifteen entrepreneurs for their nuggets of advice on navigating the world
        of startup accelerators.","title":"15 entrepreneurs give tips on getting the
        most out of an incubator or\u00a0accelerator","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/29/15-tips-to-get-the-most-out-of-an-incubator-or-accelerator/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937879,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-19T07:03:45Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"It
        doesn\u2019t matter how great your phone is if you can\u2019t actually get
        it\u00a0built.","title":"HTC One delayed due to suppliers who think it\u2019s
        not a \u2018tier-one\u00a0customer\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/19/htc-one-delayed-due-to-suppliers-who-think-its-not-a-tier-one-customer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937878,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-05T21:01:17Z","slug":"thorne-research","summary":"I
        recently completed the mobile game Final Fantasy Dimensions, which brought
        back the series\u2019 tradition of using an evil empire as the villain. This
        motif is one that is present throughout most of the Final Fantasy series,
        and it is easy to see why. Unlike the Dragon Quest series \u2014 which usually
        focuses on an intangible, mystical or demonic villain as the bad guy (like
        Rhapthorne from DQVIII or Demon Lord Nimzo from DQV) \u2014 an evil empire
        strikes an instantly recognizable chord with the gamer. It represents tyranny,
        oppression, subjugation, and the loss of the individual against a mass uniform
        force. The very word empire evokes so many sharp images in our minds due to
        our own background and history.","title":"Final Fantasy and the tradition
        of evil\u00a0empires","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/05/the-evil-empire-in-final-fantasy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937877,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-20T09:00:03Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Sponsored
        Post As the owners of Kettlebell Cardio, Joe and Anthony have spent almost
        every waking hour of the last few years building their business from scratch
        and turning it into something truly\u00a0unique.","title":"Combining fitness
        classes and online communities, Kettlebell Cardio is a winning\u00a0combo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/20/from-concept-to-reality-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937876,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-14T11:02:08Z","slug":"thorne-research","summary":"This
        submersible is barely the size of two soda cans, yet scientists think it might
        be useful for finding life on and around other planets, including Jupiter\u2019s
        Europa, an ice-covered\u00a0moon.","title":"This tiny submarine could find
        life under Earth\u2019s glaciers \u2014 or on Jupiter moon\u00a0Europa","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:13:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/14/tiny-submarine-on-europa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937875,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-29T15:13:17Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Everybody
        Solar is helping charities like the Bay Area low-income home rehab volunteer
        organization Rebuilding Together Peninsula go green by accessing the free
        energy of the sun \u2014 with free solar panels, to\u00a0boot.","title":"Everybody
        Solar helping nonprofits go green \u2026 for\u00a0free","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/29/everybody-solar-helping-nonprofits-go-green-for-free/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937874,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-05T09:00:51Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"The
        launch of The Drowning, a novel first-person shooter on the iPad, is drawing\u00a0near.","title":"DeNA\u2019s
        first-person shooter The Drowning nears launch on the iPad\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/05/ngmocos-first-person-shooter-the-drowning-nears-launch-on-the-ipad-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937873,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-14T09:12:17Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Playcraft
        will use its HTML5 expertise to  build a version of MinoMonsters that works
        across multiple\u00a0platforms.","title":"MinoMonsters acquires Playcraft
        Labs to help bring the monster battler to new\u00a0platforms","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/14/minomonsters-acquires-playcraft-labs-to-help-bring-the-monster-battler-to-new-platforms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937872,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-17T07:00:14Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"The
        last big game of a generation? Naughty Dog\u2019s survival game is packs intense
        drama. We have a hands-on\u00a0preview.","title":"Sony reveals more tense
        moments in The Last of Us\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/17/sonys-reveals-more-tense-moments-in-the-last-of-us-video-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937871,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-29T11:31:34Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Publisher Activision Blizzard has to make a hit with Titan to replace
        the revenue generated by World of\u00a0Warcraft.","title":"Filling World of
        Warcraft\u2019s boots: Why Blizzard had to delay\u00a0Titan","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/29/filling-world-of-warcrafts-boots-why-blizzard-had-to-delay-titan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937870,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-17T14:26:13Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"After
        all, it\u2019s not every day a major game company \u2014 especially a Japanese
        one \u2014 publicly apologizes for releasing a subpar product. But it\u2019s
        even less common for that company to then spend millions more rebuilding that
        years-old title for a second shot at\u00a0success.","title":"The Final Fantasy
        XIV director talks business, gameplay, and doing away with the Final Fantasy
        logo\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/17/the-final-fantasy-xiv-director-talks-business-gameplay-and-doing-away-with-the-final-fantasy-logo-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937869,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-24T06:00:47Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Tony Hsieh\u2019s great urban experiment is transforming the downtown
        Vegas economy. Is it a model that can be replicated\u00a0elsewhere?","title":"Tony
        Hsieh\u2019s $350M plan to make Vegas an \u2018entrepreneur\u2019s Disneyland\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/24/part-1-why-zappos-ceo-tony-hsieh-is-investing-350m-into-downtown-vegas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937868,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-25T16:13:48Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Video
        games have evolved rapidly over the last 20 years into a fledgling artistic
        medium. Starting as simple computational representations of more traditional
        \u2018games\u2019 (e.g. Tetris (Pazhitnov, 1984) is a spatial awareness puzzle,
        Pac-Man (Namco, 1980), a game of chase) and steadily developing more and more
        narrative context as technology improved to accommodate more elaborate visual
        representations and characterization, video games have evolved to the point
        where story can be essential to the success of video game. I say \u2018can\u2019
        because the term \u2018video game\u2019 encompasses an incredible variety
        of works, often completely dissimilar to each other. For the purposes of this
        essay I shall look exclusively at video games with narrative ambitions and
        not at genres like sporting simulations or puzzle games that, generally speaking,
        do not emphasize narrative.","title":"What Techniques and Limitations do Contemporary
        Video Game Designers Have to be Aware of When Attempting to Tell\u00a0Stories?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/25/what-techniques-and-limitations-do-contemporary-video-game-designers-have-to-be-aware-of-when-attempting-to-tell-stories/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937867,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-01T00:28:38Z","slug":"p2-energy-solutions","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Google''s Korean clutter, Real''s player,
        Panoramio and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/01/roundup-googles-korean-clutter-reals-new-player-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937866,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-24T23:10:38Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Almost
        always, the answer is to just say, \u201cyes.\" I endorse all manner of recreational,
        educational, pharmaceutical, ceremonial, universe-amplifying and boredom-dissolving,
        pseudo-religious, mind-body and stat-stimulating substance experimentation.
        You name it, I\u2019ve taken it. Any drug a designer has put in front of me,
        I\u2019ve put inside of me: Plasmids, Pentazemin, Skooma, steroids, Nanosuit,
        Magic Cake, mushrooms, Mentats, Med-X, Jet, Buffout, and booze (according
        to D.A.R.E.).\u00a0","title":"Strung out on video-game drugs\u00a0(EXPANDED)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/24/strung-out-on-video-game-drugs-and-the-long-road-to-recovery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937865,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T07:00:18Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Startups
        are setting up shop on Fremont Street in the heart of the downtown corridor
        in Vegas. To cater to the needs of the new arrivals, new office spaces, co-working
        spots and trendy restaurants have rapidly\u00a0emerged.","title":"Why investors
        & tech startups are flocking to downtown Las\u00a0Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/part-3-why-investors-tech-startups-are-flocking-to-downtown-vegas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937864,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-17T00:59:54Z","slug":"p2-energy-solutions","summary":"Genomatica
        creates renewable chemical from sugar water \u2014 While most chemicals are
        petroleum-based, several startups are trying to create new alternatives. One
        of the first to succeed is Genomatica, which says it has a cheap process to
        make 1,4-butanediol, a component chemical of many common materials, from sugar
        and water, potentially disrupting a $4 billion industry. More on Genomatica\u2019s
        process here.","title":"Roundup: Green chemicals get started, gaming is ubiquitous,
        MySpace Music slowed again, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/17/roundup-green-chemicals-get-started-gaming-is-ubiquitous-myspace-music-slowed-again-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937863,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-09T01:04:29Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Almost
        always, the best answer is to just say \u201cyes.\" In games, I''ve endorsed
        all manner of recreational, educational, ceremonial, universe-amplifying and
        boredom-dissolving, mind-body and stat-stimulating substance experimentation.
        You name it, I\u2019ve taken it. Any drug a game designer has put in front
        of me, I\u2019ve put inside of me: Plasmids, Pentazemin, Skooma, steroids,
        Nanosuit, Magic Cake, mushrooms, Mentats, Med-X, Jet, Buffout, and booze.","title":"Strung
        out on video-game\u00a0drugs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/09/strung-out-on-video-game-drugs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937862,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-27T15:15:41Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Sponsored
        Post In the spirit of VentureBeat\u2019s week long series on the Las Vegas
        Downtown Project, SXSW V2V would like to join the conversation and share why
        we decided to join the\u00a0community.","title":"SXSW V2V August 2013: Why
        We Like Las\u00a0Vegas!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/27/sxsw-v2v-august-2013-why-we-like-las-vegas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937861,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-24T19:12:32Z","slug":"p2-energy-solutions","summary":"Solaicx
        isn\u2019t your garden-variety silicon wafer maker. The Santa Clara, Calif.  company
        says it has devised a manufacturing process that allows it to  churn out extremely
        efficient monocrystalline wafers tailored for the  solar market at a viciously
        competitive low price \u2014 the holy grail of  photovoltaics.","title":"Wafer
        giant MEMC expands further into solar with $76M Solaicx\u00a0buy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/24/wafer-giant-memc-expands-further-into-solar-with-76m-solaicx-buy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937860,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-11T23:44:29Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Good
        humor, as most of us have come to realize, is a rare commodity in games, and
        with good reason. It\u2019s an incredibly difficult and unscientific challenge
        to integrate resonant and effective comedy into the formal language of games.
        There\u2019s no algorithm for it and developers can usually be forgiven for
        bombing. Like many young comics, you need to imitate Pryor and Hedberg and
        Carlin before you find your own voice. You bomb, and bomb, and bomb some more,
        until finally you\u2019re armored and develop your own style and refine your
        material. The problem with game approaches to comedy is that it\u2019s a tricky
        venue to explore, and you may work on refining that material throughout a
        2 or 3-year development cycle before it gets much of an audience, just to
        find out it resoundingly bombed at launch.","title":"The role of meta-humor
        in Portal 2 and Sword & Sworcery\u00a0EP","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/11/the-role-of-meta-humor-in-portal-2-and-sword-sworcery-ep/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937859,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-31T10:23:22Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Yahoo
        has acquired e-commerce app Lexity for an undisclosed amount, the startup
        announced on its blog\u00a0today.","title":"Yahoo\u2019s latest acquistion
        is e-commerce startup\u00a0Lexity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/31/yahoo-lexity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937858,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-15T13:58:30Z","slug":"p2-energy-solutions","summary":"Terry
        Tamminen is the former top environmental advisor of California governor Arnold
        Schwarzenegger, and is also former secretary of the California Environmental
        Protection Agency (EPA). He has a reputation for having \u201cturned Arnie
        green\u201d.","title":"California environmental advisor Terry Tamminen on
        trains, energy efficiency, Al Gore and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/15/california-environmental-advisor-terry-tamminen-on-trains-energy-efficiency-al-gore-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937857,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-04T09:56:35Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"We\u2019re
        here at Apple\u2019s Cupertino campus for its latest iPhone unveiling. The
        keynote event, led by new Apple CEO Tim Cook, is scheduled to begin in a few
        minutes at 10am Pacific time.","title":"Live at Apple\u2019s iPhone 5/ iPhone
        4S\u00a0event","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/04/live-at-apples-iphone-5-iphone-4s-event/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937856,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-06T11:07:46Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Apple
        gave developers the latest test version of iOS 7 only a week after its last
        release \u2014 likely to make up for lost time after hack on the developer\u00a0center.","title":"Apple
        cranking on iOS 7; pushes out 5th beta within a week of last\u00a0release","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/06/apple-ios7-beta/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937855,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-26T18:22:59Z","slug":"p2-energy-solutions","summary":"[Update:
        The initial article misstated that the CEO of Ice Energy threatened to file
        a lawsuit against the Department of Energy if denied a grant, when he only
        speculated that some executives might choose to go this route.]","title":"Dept.
        of Energy to announce $3.4B in Smart Grid grants\u00a0tomorrow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/26/dept-of-energy-to-announce-3-4b-in-smart-grid-grants-tomorrow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937854,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-04T11:57:25Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"After
        much speculation and waiting, Apple finally launched its new iPhone 4S on
        Tuesday at a keynote hosted by new CEO Tim Cook.","title":"10 things you need
        to know about the iPhone\u00a04S","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/04/10-things-about-iphone-4s/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937853,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-21T14:19:27Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Whitman
        says the business is stabilizing overall, with some strong spots and some
        weak\u00a0spots.","title":"HP\u2019s Whitman complains about \u2018weak enterprise\u00a0spending\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/21/hps-whitman-says-that-companys-turnaround-continues/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937852,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-06T19:26:00Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Against
        our best intentions, video games that get left by the wayside often stay unplayed
        and are ultimately forgotten. Games are a temporal art form. They can only
        be fully enjoyed within a short period of time after their release. Once a
        title is no longer considered new, many players distance themselves from it
        and discard it into the annals of history. Albeit with a few exceptions, many
        offerings\u2019 influence wane significantly over time.","title":"Forgetting
        about older, classic titles could undermine the future of\u00a0gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/06/dead-games-leaving-games-behind-undermines-the-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937851,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-24T08:30:56Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Guest
        Post The ground-up software rewrite is the bane of many organizations. Fortunately,
        we have the ultimate real-life example of a rewrite in action right here in
        San Francisco: the eastern span of the Bay\u00a0Bridge.","title":"Rebooting
        the Bay Bridge: A classic rewrite\u00a0story","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/24/rebooting-the-bay-bridge-a-classic-rewrite-story/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937850,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-23T08:05:09Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Apple Maps lacks data, and fixing it will require a significant crowdsourcing
        effort that will take Apple quite a long time, says mapping expert Mike\u00a0Dobson","title":"Apple
        Maps disaster stems from lack of data \u2014 and will last \u2018quite some\u00a0time\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/23/apple-maps-disaster-stems-from-lack-of-data-and-will-last-quite-some-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937849,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-06T20:44:34Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"The
        Internet Archive\u2019s headquarters in San Francisco caught fire early Wednesday
        morning, damaging equipment, and destroying some of the materials being\u00a0archived.","title":"Two-alarm
        blaze hits Internet Archive causing moderate\u00a0damages","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/06/two-alarm-blaze-hits-internet-archive-causing-moderate-damages/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937848,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-05T08:51:36Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Guest
        Post Over the past 10 years or so, many organizations have recognized the
        conceptual value of data and have started recording and retaining more and
        more of it. But after doing this for a while, they\u2019re asking, \u201cWhat
        the heck do we do with\u00a0it?\u201d","title":"Society\u2019s next big challenge:
        infinite\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/05/societys-next-big-challenge-infinite-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937847,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T10:52:34Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"GamesBeat
        stopped by Sony\u2019s PS4 launch event to chat with the designers, programmers,
        and producers behind the next wave of PlayStation indie games. Here\u2019s
        what we\u00a0learned.","title":"Why indie devs find it\u2019s \u2018quite
        painless\u2019 to bring games to the PlayStation\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/why-indie-devs-find-its-quite-painless-to-bring-games-to-the-playstation-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937846,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-29T21:01:00Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Researchers
        team up with Johns Hopkins and UCSF to help model and track public health\u00a0threats.","title":"IBM
        uses big data to predict outbreaks of dengue fever and\u00a0malaria","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/29/ibm-uses-big-data-to-predict-outbreaks-of-dengue-fever-and-malaria/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937845,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-21T18:44:43Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Intuitive
        Motion, the maker of an electric skateboard you control by leaning forward
        and back, is making a version of its skateboard that looks an awful lot like
        the hoverboard Marty McFly rode in Back to the Future.","title":"Great Scott!
        Now you can own Marty McFly\u2019s hoverboard for\u00a0$1,500","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/21/great-scott-now-you-can-own-marty-mcflys-hoverboard-for-1500/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937844,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-25T16:00:48Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"The
        former Playfish team has also raised funding from Initial Capital and Index\u00a0Ventures.","title":"With
        10M downloads for Super Penguins, Supersolid launches Adventure Town mobile\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/25/with-10m-downloads-for-super-penguins-supersolid-launches-adventure-town-mobile-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937843,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-11T13:15:28Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Photo-sharing
        apps tend to go one of two ways \u2014 they gain millions upon millions of
        users and soar past billion dollar valuations, or they die quiet deaths. Which
        will Shuttersong\u00a0be?","title":"This fun new app lets you embed music
        and sound clips into your photos\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/11/this-fun-new-app-lets-you-embed-music-and-sound-clips-into-your-photos-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937842,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-07T15:15:56Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Square
        Enix makes a new announcement regarding the long-running Lara Croft\u00a0character.","title":"Square
        Enix bringing Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition to Xbox One and PlayStation\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/07/square-enix-bringing-tomb-raider-to-next-gen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937841,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-01T08:00:37Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Microsoft
        Studios has slated Crytek\u2019s free-to-play shooter Warface for Q1 on the
        Xbox\u00a0360.","title":"Microsoft charges ahead with free-to-play Warface
        on the Xbox 360\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/01/microsoft-charges-ahead-with-free-to-play-warface-on-the-xbox-360-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937840,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-17T08:14:58Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"The
        effect that the original BioShock (2007) had and continues to have on the
        usage of choice in modern mainstream\u00a0gaming.","title":"Would You Kindly:
        How BioShock revolutionized choice in mainstream\u00a0gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/17/would-you-kindly-how-bioshock-revolutionized-choice-in-mainstream-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937839,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-25T07:00:11Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Wargaming
        is nearing the launch of its mobile version of World of Tanks. And the PC
        version will get a huge graphics makeover,\u00a0too.","title":"Wargaming CEO
        Victor Kislyi plans to conquer mobile with World of Tanks Blitz\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/25/victor-kislyi-interview-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937838,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-24T12:30:13Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Jobvite
        released a report today on hiring patterns in the tech industry which found
        that Google, Microsoft, Cisco, and Apple have lost their luster for many\u00a0employees.","title":"Twitter,
        Box, and Dropbox attracting hordes of employees away from tech\u00a0giants","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/24/twitter-box-dropbox-attracting-hordes-of-employees-away-from-tech-giants/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937837,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T07:48:34Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Embattled
        Bitcoin\u00a0exchange Mt. Gox continues to crumble.","title":"Mt. Gox, unable
        to rebuild, files for\u00a0liquidation","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/mt-gox-unable-to-rebuild-files-for-liquidation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937836,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-09T12:00:52Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"While
        others are banking on super blockbuster hits, Kabam is betting on a portfolio
        strategy to win in mobile and\u00a0social.","title":"Kabam\u2019s mobile games
        win loyal players who aren\u2019t so easy to please\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/09/kabams-mobile-games-win-loyal-players-who-arent-so-easy-to-please-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937835,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T08:00:43Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"The
        path to unlocking the secrets of the brain is a tough one, but Numenta is
        making progress with apps like\u00a0Grok.","title":"After nine years of research,
        Numenta finally has apps that mimic the way the brain works\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/numentas-brain-research-has-taken-a-long-nine-years-but-it-starting-to-pay-off-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937834,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T13:05:05Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Zynga
        is well positioned for a potential resurgence in 2014 if FarmVille 2 can deliver
        on iOS and\u00a0Android.","title":"Zynga beats expectations as its mobile
        business starts to pick up social\u2019s\u00a0slack","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/zynga-beats-expectations-as-its-mobile-business-starts-to-pick-up-socials-slack/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937833,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-21T13:15:21Z","slug":"temporal-power","summary":"Guest
        Post Temporal metadata isn\u2019t currently being leveraged by the video industry
        \u2014 but it should\u00a0be.","title":"Why the video industry should be leveraging
        temporal\u00a0metadata","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/21/why-the-video-industry-should-be-leveraging-temporal-metadata/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937832,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T12:30:10Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"And
        yes, we talk about iconic pen-and-paper adventures as well \u2014 and how
        the studio may riff on some of them in the\u00a0future.","title":"Card Hunter\u2019s
        first expansion: League play, more loot, and the terror of the Sharkbear\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/card-hunter-attack-of-the-artifacts-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937831,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T10:00:03Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Sure,
        Kickstarter is filled with all sorts or trinkets and projects that will never
        see the light of day even if they reach their goals.","title":"Kickstarter-funded
        file-storage gadget Lima lands\u00a0$2.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:12:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/kickstarter-funded-file-storage-gadget-lima-lands-2-5m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937830,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T09:00:00Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"You
        can expect to see a lot more of Atari\u2019s classic gaming brands in the
        coming\u00a0months.","title":"Atari\u2019s new owners come out swinging with
        licensing, classic remakes, casino games, and an LGBT\u00a0title","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/ataris-new-owners-come-out-swinging-with-licensing-classic-remakes-casino-games-and-an-lgbt-title/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937829,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T10:35:28Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Not
        only does Mainframe2 promise it can run any Windows software right in your
        browser, but now it enables multiple people to control the same app simultaneously,
        the startup has revealed exclusively to\u00a0VentureBeat.","title":"This cloud
        service brings real-time collaboration to any Windows\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/this-cloud-service-brings-real-time-collaboration-to-any-windows-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937828,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T07:00:02Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Fates
        Forever, a new multiplayer online battle arena game (MOBA) for tablets, debuted
        on iOS last week. The title has gotten good reviews and hundreds of thousands
        of downloads. That makes Jason Citron, the founder of OpenFeint and the chief
        executive of game studio Hammer & Chisel, quite happy.","title":"Fates Forever
        will test whether MOBAs designed for tablets can attract those who play League
        of Legends or Dota 2\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/fates-forever-will-test-whether-mobas-designed-for-tablets-can-attract-hardcore-gamers-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937827,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-12T12:12:53Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Twitter,
        the messaging service that many of us love \u2014 and love to complain about
        when it experiences downtime \u2014 has hired a premier software development
        firm to help it rebuild its infrastructure, we\u2019ve heard and confirmed
        with the company. The name of the firm is Pivotal Labs, a quiet but impressive
        group of big-gun, for-hire developers that already counts business software
        company SalesForce and a long list of startups as clients.  From Twitter\u2019s
        Biz Stone:   Yes, we hired some smart folks from Pivotal Labs to join us in
        the office and get some work done. They start on Monday. We\u2019re hiring
        full time employees too\u2014there\u2019s plenty of work to go around!  San
        Francisco-based Twitter has had a near chronic problem keeping its site up
        as it has continued to grow (not unlike ourselves, as our readers may have
        noticed earlier today). Its chief software architect recently left and the
        company has been looking at options for rebuilding the site.","title":"Twitter
        brings in big guns from Pivotal Labs to help rebuild its troubled\u00a0infrastructure","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/12/messaging-service-twitter-hires-top-developer-firm-pivotal-labs-to-help-rebuild-its-software-architecture/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937826,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-02-07T21:19:59Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Our
        colleague Mike Langberg today takes an even-handed look at Orb Networks, the
        Emeryville start-up that claims it can connect you to your music, video and
        other files wirelessly, via any device. Turns out Orb is a good start, but
        isn\u2019t quite ready for most potential customers. It\u2019s just the latest
        example of a Silicon Valley start-up going after what some have summed up
        as the \u201cdigital living environment,\u201d a broad term that is more accurate
        than the much-maligned \u201cdigital living room\u201d.  Maligned, because
        much of the living room is now accessible from outside the home. Morgenthaler
        Ventures led a $4 million investment into Orb Networks, just one in a string
        of companies Morgenthaler\u2019s partner Gary Little has pumped money into
        as part of the firm\u2019s initiative to target such personal technology.
        Others he\u2019s invested in are the file-sharing company SNOCAP, and the
        stealth file-sharing company imeem.","title":"Orb Networks a good\u00a0start","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/02/07/orb-networks-a-good-start/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937825,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-17T16:54:31Z","slug":"rebuild-la","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        developer platform was a watershed. It gave outside companies unprecedented
        access to users of a major social network. But the platform, launched in May,
        has come under increasing scrutiny. Facebook has continued to change the technology
        and the rules governing what developers can and can\u2019t do on the site.
        The issue is whether or not Facebook\u2019s platform, including newly-launched
        \u201cFacebook Connect,\u201d is stable enough to justify other companies
        making the effort to use it.","title":"Facebook''s platform: Rebuilding the
        plane in\u00a0midflight","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/17/facebooks-platform-rebuilding-the-plane-in-midflight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937824,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-19T07:59:32Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"YouTube,
        the two-year-old San Mateo start-up that raced ahead to become the leader
        of online video sharing, is facing the fight of its life.","title":"Video
        is hot \u2014 YouTube vs. Soapbox and Everyone\u00a0else","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/19/video-is-hot-youtube-vs-everyone-else/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937823,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-12-02T12:44:37Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Shawn
        Fanning, founder of the popular music file sharing company Napster, is back
        in the game with a new start-up.","title":"Fanning to launch Rupture, a social
        network for\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/02/fanning-to-launch-rupture-a-social-network-for-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937822,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-12-18T13:53:00Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"YouTube
        is only one of hundreds of user-generated content sites facing a huge copyright
        problem  \u2014 the risk of being \u201cNapsterized\u201d \u2022 sued out
        of business by the content owners whose content is being appropriated on their
        sites.","title":"Technology will solve the copyright\u00a0problem","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/18/technology-will-solve-the-copyright-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937821,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-08T13:45:39Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Updated","title":"Fraudwall,
        an anti-click fraud company, raises\u00a0millions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/08/fraudwall-an-anti-click-fraud-company-raises-millions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937820,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-07T21:43:57Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Updated","title":"Imeem
        to provide ad-revenue share for music\u00a0streaming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/07/imeem-to-provide-ad-revenue-share-for-music-streaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937819,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-23T15:49:29Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Yu''s wild ride, StumbleUpon, dot-bomb
        travails and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/23/roundup-yus-wild-ride-stumbleupon-dot-bomb-travails-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937818,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-11T21:21:14Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"\u201cThe
        viral loop of people inviting each other to most social networks revolves
        around a user posting a widget to their page and having friends see their
        page.  The viral loops for Facebook (there are multiple) revolve around the
        news feed, the mini-feed and the invite request. Not around people coming
        to your page and interacting with it\u201d That\u2019s Lance Tokuda, chief
        executive of RockYou, telling us in the interview (below) about one of the
        reasons why Facebook Platform is such a big deal for his company. RockYou
        provides widgets to social networks and other sites to help people personalize
        their online spaces. (Our most recent coverage here.) Here\u2019s a quick
        reminder about RockYou\u2019s top applications on Facebook to date. The chart
        above shows the progress of three of them until yesterday (the curves are
        still climbing): Horoscope (1,649,621 users) Add this app to your web page
        and and get horoscope updates every other day (covering any of the zodiac
        signs). X Me (1,207,575 users) A new take on Facebook\u2019s popular \"poke\"
        feature, the app allows for more action-based communication, for example \"hug
        her, slap him, tickle them!\" Slideshows (649,993 users) Turns Facebook photo
        albums into animated slideshows, including the option to embed a photo strip
        into your profile. Games (60,976 users, launched Friday night) Play a variety
        of popular online game within Facebook. There\u2019s even a revenue stream
        in place: games runs MochiAds at the beginning.   And here\u2019s a Q&A VentureBeat
        had with co-founders Lance Tokuda (left) and Jia Shen (right):","title":"Q
        & A with RockYou \u2014 three hit apps on Facebook, and\u00a0counting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/11/q-a-with-rockyou-three-hit-apps-on-facebook-and-counting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937817,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-03T13:38:58Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"He
        has $1 million in the bank, a promising new company and a rolodex that makes
        Silicon Valley swoon.","title":"19 year old gets $1M to launch a social app.
        Watch out,\u00a0Zuckerberg","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/03/cory-levy-one/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937816,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-29T01:48:07Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Updated","title":"iPhone
        sucks oxygen out of\u00a0room","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/29/iphone-sucks-oxygen-out-of-room/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937815,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-10T08:54:42Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"Guest
        Post SMASH provides full funding for high-achieving, low-income high school
        students of color to spend time at California\u2019s top universities for
        five weeks during the summers after their 9th, 10th, and 11th grade\u00a0years.","title":"Low-income
        kids of color SMASH into math and science at Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA,\u00a0USC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/10/low-income-kids-of-color-smash-into-math-and-science-at-stanford-berkeley-ucla-usc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937814,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-24T16:39:28Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Facebook
        has announced that recently-hired chief financial officer Mike Sheridan will
        be replaced by Gideon Yu. We reported in April that Yu was leaving YouTube
        to be a junior partner at Sequoia.","title":"Facebook gets new CFO: Gideon
        Yu replaces Mike\u00a0Sheridan","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/24/facebook-gets-new-cfo-gideon-yu-replaces-mike-sheridan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937813,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-25T17:18:15Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick When you walk into a bar, it\u2019s a given that the regulars are scoping
        you out. But you might feel differently if you knew that automated cameras
        were recording your apparent age, gender, ethnicity, and even level of\u00a0attractiveness.","title":"SceneTap\u2019s
        patent-pending ID tech sounds even more like \u2018Big\u00a0Brother\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/25/scenetap-patent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937812,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-14T11:03:40Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Azul
        Systems, a hard-charging Silicon Valley company that wants to knock Sun off
        its perch by providing a more efficient server processor to run popular Java
        applications, has raised $40 million in\u00a0financing.","title":"Azul\u2019s
        boat rocks, but raises $40M to take on\u00a0Sun","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/14/azuls-boat-rocks-but-raises-40m-to-take-on-sun/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937811,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-05T07:28:54Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"Guest
        Post Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of Groupon\u2019s IPO. And it\u2019s
        been a bad year. Here\u2019s what lies ahead in the deals\u00a0landscape.","title":"Groupon\u2019s
        one-year anniversary feels more like a funeral. So what\u2019s next for daily\u00a0deals?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/05/groupons-one-year-anniversary-feels-more-like-a-funeral-so-whats-next-for-daily-deals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937810,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-12T12:51:09Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"updated","title":"Music
        publishing: Kobalt banks on broadening revenue streams for\u00a0artists","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/12/music-publishing-kobalt-banks-on-higher-revenues-for-artists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937809,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-19T09:27:03Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"Chicago
        startup ParkWhiz raises $2 million to expand its parking reservation system
        to more locations across the\u00a0country.","title":"Cut down on parking rage
        with ParkWhiz, reserve spots in\u00a0advance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/19/cut-down-on-parking-rage-with-parkwhiz-reserve-spots-in-advance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937808,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-08T19:56:03Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Shawn
        Fanning, who gained fame after launching early music file sharing company
        Napster, is in advanced stages of talks to sell his most recent social gaming
        start-up, Rupture, for $30 million.","title":"Shawn Fanning negotiating to
        sell social gaming company Rupture for\u00a0$30M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/08/shawn-fanning-negotiating-to-sell-social-gaming-company-rupture-for-30m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937807,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-30T16:53:55Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"A
        Survey of the 2013 Gaming Post-Apocalypse","title":"Survey of the 2013 Gaming\u00a0Post-Apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/30/survey-of-the-2013-gaming-post-apocalypse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937806,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-06T14:07:10Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Music
        startup Imeem provides a great way to stream some of my favorite artists online,
        but the company has had trouble paying its bills. It\u2019s raised more money
        to help it do so, I\u2019ve confirmed with a source close to the company,
        following up on an earlier report by CNET \u2014 and it is still looking to
        raise more.","title":"Imeem gets some funding, looking for\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/06/imeem-gets-some-funding-looking-for-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937805,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-01T14:35:39Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"U.S.
        Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke frankly to a roomful of Silicon Valley
        entrepreneurs about the crisis in our current education\u00a0system.","title":"U.S.
        Education Secretary\u2019s stern challenge to entrepreneurs: \u2018We have
        so far to\u00a0go\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/01/u-s-education-secretary-issues-stern-challenge-to-entrepreneurs-we-have-so-far-to-go/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937804,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-18T18:28:55Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"If
        I were Spotify, I\u2019d be paying close attention right now.","title":"Imeem
        \u2014 another music streaming story ends in\u00a0tears?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/18/imeem-another-music-streaming-story-ends-in-tears/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937803,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-22T13:15:52Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Long-time
        Facebook employee Dave Morin, who helped build out the social network\u2019s
        platform and later Facebook Connect, announced he\u2019s leaving to start
        a new stealth venture with Napster creator Shawn Fanning. Fanning\u2019s last
        company was the gaming startup Rupture, which he sold to Electronic Arts in
        2008. Before that was Snocap, which was bought by Imeem under less than favorable
        circumstances.","title":"Dave Morin leaves Facebook to join Napster creator
        Fanning on new\u00a0venture","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/22/morin-fanning/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937802,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-11T10:50:33Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"Guest
        Post Vision can also be a curse. It may actually prove dangerous (and can
        certainly more tempting) to be too early to a market if you do not understand
        the ecosystem and dynamics at\u00a0play.","title":"It doesn\u2019t always
        pay to be\u00a0first","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/11/it-doesnt-always-pay-to-be-first/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937801,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-25T09:52:35Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"Finding
        a home isn\u2019t just about what is in between its four walls \u2014 location
        also makes a huge difference. Real estate startup RentalRoost launched nationwide
        today, with a new focus on helping renters figure out which neighborhoods
        suit their\u00a0needs.","title":"RentalRoost rolls out \u2018lifestyle-based\u2019
        real estate search engine nationwide\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/25/rentalroost-rolls-out-lifestyle-based-real-estate-search-engine-nationwide-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937800,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-05-05T11:54:03Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Shawn
        Fanning\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds Snocap today announced it has reached an agreement
        with EMI Music to distribute its music \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd in a strictly licensed,
        above-board way \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd on peer-to-peer networks. EMI is the third
        of four major labels to register its songs with Snocap, a San Francisco-based
        company that is creating a giant music database so it can identify the songs
        that are swapped online (and ultimately, distribute payment). The other labels
        to do deals are Universal Music Group and Sony BMG. Snowcap chief operating
        officer Ali Aydar said he expects the first Snocap-powered service to launch
        this summer.","title":"EMI Licenses Shawn Fanning''s\u00a0Snocap","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/05/05/emi-licenses-shawn-fannings-snocap/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937799,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-07T14:49:30Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"We\u2019re
        taking something to scale here. We\u2019re helping up to 5,000 teachers in
        a district get up to speed. \u2026 We\u2019re not helping just 5 percent of
        teachers, but 100\u00a0percent.\u201d","title":"Knowledge Delivery Systems
        takes $6M to lift up urban school\u00a0districts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/07/knowledge-delivery-systems-takes-6m-to-lift-up-urban-school-districts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937798,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-03-20T11:29:48Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the recent news in Silicon Valley deal-making and start-up world worth highlighting:","title":"Catchup
        Monday: Pinger, NBX, Cooliris, SnoCap &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/03/20/catchup-monday-pinger-nbx-cooliris-snocap-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937797,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-14T11:57:55Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"Obama\u2019s
        chief Data scientist Rayid Ghani has just summoned 48 socially minded aspiring
        data scientists to Chicago this summer for a fellowship called Data Science
        for Social Good (DSSG).","title":"Google chief Eric Schmidt is personally
        bankrolling this data-science think\u00a0tank","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/14/google-chief-eric-schmidt-is-personally-bankrolling-this-data-science-think-tank/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937796,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-05T12:40:20Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Here\u2019s
        a roundup of relevant Silicon Valley action, after the long\u00a0weekend:","title":"The
        thief''s Chihuahua, loopt, Snocap &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/05/the-thiefs-chihuahua-loopt-snocap-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937795,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-12T06:49:53Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Snocap,
        the company that wanted to let bands set their own licensing terms for music
        downloads across the Web, has cut its staff by 60 percent, CNET has confirmed.","title":"Snocap,
        music-licensing company, lays off 60 percent of\u00a0staff","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/12/snocap-music-licensing-company-lays-off-60-percent-of-staff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937794,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-18T12:14:47Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"In
        the midst of all the turmoil of Groupon, which is now trading at a market
        cap below $8 billion and broke below the $12 mark in trading today, the company\u2019s
        hometown newspaper had a sitdown with Groupon chairman Eric Lefkofsky. As
        a former journalist who once aspired to work at the Tribune, I\u2019m embarrassed
        for\u00a0them.","title":"Chicago Tribune talks to Groupon chairman Lefkofsky;
        asks the wrong\u00a0questions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/18/chicago-tribune-talks-to-groupon-chairman-lefkofsky-asks-the-wrong-questions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937793,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-13T15:44:16Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Imeem,
        a popular social network for music sharing, is acquiring music site Snocap,
        which lets bands set their own licensing terms for music downloads, according
        to TechCrunch.","title":"Imeem to acquire flailing music company\u00a0Snocap?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/13/imeem-to-acquire-flailing-music-company-snocap/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937792,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T16:00:23Z","slug":"chicago-public-schools","summary":"Chicago
        Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools chief executive Barbara Byrd-Bennett
        revealed plans for every student to take a foundational course called \u201cExploring
        Computer\u00a0Science.\u201d","title":"Chicago mayor says new coding initiative
        will support the \u2018next Bill Gates and Marissa\u00a0Mayer\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/chicago-mayor-says-new-coding-initiative-will-support-the-next-bill-gates-and-marissa-mayer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937791,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-07T07:54:59Z","slug":"snocap","summary":"Imeem,
        the popular social network for music sharing, has acquired music site Snocap,
        which lets bands set their own licensing terms for music downloads.","title":"Imeem
        acquires Snocap","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:11:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/07/imeem-acquires-snocap/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937790,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-09T09:00:31Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"VentureBeat\u2019s
        first annual CloudBeat conference is right around the corner. We\u2019ll be
        delving deep into customer-centric case studies to uncover best-case processes
        and architectures for companies making the most of the cloud. The conference
        takes place Nov 30 \u2013 Dec 1 at the Hotel Sofitel in Silicon Valley\u2019s
        Redwood City.","title":"Second round of CloudBeat 2011 speakers: Adrian Cockcroft,
        Amit Singh and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/09/second-round-of-cloudbeat-2011-speakers-adrian-cockcroft-amit-singh-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937789,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-24T11:45:52Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"We\u2019ve
        been making a lot of noise about CloudBeat 2011, our new cloud event coming
        up next Wednesday and Thursday just south of San Francisco in Redwood City.
        And with good reason.","title":"CloudBeat 2011: the final agenda and speaker\u00a0list","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/24/cloudbeat-2011-final-agenda/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937788,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-05T08:00:13Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Go
        East, young entrepreneur! The chance to become rich and famous with a startup
        is no longer just an American dream. It\u2019s happening in Asia too, as talent,
        energy and resources flow from the U.S. to the east.","title":"Can Asia out-innovate\u00a0America?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/05/can-asia-out-innovate-america/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937787,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-31T06:00:47Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Alice.com,
        an e-commerce platform exclusively for household goods, announced today it
        has received $3.6 million in funding from private Spanish investors.","title":"Alice.com
        scores $3M to deliver household goods to your\u00a0door","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/31/alice-com-scores-3m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937786,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-21T08:08:38Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"In
        California, there is an average of one college counselor for every 1000 high
        school students in the public high school system. That means counselors can
        offer about ten minutes of their time per student each year. Unigo, which
        began with the goal of building the best online college guide, is moving into
        a new space, looking to solve the crunch in places like California with by
        offering virtual college counseling through streaming web video.","title":"Unigo
        doubling traffic each month after relaunching as marketplace for virtual college\u00a0guidance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/21/unigo-mcgraw-hill-college-counselin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937785,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-20T16:27:20Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"No
        area is as crowded as chat. There\u2019s GTalk, Yahoo IM, AIM, MSN, Meebo,
        eBuddy, Pownce, and other IM services, all pushing technology forward in various
        ways.","title":"Velvet Puffin falls\u00a0flat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/20/virtual-puffin-falls-flat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937784,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-27T05:00:46Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Meteor
        Entertainment\u00a0has raised $10 million in a bid to launch a downloadable
        online game called Hawken. Aimed at hardcore gamers who battle each other
        online, Hawken is a fast-action shooting game where players can equip themselves
        with giant armored mech robotic suits and pummel each other in the ruined
        cities of a toxic planet.","title":"Meteor Entertainment raises $10M to fund
        Hawken online mech game\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/27/meteor-entertainment-raises-10m-to-fund-hawken-online-mech-game-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937783,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-23T09:13:00Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"[Disclosure:
        Satisfaction was developed by a team led by Thor Muller, who is an advisor
        to VentureBeat. We have a close relationship with Thor. Since other sources
        have started writing about Satisfaction, you should read that too, since we
        may be biased.]","title":"Satisfaction, putting consumers in charge of customer\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/23/satisfaction-putting-consumers-in-charge-of-customer-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937782,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-16T08:00:09Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Too
        often, I flit from one conference to another like a wayward butterfly, trying
        to catch up with all the news. But the Game Developers Conference is one of
        my favorite events of the year because it places such a high value on creativity
        in the game industry. It is fitting to dwell upon it and to figure out what
        this year\u2019s conference in San Francisco, which ended Friday March 9,
        was all about.","title":"The DeanBeat: The top 12 trends from the\u00a0GDC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/16/the-deanbeat-the-top-trends-from-the-gdc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937781,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-24T12:01:47Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Tubes,
        a service that lets you recreate entire Web sites for viewing and editing
        offline, has launched with new mobile features.","title":"Tubes, offering
        Web site editing offline, now works on\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/24/tubes-offering-web-site-editing-offline-now-works-on-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937780,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-13T10:19:04Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"","title":"They\u2019re
        in! Meet the DEMO Spring 2012\u00a0Speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/13/demo-sages-spring-201/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937779,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-09T09:45:44Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Jaiku,
        the popular service that lets you blast short blog updates to friends about
        you\u2019re doing, has been snapped up by Google for an undisclosed amount.","title":"Google
        buys Jaiku, Twitter losing\u00a0ground","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/09/google-takes-jaiku-to-the-altar/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937778,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-20T08:00:13Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Technology
        teaches us to forget the past. Last year\u2019s tech news seems like it has
        no use whatsoever. Thankfully, historians beg to differ, and they have begun
        to preserve the history of the tech industry as it becomes more and more important
        to the evolution of our lives and world. Those who understand the history
        of technology and the people who made it happen can probably figure out more
        quickly how to build on the shoulders of giants and advance technology further.
        Here\u2019s some books that are great fun to read because they either relate
        great ideas that influenced a generation of technologists or because they
        chronicle the lives of people who changed the world. This list includes books
        that have stood the test of time and are worth a look for the history lover.
        And it includes new books, such as Walter Isaacson\u2019s tome on Steve Jobs,
        that are likely to be the new classics. It doesn\u2019t, however, include
        any tech textbooks. My focus is on books that deliver not just a technical
        understanding of how something works today, but hard-earned wisdom.","title":"The
        top 25 technology books of all\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/20/the-top-25-technology-books-of-all-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937777,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-02T12:51:39Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Updated","title":"Bang
        Ventures: the American Idol of\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/02/bang-ventures-the-american-idol-of-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937776,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-26T08:00:58Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Hawken
        is one of the highly anticipated free-to-play downloadable games coming this
        fall. Graphics chip maker Nvidia showed a demo of the online mech-combat title
        today in order to demonstrate its cloud graphics technology.","title":"Nvidia
        demos upcoming Hawken mech game using cloud graphics\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/26/nvidia-demos-upcoming-hawken-mech-game-using-cloud-graphics-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937775,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-28T21:55:54Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"updated","title":"WordPress''s
        Prologue: part Twitter, part Basecamp, all\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/28/wordpresss-prologue-part-twitter-part-basecamp-all-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937774,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-12T10:00:08Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Education
        companies nationwide are raising funds, and eyebrows, as they receive more
        and more attention from the national media. In the past few months, more than
        $110 million has flooded startups like 2tor, Coursera, The Minerva Project
        and StraighterLine. In 2011,\u00a0VCs\u00a0invested nearly $430 million in
        edtech companies, and by 2015, the market size for U.S. education could reach
        $1.2 trillion, according to recent estimates.","title":"What the next\u00a0multibillion-dollar
        edtech company will look\u00a0like","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/12/what-the-next-multibillion-dollar-edtech-company-will-look-like/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937773,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-22T15:36:53Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Google
        today announced on its Blogger Buzz blog that it is opening up its mobile
        calling/web integration service GrandCentral for new signups. While Google
        claims the offer is only open to \u201cbloggers\u201d and that the site is
        still in private beta, anyone can sign up by simply following this link \u2013
        no official blogger card required.","title":"All aboard: Google opens up GrandCentral,
        what about\u00a0Jaiku?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/22/all-aboard-google-opens-up-grandcentral-what-about-jaiku/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937772,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-26T12:56:33Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Engine
        founder Michael McGeary wants to give start ups a greater say in what goes
        on in\u00a0Washington.","title":"Want to save the economy? Invest in smart
        tech policy, says Engine\u00a0Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/26/engine-michael-mcgeary-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937771,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-03T20:22:44Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Seesmic,
        the messaging service that\u2019s often called the Twitter of video, has reinforced
        that comparison by acquiring the Twitter application Twhirl, which lets people
        read and post to Twitter directly from their desktop. Twhirl, which is made
        with Adobe AIR, has the look and feel of an instant messaging client, and
        Seesmic will use that characteristic to its advantage, making it easier for
        people to shoot video comments and replies back and forth to each other.  The
        company didn\u2019t disclose the acquisition price, but it certainly wasn\u2019t
        much. Twhirl, although it has been downloaded some 100,000 times, is an unfunded
        one-man startup begun as a hobby, and Seesmic has only taken $6 million and
        is similarly cash-flow free. The founder of Twhirl, Marco Kaiser, is joining
        Seesmic to work on the application full-time. Seesmic itself has yet to be
        proven; some users love the ability to post short, video-form updates and
        comments, while others hate what they see as the banality of droning on to
        a webcam. (see the comments on our last story). But what\u2019s really interesting
        about this acquisition is that it\u2019s both combining two different communication
        services, and moving them back out of the web browser.","title":"Seesmic jilts
        the browser to take a twirl with\u00a0Twhirl","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/03/seesmic-jilts-the-browser-to-take-a-twirl-with-twhirl/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937770,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-20T14:19:23Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Guest
        Post Here are four reasons why 2013 will be the year of hybrid entrepreneur-employees
        \u2014 or \u201centre-ployees.\u201d","title":"4 reasons \u2018entre-ployees\u2019
        will reshape tech innovation in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/20/4-reasons-entre-ployees-will-reshape-tech-innovation-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937769,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-09T00:00:57Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Forwarding
        YouTube videos and other cool links to friends has become an email tradition.
        But a number of companies make it easier to share media with a large group
        of people. The latest is Fyreball, which bills itself as a \u201ccool way
        to send things to your friends.\u201d","title":"Fyreball unveils new way to
        forward media to your\u00a0friends","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/09/fyreball-unveils-new-way-to-forward-media-to-your-friends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937768,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-11T19:35:32Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Kno\u2019s
        CEO Osman Rashid is confident about a product that can turn a boring PDF into
        an interactive e-book in\u00a0\u201cminutes.\u201d","title":"Kno launches
        a free tool for publishers to turn boring files into an interactive\u00a0ebook","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/11/kno-launches-free-tool-for-publishers-to-turn-boring-files-into-an-interactive-ebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937767,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-22T18:41:29Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"While
        we crack a lot of jokes about Twitter\u2019s uptime and go on about its potential
        valuation, it\u2019s easy to forget that as with many communication tools,
        there is the potential for real, troubling issues. One of those came to light
        today when Twitter user Ariel Waldman spoke out the harassment she is receiving
        from other users of the service.","title":"Twitter may have more serious issues
        than its\u00a0downtime","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/22/twitter-may-have-more-serious-issues-than-its-downtime/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937766,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-18T13:48:47Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Silicon
        Valley has been prominent in the fight \u2014 particularly around the Startup
        Act \u2014 to admit immigrants who want to start businesses and create\u00a0jobs.","title":"Startups
        and immigration: 500 Startups, Google, and Creative Commons-backed Engine
        speaks to\u00a0Congress","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/18/startups-and-immigration-500-startups-google-and-creative-commons-backed-engine-speaks-to-house-committee-on-small-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937765,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-06T18:27:27Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Some
        of you may recognize that Twitter\u2019s recent downtime issues are a result
        of its architectural problems exposed by its rapid growth. However, back in
        the day (that is, January and the preceding months), Twitter used to crash
        the old fashioned way \u2014 when large events would bring a burst of usage.
        One of those events was the last Steve Jobs keynote at MacWorld in January.","title":"Can
        Twitter survive the WWDC\u00a0Stevenote?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/06/can-twitter-survive-the-wwdc-stevenote/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937764,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-24T10:45:54Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Calling all entrepreneurs and investors: Vator Splash LA is being held
        on the evening of May 30 at the famed Hollywood\u00a0Roosevelt.","title":"VentureBeat
        discount for Vator Splash LA, May\u00a030","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/venturebeat-discount-for-vator-splash-la-may-30/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937763,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-02T22:18:53Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"First
        everyone was going to leave Twitter for Jaiku. Then everyone was going to
        leave Twitter for Pownce. Then everyone was going to leave Twitter for Plurk.
        Then everyone was going to leave Twitter for FriendFeed. There\u2019s just
        one problem. Everyone is still on Twitter.","title":"Twitter refugees find
        a new home (at least for this week):\u00a0Identi.ca","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/02/twitter-refugees-find-a-new-home-at-least-for-this-week-identica/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937762,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-08T07:01:53Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick \u201cSomething very interesting is happening here,\u201d Google\u2019s
        top Canadian employee, Steve Woods, told me. \u201cThis area has a very high
        proportion of startups to population. Google loves startups \u2026 and we
        love to hire entrepreneurial\u00a0people.\u201d","title":"How Ontario plans
        to become the world\u2019s top technology\u00a0hub","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/08/how-ontario-plans-to-become-the-worlds-top-technology-hub/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937761,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-08T14:55:28Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Yesterday,
        we noted that despite its mid-June hiccups, Twitter\u2019s growth appeared
        to accelerate towards the end of the month. Today there is more evidence of
        that growth \u2014 and it\u2019s even more impressive.","title":"Twitter''s
        exploding growth proves there is no such thing as bad\u00a0press","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/08/twitters-exploding-growth-proves-there-is-no-such-thing-as-bad-press/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937760,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-15T10:30:43Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The bring your own device (BYOD) trend has kicked into high gear. Here
        are a dozen companies doing great things in the mobile enterprise\u00a0arena.","title":"12
        enterprise mobility startups to\u00a0watch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/15/12-enterprise-mobility-startups-to-watch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937759,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-21T01:30:56Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Despite
        the occasional late night hiccup, micro-messaging service Twitter has been
        largely stable for the past few weeks. It\u2019s been refreshing to have the
        service working, some would say downright boring (as indicated by the calls
        for the Fail Whale) \u2014 so what\u2019s next?","title":"Twitter CEO Dorsey
        sees embeds, mobile in Twitter''s\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/21/twitter-ceo-dorsey-sees-embeds-mobile-in-twitters-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937758,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-07T09:12:16Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Xbox
        One restrictions, Zynga in trouble, and Snake\u2019s new\u00a0face","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/07/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-xbox-one-restrictions-zynga-in-trouble-and-snakes-new-face/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937757,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-12T14:30:33Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"I\u2019ve
        said it before, I\u2019ll say it again: Location, location, location. As computing
        continues to go mobile it\u2019s an increasingly important feature for many
        web services.","title":"Yahoo pushes its location platform Fire Eagle out
        of the nest so it can spread its\u00a0wings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/12/yahoo-pushes-its-location-platform-fire-eagle-out-of-the-nest-so-it-can-spread-its-wings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937756,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-15T09:00:53Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"The
        chief financial officer of Nexon saw very little that would impact the future
        of the game industry at\u00a0E3.","title":"Nexon exec: the game war will be
        won in digital online markets, not consoles\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/15/nexons-owen-mahoney-gamings-battle-will-be-won-in-digital-online-markets-not-consoles-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937755,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-25T14:27:20Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Digg
        founder Kevin Rose has gotten a reputation as \u201cthe boy who cried \u2018wolf''\u201d
        recently with some of his Apple \u201cleaks.\u201d He was dead wrong about
        many of the specs for the initial iPhone despite having a \u201csource\u201d
        and then he was wrong again in talking about Apple-built IM/video chatting
        coming to the iPhone 3G prior to its launch. As such, I was hesitant to write
        about his latest Apple leaked news this weekend, but he went on the popular
        podcast This Week in Tech (TWiT) today to talk about it even more \u2014 so
        I\u2019ll put it out there with that big disclaimer.","title":"New iPods,
        iTunes 8, 2.1 iPhone software and price cuts on September 9 \u2014 or another
        Kevin Rose \"wolf\"?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/25/new-ipods-itunes-8-21-iphone-software-and-price-cuts-on-september-9-or-another-kevin-rose-wolf/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937754,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-19T09:44:12Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Nextt
        is building a private social network for people to plan activities with friends.
        Its mission is to get people away from their computers and out into the real\u00a0world.","title":"Nextt
        seeks to redefine social media to focus on the future\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/19/nextt-seeks-to-redefine-social-media-to-focus-on-the-future-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937753,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-06T18:49:36Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Location
        is a hot field in mobile computing. It makes sense \u2014 you\u2019re on the
        move, and newer phones such as the Apple iPhone and T-Mobile\u2019s Android-based
        G1 have global positioning systems (GPS) built in. So mobile applications
        are being built in droves to use location, but web-based apps are largely
        being left out of the trend. Mozilla hopes to change that tomorrow, however,
        with the launch of Geode, its location web browser plug-in.","title":"Location
        comes to the web browser with Mozilla''s\u00a0Geode","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/06/location-comes-to-the-desktop-browser-with-mozillas-geode/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937752,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-08T11:00:54Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Our
        sixth annual event on the future of mobile is\u00a0coming up next Tuesday
        and Wednesday, and we\u2019ve got over 100 big-name speakers lined up. See
        the full list\u00a0here.","title":"100 mobile industry leaders to take MobileBeat
        by\u00a0storm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/08/100-mobile-industry-leaders-to-take-mobilebeat-by-storm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937751,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-14T18:26:23Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Well
        it didn\u2019t take long for Mozilla to build support for geolocation directly
        in to the Firefox web browser. Just a week after it officially launched the
        Geode plug-in for Firefox 3.0, Mozilla today launched Firefox 3.1 beta 1,
        which eliminates the need for the plug-in. I had a chance to talk with one
        company that is particularly excited about this functionality, Outside.in,
        makers of the location-based news and information service Radar.","title":"Geolocation
        makes its home in Firefox with 3.1 beta 1. Companies start taking advantage
        of\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/14/geolocation-makes-its-home-in-firefox-with-31-beta-1-companies-start-taking-advantage-of-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937750,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-26T14:49:53Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Investors
        piled out of Zynga and seemingly right into Activision\u00a0Blizzard.","title":"Activision
        Blizzard stock soars 15%, Zynga\u2019s falls 14% \u2014 what does it mean
        for\u00a0games?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/26/activision-blizzard-stock-soars-15-zyngas-falls-14-what-does-it-mean-for-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937749,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-25T16:32:09Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"In
        a post on its developer blog a couple days ago, Twitter API lead developer
        Alex Payne outlined what the service is doing with the vast amount of data
        it\u2019s receiving everyday. Payne discussed the service\u2019s use of application
        programming interfaces (APIs), feeds and pinging services to give third parties
        and users the information they want from Twitter. He also revealed that Twitter
        is now staffing a project (including Payne himself) to come up with a best
        way to handle the distribution of the so-called \u201cfirehose\u201d (that
        is all of Twitter\u2019s unprotected updates). Apparently, this wasn\u2019t
        enough for blogger Dave Winer.","title":"Once again, Twitter''s death is laid
        out. Once again, users will fail to\u00a0notice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/25/once-again-twitters-death-is-laid-out-once-again-users-will-fail-to-notice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937748,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-18T09:36:07Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Guest
        Post Here\u2019s what you should take away from Austin\u2019s tech startup\u00a0scene.","title":"3
        things every entrepreneurial hub should import from Austin,\u00a0Texas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/18/3-things-every-entrepreneurial-hub-should-import-from-austin-texas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937747,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-05T14:16:41Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Socialmedian,
        a site where users can share and discuss news stories with their friends,
        has quietly taken the \u201cbeta testing\u201d tag off its site. It\u2019s
        an important milestone that the company announced without much fanfare, either
        in terms of press coverage or new features.","title":"Socialmedian leaves
        beta testing as traffic\u00a0climbs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:10:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/05/socialmedian-leaves-beta-testing-as-traffic-climbs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937746,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-23T10:56:01Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Founded
        by the former CTO of E*Trade, Sharewave makes it easier for private companies
        to communicate with their\u00a0shareholders.","title":"Sharewave helps startups
        feed their information-hungry investors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/23/sharewave-helps-startups-feed-their-information-hungry-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937745,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-11T10:17:30Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Tumblr,
        a service that lets users publish short, simple blog posts, has raised $4.5
        million in a second round of funding.","title":"Microblogging service Tumblr
        raises $4.5M\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/11/microblogging-services-tumblr-raises-45m-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937744,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-23T11:01:52Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Guest
        Post Today, several members of the House Judiciary committee released the
        Innovation Act of 2013 as an attempt to curb the pernicious growth of the
        patent troll business\u00a0model.","title":"New bill targets the patent trolls
        that hold us\u00a0hostage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/23/new-bill-targets-the-patent-trolls-that-hold-us-hostage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937743,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-16T11:01:44Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Mac
        computer sales slow \u2014 While overall PC sales rose by two percent last
        month, Mac sales fell by one percent, research firm NPD Group says. Others
        have been quick to point out flaws in this calculation, though.","title":"Roundup:
        Mac sales slow?, IE security flaw, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/16/roundup-apple-sales-slow-ie-security-flaw-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937742,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-20T01:43:45Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Blog
        search tool Twingly\u2019s new microblog search, as a concept, makes a lot
        of sense. You enter a keyword in one search box and get results from services
        like Twitter, Jaiku and Identi.ca. But in practice there\u2019s a problem
        \u2014 and it\u2019s not Twingly\u2019s problem \u2014 it\u2019s every service
        besides Twitter\u2019s problem: Twitter overwhelms the results.","title":"Twingly
        launches microblog search \u2014 Twitter search with a sprinkle of Jaiku and
        a dash of\u00a0Identi.ca","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/twingly-launches-microblog-search-twitter-search-with-a-sprinkle-of-jaiku-and-a-dash-of-identica/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937741,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-08T16:52:19Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Intel
        is making a big step into the education sector with its acquisition of Kno,
        a well-funded digital textbooks\u00a0startup.","title":"Intel acquires edtech
        startup Kno to boost its digital content\u00a0library","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/08/intel-acquires-edtech-startup-kno-to-boost-its-digital-content-library/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937740,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-16T11:32:36Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Browser-maker
        Opera announced a new service today that it says will \u201creinvent the web\u201d
        \u2014 Opera Unite, which basically turns your computer into a server, meaning
        that you can directly share content and communicate with your friends on the
        web, rather than going through a third-party service. It\u2019s a cool idea,
        but also one that sounds like a very mixed blessing.","title":"Opera Unite
        turns your computer into a server \u2014 is that a good\u00a0thing?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/16/opera-unite-turns-your-computer-into-a-server-is-that-a-good-thing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937739,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-27T08:00:31Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Its
        app enables you to pay your bar or restaurant tab via your smartphone \u2014
        without having to flag down a server or hand over a credit\u00a0card.","title":"Dining
        payments startup Dash raises $1.2M to expand in N.Y. & launch in\u00a0Chicago","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/dining-payments-startup-dash-raises-1-2m-to-expand-in-ny-launch-in-chicago/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937738,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-09T11:25:43Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Do
        you really need another way to chat with your friends? The founders of a new
        startup called Convore think so \u2014 and after poking around the site this
        morning, I\u2019m starting to agree.","title":"Convore gives online chatting
        a needed\u00a0upgrade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/09/convore-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937737,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-07T10:00:17Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"AUSTIN,
        Texas \u2014 Choosing to ride a bike instead of driving in crazy busy traffic
        seems like a good idea, but in reality its usually only practical if you live
        within a downtown area and own a bike. For everyone else, it\u2019s just not
        always an option.","title":"Spokefly is a bike-rental service with all of
        the convenience of hailing a\u00a0cab","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/07/spokefly-bike-rentals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937736,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-15T10:32:34Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"At
        VentureBeat HQ, we\u2019re twiddling our thumbs as we wait for official confirmation
        from Google that the search behemoth did, in fact, just hire Kevin Rose of
        Digg fame.","title":"Wait, did Google just hire Kevin\u00a0Rose?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/15/wait-did-google-just-hire-kevin-rose/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937735,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-14T09:38:09Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick \u201cI want to find the next Facebook when it\u2019s just Mark Zuckerberg.\u201d\nThat
        statement from Kevin Rose pretty much sums up his life\u2019s ambition these
        days. The Diggnation poster boy of yore is gone, and a young VC ravenous for
        the Next Big Thing has taken his\u00a0place.","title":"The Kevin Rose reboot:
        Our first look at Google\u2019s newest\u00a0VC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/14/kevin-rose/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937734,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-08T10:00:18Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Recent
        studies have shown that social robots like Romibo can be used to provide therapy
        (or co-therapy,in collaboration with a human), and potentially even help teach
        autistic individuals new\u00a0skills.","title":"How these social robots are
        helping autistic\u00a0kids","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/08/how-these-social-robots-are-helping-autistic-kids/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937733,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-17T13:00:12Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Daniel
        Burka, Kevin Rose\u2019s longtime co-conspirator from Digg and ill-fated mobile
        shop Milk, has just joined the team at Google Ventures.","title":"Kevin Rose
        gets his dream team back with Daniel Burka at Google\u00a0Ventures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/17/burka-google-ventures/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937732,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-25T03:30:48Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"A
        small startup called Clever is helping teachers avoid one of the most painstaking
        parts of the job: Manual data\u00a0entry.","title":"Clever, \u2018one of the
        unsexiest ever\u2019 education startups, solves real problems & raises\u00a0$10.3M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/25/clever-one-of-the-unsexiest-ever-education-startups-solves-real-problems-raises-10-3m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937731,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-07T22:02:15Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"We
        talk about Twitter here a lot, but don\u2019t often talk about one of its
        micro-messaging rivals, Pownce. That is quite simply because Pownce is not
        as popular as Twitter. Tonight however the service has rolled out two significant
        updates that may not close the popularity gap, but will make Pownce more useful:
        public file sharing and increased file sizes.","title":"Pownce opens file
        sharing to the public with larger sizes to\u00a0boot","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/07/pownce-opens-file-sharing-to-the-public-with-larger-sizes-to-boot/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937730,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T15:00:50Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Guest
        Post For starters, the U.S. economy has lost $1.1 billion (based on 2011 figures)
        in just the last two weeks due to inaction on patent reform during the Senate\u2019s
        spring\u00a0recess.","title":"Waiting for patent reform is costing us billions
        \u2014 here are the\u00a0numbers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/waiting-for-patent-reform-is-costing-us-billions-here-are-the-numbers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937729,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-06T13:48:42Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Twitter
        recently touted the fact that there were no Fail Whale sightings all throughout
        its massive spike in usage during the U.S. presidential elections. Another
        micro-blogging site, Pownce hasn\u2019t been so lucky today. The service has
        been down most of the morning.","title":"A Fail French Bulldog sighting: Pownce
        goes\u00a0down","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/06/a-fail-french-bulldog-sighting-pownce-goes-down/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937728,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T14:40:15Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Los
        Altos-based SaaS security startup Vorstack secured $5.2 in venture funding
        to build out its SaaS security platform\u00a0Tuesday.","title":"SaaS security
        startup Vorstack reaps $5.2\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/saas-security-startup-vorstack-reaps-5-2-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937727,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-01T12:08:35Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Blogging
        company Six Apart has acquired micro-blogging startup Pownce for undisclosed
        financial terms. It looks like one of those acquisitions where the buyer was
        more interested in the people than the product \u2014 the Pownce service will
        shut down in two weeks.","title":"Six Apart acquires and shuts down\u00a0Pownce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/01/six-apart-acquires-and-shuts-down-pownce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937726,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T08:00:46Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Digital
        healthcare incubator Rock Health today announced its sixth\u00a0class of digital
        health startups, which includes app makers, analytics companies, and even
        an insurance plan suggestion site.","title":"Rock Health adds seven new digital
        health startups to its\u00a0portfolio","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/rock-health-adds-seven-new-digital-health-startups-to-its-portfolio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937725,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-01T13:48:02Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Six
        Apart said today that it\u2019s ready to expand its TypePad hosting service
        beyond blogs \u2014 now it wants to power \u201cthe next Twitter, Facebook,
        or YouTube.\u201d As an example of what developers can create using the TypePad
        Platform, Six Apart is unveiling a new microblogging application called TypePad
        Motion which is based on Pownce, the startup Six Apart acquired last year.","title":"Blog
        startup Six Apart wants to help you build social apps like\u00a0Pownce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/01/blog-startup-six-apart-wants-to-help-you-build-social-apps-like-pownce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937724,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T12:45:09Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Sponsored
        Post SEMI today announced that SEMICON West 2014 will feature Robert       \u201cBob\u201d
        Metcalfe, professor at the University of Texas at       Austin, as the Silicon
        Innovation Forum\u2019s keynote speaker. The Silicon       Innovation Forum
        (SIF) is where\u00a0strategic\u2026","title":"Strategic Investors to Connect
        with Startups at Silicon Innovation Forum \u2013 Bob Metc...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/strategic-investors-to-connect-with-startups-at-silicon-innovation-forum-bob-metcalfe-to-keynote/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937723,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-12T14:42:54Z","slug":"pownce","summary":"Leah
        Culver, co-founder of microblogging startup Pownce, announced today that she\u2019s
        joining Plancast, a startup that lets users share their social plans.","title":"Pownce
        co-founder Leah Culver heads for\u00a0Plancast","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/12/plancast-leah-culver/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937722,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T13:36:37Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Sales
        software startup Savo Group raised a fresh $35 million round of funding, the
        company announced today.","title":"Savo closes $35M to make your sales team
        more\u00a0productive","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/savo-closes-35m-to-make-your-sales-team-more-productive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937721,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T07:30:41Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Music
        artists can be in high demand for live events. The problem is,\u00a0they can\u2019t
        be in two places at same time, much to the chagrin of their fans, managers,
        and venue owners.","title":"Mixify\u2019s new software can put a DJ in two
        clubs at\u00a0once","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/mixifys-new-software-can-put-a-dj-in-two-clubs-at-once/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937720,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-04T07:56:58Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Pat
        McGovern, chairman of the global media company IDG, said IDG will probably
        invest in a new San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on local
        investments.","title":"IDG to open new SF-based venture capital\u00a0firm","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/04/idg-to-open-new-sf-based-venture-capital-firm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937719,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-06T06:01:18Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Amid
        the 12,000-plus attendees at the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences
        in Las Vegas last week, it almost seemed like we were in the midst of a boom
        in demand for security technology. But venture capitalists who attended the
        security conferences were not optimistic about the ability to make a killing
        on security startups.","title":"Is venture capital failing to keep the security
        ecosystem\u00a0afloat?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/06/is-venture-capital-failing-to-keep-the-security-ecosystem-afloat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937718,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-17T08:00:06Z","slug":"mcg-capital","summary":"Crazy
        Fairies is launching today on Facebook, Kongregate, and Spicy Horse\u2019s
        own website. Within 30 days, it will also launch on iOS and Android\u00a0devices.","title":"American
        McGee\u2019s Spicy Horse launches real-time, cross-platform title Crazy Fairies\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/17/spicy-horse-launches-crazy-fairies-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937717,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-21T08:30:38Z","slug":"tangler","summary":"The
        EA-owned publisher of third-party games is looking for big hits. It published
        Angry Birds, but Flappy Bird escaped\u00a0it.","title":"How Chillingo plans
        to find the next Flappy Bird\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/ed-rumley-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937716,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T12:06:45Z","slug":"tangler","summary":"A
        disturbing new report from the Brookings Institute finds that startup growth,
        a primary engine of America\u2019s economic power, is slowing\u00a0down","title":"How
        startups are dying faster than they\u2019re being created, in 2\u00a0charts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/how-startups-are-dying-faster-than-theyre-being-created-in-2-charts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937715,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-08T12:51:59Z","slug":"tangler","summary":"Sydney,
        Australia\u2019s Tangler is attempting to make online discussion groups more
        interactive.","title":"Do you need a set of beta testers? Try\u00a0Tangler","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/08/do-you-need-a-set-of-beta-testers-try-tangler/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937714,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T19:35:04Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Can
        Nintendo capitalize on the interactive toy\u00a0craze?","title":"The looming
        amiibo: How it could reinvigorate\u00a0Nintendo","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/the-looming-amiibo-how-it-could-reinvigorate-nintendo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937713,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-26T04:17:23Z","slug":"triphub","summary":"Amazon
        buys social network for book lovers \u2014 Shelfari, a small social network
        for bibliophiles, has been acquired by Amazon.com, according to John Cook
        at the Seattle PI. Amazon also has a stake in Shelfari\u2019s main competitor,
        LibraryThing.Internet Explorer to subtract some ads \u2014 A feature called
        InPrivate Blocking will stop tracking pixels that help advertisers see where
        you have been on the web, while another privacy feature will prevent information
        like cookies and browsing history from being saved.  China considers a stimulus
        package \u2014 The growth of China often pointed to as proof that the credit
        slowdown won\u2019t cause a global slump. But if the country is considering
        a stimulus, that may indicate that matters are worse than expected.  Triphub
        gets deadpooled \u2014 TechCrunch has the post-mortem on the Seattle-based
        travel site.  Set-top box maker Vudu goes through layoffs \u2014 Hard-pressed
        set-top box maker Vudu, which most recently added hi-def porn to its offerings,
        appears to be suffering through some layoffs. States group sues EPA \u2014
        A group of 12 states is suing the Environmental Protection Agency for refusing
        to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, a fairly necessary step in convincing
        industry to switch to cleaner power sources. Micro-batteries built on viral
        assembly line \u2014 MIT researchers have coaxed viruses into building a dense,
        miniaturized battery that could be biocompatible, giving fanboys hope of one
        day embedding an iPhone in their arm.","title":"Roundup: Amazon takes over
        reader social networking, IE8 to subtract ads, bad signs from China and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/26/roundup-amazon-takes-over-reader-social-networking-ie8-to-subtract-ads-bad-signs-from-china-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937712,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T13:08:39Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Big
        chip maker also announced $20B stock buyback. Mobile revenue is still\u00a0weak.","title":"Intel
        beats expectations on strong second-quarter PC\u00a0sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/intel-beats-expectations-on-strong-second-quarter-pc-sales/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937711,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T10:00:43Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"The
        Galaxy Tab S is one big Android tablet that may actually be worth a\u00a0look.","title":"Samsung\u2019s
        new Galaxy Tab S tablets have screens that will make you drool\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:09:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/samsungs-new-galaxy-tab-s-tablets-have-screens-that-will-make-you-drool-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937710,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T21:50:35Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Can
        you imagine 2,000 watts of alternating current electrical power coming out
        of a device no larger than a small laptop?","title":"Google & IEEE launch
        $1M \u2018Little Box\u2019 challenge to shrink power\u00a0inverters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/google-ieee-launch-1m-little-box-challenge-to-shrink-power-inverters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937709,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T07:01:12Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post (NYSE:GE) \u2013 From the color of appliances to personalized       features,
        consumers want the ability to customize the everyday products       they use
        to suit their individual lifestyle needs. Through the       FirstBuild\u2122
        Microfactory*, which\u00a0officially\u2026","title":"The Business of Making
        Things: FirstBuild\u2122 Microfactory Opens in Louisville,\u00a0K...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/the-business-of-making-things-firstbuild-microfactory-opens-in-louisville-ky/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937708,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T09:14:33Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Guest
        Post Is it better to build a site that\u2019s purely mobile \u2014 or one
        that adapts to mobile and desktop\u00a0viewers?","title":"Is responsive design
        killing\u00a0mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937707,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:30:35Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Tesla
        rocked the automotive world last month with news that it plans to build a
        5 GW lithium ion battery plant in the United States. That\u2019s huge: 5 GW
        is equivalent to all of the world\u2019s current battery production, so, Tesla
        will basically double global battery manufacturing.","title":"3 reasons why
        Tesla can scale where others have\u00a0failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937706,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-26T00:18:06Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Updated","title":"Thefind.com,
        another shopping search engine, aims for comprehensiveness","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/26/thefindcom-another-shopping-search-engine-aims-for-comprehensiveness/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937705,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-05T07:55:10Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Updated","title":"Consumer
        electronics search engine Retrevo raises\u00a0$3.2M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/05/consumer-electronics-search-engine-retrevo-raises-32m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937704,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-29T06:20:37Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Updated","title":"The
        courtesan sisters of comparison search, and\u00a0Thefind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/29/the-courtesan-sisters-of-comparison-search-and-thefind/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937703,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-02T11:15:35Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Thefind
        is cleaner than most comparison shopping engines, we wrote last week, because
        it doesn\u2019t ask merchants to pay for their products to show up in Thefind\u2019s
        results.","title":"Thefind, the search engine, not as clean as we\u00a0thought","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/02/thefind-the-search-engine-not-as-clean-as-we-thought/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937702,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-11T20:45:20Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"TheFind
        is a comparison shopping search engine that is unusually clean \u2014 it doesn\u2019t
        ask merchants to pay for their products to show up in results. TheFind\u2019s
        traffic is growing.","title":"TheFind, the clean shopping search engine, raises
        $15M\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/11/thefind-the-clean-shopping-search-engine-raises-15m-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937701,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-15T07:03:06Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Featured
        companies: Biolipox, Cellpoint Diagnostics, Corum Medical, MediKeeper, Mendel
        Biotechnology, NanoMed, Orexo, Rules-Based Medicine, Tengion","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Monday, Oct. 15,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/15/life-sciences-briefing-monday-oct-15-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937700,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-10T10:06:43Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Researchers
        at UC Berkeley have discovered that what looks like junk may actually open
        the doors to a treasure of solar\u00a0energy.","title":"Cheap solar panels
        could be made from oxidized\u00a0metals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/10/cheap-solar-panels-could-be-made-from-oxidized-metals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937699,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-04T07:07:31Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Featured
        companies: AgraQuest, BridgeHealth, CardioMems, Collegium Pharmaceutical,
        Emergin, Entegrion, gDiapers, Precision Therapeutics, PregLem","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Tuesday, Dec. 4,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/04/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-dec-4-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937698,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-14T09:38:09Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick \u201cI want to find the next Facebook when it\u2019s just Mark Zuckerberg.\u201d\nThat
        statement from Kevin Rose pretty much sums up his life\u2019s ambition these
        days. The Diggnation poster boy of yore is gone, and a young VC ravenous for
        the Next Big Thing has taken his\u00a0place.","title":"The Kevin Rose reboot:
        Our first look at Google\u2019s newest\u00a0VC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/14/kevin-rose/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937697,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-15T17:11:31Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        ","title":"The Agony of Victory: Drinking Heavily and Playing\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/15/the-agony-of-victory-drinking-heavily-and-playing-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937696,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-07T06:00:06Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"I
        joined a roundtable yesterday with Stan Glasgow, president of the U.S. division
        of Sony Electronics. He was happy that Blu-ray has won the next-generation
        DVD format war against HD DVD and has seen a significant bump in demand for
        Blu-ray players.","title":"Updated: Sony Electronics U.S. chief Stan Glasgow
        basks in Blu-ray victory but sees tough road\u00a0ahead","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/07/sony-electronics-us-chief-stan-glasgow-basks-in-blu-ray-victory-but-sees-tough-road-ahead/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937695,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-22T09:44:41Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"AT&T
        has made it harder for its subscribers to use Apple\u2019s FaceTime app. But
        the bigger problem is how the company defends the\u00a0move.","title":"AT&T
        bends net neutrality rules to defend FaceTime\u00a0blocking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/22/atts-weak-defense-of-new-facetime-rules-we-dont-offer-a-competing-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937694,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-07T19:22:38Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"SiBEAM,
        a company developing technology to stream high definition video more quickly
        than any existing technology, has raised $40 million in third round of funding.","title":"SiBEAM
        delivers high-definition wireless adapters this year, raises\u00a0$40M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/07/sibeam-delivers-high-definition-wireless-adapters-this-year-raises-40m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937693,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-11T09:00:08Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Tekken
        Tag Tournament 2 comes with impressive content, but the fighter needs new
        inspiration if it plans on remaining King of Iron\u00a0Fist.","title":"Tekken
        Tag Tournament 2 delivers entertaining yet uninspired beat downs\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/11/tekken-tag-tournament-2-delivers-entertaining-yet-uninspired-beat-downs-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937692,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-25T00:03:11Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"And
        the hits just keep on coming! With Borderlands 2 leading the fall release
        madness, we\u2019re getting yet another triple-A title this week along with
        a number of other games hoping to catch your eye as you peruse the shelves
        looking for that triple-A title that just came out. Sneaky.","title":"Coming
        Soon! 9/24/2012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/25/coming-soon-9242012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937691,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-20T11:21:06Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Consumer
        electronics sales are expected to be up 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter,
        down from 7 percent a year ago, an indication that consumer spending is slowing
        down but not dramatically so, according to an industry survey. Overall, each
        consumer plans on spending $200 less on average this year for the holidays
        compared to 2007.","title":"Consumer electronics survey shows darkening mood
        for holiday consumer\u00a0spending","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/20/consumer-electronics-survey-shows-darkening-mood-for-holiday-consumer-spending/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937690,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-03T07:00:15Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Apple
        has started mass production of the so-called iPad Mini, which is expected
        to be announced later this\u00a0month.","title":"iPad Mini production begins,
        bringing it one step closer to\u00a0reality","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/03/ipad-min-mass-production/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937689,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-07T17:09:04Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Sony
        has just thrown a lot of spaghetti at the wall to see what\u2019ll stick.
        It\u2019s launched new line-ups across a broad array of consumer electronics
        products. It\u2019ll be interesting to see if consumers go for the company\u2019s
        high-end brand at a time of economic austerity.","title":"CES: Sony shoots
        for in-home, out-of-home\u00a0electronics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/07/ces-sony-shoots-for-in-home-out-of-home-electronics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937688,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-26T14:30:48Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"According
        to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, to glorify something is to make it \u201cglorious
        by bestowing honor, praise, and admiration.\u201d","title":"Does Hotline Miami
        glorify\u00a0violence?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/26/hotline-miami-glorifying-violence-i-think-not/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937687,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-08T05:00:52Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Chasing
        after an elusive quarry, Silicon Image is launching a technology today to
        network electronics in the home. Dubbed LiquidHD, the technology is aimed
        at uniting different networking protocols so that it consumers can more easily
        bring together their computers, consumer electronics, portable devices, and
        Internet connections.","title":"Silicon Image launches LiquidHD to network
        consumer electronics in the\u00a0home","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/08/silicon-image-launches-liquidhd-to-network-consumer-electronics-in-the-home/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937686,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-29T23:59:57Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"\u00a0Score:
        9.0\u00a0 ","title":"Ratchet & Clank Collection\u00a0Review","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/29/ratchet-clank-collection-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937685,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-01T23:16:18Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Ironically,
        there were hardly any truly green gadgets on the exhibit floor at last week\u2019s
        Greener Gadgets conference. Fortunately, much of the debate taking place at
        the event suggested that the consumer electronics industry is starting to
        move beyond greenwashing and tokenism.","title":"The consumer electronics
        industry is getting serious about going\u00a0green","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/01/the-consumer-electronics-industry-is-getting-serious-about-going-green/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937684,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-29T00:20:43Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Year
        in Review","title":"A crowded year: Javy\u2019s top 5 games of\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/29/goty-article/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937683,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-29T07:00:42Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Instagram v. Twitter! Yahoo v. Google! Can\u2019t we all just get along?
        No. No, we cannot. Besides, it\u2019s more amusing this\u00a0way.","title":"Social
        Media Fight Club! Top tiffs from\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/29/social-media-fight-club-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937682,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-27T22:00:41Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"An
        industry alliance is announcing today a new version of the popular HDMI cables
        that connect high-definition video appliances to TVs and other appliances.
        It\u2019s just a simple cable upgrade, but it will mean far easier set-up
        of Internet-connected devices in the your living room.","title":"New version
        of HDMI cables brings Internet into consumer\u00a0electronics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/27/new-version-of-hdmi-cables-brings-internet-into-consumer-electronics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937681,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-31T15:30:47Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Green
        tech picked up speed again in 2012, thanks to groundbreaking research, huge
        advances in efficiency, and a little company called\u00a0Tesla.","title":"How
        green tech got a second wind in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/31/green-tech-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937680,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-14T05:00:47Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Israeli
        chip maker Amimon has raised $10 million in a third round of funding for its
        business of chips for high-definition video wireless networking.","title":"Amimon
        raises $10 million for high-definition video wireless\u00a0networking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/14/amimon-raises-10-million-for-high-definition-video-wireless-networking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937679,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-15T06:22:05Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Not
        many people liked Damnation, a game that showed promise but failed on many
        counts. Lead designer Jacob Minkoff delves into its\u00a0development.","title":"Second
        glance: Investigating the creation and failure of Damnation with lead designer
        Jacob\u00a0Minkoff","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/15/second-glance-investigating-the-creation-and-failure-of-damnation-with-lead-designer-jacob-minkoff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937678,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-28T08:42:04Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"NewEgg,
        a consumer-facing online retailer that sells computer components and other
        electronics, including software, digital cameras, cell phones and laptops,
        has filed to go public, expecting to raise $175 million, reports PE Hub. Founded
        in 2001, the company says it brought in $2.2 billion in revenue in the last
        year alone. That\u2019s a pretty solid figure for a niche site competing with
        Amazon and Best Buy\u2019s web property, among others.","title":"Online electronics
        store NewEgg files for $175M\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/28/online-electronics-store-newegg-files-for-175m-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937677,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T11:33:03Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"As
        the minutes tick down to the reveal of PlayStation\u2019s future, journalists
        and industry pros tweeted their funniest, crudest, most poignant, and most
        inspiring experiences from Sony\u2019s\u00a0past.","title":"Thanks for the
        #PlayStationMemories: The industry tweets Sony\u2019s\u00a0legacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/thanks-for-the-playstationmemories-the-industry-tweets-sonys-legacy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937676,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-02T14:34:21Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Here\u2019s
        what it takes to conquer some of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance\u2019s harder
        difficulty\u00a0modes.","title":"Going the hard way with Metal Gear Rising:\u00a0Revengeance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/02/the-hard-way-with-metal-gear-rising-revengeance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937675,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-28T08:00:10Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"James
        Cameron\u2019s Avatar film is breaking box office records, coming through
        on its promise to combine a riveting story with good use of cool 3-D special
        effects. And that\u2019s extremely good news for companies hawking 3-D viewing
        technology at the International Consumer Electronics Show which starts next
        week.","title":"Avatar''s success is a godsend for 3-D vendors at the Consumer
        Electronics\u00a0Show","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/28/avatars-success-is-a-godsend-for-3-d-glasses-at-the-consumer-electronics-show/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937674,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-20T08:00:42Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Shipping
        is a pain in the \u2026 you know what. We don\u2019t have to spell that out.
        You know it. Here\u2019s a way to solve your problems with\u00a0computer!","title":"Got
        an ecommerce idea? This startup has a shipping API to help you\u00a0out","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/20/postmaster/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937673,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-05T15:52:33Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Throwing
        cold water on hopes for a powerful tech recovery, economists are predicting
        that worldwide consumer electronics market sales will be flat at $681 billion
        in 2010. That compares to a 2 percent decline in 2009, according to the forecast
        and sales report by the Consumer Electronics Association.","title":"Worldwide
        consumer electronics market expected to be flat in\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/05/worldwide-consumer-electronics-market-expected-to-be-flat-in-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937672,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-03T10:10:07Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Appgyver
        exclusively announced to VentureBeat that it has raised $1.325M in seed funding
        for its toolset that developers can use to easily test and deploy\u00a0apps.","title":"Pitching
        an app? Appgyver says it can deliver gorgeous prototypes & more\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/03/pitching-an-app-appgyver-says-it-can-deliver-gorgeous-prototypes-more-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937671,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-19T11:31:30Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Join
        us in July and hear from these guys on how they\u2019re building and maintaining
        a fully integrated Mobile\u00a0Experience.","title":"Qualcomm, Urban Airship,
        HotelTonight, & Mondel\u0113z International to talk \u2018Mobile Experience\u2019
        next\u00a0month","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/19/qualcomm-urban-airship-hoteltonight-mondelez-international-to-talk-mobile-experience-next-month/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937670,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-06T09:00:03Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"There\u2019s
        a tit for tat war going on between the different technologies vying to become
        the standard for moving high-definition video around in the home wirelessly.","title":"Amimon
        signs up LG Electronics for TVs with built-in\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/06/amimon-signs-up-lg-electronics-for-tvs-with-built-in-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937669,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-02T05:59:25Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick New York-based private equity firm Baker Capital is selling off online
        wine retailer Wine.com, say several sources familiar with the\u00a0matter.","title":"Investors
        eager to dump Wine.com, sources\u00a0say","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/02/investors-eager-to-dump-wine-com-sources-say/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937668,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-10T22:21:55Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Here
        are our photos that capture some of the experience of attending this year\u2019s
        Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.","title":"Cool photos that capture
        the Consumer Electronics Show experience (photo\u00a0gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/10/cool-photos-that-capture-the-consumer-electronics-show-experience-photo-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937667,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-02T10:00:03Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Guest
        Post Contracting out work to foreign companies can make sense \u2014 but offshoring
        isn\u2019t always a smart idea. Here are four ways to help you make the right\u00a0choice.","title":"4
        ways to prevent costly offshoring\u00a0mistakes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:08:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/02/when-to-offshore/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937666,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-11T15:02:58Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Here
        are our observations about the top trends at the Consumer Electronics Show
        in Las Vegas. We spent five days there checking out the gadgets, parties,
        and press conferences. Check out how well these trends match up against our
        predictions from before the show.","title":"The top trends at the Consumer
        Electronics\u00a0Show","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/11/consumer-electronics-show-top-trends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937665,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-10T10:00:16Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Death
        isn\u2019t the end for you in Shin Megami Tensei IV, but more a right of passage.
        If you can accept that challenge then you\u2019re prepared to tacklethe most
        complex and satisfying role-playing games on\u00a03DS.","title":"This ain\u2019t
        Pok\u00e9mon: Shin Megami Tensei IV\u2019s demonic dedication to the old school
        will kill you\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/10/shin-megami-tensei-iv-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937664,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-11T22:27:09Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"An\u00a0NBA
        Jam for the 21st century is exciting, but hopefully they leave the big head
        mode back in the 1990s.","title":"News Blips: New NBA Jam, Netflix on Nintendo,
        Metal Gear Solid Movie: Indefinite Pause, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/11/news-blips-new-nba-jam-netflix-on-nintendo-metal-gear-solid-movie-indefinite-pause-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937663,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T11:00:26Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Yes, the Lumia 1020 has a great camera \u2014 but does it have anything\u00a0else?","title":"The
        Lumia 1020 is a stunning camera that also happens to run Windows Phone (first\u00a0impressions)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/lumia-1020-first-impressions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937662,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-09T16:00:58Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Apple
        hasn\u2019t had a lot of wins lately in its global battle against Samdroid,
        the Samsung-Android juggernaut that has steamrolled Google\u2019s mobile operating
        system into an 80 percent hammerlock on global market share.\nBut it did\u00a0today.","title":"Apple
        wins completely meaningless Samsung import ban (but more lawyers got\u00a0paid!)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/09/dear-god-please-dont-make-me-report-on-this-again/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937661,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-12T15:07:04Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Here
        are our picks of the best products and services from the Consumer Electronics
        Show, the biggest show of its kind, which ended Sunday after a five-day run
        in Las Vegas. We cruised the show floor, press conferences, and parties and
        these were the most exciting offerings we found. Enjoy.","title":"Our picks
        for the best of the Consumer Electronics\u00a0Show","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/12/our-picks-for-the-best-of-the-consumer-electronics-show/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937660,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-20T08:00:03Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"A
        number of game developers attempt to answer why we need female characters
        beyond reasons of\u00a0\u201cdiversity.\u201d","title":"Developers share why
        women characters matter beyond\u00a0diversity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/20/women-characters-matter-beyond-diversity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937659,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-18T05:00:43Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"TVs
        have been dumb for a long time, but now they\u2019re getting more advanced
        as they become portals to the Internet. Sharp\u2019s newest TV, for instance,
        has the same Cell supercomputing brain that powers the PlayStation 3. ","title":"Intel
        makes new bid to get inside consumer\u00a0electronics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/18/intels-eric-kim-still-plugging-away-at-living-room-computing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937658,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-29T10:35:45Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"With
        push notifications, Foursquare is slowly becoming the app CEO Dennis Crowley
        always wanted it to\u00a0be.","title":"Foursquare brings its recommendation
        smarts to Android\u2019s push\u00a0notifications","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/29/foursquare-brings-its-recommendation-smarts-to-androids-push-notifications/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937657,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-06T09:00:11Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Russia
        may be aiming for a gold medal of its own when it comes to extensive and invasive
        surveillance at next year\u2019s Winter Olympics.","title":"Russia plans to
        monitor all Winter Olympics communications, says\u00a0Guardian","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/06/russia-plans-to-monitor-all-winter-olympics-communications-says-guardian/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937656,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-18T05:01:58Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"There
        are a few companies that stand in the way of Intel as it tries to make an
        empire in consumer electronics chips. One of them is Broadcom, the Irvine,
        Calif.-based chip design firm that sells billions of dollars worth of chips
        in the home, mobile, and communications infrastructure markets.","title":"Broadcom''s
        Scott McGregor aims to stay ahead of Intel in consumer\u00a0electronics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/18/broadcoms-scott-mcgregor-aims-to-stay-ahead-of-intel-in-consumer-electronics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937655,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T18:45:35Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Guest
        Post Software engineers who are feeding the beast need tools to deliver the
        next tasty morsel to ravenous end users. So the question you should be asking
        yourself is, \u201cHow well does my team\u00a0cook\u201d?","title":"Software\u2019s
        eating the world, and devs are serving up the\u00a0meal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/softwares-eating-the-world-and-devs-are-serving-up-the-meal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937654,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-15T09:30:17Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"U.S.
        consumer electronics demand has been hit hard by the recession as Americans
        plan on spending 17 percent less on tech gadgets than they did a year ago.","title":"U.S.
        consumers spend less on\u00a0electronics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/15/u-s-consumer-electronics-demand-slides/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937653,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T14:33:51Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"The
        fighting genre is my favorite of them all, and it\u2019s appropriate since
        the very first game I played is\u00a0Street Fighter II Turbo\u00a0on the SNES.\u00a0Suitably,
        this is the same game that established the genre. I say\u00a0established\u00a0as
        opposed to created because it\u2019s often argued that no-name titles on the
        Commodore 64 implemented the key aspects of what make a fighting game. In
        spite of that, the genre didn\u2019t exist until\u00a0Street Fighter II\u00a0hit
        the market. This isn\u2019t to say that in the industry today, every fighter
        needs to emulate\u00a0the gargantuan franchise in every single aspect. The
        fundamentals need to be there however, and I\u2019ve created a list of criteria
        to clear the confusion that\u2019s prevalent among gamers.","title":"Fighters:
        A more in-depth\u00a0clarification","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/fighters-a-more-in-depth-clarification/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937652,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-29T22:59:51Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"You''ve
        got to hand it to Keiji Inafune. The man waited until Capcom finally greenlit
        Mega Man Legends 3 before quitting. His sacrifice will be remembered for years
        to come\u2026if the game is good.","title":"News Blips: Inafune Leaves Capcom,
        Mario All-Stars Release Date, Kinect Will \u201cDefinitely\u201d Beat Wii
        Launch, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/29/news-blips-inafune-leaves-capcom-mario-all-stars-release-date-kinect-will-definitely-beat-wii-launch-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937651,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-07T11:11:11Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Aliens
        vs Marines. Whoever wins, I\u00a0lose","title":"This ain\u2019t happening,
        man!\u2014On Aliens: Colonial\u00a0Marines","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/07/this-aint-happening-man-on-aliens-colonial-marines/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937650,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-05T23:01:28Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Turns
        out Kinect isn''t racist \u2014 it''s just farsighted.","title":"News Blips:
        Kinect\u2019s Trouble with Dark-Skinned Users, Battlefield: Play4Free, Glasses-Free
        3D Phones, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/05/news-blips-kinects-trouble-with-dark-skinned-users-battlefield-play4free-glasses-free-3d-phones-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937649,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-11T13:52:45Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Dropbox
        CEO\u00a0Drew Houston today addressed public outcry against the addition of
        former U.S.\u00a0Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Dropbox\u2019s board.","title":"Dropbox
        stands by Condoleezza Rice board decision amid mass surveillance\u00a0fears","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/11/dropbox-stands-by-condoleezza-rice-decision-amid-mass-surveillance-fears/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937648,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-05T06:00:25Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"The
        press got the first peak at all the cool new gadgets at the opening reception
        for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday. There were more
        than 60 vendors showing off their wares to hundreds of press in a carnival-like
        setting. We took plenty of pictures and here are our picks for some of the
        coolest new offerings at the event.","title":"The coolest tech toys of the
        Consumer Electronics Show''s opening\u00a0reception","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/05/the-gadget-parade-begins-at-ces-photos-of-the-coolest-tech-toys-at-the-opening-reception/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937647,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T08:54:35Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick If cab companies and state officials get their way, they\u2019ll regulate
        Uber to\u00a0death.","title":"As Uber battles 13 lawsuits, cabbies & state
        agencies are out for\u00a0blood\u00a0(update)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/as-uber-battles-13-lawsuits-cabbies-state-agencies-are-out-for-blood/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937646,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-12T06:00:31Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"The
        good thing about braving the crowds at the Consumer Electronics Show is that
        you get to see a lot of the future\u2019s gadgets. And if you see the same
        thing over and over again, that\u2019s a trend. Last year, every TV maker
        embraced 3D and web connectivity. That trend continued this year with more
        than half of all new TV models including those features. This year, we\u2019ve
        sniffed out similar trends that could play out throughout 2011 as companies
        execute on their grand ambitions:","title":"The top trends of the Consumer
        Electronics Show\u00a0(poll)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/12/the-top-trends-of-the-consumer-electronics-show/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937645,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-09T10:10:52Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: New Pok\u00e9mon,
        more Nintendo woes, and gaming-themed Twitter\u00a0headers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/09/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-new-pokemon-more-nintendo-woes-and-gaming-themed-twitter-headers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937644,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-29T22:20:05Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Electronics
        Arts showed off its new mobile and social games for the holiday season and
        beyond today at an event in San Francisco. Among the big titles were Battlefield
        3 Aftershock for Apple devices, a free version of The Sims for Apple, and
        a refresh of the classic Tetris game for both Apple and Android.","title":"EA
        shows mobile and social games for winter fun, from Battlefield 3 Aftershock
        to a new\u00a0Tetris","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/29/ea-shows-mobile-and-social-games-for-winter-fun-from-battlefield-3-aftershock-to-a-new-tetris/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937643,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T17:33:17Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Brothers:
        A Tale of Two Sons is a remarkably affecting game, one which starts abruptly,
        with a hollow, emotionally unearned tragedy and ends, thanks to the fantastic
        mechanics underpinning its picture-book plot, in triumph for all\u00a0involved.","title":"Brothers:
        how Riddick saves the\u00a0writing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/brothers-how-riddick-saves-the-writing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937642,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-01T10:38:33Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"SideStep,
        the Santa Clara online travel search company, said it has acquired hotel review
        site TravelPost.com.","title":"Travel start-up SideStep acquires hotel review
        co.,\u00a0TravelPost","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/01/travel-start-up-sidestep-acquires-hotel-review-co-travelpost/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937641,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-07T05:00:49Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"Quantenna\u2019s
        802.11ac wireless networking can transfer four high-def videos at the same\u00a0time.","title":"To
        boost faster Wi-Fi, STMicroelectronics licenses Quantenna\u2019s technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/07/to-boost-faster-wi-fi-stmicroelectronics-licenses-quantennas-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:32Z","domain":"focus.de","id":3937640,"news_source":"Nachrichten","publication_date":"2014-07-29T02:07:31Z","slug":"paymey","summary":"Der
        Umsatz mit Bargeld nimmt stetig ab. Bargeldloses Zahlen ist auf dem Vormarsch.
        Damit auch kleine Einzelh\u00e4ndler nicht den Anschluss verpassen, bieten
        einige Startups interessante L\u00f6sungen f\u00fcr sogenanntes Mobile Payment
        an.\nObwohl die Deutschen...","title":"Mobile Payment: Mit dem Smartphone
        bezahlen oder Geld bekommen","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:32Z","url":"http://www.focus.de/digital/gastkolumnen/asfour/mobile-payment-mit-dem-smartphone-bezahlen-oder-geld-bekommen_aid_1069958.html"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937639,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-02-06T23:42:44Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"SideStep,
        the travel search engine, has raised $15 million in a third round of funding
        to help it stay competitive and to venture into other areas.","title":"SideStep
        raises $15M to do battle in online travel\u00a0search","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/06/sidestep-raises-15m-to-do-battle-in-online-travel-search/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937638,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-05T15:08:21Z","slug":"efi-electronics","summary":"CEA
        analyst Shawn Dubravac makes sense of the rapid change in consumer\u00a0technologies.","title":"Consumer
        electronics industry is heading toward world of wearables and\u00a0sensors","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/05/consumer-electronics-industry-is-heading-toward-world-of-wearables-and-sensors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:30Z","domain":"t3n.de","id":3937637,"news_source":"we
        love technology","publication_date":"2014-07-29T02:07:28Z","slug":"paymey","summary":"","title":"Mobile
        Payment in Germany. An Overview.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:30Z","url":"http://t3n.de/news/mobile-payment-deutschland-497207/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937636,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-11T00:17:25Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Travel
        search company SideStep, of Santa Clara, Calif., has acquired social networking
        site TripUp, of Los Angeles, for an undisclosed amount","title":"Sidestep
        expands into social networking, buys\u00a0TripUp","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/11/sidestep-expands-into-social-networking-buys-tripup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937635,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-20T18:48:33Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Updated","title":"Travel
        sites Kayak and Sidestep merge, aim to become market\u00a0leader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/20/travel-sites-kayak-and-sidestep-merge-aim-to-become-market-leader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937634,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-14T03:29:06Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"Everyone\u2019s
        looking to save money when they travel, and the founders of a new site called
        Voyij say they\u2019ve got one of the best ways to do that. What does Voyij
        offer? Lots and lots of deals pulled from sites around the web. With 15,000
        to 20,000 deals on Voyij at any one time, co-founder and chief executive Brent
        Stewart says the site is orders of magnitude larger than the competition.
        Think of it as something similar to travel search engine Kayak , but focused
        on travel bargains.","title":"SideStep alums launch Voyij, a search engine
        for travel\u00a0deals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/14/sidestep-alums-launch-voyij-a-search-engine-for-travel-deals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937633,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-11T12:37:51Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"","title":"Jay-Z
        and Beyonce sidestep the paparazzi with a Tumblr for baby Blue Ivy\u00a0Carter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/11/jay-z-and-beyonce-sidestep-the-paparazzi-with-a-tumblr-for-baby-blue-ivy-carter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937632,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T08:30:05Z","slug":"sidestep","summary":"We
        talked to three game studios about being (or not being) \u201cThose guys who
        make\u00a0_____.\u201d","title":"How three video game studios address, embrace,
        and sidestep \u2018typecasting\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/how-three-video-game-studios-address-embrace-and-sidestep-typecasting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937631,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-07-01T18:52:03Z","slug":"storycode","summary":"Updated","title":"Roundup
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        Valley venture capital firm that has invested in companies like Riya, Wallop
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        ten days after two co-founders of San Francisco pricing software company Rapt
        sued its venture backers, the case has been settled.","title":"Rapt, Accel
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        There appears to be a settlement).","title":"Iconix sues founders of photo
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        Partners is the latest Silicon Valley venture firm to go through a major generational
        change \u2014 witnessing an influx of new faces, even as an older generation
        of partners exits for reasons apparently related to poor performance.","title":"The
        transformation of a VC firm, Bay\u00a0Partners","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:07:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/02/the-transformation-of-a-vc-firm-bay-partners/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:06:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937623,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-30T17:10:14Z","slug":"storycode","summary":"Here\u2019s
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        may ask, what new products?","title":"What will we see from Apple on\u00a0Tuesday?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:06:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/02/what-will-we-see-from-apple-on-tuesday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:06:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937620,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-24T13:23:39Z","slug":"storycode","summary":"Updated","title":"Minus
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        company Twitter will meet with UK officials to discuss the role its service
        played in the recent riots experienced in London and other parts of the country,
        reports The Next Web.","title":"Twitter agrees to meet with UK government
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        a new place to live is often pretty stressful, especially if you\u2019re a
        college student on\u00a0a limited budget who\u00a0needs to live somewhat close
        to campus.","title":"Student housing startup Comfy makes property managers
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        is the next iOS application in Azumio\u2019s portfolio of health and wellness\u00a0solutions.","title":"New
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        \u2014 \u00c9cole 42 might be one of the most ambitious experiments in engineering
        education.","title":"This French tech school has no teachers, no books, no
        tuition \u2014 and it could change\u00a0everything","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:06:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/this-french-tech-school-has-no-teachers-no-books-no-tuition-and-it-could-change-everything/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937615,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-17T05:42:10Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Journey
        to Delphi in the crazy, old-school shooter God\u00a0Mode.","title":"God Mode:
        An underrated Steam summer sale\u00a0treasure","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/17/god-mode-a-summer-steam-sale-treasure/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937614,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T10:40:06Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Recently,
        I\u00a0gave a talk on\u00a0digital product design at Google\u2019s Mountain
        View headquarters to a group of aspiring entrepreneurs and product veterans.\u00a0While
        the\u00a0audience asked\u00a0a ton of great questions,\u00a0I was surprised
        by\u00a0how many of both audience types approached me afterward to thank me
        for sharing (what I thought were) fairly basic mistakes that stand in the
        way of great product design.","title":"5 product design mistakes you need
        to\u00a0avoid","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/5-product-design-mistakes-you-need-to-avoid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937613,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T06:00:22Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"The
        deal will make it easier to monetize mobile apps through native\u00a0ads.","title":"App
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        are the games and the memories they represent that I will carry with me for
        the rest of my\u00a0life.","title":"The Games We Carry: An ongoing look at
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        Post This guide tells you what to know when purchasing a monitor that will
        meet your personal, professional, or somewhere-in-between needs.","title":"A
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        ambitious new property from Ubisoft makes some bold claims and backs a lot
        of it\u00a0up.","title":"You\u2019re the king of Watch Dogs\u2019 open world
        \u2014 until the story hacks into it\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/youre-the-king-of-watch-dogs-open-world-until-the-story-hacks-into-it-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937608,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T08:00:53Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Sponsored
        Post As expectations for performance continue to grow while resources continue
        to dwindle, more and more organizations are turning to Software-as-a-Service
        (SaaS) vendors to help manage everything from their ecommerce operations to
        their project management\u00a0needs.","title":"Why you\u2019d be a fool to
        pay for revenue sharing-based\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/ending-the-software-pricing-war-revenue-sharing-vs-usage-based-saas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937607,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T05:05:28Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Even
        with huge financial success, Imangi\u2019s Keith Shepherd wants to preserve
        a small company\u2019s\u00a0creativity.","title":"Even with a Temple Run empire,
        Imangi Studios wants to stay indie at heart\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/even-with-a-temple-run-empire-imangi-studios-wants-to-stay-indie-at-heart-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937606,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T05:00:15Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Sponsored
        Post OpenX Technologies, Inc. (OpenX), a global leader in web and mobile       advertising
        technology, today announced the launch of the next       generation of OpenX
        SSP (Supply Side Platform), transforming the concept       of SSP with Demand
        Fusion\u00a0technology\u2026.","title":"OpenX Transforms Concept of SSP with
        Industry-First Demand Fusion\u00a0Technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/openx-transforms-concept-of-ssp-with-industry-first-demand-fusion-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937605,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T07:00:08Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Desperate
        human survivors and rogue androids make up the rest of Alien: Isolation\u2019s
        vicious food\u00a0chain.","title":"Other predators roam in Alien: Isolation\u2019s
        food chain (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/alien-isolation-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937604,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T12:00:16Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"GamesBeat
        spends some hands-on time with Destiny, Bungie\u2019s upcoming, big-budget
        online\u00a0shooter.","title":"Destiny\u2019s alpha shows this polished shooter
        still needs an identity (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/destiny-alpha-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937603,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-14T07:00:11Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"EA
        Mobile head Frank Gibeau believes his company has an opening as console quality
        graphics moves to\u00a0mobile.","title":"How EA is marshaling a new assault
        on mobile games\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/14/how-ea-is-marshaling-a-new-assault-on-mobile-games-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937602,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T18:42:15Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Save
        your money! Build a fun Hearthstone deck for\u00a0free!","title":"Build a
        kick ass mage deck in\u00a0Hearthstone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/build-a-kick-ass-mage-deck-in-hearthstone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937601,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-28T10:00:33Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Astrobotic
        will begin sending robots to the\u00a0moon.","title":"NASA has nothing on
        these moon-bound\u00a0robots","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/28/nasa-has-nothing-on-these-moon-bound-robots/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937600,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T09:41:28Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Just
        days after Instagram\u2019s accidental roll out of new messaging service Bolt,
        mobile app maker of Yo fame, Mobli, is launching its own photo-message app
        called Mirage\u00a0today.","title":"Tap that app: Mobli launches its one-tap
        photo\u00a0messenger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/tap-that-app-mobli-launches-its-one-tap-photo-messenger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937599,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-04-19T16:30:21Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Updated","title":"Ruckus
        hits cozy Silicon Valley VC world \u2014 Fenton bolts Accel, joins\u00a0Benchmark","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/04/19/ruckus-hits-cozy-silicon-valley-vc-world-fenton-bolts-accel-joins-benchmark/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937598,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-16T10:09:07Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Sprint''s WiMax bet, Twitku, VMware''s
        $750M mistake, Bolt-dead and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/16/roundup-sprints-wimax-bet-twitku-vmwares-750m-mistake-bolt-dead-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937597,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-05T15:02:11Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Bolt
        Creative announced today that its best-selling god simulator, Pocket God,
        has sold over three million units since release. We previously wrote a case
        study of Bolt Creative and how it made Pocket God into a perennial seller
        on the AppStore. Back In January, Bolt announced that it had crossed 2 million
        units sold.","title":"Indie developer Bolt Creative strikes gold with \"Pocket
        God\"\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:05:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/05/indie-developer-strikes-gold-as-bolt-creatives-pocket-god-sells-3m-on-iphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937596,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-28T22:33:32Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"It
        looks like we won\u2019t have to wait until next week\u2019s Consumer Electronics
        Show to check out Verizon\u2019s first 4G phone. HTC\u2019s Thunderbolt Android
        smartphone was just outed tonight by the Android blog Droid Life.","title":"Meet
        the HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon''s first LTE 4G\u00a0phone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/28/meet-the-htc-thunderbolt-verizons-first-lte-4g-phone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937595,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-01T14:47:19Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Here\u2019s
        our roundup of the week\u2019s tech business news (shorter than usual since
        there\u2019s not exactly a flood of news between Christmas and New Year\u2019s).
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        as we expected, Apple this morning announced the latest refresh of its Macbook
        Pro laptop family. Among the changes are the inclusion of Intel\u2019s new
        Sandy Bridge Core i5 and i7 processors, high-speed Thunderbolt ports, and
        FaceTime HD cameras.","title":"Apple updates MacBook Pros with Sandy Bridge
        CPUs, Thunderbolt\u00a0ports","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/24/sandy-bridge-macbook-pros/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937593,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-24T08:26:11Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"With
        the announcement of new MacBook Pros this morning came the news that Intel\u2019s
        Light Peak technology is now known as Thunderbolt.","title":"Thunderbolt:
        Intel''s Light Peak high-speed interface gets a new\u00a0name","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/24/light-peak-thunderbolt/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937592,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-17T07:41:16Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"It\u2019s  been
        a long wait for the HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon\u2019s first LTE 4G  smartphone.
        After a delay of almost a month, Verizon has finally  made the phone available
        today for $250 with a two-year contract.","title":"Verizon\u2019s 4G HTC Thunderbolt
        available today for\u00a0$250","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/17/htc-thunderbolt/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937591,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-01T07:31:30Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Verizon\u2019s
        first LTE 4G phone, the Android-powered HTC Thunderbolt, has managed to hold
        its own against Apple\u2019s iPhone 4 at Verizon Wireless stores \u2014 even
        going so far as to outsell the iPhone in some locations \u2014 according to
        the research firm BTIG.","title":"Verizon''s 4G ThunderBolt outselling iPhone
        4 at some\u00a0stores","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/01/htc-thunderbolt-outselling-iphone-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937590,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-26T09:38:17Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Verizon
        Wireless is expanding its smartphone lineup today with four new products,
        and as usual, some are more notable than others.","title":"Verizon debuts
        4 new smartphones, including LG Revolution and Motorola Droid\u00a0X2","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/26/lg-revolution-motorola-droid-x2-two-others-arrive-on-verizon/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937589,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-22T14:42:21Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Only
        in the age of Google could news aggregation be considered a step up from news
        publishing. So when word came Wednesday that Salon\u2019s CEO Richard Gingras
        is abandoning his post at the veteran online-news site to head the news products
        division of Google, it arrived without shame or snickering.","title":"Sayonara
        Salon: CEO Gingras bolts, will run Google\u2019s news\u00a0products","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/22/salon-ceo-gingras-headed-to-google-to-run-news-products/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937588,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-20T13:13:48Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"I\u2019ve
        said \u201cI want that\u201d to every single new product Apple announced today.\u00a0I
        am an iSheep, and I need them. Besides a\u00a0new MacBook Air, a new MacMini,
        a\u00a0new white iPhone 4\u00a0and an iPad 2 (also in white, if you\u2019re
        shopping for me), I really, really want an\u00a0Apple\u00a0Thunderbolt Display.","title":"Apple\u2019s
        new Thunderbolt Display has me wishing for Christmas in\u00a0July","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/20/apples-new-thunderbolt-display-has-me-wishing-for-christmas-in-july/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937587,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-05T12:48:01Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Apple
        could soon be adding speedy Thunderbolt ports to its iOS devices, including
        iPads, iPhones and iPod touches, new patent applications suggest.","title":"Super-fast
        Thunderbolt ports likely headed to iPad and\u00a0iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/05/thunderbolt-ports-ipad-iphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937586,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-24T16:08:40Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Could
        Facebook improve the experience of its web and mobile applications? Most certainly,
        and now they\u2019ll have the usability, user experience, and interaction
        design expertise of Bolt Peters to do just that. ","title":"Facebook acqui-hires
        usability experts behind Bolt Peters to bolster design\u00a0team","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/24/facebook-bolt-peters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937585,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-12T10:43:47Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Apple
        has introduced a new connector for the iPhone 5 called Lightning, a much smaller
        device that will complement the Thunderbolt port on Macs in name and speed.","title":"iPhone
        5 will include tiny Lightning\u00a0connector","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/12/apple-lightning-connector/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937584,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-17T12:04:05Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"The
        Angry Birds spin off may look like that popular smartphone game, but it has
        a lot in common with a platformer for the Xbox\u00a0360.","title":"Angry Birds
        developer\u2019s Bad Piggies looks a lot like Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts &\u00a0Bolts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/17/angry-birds-developers-bad-piggies-looks-a-lot-like-banjo-kazooie-nuts-bolts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937583,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-23T10:30:38Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Retina
        has come to the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and it\u2019s gorgeous.\u00a0Apple announced
        the update to its 13-inch pro-level laptop at an event today in San Jose,\u00a0Calif.","title":"Apple
        unveils gorgeous Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro, starts at\u00a0$1,700","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/23/macbook-pro-13-inch-retina/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937582,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-22T12:13:05Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Characters
        Daryl and Merle Dixon venture into the realm of video games with The Walking
        Dead: Survival Instinct, but technical problems and frustrating design decisions
        mar what could\u2019ve been a thrilling\u00a0experience.","title":"The Walking
        Dead: Survival Instinct leaves you feeling empty\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/22/the-walking-dead-survival-instinct-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937581,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-30T14:03:07Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Disney\u2019s
        hybrid cloud solution includes a fully-functional CloudStack private cloud,
        tightly integrated with a highly capable object storage from Swift, as offered
        by a company called\u00a0SwiftStack.","title":"How Disney built a giant cloud
        by bolting two\u00a0together","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/30/how-disney-built-a-giant-cloud-by-bolting-two-together/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937580,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-22T10:46:11Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"It\u2019s
        Apple Christmas yet again today as the company unveiled new iPads, a new Mac
        Pro, even refreshed MacBook Pros at a press briefing in San Francisco.","title":"Apple\u2019s
        latest MacBook Pros: Beefed-up batteries, Thunderbolt 2, and the power of
        Haswell\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/22/apples-latest-macbook-pros-beefed-up-batteries-thunderbolt-2-and-the-power-of-haswell-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937579,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-04T07:15:44Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Bolt HR LLC, a venture backed provider of human resources support       technology
        announced the close of a significant investment round from a       New York
        City based boutique private equity fund. The round was filled       by the
        one investor,\u00a0and\u2026","title":"Bolt HR Secures Significant Investment
        from New York City Investment\u00a0Fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/04/bolt-hr-secures-significant-investment-from-new-york-city-investment-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937578,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T11:10:07Z","slug":"bolt","summary":"\u201cPlease
        don\u2019t destroy all that effort\u201d that went into \u201cbuilding the
        Bolt brand and technology to where it is today,\u201d Bolt co-founder and
        CEO Stephen Bolt asked\u00a0Instagram.","title":"The existing Bolt asks Instagram
        to reconsider naming its new app \u2018Bolt\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:04:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/the-existing-bolt-asks-instagram-to-reconsider-naming-their-new-app-bolt/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937577,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-07T06:38:28Z","slug":"adap-tv","summary":"Putting
        his money where his mouth is, AOL chief exec Tim Armstrong has brokered a
        deal to acquire video advertising startup Adap.TV for $405\u00a0million.","title":"AOL
        acquires video ad-tech startup Adap.TV for a massive\u00a0$405M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/07/aol-buys-adaptv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937576,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-14T20:57:44Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Zipidee,
        a company that lets you sell digital information through an online marketplace,
        is launching its public beta service tomorrow.","title":"Online digital marketplace
        Zipidee launches public beta, raises\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/14/online-digital-marketplace-zipidee-launches-public-beta-raises-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937575,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-15T06:00:15Z","slug":"novus","summary":"updated","title":"EXpresso
        offers Excel collaboration\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/15/expresso-offers-excel-collaboration-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937574,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-04T04:03:03Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Zipidee,
        an online marketplace for specialty videos and other content, has purchased
        competing rare video company TotalVid.com from Landmark Communications for
        an undisclosed amount.","title":"Zipidee buys rare video site\u00a0TotalVid.com","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/04/zipidee-buys-rare-video-site-totalvidcom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937573,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-01T10:42:14Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Pathwork
        Diagnostics, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based maker of cancer diagnostic tets, has
        raised $20 million in a second round of funding. The round was led by new
        investor Abingworth Management, with participation from existing backers Advent
        Venture Partners, Novus Ventures, Prospect Venture Partners, Venrock and Versant
        Ventures. Pathwork previously raised $11 million.","title":"Pathwork Diagnostics
        raises $20M for cancer diagnostic\u00a0tests","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/01/pathwork-diagnostics-raises-20m-for-cancer-diagnostic-tests/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937572,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-10T09:26:55Z","slug":"novus","summary":"VizionWare
        Inc., a producer of cables and adapters, has shuttered \u2014 and fast. The
        announcement went out today and the company\u2019s website has already disappeared.
        Attributed to disappointing sales in Blu-ray connectors, its close leaves
        investors who contributed $21 million since its 2002 founding out in the cold,
        including Novus Ventures (with a 27 percent stake), Access Venture Partners,
        DFJ Mercury Venture Partners, Individuals\u2019 Venture Fund and InterWest
        Partners.","title":"HD electronics maker VizionWare short\u00a0circuits","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/10/hd-electronics-maker-vizionware-short-circuits/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937571,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-09T08:11:55Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Networking
        giant Cisco has acquired Tidal Software, a Palo Alto, Calif. company that
        will enable Cisco\u2019s customers to manage their key applications more seamlessly
        over Cisco\u2019s network. It paid $105 million in cash and retention-based
        incentives.","title":"Cisco buys Tidal Software for $105M \u2014 to virtualize
        the data\u00a0center","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/09/cisco-buys-tidal-software-for-105m-to-help-virtualize-the-data-center/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937570,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-04T15:45:44Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Nordic
        Windpower, a Berkeley, Calif. maker of lightweight, two-blade wind turbines
        for renewable energy generation, has just raised $12.06 million of an anticipated
        $30.15 million round of equity, according to a filing with the SEC. This is
        a great start to 2010 for the company, which saw its first sales (PDF)\u00a0and
        a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy last year.","title":"Nordic
        Windpower cranks up turbine production with new\u00a0$12.1M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/04/nordic-windpower-cranks-up-turbine-production-with-new-12-1m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937569,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-04T16:37:06Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Expresso,  provider
        of a platform where Microsoft Office documents \u2014 including  Excel spreadsheets
        and PowerPoint presentations, can be edited in the  cloud by many people at
        once, has brought in $3.8 million of a targeted  $5 million in equity, according
        to a  filing with the SEC. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., the company is  backed
        by Individuals\u2019 Venture Fund, Novus  Ventures and Rocket Ventures. It
        has  now raised $5.8 million to date.","title":"Expresso fills cup with $3.8M
        for collaborative document\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/04/expresso-fills-cup-with-3-8m-for-collaborative-document-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937568,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-04T01:25:00Z","slug":"novus","summary":"If
        I owned a fledgling virtual world I don''t think I would provide a separate
        lobby for the paying customers. Sony should give PlayStation Plus users amazing
        things and force them to run around making the peasants envious of what they
        can''t have unless they hand over their credit card information.\u00a0","title":"News
        Blips: Playstation Plus Private Club In Home, Evil Ryu and Oni Akuma, Broken
        Journalism, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/04/news-blips-playstation-plus-private-club-in-home-evil-ryu-and-oni-akuma-broken-journalism-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937567,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-10T20:47:54Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Two
        years after its debut, Sony\u2019s Home online virtual world for PlayStation
        gamers has hit 17 million users worldwide. The virtual community has now grown
        into a gathering place where gamers can play hundreds of games, attend droves
        of events, and buy lots of virtual goods. The multi-year effort is becoming
        Sony\u2019s big play in the digital online marketplace for video game fans.","title":"Sony''s
        Home virtual world hits 17M users and finds a business model in virtual\u00a0goods","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/10/sonys-home-virtual-world-hits-17m-users-and-finds-a-business-model-in-virtual-goods/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937566,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-04T06:00:58Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Hey
        there guys and gals and welcome to yet another review. Tonight I wish to examine
        a stylized anime fighting game with a strange group of characters having at
        it in story that actually has an amazing amount of depth and substance, which
        is actually kind of lacking in other games in the genre. This is BlazBlue
        Calamity Trigger.","title":"The wheel of fate is turning: BlazBlue: Calamity\u00a0Trigger","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/04/blazblue-calamity-trigger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937565,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-08T13:49:34Z","slug":"novus","summary":"On
        a damaging day for the U.S. stock market, enterprise-focused stocks got hammered
        just like everything else. But their prospects during a downturn are better
        than most, according to analysts contacted by VentureBeat.","title":"Market
        hits enterprise companies, but their prospects remain\u00a0good","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/08/enterprise-stocks-fall-with-rest-of-the-market-but-its-likely-an-overreation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937564,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-08T17:56:48Z","slug":"novus","summary":"The
        pundits were out in force today as they described the big drop in the stock
        market. Which quote was your favorite?","title":"Reader poll: Which pundit
        best summed up the stock market\u00a0slide?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/08/reader-poll-which-pundit-best-summed-up-the-stock-market-slide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937563,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-11T13:09:38Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Better-than-expected
        fourth quarter fiscal earnings help pump up Cisco\u2019s share price on Thursday
        and \u2014 along with a promising jobs report \u2014 helped bolster the entire
        market during a wild roller-coaster week. The Nasdaq ended the day up 4.7
        percent while the S&P 500 closed ahead by 4.6 percent.","title":"Stronger-than-expected
        Cisco performance helps lead stock market\u00a0rally","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/11/stronger-than-expected-cisco-performance-helps-lead-stock-market-rally/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937562,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-19T04:00:51Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Space-Time
        Insight raises $14 million in its second round of\u00a0funding","title":"Opus
        Ventures takes Space-Time Analytics into its second dimension of\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/19/opus-ventures-takes-space-time-analytics-into-its-second-dimension-of-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937561,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-19T17:25:38Z","slug":"novus","summary":"A
        hump day round up of startup funding\u00a0news","title":"Funding Daily: My
        humps, my humps, my\u00a0humps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/19/funding-daily-my-humps-my-humps-my-humps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937560,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-10T17:42:48Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Funding
        Daily, all wrapped up in canvas and oil\u00a0paint.","title":"Funding Daily:
        Artsy\u00a0Thursday","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/10/funding-daily-artsy-thursday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937559,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-21T16:05:34Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Super-tiny
        quantum dots help make more brilliant, saturated colors in a new line of Sony
        TVs. It\u2019s the first appearance of quantum dots in consumer\u00a0electronics.","title":"Quantum
        dots make first commercial appearance in Sony\u00a0TVs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/21/quantum-dots-make-first-commercial-appearance-in-sony-tvs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937558,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-08T08:00:27Z","slug":"novus","summary":"If
        you\u2019ve put your 10,000 hours of training in, the video game business
        is not a bad place to\u00a0be.","title":"The DeanBeat: The revenge of the
        old farts who outlast evil and survive in the games\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:03:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/08/the-deanbeat-the-trick-to-succeding-in-video-games-is-staying-power-outlasting-evil-and-putting-in-your-10000-hours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937557,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-09T13:00:42Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A Silicon Valley startup has figured out how to use idle computers, or
        Dark Cores, as a distributed, massively parallel\u00a0computer.","title":"How
        would you like to get your PC and internet access for free?\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/09/leonovus-turns-a-small-canadian-town-into-a-distributed-data-center-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937556,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-31T08:00:13Z","slug":"novus","summary":"The
        well-known game designer started at Electronic Arts, working on The Sims.
        Now, she\u2019s running a Ubisoft studio with 300\u00a0employees.","title":"Jade
        Raymond\u2019s growing empire at Ubisoft\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/31/jade-raymonds-growing-empire-at-ubisoft-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937555,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-10T06:15:04Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Just
        how real is the threat that hackers can post to smart\u00a0cities?","title":"Ubisoft\u2019s
        Watch Dogs highlights the down side of smart cities\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/10/ubisofts-watch-dogs-highlights-the-down-side-of-smart-cities-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937554,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-03T12:34:15Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Guest
        Post We\u2019re moving away from the heart of technology innovation \u2014
        the infrastructure, the machines, the seminal ideas we can touch and feel
        \u2014 to quick fixes that are not setting the stage for the next new\u00a0thing.","title":"Is
        entrepreneurship really alive and well in Silicon\u00a0Valley?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/03/is-entrepreneurship-really-live-and-well-in-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937553,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-06T08:00:56Z","slug":"novus","summary":"I
        don\u2019t think it\u2019s time yet to write off the cloud and search for
        the next hot thing. The cloud seems\u00a0inevitable.","title":"The DeanBeat:
        Cloud gaming gives companies more room to\u00a0maneuver","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/06/the-deanbeat-cloud-gaming-gives-companies-more-room-to-maneuver/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937552,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-22T12:19:18Z","slug":"novus","summary":"The
        Xbox One makes it debut, the PlayStation 4 is now a week old, and much more
        was covered this week at\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup:
        Rise of the Xbox One, League of Legends smashes\u00a0records","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/22/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-rise-of-the-xbox-one-league-of-legends-smashes-records/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937551,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T04:00:18Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Pinetree
        Capital does a swap stock to take an investment position in\u00a0Sviral.","title":"Sviral
        raises $20M to build distributed data centers from leftover computing power\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/sviral-raises-20m-to-build-distributed-data-centers-from-leftover-computing-power-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-16T09:22:37Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Teknovus,
        a provider of Ethernet optical networking chips, has brought in $5.6 million
        in convertible promissory notes, preferred and common stock, according to
        a filing with the SEC. Based in Petaluma, Calif., the company is backed by
        Partech International, Focus Ventures, Galleon Group, Itochu Technology Ventures,
        U.S. Venture Partners, Vision Venture Capital, Mitsubishi, Technology Alliance
        Investment and Samsung Ventures America.","title":"Teknovus captures $5.6M
        for optical Ethernet\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/16/teknovus-captures-5-6m-for-optical-ethernet-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937549,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-03T15:57:01Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Novusport
        measures and ranks your activity. The more you play sports, the more you\u00a0score.","title":"Weekend
        warriors: Track your fitness with Novusport\u2019s social mobile sports\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/03/weekend-warriors-track-your-fitness-with-novusports-social-mobile-sports-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937548,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-28T17:57:51Z","slug":"novus","summary":"The
        deal is a big endorsement for using unused computing power to fuel the processing
        at a distributed data\u00a0center.","title":"LeoNovus to provide distributed
        cloud services for Trimark\u00a0Associates","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/leonovus-to-provide-distributed-cloud-services-for-trimark-associates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937547,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-19T10:00:44Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Switzerland\u2019s
        Taitale Studios is launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for its
        massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game, Novus AEterno.","title":"After
        7 years, young game developer takes his Novus Aeterno online real-time strategy
        game to\u00a0Kickstarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/19/taitale-studios-launches-kickstarter-for-its-novus-aeterno-online-real-time-strategy-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937546,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T07:00:17Z","slug":"novus","summary":"Hotels
        will be able to make money from their in-room movie boxes by letting LeoNovus
        use them for data center\u00a0processing.","title":"LeoNovus to turn hotels
        into virtual data centers with smart set-top\u00a0boxes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/leonovus-to-turn-hotels-into-virtual-data-centers-with-smart-set-top-boxes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937545,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T05:00:02Z","slug":"novus","summary":"A
        small renewable energy device maker will tap LeoNovus\u2019 distributed data\u00a0center.","title":"Renewable
        energy startup AgileSwitch gets a security boost with LeoNovus\u00a0partnership","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/leonovus-signs-up-energy-firm-agileswitch-for-distributed-cloud-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937544,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T05:00:52Z","slug":"novus","summary":"LeoNovus
        can render video mosaics in 18 hours instead of 36\u00a0hours.","title":"LeoNovus
        helps photo company process mosaic images in half the\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/leonovus-helps-photo-company-process-mosaic-images-in-half-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937543,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-09T08:30:43Z","slug":"the-walton-foundation","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick What\u2019s it like to start a company as a teen, a twentysomething,
        or much later in life? We spoke to founders of all ages at tech companies
        like Box, Poshmark, and Hubspot. Here\u2019s what they had to\u00a0say.","title":"What\u2019s
        the best age to launch a startup? Founders young and old tell\u00a0us","updated_at":"2014-07-29T02:02:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/09/whats-the-best-age-to-launch-a-startup-founders-young-and-old-tell-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:57:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937542,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-16T15:10:44Z","slug":"serus","summary":"The
        Indus Entrepreneurs Conference (TiEcon) kicked off today with near-record
        attendance of more than 4,000 people in spite of the economic slowdown.","title":"TieCon
        keeps growing despite economic\u00a0crunch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:57:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/16/tiecon-keeps-growing-despite-economic-crunch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:57:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937541,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-13T14:30:26Z","slug":"serus","summary":"If
        you\u2019re reading this blog, chances are you are the type of person who
        thinks a gadget can make for a mind-blowing gift.","title":"Holiday Gift Guide:
        Our favorite gadgets under\u00a0$200","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:57:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/13/gadgets-under-200/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:57:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937540,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-21T15:15:17Z","slug":"brightidea","summary":"Innovation.
        Innovation. Innovation. We keep hearing about it, but why does it matter?","title":"Why
        \"open innovation\" is no\u00a0hoax","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:57:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/21/open-innovation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:56:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937539,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-04T09:25:00Z","slug":"brightidea","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Back in the late 1990\u2019s, Procter & Gamble CEO A. G. Lafley observed
        that the company\u2019s focus on internal R&D was no longer effective for
        anything more than incremental\u00a0improvements\u2026","title":"open2012
        to introduce open innovation to Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:56:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/04/open2012-to-introduce-open-innovation-to-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937538,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T04:30:46Z","slug":"attensity","summary":"It\u2019s
        one thing to watch tweets and Facebook posts come in on the fly. Filtering
        out the meaningless messages and spotting the important stuff at scale is
        completely different. And that\u2019s why companies have been tuning in to
        tools like Attensity.","title":"Pay attention to those tweets, people: Attensity
        raises $90M in equity\u00a0financing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/pay-attention-to-those-tweets-people-attensity-raises-90m-in-equity-financing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937537,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-22T10:54:57Z","slug":"teracent","summary":"Google
        has revamped its ad server technology to help itself and small publishers
        monetize ads on their sites.","title":"Google overhauls ad server technology
        to boost\u00a0monetization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/22/google-doubleclick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937536,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T09:23:11Z","slug":"teracent","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick While consumer-focused companies like Facebook and Zynga exploded, business
        software startups have been quietly scoring household-name customers with
        multi-million dollar budgets, kicking legacy players off their pedestal, and
        filing for higher-than-expected IPOs.","title":"Forget Facebook! Meet 12 investors
        on the hunt for the next\u00a0Microsoft","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/enterprise-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937535,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-23T12:20:24Z","slug":"teracent","summary":"Google
        is growing its display advertising business today with the acquisition of
        Teracent, a startup that provides companies with tools for customizing display
        ads like web banners and interactive modules. Still making most of its revenue
        from text ads listed next to search results, the tech giant sees display as
        the next biggest area of opportunity.","title":"Google gobbles display ad
        startup\u00a0Teracent","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/23/google-gobbles-display-ad-startup-teracent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937534,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-22T09:49:39Z","slug":"icap","summary":"A
        South African accelerator receives investment from a South African venture
        capital fund in an effort to build a robust, flowing, native startup\u00a0ecosystem.","title":"African
        accelerator weaves loose strands of local startup scene\u00a0together","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/22/african-accelerator-weaves-loose-strands-of-local-startup-scene-together/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937533,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-02T13:10:19Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Guest
        Post If 2013 does anything, it will show which companies understand how to
        make money on mobile and which ones\u00a0don\u2019t/","title":"2013 will separate
        the strong from weak in mobile\u00a0commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/02/2013-will-separate-the-strong-from-weak-in-mobile-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937532,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-06T16:58:45Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Most
        incubators aim to help startups land funding for their ideas, but one healthcare
        technology startup is aiming to change this model. Prebacked\u00a0hosts pre-incubation
        programs that get customers (large enterprises, such as Fortune 500 companies)
        to pitch the problems they are facing to early-stage startup teams, rather
        than the other way around.","title":"Healthtech startup Prebacked wants to
        reverse the incubator\u00a0process","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/06/healthtech-startup-prebacked-wants-to-reverse-the-incubator-process/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937531,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-21T08:52:53Z","slug":"icap","summary":"\u201cApple
        has real operations in real places with Apple employees,\u201d Cook said.
        \u201cWe pay all the taxes we owe, every single dollar. We don\u2019t only
        comply with the letter of the law, but the spirit of the law. We don\u2019t
        stash money on some Caribbean\u00a0island.\u201d","title":"Apple CEO Tim Cook:
        We are \u2018the largest corporate taxpayer in\u00a0America\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/21/apple-ceo-tim-cook-we-are-the-largest-corporate-taxpayer-in-america/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937530,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-28T00:02:14Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Insomniac
        Games\u2019 first multiplatform foray explodes with fun, but the third-person
        shooter fails to make you care after you\u2019re done pulling the\u00a0trigger.","title":"Fuse
        stylishly hits the target but misses the bull\u2019s-eye (review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/fuse-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937529,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T05:56:55Z","slug":"icap","summary":"\u201cI
        do think that we have stepped it up significantly,\u201d FounderFuel general
        manager Ian Jeffery told me yesterday. \u201cIn this cohort are some of the
        most mature companies we\u2019ve ever had. All nine are fantastic, but some
        have real revenues already, over a million downloads, and upwards of 30,000
        active\u00a0users.\u201d","title":"Vive la demo day: VentureBeat est \u00e0\u00a0Montr\u00e9al","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/vive-la-demo-day-venturebeat-est-a-montreal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937528,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-22T00:23:51Z","slug":"icap","summary":"While
        essentially a mobile game stuck on a television screen, No Brakes Valet proves
        to be just as addicting and\u00a0hilarious.","title":"The Ouya\u2019s No Brakes
        Valet is entertaining\u00a0mayhem","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/22/the-ouyas-no-brakes-valet-is-entertaining-mayhem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937527,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-26T08:00:23Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The visual delights of Siggraph\u2019s Emerging Technologies exhibit
        may someday reach\u00a0gamers.","title":"The DeanBeat: At Siggraph, dipping
        into gaming\u2019s frontiers \u2014 like a bathtub liquid\u00a0display","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/26/the-deanbeat-at-siggraph-dipping-into-gamings-frontiers-like-a-bathtub-liquid-display/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937526,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-06T08:15:10Z","slug":"icap","summary":"The
        Drowning offers a new way to play first-person shooters with a touchscreen,
        but it\u2019s an exercise in\u00a0repetition.","title":"The Drowning\u2019s
        unique controls can\u2019t save a boring game\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/06/the-drownings-unique-controls-cant-save-a-boring-game-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937525,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-03T15:47:21Z","slug":"icap","summary":"\u201cFree\u201d
        is not substitute for good game\u00a0design.","title":"Nickel and dime: The
        curse of microtransactions","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:55:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/03/nickel-and-dime-the-curse-of-microtransactions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937524,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-23T07:00:52Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Guest
        Post Gaming could see even faster growth if prizes come into the\u00a0picture.","title":"We
        need more real-world prizes in our video\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/23/we-need-real-world-prizes-in-our-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937523,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-11T10:32:06Z","slug":"icap","summary":"LAUSD
        special education teacher Neil Virani said using iPads in his classroom has
        significantly improved progress and test scores for his\u00a0students.","title":"How
        the iPad can turn teaching special ed \u2018on its\u00a0head\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/11/how-the-ipad-can-turn-teaching-special-ed-on-its-head/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937522,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-06T09:00:38Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Ryse:
        Son of Rome isn\u2019t God of War, but it still might interest fans of good
        \u2018ol Ancient Rome-era\u00a0violence.","title":"Ryse: Son of Rome isn\u2019t
        Xbox One\u2019s God of War and that\u2019s OK\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/06/ryse-son-of-rome-isnt-xbox-ones-god-of-war-and-thats-ok-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937521,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-06T09:11:24Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Social
        photo service Mobli has raised a handsome new $60 million round of funding,
        the company announced today.","title":"Instagram rival Mobli nabs $60M from
        Carlos Slim\u2019s Am\u00e9rica\u00a0M\u00f3vil","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/06/mobli-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937520,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-11T20:50:13Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Not
        so long ago, while discussing the Hercules TV series and half-woman/half-spider
        hybrid creatures, the topic of the Sly Raccoon games came up in conversation.
        I\u00a0nonchalantly\u00a0confessed that I had never played them. The reply
        to aforementioned confession was:","title":"The Sly Raccoon Collection \u2013
        The weird second cousin, twice removed, of Jak and Daxter/Ratchet and\u00a0Clank","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/11/the-sly-raccoon-collection-the-weird-second-cousin-twice-removed-of-jak-and-daxterratchet-and-clank/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937519,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-18T06:00:10Z","slug":"icap","summary":"It\u2019s
        a whole lot bigger and touts an open world, but does the latest Dead Rising
        have what it takes to compete with the Xbox One launch\u00a0window?","title":"Dead
        Rising 3 is the Xbox One\u2019s gigantic, though bizarre and simplistic, step
        into the next generation (review)\u00a0[update]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/18/dead-rising-3-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937518,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T06:00:47Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Microsoft
        Studios and developer Turn 10 have crafted a hardcore racing sim that even
        a gearhead rookie can get\u00a0into.","title":"Every turn is a story in the
        solid Forza 5 for Xbox One\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/every-turn-is-a-story-in-the-solid-forza-5-for-xbox-one-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937517,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-27T09:38:42Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Homejoy
        is bringing the \u201clean startup\u201d approach to philanthropy. The company
        announced the establishment of the Homejoy Foundation today, which will give
        financial grants to veterans and military families in\u00a0need.","title":"YC
        startup Homejoy establishes charitable foundation to help\u00a0veterans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/27/yc-startup-homejoy-establishes-charitable-foundation-to-support-veterans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937516,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-05T06:00:56Z","slug":"icap","summary":"KitKat
        is the new hotness for Android, but Tapjoy presents evidence as to why developers
        should focus on older versions of the mobile\u00a0OS.","title":"Android\u2019s
        revenue per user is higher on Gingerbread OS than on Jelly Bean \u2014 and
        that\u2019s potentially a good\u00a0thing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/05/androids-revenue-per-user-is-higher-on-gingerbread-than-jelly-bean-and-thats-potentially-a-good-thing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937515,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-08T14:00:22Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Guest
        Post Everywhere you look, mobile commerce\u2019s star is\u00a0rising.","title":"Why
        mobile payment systems\u00a0fail","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/08/why-mobile-payment-systems-fail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937514,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T11:18:54Z","slug":"icap","summary":"In
        Grand Theft Auto 5 there\u2019s a torture scene. It prompted some rote outrage,
        but the reaction was mostly subdued. Why? Because in America, we\u2019re okay
        with torture. No one in charge of our torture program went to prison; they
        went on book tours and talk shows and bragged about their crimes. The current
        administration promised not to punish them. We didn\u2019t even close Guantanamo
        Bay, our most notorious torture site, the symbol of our national disgrace.
        Americans can\u2019t object to video game torture, we\u2019d look like assholes.","title":"America
        is too violent for video\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/america-is-too-violent-for-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937513,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-06T18:00:08Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Valve
        has gained an important ally in its quest to bring new gaming machines to
        the living\u00a0room.","title":"Dell\u2019s Alienware to launch a Steam Machine
        in close partnership with\u00a0Valve","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/06/dells-alienware-to-launch-a-steam-machine-in-close-partnership-with-valve/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937512,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-14T10:30:41Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Brendan
        Iribe says everyone who tries the new demo puts on a happy \u201cOculus\u00a0face.\u201d","title":"Oculus
        VR\u2019s Brendan Iribe on the latest virtual reality prototype\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/14/oculus-vrs-brendan-iribe-on-the-virtual-reality-prototype-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937511,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T06:00:41Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Blockade
        Entertainment says the CG film will be based on plenty of advice from game\u00a0creators.","title":"Video
        game thief Sly Cooper will sneak into movie theaters with 2016\u00a0film","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/video-game-thief-sly-cooper-will-sneak-into-film-with-2016-release/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937510,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T07:00:08Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Remote
        Coach gives golfers live analysis and instant feedback for game\u00a0improvement.","title":"MobiCoach
        gives golfers real-time coaching advice via mobile\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/mobicoach-gives-golfers-real-time-coaching-advice-via-mobile-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937509,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-05T08:30:03Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Kingett also talks about how developers and hardware makers can be more
        disabled-friendly and why perspectives like his are so important to the\u00a0conversation.","title":"Blind,
        disabled, and gay: How one game journalist deals with barriers and prejudice\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/05/kingett-blind-gamer-disabilities-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937508,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T00:01:26Z","slug":"icap","summary":"South
        Park: The Stick of Truth is one of the greatest licensed games ever\u00a0made.","title":"South
        Park: The Stick of Truth is disgusting, offensive, and brilliant\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/south-park-the-stick-of-truth-is-disgusting-offensive-and-brilliant-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937507,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-09T15:32:01Z","slug":"icap","summary":"The
        local-multiplayer game is killer, and you\u2019re going to want to play it
        on the PlayStation\u00a04.","title":"TowerFall: Ascension rises up as the
        Super Smash Bros. of indies\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/09/towerfall-ascension-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937506,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T10:30:05Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Demon
        Gaze has a smart solution for loot-crazy dungeon crawlers, but how does the
        rest of this PlayStation Vita-exclusive\u00a0fare?","title":"Demon Gaze is
        an uncomfortable, fascinating slog\u00a0(impressions)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/demon-gaze-is-an-uncomfortable-yet-fascinating-slog-impressions-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937505,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T09:01:26Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Nintendo
        established expectations for this franchise that it doesn\u2019t quite meet
        even if the gameplay is\u00a0wonderful.","title":"Mario Golf: World Tour is
        a great physics puzzler with a campaign that may disappoint fans\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/mario-golf-world-tour-is-a-great-physics-puzzler-with-a-campaign-that-may-disappoint-fans-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937504,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T10:45:38Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Free-to-play
        games that rely on energy bars to elongate a player\u2019s relationship with
        themselves often do so without any narrative justification. I\u2019ve found
        a game that elegantly contextualises its revenue-generation model, beautifully
        integrating it into all aspects of its design. It\u2019s lovely it\u00a0is.","title":"Extrasolar
        is free-to-play wot I get (i.e. it makes\u00a0sense)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/extrasolar-is-free-to-play-wot-i-get-i-e-it-makes-sense/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937503,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T15:30:55Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Apparently,
        the tech-industry brogrammer culture has no stranglehold on sexism, as Internet
        marketers routinely devalue women\u2019s work by an average of 21 percent.","title":"Online
        marketers are 21% sexist \u2026 even when they\u2019re\u00a0women","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/online-marketers-are-21-sexist-even-when-theyre-women/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937502,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T07:12:26Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Uber
        and Lyft are parasites, 14 local cab companies are claiming in a new lawsuit.","title":"Uber
        & Lyft sued by legion of cab companies after launching in\u00a0Connecticut","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/uber-lyft-sued-by-legion-of-cab-companies-after-launching-in-connecticut/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937501,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-20T07:09:09Z","slug":"broncus-technologies","summary":"Featured
        companies: American TeleCare, Gliknik, Juvaris BioTherapeutics, Medsphere
        Systems, Primera Biosystems","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Nov.
        20,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/20/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-nov-20-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937500,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T13:00:42Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        latest acquisition could change the way humans interact with one another\u00a0forever.","title":"What
        Oculus Rift and virtual reality mean for sex, death, violence, and\u00a0identity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/what-oculus-rift-and-virtual-reality-mean-for-sex-death-violence-and-identity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-21T07:56:30Z","slug":"broncus-technologies","summary":"Featured
        companies: Cerus, LabNow, Reliant Pharmaceuticals","title":"Life sciences
        briefing: Wednesday, Nov. 21,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/21/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-nov-21-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937498,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T16:53:54Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Microsoft
        is moving beyond marketing and good product design to generate sales: It\u2019s
        now buying itself marketshare with its new promotion geared to MacBook Air
        owners.","title":"Microsoft to MacBook Air owners: We\u2019ll pay you $650
        to switch to a Surface Pro\u00a03","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/microsoft-to-macbook-air-owners-well-pay-you-650-to-switch-to-a-surface-pro-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937497,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-02T19:28:37Z","slug":"broncus-technologies","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Jan. 2,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/02/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-jan-2-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937496,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-23T19:17:21Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Picapp
        is an Israel-based company that offers licensed images to web publishers in
        exchange for Picapp running advertising on publishers\u2019 sites. The company
        has raised $3.2 million from Carmel Ventures and angel investor Leon Recanati.","title":"Online
        image licensing company PicApp raises\u00a0$3.2M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/23/online-image-licensing-company-picapp-raises-32m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937495,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-25T05:33:57Z","slug":"broncus-technologies","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Tuesday, March 25,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/25/life-science-briefing-tuesday-march-25-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937494,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-06T09:02:48Z","slug":"icap","summary":"For
        many bloggers, finding and uploading images for their posts are a pain in
        the neck. WordPress.com, the free blogging site that claims 7.5 million users,
        has added a way for its users to embed images \u2014 such as this one of Apple\u2019s
        Steve Jobs \u2014 from PicApp\u2019s free, legal, real-time library. PicApp
        includes Getty Images and Corbis among its licensed sources.","title":"WordPress.com
        automates PicApp images for\u00a0bloggers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/06/wordpress-licenses-picapp-images-for-bloggers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937493,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-26T12:48:44Z","slug":"broncus-technologies","summary":"The
        second quarter, closing Monday, is expected to be the worst in recent history
        for initial public offerings, as the stock market continues to face stormy
        conditions. An estimated 44 IPOs were pulled during the year due to lousy
        market conditions. And that has shareholders, including venture capital funds,
        looking for alternative sources of liquidity.","title":"The dry IPO market
        is creating demand for alternate\u00a0liquidity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/26/the-dry-ipo-market-is-creating-demand-for-alternate-liquidity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937492,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-25T16:32:08Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Mobli,
        a photo sharing application, said today Leonardo DiCaprio will be advising
        the company and also participated in a $4 million first round of funding,
        along with other private investors.","title":"Mobli adds Leonardo DiCaprio
        as advisor and investor, looks for help with\u00a0branding","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/25/mobli-leonardo-dicaprio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937491,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-01T14:51:40Z","slug":"broncus-technologies","summary":"Broncus
        Technologies Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based developer of an investigational
        bronchoscopic procedure for the treatment of emphysema, has raised $29.5 million
        in Series F funding. Abingworth Management, Japan Asia Investment Co., and
        Saratoga Ventures were joined by return backers Biomedical Sciences Investment
        Fund, Bio-Star, HBM BioCapital, HBM BioVentures, Menlo Ventures, Pac-Link,
        Rockport Ventures and Sightline Ventures. The company has now raised around
        $73 million in total VC funding since its 1997 inception, including a $20
        million Series D round in 2002 at a post-money valuation of approximately
        $78 million.  (Source: PE wire)","title":"Broncus Tech raises $29.5M for emphysema\u00a0treatment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/01/broncus-tech-raises-295m-for-emphysema-treatment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937490,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-20T15:09:04Z","slug":"broncus-technologies","summary":"Broncus
        Tech, medical device maker, files for $86M IPO \u2014 Broncus Technologies,
        a Mountain View, Calif., developer of minimally invasive devices for treating
        emphysema, filed to raise $86 million in an initial offering. The company\u2019s
        SEC filing is here.","title":"IPO roundup: Broncus Tech aims to breathe in
        $86M, Aegerion Pharma rides again, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/20/ipo-roundup-broncus-tech-aegerion-pharma-rides-again-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937489,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-24T08:57:19Z","slug":"icap","summary":"Virgin
        Galactic SpacePlaneTwo ticket prices have increased from $200,000 to $250,000
        this year, but apparently DiCaprio makes the whole experience worth around
        $1.25 million more. Now we know the value of one of his aging-but-still-dimpled
        smiles.","title":"Some sucker just paid $1.5M to fly into space with Leo\u00a0DiCaprio","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/24/hes-king-of-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-29T23:48:35Z","slug":"broncus-technologies","summary":"When
        we last talked about Broncus Technologies, it was pulling its initial public
        offering plans and instead trying to line up venture debt financing. It\u2019s
        done that now, completing a $10 million debt financing ahead of planned $30
        million for a Series G round, according to VentureWire.","title":"Broncus
        completes debt financing, plans new $30 million\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/29/broncus-completes-debt-financing-plans-new-30-million-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937487,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T10:42:28Z","slug":"icap","summary":"\u201cYou
        never try to charm with your looks. You use your brain. And this,\u201d she
        said, \u201cis what will help get you through\u00a0tech.\u201d","title":"The
        beauty handicap: Here\u2019s how one woman climbed the mobile app\u00a0ladder","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/the-beauty-handicap-heres-how-one-woman-climbed-the-mobile-app-ladder/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937486,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-05T11:37:35Z","slug":"broncus-technologies","summary":"Broncus
        Technologies, developer of devices to treat emphysema and other lung ailments,
        may make a second run at going public after bringing in $38 million in seventh-round
        funding to break even, reports VentureWire. The Mountain View, Calif. company
        first filed for a $75 million IPO last November, but withdrew in June due
        to the flagging lifescience market.","title":"Broncus inhales $38M to treat
        lung disease, eyes\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:54:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/05/broncus-inhales-38m-to-treat-lung-disease-eyes-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937485,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-09T23:00:57Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"It\u2019s
        surprising how often I meet with first-time entrepreneurs who tell me they
        need $5 million.","title":"When seed funding is better than Series\u00a0A","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/09/when-seed-funding-is-better-than-series-a/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937484,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-11T21:00:49Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"Accel
        Partners, the Silicon Valley firm that backed Facebook two years ago and expects
        to make a major profit from that company, has raised a new $520 million fund.","title":"Accel
        Partners, Facebook backer, raises new\u00a0fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/11/accel-partners-facebook-backer-raises-new-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937483,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-17T13:44:06Z","slug":"verisilicon-holdings","summary":"Intel
        said today that it has invested $25 million in seven new startups as part
        of its goal of increasing demand for its own products.","title":"Intel Capital
        invests $25M in 7 new\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/17/intel-capital-invests-25m-in-seven-new-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937482,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-16T16:34:47Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"Hydro
        Green Energy, another player in the burgeoning hydrokinetic sector, has just
        capped a $2.6 million first funding round led by the Quercus Trust.","title":"Hydro
        Green Energy caps off first funding round in growing \"hydrokinetic\" market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/16/hydro-green-energy-caps-off-first-funding-in-growing-hydrokinetic-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937481,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-25T05:00:37Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"Peter
        Nieh is a founder of Lightspeed Venture Partners. The venture capital firm
        manages over $2 billion in capital and just closed its most recent fund, Lightspeed
        VIII, worth $800 million, earlier this year. Some of Lightspeed\u2019s hits
        include Brocade, Ciena, Informatica and Riverbed Technology. Nieh began focusing
        on cleantech investments three years ago, and the company has made five investments
        in the field to date. He recently made a bunch of predictions about where
        the cleantech industry will be in 2009. We caught up with Nieh at the recent
        AlwaysOn Venture Summit West conference.","title":"Interview with Peter Nieh
        on using the government to bridge cleantech financing\u00a0gaps","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/25/interview-with-peter-nieh-on-using-the-government-to-bridge-cleantech-financing-gaps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937480,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-27T08:03:10Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"Talari
        Networks has raised $6.2 million to fund further development of it enterprise
        wide area networking (WAN) gear. The San Jose, Calif.-based company will use
        the money to expand its research and development operations in Raleigh, N.C.","title":"Talari
        Networks raises $6.2 million for more efficient networking\u00a0gear","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/27/talari-networks-raises-62-million-for-networking-gear/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937479,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-20T03:05:13Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"Cirtas
        Systems, a cloud storage hardware company, is coming out of stealth mode today
        and announcing that it has raised a $10 million first round of funding.","title":"Cirtas
        raises $10M and soars into cloud\u00a0storage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/20/cirtas-raises-10m-and-soars-into-cloud-storage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937478,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-25T03:04:03Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"Cirtas
        Systems, a cloud storage hardware company, is announcing today it has raised
        $22.5 million in a second round of funding and has named tech veteran Gary
        Messiana as its chief executive.","title":"Cirtas raises $22.5M for cloud
        storage hardware and gets new\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/25/cirtas-raises-22-5m-for-cloud-storage-hardware-and-gets-new-ceo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937477,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-04T08:25:21Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"MAVEN
        is going to dabble in atmospheric forensics, looking at Martian solar winds
        and gathering data to figure out a bit more about how the planet\u2019s atmosphere
        decayed. You can use that as inspiration for your\u00a0haiku.","title":"NASA
        holds haiku contest to send a message to\u00a0Mars","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/04/message-to-mars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937476,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-11T10:37:07Z","slug":"scalemp","summary":"Big
        Blue announced today that it was introducing a suite of new energy efficient
        technologies and services to help businesses struggling with surging costs
        and tougher sustainability requirements. The big push is for \u201cmodular\u201d:
        IBM will sell miniature versions of its data centers that come pre-assembled
        and cut energy consumption in half.","title":"IBM toes the green line with
        energy-efficient modular data\u00a0centers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/11/ibm-toes-the-green-line-with-energy-efficient-modular-data-centers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937475,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-16T11:23:17Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"Riot
        Games is the only game company on the top 25\u00a0list.","title":"Riot Games
        lands at No. 4 on best tech companies to work\u00a0for","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/16/riot-games-lands-at-no-4-on-best-tech-companies-to-work-for/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937474,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T18:22:38Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ObserveIT,       a leader in privileged user activity monitoring, announced
        today the       appointment of Paul Brady as the company\u2019s Chief Executive
        Officer. Mr.       Brady, a software and security industry veteran is based
        in ObserveIT\u2019s\u00a0new\u2026","title":"ObserveIT Appoints Paul Brady\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/observeit-appoints-paul-brady-ceo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-01T14:47:03Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"Riverbed
        Technology, a company that provides products and services for wide area networks
        computing has set the price for its pending initial public offering.","title":"Riverbed
        Technology sets IPO\u00a0terms","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/01/riverbed-technology-sets-ipo-terms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937472,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-21T10:47:47Z","slug":"riverbed-technology","summary":"Riverbed
        Technology, a San Francisco company that provides wide-area data service applications
        for companies, has priced its initial public offering.","title":"Riverbed
        Technology prices\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:53:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/21/riverbed-technology-prices-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937471,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-08T06:45:25Z","slug":"xelerated","summary":"Xelerated,
        a Santa Clara, Calif. company that makes a high-speed processor for corporate
        and metro networks, said it has raised a $23 million round of financing.","title":"Xelerated
        raises $23M for network\u00a0processor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/08/xelerated-raises-23m-for-network-processor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937470,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-15T12:39:38Z","slug":"xelerated","summary":"Xelerated,
        a maker of networking chip sets for carriers, has raised a $13 million round
        from its existing investors.","title":"Xelerated raises $13 million for fast
        networking\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/15/xelerated-raises-13-million-for-fast-networking-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937469,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-07T09:12:16Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Xbox
        One restrictions, Zynga in trouble, and Snake\u2019s new\u00a0face","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/07/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-xbox-one-restrictions-zynga-in-trouble-and-snakes-new-face/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937468,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-15T09:00:53Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"The
        chief financial officer of Nexon saw very little that would impact the future
        of the game industry at\u00a0E3.","title":"Nexon exec: the game war will be
        won in digital online markets, not consoles\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/15/nexons-owen-mahoney-gamings-battle-will-be-won-in-digital-online-markets-not-consoles-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937467,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-01T11:04:08Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Join
        us on July 9-10 for two days packed with high-level discussions, breakouts,
        exclusive announcements, and networking\u00a0sessions.","title":"MobileBeat
        2013: Day two is all about\u00a0monetization","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/01/mobilebeat-2013-day-two-will-be-all-about-monetization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937466,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-01T12:30:40Z","slug":"hotprints","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest batch of judges who will be at the DEMO conference next month in
        San Diego. They\u2019ll help award the $1 million media prize (see details)
        to the best of the 60 companies launching technology products at the event.","title":"More
        judges for DEMO''s $1M prize: Shervin Pishevar, Johnny Gilmore, Phil Sanderson,
        Nirav\u00a0Tolia","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/01/more-judges-for-demos-1m-prize-shervin-pishevar-johnny-gilmore-phil-sanderson-nirav-tolia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937465,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-16T10:12:41Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"The
        game is due out for iOS and Android this\u00a0fall.","title":"King\u2019s
        popular Peggle-like Papa Pear Saga transitions from Facebook to\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/16/kings-popular-peggle-like-papa-pear-saga-transitions-from-facebook-to-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937464,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-30T07:00:34Z","slug":"hotprints","summary":"Today
        we\u2019re revealing the eighth group of speakers for our third annual\u00a0GamesBeat
        2011 conference. They\u2019re the oddballs fo the group because they aren\u2019t
        necessarily from the mobile game industry, which is the focus of the conference.
        Rather, these folks all have experience with their panel topic, Raising a
        Big Pile of Money.","title":"GamesBeat 2011 speakers to discuss raising a
        big pile of\u00a0money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/30/gamesbeat-2011-speakers-to-discuss-raising-a-big-pile-of-money/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937463,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-26T09:00:46Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Startup culture be damned: There is no shame in being an employee. If
        you don\u2019t meet these key criteria, you might want to wait a couple years
        before quitting that job to be a\u00a0founder.","title":"Stop founding! 10
        signs you\u2019re \u2018employee\u00a0material\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/26/stop-founding-10-signs-youre-employee-material/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937462,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-29T07:23:34Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Two
        industry veterans will run Midnight City, which already has a handful of games
        in its\u00a0lineup.","title":"Slender: The Arrival and more coming from Majesco\u2019s
        new indie-publishing label, Midnight\u00a0City","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/29/slender-the-arrival-and-more-coming-from-majescos-new-indie-publishing-label-midnight-city/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937461,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-03T17:00:39Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Even
        in its unfinished state, Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Gear tells us a lot about where
        the emerging smartwatch industry is\u00a0going","title":"5 things we\u2019ve
        learned about the future of wearables from Samsung\u2019s Galaxy\u00a0Gear","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/03/future-wearables-samsung/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937460,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-05T08:00:50Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Microsoft claims its cloud will make games better. We figure out\u00a0how.","title":"What
        Xbox One\u2019s cloud is good for \u2014 and what it might stink\u00a0at","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/05/what-xbox-ones-cloud-is-good-for-and-what-it-stinks-at/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-10T03:00:26Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"If
        you\u2019ve been sitting on the bus wishing that you could bring your bitter
        rivalries with your friends with you wherever you go, Ubisoft has some news
        for\u00a0you.","title":"Ubisoft releases more details on first mobile Trials\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/10/trials-frontier-details/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937458,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-16T13:30:13Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"With
        the next generation of consoles almost upon us, GamesBeat lists 10 independent
        games coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One worth keeping an eye\u00a0on.","title":"Who
        needs triple-A? These 10 next-gen indie games look\u00a0amazing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/16/10-anticipated-next-generation-indie-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937457,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-04T18:00:54Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Square
        Enix is teaming up with Ubisoft and other partners to provide content for
        a new cloud gaming\u00a0technology.","title":"Japan\u2019s Square Enix reveals
        Project Flare, a novel way to do cloud\u00a0gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/04/japans-square-enix-reveals-project-flare-a-novel-way-to-do-cloud-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-05T09:30:51Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"PlayPhone
        and SingTel will open the new portal, called WePlay, in Singapore and then
        in other regions around the\u00a0world.","title":"PlayPhone\u2019s deal with
        Asian telecom puts its mobile-gaming portal in front of 480M\u00a0customers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/05/playphone-partners-with-asian-communication-company-singtel-to-open-mobile-gaming-portal-for-480-million-customers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937455,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-08T09:00:39Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"The
        game will have Adventure Time heroes Finn and Jake skiing to avoid the Ice\u00a0King.","title":"Mathematical!
        New Adventure Time game coming to mobile this winter (first\u00a0screenshot)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/08/adventure-time-ski-safari/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-11T10:00:31Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Project
        Flare is a new way to create cloud-based games, replacing consoles with virtual
        supercomputers. Square Enix believes it can provide completely new experiences
        for\u00a0players.","title":"Square Enix wants to revolutionize cloud gaming
        with Project Flare\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/11/how-square-enix-plans-to-revolutionize-cloud-gaming-with-project-flare-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937453,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T08:38:46Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Sponsored
        Post 5BARz International Inc., a leader in the cellular network extender technology
        industry, announced today that Dr. Gil Amelio has been elected Chair of its
        Board of\u00a0Directors.","title":"Dr. Gil Amelio Appointed Chairman of the
        Board of Directors of 5BARz International,&n...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/dr-gil-amelio-appointed-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors-of-5barz-international-inc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-10T10:00:58Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"We
        know from conversations with various Facebookers that such tools exist; the
        big question is whether and when the company will open-source these game-changing
        bits of\u00a0software.","title":"How Facebook could save the mobile web, starting
        with open-sourcing its secret\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/10/how-facebook-could-save-the-mobile-web-starting-with-open-sourcing-its-secret-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937451,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-15T13:24:53Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Some
        of the poorest regions in the world may soon have a new test to diagnose AIDS
        and a variety of other diseases in\u00a0minutes.","title":"Nanobiosym: Our
        portable device can detect AIDS in under an\u00a0hour","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/15/nanobiosym-our-portable-device-can-detect-aids-in-under-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-19T11:00:44Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Redstone\u2019s Chris Anderson claims his company has a \u201cmagical\u201d
        wireless networking technology that can deliver wireless data at a rate of
        250 megabits per second over long distances and at very low\u00a0costs.","title":"If
        Redstone\u2019s tech is real, we\u2019ll have cheap and ultrafast wireless
        Internet everywhere\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/19/if-redstones-tech-is-real-well-have-cheap-and-ultrafast-wireless-internet-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:52:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937449,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-30T11:00:36Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The maker of Supernauts is taking its time as it aims to create the next
        generation of user-generated\u00a0gaming.","title":"How an office sauna might
        help make Finland\u2019s next tablet game\u00a0blockbuster","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/30/grand-cru-aims-to-make-finlands-next-big-tablet-game-blockbuster-photo-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-19T13:45:39Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Guest
        Post Yes, flying cars may happen sooner than you\u00a0think.","title":"The
        future of transportation \u2014 as seen by a sci-fi\u00a0author","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/19/the-future-of-transportation-as-seen-by-a-sci-fi-author/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T15:37:06Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"U.S.
        companies including Apple and Microsoft have committed $750 million to the
        ConnectED\u00a0Initiative.","title":"President Obama $750M closer to getting
        99% of American students\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/president-obama-750m-closer-to-getting-99-of-american-students-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-09T10:15:08Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Current
        \u201cbig data\u201d and \u201cAPI-ification\u201d trends can trace their
        roots to a definition Kant first coined in the 18th century. In his Critique
        of Pure Reason, Kant drew a dichotomy between analytic and synthetic truths.","title":"The
        real promise of big data: It\u2019s changing the whole way humans will solve\u00a0problems","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/09/the-real-promise-of-big-data-its-changing-the-whole-way-humans-will-solve-problems/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937445,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-10T10:00:52Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Gaming\u2019s
        home-grown celebrities discuss what it\u2019s like to be under the spotlight
        and the stereotypes they\u00a0face.","title":"Felicia Day and Freddie Wong
        talk geekdom, stereotypes, and Internet fans\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/10/felicia-day-and-freddie-wong-talk-geekdom-gamer-stereotypes-and-internet-fans-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-16T06:00:19Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Guest
        Post The computer that we carry in our heads has over 100 trillion connections
        and can operate for hours powered by a hamburger. Compare that to the $1 million
        monthly electric bill of one of today\u2019s most powerful\u00a0supercomputers.","title":"The
        world we see in the movie Her isn\u2019t far\u00a0off","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/16/the-world-we-see-in-the-movie-her-isnt-far-off/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937443,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T14:41:55Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Guest
        Post In the words of Aldous Huxley: \u201cThere is only one corner of the
        universe that you are certain of improving and that is your own self.\u201d
        Wearables are THE tool for self-improvement, or as we like to call it,\u00a0self-mastery.","title":"Brave
        new wearable world: Crowdsourcing health, and the coming battle of\u00a0bio-signals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/brave-new-wearable-world-crowdsourcing-health-and-the-coming-battle-of-bio-signals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937442,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-02T09:55:39Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Call
        of Duty leaks, Xbox goes Hollywood, and Marvel invades Disney\u00a0Infinity","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/02/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-call-of-duty-leaks-xbox-goes-hollywood-and-marvel-invades-disney-infinity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T07:33:30Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Zen\u2019s
        publishing chief tells all about transitioning to\u00a0mobile.","title":"Zen
        Studios bets on free-to-play by adapting CastleStorm console game to mobile
        (case\u00a0study)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/zen-studios-bets-on-free-to-play-by-adapting-castlestorm-console-game-to-mobile-case-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T09:00:53Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"The
        Candy Crush Saga company is bringing out its first new game since going\u00a0public.","title":"With
        its stock still struggling, King announces its first mobile game since going\u00a0public","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/with-its-stock-still-struggling-king-announces-its-first-mobile-game-since-going-public/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T07:00:11Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Project
        Flare aims to deliver supercomputing capability to every player through the
        cloud, and it might just revolutionize gaming in the\u00a0process.","title":"Square
        Enix\u2019s cloud tech will enable games with 17 times the area of\u00a0Skyrim","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/square-enixs-cloud-tech-will-enable-online-games-with-17-times-the-area-of-skyrim/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937438,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T13:41:36Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"They
        cost the same and play a lot of the same games, but we still see some\u00a0differences.","title":"PS4
        vs. Xbox One: What Sony\u2019s console still does better than Microsoft\u2019s
        box","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/ps4-vs-xbox-one-what-sonys-console-still-does-better-than-microsofts-box/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937437,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T08:30:05Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Why
        is Asia\u2019s Nexon cutting so many deals with Western game\u00a0makers?","title":"Nexon
        chief Owen Mahoney explains deal with Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/nexon-chief-owen-mahoney-explains-deal-with-gears-of-war-creator-cliff-bleszinski-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937436,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-19T21:02:08Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"VentureBeat
        Editor Matt Marshall and I attended the Spring 2008 Y Combinator Demo Day
        yesterday, where we were both pretty blown away.","title":"Ten Y Combinator
        companies that want to revolutionize social networking, search, databases
        and anything else you can think\u00a0of","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/19/ten-y-combinator-companies-that-want-to-revolutionize-social-networking-search-databases-and-anything-else-you-can-think-of/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937435,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-05T09:00:15Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Quantum
        Conundrum is a zany take on the physics-based puzzle genre that Kim Swift
        created with Portal. Here, Swift tries to outdo\u00a0herself.","title":"From
        the creator of Portal, Quantum Conundrum caters to physics-based puzzle gamers
        (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/05/from-the-creator-of-portal-quantum-conundrum-caters-to-physics-based-puzzle-gamers-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937434,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-14T14:10:51Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"It
        features the new Infinity Engine and Kinect\u00a0support.","title":"Demo for
        Madden NFL 13 (now with physics!) out now for Xbox 360 and PlayStation\u00a03","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/14/demo-for-madden-nfl-13-out-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-23T08:46:38Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"\u201cBig
        data\u201d company CloudPhysics rolled on to the bright sky of the tech scene
        today, blown by $2.5 million and a powerful wind of technical\u00a0jargon.","title":"CloudPhysics
        puffs up with $2.5M for analyzing virtualized\u00a0datacenters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/23/cloudphysics-puffs-up-with-2-5m-for-analyzing-virtualized-datacenters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937432,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-10T12:18:20Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Quantum
        Wave Fund will dedicate $100 million to startups making breakthroughs in quantum\u00a0technology.","title":"Quantum
        Wave Fund raising $100M for startups pushing boundaries of\u00a0physics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/10/quantum-wave-fund-raising-100m-for-startups-pushing-boundaries-of-physics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937431,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-06T08:36:38Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Respawn\u2019s
        new first-person mech game will offload calculations to the Microsoft Azure\u00a0network.","title":"Respawn
        will calculate Titanfall\u2019s physics in Microsoft\u2019s cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/06/respawn-will-calculate-physics-in-microsofts-cloud-for-titanfall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937430,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-13T13:27:28Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"CloudPhysics
        made a triple threat of announcements today. The big data company has raised
        $10 million in funding led by Kleiner and released two new analytics tools
        to optimize virtualized data\u00a0centers.","title":"CloudPhysics raises $10M
        to crowdsource insights for virtualized\u00a0IT","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/13/cloudphysics-raises-10m-to-crowdsource-insights-for-virtualized-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937429,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-07T06:00:39Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"Robin
        Antonick is raising money for Grudge Match: Street Basketball via\u00a0crowdfunding.","title":"Creator
        of the original Madden NFL Football launches Kickstarter for Indie Sports\u00a0Network","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/07/creator-of-the-original-madden-nfl-football-lauches-kickstarter-for-indie-sports-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937428,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T21:01:30Z","slug":"network-physics","summary":"You\u2019ve
        got to know how everything is running in your data center. CloudPhysics helps
        for VMware-based data centers, and now it\u2019s looking to port its analytics
        tools over to Microsoft\u00a0Hyper-V.","title":"CloudPhysics\u2019 cloud analytics
        tools win $15M as the startup sets sights on\u00a0storage","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/cloudphysics-cloud-analytics-tools-win-15m-as-the-startup-sets-sights-on-storage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937427,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-31T05:00:11Z","slug":"mazu-networks","summary":"Baseball
        fans will be happy couch potatoes today with the opening day of Major League
        Baseball. But for fans who get fidgety in between the action, a startup called
        Game Time Live Sports Services has created a social online game GameSlam that
        lets you bet what will happen next in the real baseball game. If it works,
        the young company could unlock a lucrative audience for interactive television.","title":"Hey,
        sports fans: GameSlam turns baseball games interactive with virtual\u00a0betting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/31/gameslam-makes-watching-baseball-into-a-social-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937426,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-06T16:02:07Z","slug":"mazu-networks","summary":"Skype
        calls use 256-bit advanced encryption by default, but that\u2019s not secure
        enough for some people. So a prof at the Warsaw University of Technology has
        created a way to communicate even more privately on Skype \u2014 by using\u00a0silence.","title":"Polish
        prof discovers way to encrypt secret messages into silence on Skype (even
        if the FBI is\u00a0listening)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/06/polish-prof-discovers-way-to-encrypt-secret-messages-into-silence-on-skype-even-if-the-fbi-is-listening/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937425,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T18:22:38Z","slug":"mazu-networks","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ObserveIT,       a leader in privileged user activity monitoring, announced
        today the       appointment of Paul Brady as the company\u2019s Chief Executive
        Officer. Mr.       Brady, a software and security industry veteran is based
        in ObserveIT\u2019s\u00a0new\u2026","title":"ObserveIT Appoints Paul Brady\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:51:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/observeit-appoints-paul-brady-ceo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937424,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-01T13:03:04Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: WSJ on sale?, 4Info''s SMS network,
        plankton, PropertyShark,\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/01/roundup-wsj-on-sale-4infos-sms-network-plankton-propertyshark-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937423,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-05T10:08:07Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: WordPress to launch BuddyPress, Craig
        Venter gets rid of Co2, and why Google''s click-throughs\u00a0flattened","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/05/roundup-wordpress-to-launch-buddypress-craig-venter-gets-rid-of-co2-and-why-googles-click-throughs-flattened/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937422,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-28T00:17:54Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"A
        new study published in the journal Science has poured cold water on a proposed
        scheme to alter the planet\u2019s climate by injecting sulfate particles into
        the stratosphere. The unorthodox strategy, boosted by several prominent scientists,
        including Nobel laureate Paul J. Crutzen, was meant to simulate the effects
        of a volcanic eruption: Sulfur particles released from aircraft or large balloons
        high in the stratosphere \u2014 like the soot and sulfur dioxide ejected by
        volcanoes \u2014 would scatter incoming sunlight, reducing its absorption
        by the planet and producing a global cooling effect.","title":"Should tinkering
        with the planet be profitable? Some schemes seem\u00a0worthwhile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/28/should-tinkering-with-the-planet-be-profitable-some-schemes-seem-worthwhile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937421,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-22T21:06:25Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Guest
        Post Companies all over the world are becoming increasingly worried about
        their ability to innovate and compete in the fast-changing technology world.
        That\u2019s according to GE\u2019s third annual \u201cGlobal Innovation Barometer\u201d
        released Jan\u00a017.","title":"What companies must do to survive the\u00a0decade","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/22/what-companies-must-do-to-survive-the-decade/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937420,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-08T04:22:27Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"In
        the cleantech world, carbon sequestration, or the practice of capturing CO2
        emissions and trapping them underground or inside materials, is something
        of a black sheep. Environmentalists call it a \u201cboondoggle\u201d, some
        engineers think it\u2019s \u201cabsolutely crazy\u201d, and even some politicians
        have called it a risky bet. Yet a string of recent announcements show that
        the technique has enough support to compete with other green technologies
        for attention, and money.  The most recent is a United States Department of
        Energy funding, which will put $126.6 million toward two separate sequestration
        projects, one in California and one in Ohio. The DoE now funds six projects
        in total. However, a much larger chunk of money, up to $1.3 billion, may go
        toward a partial revival of the canceled FutureGen project, according to an
        almost simultaneous announcement by the DoE.  Also unveiled yesterday were
        Exxon Mobil\u2019s plans for a new plant in LaBarge, Wyoming, which will aim
        to freeze CO2 and other gases out of the methane that the company is mining
        for in the state, turning them into a liquid that it can then sell.  The surge
        of interest in carbon capture, which also includes studies in Washington and
        the much older Weyburn Project, is inspired in large part by the growing worry,
        held by utilities, mining companies and oil firms like Exxon alike, that a
        cap-and-trade or carbon tax system might soon be enacted in the United States.
        The DoE, with its responsibility for energy supplies in the States, has a
        natural interest in seeing fossil fuel plants continue to operate, and so
        will continue putting money toward carbon sequestration.  What\u2019s more
        surprising is seeing that China, which has heedlessly poured money into coal,
        the cheapest and dirtiest energy source, is also getting into the potentially
        expensive sequestration game. A state-sponsored company called GreenGen is
        working toward a 400 megawatt generation plant with carbon capture technologies,
        with construction planned to start in 2013.  That\u2019s significantly more
        ambitious than most other projects, both those in the United States and international
        efforts like Statoil\u2019s Sliepner in Norway, which captures about 2,800
        tons of CO2 each day. However, another Norwegian company called Sargas is
        claiming 95 gas capture at $20 per ton, and looking for funding for its own
        400MW plant, to be built even sooner than GreenGen\u2019s.  While most of
        the efforts involve large companies working with somewhat older technology
        that\u2019s known to be expensive \u2014 Exxon has been using various form
        of carbon sequestration for 25 years \u2014 there is still some capacity for
        startups to take part. Researchers in France, for example, just announced
        the development of a nanomaterial capable of holding CO2, which will allow
        companies to skip the step of pumping it underground. And of course, there\u2019s
        Calera, a Khosla Ventures funded company that claims it can use captured CO2
        to make cement.  But ultimately, for most known methods, the projected costs
        for carbon sequestration rapidly become unsustainable. The reason isn\u2019t
        just a dollars-and-cents issue, it\u2019s also an energy investment issue.
        Compressing and containing CO2 requires large amounts of energy. That means
        that if you\u2019re sequestering CO2 emissions from coal, you may need to
        burn an additional 25 percent just to provide energy for the sequestration
        process \u2014 which in turn creates more CO2. Among many other potential
        problems, possible leakage of CO2 is sequestered underground also hasn\u2019t
        yet been ruled out.","title":"Despite widespread reservations, United States,
        China, and Exxon all move forward on carbon\u00a0sequestration","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/08/despite-widespread-reservations-united-states-china-and-exxon-all-move-forward-on-carbon-sequestration/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-31T12:46:50Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Will.I.Am
        wants kids to stop dreaming of being a rapper and start dreaming of being
        a\u00a0technologist.","title":"Will.I.Am challenges underprivileged kids to
        look up to tech\u00a0founders","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/31/will-i-am-challenges-underprivileged-kids-to-look-up-to-tech-founders/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937418,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-27T11:06:50Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"While
        most of us have come to think of CO2 as a problem, some see it as a potentially
        lucrative market opportunity. Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Carbon Sciences
        is one company asking the question: Why try to bury the ubiquitous greenhouse
        gas when you can just as easily convert it into a commercially valuable product?","title":"Will
        CO2 become the next hot\u00a0commodity?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/27/will-co2-become-the-next-hot-commodity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937417,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-16T13:52:34Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Guest
        Post I find more than ever the instincts and experiences that served me well
        in corporate America are even more valuable in the startup\u00a0world.","title":"Look
        before you leap: Advice for professionals considering a\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/16/look-before-you-leap-advice-for-professionals-considering-a-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937416,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-27T05:26:13Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"Renewable
        sources like solar and wind power can account for 100 percent of the world\u2019s
        energy needs by 2090, according to a scenario devised by the European Renewable
        Energy Council (EREC) and Greenpeace.","title":"Eighty years until we get
        a world run on\u00a0renewables?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/27/eighty-years-to-a-world-run-on-renewables/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937415,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-28T18:40:20Z","slug":"koda","summary":"On
        precisely the same that day that Google unveiled its open source pledge, donating
        ten patents for free open source use, Microsoft unveiled its new Patent Tracker,
        a tool to reveal every single patent that the company owns, has acquired,
        or owned\u00a0historically.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s new \u2018Patent Tracker\u2019
        shows us every one of the 40,786 patents it owns or\u00a0controls","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/microsofts-new-patent-tracker-shows-us-every-one-of-the-40786-patents-it-owns-or-controls/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937414,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-18T06:00:28Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"Already
        the most successful tech entrepreneur in New York City\u2019s history, Mayor
        Michael Bloomberg and his administration are hard at work transforming government
        into a platform where the tech and social media communities can create solutions
        to problems facing the nation\u2019s financial hub.","title":"New York, New
        York: A heckuva tech\u00a0platform?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/18/new-york-new-york-a-heckuva-tech-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937413,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-25T05:31:07Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick How young is too young to teach children computer programming? We invited
        the experts to duke it out\u00a0\u2026","title":"What\u2019s the right age
        for kids to learn to\u00a0code?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/25/whats-the-right-age-for-kids-to-learn-to-code-debate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-26T13:55:10Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"Uber
        (formerly UberCab), an iPhone application that helps users find rides from
        limos and town cars, got into some legal trouble this week \u2014 city and
        state agencies from both San Francisco and California sent the company cease-and-desist
        letters. But when I talked to chief executive Ryan Graves last night, he sounded
        optimistic that the issues can be resolved.","title":"Uber(Cab) CEO: No plans
        to shut down despite legal\u00a0spat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/26/ubercab-ryan-graves-cease-and-desit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937411,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-28T14:05:16Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Guest
        Post This is why FailCon is an example of being \u201cauthentic\u201d in Silicon\u00a0Valley.","title":"Why
        opening up about failure makes you a more \u2018authentic\u2019 entrepreneur","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/28/authentic-failure/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937410,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-04T18:49:49Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"Uber,
        a mobile application that makes it easy for users to order limos and town
        cars, has been talking about expanding from San Francisco to Silicon Valley
        for a while now. Today it happened.","title":"Uber\u2019s car service comes
        to Palo Alto with new\u00a0rates","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/04/uber-palo-alto/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937409,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-26T07:00:21Z","slug":"koda","summary":"A
        hobbyist\u2019s dream could turn out to be a really cool toy with techie smarts
        built into\u00a0it.","title":"PowerUp Toys will make iPhone-controlled paper
        airplanes fly for 10\u00a0minutes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/26/powerup-toys-will-make-iphone-controlled-paper-airplanes-fly-for-10-minutes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937408,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-28T06:00:54Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"Social
        game startup Seismic Games is launching CelebrityMe, a new Facebook title
        that lets players live out the fantasy of being a celebrity.","title":"Seismic
        Games paves new game category on Facebook with\u00a0CelebrityMe","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/28/seismic-games-paves-new-game-category-on-facebook-with-celebrityme/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937407,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T07:00:11Z","slug":"koda","summary":"PowerUp
        Toys\u00a0has raised more than $1 million via crowdfunding for its clever
        toy that attaches a real toy airplane motor to a paper airplane. You can control
        the airplane with the touchscreen on your iPhone.","title":"PowerUp Toys surpasses
        $1M raised for its iPhone-controlled paper\u00a0airplanes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/powerup-toys-surpasses-1m-raised-for-its-iphone-controlled-paper-airplanes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937406,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-23T11:21:46Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"VentureBeat
        is live and on-scene at the California Theater in San Jose \u2026 and the
        live-blogging starts\u00a0NOW.","title":"Apple debuts new MacBook, iMac, iPad
        4 and iPad mini (live\u00a0blog)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/23/live-at-the-apple-event/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937405,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T20:11:30Z","slug":"koda","summary":"This
        article takes a cue from a Renaissance Philosopher to question Valve\u2019s
        bold strategy of the future: the Steam\u00a0Box","title":"Valve have a trickier
        road to your living room than you might\u00a0think","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/valve-have-a-trickier-road-to-your-living-room-than-you-might-think/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937404,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-23T16:07:56Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"Travel
        startup Mozio offers search engine and route mapping for airport ground\u00a0transportation.","title":"Mozio
        guides travelers the final mile from runway to\u00a0driveway","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/23/mozio-guides-travelers-the-final-mile-from-runway-to-driveway/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937403,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T10:47:37Z","slug":"koda","summary":"With
        its suite of mobile apps, ServiceMax aims to help the world\u2019s 20 million
        field techs do their jobs more efficiently and\u00a0reliably.","title":"ServiceMax
        takes $71M for the next \u2018greenfield opportunity'': field service\u00a0CRM","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/servicemax-takes-71m-for-the-next-greenfield-opportunity-field-service-crm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937402,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-21T08:15:29Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"What
        time is it \u2014 about five months before fall, 2013? Then it must be time
        for testing\u00a0iWatch.","title":"iWatch, anyone? Apple reportedly testing
        1.5-inch OLED screens, ordering 1,000\u00a0prototypes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/21/iwatch-anyone-apple-reportedly-testing-1-5-oled-screens-ordering-1000-prototypes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937401,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-10T17:05:15Z","slug":"koda","summary":"From
        a shareholders\u2019 point of view, spinning off PayPal would unlock its value.
        But losing PayPal \u2013 and continuing this proxy fight \u2014 could also
        affect the remaining eBay assets and\u00a0strengths","title":"eBay board to
        Icahn nominees:\u00a0Nope","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/10/ebay-board-to-icahn-nominees-nope/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937400,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T11:52:09Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Transcatheter       Technologies GmbH, an emerging medical device company
        that is       developing a third-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation       (TAVI)
        system-Trinity-announced       today the successful 6-month follow-up results\u00a0for\u2026","title":"Transcatheter
        Technologies Reports Six-Month Follow-up Results for Pilot Study of Its...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/transcatheter-technologies-reports-six-month-follow-up-results-for-pilot-study-of-its-truly-repositionable-trinity-tavi-system/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937399,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-30T12:18:52Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"RelayRides
        has scored a major victory for car-sharing startups. Today the company announced
        that it will launch free parking for its peer-to-peer car rental service at\u00a0SFO.","title":"RelayRides
        expands peer-to-peer car-rental service with free airport\u00a0parking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/30/relayrides-expands-peer-to-peer-car-rental-service-with-free-airport-parking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937397,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-31T22:23:56Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"updated,
        with corrections","title":"Moratorium could halt Climos'' ocean fertilization\u00a0trials","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/31/climos-under-siege/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937398,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T08:30:08Z","slug":"koda","summary":"HTC\u2019s
        lead designers tell us how they made the critical design decisions in developing
        the company\u2019s new flagship\u00a0smartphone.","title":"How HTC designed
        the new One \u2014 its most important phone ever\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/htcs-design-leads-on-what-makes-the-new-one-so-special-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937396,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T17:42:48Z","slug":"koda","summary":"These
        developments are allowing companies to more accurately cater to people\u2019s
        desires in ways that help increase satisfaction and value from commercial\u00a0interactions.","title":"4
        key trends that are revolutionizing enterprise\u00a0effectiveness","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/4-key-trends-that-are-revolutionizing-enterprise-effectiveness/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937395,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-29T07:39:03Z","slug":"limos-com","summary":"Limos.com,
        an online marketplace for limousine services, announced this morning that
        it has raised $10 million in funding.","title":"Limos.com lands $10M for swanky
        online limo\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/limos-com-10m-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937394,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T04:15:50Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Guest
        Post It\u2019s rare, but it does happen that entrepreneurs suddenly find themselves
        with more willing investors than they know what to do with. Here\u2019s how
        to handle that complicated\u00a0situation.","title":"Help! My funding round
        is\u00a0oversubscribed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/help-my-funding-round-is-oversubscribed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937393,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T14:05:39Z","slug":"koda","summary":"At
        our DataBeat event next week, we\u2019ve handpicked many of the most astute
        \u201cbig data\u201d investors to join us in debate about how companies can
        use data to achieve more profitability.","title":"Meet 10 of the top data
        investors at DataBeat (special\u00a0offer)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/meet-10-of-the-top-data-investors-at-databeat-special-offer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937392,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T10:15:44Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Coding
        is a big deal for kids these days, but it can feel like work. These 12 games
        help teach programming fundamentals while still being\u00a0fun.","title":"12
        games that teach kids to code \u2014 and are even fun,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/12-games-that-teach-kids-to-code/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937391,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T06:19:08Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Acquiring
        a company that builds fresh looking mobile apps could help make Avast\u2019s
        security software more user\u00a0friendly.","title":"Malware buster Avast
        buys up mobile app maker in move to be mobile\u00a0friendly","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/avast-acquires-czech-mobile-dev-shop-inmite/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937390,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:04:42Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Now
        film directors can get an idea of what a scene will look like before they
        commit the resources to create the\u00a0scene.","title":"How DreamWorks created
        a visualization system to prototype scenes in \u2018Dragon\u00a02\u2032","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:50:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-visualization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937389,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-07T19:12:06Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Dell
        adds Wi-Fi, GPS to netbooks \u2014 Wired has the specs. I think we\u2019ve
        reached the laptop-opalypse. Except for the 10 percent of us who\u2019ll wait
        for Apple to make a netbook that\u2019s not a netbook.","title":"Roundup:
        Don''t take my Kodachrome away, don''t guess my SSN\u00a0either","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/07/roundup-dont-take-my-kodachrome-away-dont-guess-my-ssn/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937388,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-29T17:00:16Z","slug":"koda","summary":"California\u2019s
        stem cell agency hands out $230M of its $3B fund in grants \u2014 Stanford
        scored big, landing $52 million in grants for research that might cure leukemia,
        stroke and deadly skin disease epidermolysis bullosa. The California Institute
        for Regenerative Medicine and its $3 billion warchest were created by California
        voters in 2004 via Prop 71, in response to the Bush administration\u2019s
        ban on embryonic stem-cell research done on cells harvested from human fetuses.","title":"5
        O''Clock Roundup: Stem cell handout, Chinese iPhone rollout, Kodak''s\u00a0near-wipeout","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/29/5-oclock-roundup-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937387,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-24T19:05:09Z","slug":"koda","summary":"KODA,
        a web-based  network for young professionals looking for prestigious jobs,
        has brought in $1.5 million  in an angel round of funding. Based in San Francisco,
        the company  has not listed any backers, but has raised about $4.5 million
        to date.","title":"KODA packs in $1.5M more to connect young professionals
        with\u00a0jobs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/24/koda-packs-in-1-5m-more-to-connect-young-professionals-with-jobs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937386,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-19T22:16:35Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Apple countersues Kodak, Radio Shack
        gives up on the Palm Pre and\u00a0Pixi","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/19/roundup-apple-countersues-kodak-radio-shack-gives-up-on-the-palm-pre-and-pixi/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937385,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-23T19:00:19Z","slug":"koda","summary":"A
        patent dispute is unfolding between Kodak and photo-sharing site Shutterfly
        that could have\u00a0ramifications\u00a0for some of the broader photo-sharing
        sites on the web, such as Yahoo\u2019s Flickr, the widely-used Picasa by Google,
        and Facebook\u2019s Photos feature.","title":"Could Kodak''s patents threaten
        photo-sharing\u00a0sites?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/23/could-kodaks-patents-threaten-photo-sharing-sites/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937384,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-06T08:43:01Z","slug":"tuvox","summary":"Silicon
        Valley venture firm Foundation Capital has promoted Charles Moldow to general
        partner.","title":"Foundation promotes Charles Moldow to\u00a0partner","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/06/foundation-promotes-charles-moldow-to-partner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937383,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-04T13:04:25Z","slug":"koda","summary":"After
        131 years of innovating the photography industry, Eastman Kodak is reportedly
        preparing for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.","title":"Sad picture time:
        Kodak prepping for Chapter\u00a011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/04/sad-picture-time-kodak-prepping-for-chapter-11/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937382,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-18T23:56:16Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Eastman
        Kodak said Wednesday night that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The
        expected move shows that no technology or business franchise lasts forever,
        no matter how enduring it seems.","title":"The moment of truth: Kodak files
        for\u00a0bankruptcy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/18/the-moment-of-truth-kodak-files-for-bankruptcy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937381,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-20T11:52:54Z","slug":"koda","summary":"So,
        it\u2019s now official. What\u2019s been rumored for some time has come to
        pass. Kodak has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This is indeed
        a sad day and not just for nostalgic 35mm film fans (remember those big SLRs
        we used to carry around our necks?), nor for Paul Simon music fans. Kodak
        was a rock solid megalith that no one ever would have thought could fall so
        far, although the writing has been on the wall for some time.","title":"Kodak
        hits the skids \u2014 not a pretty\u00a0picture","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/20/kodak-bankrupt-what-next/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937380,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-23T14:32:24Z","slug":"koda","summary":"In
        this week\u2019s installment of our weekly video show, Christopher Peri and
        I talk about one of the most entertaining news stories so far this year: The
        colorful indictment of alleged pirate content site Megaupload.com. The site\u2019s
        founder, Kim Dotcom, is an amazing character, who lived large (in a New Zealand
        mansion surrounded by gorgeous, rare cars) and became the #1 ranked Modern
        Warcraft 3 player, amazingly enough. We\u2019ll be watching this story closely
        to report on the allegations and Megaupload\u2019s spirited defense.","title":"VBWeekly:
        Megaupload, Kodak and\u00a0iBooks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/23/vbweekly-megaupload-kodak-ibooks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937379,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-09T09:39:50Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Kodak,
        the beleaguered company that invented the handheld camera, is slashing its
        product lines in an attempt to survive a rapidly changing consumer electronics
        landscape.","title":"Bankrupt Kodak will stop producing cameras in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/09/cameras-no-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937378,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-01T14:58:05Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Just
        a month after filing for bankruptcy, Eastman Kodak Company is dumping some
        of its digital assets off on personal photo-publishing company Shutterfly
        in the hopes of becoming a more tightly focused company.","title":"Kodak passes
        off Gallery printing service to Shutterfly for\u00a0$23.8M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/01/shutterfly-buys-kodak-assets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937377,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-14T10:48:47Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Kodak
        may have specialized in\u00a0cameras, but according some recent revelations,
        the\u00a0beleaguered\u00a0and recently-bankrupt company\u00a0also tried its
        hand at nuclear research.","title":"Kodak\u2019s HQ secretly housed a nuclear
        reactor for over 30\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/14/kodak-rochester-hq-nuclear-reactor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937376,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-27T22:00:15Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding announcements include companies that help users discover videos, find
        babysitters and manage networks:","title":"Deals & More: Digitalsmiths brings
        in $12.5M for video\u00a0discovery","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/27/deals-more-digitalsmiths-brings-in-12-5m-for-video-discovery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937375,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-19T12:32:31Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Apple
        is being sued by Kodak, the camera company that recently filed for bankruptcy,
        for a number of patents, which Apple says Kodak doesn\u2019t have the right
        to sell.","title":"Not a Kodak Moment: Apple being sued by Kodak over\u00a0patents","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/19/apple-kodak-patents/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937374,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-12T17:48:23Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Comedian
        Louis CK gave new details about his digital distribution experiment in a Reddit
        \u201cAsk Me Anything\u201d Q&A session today.","title":"Louis CK talks to
        Reddit about his $5 digital distribution\u00a0experiment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/louis-ck-reddit-ama/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937373,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-22T20:34:27Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Kodak
        moments are in short supply right now.","title":"Kodak loses patent case against
        Apple, again, then appeals,\u00a0again","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/22/kodak-loses-patent-case-against-apple-again-then-appeals-again/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937372,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-03T09:46:30Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Kodak,
        the formerly powerful but now bankrupt camera company, has tasted victory
        in its ongoing patent war with Apple.","title":"Beleaguered Kodak strikes
        legal blow against\u00a0Apple","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/03/kodak-apple-patent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937371,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-22T12:01:26Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Comedian
        Louis CK\u2019s recent digital distribution experiment to sell his latest
        standup performance independently has generated over $1 million, he announced
        in a statement on his website yesterday. Revenue from the special topped $500,000
        after its first four days on sale.","title":"Louis CK\u2019s digital distribution
        experiment clears $1M in 12\u00a0days","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/22/louis-cks-special-1-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937370,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-17T07:43:12Z","slug":"koda","summary":"With
        sluggish interest from bidders so far, Kodak could pull back on its plans
        to sell its digital imaging\u00a0patents.","title":"Kodak may rethink plans
        to sell its digital imaging\u00a0patents","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/interest-low-kodak-may-rethink-plans-to-sell-its-digital-imaging-patents/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937369,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-16T10:48:53Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Keynote Systems\u2019 Startup Shootout Index provides some insight into
        the three-screen challenge now facing anyone with a web presence. It\u2019s
        the first website performance index to measure load times and completion percentages
        on desktops, smartphones, and tablets simultaneously. VentureBeat is Keynote\u2019s
        exclusive media partner, so we\u2019ll be bringing you a fresh set of data
        from Keynote every month. See below for the full data set, click here to see
        a larger summary graph, and check out previous Startup Shootout results.","title":"Startup
        shootout: How to hurt your mobile\u00a0performance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/16/startup-shootout-how-to-hurt-your-mobile-performance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937368,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-17T12:47:08Z","slug":"koda","summary":"In
        an effort to prevent future patent litigation, Google, Apple and others are
        working together to buy Kodak\u2019s digital imaging\u00a0patents.","title":"Google,
        Apple, and a patent troll join forces to buy Kodak\u2019s\u00a0patents","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/google-apple-and-a-patent-troll-join-forces-to-buy-kodaks-patents/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937367,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-07T15:02:32Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"PC
        gaming has changed, just like war.\u00a0 Developers have had to grow and adapt
        to the changing environment.\u00a0 Some do better, some don''t do so well.\u00a0
        However, there''s still quite a bit that needs to be fixed.\u00a0 If this
        is going to be the future, there''s a lot that needs to be done.","title":"Getting
        Digital Distribution to be Taken\u00a0Seriously","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/07/getting-digital-distribution-to-be-taken-seriously/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937366,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-24T08:06:22Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Bankrupt
        Kodak needs to raise cash in any way it can, and by selling some of its assets,
        it aims to do just\u00a0that.","title":"Kodak\u2019s latest move to raise
        cash: Selling its consumer film\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/24/kodaks-latest-move-to-raise-cash-selling-its-consumer-film-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937365,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-28T14:13:57Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Joining
        Lexmark, Kodak announced today that its exiting the consumer printing\u00a0business.","title":"Bankrupt
        Kodak bows out of the inkjet printer\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/28/kodak-ends-inkjet-printing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937364,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-15T08:00:07Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Electronic
        Arts generated $1.2 billion in digital game revenues in the past year. That
        includes revenues from downloadable content, Facebook games, web titles, mobile
        games, and other non-retail categories. But that\u2019s just the beginning
        of EA\u2019s transformation into a digital game company, since chief executive
        John Riccitiello says that games are moving from \u201cthat disk you buy to
        a place you go.\u201d","title":"Embracing Silicon Valley, EA gears up for
        its digital empire\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/15/ea-gears-up-for-its-digital-empire-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937363,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-08T09:35:50Z","slug":"koda","summary":"Apple
        and Google have joined forces to offer more than $500 million for some of
        the 1,100 digital imaging patents from Eastman Kodak, according to Bloomberg,
        citing \u201ctwo people with knowledge of the situation.\u201d","title":"Finally:
        Apple and Google said to bid $500M for Kodak imaging\u00a0patents","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/08/finally-apple-and-google-said-to-bid-500m-for-kodak-imaging-patents/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937362,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-01T12:01:03Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Electronic
        Arts\u2019 flagship online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, isn\u2019t doing
        so well, but the big video game publisher is so well diversified that the
        impact on the company\u2019s bottom line isn\u2019t as bad as it could have
        been, analysts say.","title":"Despite Star Wars slowdown, analysts aren\u2019t
        in despair over EA\u2019s\u00a0performance","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/01/despite-star-wars-slowdown-analysts-arent-in-despair-over-eas-performance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937361,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-19T07:25:38Z","slug":"koda","summary":"The
        Kodak patent sale drama has finally reached its\u00a0end.","title":"Apple,
        Google help scoop up Kodak\u2019s $525M patent\u00a0portfolio","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/19/kodak-patent-sale-525m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937360,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-27T15:24:57Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Sales
        of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria have dropped 60 percent compared to
        the previous expansion,\u00a0Cataclysm.","title":"Analyst \u2014 World of
        Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria performance \u2018disappointing\u2019 [updated]","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/27/world-of-warcraft-mists-of-pandaria-performance-disappointing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937359,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-19T14:35:15Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Guest
        Post The upcoming holidays means new mobile devices under the tree and plenty
        of time to relax. Keystone Systems takes a look at how digital media companies
        perform across\u00a0three-screens.","title":"Startup Shootout: Digital entertainment
        companies slow at the three-screen\u00a0draw","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/19/startup-shootout-digital-entertainment-companies-slow-at-the-three-screen-draw/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937358,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-04T11:14:47Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"StudyBlue\u2019s
        mobile and social study platform takes in $9\u00a0million.","title":"StudyBlue
        raises $9M to equip students with digital\u00a0backpacks","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/04/studyblue-raises-9m-to-equip-students-with-digital-backpacks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937357,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-08T09:00:16Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Copper
        piping and 22 fans give this computer the advantage with\u00a0cooling.","title":"Digital
        Storm wants gamers to drool over the 22-fan Aventum II\u00a0PC","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/08/digital-storm-wants-gamers-to-drool-over-the-22-fan-aventum-ii-pc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937356,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-29T05:00:26Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Guest
        Post Giant tech companies don\u2019t pay much in taxes, even though they derive
        much value from users in many countries. With this proposal, corporate taxes
        could fairly reflect where value is actually\u00a0generated.","title":"Why
        the world needs a new tax system for the digital\u00a0age","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/29/new-digital-tax-system/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937355,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-16T07:32:25Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The Slots! Pocket UK mobile game is Digital Chocolate\u2019s first to
        span the borders of gambling and social casino\u00a0games.","title":"How Digital
        Chocolate teamed with Betable to launch a real-money gambling game in the\u00a0U.K.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/how-digital-chocolate-teamed-up-with-betable-to-launch-a-real-money-gambling-title-in-the-uk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937354,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-24T13:00:40Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Guest
        Post In this month\u2019s startup shootout, Keynote Systems looks at how web
        performance affects site visitors and the best practices for creating the
        best user\u00a0experience.","title":"Pressure to perform: A closer look at
        web performance\u00a0metrics","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/24/pressure-to-perform-a-closer-look-at-web-performance-metrics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937353,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-27T10:53:10Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Foxconn
        is following through on its promises to improve the working conditions of
        its factory\u00a0workers.","title":"Things are slowly getting better for Foxconn\u2019s
        factory\u00a0workers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:49:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/27/foxconn-improving-working-conditions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937352,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-23T13:05:49Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"But
        the company still reports a loss for the first fiscal\u00a0quarter.","title":"EA
        says 76 percent of its revenue comes from digital\u00a0publishing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/23/ea-says-76-percent-of-its-revenue-comes-from-digital-publishing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937351,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-02T09:19:09Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Axis
        Game Factory tools will help developers build their own game\u00a0worlds.","title":"Heavy
        Water starts Kickstarter for do-it-yourself game design factory\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/02/heavy-water-starts-kickstarter-for-do-it-yourself-game-factory-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937350,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-28T18:25:59Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"The
        2013 South By Southwest Interactive event is likely to bring hundreds of smart,
        plucky startups to Austin, Tex. next month, but co-working space/accelerator
        program Capital Factory wants at least one to stick\u00a0around.","title":"Austin\u2019s
        Capital Factory is offering one startup at SXSW $50K to\u00a0relocate","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/28/sxsw-relocate-competition-capital-factory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937349,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-24T08:00:06Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Check
        out part two of our interview with EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, and find
        out more about the software giant\u2019s approach to making\u00a0blockbusters.","title":"Frank
        Gibeau on EA\u2019s digital ecosystems, Star Wars games, and Titanfall (interview
        part\u00a0two)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/24/frank-gibeau-on-eas-digital-ecosystems-star-wars-games-and-respawns-titanfall-interview-part-two/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937348,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-30T18:07:42Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Toopher,
        which \u201cauthenticates\u201d your identity by looking at your phone\u2019s
        location, got $2 million in funding and admittance to an Austin tech\u00a0incubator.","title":"Toopher
        funding gives location-based two factor authentication a\u00a0boost","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/30/toopher-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937347,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-13T10:17:34Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Tradescape\u2019s
        \u201cfinancial clearing\u201d technology automates financial reconciliation,
        clearing, billing, settlement, invoicing, reporting, and auditing for ad publishers
        and content\u00a0publishers.","title":"Tradescape raises $43M to help digital
        media companies manage\u00a0finances","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/13/tradescape-raises-43m-to-help-digital-media-companies-manage-finances/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937346,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-21T14:54:16Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Apple
        introduced the two-factor authentication option for securing your iCloud accounts\u00a0today.","title":"8
        months after hack on Wired reporter, Apple adds two-factor authentication
        to\u00a0iCloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/21/apple-two-factor-authentication/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937345,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-29T09:00:15Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"The
        cooling system dynamically adjust to heat\u00a0surges.","title":"Digital Storm
        launches a monstrous HydroLux cooling system for gamer\u00a0PCs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/29/digital-storm-launches-a-monstrous-hydrolux-cooling-system-for-gamer-pcs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937344,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-24T14:01:56Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"While
        two-factor authentication is a great extra barrier between hackers and you,
        it wouldn\u2019t have stopped the phishing attack that led to the hack on
        the AP\u2019s Twitter\u00a0account.","title":"Why two-factor authentication
        wouldn\u2019t have saved the AP from getting\u00a0hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/ap-hack-phishing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937343,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-19T11:00:46Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Video
        analysis of GTA V on the PlayStation 3 shows that the disc version offers
        a better experience than the digital\u00a0download.","title":"Grand Theft
        Auto V on PS3: Video analysis says don\u2019t buy\u00a0digital","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/grand-theft-auto-v-on-ps3-video-analysis-says-dont-buy-digital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937342,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-01T08:30:47Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Guest
        Post While many companies promise to deploy two-factor authentication, it
        may not protect us as well as we\u00a0hope.","title":"Two-factor authentication
        is a false sense of\u00a0security","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/01/two-factor-authentication/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937341,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-09T07:43:14Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Sony
        generates profits, but the PlayStation brand is faltering prior to\u00a0PS4.","title":"PlayStation
        a nonfactor in Sony\u2019s first profit in 5\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/09/playstation-a-non-factor-in-sonys-first-profit-in-5-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937340,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-25T19:19:44Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"LoveLive,
        a startup that helps artists and record labels manage their music licenses,
        has secured a \u00a31.7 million (or about $2.7 million) round of funding,
        the company announced today.","title":"LoveLive grabs $2.7M to help musicians
        make more money from live\u00a0performances","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/25/lovelive-grabs-2-7m-to-help-musicians-make-more-money-from-live-performances/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-22T17:12:36Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Twitter
        launched its two-factor authentication security product today, which will
        take the form of text message codes. The move comes after a number of publications
        were hacked, resulting, in one case, in a reaction from Wall\u00a0Street.","title":"After
        heightened hacks, Twitter releases two-factor\u00a0authentication","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/22/twitter-two-factor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937338,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T12:00:18Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Performance advertising historically has funneled mobile ad network advertisers
        but, with the maturity of the mobile ad industry, we\u2019re witnessing the
        consolidation of ad tech \u2013 a trend that gaming studios need to watch.
        With consolidation fueled by RTB growth, the golden days of performance-based
        CPI advertising is nearing its end. The performance advertising bubble has
        finally\u00a0popped.","title":"Real-time bidding is ending mobile performance
        advertising golden\u00a0days","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/real-time-bidding-is-ending-mobile-performance-advertising-golden-days/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937337,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-30T11:55:27Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Evernote
        released two-factor authentication for a test group of its users today, along
        side two new features that allow you to see both when a device accesses your
        account and from\u00a0where.","title":"After hack, Evernote launches 3 security
        features including two-factor\u00a0authentication","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/30/evernote-security-two-factor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-25T08:01:25Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Western
        Digital\u2019s latest hybrid drive is a power user\u2019s dream come true.","title":"Western
        Digital\u2019s new laptop drive fuses a 120GB SSD with 1TB\u00a0HDD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/25/western-digitals-new-laptop-drive-fuses-a-130gb-ssd-with-1tb-hdd/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-31T12:09:43Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"LinkedIn
        joins the many companies adding two-factor authentication to its login process
        today. But is two-factor getting too much\u00a0hype?","title":"Surprise! LinkedIn
        feels secure with two-factor authentication\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/31/linked-two-factor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937334,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-30T11:48:36Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"DigitalOcean
        has found itself dealing with security issues again, over the way the company
        deals with data once a customer has stopped using a virtual slice of a physical\u00a0server.","title":"IaaS
        provider DigitalOcean finds itself back in security\u00a0trouble","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/30/iaas-provider-digitalocean-finds-itself-back-in-security-trouble/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937333,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-04T17:03:56Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Motor
        World Car Factory is a great freemium title, but they don\u2019t do everything
        right. Let\u2019s take a look at what they\u2019ve done right and what could
        be improved with this edition of Improving Freemium\u00a0Design!","title":"Improving
        freemium design \u2013 Motor World: Car\u00a0Factory","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/04/improving-freemium-design-motor-world-car-factory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937332,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-02T16:59:59Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Public
        cloud provider DigitalOcean has changed its code to make scrubbing of customer\u2019s
        data a default, instead of an option available to its\u00a0customers.","title":"DigitalOcean
        fixes security issue for its\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/02/digitalocean-fixes-security-issue-for-its-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937331,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-18T15:42:46Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Nok
        Nok Labs takes on $4 million in debt\u00a0financing.","title":"Nok Nok Labs
        improving two-factor authentication with $4M in debt\u00a0financing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/18/nok-nok-labs-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-06T09:00:34Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"This
        high-end machine will be available later this month starting at\u00a0$1,899.","title":"Digital
        Storm\u2019s Bolt II is a hybrid Windows gaming PC and Steam\u00a0Machine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/06/digital-storms-bolt-ii-is-a-hybrid-windows-gaming-pc-and-steam-machine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937329,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T00:01:51Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Guest
        Post Choosing how to deliver sites across three screens can be a tough call
        as it is \u2013 but in the digital entertainment world it takes on some additional\u00a0concern.","title":"Startup
        shootout: Delivering digital entertainment to early\u00a0adopters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/startup-shootout-delivering-digital-entertainment-to-early-adopters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937328,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-25T10:14:36Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Guest
        Post Rocket Internet is portrayed as a \u201cclone factory.\u201d \u00a0But
        Rocket wants to be the best at execution; hence, it innovates on the execution
        model rather than innovating on\u00a0product.","title":"German incubator proves
        a \u2018clone factory\u2019 isn\u2019t a bad\u00a0thing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/25/german-incubator-proves-a-clone-factory-isnt-a-bad-thing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937327,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-07T15:00:11Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Sonic
        is important to Sega\u2019s bottom line, but so is PC\u00a0gaming.","title":"Sega\u2019s
        revenues are up thanks to PC and digital\u00a0gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/07/king-of-the-toy-store-skylanders-is-now-a-2-billion-franchise-infographic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937326,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-18T16:54:25Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"\u201cWrite
        ten lines of code and you\u2019ll have two-factor authentication on your site,\u201d
        CEO Robert Masse told me a few days ago in Montreal. \u201cYou still own the
        customer, and it\u2019s completely\u00a0free.\u201d","title":"Swift Identity
        launches free 2-factor authentication for everyone (yeah, this\u00a0matters)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/18/swift-identity-launches-free-2-factor-authentication-for-everyone-yeah-this-matters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937325,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-26T16:20:13Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"RSA
        has acquired Passban, a mobile technology that lets lock down apps and open
        them by proving your identity through voice and face recognition, traditional
        pins, and\u00a0more.","title":"RSA acquires Passban two-factor authentication
        for\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/26/rsa-passban/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T07:03:55Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Los Angeles-based startup, HeatSync, has solved a fundamental problem       for
        website owners; making it easy to track their website and their       competition,
        all in one place, from dozens of the top analytics sources.       HeatSync
        announced\u00a0the\u2026","title":"HeatSync Analytics Launches Full Release
        for Website Owners and Digital\u00a0Marketer...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/heatsync-analytics-launches-full-release-for-website-owners-and-digital-marketers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937323,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-07T11:33:44Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"President
        Obama has canceled a meeting with Russia\u2019s Putin citing political issues
        including Edward Snowden\u2019s\u00a0asylum.","title":"Edward Snowden factored
        into Obama\u2019s decision not to meet with\u00a0Putin","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/07/edward-snowden-factored-in-to-obamas-decision-not-to-meet-with-putin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937322,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T06:00:58Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Most brands know that to increase conversion rates and build a base of
        loyal customers, they have to provide the best, most relevant online customer
        experience. However, almost all brands struggle with determining the right
        mix of products and services to achieve\u00a0that.","title":"From analytics
        to real time: taking digital marketing to the next\u00a0level","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/from-analytics-to-real-time-taking-digital-marketing-to-the-next-level/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937321,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-03T20:00:27Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Coding
        platform Github is giving its users a little more security today through two-factor\u00a0authentication.","title":"Github
        gets two-factor authentication to protect your precious\u00a0projects","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/03/github-two-factor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937320,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-09T10:50:25Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"These
        data factories thrive on few employees and free content. And the factories,
        especially marketplaces, allow small business owners to reach global\u00a0audiences.","title":"Sequoia\u2019s
        Sir Michael Moritz: The \u2018data factory\u2019 is the next Industrial\u00a0Revolution","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/09/sequoias-sir-michael-moritz-the-data-factory-is-the-next-industrial-revolution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T09:00:49Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Gamer
        laptops are getting faster and thinner with new Nvdia graphics\u00a0chips.","title":"Digital
        Storm launches four new Nvidia-based custom gaming\u00a0laptops","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/digital-storm-launches-four-new-nvidia-based-custom-gaming-laptops/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937318,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-19T14:21:04Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"\u201cThe
        information we have on the Navy Yard shootings is that he used someone else\u2019s
        ID card,\u201d General Farkash said. \u201cThis cannot happen with our system,
        because you must be identified \u2026 with second-generation biometrics you
        are the key \u2026 your body is the key for your\u00a0building.\u201d","title":"This
        multifactor real-time biometric scanning tech could have prevented the Navy
        Yard\u00a0shootings","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/this-multi-factor-realtime-biometric-scanning-tech-could-have-prevented-the-navy-yard-shootings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937317,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T06:00:34Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"The
        company\u2019s top priority is to build out its mobile\u00a0experiences.","title":"Publishers
        Clearing House branches into digital \u2014 it sees apps and games as the
        new\u00a0magazines","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/publishers-clearing-house-spreads-out-into-mobile-apps-and-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937316,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-26T16:00:43Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Azure
        customers can feel little (little) safer today as Microsoft is plugging in
        multifactor authentication for the cloud platform.","title":"Windows Azure
        gets security boost in multifactor authentication \u2014 but it\u2019ll cost\u00a0you","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/26/windows-azure-multi-factor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937315,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T08:51:20Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"This
        past year, digital advertising online and via mobile\u00a0crossed the $40
        billion mark for the first time ever, according to the Internet Advertising
        Bureau.\u00a0Since 2004, the average growth rate has been 18 percent. And
        this year, digital ad revenues surpassed broadcast television for the first
        time.","title":"Digital advertising hits $43B, passing broadcast TV for the
        first time\u00a0ever","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/digital-advertising-hits-43b-passing-broadcast-tv-for-the-first-time-ever/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937314,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-30T10:00:46Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Persistent
        game company Axis Game Factory still launches its tool despite crowdfunding\u00a0setback.","title":"After
        Kickstarter failure, Axis Game Factory returns with pro game creation tools\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/after-kickstarter-failure-axis-game-factory-returns-with-pro-game-creation-tools-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937313,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T06:20:44Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cardax, Inc. (\u201cCardax\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d) (OTCQB:
        CDXI), announced today       a suite of online corporate communication channels
        to maintain on-going       direct communication with shareholders and other
        interested parties. The       Company has\u00a0launched\u2026","title":"Cardax
        Launches Digital Corporate Communication\u00a0Channels","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/cardax-launches-digital-corporate-communication-channels/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937312,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T08:40:05Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Digital\u00a0music
        is made out of square and sine waves. These sounds don\u2019t have bodies.
        They don\u2019t have a character, but according to musical mastermind Imogen
        Heap, wearables can bring them\u00a0to life.","title":"Imogen Heap\u2019s
        sensor-packed gloves will change digital music making forever\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/imogen-heaps-sensor-packed-gloves-will-change-digital-music-making-forever-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937311,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-12T22:31:29Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Chinese
        intelligent digital marketing service\u00a0AdSame\u00a0announced\u00a0today
        that it has secured a new round of $30 million funding led by Pacific Venture
        Partners and\u00a0Dream Capital Group, and followed by existing investors
        of\u00a0Matrix Partners\u00a0and\u00a0Vertex Ventures\u00a0etc. The company
        added that it plans to launch an initial public offering\u00a0in the U.S.
        market in 2015.","title":"Chinese digital marketing company AdSame raises
        $30M, plans U.S.\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/12/chinese-digital-marketing-company-adsame-raises-30m-plans-u-s-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937310,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-01T13:30:47Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"The
        Record of Agarest War developer opens a new branch in\u00a0California.","title":"Japanese
        developer Idea Factory opens U.S.\u00a0branch","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/01/japanese-developer-idea-factory-opens-u-s-branch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937309,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T03:00:24Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Businesspeople
        are talking about the important role mobile is playing in driving growth across
        sectors\u2014such as\u00a0retail, services, and entertainment. But with so
        many disparate data sources, it\u2019s hard to know exactly what is going
        on with regard to consumer growth on mobile.","title":"Google\u2019s head
        of performance media explores what\u2019s really driving growth on\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/googles-head-of-performance-media-explores-whats-really-driving-growth-on-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:48:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937308,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-07T18:01:03Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"If
        you\u2019re one of the many digital packrats who rely on Evernote to save
        the detritus of your life in one place, you\u2019ll be happy to know that
        the company is taking steps to save your data from hackers.","title":"Evernote
        rolls out two-factor authentication to better protect your\u00a0notes","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/07/evernote-rolls-out-two-factor-authentication-to-better-protect-your-notes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937307,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T08:00:42Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The word revolutionary is over-used in the technology field, but there\u2019s
        no other way to describe the impact of digital photography. It has never been
        easier to capture high quality photos and videos, and we share hundreds of
        millions of them on the Internet every single\u00a0day.","title":"A snapshot
        history of digital camera\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/a-snapshot-history-of-digital-camera-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937306,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-14T12:31:42Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Here are seven promising startups we saw at last week\u2019s Capital
        Factory demo\u00a0day:","title":"7 promising Austin startups from Capital
        Factory\u2019s Demo\u00a0Day","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/14/7-promising-austin-startups-from-capital-factorys-demo-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937305,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T04:00:50Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The work Sitecore has done in their latest marketing study will surely
        change the way you run your business, particularly the way you run your digital
        marketing campaigns. This whitepaper is where you\u2019ll find the can\u2019t-live-without
        and career-changing insights needed to succeed in digital marketing\u00a0today.","title":"Looking
        for Digital Marketing Success? Download Sitecore\u2019s Latest Marketing Research\u00a0Study","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/looking-for-digital-marketing-success-download-sitecores-latest-marketing-research-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937304,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-30T08:28:55Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Analogix
        Semiconductor Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif. maker of analog and mixed-signal
        devices for the digital media and communications, has raised nearly $14 million
        in its latest round funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE
        Week.","title":"Analogix, digital media performance maker, raises\u00a0$14M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/30/analogix-digital-media-performance-maker-raises-14m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937303,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-21T16:00:42Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Rune
        Factory 4 is a little bit of everything you already\u00a0love.","title":"Rune
        Factory 4 has a secret: It\u2019s all your favorite games rolled into\u00a0one","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/21/rune-factory-4-all-your-favorite-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937302,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-23T08:34:22Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"In
        today\u2019s episode of As the Mobile World Turns, things are once again looking
        bad for HTC.The Taiwanese smartphone maker, once the top Android manufacturer,
        has reportedly halted device production from \u201cat least\u201d one of its
        four major manufacturing lines, according to Reuters. But the company was
        quick to respond to that report, claiming that it\u2019s not shutting down
        or selling any of its factories.It\u2019s a familiar back and forth that we\u2019ve
        seen from other troubled companies like BlackBerry. A Reuters reporter saw
        that one of HTC\u2019s factories in\u00a0Taoyuan, Taiwan had its lobby and
        loading bays closed, which seemed like a clear indication that the factory
        itself was closed. Sources also tell Reuters that some of HTC\u2019s Shanghai
        assembly lines were also closed and that the company is considering selling
        its unused production lines.In a statement to the news agency, HTC noted:HTC
        in not shutting down nor has plans to sell any of its factory assets. HTC
        has a very strong balance sheet and will provide the latest financials in
        our upcoming earnings call to investors and the broader community.It could
        just be a question of semantics. Ben Ho, HTC\u2019s chief marketing officer,
        tells Reuters that HTC has to \u201cdo volume planning to optimize our lines,
        our manufacturing and production facilities,\u201d like most other manufacturers.
        Even though the facilities themselves are closed, HTC may not actually consider
        the factory officially \u201cshut down.\u201dIn either case, HTC is in serious
        trouble. Earlier this month, it reported a first-ever operating loss of $119
        million, which followed several quarters of consistently poor performance.
        It has a killer smartphone offering with the HTC One, but it\u2019s getting
        beaten in sales by Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S and the iPhone.HTC just kicked
        off a $1 billion marketing campaign starring Iron Man actor Robert Downey
        Jr., which could help make people more aware of its phones. But I\u2019m not
        sure that campaign will be enough to turn HTC\u2019s fortunes around very
        quickly.Earlier this week, the Financial Times reported that HTC could end
        up manufacturing Amazon\u2019s future smartphones, which could give it a reason
        to start running those shuttered production lines again. There\u2019s also
        a chance that HTC could split up its manufacturing and design arms, one source
        noted.","title":"HTC lowers phone production, but denies it\u2019s shutting
        down\u00a0factories","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/23/htc-lowers-phone-production-but-denies-its-shutting-down-factories/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937301,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-24T11:25:02Z","slug":"digital-performance","summary":"Digital
        Performance, a web marketplace for car parts and accessories, raised $3.2
        million in first round funding from Rincon Venture Partners, Arcturus Capital
        and Momentum Venture Management, the last of which provided the company\u2019s
        $500,000 seed round in 2006.","title":"Digital Performance ropes in $3.2M
        for online auto\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/24/digital-performance-ropes-in-32m-for-online-auto-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937300,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-03T17:20:04Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"It\u2019s
        a good day to be part of Austin, Texas\u2019 startup community, thanks to
        a new partnership between incubator Capital Factory and venture firms Silverton
        Partners and Floodgate.","title":"Austin\u2019s Capital Factory partners with
        Silverton & Floodgate to match startup\u00a0investments","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/03/austins-capital-factory-partners-with-silverton-floodgate-to-match-startup-investments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937299,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T09:55:58Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"VANCOUVER
        \u2014 The first computer, ENIAC, cost $6M in 1946 and had less power than
        a $5 animated greeting card you buy today and throw away tomorrow. That kind
        of technology innovation is powering the coming internet of things, and turning
        it into what Cisco Canada CTO\u00a0Jim Seifert says will be a key component
        in $14.4 trillion of economic activity within the next decade.","title":"9
        factors creating a \u2018perfect storm\u2019 driving the Internet of Things
        to $14.4\u00a0trillion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/9-factors-creating-a-perfect-storm-driving-the-internet-of-things-to-14-4-trillion-in-10-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937298,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-08T11:34:24Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick This crop includes companies tackling agriculture, subscription services,
        loyalty programs, and\u00a0more.","title":"6 Austin startups to watch from
        Capital Factory\u2019s SXSW demo\u00a0day","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/08/6-austin-startups-to-watch-from-capital-factorys-sxsw-demo-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937297,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-23T12:00:04Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Scopely
        has been able to crank out multiple hits as a publisher of third-party mobile\u00a0games.","title":"How
        Scopely is building a hit factory, one mobile game at a time\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/23/how-scopely-is-building-a-hit-factory-one-mobile-game-at-a-time-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937296,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T19:02:18Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"If
        the company starts production of its next model, a lower-cost sedan often
        dubbed the \u201cModel E,\u201d it will need multiples of its current battery\u00a0supply.","title":"Tesla
        gigafactory faces skepticism from Panasonic &\u00a0analysts","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/tesla-gigafactory-faces-skepticism-from-panasonic-analysts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937295,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-13T12:29:58Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Typing
        in a code from a text message or a key fob could prevent malicious types from
        getting access to sensitive information. Box and others are encouraging its
        use following\u00a0Heartbleed.","title":"Two-factor authentication: A good
        first step after\u00a0Heartbleed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/13/two-factor-authentication-a-good-first-step-after-heartbleed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937294,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-28T14:35:18Z","slug":"genstar-capital","summary":"TravelCLICK
        is an e-marketing firm that resells hotel rooms for chains like Accor Hospitality
        and La Quinta Inns. It was founded in 1999 and is based in Schamburg, Illinois.","title":"Genstar
        Capital acquires\u00a0TravelCLICK","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/28/genstar-capital-acquires-travelclick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937293,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T20:45:20Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Google
        for Entrepreneurs and two German IT specialists are preparing to open Berlin\u2019s
        largest tech workspace in the city\u2019s\u00a0heart.","title":"Berlin\u2019s
        Google-backed Factory startup hub opens in\u00a0June","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/google-germany/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937292,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-30T11:52:39Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"When
        Lenovo takes possession of its new Motorola Mobility purchase later this year,
        the list of acquisitions will have one less item: the Moto X factory in Fort
        Worth, Tex.","title":"Pre-Lenovo takeover, Google shuts down Moto X factory
        in\u00a0Texas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/30/pre-lenovo-takeover-google-shuts-down-moto-x-factory-in-texas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937291,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T19:30:36Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"After
        two years of construction, the eagerly anticipated Factory held its grand
        opening yesterday. The startup campus will welcome 22 companies, including
        SoundCloud, Twitter, and 6Wunderkinder, to its 16.000 m2\u00a0space.","title":"Eric
        Schmidt: Europe\u2019s The Factory \u2018is perfect for the renaissance to\u00a0come\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/eric-schmidt-europes-the-factory-is-perfect-for-the-renaissance-to-come/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937290,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T14:30:28Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"All
        editors and journalists could risk legal persecution just for doing their
        jobs if U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder doesn\u2019t drop his four-year-old
        investigation into WikiLeaks\u2019 Julian Assange. A warning\u00a0letter from
        more than 50 human rights and press freedom groups is demanding a stop to
        the investigation accordingly.","title":"The \u2018Julian Assange factor\u2019
        that press freedom groups want to avoid at all\u00a0costs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/the-julian-assange-factor-that-press-freedom-groups-want-to-avoid-at-all-costs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937289,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T07:01:12Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Sponsored
        Post (NYSE:GE) \u2013 From the color of appliances to personalized       features,
        consumers want the ability to customize the everyday products       they use
        to suit their individual lifestyle needs. Through the       FirstBuild\u2122
        Microfactory*, which\u00a0officially\u2026","title":"The Business of Making
        Things: FirstBuild\u2122 Microfactory Opens in Louisville,\u00a0K...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/the-business-of-making-things-firstbuild-microfactory-opens-in-louisville-ky/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937288,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:05:46Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"DreamWorks
        Animation\u2019s Redwood City, Calif. campus is a high-tech heaven for artists
        an\u00a0animators.","title":"A trip inside the dream factory where they made
        \u2018How to Train Your Dragon 2\u2032 (photo\u00a0gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937287,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T17:58:34Z","slug":"m-factor","summary":"Panasonic
        will invest up to $1 billion into Tesla\u2019s ambitious U.S. battery plant
        known as the\u00a0Gigafactory.","title":"Panasonic reportedly investing in
        Tesla\u2019s U.S. battery \u2018Gigafactory\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/panasonic-reportedly-investing-in-teslas-u-s-battery-gigafactory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937286,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-02T22:44:27Z","slug":"drivingrevenue","summary":"VigLink,
        a Google Ventures-backed startup that helps publishers make money off their
        product links, just announced that it\u2019s has acquired its competitor DrivingRevenue.com.","title":"Affiliate
        link startups team up: VigLink acquires\u00a0DrivingRevenue","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:47:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/02/affiliate-link-startups-team-up-viglink-acquires-drivingrevenue/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937285,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-27T21:37:06Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"End-of-week
        roundup in Silicon Valley:","title":"YouTube''s dancing Jawed, iLike''s music
        service, Veeker''s mobile\u00a0splash","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/27/youtubes-dancing-jawed-ilikes-music-service-veekers-mobile-splash/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937284,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-15T08:55:00Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"Back
        around the time of the 2000 election, there were high hopes for political
        sites built to inform, educate and encourage people to vote.","title":"Politics
        2.0 \u2014 nowhere to be\u00a0found","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/15/politics-20-nowhere-to-be-found/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937283,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-28T16:34:09Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"While
        it may be marred by poor ratings, NBC\u2019s debut of the \u201cQuarterlife\u201d
        series is still a historical occurrence in the internet and entertainment
        worlds. The series is the first direct-to-internet television show to have
        been purchased by a traditional television network, and poor performance aside,
        still marks a pretty dynamic moment for the future of television and internet
        video.","title":"Quarterlife has a rocky debut, but still marks a new\u00a0era","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/quarterlife%e2%80%99s-debut-rocky-but-still-marks-a-new-era/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937282,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-29T09:11:33Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"Updated
        with more information from the company","title":"Veoh is raising a round,
        claims to be pretty big and\u00a0growing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/29/veoh-is-raising-a-round-claims-to-be-pretty-big-and-growing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937281,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-27T07:00:18Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"
        Ted Price is one of the stalwarts of video game development. He founded Insomniac
        Games as an independent video game development studio in 1994. Since then,
        the company has sold more than 28.5 million video games. The president and
        chief executive of Burbank, Calif.-based Insomniac is perhaps the biggest
        die-hard PlayStation developer outside of Sony. Even as many other studios
        go cross-platform, Price\u2019s studio has made games exclusively for the
        PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3. Its big hits include \u201cSpyro
        the Dragon,\u201d \u201cRatchet & Clank,\u201d and \u201cResistance: Fall
        of Man.\u201d The latter was a key launch title that got the PS 3 off the
        ground in the fall of 2006 and  squared off against Microsoft\u2019s big title,\u201dGears
        of War\u201d for the Xbox 360. Price also served the industry as chairman
        of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, which gives out the equivalent
        of the Oscars of the game industry. The company recently decided to open its
        first satellite studio in Raleigh, N.C. and is working on Resistance 2 for
        release this fall. Opening that studio is no light matter, since the company
        cares about its small-company culture and has been named three years running
        as one of the \u201cBest Small Companies to Work for in America\u201d by the
        Society for Human Resources Management and the Great Places to Work Institute.","title":"Q&A
        with Insomniac Games chief Ted Price on cloning the golden\u00a0goose","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/27/qa-with-insomniac-games-chief-ted-price-on-expanding-the-golden-goose/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937280,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-19T22:25:19Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Pakistani lawyer calls for Zuckerberg''s
        death, Jon Stewart pooh-poohs U.S. presidents'' poor energy policies, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/19/roundup-pakistani-lawyer-calls-for-zuckerbergs-death-jon-stewart-pooh-poohs-u-s-presidents-poor-energy-policies-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937279,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-29T16:57:00Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"Editor''s
        note: This is the final piece in Mitch''s tryout for a writing position at
        Bitmob.com. Let us know what you think of his work thus far, including this
        piece on the hypocrisy of video-game advertising. -Jason","title":"Badvertising:
        The Art of Abusive\u00a0Marketing","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/29/badvertising-the-art-of-abusive-marketing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937278,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-17T14:20:12Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"Iconic
        tech company Yahoo\u2019s first quarter 2012 revenue saw a slight one percent
        increase compared to the same period last year, beating Wall Street\u2019s
        estimates, according to the company\u2019s quarterly earnings report.","title":"Yahoo
        beat Q1 estimates, but still faces questions about the\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/17/yahoo-earnings-scott-thompson/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937277,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-10T14:41:35Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"As
        you may or may not have seen last Friday, the Spike TV Video Game Awards just
        celebrated its 10th anniversary. The show has endured more than its share
        of criticism, and by the time you read this, I guarantee that there will be
        more.","title":"Spike TV\u2019s Video Game Awards\u2019 existence is\u00a0justified","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/10/spike-video-game-awards-existence-is-justified/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937276,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-21T06:36:29Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"The
        PlayStation 4 is the perfect chance for developers to start changing their
        depictions of minorities, who represent a considerable share of\u00a0audiences.","title":"We
        need to stop misrepresenting minorities in video\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/21/the-misrepresentation-of-minorities-in-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937275,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-22T02:29:04Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"No
        odd spellings or lengthy domain names for this one: Comedy.com is yet another
        new portal for amusing content, launched yesterday by the former chief executive
        of the defunct UPN television network.","title":"Comedy.com launches with
        first funding\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/22/comedycom-launches-with-first-funding-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937274,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-04T21:01:11Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"Online
        animations network Aniboom is seeing\u00a0a real boom in demand for the animations
        its independent animators are creating. The Israeli company is announcing
        today that it has five new outlets for its online animations and has added
        a half-dozen mobile TV partners \u2014 all of whom will expose 360 million
        viewers to Aniboom\u2019s videos.","title":"Animations network Aniboom seals
        partnerships to reach millions of new\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/04/aniboom-sees-a-boom-in-demand-for-its-animations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937273,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-26T09:20:32Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"With
        the influx of smart TVs, set-top boxes, and connect-mobile devices, many people
        are discovering a new world of independently produced web video content. And
        for Internet TV network Revision3, this trend has translated into record growth
        that puts it on par with some cable TV networks.","title":"Revision3 does
        cable TV network numbers \u2014 viewership hits 800M in\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/26/revision3-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937272,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-05T07:53:20Z","slug":"independent-comedy-network","summary":"Independent
        Comedy Network is joining the growing ranks of startups intending to create
        video, rather than just aggregate it. But it hopes to avoid some of the pitfalls
        of early efforts like FunnyorDie.","title":"The Independent Comedy Network,
        a new video content portal, launching\u00a0tomorrow","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/05/the-independent-comedy-network-a-new-video-content-portal-set-to-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937271,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-06T16:58:17Z","slug":"travelclick","summary":"Discount
        hotel app HotelTonight announced $23 million in funding yesterday. It\u2019s
        the kind of deal company I can get behind. (Disclosure: HotelTonight provided
        me a $100 credit to try the service.)","title":"Why HotelTonight is a deal
        company I can get\u00a0behind","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/06/why-hoteltonight-is-a-deal-company-i-can-get-behind/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937270,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-28T14:35:18Z","slug":"travelclick","summary":"TravelCLICK
        is an e-marketing firm that resells hotel rooms for chains like Accor Hospitality
        and La Quinta Inns. It was founded in 1999 and is based in Schamburg, Illinois.","title":"Genstar
        Capital acquires\u00a0TravelCLICK","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:46:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/28/genstar-capital-acquires-travelclick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937269,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-29T00:00:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Dear
        BitMobers,\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Since most of us trade
        games for cash at gamestop, gamecrazy or amazon thought I would talk about
        other alternatives today. \u00a0Yes there are other avenues that can be better
        for your wallet and over all save you money.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0
        There are trade sites out there like Goozex. \u00a0Not sure how this one works,
        but heard this is off a points system. \u00a0So I will try to give my own
        opinion on how it works. \u00a0Send your game to who wants it you get that
        many points to save up for a new game. \u00a0What is not told is that your
        on a waiting list to be told when you can trade. \u00a0It may be totally different
        than what I just said, but I don\u2019t think it has the results as the other
        I am going to suggest.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Right now I use SwitchGames.com
        \u00a0for all my trades. \u00a0Even though this is in the Beta section it
        works like it is supposed to. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Now
        before I go into why I like this I will say that it does have down turns.
        \u00a0Only down side is you have to put your faith into people which is the
        only downside. \u00a0Some members have not gotten there games even after sending
        there\u2019s out. \u00a0Other down side is if you don\u2019t like waiting
        to get a game in the mail.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I have completed 4 great
        trades so far. \u00a0Also I am in the middle of two trades where I am trading
        my Folklore (PS3) for Dead Space (PS3) and the other trade is Halo Wars CE
        (360) for Killzone 2 (PS3). \u00a0So far each of these trades are going well.
        \u00a0 If you go to the site check out my gamer page ATC1982 if you would
        like to see my results to verify.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0You might think this stuff
        is hard, but for anyone looking for old to new games from all systems I would
        say check this out. \u00a0The only thing you have to pay is shipping, but
        then again so does the other person. \u00a0So it equals out in that prespective.
        \u00a0The site after a few moments of fooling around is easy and understandable
        to use. \u00a0Also a key feature for trades is the section for your stuff
        you have for trade, your wishlist in stuff you want and switchbot. \u00a0Switchbot
        is what matches your stuff with your wishlist for you to see who would be
        great to trade with.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Next time before you
        hit up Gamestop, Amazon or Wal-Mart with your trades. \u00a0Please check out
        one of the many sites to trade on. \u00a0I recommend SwitchGames, but you
        don\u2019t have to use them. \u00a0As well you can follow them on Twitter
        @SwitchGames if you would like.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Have
        a great gaming day.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0
        \u00a0 Cheers,\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0
        \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Toby (ATC)\u00a0P.S. \u2013 Sorry if this sounded like
        and advertisement.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0","title":"Got Trade
        \u2026\u00a0\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/29/got-trade/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937268,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-12T00:00:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Dear
        BitMobbers,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Happy
        Friday!\u00a0 So I got this e-mail yesterday from a certain publisher about
        a game coming out and it got me thinking.\u00a0 So now it has me thinking
        on how this chain of events work and why people keep crying.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        Everyone knows GameStop is a Money Hungry franchise no one else has really
        tested battle against except fro GameCrazy.\u00a0 Even GameCrazy does not
        really stand up to them as a force.\u00a0 On the other hand they keep getting
        exclusive pre-order bonus content that goes right to them and only them.\u00a0
        Example would be the Dragon Age: Origins content exclusive pre-order bonus.\u00a0
        No matter how bad I want this game why are publishers still pulling favortism?\u00a0
        I guess the loud cry from gamers to send your excluvies to other stores ain\u2019t
        loud enough.\u00a0 Honestly if I didn\u2019t go to GameStop for the pre-order
        bonus I would not even go there for trading.\u00a0 I have found out about
        http://www.switchgames.com that has worked for me for all my trading needs.\u00a0
        \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Developers and Publishers I know you
        need money, but honestly GameStop is not the way to go.\u00a0 \u00a0Some of
        y\u2019all cry to the press about the used game market that GameStop is almost
        molopolizing.\u00a0 If they sat back and thought about it why not give your
        pre-order bonus to say Wal-Mart,Target or Amazon.\u00a0 Really just someone
        other then GameStop.\u00a0 Example of how you sell more at like Wal-Mart then
        GameStop:\u00a0 I live Corpus Christi Tx back in 2006 on the Military Base,
        but had to go to Wal-Mart for odds & ends.\u00a0 With in a 15 min driving
        radius I had my choice of three different wal-marts compared to only 1 gamestop.\u00a0
        So that 3 to 1 ratio publishers would get more revenue from the local wal-marts
        if they gave them pre-order bonuses.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I seem to think
        Publishers don\u2019t realize that GameStop give people extra credit towards
        the release of AAA titles.\u00a0 So if you take away the pre-order bonus and
        give it to another major company this will cut back on the trade in issue
        for most.\u00a0 Yes I went there, but no one is really stepping out there
        saying it either.\u00a0\u00a0 Overall if this trend was to be realized gamers
        could keep there games and trade them off some where like http://www.goozex.com
        other then GameStop with out getting swindled in the end.\u00a0 So if I hear
        another publisher or developer complain they have no one to blame, but themselves
        for the trade-in industy ruining them due to there pre-order exclusives with
        GameStop.\u00a0Have a great Gaming Weekend.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        Cheers,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        Toby (ATC)","title":"Developers, Publishers & GameStop \u2026. Oh\u00a0My","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/12/developers-publishers-gamestop-oh-my/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937267,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-13T00:00:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Paying
        $60 for a copy of a piece of software has become something I rarely do now
        and for good reason, I don\u2019t have any money! A few months ago, I decided
        to try out a program known as GameFly. For a flat fee of under a Benjamin
        per month, I\u2019m able to still partake in the fantasticalness of placing
        myself in the role of a Jedi or a Spartan without feeling guilty for running
        down to Best Buy and blowing a weeks worth of cash. It\u2019s convenient because
        it\u2019s all done through the mail and GameFly\u2019s website, so as a consumer
        it\u2019s something that has become invaluable to me. Oh and one thing that
        I need to mention is their great used deals. At the end of the month GameFly
        usually announces a list of games that go on sale, so if you\u2019ve found
        a title you\u2019d like to purchase you can save up to $40 bucks on it, suck
        it retail! One thing regarding the service is that to make a profit, they
        only buy a certain amount of copies of a particular game. It makes sense,
        but in order for you to take full advantage of this I would recommend that
        if there is a particular game you want, put it at the top of your \u2018Que\u2019
        list and make sure that it\u2019s the only one on there. This will almost
        guarantee you a copy of the game when it releases, and if not you\u2019ll
        probably get it within the time frame of a week and a half.Another great service
        I\u2019ve been using is Goozex. Unlike GameFly, Goozex is a trading community
        of gamers who, trade games of course. After getting tired of being screwed
        over by retail locations like LameStop, I decided to give this website a try
        and it\u2019s been amazing so far. Not only is it convenient, but games I
        would have received a few dollars for end up retaining their value through
        Goozex\u2019s (plural already?) point system that they\u2019ve created. Truly
        awesome.I\u2019ve sent out a few games already and have amassed a decent amount
        of credits towards trades with other people. I wish this website would have
        been around a few years ago, I lost a lot of money as I\u2019m sure others
        have dealing with places like GameStop and Game Crazy. If you\u2019re skeptical
        about it like I was, trust me on this and give it a shot. Yeah I know their
        logo is garbage. I still can\u2019t figure out if their mascot is a Dinosaur
        or a Lizard but it\u2019s not an indication of their quality. Just by registering
        (which is free) you get 1 free trade along with 100 points, which is actually
        enough to get you a free game. That\u2019s a lot of free. Oh and did I mention
        PC games are dirt cheap on there? You can find a ton of classics for a low
        amount of points, including some fairly new ones. Give it a try, you\u2019ll
        be glad you did. One more suggestion I\u2019d like to point out is that there
        are websites these days dedicated to finding good deals for purchasing games.
        I\u2019ve had a lot of success with Cheap Ass Gamer and Slick Deals, which
        are devoted to finding price drops and special offers on products.","title":"Saving
        Money on\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/13/saving-money-on-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937266,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-19T04:00:40Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"SwitchGames
        is a game trading site that has ridden the wave of demand for used games.
        Today, the company says its users are now offering more than 100,000 items
        for trade on its peer-to-peer game trading community.","title":"SwitchGames
        builds a big market for used\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/19/switchgames-rides-used-game-growth-trend-to-big-trading-inventory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937265,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-17T21:14:33Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Today\u2019s
        gazillion-dollar gaming business has a much bigger pie than it had in any
        previous era, and hence room for many more platforms and a whole heck of a
        lot more great games to play.\u00a0 10 years ago we might have talked about
        the \u201cmust-have\u201d games of the year.\u00a0 There are times now when
        I wonder if we should discuss the \u201cmust-have\u201d games of the month.\u00a0
        So how in the blazes can you maintain a good game collection without the deep
        pockets of a spoiled Hilton heir?\u00a0 How can you avoid navigating the shark-infested
        waters of Ebay or pimping your games out to the local video game shop for
        a fraction of what they are\u00a0really\u00a0worth?\u00a0","title":"Freshen
        Up Your Game Collection Without Breaking the\u00a0Bank","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/17/build-your-game-collection-without-breaking-the-bank/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937264,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-17T08:00:57Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"If
        you\u2019re opening up an online market and facing huge competitors like GameStop,
        eBay and Amazon, your only hope is to have a better user interface for buying
        and selling. That\u2019s the thinking behind Glyde, an online market for used
        video games, CDs, DVDs, and books.","title":"Glyde hopes to take used game
        market with easy web\u00a0interface","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/17/glyde-hopes-to-take-used-game-market-with-easy-web-interface/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937263,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-11T01:27:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"I
        apologize for not writing about stuff with more substance lately, but we have
        way too many nerdriffic goodies to give out to you guys (don''t miss our Halo:
        Reach 360 console and Mafia 2 gun-lamp contests \u2014 you can stay updated
        on all these via the Bitmob Giveaway tag).","title":"Bitmob Giveaway: Scott
        Pilgrim vs. The World\u00a0Goodies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/11/bitmob-giveaway-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-goodies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937262,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-16T23:01:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"In
        what you should file in the \u201cgood things to know\u201d department, make
        note that our killer contest in conjunction with game-trading site Goozex
        ends tonight (Monday) at midnight! And just what can this contest get you,
        you may wonder? Only a chance to be among the first people to score an Xbox
        360 Halo: Reach Limited Edition Console bundle, which comes out this September.","title":"Reminder:
        Win an Xbox 360 Halo: Reach LE Console\u00a0Bundle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/16/reminder-win-an-xbox-360-halo-reach-le-console-bundle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937261,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-21T00:00:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Editor''s
        note: Tim takes a seat on the porch to wax nostalgic about the good ole''
        days of childhood, when he actually had to work to get the few games he played
        each year \u2014 and enjoyed them more because of it. -Brett","title":"The
        Joys of Gaming on a Limited\u00a0Budget","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/21/the-greatest-reward/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937260,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-29T23:30:01Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Since
        Mobcast 66 was released August 16th, 2010 for everyone''s listening pleasure.
        I have been mulling over how I play and think about the games I play. For
        me it was thinking do I not finish games because they are bad or even just
        finish the story because I enjoy it. Maybe I enjoy the game so much I try
        to get the Achievement/ Trophy''s for it like Marvel Ultimate Alliance.\u00a0","title":"The
        way I see my\u00a0gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/29/the-way-i-see-my-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937259,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-21T01:00:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"This
        is your friendly one-week warning: You have until next Monday (September 27)
        at midnight to enter our contest in conjunction with game-trading site Goozex.
        Three winners will each win one $100 Amazon.com gift card, which happens to
        work very nicely when it comes to that online store''s many great gaming items.","title":"Reminder:
        Three Chances to Win a $100 Amazon.com Gift\u00a0Card","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/21/reminder-three-chances-to-win-a-100-amazoncom-gift-card/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937258,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-27T18:23:17Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"The
        countdown is on: This is your final reminder that our contest in conjunction
        with game-trading site Goozex ends tonight (Monday) at midnight! Three winners
        will each win a $100 Amazon.com gift card, which works very nicely on many
        gaming items.","title":"Final Reminder: Win one of three $100 Amazon.com gift\u00a0cards","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/27/final-reminder-win-one-of-three-100-amazoncom-gift-cards/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937257,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-05T02:57:37Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Do
        you like Bitmob? (Feel free to check one of those boxes to the right by drawing
        on your computer screen. We''ll get the results, don''t you worry.)","title":"Help
        Support Bitmob","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/05/help-support-bitmob/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937256,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-20T17:29:36Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Metro
        2033: No thanks, I\u2019ll take the\u00a0bus","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/20/metro-2033-no-thanks-ill-take-the-bus/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937255,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-20T23:59:24Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Goozex
        has bootstrapped a solid business selling used games online. Now, at the urging
        of its own customers, it is expanding into selling movie disks online.","title":"Used-game
        seller Goozex expands into movie\u00a0sales","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/20/used-game-seller-goozex-expands-to-selling-used-movies-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937254,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-16T23:13:44Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: I\u2019m unfamiliar with Goozex (and goose sex), but a quick scan of
        the company\u2019s support forum reveals that Tony isn\u2019t the only customer
        with problems. This doesn\u2019t mean that Goozex is bad, but it appears that
        are some kinks in the system that still need to be worked out. Are you a Goozex
        member? Share your experiences, both good and bad, in the comments. \u2013
        Aaron ","title":"Goozex or Goose\u00a0Sex?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/16/goozex-or-goose-sex/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937253,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-29T19:49:40Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Unless
        you have \u201cCEO \u2013 GameStop\u201d on your business card, it\u2019s
        a safe bet that you\u2019re not thrilled with the way the used-game market
        works. One company that wants to make trading in old games a more consumer-friendly
        process is Goozex.","title":"Goozex CMO on Used-Game Market, Digital Distribution,
        and Goose\u00a0Sex","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/29/goozex-cmo-on-used-game-market-goose-sex-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937252,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-24T21:38:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Is
        this a hint that Lego Rock Band 2 will feature Old Navy clothes?","title":"News
        Blips: Free Lego Rock Band @ Old Navy, New Dreamcast Game, No Student Fees
        for Goozex, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/24/news-blips-free-lego-rock-band-old-navy-new-dreamcast-game-no-student-fees-for-goozex-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937251,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-02T19:01:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"Most
        gamers would probably agree that playing games solo can be fun, but going
        co-op is ideal. And so it goes with Bitmob. We\u2019ve decided to partner
        up with game-trading company Goozex, and we\u2019re kicking off this collaboration
        with a contest for the upcoming Xbox 360 Halo: Reach Limited Edition Console
        bundle.","title":"Bitmob, Goozex, and a Chance to Win an Xbox 360 Halo: Reach
        LE\u00a0Console!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:45:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/02/bitmob-goozex-and-a-chance-to-win-an-xbox-360-halo-reach-le-console/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937250,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-28T00:07:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"As
        part of our partnership with game-trading site Goozex, we''ll be bringing
        you a regular top 10 list from the site, which measures users'' most requested
        games from the past week.","title":"The Goozex Top 10, August 27\u00a0Edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/28/the-goozex-top-10-august-27-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937249,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-11T00:00:00Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"As
        we move into September, Mafia 2''s stranglehold atop of top 10 list appears
        to be over. Taking its place are a superhero and some more familiar friends.
        To see the rest of the most requested games at game-trading site Goozex, read
        on.","title":"The Goozex Top 10, September 10\u00a0Edition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/11/the-goozex-top-10-september-10-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937248,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-14T02:03:24Z","slug":"goozex","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Bitmob,
        Goozex, and Three Chances to Win a $100 Amazon.com Gift\u00a0Card!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/14/bitmob-goozex-and-three-chances-to-win-a-100-amazoncom-gift-card/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937247,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-07T19:04:33Z","slug":"markettools","summary":"J.D.
        Power, like Nielsen, is one of the old-line firms that has been telling companies
        how they are perceived by the public for decades. Both companies have been
        scrambling to get a hold on the Internet, which provides more opinions than
        a proctology practice.  Umbria, which J.D. Power just acquired, calls itself
        a \u201creputation tracker\u201d, mining message boards, blogs and other sites
        for consumer opinion. J.D. Power has lagged in comparison with Nielsen, which
        has picked up Audience Analytics (coverage), Buzzmetrics and Telephia (coverage
        ) in the span of a year or so, and started several new divisions, including
        HeyNielsen and NetRatings.  There are still quite a few companies out there,
        though, including Biz360, MarketTools (our coverage), Networked Insights (our
        coverage) and others. Companies have a strong appetite for this sort of information,
        so it\u2019s likely there will be more acquisitions and growth before the
        pain hits the remaining, superfluous startups that fail to excel.  The acquisition
        price for Umbria was not disclosed. The company\u2019s investors included
        Arrowpath Venture Capital, Sequel Venture Partners and Vista Ventures.","title":"J.D.
        Power snaps up Umbria, a reputation\u00a0tracker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/07/jd-power-snaps-up-umbria-a-reputation-tracker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937246,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-02T05:45:00Z","slug":"markettools","summary":"In
        the past few years, Bunchball has figured out how to get consumers more engaged
        in web sites by making them as addictive as video games. Now it has recruited
        a former Yahoo executive to move on its game plan.","title":"Former Yahoo
        executive takes CEO job at\u00a0Bunchball","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/02/former-yahoo-executive-takes-ceo-job-at-bunchball/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937245,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-25T13:58:19Z","slug":"markettools","summary":"Twitter
        has added two new executives to its flock, one to focus on marketing to consumers
        and another to work on the company\u2019s partnerships with global advertisers.","title":"Twitter
        hires two new high-level marketing\u00a0execs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/25/twitter-marketing-execs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937244,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-22T14:49:15Z","slug":"iprint","summary":"RPI,
        a company that prints custom photo products, today announced it secured a
        $5 million round of funding from Huntington Capital. The funding will be used
        to introduce new services like merchandising programs and brand owner opportunities
        according to the company\u2019s announcement.","title":"RPI raises $5M for
        custom photo\u00a0products","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:44:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/22/rpi-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937243,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-06T14:41:23Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Samsung
        Electronics is diving headlong into 3-D viewable TVs, launching a number of
        new 3-D home products today. Samsung also announced an alliance with animated
        film maker DreamWorks Animation.","title":"Samsung allies with DreamWorks
        Animation on 3-D\u00a0TV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/06/samsung-allies-with-dreamworks-animation-on-3-d-tv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937242,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-22T17:01:42Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Vator.tv,
        a place where innovators and entrepreneurs can broadcast their news and showcase
        their businesses, is holding its second Vator Splash event this year.","title":"Vator
        Splash event on May 13 (VB discount\u00a0included)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/22/vator-splash-event-on-may-13-vb-discount-included/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937241,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-13T10:31:53Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Vator.tv,
        a place where innovators and entrepreneurs can broadcast their news and showcase
        their businesses, is holding its second Vator Splash event this year. The
        evening event takes place May 13, 2010 at the Cafe du Nord in San Francisco.","title":"Vator
        Splash event on May 13 (VB discount\u00a0included)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/13/vator-splash-event-on-may-13-vb-discount-included-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937240,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-02T12:52:50Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Vator
        Splash, Vator\u2019s third quarterly evening event for entrepreneurs, investors,
        technology developers and high-tech executives, is being held on Thursday,
        September 30, at Caf\u00e9 du Nord in San Francisco. The event is expected
        to attract an audience of 350 to 400 across the high-tech sector.","title":"Join
        Twitter, Groupon and more at Vator Splash on\u00a09/30","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/02/join-twitter-groupon-and-more-at-vator-splash-on-930/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937239,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-22T12:20:11Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Vator
        Splash, Vator\u2019s third quarterly evening event for entrepreneurs, investors,
        technology developers and high-tech executives, is being held on Thursday,
        Sept. 30 at Caf\u00e9 du Nord, in San Francisco. The event is expected to
        attract an audience of 350 to 400 attendees across the high-tech sectors.","title":"Don''t
        miss Vator Splash on Sept 30 (VentureBeat discount\u00a0included)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/22/dont-miss-vator-splash-on-sept-30-venturebeat-discount-included/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937238,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-17T11:37:54Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Believe
        it or not, the making of a video for the song This Too Shall Pass by the band
        OK Go has lessons for would-be innovators. The creator of the video, Adam
        Sadowsky, said the process of creating the complex machine for the video was
        a lot like what entrepreneurs go through when developing a new product or
        service.","title":"Lessons for innovators from building a Rube Goldberg\u00a0machine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/17/lessons-for-innovators-from-building-a-rube-goldberg-machine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937237,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-22T13:43:04Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"The
        submission deadline for the Vator Splash NY event is coming up in two weeks
        on December 2. Be sure to enter the Vator Splash NY competition before the
        deadline.","title":"Sign up for the Vator Splash NY\u00a0competition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/22/sign-up-for-the-vator-splash-ny-competition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937236,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-07T12:43:10Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"It\u2019s
        almost time for Vator Splash NY. In just about one week, Dec. 15 to be exact,
        we\u2019ll be launching our first-ever evening gathering in Manhattan.","title":"Win
        10 free tickets to Vator Splash NY, Dec.\u00a015","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/07/win-10-free-tickets-to-vator-splash-ny-dec-15/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937235,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-05T09:00:14Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"The
        submission deadline for the Vator Splash February event is coming to an end!
        Be sure to enter the Vator Splash competition in San Francisco so you have
        time to get out the vote.","title":"Present at Vator Splash February and get
        your discounted tickets\u00a0here!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/05/present-at-vator-splash-feb-and-get-your-discounted-tickets-here/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937234,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-17T04:00:41Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Ty  Braswell,
        founder of Creative Digital Strategies, is a consultant  specializing in growing
        mobile TV revenues for companies including the  NHL and Major League Soccer
        and was Virgin  Records VP of New Media during the early Napster years.","title":"Why
        2011 will be do-or-die for\u00a0TV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/17/why-2011-will-be-do-or-die-for-tv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937233,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-26T19:37:03Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"In
        one week, Vator will be holding Vator Splash, an evening event that will be
        held on February 3rd, at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco. As always, the event
        will feature 10 promising young high-tech startups to present onstage in front
        of prominent investors, fellow entrepreneurs and high-tech influencers.","title":"Why
        you need to attend Vator Splash: Get your discounted tickets\u00a0here","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/26/vator-splash-discount/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937232,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-14T14:04:57Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Vator
        Splash is a must-attend high-tech event where promising startups are discovered,
        lessons from prominent founders are learned, views from blue-chip venture
        capitalists are heard \u2013 and wine is continually served. Now the popular
        event is heading down to LA.","title":"Seeking startups to present onstage
        at Vator Splash\u00a0LA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/14/seeking-startups-to-present-onstage-at-vator-splash-la/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937231,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-05T13:00:00Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"I
        would say I\u2019m a little more experimental than the average \u201chardcore\u201d
        gamer because I\u2019ll buy any accessory that looks to enhance or change
        my gaming experience, even if the effect is minor. I bought the PlayStation
        2\u2019s EyeToy for the sole purpose of putting my likeness in Tony Hawk\u2019s
        Underground 2; I got Logitech\u2019s Driving Force Pro to play Gran Turismo
        games with as life-like an experience as possible; I also had an Activator
        to pretend-kick-ass in Eternal Champions for the Sega Genesis.","title":"How
        the 3DS influenced my 3D TV\u00a0purchase","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/05/how-the-3ds-influenced-my-3d-tv-purchase/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937230,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-21T13:33:51Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"TV
        Guide Digital has a message for online entertainment guides calling themselves
        the next TV Guide:","title":"Your company is not the next TV Guide, says TV
        Guide\u00a0Digital","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/21/not-the-next-tv-guide-digital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937229,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-19T10:00:38Z","slug":"altheus-therapeutics","summary":"Featured
        companies: Acceleron Pharma, AdvanDx, Altheus Therapeutics, BiPar Sciences,
        Coventina Healthcare Enterprises, ForteBio, Ganymed Pharmaceuticals, Mako
        Surgical, Nile Therapeutics, Novate Medical","title":"Life sciences briefing:
        Wednesday, Sept. 19,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/19/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-sept-19-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937228,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-22T11:00:55Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"This
        sponsored post is produced by Vator.tv.","title":"Calling all entrepreneurs!
        Share the stage with Aaron Levie of Box.net at Vator Splash SF, Feb. 2,\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/22/calling-all-entrepreneurs-share-the-stage-with-aaron-levie-of-box-net-at-vator-splash-sf-feb-2-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937227,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-26T11:25:09Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"This
        sponsored post is produced by Vator.tv.","title":"Join us at Vator Splash
        in San Francisco on February\u00a02nd","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/26/join-us-at-vator-splash-in-san-francisco-on-february-2nd/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937226,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-21T10:03:54Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Almost
        all of New York City\u2019s iconic yellow cabs now have a TV in the back seat
        playing a loop of local news and entertainment. But if innovator Jack Dorsey
        has his way, those taxi TVs could be replaced with tablet computers that use
        his company Square\u2019s technology to accept credit card payments.","title":"Why
        Square wants to replace TVs with tablets in New York City\u00a0taxis","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/21/why-square-wants-to-replace-tvs-with-tablets-in-new-york-city-taxis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937225,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-29T10:05:33Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Vator is introducing Vator Spark, a series of master classes on innovative
        and disruptive topics relevant to succeeding as a technology entrepreneur.
        Vator Spark is a full-day, high-energy and accelerated class designed to give
        entrepreneurs\u2026","title":"Get your discount ticket for Vator\u00a0Spark","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/29/get-your-discount-ticket-for-vator-spark/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937224,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-11T18:00:35Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"A
        clip lasting just seconds was enough to put the real people of Silicon Valley
        in a tizzy over a Bravo reality television show tentatively titled \u201cSilicon
        Valley.\u201d","title":"Here\u2019s the reality: Silicon Valley drama is too
        hot for\u00a0TV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/11/silicon-valley-drama/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937223,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-21T14:08:43Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Video
        serving company Avail-TVN just closed a $100 million funding round. The company
        offers digital video for cable TV networks.","title":"On-demand video provider
        Avail-TVN grabs $100M\u00a0investment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/21/avail-tvn-100m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937222,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-24T09:35:11Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Join hundreds of high-tech influencers for Vator Splash LA on June 7,
        2012 between 4 pm and 11 pm at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa\u00a0Monica\u2026","title":"Get
        your discounted tickets for Vator Splash\u00a0LA","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/24/get-your-discounted-tickets-for-vator-splash-la/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937221,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2004-11-16T01:37:19Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"It\u2019s
        a bit long, but there\u2019s great color in here about the history of Audion,
        the Mac mp3 player and encoder that was eventually done under by Apple\u2019s
        iTunes. Such as the deal with AOL that didn\u2019t happen. Or when the two
        guys developing Audion find out \u2014\u00a0way too late \u2014\u00a0that
        Steve Jobs had wanted them to develop iTunes. Or Jobs explaining to them how
        he thought Audion would fare against iTunes: \u201cIt\u2019s like you guys
        are a little push-cart going down the railroad tracks,\u201d Jobs told them,
        \u201cand we\u2019re a giant steam engine about to run you down.\u201d Audion
        co-founder Cabel Sasser talks about the key decisions he and his partner made
        along the way. A good read for budding entrepreneurs. (via Anil Dash)","title":"The
        story of\u00a0Audion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2004/11/16/the-story-of-audion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937220,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-06T09:00:57Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Vator is holding its next Splash event in San Francisco on the evening
        of Sept. 27. So save the date and register early! Use \u201cVB15\u201d for
        15%\u00a0off.","title":"Get your discount tickets to Vator Splash\u00a0here!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/06/get-your-discount-tickets-to-vator-splash-here/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937219,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-06-28T11:42:50Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"Which
        is hotter, clean-tech or Web 2.0? \u2014 Feels like it is neck and neck. Venture
        capitalists pumped a record $513 million in North American green technology
        companies during the first quarter, according to the Cleantech Venture Network.
        This marks the seventh quarterly gain for cleantech, which is a streak running
        about as long as Web 2.0? Question: Is anyone keeping a tally of Web 2.0 investment
        trends? (It is tricky to measure, because judging whether a company is really
        \u201cWeb 2.0\u2033 is tough? But measuring clean-tech investments is just
        as difficult).","title":"Green-tech heat, Myhrvold''s bait, Google''s new
        stuff, and whither\u00a0Cairo?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/28/green-tech-heat-myhrvolds-bait-googles-new-stuff-and-whither-cairo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937218,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-17T09:52:46Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Guest
        Post Television is a tough business, and few innovators make it big. But these
        eight companies have defied the\u00a0odds.","title":"Zen and the art of disrupting\u00a0TV","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/17/8-tv-disruptors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937217,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-07-11T04:32:41Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"Cellfire,
        the Santa Clara mobile phone coupon service, which we wrote about here, has
        just launched, and raised a $10 million in a second round of funding, the
        company tells us in a release. The round was led by Silicon Valley firm Menlo
        Ventures.","title":"Cellfire has launched, and raises $10\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/11/cellfire-has-launched-and-raises-10-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937216,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-06T15:09:51Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Calling all entrepreneurs and investors \u2013 VCs, angels. Vator is
        holding its next Splash NY event at Le Poisson Rouge in downtown Manhattan
        on the evening of Dec.\u00a05.","title":"Get your discounted tickets to Vator
        Splash\u00a0NY!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:43:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/06/get-your-discounted-tickets-to-vator-splash-ny/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937215,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-15T10:52:48Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"There
        was struggling Classmates.com.","title":"3Par, the latest money-losing storage
        company, files for\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/15/3par-the-latest-money-losing-storage-company-files-for-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937214,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-04T07:28:58Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"The
        plan to disrupt consoles has venture backing\u00a0now.","title":"Guitar Hero
        co-creator\u2019s Green Throttle Games raises $6M to revinvent TV\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/04/guitar-hero-co-creators-green-throttle-games-raises-6m-to-revinvent-tv-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937213,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-10T06:25:45Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"BlueArc
        Corp., a San Jose,  Calif., maker of network storage systems, has filed an
        initial public offering to raise up to $103.5 million .","title":"BlueArc,
        joins money-losing network storage companies hoping for\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/10/bluearc-joins-network-storage-race-to-go-public-despite-dismal-performance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937212,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-09T10:14:01Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Guest
        Post Aereo shows the kind of chutzpah that only small innovators can. It is
        pushing for a broad interpretation of fair use rights, an interpretation that
        is relevant to the 21st\u00a0century.","title":"Why I want Aereo\u2019s gutsy
        streaming TV service to\u00a0succeed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/09/why-i-want-aereos-free-streaming-tv-to-succeed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937211,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-15T12:41:13Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"Widgets,
        the embeddable chunks of code on web pages that can feature anything from
        videos to RSS feeds, have proven to be a great way to reach lots of users.
        But how do they make money?","title":"Cartfly, other e-commerce widgets, make
        money without relying on\u00a0ads","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/15/cartfly-other-e-commerce-widgets-make-money-without-relying-on-ads/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937210,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-15T08:52:05Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Vator is now taking applications to be one of the top 10 promising startups
        to present onstage and compete for a chance to win prizes, such as one-hour
        sit-down meetings with Morgenthaler Ventures, Alsop Louie Partners, Floodgate
        and Javelin Venture Partners, as well as the fame and glory that comes from\u00a0winning.","title":"Get
        your discount tickets for Vator Splash on Feb\u00a013th!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/15/get-your-discount-tickets-for-vator-splash-on-feb-13th/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937209,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-20T10:41:04Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"Celebrating
        the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong\u2019s first step on the moon, Google
        today released a new version of its Google Earth exploratory software that
        includes a map of the Moon with enough goodies to tie you up for hours. Google\u2019s
        clickable data not only includes photos and videos, but also short stories
        about the Apollo missions\u2019 activities on the Moon and some of the more
        intriguing facets of the Moon\u2019s surface.","title":"Google Earth adds
        a detailed Moon\u00a0map","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/20/google-earth-adds-a-detailed-moon-map/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937208,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-24T10:45:54Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Calling all entrepreneurs and investors: Vator Splash LA is being held
        on the evening of May 30 at the famed Hollywood\u00a0Roosevelt.","title":"VentureBeat
        discount for Vator Splash LA, May\u00a030","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/venturebeat-discount-for-vator-splash-la-may-30/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937207,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-01T20:31:09Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"In
        part two of our IndieCade finalist interviews we hear from Jim Munroe of Everybody
        Dies (pictured above),\u00a0Fares Kayali of Radio Flare,\u00a0Erin Robinson
        on Nanobots, Karen Ray with Deep Sleep Initiative, Daniel Benmergui and Moon
        Stories, and Jo YoungWon with ClassicNight.","title":"IndieCade Interviews:
        Everybody Dies, Radio Flare, Nanobots, Deep Sleep Initiative, Moon Stories,\u00a0ClassicNight","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/01/indiecade-interviews-everybody-dies-radio-flare-nanobots-deep-sleep-initiative-moon-stories-classicnight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937206,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-26T18:56:27Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Even
        if you don\u2019t have a telescope of your own, or your own personal DIY Dobsonian
        project is still a few months from completion, you can watch Neptune tonight,
        thanks to a Space.com\u00a0webcast.","title":"Forget primetime TV: Neptune
        is live on the Web\u00a0tonight","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/26/forget-primetime-tv-neptune-is-live-on-the-web-tonight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937205,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-05T09:49:59Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"It''s
        that time of the year again. Another financial year has come to an end, and
        gamers are left to ponder what has been a heavily-populated release calendar.
        For my part, I''m happy to advise you of what I believe to be the best five
        games I''ve played so far this year. As with last year''s strenuous auditing,
        it''s important that you''re aware of the following limitations:","title":"The
        High Horse Audit 2011, Part 1: The Best 5 Games of 2011 (so\u00a0far)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/05/the-high-horse-audit-2011-part-1-the-best-5-games-of-2011-so-far/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937204,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-30T11:09:38Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Vator, one of the largest business networks dedicated to entrepreneurs
        and investors, is holding its popular Splash event on Oct. 2 in San Francisco.
        The event will feature a Startup competition which will give 10 promising
        startups an opportunity to present in front of an audience of some 400\u00a0attendees.","title":"Apply
        now for the Vator Splash Startup\u00a0Competition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/30/apply-now-for-the-vator-splash-startup-competition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937203,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-05T21:19:06Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"Sony
        is planning a redesign of its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network
        (PSN), following a hacking attack that brought the network down for nearly
        a month, according to reports.","title":"Sony plans to redesign PlayStation\u00a0Network","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/05/psn-redesign-coming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937202,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-26T12:11:10Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"The
        four-hour man finally got a day\u00a0job.","title":"4-hour man Tim Ferriss
        on fear, fighting, and failure \u2014 and his new TV show, \u2018The Tim Ferriss
        Experiment\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/26/tim-ferriss-on-fear-fighting-and-failure-and-his-new-tv-show-the-tim-ferriss-experiment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937201,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-13T09:35:47Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"PlayStation
        3 and PlayStation Portable manufacturer Sony has started a $20 million program
        to fund independent developers making exclusive downloadable games for its
        consoles, the company announced on Wednesday.","title":"Sony starts $20M fund
        to secure PlayStation Network\u00a0exclusives","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/13/sony-pub-fund-20m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937200,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-07T10:00:51Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Vator, one of the largest business networks dedicated to entrepreneurs
        and investors, is holding its popular inaugural two-day event on May 6 and
        May at the historic Jack Landon Square in Oakland,\u00a0Calif.","title":"Win
        $30K in prizes and sitdown VC meetings at Vator Splash\u00a0Oakland","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/07/win-30k-in-prizes-and-sitdown-vc-meetings-at-vator-splash-oakland/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937199,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-20T02:57:00Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"Once
        again, we check in with the top one percent to get 99 percent of the truth!","title":"ROUNDTABLE\u2019D!
        Occupy Azeroth!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/20/roundtabled-occupy-azeroth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937198,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-07T13:00:59Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Sponsored
        Post In recent years, media has transitioned from a basic form of entertainment
        to an all-encompassing content distribution arena. While broadcast TV and
        radio remain the top sources for news, information and entertainment, audiences
        today have an incredibly vast amount of other media resources at their\u00a0fingertips.","title":"In
        startups we trust: How new innovators are changing media and\u00a0entertainment","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/07/in-startups-we-trust-how-new-innovators-are-changing-media-and-entertainment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937197,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-31T10:30:52Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"Storm8
        has bootstrapped itself into a major mobile game company. It has its detractors,
        but the company has a huge base of users and it moves really\u00a0fast.","title":"How
        Storm8 can score millions of mobile game downloads with zero marketing cost\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/31/how-storm8-can-score-millions-of-mobile-game-downloads-with-zero-marketing-expenses-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937196,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-11T13:24:54Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Bambi
        Francisco, the former MarketWatch columnist who left last month amid a stir
        to form her own video company, has finished raising a round of capital.","title":"Bambi''s
        Vator.TV, a pitch platform for entrepreneurs, raises\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/11/bambis-vatortv-raises-round-to-launch-pitch-platform-for-entrepreneurs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937195,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T16:18:13Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"Of
        course, the nascent mobile OS is a long way from generating App Store-like
        revenue for developers. But it\u2019s good that Mozilla is thinking about
        monetization and distribution from Day\u00a00.","title":"Firefox OS apps now
        have a new tool for\u00a0money-making","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/firefox-os-receipt-simulator/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937194,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-12-30T08:13:00Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"Cellfire,
        a service run by Santa Clara\u2019s Moonstorm, lets you download coupons to
        your phone.","title":"Moonstorm offers coupons via\u00a0cellphone","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/12/30/moonstorm-offers-coupons-via-cellphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937193,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-05T21:53:28Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Vator.TV,
        the video site started by Bambi Francisco, the former MarketWatch columnist,
        officially launches tomorrow.","title":"Vator.TV launches, lets you pitch
        your\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/05/vatortv-launches-lets-you-pitch-your-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937192,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-02-19T09:49:46Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"Milpitas
        chip company LSI Logic has agreed to buy Fremont, Calif.\u2019s SiliconStor,
        a storage company, for $55 million, the companies said today.","title":"LSI
        Logic buys network storage company, SiliconStor, for\u00a0$55M","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/19/lsi-logic-buys-network-storage-company-siliconstor-for-55m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937191,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-10T13:05:54Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Vator.tv,
        a company that lets entrepreneurs upload videotaped pitches to potential investors,
        is doling out cash prices to winners of pitch competitions.","title":"Vator.tv
        hosts contests for entrepreneurs in clean tech,\u00a0wine","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/10/vatortv-hosts-contests-for-entrepreneurs-in-clean-tech-wine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937190,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-02T07:00:30Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"OnStor,
        a Campbell, Calif. company offering data storage for large companies, is the
        latest hoping to exploit a turn in fortunes in this once-dead sector. It has
        just gotten $27 million in more funding from venture capitalists who now have
        pumped $105 million into the seven-year-old company.","title":"OnStor & the
        resurrection of the storage\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/02/onstor-the-resurrection-of-the-storage-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937189,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-01T14:09:42Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Enterpreneur
        pitch site Vator.tv has raised another $1 million in funding, Beet.tv is reporting.
        Entrepreneurs upload videos of themselves to be seen by investors and entrepreneurs,
        or do interviews with the staff of Vator.tv.","title":"Elevator pitch site
        Vator.tv raises\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/01/elevator-pitch-site-vatortv-raises-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937188,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-16T13:58:30Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"VentureBeat
        is partnering with Vator.tv to help judge an entrepreneur pitch competition
        for best \u201cnew media\u201d start-up.","title":"Are you the best \"new
        media\" company? Consider the Vator.tv\u00a0competition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/16/are-you-the-best-new-media-company-consider-the-vatortv-competition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937187,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-24T15:47:27Z","slug":"onstor","summary":"ONStor,
        the ill-fated maker of data storage equipment for enterprises, has sold to
        software provider LSI Corporation for about $25 million, a paltry sum compared
        to the $130 million in venture capital it raised since its founding in 2001.","title":"ONStor
        sells for $25M, taking $105M in capital down with\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/24/onstor-sells-for-25m-taking-130m-in-capital-down-with-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937186,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-07T10:45:23Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Widget
        mashup site Mixmonsta has won a startup competition organized by startup pitch
        site Vator.tv and well-funded domain purchaser Demand Media, with participation
        from blogs including VentureBeat.  Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania-based Mixmonsta
        lets users mash together songs, videos and other images from their computers
        and phones within its flash-widget interface. Then, users can send the mashup
        clips to friends by email or by phone (see sample, below). It has been showing
        some decent traction, with more than five million video views, 380,000 total
        users and 30,000 registered users. Since many of the mashups are from music
        videos, some record labels have also been displaying Mixmonsta creations on
        their artists\u2019 sites.  Runner-ups in the competition were NowLive, Zipidee,
        Clupedia and Woome.  Mixmonsta has won a range of things useful to any startup.
        Its chief executive, Voit Damevski, is getting flown to LA to meet with Demand
        Media\u2019s merger and acquisition team, which could lead to an acquisition
        or investment. Demand Media, as our readers may recall, has raised a total
        of $355 million to buy up valuable domain names then run ads and content on
        them, and has been busy buying up other startups.  MixMonsta has also won
        six months of free hosting and streaming services from Verisign\u2019s CDN
        network, a Sun Microsystems server and traffic analysis from Visible Technologies
        valued at $25,000. It has also won coverage on blogs like VentureBeat: Priceless.","title":"Widget
        mashup service Mixmonsta wins Vator.tv/Demand Media\u00a0competition","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/07/widget-mashup-service-mixmonsta-wins-vatortvdemand-media-competition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937185,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-16T03:00:20Z","slug":"vator-tv","summary":"Vator.tv,
        the site best-known for allowing entrepreneurs to record \u201celevator pitch\u201d
        videos, has been testing a new way for entrepreneurs to promote their companies
        \u2014 a micro-blogging news feed.","title":"Elevator pitch company Vator.tv
        adds\u00a0micro-blogging","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/16/elevator-pitch-company-vatortv-adds-micro-blogging/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937184,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-08T06:49:25Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"(Updated:
        Intel has also since invested in the company. The story below was written
        10/10/06)","title":"UPDATE: Agiliance raises $6.5 million for yet another
        security co \u2014 but wait, this one''s\u00a0different!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/08/agiliance-raises-65-million-for-yet-another-security-co-but-wait-this-ones-different/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937183,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-08T10:12:32Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"Michael
        Moritz, most influential venture capitalist \u2014 Moritz, a partner at Sequoia
        Capital and early backer of Yahoo, Google among others, is the only VC to
        make Time\u2019s list of 100 most influential. \u201cMany people see Mike
        as a loner. I think it\u2019s because he\u2019s ahead of everyone else\u2026,\u201d
        writes Google\u2019s chief executive Eric Schmidt for the profile.","title":"Roundup:
        Moritz No. 1, No VC tax, Akimbo, DeVenCI and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/08/roundup-moritz-no-1-no-vc-tax-akimbo-devenci-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937182,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-16T18:30:13Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"[Editor''s
        note: This is an Op-Ed piece by David Cowan, a managing partner of Bessemer
        Venture Partners. He blogs at WhoHasTimeForThis.blogspot.com.]","title":"SaaSy
        security suits small\u00a0businesses","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/16/saasy-security-suits-smb/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937181,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-31T12:00:24Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"Everyone\u2019s
        predicting doom and gloom for the tech industry next year, and hey, who are
        we to argue? New Year\u2019s Eve may be coming up, but when VentureBeat\u2019s
        writers were feeling far from festive when we pooled our thoughts about the
        year ahead. The verdict: Dark clouds for startups, venture capitalists and
        the tech industry as a whole. Still, 2009 won\u2019t be bad for everyone,
        so we tried to bring out some silver lining, too.","title":"Ten tech predictions
        for\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/31/ten-tech-predictions-for-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937180,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-06T06:01:18Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"Amid
        the 12,000-plus attendees at the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences
        in Las Vegas last week, it almost seemed like we were in the midst of a boom
        in demand for security technology. But venture capitalists who attended the
        security conferences were not optimistic about the ability to make a killing
        on security startups.","title":"Is venture capital failing to keep the security
        ecosystem\u00a0afloat?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:42:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/06/is-venture-capital-failing-to-keep-the-security-ecosystem-afloat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937179,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-31T18:48:24Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"Institutional
        Venture Partners, a Menlo Park, Calif. firm whose portfolio includes hot startups
        like Twitter, Zynga, and Ngmoco, announced today that it has raised a new
        $750 million fund.","title":"Institutional Venture Partners aims for big exits
        with $750M\u00a0fund","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/31/institutional-venture-partners-aims-for-big-exits-with-750m-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937178,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-14T13:21:12Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"Hewlett-Packard
        has been on a huge acquisition spree, spending almost $5 billion on companies
        such as Arcsight, Palm, Fortify and 3Par. It\u2019s difficult to see any rhyme
        or reason to the collection of new assets. But Phil McKinney, vice president
        and chief technology officer for HP\u2019s Personal Systems Group, said today
        at the DEMO Fall 2010 conference that the aim is to create a one-stop shop
        for customers to buy complete systems that are already integrated and working
        together.","title":"DEMO: HP''s Phil McKinney explains company''s multibillion-dollar
        acquisition\u00a0spree","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/14/demo-hps-phil-mckinney-explains-companys-multibillion-dollar-acquisition-spree/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937177,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-28T21:08:13Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"Hewlett-Packard
        executives said today that they predict more revenue and profit growth in
        the coming year. But they said little about who would be the next chief executive
        in an event for financial analysts today.","title":"HP executives predict
        worldwide population growth, but no CEO\u00a0yet","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/28/hp-executives-predict-worldwide-population-growth-but-no-ceo-yet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937176,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-17T06:00:53Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"Cyber
        security isn\u2019t as sexy as social media among venture capitalists in Silicon
        Valley. But it\u2019s a critical technology sector that has been gaining momentum
        with the economic recovery and the rising threats from cyber criminals.","title":"Cyber
        security investments gain momentum with rising\u00a0threats","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/17/cyber-security-investments-gain-momentum-with-rising-threats/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937175,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-28T10:09:01Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"Late-stage
        venture capital firm Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) has raised a new
        $1 billion fund, the firm announced today.","title":"IVP raises $1B fund to
        usher in the next wave of awesome tech\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/28/ivp-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937174,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-09T09:59:41Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"AlienVault,
        based in California and Madrid, announced $22.4 million in new funding will
        go toward bringing open-source security to government, enterprise and education.","title":"AlienVault
        grabs $22M to bring open-source security to\u00a0government","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/09/alienvault-grabs-22m-to-bring-open-source-security-to-government/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937173,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-18T03:00:25Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"Secure
        cloud hosting company FireHost raised $10 million in its third round of\u00a0financing.","title":"\u2018Smokey
        Bear\u2019 of cloud hosting FireHost protects enterprise from hacker\u00a0fires","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/18/smokey-bear-of-cloud-hosting-firehost-protects-enterprise-from-hacker-fires/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937172,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-23T09:13:32Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"A
        host of companies have been scrambling for a leadership position in one of
        the hottest areas of the economy: providing the technology needed by businesses
        to embrace the cloud.","title":"The top 10 \u2018arms merchants\u2019 of the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/23/the-top-10-arms-merchants-of-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937171,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-11T08:47:10Z","slug":"arcsight","summary":"ArcSight
        a Cupertino, Calif. provider of software that manages security and compliance
        for the networks of large companies, has filed  for a $74.75 million IPO.","title":"ArcSight,
        enterprise network security co., files to go public \u2014 barely\u00a0profitable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/11/arcsight-enterprise-network-security-co-files-to-go-public-barely-profitable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937170,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-22T14:02:56Z","slug":"schooner-information-technology","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Brightroll, Tumblr, Collective, Veeker,
        MobileEye, all raise\u00a0cash","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/22/roundup-brightroll-tumblr-collective-veeker-mobileeye-all-raise-cash/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937169,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-01T00:55:09Z","slug":"schooner-information-technology","summary":"Here
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Social network Hi5 launches its developer
        platform, Facebook does regular old targeted advertising, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/01/roundup-social-network-hi5-launches-its-developer-platform-facebook-does-regular-old-targeted-advertising-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937168,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-20T05:00:16Z","slug":"schooner-information-technology","summary":"Spansion
        is announcing today that its EcoRAM flash memory can speed up the performance
        of some server applications by 50 to 100 times compared to traditional memory
        chips. It will be interesting to see if this innovation can help pull Spansion
        out of bankruptcy proceedings.","title":"Spansion sees 50-fold better performance
        with novel use of memory in\u00a0servers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/20/spansion-sees-50-fold-better-performance-with-novel-use-of-memory-in-servers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937167,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-16T04:34:48Z","slug":"schooner-information-technology","summary":"A
        new company is launching today to manage the growing data needs of popular
        web applications. NorthScale built its tools around the open source memcached
        technology, and it has already enlisted some high-profile venture firms and
        customers.","title":"NorthScale launches data infrastructure tools; announces
        Zynga as first\u00a0customer","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/16/northscale-zynga-memcached/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937166,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-11T17:19:46Z","slug":"schooner-information-technology","summary":"There
        is so much news this week, and the funding isn\u2019t letting up either. Twelve
        companies raised money from small seed rounds to hundreds of millions of dollars
        and our editors are going\u00a0nuts.","title":"Funding Daily: Editors gone\u00a0wild","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/funding-daily-editors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937165,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-13T10:10:49Z","slug":"schooner-information-technology","summary":"A
        startup called Schooner Information Technology emerged from stealth mode today
        with the announcement of two new products featuring smaller, cheaper, faster
        servers built using flash memory chips. The Menlo Park, Calif. startup has
        also raised $15 million in a first round of venture funding, according to
        VentureWire.","title":"Schooner joins the flash memory\u00a0battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:40:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/13/schooner-joins-the-flash-memory-battle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937164,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-08T17:30:54Z","slug":"aricent-group","summary":"Leading
        Silicon Valley venture firm Sequoia held an emergency meeting yesterday to
        tell its portfolio companies to get ready for the worst, GigaOm is reporting
        and which we\u2019ve confirmed from multiple sources. To drive the point home,
        startups were greeted at the gathering with a grave stone that said \u201cRIP:
        Good Times.\u201d","title":"Sequoia has emergency meeting, tells startups
        to try to survive\u00a0downturn","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/08/report-sequoia-has-emergency-meeting-tells-startups-to-try-to-survive-downturn/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937163,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-17T12:16:26Z","slug":"aricent-group","summary":"Mavenir
        Systems, a company that helps telecom companies evolve their networks to handle
        new calling options (like VoIP) and rich-media messaging, has closed a $17.5
        million third round of funding. It plans to use the round to grow its market
        presence and continue developing its software portfolio. Its goal is to make
        accessing broadband connections easier for cell phone users \u2014 in turn,
        giving operators the chance to push a wider range of applications and services
        into the market.","title":"Mavenir lands $17.5 million for mobile\u00a0convergence","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/17/mavenir-lands-175-million-for-mobile-convergence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937162,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-23T01:30:15Z","slug":"aricent-group","summary":"Mobile
        software outsourcing company Aricent has raised a new $60 million round of
        funding from New York private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and The
        Family Office, an investor in Bahrain. It\u2019s also becoming one of the
        biggest private tech companies in Silicon Valley that nobody knows about.","title":"Unsung
        software company Aricent raises new round from KKR and Bahrain\u00a0investor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/23/aricent-raises-new-round-from-kkr-and-bahrain-investor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937161,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-02T02:00:14Z","slug":"aricent-group","summary":"Why
        can\u2019t mobile phone companies design hardware and create services that
        are as awe-inspiring as those created by Apple?","title":"Aricent launches
        \"experience engineering\" to help mobile carriers launch\u00a0gadgets","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/02/aricent-launches-experience-engineering-to-help-mobile-carriers-launch-gadgets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937160,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-02T12:00:00Z","slug":"philips","summary":"David
        Hornik, a partner at August Capital, a venture capital firm that prides itself
        at being at the center of Silicon Valley action, likes to wax on about the
        value of conferences.","title":"The Lobby \u2014 are you on the\u00a0list?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/02/the-lobby-are-you-on-the-list/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937159,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-22T08:05:48Z","slug":"philips","summary":"The
        flexible chips industry doesn\u2019t grab a lot of headlines, but it is bringing
        together nanotech, biotech, and other technologies to possibly usher in some
        revolutionary new products.","title":"The arrival of flexible chips \u2014
        a\u00a0summary","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/22/the-arrival-of-flexible-chips-a-summary/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937158,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-27T18:55:18Z","slug":"philips","summary":"A
        rumor surfaced last week, in Techcrunch UK, that News Corp. is looking at
        buying business networking site LinkedIn.","title":"Source: Yes, LinkedIn
        and News Corp. are working on a\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/27/source-yes-linkedin-and-news-corp-are-working-on-a-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937157,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-31T12:59:36Z","slug":"philips","summary":"Amazon
        said it will buy Audible, a digital audiobook publisher, for roughly $300
        million.","title":"Amazon buys Audible \u2014 giving it triple threat of print,
        digital,\u00a0audio","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/31/amazon-buys-audible-giving-it-triple-threat-of-print-digital-audio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937156,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-08T11:54:11Z","slug":"philips","summary":"Flat-panel
        TVs are the power hogs of electronics. A 52-inch liquid crystal display consumes
        about 300 watts of power today. A 32-inch display consumes about 150 watts.
        Samsung said today that it will cut that number by 50 percent on its newest
        TVs next year.","title":"Samsung promises more power efficient big-screen\u00a0TVs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/08/samsung-promises-more-power-efficient-big-screen-tvs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937155,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-18T07:00:34Z","slug":"philips","summary":"This
        sponsored post is produced by TechSparks.","title":"TechSparks 2012 unveils
        the top 30 emerging tech startups from\u00a0India","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/18/techsparks-2012-unveils-the-top-30-emerging-tech-startups-from-india/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937154,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-30T15:26:27Z","slug":"philips","summary":"You
        could say I\u2019m a bit perturbed. After watching one of the most recent
        videos from the team at Extra Credits (this one, which I wholly recommend
        watching), I\u2019m beginning to worry to about the lack of preservation in
        our industry.","title":"Confronting Ozymandias: The struggle to preserve gaming\u00a0history","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/30/confronting-ozymandias-the-struggle-to-preserve-gaming-history-from-a-critics-standpoint/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937153,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T08:00:10Z","slug":"philips","summary":"In
        just a few short hours, Sony Computer Entertainment will reveal (what we think)
        is the next PlayStation console. But before it does, why don\u2019t we take
        a look back at how Sony revealed the PS1, PS2, and\u00a0PS3?","title":"What
        we can learn from past PlayStation\u00a0reveals","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/what-we-can-learn-from-past-playstation-reveals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937152,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-10T17:00:20Z","slug":"philips","summary":"The
        international rise of \u201cRussian\u201d funds exemplifies the globalization
        of the venture scene. Depicting its participants with national colors becomes
        less relevant every\u00a0day.","title":"Far from politics, Russian money still
        fuels U.S.\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/10/far-from-politics-russian-money-still-fuels-u-s-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937151,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-12T23:39:31Z","slug":"sustainable-real-estate-solutions","summary":"When
        publisher, tech guru and part-time social entrepreneur Tim O\u2019Reilly prescribes
        a new business model to heal the shattered global economy and its equally-bruised
        ecosystem, should tech execs listen up? Only if they want to be in business
        five years from now.","title":"Tim O''Reilly prescription for the ailing economy:
        Work on stuff that\u00a0matters","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/12/tim-oreilly-prescription-for-the-ailing-economy-work-on-stuff-that-matters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937150,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-08T09:25:21Z","slug":"sustainable-real-estate-solutions","summary":"Intel
        chairman Craig Barrett is retiring on May 20. Now 69, he spent more than 35
        years at the company and deserves much credit for building it into a manufacturing
        powerhouse and the world\u2019s biggest chip maker. He succeeded Andy Grove
        as chief executive in 1998 and passed the CEO job on to Paul Otellini in 2005.
        As chairman for the past four years, he has traveled the world meeting with
        heads of state about technology policy and delved into such issues as improving
        education, alleviating poverty via technology, and getting the nation to be
        more competitive and spend more on research and development. I caught up with
        him by phone yesterday to get some parting thoughts on a wide range of subjects,
        including Intel\u2019s legal wars with Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices,
        and whether there\u2019s any chance he might go into politics.","title":"Exit
        interview: Retiring Intel chairman Craig Barrett on the industry''s unfinished\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/08/exit-interview-retiring-intel-chairman-craig-barrett-on-the-industrys-unfinished-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937149,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-19T16:22:29Z","slug":"sustainable-real-estate-solutions","summary":"Straight
        from VentureBeat\u2019s GreenBeat 2009 event, we bring you former vice president
        and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore. I\u2019ll be live-blogging this session \u2014
        so it won\u2019t be perfect or word-for-word, but it will be fast! We\u2019ll
        pull out the gems as soon as we can.","title":"GreenBeat: Live-blogging Nobel
        Prize winner Al\u00a0Gore","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/19/greenbeat-live-blogging-al-gore/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937148,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-15T14:32:05Z","slug":"sustainable-real-estate-solutions","summary":"As
        its Silicon Valley workforce changes, Hewlett-Packard has decided to consolidate
        its employees at its Palo Alto, Calif. headquarters.","title":"HP shutting
        its Cupertino campuses and moving employees to Palo Alto (internal\u00a0memo)","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/15/hp-shutting-its-cupertino-campuses-and-moving-employees-to-palo-alto-internal-memo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937147,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-30T17:18:32Z","slug":"sustainable-real-estate-solutions","summary":"We\u2019ve
        written a lot about what it will take to transform today\u2019s energy infrastructure
        into the super grid of tomorrow, from cleaner, cheaper energy sources to smarter
        networks and support for fleets of electric vehicles. But the ultimate requirement
        is people. We\u2019ll have to tap our collective brainpower like never before.
        That\u2019s why VentureBeat is assembling a superstar cast of speakers for
        our GreenBeat 2010 conference, at the academic powerhouse of Stanford University
        on November 3 and 4.","title":"Meet 26 experts charging the super grid: GreenBeat
        2010''s latest\u00a0speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/30/greenbeat-2010-speakers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937146,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-13T11:55:05Z","slug":"sustainable-real-estate-solutions","summary":"CloudBeat
        2013 \u2014 our third annual event focusing on revolutionary instances of
        cloud adoption \u2014 is less than a month away.On Sept. 9-Sept. 10, we\u2019re
        gathering the industry\u2019s top players for two days of high-level discussions,
        customer case studies, breakout sessions, and exclusive announcements.Other
        cloud events focus on legacy technologies and incremental change and tend
        to let the cloud \u201cvendors\u201d do the talking. CloudBeat, by contrast,
        delivers actionable lessons by focusing on real customers that are adopting
        the most disruptive technologies out there, regardless of who peddles them.Check
        out the latest additions to the program, and make sure to register today!Rod
        Smith, VP of emerging Internet technologies, IBM Rod Smith leads the IBM jStart
        team, which develops emerging technologies solutions to address immediate
        business needs. He will address the latest and upcoming cloud technologies,
        specifically next-generation platforms, and the challenges and opportunities
        they offer to companies as they move forward with their adoption of the cloud.Dan
        Siroker, CEO/cofounder, Optimizely Prior to leading Optimizely, Siroker was
        the director of analytics for the 2008 Obama campaign. He will discuss how
        its cloud-based solution makes it easy for companies to test and track different
        campaigns and site designs through various strategies like A/B testing. He
        will be joined by a long-time customer, Elizabeth Allen, who\u2019s now at
        Metamarkets.Brian Lillie, chief information officer, Equinix Equinix is a
        global datacenter provider, and like others, it\u2019s working through a transition
        from offering traditional hosting services toward responding flexibly to enterprise
        requirements for secure, scalable, cost-effective cloud resources. Beyond
        this transition, Lillie will also touch upon the services like ServiceNow
        that Equinix relies on to cost-effectively manage their own IT estate so they
        and their customers remain competitive.Patrick White, CEO, Synata White will
        share how even large teams can rely on \u201cintegraters\u201d to keep in
        check the various cloud services they use and pile up as operations grow.
        With some of his customers, from Gree to Airbnb or VMware, he will touch upon
        CloudBeat\u2019s overarching theme \u201cThe Cloud grows up\u201d and how
        it hit and solved certain problems and challenges, like integrating all the
        disparate cloud pieces, or dealt with privacy and SLAs. It\u2019s actually
        pretty easy to start \u2026 and far harder to build sustainable.Full CloudBeat
        2013 details can be found\u00a0here, and make sure to register today! Tickets
        are limited.Special thanks to the industry leaders who are supporting CloudBeat
        2013: IBM jStart as Gold Sponsor; ArchPoint Partners as Silver Sponsor; and
        CareCloud, Norwest Venture Partners, and Plex Systems as Event Sponsors.","title":"IBM,
        Optimizely, Equinix, and more join CloudBeat 2013\u00a0lineup","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/13/ibm-optimizely-equinix-and-more-join-cloudbeat-2013-lineup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937145,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T12:44:16Z","slug":"sustainable-real-estate-solutions","summary":"Sponsored
        Post DocuSign       announced the company has raised an additional $85 million
        with the vast       majority from large institutional public funds and the
        balance from       existing investors. DocuSign will use the funds to fuel
        continued growth as\u00a0the\u2026","title":"DocuSign Raises $85 Million to
        Accelerate Growth as The Global Standard for Digital T...","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/docusign-raises-85-million-to-accelerate-growth-as-the-global-standard-for-digital-transaction-management/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937144,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T18:38:57Z","slug":"sustainable-real-estate-solutions","summary":"For
        most people, myself included, both money and technology sit in the mental
        category of \u201cfunctional magic.\u201d","title":"Prepare for the rebranding
        of\u00a0money","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:38:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/prepare-for-the-rebranding-of-money/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:37:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937143,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-15T14:32:59Z","slug":"sundaysky","summary":"It\u2019s
        the age of social media and rich media, so big companies need better ways
        to easily connect to millions of customers in a way that seems human. Without,
        of course, actually incurring the expense of real-live humans.","title":"SundaySky
        gets $20M to make more spammy \u2018customer service\u2019\u00a0videos","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:37:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/15/sundaysky-gets-20m-to-make-more-spammy-customer-service-videos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:37:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937142,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2004-09-21T08:45:22Z","slug":"provigent","summary":"Sure
        seems like valley VC powerhouse Sequoia Capital has been on an investing tear
        recently. Two deals were announced yesterday, both in the semiconductor space.
        Greenfield Networks, of Sunnyvale, said it raised $21.5 million in a third
        round of venture backing, where Sequoia participated with other venture firms
        to reinvest in a company it had already backed. Greenfield\u2019s Ethernet
        switch silicon technology directs voice, video and data traffic over enterprise
        and metro networks.","title":"Sequoia Capital bets big on\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:37:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2004/09/21/sequoia-capital-bets-big-on-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937141,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-07T12:15:45Z","slug":"provigent","summary":"Provigent,
        a Santa Clara, Calif. system-on-a-chip provider for the broadband wireless
        transmission market, said it has raised a $16 million fourth round of financing.","title":"Provigent
        raises $16M for broadband wireless\u00a0chip","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/07/provigent-raises-16m-for-broadband-wireless-chip-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:37:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937140,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-31T11:12:35Z","slug":"provigent","summary":"Wireless
        broadband chip maker Provigent has raised $3 million in additional capital
        to accelerate its goal of getting its wireless transmission technology built
        into a wide variety broadband infrastructure.","title":"Updated: Provigent
        raises $3 million in additional capital for wireless broadband\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:41:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/31/provigent-raises-3-million-in-additional-capital-for-wireless-broadband-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-29T01:37:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937139,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-27T11:27:45Z","slug":"aricent-group","summary":"Toronto-based
        Varicent Software, maker of software for sales performance management (SPM
        in industry jargon), has closed an impressive $35 million round of funding
        led by San Francisco-based FTV Capital. FTV also has an office in New York.
        Also participating are RBC Venture Partners, the Royal Bank of Canada\u2019s
        investment arm and Edgestone Capital in Toronto.","title":"Varicent secures
        $35M, second only to Facebook in IT funding for this\u00a0quarter","updated_at":"2014-07-29T01:39:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/27/varicent-secures-35m-second-only-to-facebook-in-it-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937138,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-06T15:13:58Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"(UPDATED:
        Added screenshots and a link to video of the Myca patient-record interface.)","title":"Six
        Health 2.0 firms reinvent doctor-patient\u00a0ties","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/06/six-health-20-firms-reinvent-doctor-patient-ties/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937137,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-24T14:06:07Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"What
        does the design of enterprise wiki software have to do with stopping hackers
        from compromising Federal computers? Nothing directly perhaps, but it does
        help organizations decentralize themselves, which is something that government
        agencies have been attempting to do in order to better manage information
        throughout their ranks.","title":"TWiki starts funding search as co-founder
        heads to\u00a0Washington","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/24/twiki-starts-funding-search-as-co-founder-heads-to-washington/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937136,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"Nvidia
        chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang is on a mission to get graphics chips into
        everything from handheld computers to smart phones.\u00a0 In a dinner with
        reporters on Monday night, the head of the Santa Clara, Calif.-based graphics
        chip maker said that the company is going to invest heavily in research and
        development and announce some interesting hires (see announcement story) soon.
        We last interviewed him in August.","title":"Will Intel let Jen-Hsun Huang
        spread graphics beyond\u00a0PCs?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/28/jen-hsun-huangs-quest-to-spread-graphics-beyond-pcs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937135,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-21T11:56:23Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: This story is part of our Microsoft-sponsored series on cutting-edge
        innovation.","title":"Extreme computing opens up unlimited\u00a0possibilities","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/21/extreme-computing-opens-up-unlimited-possibilities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937134,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-20T22:30:32Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"\u00a0","title":"From
        \u201cPassage\u201d To Moscow International:  Narrative and Ethical Design
        in Contemporary\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/20/from-passage-to-moscow-international-narrative-and-ethical-design-in-contemporary-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937133,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-24T13:00:01Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"Patrick
        Houston is senior VP for media and chief publisher of NetShelter  Technology
        Media. (Disclosure: NetShelter is a business  partner of VentureBeat.)","title":"Internet
        TV: Why Sony may have finally gotten it\u00a0right","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/24/internet-tv-why-sony-may-have-finally-gotten-it-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937132,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-30T16:28:35Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"\u00a0\u00a0
        \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 As a frequenter of various gaming
        sites, I can say I was thoroughly irritated by how much Alpha Protocol was
        advertised. And with the exception of games that I trust (Like Super Mario
        Galaxy), I tend to stray from heavily marketed games. Strangely enough, the
        only reason I decided to pick this game up was because all sorts of game viewers
        have basically rubbed their nuts all over its face, and my friends who own
        the game have now a formed a line to do the same.","title":"Alpha Protocol
        Review: Don\u2019t Give up on Obsidian\u00a0yet","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/30/alpha-protocol-review-as-bad-as-everyone-says-it-is/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937131,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-17T16:18:59Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"Flash
        back to just about two months ago. Larry Ellison, Oracle\u2019s CEO, walked
        on stage on the first evening of Oracle OpenWorld 2010 and unveiled the Exadata
        server. It was about three times the size of his speaking podium.","title":"Cloud
        gurus say Oracle just doesn''t get the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/17/web2s-cloud-comments-oracle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937130,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-18T03:31:56Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"Games
        are like the Wizard of Oz \u2014 far more impressive when a thick curtain
        of mystery and wonder hides the inner workings (or the short man, as the case
        may be). Recent indie darling Recettear: An Item Shop''s Tale reminded me
        of this sad fact just as I began my third attempt at repaying my family''s
        debt to the usury fairy.","title":"How I Spoiled Recettear for Myself \u2014
        And Why Ignorance Is Sometimes\u00a0Awesome","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/18/ignorance-is-sometimes-awesome/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937129,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-05T15:39:37Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"It\u2019s
        time to scrap the dysfunctional, binary approach of \u201csales and marketing,\u201d
        and look for a new system that harnesses the strengths of both groups to drive
        a company\u2019s revenue.\u00a0In order to do that, we must move past traditional
        sales cycles (and the supporting role marketing plays) and start attacking
        the entire revenue process with something called revenue performance management
        (RPM).","title":"How we quadrupled revenue by uniting sales and\u00a0marketing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/05/how-we-quadrupled-revenue-by-uniting-sales-and-marketing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937128,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-26T17:17:14Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"So
        what''s in store for 2012?","title":"Surveying the 2012 Gaming\u00a0Apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/26/surveying-the-2012-gaming-apocalypse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937127,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-18T07:30:01Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"Is
        there anything more American than a robot that can create anything you want
        out of little more than a spool of wire and some electricity? It\u2019s only
        a slight exaggeration to say that the MakerBot offers levels of Jeffersonian
        self-reliance that our founding fathers only dreamed\u00a0of.","title":"Dylan\u2019s
        Desk: Saddle your horses and fire up the 3D\u00a0printer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/18/dylans-desk-3d-printers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937126,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-05T14:01:07Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"As
        Apple grows, so will the number of viruses that can affect its systems. Today,
        it issued a Java update to keep one of these viruses, the Flashback Trojan,
        at bay.","title":"Apple releases Java update to protect Macs against Flashback\u00a0trojan","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/05/apple-java-flashback-trojan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937125,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-06T09:19:33Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Cartoonist Scott Adams raises two questions: Is no-one buying Microsoft\u2019s
        Surface tablets? And is Microsoft on a long slide toward\u00a0irrelevance?","title":"Dilbert
        skewers Microsoft \u2026 but he\u2019s flat-out\u00a0wrong","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/06/dilbert-skewers-microsoft-but-hes-flat-out-wrong/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937124,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-17T11:53:54Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"Guest
        Post This idea doesn\u2019t do justice to the wonders of the human mind, nor
        to the amazing potential of contemporary\u00a0technology.","title":"No, big
        data will not mirror the human brain \u2014 no matter how advanced our tech\u00a0gets","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/17/no-big-data-will-not-mirror-the-human-brain-no-matter-how-advanced-our-tech-gets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937123,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T12:00:16Z","slug":"metaphor-computer-systems","summary":"Panel
        organizers Brenda Romero and Leigh Alexander made it clear through their slate
        of speakers for the 2014 edition of #1ReasonToBe that the panel is about diversity
        in the video game industry, which goes beyond concerns only about\u00a0gender.","title":"The
        No. 1 \u2018reason to be\u2019 at the Game Developers Conference 2014:\u00a0Diversity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:57:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/the-no-1-reason-to-be-at-the-game-developers-conference-2014-diversity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T23:02:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937122,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-13T23:22:54Z","slug":"specific-media","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Google moves ''Sky'' into the browser,
        Harvard grad server gets hacked and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T23:02:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/13/roundup-google-moves-sky-into-the-browser-harvard-grad-server-gets-hacked-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T22:00:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937121,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-06T06:00:11Z","slug":"the-marcus-buckingham-company","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Clate Mask is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Conquer the
        Chaos and CEO of Infusionsoft. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)","title":"5
        things you\u2019re doing that are killing your\u00a0culture","updated_at":"2014-07-28T22:00:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/06/5-things-youre-doing-that-are-killing-your-culture/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937120,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-21T05:00:55Z","slug":"american-accounting-association","summary":"China
        seems to be heading down the wrong road in video games. It is evidently embracing
        both censorship and protectionism and seems bent on limiting Western involvement
        in the local Chinese online game industry.","title":"Chinese authorities embrace
        game censorship and\u00a0protectionism","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/21/chinese-authorities-embrace-game-censorship-and-protectionism/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937119,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-02T21:20:53Z","slug":"american-accounting-association","summary":"Ys
        III: Wanderers from Ys (Ys is pronounced like \u201cease\u201d) on the SNES
        was my first exposure to Falcom''s action RPG series. At the time, I thought
        it was just a quirky, side-scroller with cool music, neat visual effects,
        and punishing difficulty. Dying within seconds of entering the first \u201cdungeon\u201d
        was my first taste of humble pie with Falcom''s arcade RPG series, a craving
        that had never really gone away.","title":"Lost in Esteria: A Short History
        of Falcom\u2019s Ys\u00a0Series","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/02/lost-in-esteria-a-short-history-of-falcoms-ys-series/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937118,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-13T10:19:04Z","slug":"american-accounting-association","summary":"","title":"They\u2019re
        in! Meet the DEMO Spring 2012\u00a0Speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/13/demo-sages-spring-201/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937117,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-05T13:21:46Z","slug":"american-accounting-association","summary":"The
        thinking is this: If your organization relents and lets employees use their
        own mobile devices for work, then there will be immediate cost savings, with
        the added benefit that people generally take better care of devices for which
        they are financially responsible. ","title":"BYOD and the security\u00a0fun-sponge","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/05/byod-fun-sponge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937116,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-22T18:25:00Z","slug":"american-accounting-association","summary":"Guest
        Post Nest is associated with the \u201cInternet of Things\u201d (IoT) trend,
        which sits under the umbrella of a larger wave of innovation that I call \u201cLifeTech\u201d
        \u2013 products and services that optimize, personalize and automate our lives
        as consumers to create a smart world that shifts and responds to our\u00a0needs.","title":"Next
        up on the Silicon Valley agenda: \u2018Life Resource\u00a0Planning\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/22/next-up-on-the-silicon-valley-agenda-life-resource-planning/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937115,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-20T14:31:47Z","slug":"american-accounting-association","summary":"Several
        reports have come out lately about the progress of the U.S. solar market.
        The numbers are mostly positive, showing growth, though there\u2019s less
        demand and investment in the sector compared to the previous year. Germany,
        with its generous solar incentives, is still projected to be a global leader
        in solar, accounting for more than half of the world\u2019s solar installations
        next year. Here\u2019s a rundown of the latest solar reports:","title":"New
        reports say American solar outlook is bright, but Germany still\u00a0dominates","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/20/new-reports-say-american-solar-outlook-is-bright-but-germany-still-dominates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937114,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-17T08:00:05Z","slug":"financo","summary":"A
        new do-it-yourself version of the app-controlled Ziphius aquatic drone will
        glow in the\u00a0dark.","title":"Now on Kickstarter: an aquatic drone you
        control via smartphone\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:59:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/17/ziphius-will-be-a-glow-in-the-dark-underwater-drone-controlled-via-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937113,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T09:14:33Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Guest
        Post Is it better to build a site that\u2019s purely mobile \u2014 or one
        that adapts to mobile and desktop\u00a0viewers?","title":"Is responsive design
        killing\u00a0mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937112,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-02T09:25:12Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Rupert
        Murdoch is finally launching The Daily today, but there\u2019s already been
        plenty of talk about the long-rumored iPad newspaper. One of the big topics
        of speculation has been the amount of money Murdoch is pouring into this effort.","title":"News
        Corp has spent $30M on The Daily iPad\u00a0newspaper","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/02/the-daily-ipad30m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937111,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-11T14:40:59Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Media
        company Local.com on Monday announced that it has acquired Screamin\u2019
        Media Group, the entity behind Groupon-like-company Screamin\u2019 Daily Deals.","title":"Local.com
        acquires Groupon-like Screamin\u2019 Daily\u00a0Deals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/11/local-com-acquires-groupon-like-screamin-daily-deals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937110,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-09T13:38:30Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"San
        Francisco-based\u00a0bloomspot\u00a0has found a ray of sunlight in the current
        economic storm. The daily deal marketer just announced $35 million in funding
        and a new platform that helps merchants recognize and reward their top customers.","title":"Hey
        big spender! Daily deal marketing startup bloomspot raises\u00a0$35M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/09/hey-big-spender-daily-deal-marketing-startup-bloomspot-raises-35m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937109,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-30T14:36:42Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Local
        business review aggregator Yelp is going back to its roots. The company is
        scaling back its year-old Yelp Deals service, which was designed to compete
        with daily deal giant Groupon, and focusing its resources on more on user-based
        reviews.","title":"Yelp disses daily deals on the road to its\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/30/yelp-disses-daily-deals-on-the-road-to-its-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937108,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-02T10:36:52Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"The
        daily deal market is undergoing a whole lot of tidying up at the moment. Facebook
        and Yelp\u00a0recently announced they are getting out of the daily deal space.
        But don\u2019t call it a messy clean-up.\u00a0This is not a bubble bursting;
        rather the industry is streamlining itself and focusing on core competencies.
        The Facebook and Yelp news makes sense, since neither company has a business
        model optimized for daily deals.","title":"Daily Deal market goes through
        a\u00a0remodel","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/02/daily-deal-market-goes-through-a-remodel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937107,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-20T13:46:19Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"From
        delayed IPOs to buyouts and layoffs, 2011 proved to be a volatile year for
        daily deals companies. In the past 12 months, the industry was defined and
        legitimized, but had just as many mistakes as successes.","title":"LivingSocial
        will be bought, and other daily deals predictions for\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/20/livingsocial-will-be-bought-and-other-daily-deals-predictions-for-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937106,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-02T05:43:40Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Creators
        wishing to distribute their video content online for consumption by the masses
        have plenty of services to choose from, but the same isn\u2019t always true
        for getting compensated for the work. Fortunately, web video site Dailymotion
        thinks its found a winning solution through a new partnership announced today
        with crowd-funded micropayments service Flattr.","title":"Dailymotion adds
        Flattr\u2019s crowdfunding button to original\u00a0videos","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/02/dailymotion-flattr-crowdfunding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937105,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-06T17:48:42Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Blueseed,
        the startup-ship making Pirates of Silicon Valley an actual thing, has already
        gained interest from hundreds of entrepreneurs looking to start a company
        on the open sea.","title":"Blueseed startup ship of dreams has hundreds knocking
        at its\u00a0door","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/06/blueseed-startup-ship/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937104,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-09T18:09:33Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"All
        the news that lay dormant surrounding the July 4th holiday exploded all at
        once today in the funding world. Sometime amidst the barbecuing and pool parties,
        major deals were struck involving massive amounts of money. The biggest story,
        juicier than that rare burger dripping with cheese you gobbled last week,
        was GitHub at long last taking a round of VC money \u2014 and what a round
        it was. Check out the other interesting bits below.","title":"Funding Daily:
        It\u2019s like the San Diego firework fiasco of\u00a0investment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/09/funding-daily-its-like-the-san-diego-firework-fiasco-of-investment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937103,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-12T17:58:25Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Today
        in funding news, the numbers are all over the place. The Mayfield Fund finds
        itself with $1 million for every day of the year, while pioneer community
        news site Digg sold for 500 times less than once dreamt. There are also whispers
        of dirty laundry, white tigers, rapper wheels, and tulle gowns, but you will
        have to read more to find out why.","title":"Funding Daily: Another day, another
        million\u00a0dollars","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/12/funding-daily-another-day-another-million-dollars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937102,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-28T17:13:19Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Investments
        on the funding map all had a distinctive local flavor today. VC firms invested
        in regional companies and they money didn\u2019t travel too far from\u00a0home.","title":"Funding
        Daily: No\u00a0reservations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/28/funding-daily-no-reservations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937101,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-07T17:03:22Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"A
        look at Friday\u2019s funding news and a portent of things to\u00a0come.","title":"Funding
        Daily: a volcano ready to\u00a0erupt","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/07/funding-daily-a-volcano-ready-to-erupt/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937100,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-31T10:11:11Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"LocBox
        wants to be the alternative to Groupon, Living Social and the host of flash
        sales sites, and has raised over $5 million in its quest to win over small\u00a0businesses.","title":"LocBox
        pulls in $5.1M to put the nail in the daily deals\u00a0coffin","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/31/locbox-pulls-in-5-1m-to-put-the-nail-in-the-daily-deals-coffin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937099,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-20T16:40:57Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Big
        data is hot right now in the technology world and VCs are eagerly opening
        their wallets to companies that slice and dice data into yummy (or at least
        useful)\u00a0form.","title":"Funding Daily: Data\u00a0pie","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/20/funding-daily-data-pie/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937098,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-30T17:50:05Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Today
        was remarkably frisky for funding news, with many big announcements came out
        before the\u00a0weekend!","title":"Funding Daily: Frisky\u00a0Friday","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/30/funding-daily-frisky-friday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937097,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-04T17:44:29Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Life
        in the tech scene is a lot like life on the Africa savanna. Read more to find
        out which 15 companies drank from investor watering holes\u00a0today.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Hakuna\u00a0Matata","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/04/funding-daily-hakuna-matata/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937096,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-03T17:36:41Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Here
        are the wheels and deals and cats that took place in today\u2019s Funding\u00a0News.","title":"Funding
        Daily: No cat memes in\u00a0India","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/03/funding-daily-no-cat-memes-in-india/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937095,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-15T17:06:23Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"A
        big ol\u2019 bowl of funding news, with cherries on\u00a0top.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Earthquake\u00a0sundae","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/15/funding-daily-earthquake-sundae/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937094,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-27T17:12:04Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"A
        few hours before Top Chef season 5 finale, here is a serving of funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Top Chef\u00a0finale","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/27/funding-daily-top-chef-finale/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937093,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-08T16:38:06Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"The
        Daily Grommet is an online marketplace and product launch platform for up-and-coming
        consumer products. It helps discover, launch, and build sustainable businesses
        out of innovative\u00a0ideas.","title":"Life after Kickstarter: Daily Grommet
        supports projects after honeymoon\u00a0ends","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/08/life-after-kickstarter-daily-grommet-supports-projects-after-honeymoon-ends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937092,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-09T17:00:04Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"The
        last of this week\u2019s round up of funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding
        Daily: From Russia with\u00a0Love","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:58:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/09/funding-daily-from-russia-with-love/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937091,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-22T17:42:57Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Uber
        was the big funding story today, but wine, recruiting, photo-sharing, and
        a distributed storage startup raised money\u00a0too.","title":"Funding Daily:
        Flying\u00a0Ubers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/22/funding-daily-flying-ubers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937090,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-12T17:43:46Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"The
        summer is over as day-fog rolls in over San Francisco\u2019s financial district.","title":"Funding
        Daily: The fog rolls\u00a0in","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/12/funding-daily-fog/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937089,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-19T16:44:40Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"The
        daily round-up of today\u2019s funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding Daily:
        Shar Pei\u00a0shenanigans","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/funding-daily-shar-pei-shenanigans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937088,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-01T18:10:37Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Government
        employees are not getting paid today, but the private sector is booming with
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        a website with hundreds of news articles targeted to students, has raised
        $1.2 million in venture\u00a0financing.","title":"Newsela gets $1.2M to bring
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        know how when there\u2019s a Monday holiday and you come back on Tuesday to
        over nine thousand new emails and a to-do list longer than Jay-Z\u2019s money?
        That\u2019s Funding Daily\u00a0today.","title":"Funding Daily: Freakin\u2019
        Columbus\u00a0Day","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/15/funding-daily-freakin-columbus-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937085,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T17:14:13Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Go
        on, ask to borrow a cup of\u00a0sugar.","title":"Funding Daily: Won\u2019t
        you be my\u00a0neighbor?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/funding-daily-wont-you-be-my-neighbor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937084,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T16:11:33Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"The
        startup community is buzzing with funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding Daily:
        Busy little\u00a0bees","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/funding-daily-busy-little-bees/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937083,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T15:46:27Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"We
        saw lots of other deals, but we kinda feel bad for any company that planned
        to announce their own sweet fundraise today. On this day, Spotify is the whale,
        and everyone else is a mere\u00a0minnow.","title":"Funding Daily: Spotiwhat?\u00a0Spotiwho?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/funding-daily-spotiwhat-spotiwho/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937082,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-11T18:16:34Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"What
        if you opened a gift under a sparkling Christmas tree to find, holy crap,
        there are hundreds of millions of dollars in here?!","title":"Funding Daily:
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        startup has raised $23 million from Andreessen Horowitz to expand its vision
        and platform for crowdfunding around the world, making the technology more
        accessible to a larger group of\u00a0people.","title":"Crowdtilt raises $23M
        to turn crowdfunding into a daily\u00a0habit","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/16/crowdtilt-raises-23m-to-turn-crowdfunding-into-a-daily-habit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937080,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-23T15:00:28Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"In
        15 minutes, the greedy orgy was over, leaving only a residue of guilt and
        a small molehill of slightly crushed silver\u00a0bows.","title":"Funding Daily:
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        deals for Credit Karma and Quikr with a roundup of smaller rounds, as\u00a0well.","title":"Funding
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        billion for Accel, $10 million for Gigwalk, and more deals of the\u00a0day.","title":"Funding
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        today\u2019s heap of funding news.","title":"Funding Daily: April 10,\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/funding-daily-april-10-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937076,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T14:20:58Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Two
        huge rounds of $100 million each dominated today\u2019s funding\u00a0stories.","title":"Funding
        Daily: The revenge of the $100M\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/funding-daily-the-revenge-of-the-100m-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T16:30:39Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: A big day for\u00a0Instacart","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/funding-daily-6/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937074,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T16:30:02Z","slug":"the-daily-hundred","summary":"Here
        are today\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: Three\u2019s a\u00a0crowd","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:57:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/funding-daily-threes-a-crowd/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:55:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-29T01:27:57Z","slug":"prelude-trust","summary":"Featured
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        Sequoia Pharmaceuticals, Tactile Systems Technology, WellGen, Zeltiq Aesthetics","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Monday, Oct. 29,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:55:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/29/life-sciences-briefing-monday-oct-29-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:55:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937072,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-12T16:14:30Z","slug":"prelude-trust","summary":"Google
        and Yahoo have announced that after checking each other out for the past few
        months, they\u2019re ready to tie the knot on their search advertising deal.","title":"Yahoo''s
        fling with Google turns into a long-term\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:55:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/12/yahoos-fling-with-google-turns-into-a-long-term-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:55:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937071,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-19T02:01:39Z","slug":"prelude-trust","summary":"In
        case you missed it, here\u2019s the first part: The Sephiroth and the Fury
        I","title":"The Sephiroth and the Fury \u2013 Part II: Barret A.\u00a0Baracus","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:55:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/19/the-sephiroth-and-the-fury-part-ii-barret-a-baracus/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:55:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937070,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T15:43:18Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Many
        people have outwardly expressed their disdain for the lack of females in the
        unfinished \u201cDeep Down,\u201d and Ryan explains why such a judgement (so
        preemptively) is not a good\u00a0idea.","title":"It\u2019s OK that Deep Down
        doesn\u2019t have playable\u00a0females","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:55:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/its-ok-that-deep-down-doesnt-have-playable-females/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937069,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T16:35:25Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"GamesBeat
        chats with actors Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, and Travis Willingham about their
        roles in Infamous: Second\u00a0Son.","title":"Infamous: Second Son\u2019s
        cast dishes on playing superheroes and goofing off in spandex suits\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/infamous-second-son-cast-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937068,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-27T09:00:06Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Smule
        Open Mic uploads your song recordings from apps or the\u00a0Web.","title":"Smule\u2019s
        Open Mic uploads your karaoke songs from the Web\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/smules-open-mic-lets-you-upload-your-karaoke-songs-from-the-web-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937067,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T06:05:04Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"You
        can play or create in this open world\u00a0\u201csandbox.\u201d","title":"Will
        Project Spark be Microsoft\u2019s Minecraft?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/will-project-spark-be-microsofts-minecraft/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937066,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T08:30:59Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick We look at what\u2019s good and bad about Xbox Fitness, Wii Fit U, Zumba
        Fitness: World Party, and Just Dance 4 on the latest systems from Nintendo,
        Sony, and\u00a0Microsoft.","title":"The games that convinced my wife to give
        up her gym\u00a0membership","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/the-games-that-convinced-my-wife-to-give-up-her-gym-membership/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937065,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T17:11:57Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Square
        Enix is auctioning off original artwork from Final Fantasy X and X-2 on Gallery
        Nucleus\u2019s website. All proceeds are going to Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts
        in the\u00a0Philippines.","title":"Developers and fans celebrate the legacy
        of Final Fantasy X and X-2 for a good\u00a0cause","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/ffx-ffx-2-charity-event/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937064,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T07:00:21Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Gorgeous
        visuals and unique superpowers make Infamous: Second Son a stunning showpiece
        for the PlayStation\u00a04.","title":"Infamous: Second Son unlocks the spectacular
        new powers of your PlayStation 4\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/infamous-second-son-unlocks-the-spectacular-new-powers-of-your-playstation-4-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T12:00:16Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Panel
        organizers Brenda Romero and Leigh Alexander made it clear through their slate
        of speakers for the 2014 edition of #1ReasonToBe that the panel is about diversity
        in the video game industry, which goes beyond concerns only about\u00a0gender.","title":"The
        No. 1 \u2018reason to be\u2019 at the Game Developers Conference 2014:\u00a0Diversity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/the-no-1-reason-to-be-at-the-game-developers-conference-2014-diversity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937062,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T09:00:21Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Abe
        is back on the menu thanks to some scrappy thinking from creator Lorne\u00a0Lanning.","title":"Oddworld\u2019s
        Lorne Lanning bets that fans will love a 3D re-creation of Abe\u2019s Oddysee\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/oddworlds-lorne-lanning-bets-that-fans-will-love-a-3d-re-creation-of-abes-oddysee-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937061,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T19:15:00Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Some
        Friday night in the not-so-distant future, Netflix will collaborate with the
        Weinstein Bros\u00a0to premiere a studio film online only.","title":"I\u2019m
        looking forward to the first Netflix/Weinstein online movie\u00a0premiere","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/im-looking-forward-to-the-first-netflixweinstein-online-movie-premiere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937060,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T07:30:30Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Ouya
        is signing exclusive contracts with independent game developers to sell more
        consoles, and the results range from silly to\u00a0serious.","title":"Six
        Ouya exclusives show the console\u2019s silly and serious\u00a0side","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/six-ouya-exclusives-show-the-consoles-silly-and-serious-side/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937059,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T08:00:07Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"We
        explore the 2014 Call of Duty Championship through the eyes of its international\u00a0teams.","title":"Why
        international e-sports teams struggle with Call of Duty\u2019s powerful\u00a0incumbents","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/international-teams-at-2014-cod-championship/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937058,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-05T08:00:09Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Now
        that you\u2019ve reclaimed Seattle with your amazing powers, you might want
        to check out this related\u00a0material.","title":"Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus
        material for Infamous: Second Son\u00a0fans","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/05/readwatchlisten-infamous-second-son/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937057,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T04:00:43Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Fellas,
        if you\u2019ve ever been jealous of us ladies for having online retailers
        supplying us with stylish yet affordable shoes, you may now rejoice: Greats,
        an online-only retailer of sneakers is now doing the same\u00a0for you.","title":"Here\u2019s
        what a JustFab for dudes looks like: It\u2019s called \u2018Greats\u2019 and
        sells sneakers\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/heres-what-a-justfab-for-dudes-looks-like-its-called-greats-and-sells-sneakers-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937056,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-07T11:18:05Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"In
        addition to being able to stream yourself eating your breakfast AS IT HAPPENS,
        the points-of-view from fellow Glass-wearing breakfast-eaters can also be
        streamed as a multi-camera\u00a0production.","title":"Livestream app for Google
        Glass broadcasts from your point of\u00a0view","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/07/livestream-app-for-google-glass-broadcasts-from-your-point-of-view/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937055,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T13:38:08Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Facebook
        is launching Business Manager, a tool catered to agencies and enterprises\u2019
        advertising and marketing needs, including Pages, apps, and ad\u00a0accounts.","title":"Facebook\u2019s
        new Business Manager throws agency & enterprise users a\u00a0bone","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/facebooks-new-business-manager-throws-agency-enterprise-users-a-bone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937054,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T08:40:05Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Digital\u00a0music
        is made out of square and sine waves. These sounds don\u2019t have bodies.
        They don\u2019t have a character, but according to musical mastermind Imogen
        Heap, wearables can bring them\u00a0to life.","title":"Imogen Heap\u2019s
        sensor-packed gloves will change digital music making forever\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/imogen-heaps-sensor-packed-gloves-will-change-digital-music-making-forever-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937053,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T07:18:08Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"The
        owners of popular music video service Vevo are mulling plans to put it up
        for sale, reports Bloomberg.","title":"Music video service Vevo may be looking
        for a\u00a0buyer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/music-video-service-vevo-may-be-looking-for-a-buyer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937052,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T11:00:03Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"E-book
        deals service BookBub secured a $3.8 million first round of funding, the company
        announced today.","title":"BookBub, the bargain bin for e-books, rustles up
        a deal of its own:\u00a0$3.8M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/bookbub-the-bargain-bin-for-ebooks-rustles-up-its-own-bargain-3-8m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937051,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T09:00:16Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Transistor offers players tons of customization and a great combat system,
        but it lacks Bastion\u2019s\u00a0charm.","title":"Transistor is a beautiful,
        strategic game starring a bunch of boring people\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/transistor-is-a-beautiful-strategic-game-starring-a-bunch-of-boring-people-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937050,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T16:36:21Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Why
        use a camcorder? Why read a book? You can do these things digitally. Now e-book
        and digital video recording startups are getting some\u00a0coin.","title":"Funding
        daily: Virtual\u00a0books","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/funding-daily-virtual-books/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937049,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T09:00:34Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Hot
        off of a $280 million funding round, mobile messaging app Tango is making
        a big media play.","title":"With Channels, Tango gives you another reason
        never to leave its messaging\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/with-channels-tango-gives-you-another-reason-never-to-leave-its-messaging-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937048,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T17:14:36Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Let\u2019s just wait and see if this Helion thing pays off or if the
        tech giant will just trot out a new cloud strategy in a few\u00a0months.","title":"Why
        HP\u2019s latest OpenStack position looks intelligent \u2014 in\u00a0theory","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/hp-helion-analysis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937047,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T15:15:03Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"We
        give out the kind of E3 awards that one else is likely to think\u00a0of.","title":"The
        GamesBeat E3 2014 Non-Award Awards: The stuff no one else is writing\u00a0about","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/the-gamesbeat-e3-2014-non-award-awards-the-stuff-no-one-else-is-writing-about/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937046,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T08:00:02Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Nintendo
        will release its sixth Pok\u00e9mon in seven years in\u00a0November.","title":"The
        annualization of Pikachu: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire make 6 Pok\u00e9mon
        games in 7\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/the-annualization-of-pocket-monsters-omega-ruby-and-alpha-sapphire-make-6-main-pokemon-games-in-the-last-7-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937045,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T08:00:47Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Owen
        Mahoney, new CEO of Asian free-to-play game giant Nexon, says we\u2019ve gone
        through five years where the best game creators weren\u2019t being\u00a0rewarded.","title":"Nexon\u2019s
        new CEO wants creative devs, free-to-play to be fair \u2014 and cloners to
        take a hike\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/nexons-new-ceo-wants-devs-to-be-creative-free-to-play-to-be-fair-and-cloners-to-take-a-hike-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937044,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T13:45:20Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Competition
        is heating up among a special breed of messaging apps: apps made just for
        couples.","title":"Messaging apps for couples are so hot right now. Here\u2019s
        a look at the\u00a0numbers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/messaging-apps-for-couples-are-so-hot-right-now-heres-a-look-at-the-numbers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937043,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T20:09:41Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Elon
        Musk unveiled SpaceX\u2019s first manned commercial spacecraft Today\u2013and
        it looks like the\u00a0future.","title":"Video and pictures of SpaceX\u2019s
        new spaceship. It looks like the\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/video-and-pictures-of-spacexs-new-spaceship-it-looks-like-the-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937042,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T18:23:40Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"I\u2019m
        exploring our tendency to ignore the good and bad practices of Triple-A development
        in favour of focusing on smaller\u00a0developers.","title":"Big game hunter:
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        each\u00a0other)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/big-game-hunter-our-inability-to-hold-games-to-equal-standards-when-they-nick-stuff-from-each-other/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937041,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T13:09:13Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"\u201cTo
        Mexico and Chile, hola we say; tons of apps and free automatic updates are
        starting today. And in the coming weeks \u2014 very soon, you\u2019ll see
        \u2014 Chromebooks will be in Belgium, Spain and\u00a0Italy.\u201d","title":"Chromebooks
        are coming to more countries, says a horribly cheesy poem from\u00a0Google","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/chromebooks-are-coming-to-more-countries-says-a-horribly-cheesy-poem-from-google/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937040,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T09:01:33Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Valiant
        Hearts: The Great War is a playable cartoon about World War I with fun characters
        and an adorable canine sidekick, but it doesn\u2019t spare the gritty\u00a0details.","title":"Valiant
        Hearts: The Great War reframes history\u2019s brutal moments in cartoon violence\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/valiant-hearts-the-great-war-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937039,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T11:00:41Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Popular
        dating startup and social club Grouper has shut down its international operations
        and fired a portion of its staff overseas and in the U.S., sources\u00a0say.","title":"Group-dating
        startup Grouper shutters international operations, fires staff\u00a0(update)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/group-dating-startup-grouper-shutters-international-operations-fires-staff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937038,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T14:50:15Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Can
        a handmade metal lotus flower, audio snippets of a teacher\u2019s voice, and
        a brainwave headset reader help your meditation?","title":"Tune your meditation
        with a metal flower that tracks your brainwaves \u2014 and those of your\u00a0friends","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/tune-your-meditation-with-a-metal-flower-that-tracks-your-brainwaves-and-those-of-your-friends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937037,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T08:40:25Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"If
        there\u2019s one place that could really benefit from more secure private
        conversations, it\u2019s\u00a0Russia.","title":"Messaging app \u2018Secret\u2019
        may get deep integration with Russia\u2019s\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/messaging-app-secret-may-get-deep-integration-with-russias-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937036,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T06:30:31Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Who
        in the tech industry doesn\u2019t want to be Tony Stark?","title":"What Iron
        Man can teach us about future-proofing the Internet of\u00a0Things","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/what-iron-man-can-teach-us-about-future-proofing-the-internet-of-things/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937035,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T15:03:15Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Guest
        Post A well-designed website can lend a helping hand to SEO efforts, increase
        conversion rates, and improve interaction and engagement with site\u00a0visitors.","title":"9
        ways a well-designed site will boost SEO and\u00a0engagement","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/9-ways-a-well-designed-site-will-boost-seo-and-engagement/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937034,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T08:25:51Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"While
        the crew of the International Space Station may be secluded in space, that
        doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t paying attention to this week\u2019s World
        Cup festivities in Brazil.","title":"Here\u2019s how the International Space
        Station celebrates the World Cup\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:54:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/heres-how-the-international-space-station-celebrates-the-world-cup-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937033,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T02:00:12Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Democracy
        may be one of man\u2019s greatest inventions, but it has suffered lately due
        to low citizen participation and general distrust of politicians and government\u00a0institutions.","title":"Open
        data and crowdfunding can breathe new life into\u00a0democracy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/government-2-0-can-open-data-and-crowdfunding-save-democracy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937032,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T12:01:11Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"After
        a long, cold swim, Google Glass has made it across the pond.","title":"Glass
        goes international. It\u2019s first stop? Jolly ole\u00a0England","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/glass-uk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937031,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:00:39Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"This
        summer\u2019s animated blockbuster is a technological wonder, made with visual,
        cloud, and software technology that represents the state of the art in enterprise\u00a0computing.","title":"The
        making of DreamWorks Animation\u2019s tech wonder: How to Train Your Dragon\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-main/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937030,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T06:16:57Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Slingshot,
        Facebook\u2019s second attempt to clone Snapchat, is now available worldwide
        \u2014 but the app\u2019s already sliding down the App Store charts in the
        U.S.","title":"Facebook\u2019s Slingshot just can\u2019t compete with\u00a0Yo","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/facebooks-slingshot-just-cant-compete-with-yo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937029,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-06T18:29:08Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Ever
        hear a catchy tune but not know the name of the song or the artist? Midomi,
        a web site and mobile service, lets you play a recorded song or sing a snippet
        of it yourself, and then it matches that information to its library of more
        than 17 million song samples. Then, you can listen to the recommended samples
        and go buy the song on iTunes or watch related videos on YouTube.","title":"Melodis
        matches $7 million with its music discovery\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/06/melodis-matches-7-million-with-its-music-discovery-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937028,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T04:32:15Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Sedia Biosciences Corporation of Portland, Oregon will be presenting
        its       first public results of a new rapid point-of-care HIV incidence
        assay at       the upcoming 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne,       Australia,
        July 21-25,\u00a02014\u2026.","title":"Sedia Biosciences to Present and Exhibit
        at 2014 International AIDS\u00a0Conference","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/sedia-biosciences-to-present-and-exhibit-at-2014-international-aids-conference/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937027,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-24T00:00:00Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"  ","title":"Videogames:
        The New Artist\u2019s\u00a0Canvas","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/24/videogames-the-new-artists-canvas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937026,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T12:51:36Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Just
        as apps have seemed to reach the peak of frivolity (we\u2019re looking at
        you, Yo), here comes a new one that could literally save lives in the most
        oppressive countries around.","title":"Amnesty International offers an SOS
        app for\u00a0activists","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/amnesty-international-offers-an-sos-app-for-activists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937025,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-03T21:01:24Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"There
        are lots of music fans out there who aren\u2019t happy about the frequent
        use of Auto-Tune technology in songs \u2014 a viewpoint expressed in Jay-Z\u2019s
        song \u201cDeath to Auto-Tune.\u201d But if Auto-Tune haters were unhappy
        about the cultural landscape before, a new iPhone application called \u201cI
        Am T-Pain\u201d will really drive them crazy.","title":"Smule''s new T-Pain
        app provides the Auto-Tuned voice you''ve always\u00a0wanted","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/03/smules-new-auto-tune-app-gives-you-the-robotic-singing-voice-youve-always-wanted/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937024,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T21:41:00Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"It
        may seem strange, but Gree started its own hotel-booking service in\u00a0June.","title":"What
        the heck? Japan\u2019s mobile-game company Gree invests in a \u2026 hotel
        booking\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/what-the-heck-japans-mobile-game-company-gree-invests-in-a-hotel-booking-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937023,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-15T08:32:46Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"
        ","title":"Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, and Video Game\u00a0Journalism","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/15/oscar-wilde-the-critic-as-artist-and-video-game-journalism/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937022,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T11:30:45Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"ESPN
        will also broadcast a preview of the finals on its ESPN2 cable\u00a0chanel.","title":"The
        Ocho! Dota 2\u2019s The International will stream on\u00a0ESPN3","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/the-ocho-dota-2s-the-international-will-stream-on-espn3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937021,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-09T07:00:54Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Microsoft\u2019s
        Halo 3: ODST is flying off the shelves as hardcore gamers play the first-person
        shooter video game on the Xbox 360. Sales have topped 2.5 million units, or
        $125 million, in the first two weeks of sales. Those gamers would do well
        to pay attention to  the hidden game within the game.","title":"How Fourth
        Wall Studios hid an artistic radio drama inside Halo\u00a03:ODST","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/09/how-the-startup-fourth-wall-studios-created-a-game-inside-a-game-for-bungie/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937020,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T01:00:04Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"On
        Thursday Russia\u2019s hot online travel market saw its third major venture
        funding operation in one month as\u00a0OnlineTours, a reseller of package
        tours, closed a $7 million Series B round.","title":"Russian online travel
        market heats up with $7M international investment into\u00a0OnlineTours","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/russian-online-travel-market-heats-up-with-7m-international-investment-into-onlinetours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937019,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-11T14:47:25Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Jayne
        Cobb, Commander Worf, The Arbiter, Trinity, and Chris from Family Guy will
        all embark on a galaxy-changing journey come January 2010. That\u2019s right
        \u2014 Bioware will play host to Hollywood\u2019s finest in the newest installment
        in the Mass Effect series. Let\u2019s all hope the developer\u2019s script
        writers live up to the intimidatingly talented actors the company has employed.The
        cast of Kingdom Hearts, which boasted the voice of NSYNC\u2019s Lance Bass,
        has finally been bested. Luckily, Bioware doesn\u2019t employ former boyband
        stars [via Gamespot]:Believe it or not, Jen Taylor \u2014 the voice of Cortana
        \u2014 made only $1000 for her work in Halo 2, which sold 8.46 million copies
        worldwide. But that was 2004, and since then the circumstances of voice-over
        artists have changed immensely. Acting in video games is no longer a simple
        side business for unemployed stage performers. It\u2019s becoming increasingly
        clear that as developers continue to fabricate more intriguing and complex
        stories, more and more actors are drawn away from Hollywood scripts and toward
        ones written in Silicon Valley. Bioware is here to prove that.","title":"Silver
        Tongues of Hollywood: Mass Effect 2 Reveals Voice\u00a0Cast","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/11/silver-tongues-of-hollywood-mass-effect-2-reveals-voice-cast/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937018,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-18T07:00:20Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"We\u2019re
        pleased to present the videos of our DiscoveryBeat panel sessions that took
        place on Dec. 8.","title":"DiscoveryBeat videos: The masters explain how to
        get your app\u00a0noticed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/18/discoverybeat-videos-reveal-the-increasingly-diverse-ecosystem-around-getting-apps-noticed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937017,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T14:39:24Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"He
        doesn\u2019t seem too\u00a0concerned.","title":"Apple CEO Tim Cook responds
        to declining iPad sales\u00a0(again)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/apple-ceo-tim-cook-responds-to-declining-ipad-sales-again/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937016,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-23T13:03:44Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Facebook
        has just announced how they plan to offer the site in other languages. The
        Palo Alto, Calif. company has both hired professional translators and asked
        its international users to give suggestions.","title":"How Facebook''s international
        users translate the site for\u00a0free","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/23/update-on-facebooks-internationalization-efforts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937015,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-07T20:06:19Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Two
        visual communication students created video game-themed condom packaging which
        promotes safe sex as being fun.","title":"Artists promote safe sex with video
        game-themed\u00a0condoms","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/07/artists-promote-safe-sex-with-video-game-themed-condoms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937014,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-03T13:38:59Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Facebook
        quietly announced it has taken its paid virtual gifts off the dollar standard,
        last Friday evening. The company is moving to a universal, floating currency
        of \u201ccredits.\u201d The intent is to optimize paid gift-giving among users
        at prices that make sense to those who use non-dollar currencies.","title":"In
        bid for international money, Facebook takes gifts off dollar\u00a0standard","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/03/in-bid-for-international-money-facebook-takes-gifts-off-dollar-standard/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937013,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-29T23:19:51Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Microsoft
        has reinvigorated Xbox Live, the online game service launched in 2002, just
        about every fall. Today, it previewed to some users its latest update to the
        Xbox Live Dashboard in advance of new features such as the launch of its Kinect
        motion control system.","title":"Xbox Live gets its makeover in advance of
        Kinect\u00a0launch","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/29/xbox-live-gets-its-makeover-in-advance-of-kinect-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937012,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-24T11:25:11Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Facebook
        Ads, the social network\u2019s advertising system, could start making more
        money soon. The company is letting people buy ads in 14 more currencies, including
        major ones like the euro \u2014 this is a big expansion from just having people
        purchase ads in US dollar units.","title":"Facebook looks for more international
        ad\u00a0revenue","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/24/facebook-looks-for-more-international-ad-revenue-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937011,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-07T10:37:03Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"As
        app stores multiply and the number of publicly released apps \u2014 just the
        ones we can see and count \u2014 approaches 1 million, content developers
        are having a hard time standing out from the crowd.","title":"33 ways to make
        your app a hit: VentureBeat''s Discovery\u00a0Directory","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/07/discovery-directory-app-discovery-tricks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937010,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-06T18:29:47Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Facebook
        Lite, a faster-loading and simpler version of the site meant to speed adoption
        in developing countries, is finally starting to go international after a test
        in the U.S.","title":"Facebook Lite starts to go international with\u00a0translations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/06/facebook-lite-starts-to-go-international-with-translations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937009,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-30T23:39:14Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Before
        we begin, give yourself a pat on the back for owning an iPad. Feels good,
        amirite? Our day of reckoning has come. Sword and Sworcery EP is great, but
        I hesitate to call it a great \u201cgame\u201d. It\u2019s swo much more than
        that and deserves a better classification. Allow me to get academic with you
        a moment. It\u2019s a great \u201cart-thing\u201d, yeah, let\u2019s go with
        that. I feel much better now. Problem solved.","title":"A Sort of Sword &
        Sworcery EP Review for Artistic Consideration and Platform Debate and Intelligent\u00a0Discourse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/30/a-sort-of-sword-and-sworcery-ep-review-for-artistic-consideration-and-platform-debate-and-intelligent-discourse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937008,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-17T16:43:02Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Zynga
        has the world\u2019s largest online poker game, with more than 28 million
        users playing Zynga Poker monthly on Facebook. Today, the social game company
        hopes to make the game even bigger by doing its first international localizations
        of the game.","title":"Zynga launches its first international version of popular
        poker\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/17/zynga-launches-its-first-international-version-of-popular-poker-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937007,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-29T10:00:20Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"Luca
        Sacchetti has just created a social music network with the goal of giving
        fans the power to sign and represent artists online. RockStar Motel enters
        private beta today, with an official launch in October 2011.","title":"RockStar
        Motel wants to put artist success in the hands of music\u00a0fans","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/29/rockstar-motel-wants-to-put-artist-success-in-the-hands-of-music-fans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937006,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-18T07:19:57Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Trying
        a little of its own medicine, social buying juggernaut Groupon\u00a0went on
        something of a shopping spree Tuesday, announcing that it has bought Japanese
        and Russian rivals Qpod and Darberry, respectively. While the terms of the
        deal were undisclosed, the company plans to assimilate both into the Groupon
        brand, according to the Wall Street Journal.","title":"Groupon copies eBay''s
        playbook in international buying\u00a0spree","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/18/groupon-buying-spree-ebay-international/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937005,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-03T12:43:45Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"[Updated
        with correction on SOPA support withdrawal story.]","title":"Video game industry
        voices urge ESA trade association to drop SOPA\u00a0backing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/03/video-game-industry-voices-urge-esa-trade-association-to-drop-sopa-backing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937004,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-12T18:07:45Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Facebook
        is aiming to boost international usage with the debut of a new \u201cFacebook
        for Every Phone\u201d app, which offers full access to the social network
        on over 2,500 mobile phones across the globe. The company\u2019s mobile team
        announced the new app in a blog post today.","title":"New \u201cFacebook for
        Every Phone\u201d app aims to boost international\u00a0usage","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/12/facebook-for-every-phone-app-free-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937003,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-12T10:30:20Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"People
        have never been shy about expressing their outrage over offensive or inappropriate
        material in art. But when that outrage is considered, and artists actively
        modify their work as a result of it, the potential of any particular medium
        is effectively\u00a0hindered.","title":"Tiny Tina be trippin'': On free expression
        and artistic\u00a0integrity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/12/tiny-tina-be-trippin-on-free-expression-and-artistic-integrity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937002,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-13T00:20:08Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Slot
        machine maker International Game Technology said Thursday it will buy Double
        Down Interactive for $500 million in cash. Double Down, based in Seattle,
        makes Facebook games such as the DoubleDown Casino.","title":"Slot machine
        maker International Game Technology pays $500M for Facebook casino game maker
        Double Down\u00a0Interactive","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/13/slot-machine-maker-international-game-technology-pays-500m-for-facebook-casino-game-maker-double-down-interactive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937001,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-10T11:04:22Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"During
        Konami\u2019s pre-e3 conference, Hideo Kojima confirmed that Snake would indeed
        be given a new voice actor with Kiefer Sutherland replaced David Hayter. This
        decision is absolutely necessary in terms of the character of Snake and the
        path that Kojima intends to take the series in the\u00a0future.","title":"The
        voice change: Snake\u2019s\u00a0downfall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/10/the-voice-change-snakes-downfall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3937000,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-30T08:14:28Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Barnes
        & Noble is reportedly working on a new e-reader device that could help the
        book publisher take on both Amazon and the international market.","title":"Barnes
        & Noble working on a new Nook, finally going\u00a0international","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/30/new-nook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936999,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-02T13:06:00Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Facebook
        has reportedly hired three more banks to underwrite its IPO, bringing the
        total number of financial institutions on that merry bandwagon to nine \u2014
        not including Ernst & Young, which is overseeing accounting and auditing for
        the deal.","title":"Facebook cozies up to three more international banks\u00a0pre-IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/02/facebook-hearts-banks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936998,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T15:27:55Z","slug":"voice-over-artist","summary":"You
        can now frag enemies to the smooth, chilled-out voice of a rap\u00a0leagend.","title":"Infinity
        Ward is \u201cputting a little Snoop-ism\u201d in Call of Duty: Ghosts with
        Snoop Dogg\u2019s\u00a0voice","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/infinity-ward-is-putting-a-little-snoop-ism-in-call-of-duty-ghosts-with-snoop-doggs-voice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936997,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-08T10:23:14Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Roku
        is raising a $50 million round of funding in the next three months to help
        push its streaming media set-top boxes into more international markets, the
        company told Reuters today.","title":"Roku seeking $50M round for international\u00a0expansion","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/08/roku-seeking-50m-round-for-international-expansion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936996,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-09T09:18:02Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"It
        seems like Facebook\u2019s App Center is getting some global love. The social
        network\u2019s marketplace is officially open to all users in the U.S. and
        seven other countries, and it will soon expand to seven more countries with
        new, translated apps.","title":"Facebook App Center goes international, opens
        to all\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/09/facebook-app-center-international/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936995,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-25T14:10:18Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        App Center, the social network\u2019s answer to Google Play and Apple\u2019s
        iTunes App Store, is finally rolling out to non-English-speaking countries
        around the world.","title":"Facebook rolls out the App Center\u00a0internationally","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/25/facebook-app-center-goes-international/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936994,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-04T14:11:58Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"NASA
        is extending a super-cool opportunity to 150 social media followers to chat
        live with International Space Station astronauts Kevin Ford, Tom Marshburn,
        and Chris\u00a0Hadfield.","title":"NASA to Facebook, Twitter, Google+: who
        wants to chat to astronauts on the International Space\u00a0Station?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/04/nasa-to-facebook-twitter-google-who-wants-to-chat-to-astronauts-on-the-international-space-station/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936993,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-11T10:02:07Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Guest
        Post Imagine that you lead a rapidly growing national company, and you are
        ready to take your products to foreign\u00a0markets.","title":"3 phases of
        taking payments international: Why expanding cross-border is harder than it\u00a0looks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:53:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/11/3-phases-of-taking-payments-international-why-expanding-cross-border-is-harder-than-it-looks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936992,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-02T06:45:29Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Guest
        Post International markets are a clear opportunity for developers \u2014 but
        it can be hard to take the pulse of cultures and communities halfway around
        the\u00a0world.","title":"Here\u2019s what app addiction looks like on an
        international\u00a0scale","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/02/heres-what-app-addiction-looks-like-on-an-international-scale/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936991,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T10:06:27Z","slug":"ok-international","summary":"Facebook\u2019s\u00a0world
        domination plans\u00a0depend on\u00a0India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Nigeria.","title":"Facebook\u2019s
        next international push: India, Indonesia, Pakistan, &\u00a0Nigeria","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/facebooks-next-international-push-india-indonesia-pakistan-nigeria/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936990,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-08T16:38:06Z","slug":"the-grommet-group","summary":"The
        Daily Grommet is an online marketplace and product launch platform for up-and-coming
        consumer products. It helps discover, launch, and build sustainable businesses
        out of innovative\u00a0ideas.","title":"Life after Kickstarter: Daily Grommet
        supports projects after honeymoon\u00a0ends","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/08/life-after-kickstarter-daily-grommet-supports-projects-after-honeymoon-ends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936989,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T08:00:10Z","slug":"axis-magazine-and-promotion","summary":"In
        just a few short hours, Sony Computer Entertainment will reveal (what we think)
        is the next PlayStation console. But before it does, why don\u2019t we take
        a look back at how Sony revealed the PS1, PS2, and\u00a0PS3?","title":"What
        we can learn from past PlayStation\u00a0reveals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/what-we-can-learn-from-past-playstation-reveals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936988,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-09T13:07:23Z","slug":"axis-magazine-and-promotion","summary":"School
        bus drivers in Boston initiated a surprise work stoppage this morning, that
        left thousands of the city\u2019s 57,000 schoolchildren stranded at home or
        at bus stops. Uber is offering them rides to school for\u00a0free.","title":"Uber
        responds to Boston school bus driver strike with free rides for\u00a0students","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/09/uber-responds-to-boston-school-bus-driver-strike-with-free-rides-for-students/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936987,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-17T12:38:40Z","slug":"bluestreak-technology","summary":"One
        of the biggest technology stories of 2010 has been the battle between Flash
        and HTML5 over who  will reign supreme as the standard-bearer for video on
        the web and  beyond.","title":"HTML5 vs. Flash: How will the battle play out
        in\u00a02011?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/17/html5-vs-flash-how-will-the-battle-play-out-in-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936986,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T08:30:05Z","slug":"bluestreak-technology","summary":"Why
        is Asia\u2019s Nexon cutting so many deals with Western game\u00a0makers?","title":"Nexon
        chief Owen Mahoney explains deal with Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:52:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/nexon-chief-owen-mahoney-explains-deal-with-gears-of-war-creator-cliff-bleszinski-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936985,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-02T14:29:31Z","slug":"advanced-composite-technologies","summary":"Throughout
        the course of the year, IBM\u2019s Venture Capital Group meets with hundreds
        of VCs and portfolio companies here in the United States and around the world.
        Our ongoing conversations with all of these groups has given us quite a bit
        of insight into what the VCs see as attracting more attention in 2008. This
        time of year, there are as many predictions lists as there are VCs, nevertheless,
        here are the top technology trends (not in any particular order) we believe
        you\u2019ll be hearing more about in\u00a02008.","title":"VC activity in\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/02/vc-activity-in-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936984,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-02T11:15:58Z","slug":"advanced-composite-technologies","summary":"76
        companies met in Singapore this week to pitch their products or ideas onstage
        at the first ever DEMO Asia conference.","title":"Here are the 76 products
        that vied for attention at DEMO\u00a0Asia","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/02/76-startups-vie-for-attention-at-demo-asia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936983,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-26T12:41:57Z","slug":"advanced-composite-technologies","summary":"Many
        people believe that we\u2019ve run out of ideas and that the future will be
        one of bleak shortages of food, energy, and water. Billionaire Peter Thiel,
        for example, argues that, despite spectacular advances in computer-related
        fields, technological progress has actually stalled because the internal combustion
        engine still rules our highways, the cancer death rate has barely changed
        since 1971, and the top speed at which people can travel has ceased to improve.","title":"Why
        this decade will be the most innovative in\u00a0history","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/26/why-this-decade-will-be-the-most-innovative-in-history/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936982,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-08T09:00:37Z","slug":"advanced-composite-technologies","summary":"The
        transition from 2D to 3D in mobile games is coming. Machine Zone is staffing
        up to deal with\u00a0it.","title":"Once focused on 2D mobile games, Machine
        Zone hires a 3D graphics\u00a0expert","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/08/once-focused-on-2d-mobile-games-machine-zone-hires-a-3d-graphics-expert/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936981,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-19T04:00:22Z","slug":"advanced-composite-technologies","summary":"Last
        week, the journal Nature published details of a research breakthrough in making
        windows that can switch between transparent, heat-blocking, and completed
        shaded modes. Today, Heliotrope Technologies is announcing plans to commercialize
        the\u00a0technology.","title":"Heliotrope to commercialize light- and heat-blocking
        \u2018smart\u00a0glass\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/19/heliotrope-smart-glass/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936980,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-04-21T09:13:25Z","slug":"stuart-energy-systems","summary":"Lest
        you should think X1 will let Google or Microsoft run away with desktop search,
        check out their latest news: They\u2019ve raised a $10 million from venture
        capitalists (see extended entry). X1, of Pasadena, isn\u2019t a valley company,
        but supplies the desktop technology for Yahoo and is worth watching. Here\u2019s
        our initial analysis.","title":"Desktop search company X1 means\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/04/21/desktop-search-company-x1-means-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936979,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-19T21:00:33Z","slug":"stuart-energy-systems","summary":"Artificial
        intelligence has been a dismal failure over many decades of research. But
        scientists say they\u2019re closer to understanding how the brain works and
        want to build a computer modeled on the human brain.","title":"IBM aims to
        replicate the brain with cognitive computing\u00a0project","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/19/ibm-aims-to-to-replicate-the-brain-via-darpa-project-on-cognitive-computing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936978,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-26T09:00:11Z","slug":"stuart-energy-systems","summary":"This
        article is brought to you by Thomson Reuters and the Knowledge Effect. To
        learn more, please click here. As always, VentureBeat is adamant about maintaining
        editorial objectivity. Thomson Reuters had no involvement in the content of
        this post.","title":"The road to green is paved with\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/26/data-cleantech-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936977,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-26T12:46:49Z","slug":"stuart-energy-systems","summary":"Baltimore\u2019s
        Gamescape showcased talent with a passion for galaxies, black holes, and exploding
        stars\u2026and everything they\u00a0represent.","title":"Local developers
        and students look beyond the stars at Baltimore\u2019s Gamescape\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/26/baltimores-gamescape-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936976,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-02T11:02:38Z","slug":"stuart-energy-systems","summary":"Makers
        of home energy efficiency products like dashboards and smart thermostats have
        a myriad of issues to contend with \u2014 getting their products into more
        homes, making sure the technology works, raising money, crafting long-term
        business plans, to name a few.","title":"Build it and they''ll unplug? How
        to get people to use energy-saving\u00a0products","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:51:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/02/how-to-get-people-to-actually-use-energy-saving-products/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936975,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-12-06T21:09:06Z","slug":"casttv","summary":"Declaring
        it has \u201cperfected the user experience\u201d for audio and visual search,
        Seattle start-up Pluggd has raised $1.65 million from Intel and angel investors
        to help it start distributing its technology.","title":"Pluggd \"perfects\"
        audio and video search, raises\u00a0$1.65M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/06/pluggd-perfects-audio-and-video-search-raises-165m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936974,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-30T23:56:36Z","slug":"casttv","summary":"The
        latest Silicon Valley round-up:","title":"Roundup: Bombs, don''t do Delaware,
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        search company, Blinkx, blows bubble with\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936972,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-17T14:07:45Z","slug":"casttv","summary":"Ten
        companies presented during today\u2019s morning portion of Techcrunch40 conference
        in San Francisco. If we were able to have stock in these companies, here\u2019s
        how we\u2019d rank them: CastTV, Cubic Telecom, Yap, Cognitive Code, Viewdle,
        Powerset, Trutap, Faroo, Ceedo and Loudtalks. Summaries of each company follow.","title":"New
        companies launch: Yap, Cognitive Code, Viewdle, Faroo &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/17/new-companies-launch-yap-cognitive-code-viewdle-faroo-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936971,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-10T02:00:36Z","slug":"casttv","summary":"Video
        search engines fail most of the time because they rely upon people to tag
        keywords of things that appear in the video. But VideoSurf is unveiling today
        a better way to search through videos. It is launching a beta search engine
        at TechCrunch50 in San Francisco.","title":"TC50: VideoSurf debuts search
        engine for\u00a0video","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/10/tc50-videosurf-debuts-search-engine-for-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936970,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-22T11:18:56Z","slug":"casttv","summary":"Visual
        search shopping site Like.com just announced that it has raised a $32 million
        third round of funding. We reported on the deal back in July, but the money
        hadn\u2019t been wired over yet and we could only say the amount was in the
        \u201cdouble digit millions.\u201d","title":"Visual search site Like.com closes
        $32M\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/22/visual-search-engine-likecom-closes-32m-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936969,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-14T09:00:18Z","slug":"casttv","summary":"VideoSurf
        announced a video search site last year with computer vision technology that
        could decipher what was in a video and find results quickly for users looking
        for particular video snippets. Now it\u2019s opening up its platform so other
        developers can make it easier for users to find and watch videos online.","title":"VideoSurf
        opens up its video search platform to\u00a0others","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/14/videosurf-opens-up-its-video-search-platform-to-others/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936968,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-04T23:03:31Z","slug":"casttv","summary":"Updated","title":"CastTV
        develops advanced video\u00a0search","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/04/casttv-develops-advanced-video-search/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936967,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-24T08:10:34Z","slug":"casttv","summary":"Corrected:
        Motwani is merely an advisor","title":"CastTV raises $3.1M to launch better
        video\u00a0search","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31m-to-launch-better-video-search/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936966,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-07T14:13:12Z","slug":"uih","summary":"1)
        Yahoo\u2019s Yang lambasted by Congress for China actions","title":"Roundup:
        Yahoo''s China troubles, Google''s game ads, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/07/roundup-yahoos-china-troubles-googles-game-ads-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936965,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-15T10:52:49Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Cameron
        Health, a San Clemente, Calif., medical-device maker, has raised $14.1 million
        of a planned $50 million fifth funding round, I\u2019ve learned. The company
        is working on a new type of implantable defibrillator that\u2019s designed
        to be easier to implant and program than existing models.","title":"Defibrillator
        maker Cameron Health takes in\u00a0$14M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/15/defibrillator-maker-cameron-health-takes-in-14m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936964,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-09T12:58:21Z","slug":"uih","summary":"updated","title":"Roundup:
        Tidbits on Jangl''s demise, Virgin considers Helio hookup, VCs looking overseas,
        and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:50:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/09/roundup-tidbits-on-jangls-demise-virgin-considers-helio-hookup-vcs-looking-overseas-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936963,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-12T13:50:15Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: MySpace struggles to find music CEO,
        feds prosecute hacker network that stole tens of millions of credit card\u00a0numbers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/12/roundup-myspaces-struggles-to-find-ceo-feds-prosecute-hacker-network-that-stoles-tens-of-millions-of-credit-card-numbers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936962,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-19T18:42:47Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest pre-inaugural action:","title":"Roundup: Obama''s White House reboot,
        SoCal''s VC slump and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/19/roundup-obamas-white-house-reboot-socals-vc-slump-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936961,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-21T20:07:36Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Meteos
        is a fantastic little puzzler for the DS.\u00a0 Released in the summer of
        2005, it was an early DS title and one of the first to truly grasp the benefits
        of a touch-screen interface, especially for the Puzzle genre.\u00a0 Much more
        than just another Match-3 falling-shape clone, the game tasks you with launching
        blocks into the cosmos above.\u00a0 You do this by sliding blocks up and down
        along their vertical columns in order to match three to five of the same color.\u00a0\u00a0","title":"Spoiler
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        I Read \u2013 Nintendo Power\u00a0#51","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/26/where-i-read-nintendo-power-51/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936959,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-15T19:02:00Z","slug":"uih","summary":"What
        constitutes a good review: a piece that describes feelings or one that simply
        critiques quality? Should a writer evaluate a work on its own terms or strictly
        by the conventions of the genre?","title":"A review paradox: When franchises
        become\u00a0genres","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/15/a-review-paradox-when-franchises-become-genres/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936958,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-21T15:00:25Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Microblogging
        site Twitter has acquired social information analysis startup Julpan for an
        undisclosed sum, the startup announced Wednesday.","title":"Twitter acquires
        Julpan, makes former Googler director of\u00a0engineering","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/21/twitter-acquires-julpan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936957,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-25T16:06:07Z","slug":"uih","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Gears
        of War 3 embraces the\u00a0horror","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/25/gears-of-war-3-embraces-the-horror/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936956,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-07T17:03:27Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Author''s
        Note: This article contains end-game spoilers for Fallout 3, and some minor
        end-game spoilers for Grand Theft Auto IV. \u00a0If you haven''t yet finished
        these games, you''ve been warned!","title":"Why Morality Systems in Videogames
        Have\u00a0Failed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/07/why-morality-systems-in-videogames-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936955,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-10T13:23:11Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Apture,
        maker of in-page search technology, has been acquired by Google for an undisclosed
        sum. Apture staff will join Google\u2019s Chrome team and work to improve
        the browser\u2019s user experience, the startup announced Thursday.","title":"Google
        buys Apture to improve Chrome browsing\u00a0experience","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/10/google-acquires-apture/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936954,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-25T14:14:16Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Sweet,
        Sweet Suikoden II","title":"Sweet, Sweet Suikoden\u00a0II","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/25/sweet-sweet-suikoden-ii/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936953,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-15T12:14:58Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Lumines
        was developed by Q Entertainment, a Japanese game studio founded by Tetsuya
        Mizuguchi, the mind behind Space Channel 5, Rez, and more recently, Child
        of Eden. Music is in the studio\u2019s blood, and exploring innovative synergies
        between sound and gameplay is what Q does best.","title":"Lumines Electronic
        Symphony is the most enjoyable epileptic seizure you\u2019ll ever have\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/15/review-lumines-electronic-symphony/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936952,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-28T15:30:03Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Unmanned
        is a browser-based game about a man who is a part of war. He isn\u2019t a
        hero. He doesn\u2019t get to choose his weapons. He doesn\u2019t get to kill
        hundreds of men who are obviously enemies. Instead, he flies a Predator drone
        from a location in Nevada, conducting surveillance on suspected Taliban fighters
        half a world away.","title":"\u2018Unmanned\u2019 Attempts to Show a Different
        Side of\u00a0War","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/28/unmanned-attempts-to-show-a-different-side-of-war/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936951,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-09T11:39:04Z","slug":"uih","summary":"There
        were quite a few interesting companies presenting their ideas at the Launch
        Festival in San Francisco this week.","title":"6 promising startups spotted
        at the Launch\u00a0Festival","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/09/6-promising-startups-spotted-at-the-launch-festival/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936950,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-08T05:00:16Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Of
        all the craziest things for Mark Cuban to invest in, a one-man startup consisting
        of a horrible dancer who sits at his kitchen table drawing kindergarten-style
        pictures of cats must be at the top of the list. But Cuban obviously knows
        what he\u2019s doing: he\u2019s already made most of his investment back.","title":"How
        a 1-man cat-drawing startup won a Mark Cuban\u00a0investment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/08/i-want-to-draw-a-cat-for-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936949,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-30T09:30:30Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Guest
        Post Hiring great people and learning from \u201cno\u201d are two ways Pinterest\u2019s
        Silbermann says his startup found\u00a0success.","title":"Startup lessons
        from Pinterest founder Ben\u00a0Silbermann","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/30/startup-lessons-from-pinterest-founder-ben-silbermann/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936948,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-28T10:00:00Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Guest
        Post If you are a founder that has realized the time is right for you to sell,
        here\u2019s how to estimate what a realistic price might\u00a0be.","title":"How
        much can I sell my startup\u00a0for?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/28/how-much-can-i-sell-my-startup-for/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936947,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-06T06:00:14Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Life
        is short. Get\u00a0acquired.","title":"Exitround is an Ashley Madison for
        entrepreneurs. Sort\u00a0of.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/06/exitround/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936946,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-28T11:24:06Z","slug":"uih","summary":"With
        $3 billion in forecast revenue, Yahoo might be seeing its first real growth
        in\u00a0years.","title":"Has Marissa turned the boat around? Analysts predict
        gains for\u00a0Yahoo","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/yahoo-back-in-black/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936945,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-16T14:39:51Z","slug":"uih","summary":"It\u2019s
        too early to declare whether iconic tech company Yahoo is in full turnaround
        mode, but the company first quarter 2013 earnings certainly show it\u2019s
        headed in the right\u00a0direction.","title":"Don\u2019t call it a comeback
        (yet): Yahoo\u2019s active Q1 beats\u00a0estimates","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/dont-call-it-a-comeback-yet-yahoos-active-q1-beats-estimates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936944,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-17T13:33:23Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Poster,
        an app that enables you to post articles on WordPress from you iOS device,
        has been acquired by WordPress.com parent company Automattic, the app\u2019s
        creator announced today. Terms of the deal were not\u00a0disclosed.","title":"Automattic
        acquires mobile WordPress app\u00a0Poster","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/17/automattic-buys-poster-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936943,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-26T02:30:51Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Gaurav
        Jain is a Principal at Founder Collective, one of the most active seed funds
        in the country. Follow him on Twitter @gjain.","title":"5 things you should
        know when pricing your seed\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/26/seed-round-price/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:49:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936942,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-04T10:48:21Z","slug":"uih","summary":"In
        this series of Improving Freemium Design we\u2019re going to look at an indie
        game Apple featured called Combat Monsters and see what they did right and
        what could be\u00a0improved.","title":"Improving Freemium Design \u2013 Combat\u00a0Monsters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/04/improving-freemium-design-combat-monsters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936941,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-09T16:11:29Z","slug":"uih","summary":"A
        report on \u201cacqui-hires\u201d from CB Insights found that these startups
        have typically raised less than $5 million and last raised a funding round
        about 15 months before\u00a0acquisition.","title":"A nice alternative to death:
        A look at the typical\u00a0acqui-hire","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/09/a-nice-alternative-to-death-a-look-at-the-typical-acqui-hire/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936940,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-10T07:30:05Z","slug":"uih","summary":"It\u2019s
        unimaginable from a company that was only too recently in the proverbial toilet,
        but Yahoo\u2019s place in the next generation of computing is\u00a0undeniable.","title":"The
        Marissa effect: Yahoo mobile users will eclipse desktop users in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/10/the-marissa-effect-heres-what-yahoo-is-bringing-to-mobile-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936939,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-27T16:29:12Z","slug":"uih","summary":"YC\u2019s
        success since 2005 has meant that most accelerators have essentially copied
        its pricing model\u200a\u2014\u200aaround $18,000 investment for around 7
        percent\u00a0equity.","title":"What Y Combinator\u2019s new deal means for
        the future of\u00a0accelerators","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/27/what-y-combinators-new-deal-means-for-the-future-of-accelerators/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936938,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T16:08:26Z","slug":"uih","summary":"This
        versatile free-to-play war game will absolutely infuriate you. I mean that
        in a good\u00a0way.","title":"War Thunder\u2019s PS4 take is better at WWII
        tanks & planes than World of Tanks/Warplanes\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/war-thunders-ps4-take-is-better-at-wwii-tanks-planes-than-world-of-tankswarplanes-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936937,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-20T12:29:33Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Pin
        board social network Pinterest has just acquired local recommendation service
        Livestar, the company announced\u00a0today.","title":"Pinterest acquihires
        local recommendations startup\u00a0Livestar","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/20/pinterest-buys-livestar/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936936,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-11T06:52:31Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Continuing
        its focus on mobile technology, Facebook has purchased mobile software startup\u00a0Osmeta.","title":"Facebook
        acquihires Osmeta to beef up its mobile\u00a0strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/11/facebook-buys-osmeta/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936935,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-28T12:52:44Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Design
        tech company Adobe has acquired San Francisco-based creative consulting firm
        Ideacodes, the company announced\u00a0today.","title":"Adobe acquihires design
        agency Ideacodes to boost talent in Creative\u00a0Cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/adobe-acquihires-design-agency-ideacodes-to-boost-talent-in-creative-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936934,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-12T12:10:17Z","slug":"uih","summary":"With
        the number of smaller acquisitions Yahoo has made over the last year, I have
        to wonder whether it\u2019s recent purchase of startup Bread was mistaken
        for an item of food you can always use more of. Then again, maybe not \u2014
        as Bread\u2019s social advertising tech could prove useful to\u00a0Yahoo\u2019s
        ongoing push to refresh its own ad products.","title":"Yahoo acquihires social
        advertising startup \u2018Bread\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/12/yahoo-buys-bread/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936933,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-05T04:00:16Z","slug":"uih","summary":"Gesture-based
        email startup Boxer\u00a0announced today that it has acquired Enhanced Email,\u00a0an
        Android email client that provides more polish and functionality than the
        standard email application that\u2019s built into the Android operating system.","title":"Boxer
        acquihires Android app startup Enhanced\u00a0Email","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/05/boxer-acquires-enhanced-email/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936932,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2004-12-14T07:19:41Z","slug":"delivery-agent","summary":"Here\u2019s
        a noteworthy summary of where venture capitalists predict their money will
        be going in the coming year, published today by the National Venture Capital
        Association. There are many VC views represented, but we\u2019ll just pick
        on one: the revolution in advertising.","title":"Where''s venture capital
        headed in 2005? Spam, for\u00a0starters.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2004/12/14/wheres-venture-capital-headed-in-2005-spam-for-starters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936931,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-05-17T10:37:28Z","slug":"delivery-agent","summary":"Catching
        up on start-up and venture stuff:","title":"Latest Silicon Valley start-ups:
        3jam, JWire, Imperva &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/05/17/latest-silicon-valley-start-ups-3jam-jwire-imperva-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936930,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-02T09:24:50Z","slug":"delivery-agent","summary":"Delivery
        Agent, a company that lets you purchase products you see on your favorite
        TV shows, has won a major deal with Viacom and raised $18.5M in a third round
        of funding.","title":"Delivery Agent lets you buy products in your favorite
        TV\u00a0shows","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/02/delivery-agent-lets-you-buy-products-in-your-favorite-tv-shows/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936929,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-30T14:22:27Z","slug":"delivery-agent","summary":"Delivery
        Agent, a San Francisco-based provider of technology used to set up online
        stores \u2014 only geared toward the entertainment market and web publishers
        \u2014 has raised $24.85 million in a fourth round of funding, according to
        PE Hub. The company is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Cardinal Venture
        Capital and Worldview Technology Partners. Coral Capital Management joined
        this group in the latest round \u2014 boosting Delivery Agent\u2019s total
        capital to about $60 million.","title":"Delivery Agent snags $24.8M to supply
        entertainment e-commerce\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/30/delivery-agent-snags-248m-to-supply-entertainment-e-commerce-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936928,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-04T11:22:29Z","slug":"delivery-agent","summary":"Cardinal
        Venture Capital has brought in $25 million so far for a new fund that will
        be used to back early-stage software startups, according to a filing with
        the SEC. This is the Menlo Park, Calif. firm\u2019s second fund, following
        its $71 million first fund in 2000. It usually hands out venture financing
        in $2 \u2013 3 million chunks, and has participated in rounds for DivXNetworks,
        Zilliant and Delivery Agent in the past.","title":"Cardinal raises $25M for
        fund to back software\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:48:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/04/cardinal-raises-25m-for-fund-to-back-software-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936927,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-04T18:08:18Z","slug":"delivery-agent","summary":"Delivery
        Agent, provider of shopping and advertising services to media companies, has
        closed a $3.9 million round of funding, according to filings with the SEC.
        Based in San Francisco, Delivery Agent works with television networks to both
        sell products seen on TV and sell advertisements to brands featured on shows.","title":"Delivery
        Agent raises $3.9M for entertainment\u00a0shopping","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/04/delivery-agent-raises-3-9m-for-entertainment-shopping/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936926,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-23T13:45:30Z","slug":"ecutel-systems","summary":"So
        why are we holding our MobileBeat conference tomorrow?","title":"MobileBeat:
        Mobile success\u00a0stories","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/23/mobilebeat2008-catch-it-all-live-tomorrow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936925,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-07-27T11:32:46Z","slug":"intelleflex","summary":"Updated","title":"iPod
        Hi-Def, Google fesses & Google dance, Digg debate, SayNow &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/27/ipod-hi-def-google-fesses-google-dance-digg-debate-saynow-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936924,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-06T07:30:12Z","slug":"intelleflex","summary":"Right90,
        a Foster City, Calif. company that provides Web-based sales forecasting for
        tech and manufacturing companies, has raised $12 million in a second round
        of financing.","title":"Right90, Web-based sales forecasting company, raises
        $12M\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/06/right90-web-based-sales-forecastig-company-raises-12m-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936923,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-02T05:00:49Z","slug":"intelleflex","summary":"Silicon
        Valley has the rarest of things today: a silicon company with a new infusion
        of funding. Chip maker Maxim Integrated Products is spinning out one of its
        engineering teams into the chip startup Intelleflex in return for an equity
        stake. On top of that,  Intelleflex has raised $8 million from New Venture
        Partners to make tiny radio chips.","title":"Intelleflex gets an engineering
        team from big chip maker and raises\u00a0$8M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/02/intelleflex-gets-an-equity-investment-from-chip-maker-and-raises-8m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936922,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-07-26T10:31:35Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Heatseek","title":"What''s
        new? Sex, lawsuits, video\u2026.& ads\u2026.what did you\u00a0expect?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:47:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/26/whats-new-sex-lawsuits-video-adswhat-did-you-expect/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936921,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-12-10T20:59:51Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"You\u2019re
        familiar with Amazon.com\u2019s recommendation feature: \u201cPeople who bought
        this book, also bought these books.\u201d","title":"Aggregate Knowledge raises
        $5M from Kleiner, on a\u00a0roll","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/10/aggregate-knowledge-raises-5m-from-kleiner-on-a-roll/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936920,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-31T21:08:49Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"The
        eye-opening performances claimed by new behavioral advertising start-ups Aggregate
        Knowledge and Wunderloop are sure to grab the attention from online retailers
        and publishers.","title":"The new behavior advertising upstarts: Aggregate
        Knowledge and\u00a0Wunderloop","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/31/the-new-behavior-advertising-aggregate-knowledge-vs-wunderloop/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936919,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-02-07T08:31:10Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"BayNote,
        Cupertino, Calif. company that tracks the surfing patterns of users of corporate
        Web sites, in order to make a site easier to navigate, has raised more cash.","title":"Baynote
        raises $10.75M for corporate Web site\u00a0search","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/07/baynote-raises-1075m-for-corporate-web-site-search/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936918,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-02-22T17:53:53Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Aggregate
        Knowledge, the company that tracks Internet user surfing patterns within a
        site, has become one of the hotter start-ups in Silicon Valley.","title":"Aggregate
        Knowledge grabs interest, will raise\u00a0$20M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/22/aggregate-knowledge-grabs-interest-will-raise-20m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936917,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-10T22:27:19Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Aggregate
        Knowledge, which tracks Internet user surfing patterns within a site in order
        to sell them more, has raised $20 million in venture capital, as expected.","title":"Aggregate
        Knowledge raises $20M, to boost sales on Web\u00a0sites","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/10/aggregate-knowledge-raises-20m-to-boost-sales-on-web-sites/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936916,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-12T10:52:31Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest:","title":"Roundup: Sabio, Photobucket cont, Technorati, Choicestream,
        PersonalBee and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/12/roundup-sabio-labs-personalbee-bought-photobucket-cont-choicestream-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936915,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-18T02:35:48Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Dual-mode Blackberry, VCs go late, Pyramid
        2.0 continued, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/18/roundup-dual-mode-blackberry-vcs-go-late-pyramid-20-continued-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936914,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-02T07:49:21Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Minekey
        is another online behavioral targeting company enjoying a boom of interest
        in such wares, because it makes it easier for publishers to push content more
        efficiently to visitors.","title":"Minekey: another online behavior\u00a0tracker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/02/minekey-another-online-behavior-tracker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936913,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-05T12:28:00Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"updated","title":"Pique
        recommends products across Web sites (and Web 2.0 is\u00a0dead?)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/05/pique-recommends-products-across-web-sites-and-web-20-is-dead/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936912,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-25T09:46:53Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Sun
        Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz is having a conversation on stage at Web
        2.0 with show boss Tim O\u2019Reilly, who started out with a question on why
        Sun blogs.","title":"Live blogging: Q&A with Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan\u00a0Schwartz","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/25/live-blogging-qa-with-sun-microsystems-ceo-jonathan-schwartz/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936911,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-16T22:50:54Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"OneSpot,
        a news aggregator reminiscent of Blogrunner, Sphere and other media widgets
        that pull in news from around the web, is launching today with two high-profile
        pilot clients, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Each of which
        will run a widget containing story headlines provided by OneSpot\u2019s algorithm.  This
        launch is the latest move in a molasses-like battle between traditional media
        websites and independent news portals like Google News and Techmeme to become
        the news homepage of surfers. The OneSpot widget helps newspapers offer content
        from other sources \u2014 a strategy that most have been loath to adopt, following
        a hundred years of zero-sum, mine-or-theirs battling for readers.  That attitude
        is evidenced by the way the two papers are rolling out OneSpot: In very small,
        risk-free implementations. The WashPo is using The Root, a news site it owns
        that caters to black Americans with an interest in genealogy. The WSJ is implementing
        the widget on its own site, but only on its law blog. Clearly, these newspapers
        are still most interested in keeping a self-confined ecosystem that readers
        never leave.  By contrast, one of the more forward-looking newspaper companies,
        The New York Times Co., is light-years ahead. Last year, the company launched
        BlogRunner, which it owns, across the entire technology section of its site.
        Another paper, the LA Times, recently invested in social news site Mixx.  OneSpot
        is likely banking on convincing its clients, which include other, unnamed
        companies, that the NYT and LAT have made the correct bet. While dozens of
        sites have launched to independently aggregate news, most, with some notable
        exceptions like Digg and Techmeme, have failed to get traction. By contrast,
        there are only a few companies that are attempting to cater to other media
        sites, although there are recommendation tools like Aggregate Knowledge that
        newspapers most often use to pull content from within their own site \u2014
        in effect, perpetuating the closed system newspapers prefer.  Matt Cohen,
        OneSpot\u2019s founder, thinks that more in-site aggregators will appear \u2014
        and that the competition will be a good thing for his company\u2019s future.
        Media sites will ease their attitudes toward outside content once they see
        more traffic coming in from aggregators on other sites, he says.  In the meantime,
        he claims that retail store sites may help prop up his business, because they
        can see the use in having a content widget. \u201cThey market to millions
        of people but they don\u2019t see themselves as content creators,\u201d he
        says, noting that having links to outside content can help retailers fill
        out their sites, and keep clients coming back.  OneSpot has raised about $1
        million in seed funding from two angel investors. The company is based in
        Austin, Texas.","title":"OneSpot launches news crawler widget for media\u00a0sites","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/16/onespot-launches-news-crawler-widget-for-media-sites/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936910,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-17T11:04:12Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Baynote,
        a company that provides recommendation technology for web publishers, businesses,
        and others, is launching a new software service \u2014 what it calls its Collective
        Intelligence Platform.  The Cupertino, Calif. company has been developing
        software that tracks user behavior on a web site or other communication channels
        like email, identifying then sorting the variations in visitor behavior into
        a bunch of different categories. So if a user comes to a site and starts randomly
        clicking around on front page articles, those actions will indicate to Baynote
        that they\u2019re new to the site and looking for general information. Baynote
        then serves up what it considers to be the most relevant articles from the
        site, in an interface like a sidebar window of recommendations.  On the other
        hand, if a person comes to a site and clicks only on articles about a particular
        topic, or does a search on the topic, it indicates that they\u2019re on the
        site for a closely-defined reason. Baynote will serve up closely related articles
        and other information.  See screenshot below for an example of user behavior
        differences within a site about children\u2019s health.  Today\u2019s news
        is basically that the company is taking this technology and turning it into
        a platform for publishers to analyze a wide range of services. Its new email
        recommendation services let a Baynote client display targeted ads or products
        in emails to customers. Its new mobile service, like its web service, makes
        content recommendations based on visitor behavior.   Another part of the new
        platform, \u201cBaynote Insights,\u201d promises to give more detail about
        a site\u2019s community. An analytics service, it lets publishers see specific
        behaviors of new groups of visitors on a site, behaviors of groups of existing
        users, and more. It also lets publishers track how Baynote targeting affects
        pageviews, engagement, clicks, and changes in revenue. Finally, a publisher
        can also use the platform to customize Baynote recommendations on a site to
        emphasis specific types of content.  Baynote competes with Aggregate Knowledge
        and Loomia, both of which use their own differing methods of targeting content
        \u2014 all of these companies have been reporting a strong reception from
        large clients over the past year or so. However, chief executive Jack Jia
        tells me he sees the most direct competition coming from \u201chomegrown solutions\u201d
        that companies build on their own.  Baynote wouldn\u2019t disclose revenue
        to me, but said it was \u201csignificant\u201d for a 50-person company. It
        already has many brand-name clients, including Expedia.com, NASA and Symantec.","title":"Baynote
        launches recommendation platform to better target content to web site\u00a0visitors","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/17/baynote-launches-recommendation-platform-to-better-target-content-to-web-site-visitors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936909,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-02T12:25:24Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Searchles
        is a search engine, a social bookmarking site and a social network, of sorts.
        It combines these features into a web site that lets you share news stories
        you find interesting and meet other people who like those same kind of stories.
        It also has a widget for online publishers, so a reader on a site can find
        related stories and similar readers.  The Washington, D.C. company has just
        raised a $2 million angel round and says it has partnerships with large media
        companies in the works.  But this is 2008, a year when skepticism of social
        web services has reached its highest point yet. Searchles and many other social
        bookmarking services have been trying to find both users and revenue streams
        for years, and as far as I know, none of them have been particularly successful.
        In fact, nearly two years ago, VentureBeat founder Matt Marshall reviewed
        of a bunch of these social bookmarking and recommendation companies \u2014
        Searchles, Activeweave, Diigo, Kaboodle, Jeteye, Onfolio, and others. As he
        noted then:","title":"Searchles, one of many social bookmarking sites, raises\u00a0$2M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/02/searchles-one-of-many-social-bookmarking-sites-raises-2m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936908,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-06T10:48:50Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Aggregate
        Knowledge, developer of a platform that analyzes the performance of online
        display ads in real time and allows marketers to easily tweak their content
        to better target certain audiences,\u00a0has brought in $9 million in a third
        round of venture funding led by\u00a0OVP Venture Partners.","title":"Aggregate
        still shifting from e-commerce recs to ad analytics with\u00a0$9M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/06/aggregate-continues-shift-from-e-commerce-recs-to-display-ad-analytics-with-new-9m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936907,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-26T16:31:31Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Investors
        and online shoppers open their wallets on Cyber\u00a0Monday.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Emerging from\u00a0hibernation","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/26/funding-daily-emerging-from-hibernation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936906,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-31T05:00:40Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Media
        Intelligence startup Aggregate Knowledge (AK) has acquired Quantivo to beef
        up its analytics\u00a0capabilities.","title":"Aggregate Knowledge gets \u2018big
        data\u2019 boost with Quantivo buy-up\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/31/aggregate-knowledge-acquisition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936905,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-22T17:14:50Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Marketing
        intelligence startup Aggregate Knowledge raises $11.4 million in new\u00a0funds.","title":"Aggregate
        Knowledge predicts the marketing\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/22/aggregate-knowledge-predicts-the-marketing-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936904,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-09T09:48:07Z","slug":"aggregate-knowledge","summary":"Salesforce
        says it has the world\u2019s only unified social marketing suite. Adobe says
        its marketing cloud is a single service that includes everything digital marketers
        need to get ahead.\nShift begs to\u00a0differ.","title":"Shift attacks Salesforce,
        Adobe with \u2018open marketing cloud,\u2019 an app store for digital marketing\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:46:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/09/shift-attacks-salesforce-adobe-with-open-marketing-cloud-an-app-store-for-digital-marketing-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936903,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-02-24T19:21:41Z","slug":"united-surgical-partners","summary":"Here\u2019s
        a list of recent stories, and we\u2019ll probably have more next week!","title":"Catching
        up on Silicon Valley tech\u00a0stuff","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/02/24/catching-up-on-silicon-valley-tech-stuff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936902,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-10T11:52:21Z","slug":"united-surgical-partners","summary":"Featured
        companies: BioVascular, Carefx, ClinResearch, Healthcare Management Directions,
        NanoCor, OxyPlus, Revitus, Spotlight Surgical, United BioSource","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Monday, Sept. 10,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/10/life-sciences-briefing-monday-sept-10-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936901,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-28T08:30:30Z","slug":"united-surgical-partners","summary":"We
        survey the top venture capital investments into tech companies of the year.
        To make this elite list, you needed to raise at least $89 million in\u00a02012.","title":"Top
        15 venture capital deals of\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/28/top-venture-capital-deals-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936900,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-27T02:33:07Z","slug":"united-surgical-partners","summary":"PokitDok
        received $4 million in funding today to build-out a website that lets consumers
        research and potentially even purchase health care\u00a0services.","title":"PokitDok
        gets $4M to improve health care cost\u00a0transparency","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/27/pokitdok-gets-4m-to-improve-health-care-cost-transparency/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936899,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T05:11:46Z","slug":"united-surgical-partners","summary":"Sponsored
        Post IlluminOss       Medical, a privately held, commercial stage medical
        device company       pioneering the development of minimally invasive fracture
        fixation       technologies, announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance
        from       the U.S.\u00a0Patent\u2026","title":"IlluminOss Medical Strengthens
        Intellectual Property Estate with Three New Patents fo...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/illuminoss-medical-strengthens-intellectual-property-estate-with-three-new-patents-for-orthopedic-implant-system/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936898,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T16:30:25Z","slug":"united-surgical-partners","summary":"In
        today\u2019s funding news, two venture capital firms raised major funds. We\u2019ve
        got the details on those stories \u2014 alongside plenty of startup funding
        \u2014 in today\u2019s edition funding\u00a0daily.","title":"Funding Daily:
        Shasta &\u00a0Greycroft","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:45:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/funding-daily-shasta-greycroft/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936897,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-18T13:06:15Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Every
        day brings us a new social network for a new random niche. Got a dog? Join
        Dogster. A big family? Here\u2019s Famster. The concept of starting a social
        network with dreams of dramatic reach has been laughable for a while.","title":"Could
        Vostu become the Facebook of Latin\u00a0America?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/18/could-vostu-become-the-facebook-of-latin-america/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936896,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-06T11:35:27Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Last
        night, MySpace was the epicenter of optimism about the value of social networks,
        as it threw a party at its new San Francisco offices to launch its new developer
        platform. The company hopes to see an explosion of applications that will
        become popular with users, that will in turn drive traffic and pageviews on
        its site, just like what has happened to some degree on Facebook, through
        that company\u2019s platform.","title":"Analysis: Problems and possibilities
        in MySpace''s new developer\u00a0platform","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/06/analysis-problems-and-possibilities-in-myspaces-new-developer-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936895,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-06T20:00:59Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Kai-Fu
        Lee, who led Google\u2019s China operations until last week, is launching
        a new early-stage investment fund and startup incubator based in Beijing called
        Innovation Works.","title":"Q & A: Google China''s Kai-Fu Lee on his new Chinese
        startup\u00a0incubator","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/06/q-a-with-kai-fu-lee-on-building-innovation-works-google-china/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936894,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-23T14:08:33Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Ilja
        Laurs is the founder and CEO of GetJar, the multi-platform app retailer with
        strong claims to being second only to Apple in number of downloads. Laurs
        runs GetJar from offices in the UK, Silicon Valley, and his native Lithuania.
        I spoke to him recently about where he sees the next opportunities in mobile
        apps.","title":"The future of mobile: Q&A with GetJar CEO Ilja\u00a0Laurs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/23/the-future-of-mobile-qa-with-getjar-ceo-ilja-laurs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936893,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-04T21:00:50Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Hoping
        to grab a piece of the smartphone business, Microsoft began selling the two
        flavors of its Kin cell phones on Verizon Wireless\u2019 web site today.","title":"Microsoft
        bets that teens will share their lives via its Kin cell\u00a0phones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/04/microsoft-bets-that-teens-will-share-their-lives-via-its-kin-cell-phones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936892,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-23T16:54:18Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"The
        Day the Earth Stood Still, Terminator: Salvation, and Pulse (renamed from
        Kairo for the U.S.) all have something in common: They\u2019re all horrible,
        big-Hollywood remakes of or revisits to well-loved films.","title":"E3 2010:
        A Return to Gaming\u2019s Past (Deus Ex, Front Mission,\u00a0XCOM)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/23/e3-2010-a-return-to-gamings-past-deus-ex-front-mission-xcom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936891,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-16T22:01:00Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Editor''s
        note: Jose''s article on video games and their effect on violent behavior
        is a good starting point for anyone interested in the research fueling the
        debate. -Brett","title":"Do Violent Video Games Create Violent\u00a0People?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/16/games-dont-kill-people/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936890,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-22T17:46:23Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"eBay
        founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam have gotten most of the attention
        for their do-gooder efforts through their investment firm the Omidyar Network.
        But back in 2001, Pam Omidyar also founded a nonprofit research group called
        HopeLab, which is announcing a new project to try to reduce youth obesity.","title":"Zamzee
        fights childhood obesity with activity meters and Omidyar\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/22/zamzee-omidyar/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936889,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-06T15:45:42Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Guest
        Post As the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by governments increases \u2014
        even by state and city governments \u2014 what does the future hold? Do individuals
        have a right to fly their own drones,\u00a0too?","title":"The right of the
        people to keep and fly\u00a0drones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/06/the-right-of-the-people-to-keep-and-fly-drones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936888,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-06T16:34:31Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"The
        final 14 startups to present at 500 Startups Demo Day took us on a journey
        through a massive icon database, tea plantations, and construction\u00a0sites.","title":"500
        Startups Demo Day round 2: From underfunded to\u00a0oversubscribed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/06/500-startups-demo-day-round-2-from-underfunded-to-oversubscribed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936887,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-11T08:14:28Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Game
        developers are increasingly fond of including doodads and gizmos with the
        premium editions of their games. Here are some of the most ridiculously expensive
        special editions ever released, in roughly ascending\u00a0order.","title":"18
        ridiculous(ly expensive) video game special\u00a0editions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/11/most-expensive-special-editions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936886,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-18T11:56:19Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Arnulfo
        discusses how video game covers haven\u2019t matured like the rest of the\u00a0industry.","title":"Video
        game covers need to grow\u00a0up","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/18/video-game-covers-need-to-grow-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936885,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-23T14:00:05Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"BoingBoing
        co-editor Cory Doctorow remembers Internet activist Aaron Swartz, and talks
        about how freedom isn\u2019t built in to the technologies we\u00a0use.","title":"BoingBoing
        editor sounds a warning and remembers a\u00a0friend","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/23/boing-boing-editor-sounds-a-warning-and-remembers-a-friend/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936884,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-25T07:46:31Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"The
        Harris Poll also found that many Americans have no knowledge of the ESRB rating\u00a0system.","title":"Harris
        Poll: 58 percent of adults believe in a correlation between video games and\u00a0violence","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/25/harris-poll-58-percent-of-adults-believe-in-a-correlation-between-video-games-and-violence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936883,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-26T15:02:39Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Splitsecnd\u2019s
        hardware plugs into car cigarette lighters, making automatic emergency response
        systems accessible to drivers without smartphones or luxury\u00a0cars.","title":"Splitsecnd
        calls for help when you can\u2019t in a car\u00a0crash","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/26/splitsecnd-calls-for-help-when-you-cant-in-a-car-crash/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936882,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-21T14:20:10Z","slug":"xtera-communications","summary":"Updated","title":"Analysts:
        EDF Ventures'' deal terms aren''t that\u00a0harsh","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/21/analysts-edf-ventures-deal-terms-arent-that-harsh/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936881,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-22T10:04:15Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: EA
        CEO out, SimCity could have been offline, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm\u00a0review","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/22/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-41/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936880,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-20T10:47:52Z","slug":"xtera-communications","summary":"Google
        announced today that it will be buying wind-generated power from a company
        called NextEra Energy Resources to sell back to the local grid operator in
        exchange for Renewable  Energy Certificates (basically, credits to offset
        its carbon emissions).","title":"Google enters the energy market with deal
        to buy, sell wind\u00a0power","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/20/google-enters-the-energy-market-with-deal-to-buy-sell-wind-power/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936879,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-09T08:30:43Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick What\u2019s it like to start a company as a teen, a twentysomething,
        or much later in life? We spoke to founders of all ages at tech companies
        like Box, Poshmark, and Hubspot. Here\u2019s what they had to\u00a0say.","title":"What\u2019s
        the best age to launch a startup? Founders young and old tell\u00a0us","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/09/whats-the-best-age-to-launch-a-startup-founders-young-and-old-tell-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936878,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-01T08:52:10Z","slug":"xtera-communications","summary":"IBM
        said today that it has made new breakthroughs in an industry-wide race to
        create laser-based chips that can send data at high speeds through computers.","title":"IBM
        makes breakthrough in super-fast laser\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/01/ibm-makes-breakthrough-in-super-fast-laser-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936877,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-16T12:35:17Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Sponsored
        Post You might remember the early 1980s thriller \u201cWarGames,\u201d starring
        a young Matthew Broderick as a teenaged Seattle hacker. In the film, Broderick
        mistakenly triggers a potential global thermonuclear war after breaking into
        a U.S. government computer\u00a0system.","title":"Investors win when they
        chose not to\u00a0play","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/investors-win-when-they-chose-not-to-play/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936876,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-25T07:15:22Z","slug":"xtera-communications","summary":"Xtera
        Communications Inc., a Allen, Texas maker of optical-networking transport
        systems for the Internet backbone, has acquired San Jose, Calif.\u2019s AscenVision
        Technology, a provider of wide-area network traffic management technology
        that allows more efficient use of available bandwidth.","title":"Xtera, optical
        networking company, continues acquisition strategy \u2014 buys\u00a0AscenVision","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:44:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/25/xtera-optical-networking-company-continues-acquisition-strategy-buys-ascenvision/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936875,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-26T17:03:56Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Let\u2019s
        talk about boobs. Gaming\u2019s hottest topic right now is the chest of a
        fantasy character in developer Vanillaware\u2019s upcoming beat-em-up Dragon\u2019s
        Crown. Her breasts are very, very large. In the videos I\u2019ve seen, they
        look almost too large, but I\u2019ve performed some research using Google
        Images that confirms they are not the largest breasts to appear on such a
        small-framed woman.","title":"Blog: Dragon\u2019s Crown is perverted and that
        is\u00a0OK","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/26/blog-dragons-crown-is-perverted-and-that-is-ok/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936874,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-20T11:02:58Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The goal is to move continuing medical education, known as \u201cCME,\u201d
        to an online space so that it\u2019s not confined to auditoriums and conference\u00a0halls.","title":"Doximity
        now offers online education for practicing physicians\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/20/doximity-now-offers-online-education-for-practicing-physicians/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936873,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-20T13:31:26Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"For
        his entry in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, this teen
        created a realistic design for a car like Google\u2019s self-driving cars.
        The big difference is that his version would be viable around the world, not
        just in super-rich enclaves like Silicon\u00a0Valley.","title":"19-year-old
        Romanian wins Intel science fair with cheap, self-driving car\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/20/intel-science-self-driving-car/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936872,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-22T11:26:57Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Guest
        Post The media can continue to ridicule the \u201csexting app\u201d that so
        many young people are using, but they are entirely missing the point.  The
        same generation being blamed for the supposed \u201cdeath of privacy\u201d
        has become wiser than those who are criticizing\u00a0them.","title":"Beyond
        sexting: We should celebrate Snapchat and encourage ephemeral\u00a0communication","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/22/beyond-sexting-we-should-celebrate-snapchat-and-encourage-ephemeral-communication/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936871,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-29T09:45:59Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Facebook
        chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg covered a wide range of topics in
        a talk today, from women in business to Facebook\u2019s growing mobile\u00a0revenues.","title":"Sheryl
        Sandberg on Facebook\u2019s mobile focus, Google Glass, and being \u2018bossy\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/29/sheryl-sandberg-d11/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936870,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-12T16:40:34Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"I
        have been playing video games since I was a kid, and in that large frame of
        time I have heard some ridiculous myths about the world of gaming. The general
        population views gaming much differently than gamers do. This piece is an
        effort to challenge the many myths about games and gamers alike.","title":"Disproving
        the common belief: Five myths about\u00a0gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/12/disproving-the-common-belief-five-myths-about-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936869,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-21T12:00:46Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Guest
        Post HTML5 is still controversial in the game industry. However, meetings
        at E3 reconfirmed that much of the industry predicts browser-based game play
        is inevitable and one of the most viable choices for\u00a0consumers.","title":"Watch
        profits grow this year for HTML5\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/21/watch-profits-grow-this-year-for-html5-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936868,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-14T15:29:38Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"I
        track the slow realization that I came to resent something I once loved, something
        that is becoming more and more common with gamers trying to hold on to what
        they once enjoyed and no longer\u00a0can.","title":"How I learned to stop
        worrying and resent Final\u00a0Fantasy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/14/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-resent-final-fantasy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936867,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-11T10:15:54Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A vocal subset of the community are fighting tooth and nail for ridesharing
        to\u00a0succeed.","title":"Uber & Lyft have a secret weapon in the fight for
        regulatory approval:\u00a0You","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/11/ridesharing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936866,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-13T07:47:14Z","slug":"storwize","summary":"Following
        a string of recent acquisitions, IBM has announced that it will purchase marketing
        automation software maker Unica for about $480 million \u2014 at a price of
        $21 a share.","title":"IBM acquires marketing automation firm Unica for\u00a0$480M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/13/ibm-acquires-marketing-automation-firm-unica-for-480m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936865,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-30T13:23:50Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick One-in-three of America\u2019s doctors are on Doximity, and that reach
        is only getting bigger. Now this \u201cFacebook-for-doctors\u201d has released
        an API and announced more than 50 developer\u00a0partners.","title":"Doximity
        releases API to enable \u2018Facebook Connect for doctors\u2019\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/doximity-releases-api-to-enable-facebook-connect-for-doctors-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936864,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-10T04:12:00Z","slug":"storwize","summary":"Storwize,
        a San Jose, Calif. company that makes data compression products for enterprise
        use, has taken a $19 million third round of funding led by Sequoia Capital,
        and joined by previous investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Lehman Brothers
        Venture Partners.  Storwize\u2019s product reduces the volume of stored data
        while keeping it accessible and preventing degradation, according to the company.
        It cuts down on the amount of physical space required for data storage, and
        claims to also lower the power requirements.  The company\u2019s previous
        round of $9 million took place less than a year ago.","title":"Storwize takes
        $19M for data\u00a0compression","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/10/storwize-takes-19m-for-data-compression/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936863,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-07T09:11:48Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Your
        mobile phone carrier knows what you want before you\u00a0do.","title":"Why
        your mobile carrier just sent your mom a \u2018free upgrade\u2019\u00a0notice","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/07/why-your-mobile-carrier-just-sent-your-mom-a-free-upgrade-notice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936862,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-14T08:54:22Z","slug":"storwize","summary":"Storwize,
        a Marlborough, Mass.-based maker of corporate data storage systems, may be
        picked up by IBM for its technology, which uses data compression techniques
        to lower the cost of storing large amounts of information in a corporate environment.
        The price of the deal was said by Israeli site TheMarker to be $140 million,
        according to an English-language translation by Reuters.","title":"IBM close
        to buying Storwize for $140 million, says Israeli\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/14/storwize-ibm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936861,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-21T04:30:56Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The first major investment from Mark Zuckeberg\u2019s education fund?
        Panorama Ed, a polling company started by a Yale student in his college door\u00a0room.","title":"Zuck\u2019s
        first major ed-tech investment? Panorama Education, the brainchild of a Yale\u00a0coder","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/21/zuck-makes-his-first-major-ed-tech-investment-in-panorama-education-the-brainchild-of-a-yale-coder/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936860,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-29T11:46:09Z","slug":"storwize","summary":"Storwize,
        a company dedicated to real-time data compression (compressing data as it\u2019s
        being accessed by users), announced today that it has been acquired by IBM.","title":"IBM
        acquires real-time data compression company\u00a0Storwize","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/29/ibm-acquires-real-time-data-compression-company-storwize/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936859,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-07T05:08:21Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Guest
        Post Wealth in itself is not a bad thing. But wealth causing a talent drain
        as people leave the Bay Area because they can\u2019t get ahead is a problem
        \u2014 and it\u2019s only getting\u00a0worse.","title":"The Twitter millionaires:
        Is there hope for the average Joe in Silicon\u00a0Valley?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/07/the-twitter-millionaires-is-there-hope-for-the-average-joe-in-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936858,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-03T09:56:46Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Guest
        Post Healthcare is a massive amount of invaluable data waiting to be unearthed.
        This is why an application developer is a data scientist\u2019s best friend:
        to put data the hands of the people who make everyday\u00a0decisions.","title":"How
        to revolutionize healthcare: get data scientists and app developers\u00a0together","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/03/how-to-revolutionize-healthcare-get-data-scientists-and-app-developers-together/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936856,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-15T11:09:01Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"I
        didn\u2019t know it could be someone\u2019s job to attend hackathons. I hadn\u2019t
        heard of a developer evangelist before, so a year ago when I stumbled across
        an opportunity to become one, I was drawn by its novelty.","title":"The rise
        of the\u00a0hack","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/15/the-rise-of-the-hack/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936857,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-04T16:06:29Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Big
        Data is thrown around a lot as jargon, but there are powerful case studies
        out there which show how data is powerfully reshaping\u00a0industries.","title":"6
        companies that dominate 6 industries thanks to\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/04/6-companies-dominating-with-data-across-6-industries/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:43:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936855,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-16T17:11:51Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Are
        you experiencing nausea, heartburn, or a mild headache? I''m not a real doctor,
        but I prescribe community reviews to cure what ails you.","title":"Reviews
        Spotlight: Journey, Ys 1 and 2 Chronicles, The Darkness 2, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/16/reviews-spotlight-journey-ys-chronicles-the-darkness-2-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936854,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-07T08:00:01Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Scientific
        researchers say Calico may be our best shot at making real steps to slow the
        aging\u00a0process.","title":"This anti-aging brain trust is the most interesting
        startup in Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/07/why-this-is-the-most-interesting-startup-in-silicon-valley-right-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936853,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-16T22:59:00Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"This
        article contains massive plot spoilers for Journey.","title":"Journey\u2019s
        multiplayer is useless\u2026and that\u2019s\u00a0alright","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/16/journeys-multiplayer-is-useless-and-thats-alright/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936852,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-07T20:00:40Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Most
        startups begin by pricing their product based on cost or competition. Smart
        startups price their product based on value to the customer \u2014 because
        you can\u2019t guess how your product is valued by\u00a0customers.","title":"When
        customers make you\u00a0smarter","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/07/when-customers-make-you-smarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936851,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-20T10:12:35Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Shadow
        of the Colossus is a critically acclaimed and widely praised video game released
        by Team Ico in 2005. It was re-released as a high definition remaster in 2011
        for the Playstation 3. The game tells the story of a young man named Wanda
        and his quest to bring a young girl back to life. What follows is a narrative
        of my journey as Wanda \u2013 what we saw, what we felt, our motivations,
        feelings and our wonder of the forbidden land that we found ourselves in.","title":"In
        the Shadow of\u00a0Giants","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/20/in-the-shadow-of-giants/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936850,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-16T07:23:59Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Socializr,
        a new San Francisco-based company that wants to help you plan events online,
        opens to the public today.","title":"Socializr, for planning events\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/16/socializr-for-planning-events-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936849,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-27T14:49:54Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Teens
        are adopting new social networking platforms and apps to avoid being spied
        on by their\u00a0parents.","title":"\u2018Facebook is simply not cool anymore\u2019
        to teens, study\u00a0finds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/27/facebook-is-simply-not-cool-anymore-to-teens-study-finds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936848,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-25T19:02:00Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"My
        niece, Arabelle, is about six months old, but I''m fairly sure that she''ll
        end up a nerd like her father, her uncle, and her aunty. In terms of learning
        to love fantasy and the opportunities that come with a strong sense of imagination,
        Dad has her covered. When it comes to literacy and worshipping the written
        word, Aunty Carly will be a mentor without equal. What can I give my beloved
        niece, her potential siblings and cousins? I could show them the value of
        hard work, the benefits of networking, how to write maybe?","title":"Rayman
        Origins will teach my niece how to\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/25/rayman-origins-will-teach-my-niece-how-to-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936847,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-25T14:13:24Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest tech action:","title":"Roundup: Facebook fast, Attendio, Pricelock,
        latest Google stuff and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/25/roundup-facebook-fast-attendio-lifelock-latest-google-stuff-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936846,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T11:55:13Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"In
        a new bug bounty program, GitHub is specifically reaching out to white/gray-hat
        hackers in the security community to find all the nooks and crannies where
        bad guys might sneak into its\u00a0codebase.","title":"GitHub enlists its
        hacker army to hunt down security nightmares in new bounty\u00a0program","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/github-enlists-its-hacker-army-to-hunt-down-security-nightmares-in-new-bounty-program/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936845,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-24T15:08:14Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Planet Google crowded, Verizon backs
        off, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/24/roundup-planet-google-overpopulated-verizon-backs-off-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936844,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-08T16:51:04Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Other
        than the dedication of its founding team, few things have remained consistent
        at the click-to-discover, reborn startup StumbleUpon during its tumultuous,
        10-year history. But, as frequent change has yet to kill the company, perhaps
        it can withstand the exit of its founder and CEO Garrett Camp.","title":"Garrett
        Camp vacates CEO role at\u00a0StumbleUpon","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/08/stumbleupon-ceo-steps-down/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936843,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T07:30:30Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Ouya
        is signing exclusive contracts with independent game developers to sell more
        consoles, and the results range from silly to\u00a0serious.","title":"Six
        Ouya exclusives show the console\u2019s silly and serious\u00a0side","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/six-ouya-exclusives-show-the-consoles-silly-and-serious-side/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936842,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-30T20:55:49Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"A
        giant finger stretching miles into the sky, faithfully refered to as \"Digit
        One,\" was the point where I submitted entirely to the game. I heard the name
        and was confused for a moment, but when I understood what it meant, I hit
        myself. Of course it was Digit One; how could it ever have been anything else?","title":"Games
        need a stronger sense of \u201cplace\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/30/games-need-more-place/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936841,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-16T13:58:30Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"VentureBeat
        is partnering with Vator.tv to help judge an entrepreneur pitch competition
        for best \u201cnew media\u201d start-up.","title":"Are you the best \"new
        media\" company? Consider the Vator.tv\u00a0competition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/16/are-you-the-best-new-media-company-consider-the-vatortv-competition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936840,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T08:00:30Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Shots,
        an app designed exclusively for taking and sharing selfies, has been downloaded
        one million times in the five months since it\u00a0launched.","title":"Shots
        app reaches 1 million\u00a0selfie-takers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/shots-app-reaches-1-million-selfie-taking-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936839,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-16T19:23:25Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Google
        is announcing a new way to promote and get people to sign up for events online
        \u2014 a gadget powered by Google Friend Connect, the search giant\u2019s
        service for letting developers add social features to web pages.","title":"Google
        Friend Connect''s event gadget: Useful, but not a Facebook\u00a0killer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/16/google-friend-connects-event-gadget-useful-but-not-an-facebook-killer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936838,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-20T21:05:18Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"I
        was done. Too many hurdles. Not enough chances. Too many people that have
        no interest in helping.","title":"Seth Killian kept me writing: A games journalism\u00a0story","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/20/seth-killian-kept-me-writing-a-games-journalism-story/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936837,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T13:35:18Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"The
        states with the highest percentage of Facebook moms are Wyoming, West Virginia,
        Iowa, South Dakota, and Idaho. Those with the fewest: New York, California,
        Virginia, Hawaii, and New\u00a0Jersey.","title":"No, Facebook data dude, collecting
        Mother\u2019s Day information does not count as a gift for\u00a0Mom","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/no-facebook-data-dude-collecting-mothers-day-information-does-not-count-as-a-gift-for-mom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936836,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-18T08:57:10Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"A
        teenager in Taiwan collapsed and died at the weekend, after spending 40 hours
        playing the popular PC action role-playing game Diablo\u00a0III.","title":"Taiwanese
        gamer dies after 40-hour Diablo III\u00a0session","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/18/taiwanese-gamer-dies-after-40-hour-diablo-iii-session/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936835,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-15T16:03:03Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Lots
        of people complain about Evite, the top site for online event invitations.
        A startup called Cocodot says it can shake up the market with a fancier service
        aimed at women, which connects online and physical invitations.","title":"TC50:
        Cocodot creates a slicker version of\u00a0Evite","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/15/cocodot-creates-a-slicker-version-of-evite/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936834,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T14:10:48Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"There\u2019s
        no evidence that the Internet is re-wiring our\u00a0brains","title":"Study
        finds the Internet will not make you stupid, reminds us that Plato feared
        the written\u00a0word","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/study-finds-the-internet-will-not-make-you-stupid-reminds-us-that-plato-feared-the-written-word/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936833,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-14T16:40:35Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Punchbowl,
        a site that helps users handle all the specifics of putting together a sweet
        shindig, has crossed the one-million user mark and has brought on a mastermind
        of the e-card and party-invite industry.","title":"Party-planning site Punchbowl
        hits 1 million users, kills the party planning\u00a0committee","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/14/punchbowl-milestone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936832,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-21T12:57:22Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Batman\u2019s
        romp through interactive games has been spotty. We cover the highlights of
        the Caped Crusader\u2019s pixelated and polygonal\u00a0adventures.","title":"A
        quick history of Batman in video\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/21/batman-in-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936831,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T14:15:46Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"More
        than 50% of surveyed teens send sexual texts to each other as minors, and
        28% of them are pornographic photos, according to a new study from Drexel\u00a0University.","title":"More
        than half of U.S. teens are sexting, & 1 in 4 is sexting with\u00a0pics","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/more-than-half-of-u-s-teens-are-sexting-1-in-4-is-sexting-with-pics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936830,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-11T17:14:25Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"If
        you\u2019re throwing a party, there are a ton of different services for sending
        online invites \u2014 probably more than can survive over the long-term. But
        in a few months there will be one less, because Punchbowl just announced that
        it\u2019s purchasing Socializr.","title":"Event startup Punchbowl acquires
        rival\u00a0Socializr","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/11/punchbowl-socializr-acquisition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936829,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-03T09:15:19Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Spotted
        By Locals offers a website and mobile apps listing travel tips from the local
        residents of 42 European cities. Dutch husband and wife team Bart and Sanne
        van Poll have created a network of local \u201cspotters\u201d in each city,
        all of whom they meet and vet in\u00a0person.","title":"Spotted by Locals
        bets on offline travel guides for your\u00a0phone","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/03/travel-offline-mobile-spottedbylocals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936828,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T12:58:39Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Remember,
        just six months ago, when a couple of studies\u00a0said Facebook\u2019s\u00a0teen
        user base was fleeing? Well, that might not be the case after all.","title":"Teens
        love Facebook after all, says new Forrester\u00a0study","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/teens-love-facebook-after-all-says-new-forrester-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936827,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-01-15T08:08:26Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Evite
        has long been the 800-pound gorilla in the online invitation area.","title":"Mypunchbowl
        joins growing list of Evite\u00a0rivals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/15/mypunchbowl-joins-growing-list-of-evite-rivals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936826,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-09T09:32:13Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"4Moms
        makes an $850 stroller that charges your phone and folds/unfolds at the touch
        of a button, a $200 baby rocker with an iPod dock and speakers, and\u00a0more.","title":"Bain
        invests $20M in robots for moms (sign me up,\u00a0too)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/09/4moms-robots-for-moms-bain/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936825,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T12:50:54Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        Indonesian user base rises to 69 million, marking a 6-percent increase over
        the 65 million users reported two quarters\u00a0ago.","title":"Facebook reaches
        69M users in Indonesia, one of its largest\u00a0markets","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/facebook-reaches-69m-users-in-indonesia-one-of-its-largest-markets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936824,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-02T18:10:47Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Although
        Evite makes it simple enough to invite some friends to an event, MyPunchbowl
        thinks it\u2019s found a better way.","title":"MyPunchbowl lands seed funding
        for online\u00a0invitations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/02/mypunchbowl-lands-seed-funding-for-online-invitations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936823,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-29T11:21:33Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Freshly
        launched, Epiclist is like a Facebook for goals and dreams, where people write
        their aims and receive support through their social networks to reach them
        \u2013 from climbing Mount Everest to learning to bake a\u00a0cake.","title":"Startup
        of the Week: Chase your dreams with\u00a0Epiclist","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/29/startup-of-the-week-chase-your-dreams-with-epiclist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936822,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-02T07:51:54Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Even
        though I graduated from college (gasp)\u00a018 years ago, I still think about
        the school season as my annual planning cycle rather than the calendar year.\u00a0
        Having three school age kids reinforces this life rhythm.","title":"Should
        entrepreneurs be more like teenage\u00a0girls?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/02/should-entrepreneurs-be-more-like-teenage-girls/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936821,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-04T02:30:30Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"So,
        I just finished Max Payne 3 on Xbox 360, Rockstar''s latest entry into a series
        that I hadn''t played previously. I ran through the game on ''old school''
        aim settings and it took a lot of getting used to. The aiming system could
        use some work and was somewhat frustrating\u2026but when I got a head shot
        off it was all the more exhilirating because of it. There is a great ''Last
        Stand'' feature that kicks in when Max is just about to die\u2026if you manage
        to kill the character that fatally shot you, you are granted a second wind.
        Max is also addicted to pain pills that the player finds hidden in medicine
        cabinets throughout the game.","title":"Max Payne 3: A journey into frustration
        and\u00a0enjoyment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/04/max-payne-3-a-journey-into-frustration-and-enjoyment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936820,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-15T06:00:43Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Online
        event planning sites work well to let people know what is going on when and
        who will be in attendance. However, these sites lack the ability to handle
        more advanced logistics, such as travel arraignments, until now.","title":"Kayak
        drinks MyPunchbowl''s Kool-Aid. Team up for Party\u00a0Center","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/15/kayak-drinks-mypunchbowls-kool-aid-team-up-for-party-center/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936819,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-18T22:01:54Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Imagine
        how much sooner Dr. Jonas Salk could have discovered the polio vaccine if
        in 1955 if he was on Facebook. Often, researchers work in a vacuum. They can
        be stuck on a problem blocking progress on their research that someone on
        the other side of the world has already solved. Yes, there\u2019s a wealth
        of information online and in scientific journals, but what if there were one
        central place online where a researcher could ask a question and someone else
        could answer it?","title":"Researcher creates ''Facebook for Scientists''","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/18/researcher-creates-facebook-for-scientists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936818,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-16T05:30:26Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Punchbowl
        Software, the parent company of online event planning site MyPunchbowl has
        raised its second round of funding. The money comes as the site is growing
        quickly. The site claims its traffic has grown at least 20 percent each month
        over the past year and data from Compete seems to back this up.","title":"MyPunchbowl
        serves up a $2.1 million second\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/16/mypunchbowl-serves-up-a-21-million-first-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936817,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-17T14:13:28Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Last
        week, two ArmA III developers were arrested in Greece. Now, Bohemia has released
        a statement defending them and their\u00a0actions.","title":"Bohemia Interactive:
        \u2018Insinuations are completely false\u2019 about employees\u2019 alleged
        spying\u00a0[Updated]","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/17/bohemia-interactive-insinuations-are-completely-false-about-employees-alleged-spying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936816,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-30T17:00:45Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Check
        out the deals\u2019 that went down today in startup land with your favorite
        anthropomorphic turtle\u00a0superheroes.","title":"Funding Daily: Teenage
        Mutant Ninja\u00a0Turtles","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/30/funding-daily-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936815,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-09T18:17:45Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"On
        New Year\u2019s Eve, large swaths of popular event site Evite went down, leaving
        folks wandering the streets, unable to access their party information. There
        was much wailing and gnashing of teeth, including many users on micro-blogging
        site Twitter. Meanwhile, chief executive Matt Douglas of upstart competitor
        MyPunchbowl tells me his site saw record traffic.","title":"MyPunchbowl saw
        record traffic as Evite\u00a0failed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/09/mypunchbowl-saw-record-traffic-as-evite-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936814,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-25T08:30:57Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Guest
        Post Entrepreneurship is a brave choice, but if things don\u2019t go as planned,
        there\u2019s always the risk that young founders won\u2019t be able to draw
        a distinction between personal failure and the failure of their\u00a0company.","title":"For
        young entrepreneurs, the price of a startup could be your mental\u00a0health","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/25/entrepreneur/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936813,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-27T12:35:02Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"Google
        announced the finalists for its 2013 Science Fair today: 15 teens from eight
        countries including Canada, Russia, Singapore, India, Greece, Australia, and
        Turkey.\nAnd, of course, the\u00a0USA.","title":"Meet the 18 teenage finalists
        for Google\u2019s 2013 Science\u00a0Fair","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/27/meet-the-18-teenage-finalists-for-googles-2013-science-fair/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936812,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-26T04:00:09Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"That\u2019s
        billion with a capital B. Here\u2019s why the upgraded Android Market is stronger
        than ever\u00a0before.","title":"Google\u2019s revamped, sexed-up app store
        hits 25 billion\u00a0downloads","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/26/google-play-25-b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936811,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-23T05:00:11Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":"Keeping
        track of birthdays online is a drag. Sure, every social networking site now
        has a system for reminders. But, unless you have the same group of friends
        on every site, a lot of those reminders end up spread out across the web.
        MyPunchbowl, an upstart event planning site, has a solution: a centralized
        Birthday Reminder service.","title":"MyPunchbowl revamps birthday\u00a0reminders","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/23/mypunchbowl-revamps-birthday-reminders/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936810,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-30T11:00:03Z","slug":"teenage-research","summary":"They\u2019re
        concerned that a 2005 resolution on violence in video games and other interactive
        media was marred by methodological flaws, ideological biases, and conclusions
        drawn from inconsistent or weak\u00a0evidence.","title":"Scientists ask for
        objective review of video game violence\u00a0research","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/scientists-ask-for-objective-review-of-video-game-violence-research/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936809,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-30T11:20:03Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Eurogamer
        Expo 2012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/30/eurogamer-expo-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936808,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-09T01:00:12Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Housetrip,
        a London-based marketplace for travel accommodation, has raised $40 million
        from European\u00a0investors.","title":"From Ibiza to Istanbul, HouseTrip
        offers refuge for European\u00a0travelers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/09/from-ibiza-to-istanbul-housetrip-offers-refuge-for-european-travelers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936807,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-29T17:31:33Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"\u201cBatman
        has the Lumia 900\u201d said Shauna the sales assistant \u201cits Batman\u2019s
        phone\u201d. \u201cWhat will he do if I buy it then?\u201d I asked churlishly
        \u201csurely I\u2019d get in the way of, nay hinder, his important work?\u201d
        \u201cIt has the logo on the back, that\u2019s all\u201d. \u201cThen I definitely
        don\u2019t want it\u201d I said \u201cI imagined Batman would have a more
        exciting phone, I\u2019ll just take the regular one please.\u201d This was
        how my adventure with a Windows Phone began. How I embarked down a road I,
        and seemingly very few people, had travelled before. A journey that was set
        to be thrilling and fascinating in equal parts; one that would almost certainly
        be as full of games as it was excitement and the unknown. It had Xbox Live
        on it after all.","title":"Xbox Live for Windows Phone is great. Unless you
        like playing compelling\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/29/xbox-live-for-windows-phone-is-great-unless-you-like-playing-good-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936806,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-30T15:26:27Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"You
        could say I\u2019m a bit perturbed. After watching one of the most recent
        videos from the team at Extra Credits (this one, which I wholly recommend
        watching), I\u2019m beginning to worry to about the lack of preservation in
        our industry.","title":"Confronting Ozymandias: The struggle to preserve gaming\u00a0history","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/30/confronting-ozymandias-the-struggle-to-preserve-gaming-history-from-a-critics-standpoint/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936805,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-03T14:00:56Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The old Star Wars game business apparently wasn\u2019t enough to carry
        the longtime studio into the new age of\u00a0games.","title":"LucasArts\u2019
        mixed legacy: A breeding ground for great games and designers that relied
        too much on Star\u00a0Wars","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/lucasarts-mixed-legacy-a-breeding-ground-for-great-games-and-designers-that-relied-too-much-on-star-wars/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936804,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-19T10:00:04Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"We\u2019re
        already getting new versions of DuckTales and Castle of Illusion. Here are
        five other Disney classics we\u2019d like to see get the HD\u00a0treatment.","title":"5
        other retro Disney games that deserve\u00a0remakes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:42:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/19/5-other-retro-disney-games-that-deserve-remakes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936803,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-15T15:39:33Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Tech
        Cocktail\u2019s goal is to support emerging tech communities through events,
        and provide relevant information for\u00a0entrepreneurs.","title":"Tech Cocktail
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        is taking its users back in time with help from the New York Public\u00a0Library.","title":"Foursquare
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        Cole is Yammer\u2019s head of community and thought leadership.","title":"How
        to put social tools to work at your\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/21/how-to-put-social-tools-to-work-at-your-company/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936800,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-27T03:30:07Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Crowdroaming
        is a European startup that lets locals share their unused data allowances
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        is a \u201ccomputational neuroscience company\u201d that analyzes user behavior
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        Pick Conquest isn\u2019t your typical startup\u00a0competition.","title":"10
        companies battle it out at Conquest, India\u2019s largest student-run startup\u00a0competition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/30/10-companies-battle-it-out-at-conquest-indias-largest-student-run-startup-competition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936797,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-28T07:55:16Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Good
        gamification on a bad product is frustrating. Bad gamification on a good product
        is confusing. And, of course, bad gamification on a bad product is just a
        complete train wreck guaranteed to anger\u00a0users.","title":"8 in 10 gamification
        projects suck, but Badgeville plans to change\u00a0that","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/28/8-in-10-gamification-projects-may-suck-but-gamification-leader-badgeville-plans-to-change-that/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936796,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-02T23:00:53Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Skyscanner, the world\u2019s fastest       growing international travel
        search company, today announced that it has       partnered with Sequoia Capital.       Sir
        Michael Moritz will represent Sequoia on Skyscanner\u2019s Board of Directors.\u00a0\u2026","title":"Skyscanner
        Partners with Sequoia\u00a0Capital","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/02/skyscanner-partners-with-sequoia-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936795,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-09T08:00:55Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"The
        story of how one of e-sports\u2019 biggest broadcasters avoided the dark times
        to turn his hobby into a thriving\u00a0profession.","title":"How Marcus \u2018djWheat\u2019
        Graham became one of the voices of\u00a0e-sports","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/09/how-marcus-djwheat-graham-became-one-of-the-voices-of-e-sports/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936794,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T20:00:27Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"The
        new company, set up in September 2013 and based in Berlin, currently employs
        about 20 people. It went live todayoffering a relatively small selection of
        clothing, jewelry, electronic and home\u00a0goods.","title":"Ex-Fab exec starts
        online discounter\u00a0Lesara","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/ex-fab-exec-starts-online-discounter-lesara/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936793,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-09T10:50:21Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Land
        of the free and the home of the brave? Our tax dollars at\u00a0work.","title":"NSA
        calls iPhone users \u2018zombies\u2019 and Steve Jobs \u2018Big\u00a0Brother\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/09/nsa-calls-iphone-users-zombies-and-steve-jobs-big-brother/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936792,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-09T15:32:40Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Detailing
        the flaws of the VGX award and what is necessary for it to become what we\u00a0expect.","title":"Why
        the VGX Awards failed (and how it can\u00a0work)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/09/why-the-vgx-awards-failed-and-how-it-can-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936791,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-19T19:30:25Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"The
        clich\u00e9s of startup life are clich\u00e9s for a reason. Scrap the corporate
        culture and dress code, and understand that even though they can seem frivolous,
        startup trappings like the ping pong table serve a\u00a0purpose.","title":"Career
        change? 10 top tips to landing a hot tech startup\u00a0job","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/career-change-10-top-tips-to-landing-a-hot-tech-startup-job/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936790,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-15T11:07:02Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"The
        first in a brand new series \u2013 what would you\u00a0do?","title":"What-if
        Wednesday #1","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/15/what-if-wednesday-1-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936789,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-11T11:00:43Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Big
        data researcher can draw conclusions about our personalities based on our
        social media\u00a0opinions.","title":"How IBM\u2019s Michelle Zhou figured
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        Ventures VC Andrew Chung started his entrepreneurial career at age 5, working
        the cash register in his parents\u2019 restaurant. In this interview, he talks
        about how that experience \u2014 and his brush with fame as a singer \u2014
        shaped his business\u00a0philosophy.","title":"How a Chinese restaurant, Hong
        Kong idol, and fatherhood shape Andrew Chung\u2019s VC\u00a0philosophy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/singing-vc-andrew-chung/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936787,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T11:56:18Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Guest
        Post The venture business is a complex one \u2013 and the relationships between
        VCs and entrepreneurs are sometimes fraught with\u00a0tension.","title":"Towards
        a VC code of\u00a0conduct","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/towards-a-vc-code-of-conduct/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936786,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-05T19:30:19Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Lately,
        there\u2019s been an undercurrent of criticism against the web, and not just
        the web itself, but its constant intrusion into our lives due to smartphones.","title":"How
        I learned to stop worrying and love the Internet\u00a0(again)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/05/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-internet-again/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936785,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-31T16:10:10Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"A
        new report about spying on airline passengers raises questions about whether
        Canadians fully deserve their reputations as the most trustworthy and polite
        people on the\u00a0planet.","title":"O Canada, did you spy on airline passengers\u2019\u00a0metadata?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/31/o-canada-did-you-spy-on-airline-passengers-metadata/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936784,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-09T14:57:52Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Is
        the PlayStation Vita doomed, or can it make a comeback as an even stronger
        gaming\u00a0device?","title":"The PlayStation Vita is the little handheld
        that could \u2014 and just might \u2014\u00a0succeed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/09/revolution-and-the-ps-vita/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936783,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T06:30:37Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Even
        if you\u2019re a dog working on the Internet, you need tools. Of course, some
        CEOs \u2014 like Yahoo\u2019s Marissa Mayer \u2014 don\u2019t look too kindly
        on working remotely. But with the right tools, you can be just as productive
        from a coffee shop or your kitchen table as you can from an\u00a0office.","title":"How
        to get your boss to sign off on WFH: Use these 10\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/wfh-remote-working-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936782,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-24T12:30:12Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Guest
        Post Why Google\u2019s voice assistant technology is superior to Apple\u2019s
        and why it will stay that\u00a0way.","title":"Okay, Google, you officially
        beat\u00a0Siri","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/24/google-siri/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936781,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-03T09:00:58Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"\u201cOur
        hope is that together we can end the days when only overachieving students
        in schools wealthy enough to have a computer science teacher on their faculty
        have access to programming classes,\u201d said Treehouse co-founder Alan\u00a0Johnson.","title":"When
        you buy Treehouse, a public school kid gets Treehouse \u2014 and learns to\u00a0code","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/03/when-you-buy-treehouse-a-public-school-kid-gets-treehouse-and-learns-to-code/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936780,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T02:49:58Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Waygo
        is a visual translation app that allows users to wave their phone over Chinese
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        characters \u2014 even without a\u00a0connection","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/waygo-offers-instant-visual-translation-of-chinese-characters-even-without-a-connection/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936779,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-09T10:45:17Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Guest
        Post Publishers, faced with declining CPMs and anemic mobile advertising,
        are still struggling to find the right monetization model for free\u00a0content.","title":"Publishers
        dilemma: What to do when everyone is their own news\u00a0gatekeeper","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/09/publishers-dilemma-what-to-do-when-everyone-is-their-own-news-gatekeeper/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936778,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T12:30:06Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Montreal-based
        BusBud is aiming to radically change the way the world books bus\u00a0tickets.","title":"More
        people take buses than airplanes, & BusBud wants to cash in on that\u00a0fact","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/more-people-take-buses-than-airplanes-busbud-wants-to-cash-in-on-that-fact/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936777,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-17T08:00:32Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Reggae
        legend Lee Scratch Perry releases his first song on BitTorrent and Bob Marley
        probably\u00a0approves.","title":"Reggae legend Lee Scratch Perry is cosmic.
        And now likes\u00a0BitTorrent","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/17/reggae-legend-lee-scratch-perry-is-cosmic-and-now-likes-bittorrent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936776,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T08:02:47Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"We
        may have finally found a legitimate use for Facebook\u2019s Graph Search.","title":"Facebook\u2019s
        Graph Search helps man find owner of a 1993 bat mitzvah shirt now in\u00a0Kenya","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/facebook-graph-search-npr/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936775,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-17T09:58:52Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"DelBene
        will succeed Jeffrey Zients, who is poised to become the director of the National
        Economic Council next\u00a0year.","title":"Obama taps Microsoft Office exec
        to fix\u00a0Healthcare.gov","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/17/obama-taps-microsoft-office-exec-to-fix-healthcare-gov/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936774,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T09:45:42Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Family
        members of an British woman sentenced to 20 years in a notorious Iranian prison
        for posting on Facebook fear she will be\u00a0killed.","title":"EXCLUSIVE:
        Family of jailed Facebook user in Iran: \u2018They are going to kill her\u00a0\u2018","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/exclusive-family-of-jailed-facebook-user-in-iran-they-are-going-to-kill-her/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936773,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-19T11:00:44Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Redstone\u2019s Chris Anderson claims his company has a \u201cmagical\u201d
        wireless networking technology that can deliver wireless data at a rate of
        250 megabits per second over long distances and at very low\u00a0costs.","title":"If
        Redstone\u2019s tech is real, we\u2019ll have cheap and ultrafast wireless
        Internet everywhere\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/19/if-redstones-tech-is-real-well-have-cheap-and-ultrafast-wireless-internet-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936772,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T09:00:48Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Roberts
        Space Industries has raised $46M for Star Citizen through\u00a0crowdfunding.","title":"Wing
        Commander creator Chris Roberts shows off Star Citizen and the new way to
        fund triple-A games\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/wing-commander-creator-chris-roberts-shows-off-star-citizen-and-the-new-way-to-fund-aaa-games-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936771,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-28T05:02:10Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"As
        I did last year, I thought it would be interesting to survey what the next
        year has to offer between consoles, handhelds, and PCs focusing mainly on
        NA by taking a large sampling of what (we hope) will show up on time and go
        from there with a few thoughts on them in\u00a0general.","title":"A Survey
        of the 2014\u00a0Gamescape","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/28/a-survey-of-the-2014-gamescape/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936770,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T01:00:04Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"On
        Thursday Russia\u2019s hot online travel market saw its third major venture
        funding operation in one month as\u00a0OnlineTours, a reseller of package
        tours, closed a $7 million Series B round.","title":"Russian online travel
        market heats up with $7M international investment into\u00a0OnlineTours","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/russian-online-travel-market-heats-up-with-7m-international-investment-into-onlinetours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936769,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-30T10:16:01Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Banks
        and retail companies keep data scientists on staff, not just big web companies,
        according to a new analysis based on LinkedIn data. But data scientists don\u2019t
        work at every company \u2014\u00a0yet.","title":"Data scientists work at Starbucks,
        but they\u2019re not everywhere just\u00a0yet","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/30/data-scientists-work-at-starbucks-but-theyre-not-everywhere-just-yet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936768,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-05T11:21:28Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"More
        than half of us have met with fewer than 10 percent of our Facebook friends
        in the past two months.","title":"Lonely? Maybe it\u2019s because you rarely
        see your Facebook friends, like 53% of\u00a0us","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/05/lonely-maybe-its-because-you-rarely-see-your-facebook-friends-like-53-of-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936767,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T17:03:23Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Obama\u2019s speech ignored key issues that directly affect tech companies
        and their\u00a0customers.","title":"Tech companies shoot holes in President
        Obama\u2019s surveillance\u00a0speech","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/tech-companies-surveillance-speech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936766,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-21T18:28:50Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"In
        the past decade, an unprecedented amount of growth has developed in the gaming
        industry. As the Entertainment Software Association reports, in 2013, 51%
        of Americans play video games, 32% of which play social games. In a society
        where making connections has become a staple in communication and industry,
        I find it particularly odd and unsettling that where communication is the
        most important for gamers \u2013 from player to developer \u2013 a new culture
        has emerged that defies the typical structure and openness of software developers.","title":"Modern
        disaster: Corporate gaming\u00a0enterprise","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:41:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/21/modern-disaster-corporate-gaming-enterprise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936765,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T09:04:11Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"If
        you really hate your slow Internet connection, you might consider packing
        your bags and moving to South Korea.","title":"Global Internet speeds climbed
        29% year-over-year\u00a0(report)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/akamai-state-of-the-internet-q3-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936764,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T10:19:10Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Individual
        researchers at companies could spend hours culling numbers from many pubic
        data sets, or they can do it all on Enigma. Now the company has new funding
        from the New York Times Co., among other\u00a0backers.","title":"Enigma reels
        in $4.5M to collect and organize loads of the world\u2019s public\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/enigma-reels-in-4-5m-to-collect-and-organize-loads-of-the-worlds-public-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936763,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-10T11:06:09Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Nintendo
        wants to shake up their business strategy, so why not try the one thing we\u2019ve
        all been suggesting for\u00a0years?","title":"5 reasons why Nintendo should
        buy\u00a0Sega","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/10/5-reasons-why-nintendo-should-buy-sega/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936762,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-08T15:09:46Z","slug":"exagrid-systems","summary":"ExaGrid
        makes disk-based storage, an alternative to the tape-drive storage that most
        corporations still use for backing up large volumes of data.","title":"ExaGrid
        takes $20M for disk-based backup\u00a0systems","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/08/exagrid-takes-20m-for-disk-based-backup-systems/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936761,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-12T16:50:25Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Today
        is Charles Darwin\u2019s birthday, otherwise known as \u201cInternational
        Darwin Day.\u201d You might be wondering how to celebrate today, as I\u00a0was.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Happy Birthday,\u00a0Darwin","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/funding-daily-happy-birthday-darwin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936760,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T16:40:42Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Bino
        pointed out Israeli startups that have been acquired by big American players
        as something he would like to see happening more, especially for the outfits
        he may find himself\u00a0seeding.","title":"Accelerant Ventures launches microfund
        for NYC-based Israeli\u00a0entrepreneurs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/accelerant-ventures-launches-microfund-for-nyc-based-israeli-entrepreneurs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936759,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-07T18:39:56Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Community
        writer Rory takes a look at the endless possibilities that were created when
        FIFA debuted its Pro Clubs\u00a0mode.","title":"It\u2019s time for every sports
        game to take a page from FIFA 14\u2032s\u00a0book","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/07/its-time-for-every-sports-game-to-take-a-page-from-fifa-14%e2%80%b2s-book/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936758,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-30T13:00:32Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Will
        India\u2019s fortunes rise on the global gaming\u00a0stage?","title":"Dhruva
        CEO explains how India\u2019s game industry is coming of age\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/30/dhruva-ceo-explains-how-indias-game-industry-is-coming-of-age-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936757,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T11:05:11Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Most
        meteorologists predict the weather by looking at the sky, but one startup
        thinks it can do better by looking at the ground.","title":"Understory scores
        $1.9M to generate better weather data from the\u00a0ground","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/understory-scores-1-9m-to-generate-better-weather-data-from-the-ground/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936756,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-09T05:00:05Z","slug":"displaylink","summary":"Wilocity
        and DisplayLink show wireless 4K video delivery over a WiGig\u00a0network.","title":"Wilocity
        delivers 4K video over WiGig wireless home networking at blazing\u00a0speeds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/09/wilocity-delivers-wigig-wireless-home-networking-at-7-gigabits-a-second/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936755,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T09:15:21Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Snowden\u2019s handlers in Russia, the feared FSB, are \u201cvery happy\u201d
        with the classified information he gave them, claims a retired KGB\u00a0general.","title":"Former
        KGB general: Snowden is cooperating with Russian\u00a0intelligence","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/former-kgb-general-snowden-is-cooperating-with-russian-intelligence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936754,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T12:30:23Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Five
        global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business \u2014
        and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady\u00a0environment.","title":"Has
        game investing turned into a gold mine or risky bubble\u00a0speculation?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/has-game-investing-turned-into-a-gold-mine-or-risky-bubble-speculation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936753,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T18:00:21Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Guest
        Post Compared to the \u201cConnected Home\u201d of five years ago, the current
        IoT market is much more poised to succeed, but as an industry, we still haven\u2019t
        figured out what consumers\u00a0want.","title":"IoT industry: It\u2019s time
        to sell the product, not just the\u00a0promise","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/iot-industry-its-time-to-sell-the-product-not-the-promise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936752,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T10:20:47Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"The
        policy winds have blown\u00a0in favor of big broadband carrier\u00a0lobbyists
        this year. Most notably, Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler
        announced a new set of ostensible net neutrality principles for\u00a0ISPs,
        which actually allow them to\u00a0charge for faster transmission\u00a0of Internet
        services like Netflix.","title":"Senate Democrats propose bill that would
        force FCC to enforce net\u00a0neutrality","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/senate-democrats-propose-bill-that-would-force-fcc-to-enforce-net-neutrality/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936751,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T06:15:55Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"It\u2019s
        been an unusually busy week at the House of Representatives.","title":"House
        passes amendment to curb NSA surveillance\u00a0program","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/house-passes-amendment-to-curb-nsa-surveillance-program/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936750,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-21T08:00:25Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Modus
        Operandi is a secretive software company in Florida. Now they\u2019re developing
        the \u2018Facebook\u2019 of\u00a0terrorists.","title":"Modus Operandi is building
        a \u2018Facebook\u2019 for tracking\u00a0terrorists","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/21/modus-operandi-is-building-a-facebook-for-tracking-terrorists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936749,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T16:58:32Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"The
        Chinese government cybergang is changing tactics in reactions to the threat
        ISIS poses to oil\u00a0investments.","title":"Chinese hackers target think
        tanks instead of U.S. tech firms \u2014 to protect oil\u00a0interests","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/chinese-hackers-target-think-tanks-instead-of-u-s-tech-firms-to-protect-oil-interests/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936748,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-27T15:53:56Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Ethnic
        networking is big in Silicon Valley. Indian professionals have The Indus Entrepreneurs
        (TIE); and the Chinese and Taiwanese have their pick of the Hua Yuan Science
        and Technology Association  (HYSTA), the Asian America Multi-Technology Association
        (AAMA) and the Monte Jade Science & Technology Association.","title":"Japanese
        Americans explore the power of ethnic networks in Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/27/japanese-americans-explore-the-power-of-ethnic-networks-in-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936747,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-28T05:00:46Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"American
        Express has ceaselessly driven into our heads, \u201cDon\u2019t leave home
        without it\u201d as the commercial message for its American Express card.
        Now it\u2019s launching its Serve digital payments platform, so it can tell
        us, \u201cDon\u2019t go online without it.\u201d","title":"American Express
        launches digital payments\u00a0platform","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/28/american-express-launches-digital-payments-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936746,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-06T12:23:46Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Benevolent
        has received a grant from the Knight Foundation and Marjorie S. Fisher Fund
        to grow its crowdfunding site that lets anyone make small donations to help
        low income individuals overcome a one-time economic\u00a0hurdle.","title":"Benevolent\u2019s
        approach to crowdfunding lifts low-income Americans out of\u00a0poverty","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/06/benevolents-approach-to-crowdfunding-lifts-low-income-americans-out-of-poverty/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936745,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T21:00:01Z","slug":"american-connections","summary":"Guest
        Post Of the 120 companies in the firm\u2019s portfolio, more than 50 percent
        are games companies. And Decent Capital is constantly on the hunt for\u00a0more.","title":"Decent
        Capital\u2019s Jonathan Qiu talks gaming and investing in American\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/decent-capitals-jonathan-qiu-talks-gaming-industry-and-investing-in-american-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936744,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-04T23:21:32Z","slug":"quattro-wireless","summary":"Apple
        is expected to announce soon that it has purchased Quattro Wireless for $275
        million, according to a report by AllThingsD. Quattro has a mobile ad network
        and platform that lets advertisers target mobile users with ads.","title":"Apple
        to buy Quattro Wireless mobile ad firm for\u00a0$275M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:40:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/04/apple-to-buy-quattro-wireless-mobile-firm-for-275m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936743,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-05T14:04:24Z","slug":"quattro-wireless","summary":"We\u2019ve
        known for the longest time that Apple was planning something with mobile advertisements,
        particularly after they purchased mobile ad firm Quattro Wireless for $275
        million, but the company has been mum on specifics. As the company behind
        the phone that built the mobile ad market, I would imagine that it has something
        juicy planned \u2014 especially since the launch of the iPad would bring the
        mobile ad market to a device that\u2019s not exactly mobile.","title":"Apple
        aiming to monopolize location-based mobile\u00a0ads?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/05/apple-aiming-to-monopolize-location-based-mobile-ads/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936742,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-12T16:57:05Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Video
        games have been with us for over 50 years. While home consoles are still a
        relatively youthful invention, the creation and development of gaming traces
        its roots back to the 1950s. I sat down with Harold Goldberg, author of All
        Your Base Are Belong to Us: How 50 Years of Video Games Conquered Pop Culture,
        to discuss his new book and his views on adapting it to cultural and historical
        studies on an academic level.","title":"History, Culture, and All Your Base
        Belong to\u00a0Us","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/12/history-culture-and-all-your-base-belong-to-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936741,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-24T12:55:59Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Another
        day, another batch of complaints about wind power turbines. This time, residents
        of the small island of Vinalhaven, Maine, are arguing that the owners of three
        wind turbines violated state noise ordinances and are creating a lot of noise
        pollution.","title":"Maine wind farm could be latest ''not in my backyard''\u00a0casualty","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/24/maine-wind-farm-nimby-casualty/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936739,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-21T11:41:44Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"The
        U.S. Department of Energy said Tuesday it has granted a $136 million conditional
        loan guarantee to Granite Reliable Power for a 99-megawatt wind farm project
        in New Hampshire.","title":"U.S. DOE commits $136M loan guarantee to New Hampshire
        wind\u00a0farm","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/21/new-hampshire-wind-farm-doe-loan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936740,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-13T11:00:31Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Former
        senior vice president at EA will help GoPro in its competition with larger
        action sports camera\u00a0makers.","title":"The master of zinger quotes, EA
        spokesman Jeff Brown skis off to\u00a0GoPro","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/the-master-of-zinger-quotes-ea-spokesman-jeff-brown-skies-off-to-gopro/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936738,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-23T18:04:54Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Are
        you feeling manly? Manly enough to join the Mobile Trench Brigade and fight
        the evil Tubes in Double Fine''s new XBLA game Trenched? Well, here''s your
        chance to prove it.","title":"Bitmob Giveaway: Answer manly trivia questions
        and win a download code for\u00a0Trenched","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/23/bitmob-giveaway-answer-manly-trivia-questions-and-win-a-download-code-for-trenched/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936737,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-14T07:00:08Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The Discovery Channel has satisfied the world\u2019s curiosity for nearly
        30 years, teaching us about things as varied as why men have nipples and the
        mischievous machinations of beavers. And now it\u2019s bringing us a new way
        to learn\u00a0online.","title":"Discovery unveils Curiosity.com to inspire
        everyday learning\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/14/discovery-unveils-curiosity-com-to-inspire-everyday-learning-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936736,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T05:19:00Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Context Relevant, a developer of trusted \u2018big data\u2019 analytics
        software       that solves daunting business problems and uncovers new profit       opportunities,
        today announced a strategic partnership with White House       national security
        expert\u00a0Richard\u2026","title":"Big Data Meets Big Security: Context Relevant
        and Richard Clarke\u2019s Good Harbor ...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/big-data-meets-big-security-context-relevant-and-richard-clarkes-good-harbor-join-forces-to-combat-worlds-data-security-threats/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936735,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-15T10:39:10Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Only
        around a quarter of the new electricity capacity introduced in 2010 came from
        wind power, down from 42 percent in 2009, according to a report from the U.S.
        Department of Energy.","title":"U.S. DOE: Wind power production fell in\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/15/wind-power-2010-production/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936734,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-17T14:30:23Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post There is a better way to do internal messaging. Pretend it\u2019s not
        internal at\u00a0all.","title":"Another lesson from David Marcus\u2019 email:
        \u2018Internal communication\u2019 no longer\u00a0exists","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/17/another-lesson-from-david-marcus-email-internal-communication-no-longer-exists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936733,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-15T11:22:46Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"The
        U.S. Department of Energy today awarded a $102 million conditional loan guarantee
        to Record Hill Wind to build a 50.6-megawatt wind power farm in Maine.","title":"Record
        Hill Wind snags $102M wind power loan\u00a0guarantee","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/15/record-hill-102m-guarantee/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936732,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T08:00:06Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A look a the past, present, and future of one of gaming\u2019s most-important\u00a0companies.","title":"Why
        Steam matters: Valve\u2019s ambitious plan for the future of the\u00a0PC","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/why-steam-matters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936731,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-02T22:39:44Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"For
        this writing challenge example, I chose to design a fictious boss battle set
        in the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi''s Island universe. I decided to write a
        script and added in a few pictures at the end for reference, but a storyboard,
        flowchart, or a combination of any or all of the three is acceptable.","title":"Stick
        to the Script Example: Boo-Hoo Boss\u00a0Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/02/stick-to-the-script-example-boo-hoo-boss-battle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936730,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T14:33:14Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Oracle
        wants to stand out with the most fully fleshed marketing software around.
        Today it announced an acquisition of marketing software company\u00a0BlueKai.","title":"Oracle
        buys BlueKai to build out new cloud tools for\u00a0marketers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/oracle-buys-bluekai-to-build-out-new-cloud-tools-for-marketers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936729,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-19T01:12:00Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Potential-spoiler
        warning: This article mentions the endings of games like Portal 2, Bastion,
        Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and Borderlands. I\u2019ll try my best to avoid
        specifics, but you\u2019ve been warned.","title":"Game endings are terrible,
        and it\u2019s partly our\u00a0fault","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/19/game-endings-are-terrible-and-its-your-fault/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936728,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-27T10:26:13Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Acting
        like RoboCop\u2019s little brother and looking like R2-D2\u2019s cousin, the
        K5 crime-fighting robot could be the first in a new wave of Robots-as-a-Service.","title":"Crime-fighting
        robot maker Knightscope scores million-dollar seed\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/crime-fighting-robot-maker-knightscope-scores-million-dollar-seed-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936727,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-07T08:00:48Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"NOTE:
        Each week, I\u2019m writing a column on videogames called The DeanBeat that\u2019s
        available to newsletter subscribers a day before it appears on the VentureBeat
        website. This week, my column was co-written with Matthew Lynley.","title":"Our
        picks for the best video games of the fall\u00a0season","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/07/best-video-games-of-the-fall-season/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936726,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T17:45:52Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"A
        startup called Friesty has built software to test applications that can run
        on software-defined networks.","title":"This startup lets you test networking
        apps, so your business stays\u00a0on","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/this-startup-lets-you-test-networking-apps-so-your-business-stays-on/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936725,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-10T12:00:38Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Leisure
        Suit Larry\u00a0was a tacky video game series that debuted in 1987, chronicling
        the failed attempts of Larry Laffer, the world\u2019s least successful lover,
        to get women into bed. But it did sell more than 10 million units, with regular
        sequels debuting as recently as 2009. It showed that sex, or the lack of it
        in Larry\u2019s case, sells. Now Larry is about to get some Viagra.","title":"Replay
        Games shoots for nostalgia with Leisure Suit Larry\u00a0revival","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/10/replay-games-shoots-for-nostalgia-with-leisure-suit-larry-revival/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936724,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-10T13:29:25Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Missed SXSW this year? I attended sessions and consulted with the experts
        for our list of the five most intriguing health startups at the\u00a0festival.","title":"The
        5 hottest health-tech startups at\u00a0SXSW","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/10/the-5-hottest-health-tech-startups-at-sxsw/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936723,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-12T07:00:25Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Update:
        This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon\u2019s Kindle
        bookstore.","title":"How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social
        game\u00a0powerhouse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/zynga-history/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936722,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-14T08:10:03Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Anaplan
        has been adding features to its cloud-based financial planning software to
        improve user experience, and it\u2019s aiming to collect more data to improve
        things\u00a0further.","title":"Anaplan\u2019s CEO gets it: Use data to make
        your software a\u00a0hit","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/14/anaplans-ceo-gets-it-use-data-to-make-your-software-a-hit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936721,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-10T15:59:56Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Video-game
        dogs provide companionship and protection to their masters, although some
        mutts can be rabid assholes. Study the following images, and try to guess
        the games these tail-waggers are from. Not all of them have names, so feel
        free to give them one.","title":"Puzzler: Identify the video-game\u00a0dogs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/10/puzzler-identify-the-video-game-dogs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936720,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T22:54:55Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post You might not have heard about kill-switching for phones But if you\u2019ve
        got a business, you ought to know about it, because pending legislation could
        force its implementation, which could cause\u00a0threats.","title":"4 reasons
        cell phone kill-switching could damage your\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/4-reasons-cell-phone-kill-switching-could-damage-your-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936719,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-06T17:48:42Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Blueseed,
        the startup-ship making Pirates of Silicon Valley an actual thing, has already
        gained interest from hundreds of entrepreneurs looking to start a company
        on the open sea.","title":"Blueseed startup ship of dreams has hundreds knocking
        at its\u00a0door","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/06/blueseed-startup-ship/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936718,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-25T10:00:02Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Time
        Warner Cable ousted EA in the first\u00a0round.","title":"The dynasty ends:
        Electronic Arts will not three-peat as the \u2018Worst Company in\u00a0America\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/25/the-dynasty-ends-electronic-arts-will-not-three-peat-as-the-worst-company-in-america/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936717,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-12T21:01:14Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"They
        can\u2019t buy a celebratory bottle of\u00a0champagne, but they\u2019re hoping
        to start a new business. Meet the new class of under 20 would-be college kids
        dropping out of college to work on their\u00a0entrepreneurial\u00a0dreams
        under the watchful eye of investor Peter Thiel.","title":"Peter Thiel gives
        new class of students $100K to forgo\u00a0college","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/12/thiel-fellowship-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936716,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T09:53:41Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Last
        week, London Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse paid a visit to the Bay Area, and
        sat down with execs from the fastest-growing med-tech companies. Here\u2019s\u00a0why.","title":"How
        London plans to become the \u2018health-tech capital of Europe\u2019\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/tech-city-nope-its-med-city-how-the-mayors-office-will-make-london-the-health-tech-capital-of-europe-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936715,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-15T17:11:31Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        ","title":"The Agony of Victory: Drinking Heavily and Playing\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/15/the-agony-of-victory-drinking-heavily-and-playing-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936714,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T07:58:54Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Tech
        companies are protecting themselves from bad PR. But they could be doing so
        much more to protect you and me. Here\u2019s why they\u2019re only giving
        lip service to true\u00a0security.","title":"\u2018None of the Web companies
        are doing anything\u2019 to protect you, say security\u00a0pros","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/none-of-the-web-companies-are-doing-anything-to-protect-you-say-security-pros/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936713,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-10T08:30:03Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The New Hive is a WYSIWYG page creator. Its creators are new San Franciscans,
        and the next couple weeks will decide whether they make it or break\u00a0it.","title":"Startup
        Stories: Nearly broke but full of hope, The New Hive comes to San\u00a0Francisco","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/10/startup-stories-the-new-hive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936712,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T16:53:24Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: A deluge of\u00a0deals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/funding-daily-a-deluge-of-deals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936711,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-19T09:00:50Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"After
        47 updates, Pocket God\u2019s final episode, Apocalypse Ow, is at\u00a0hand.","title":"After
        6M paid downloads, mobile hit Pocket God wraps up with its final, apocalyptic\u00a0update","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/19/after-6m-paid-downloads-mobile-game-hit-pocket-god-wraps-up-with-its-final-apocalyptic-update/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936710,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-27T12:00:15Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Big
        failures and surprise successes marked 2012 for the games\u00a0industry.","title":"The
        news that shook the game world in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/27/the-news-that-shook-the-game-world-in-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936709,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T04:01:41Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Hydra Biosciences, Inc., a leader in the field of Transient Receptor       Potential
        (TRP) channel modulation, and Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the       world\u2019s
        leading pharmaceutical companies, jointly announced today that       they
        have entered\u00a0into\u2026","title":"Hydra Biosciences and Boehringer Ingelheim
        Announce Worldwide Collaboration to Develo...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/hydra-biosciences-and-boehringer-ingelheim-announce-worldwide-collaboration-to-develop-small-molecule-inhibitors-for-the-treatment-of-central-nervous-system-diseases-and-disorders/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936708,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-11T18:49:26Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Scientists
        have hacked together a microscope out of an iPhone, a piece of glass, double-sided
        tape, and a cheap flashlight that is good enough to detect intestinal worm
        infections with 70 percent\u00a0accuracy.","title":"Health hack: iPhone +
        glass + flashlight = life-saving microsope in\u00a0Africa","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/11/health-hack-iphone-glass-flashlight-life-saving-microsope-in-africa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936707,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T07:01:49Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Isarna Therapeutics GmbH, a leader in TGF-\u03b2 therapeutics, today       announced
        that it has raised Euro 5.5 million (US$ 7.6 million) in       equity from
        its current investors including AT NewTec, Global Asset       Funds, and MIG
        Fonds. The\u00a0company\u2026","title":"Isarna Therapeutics Raises Euro 5.5
        Million, Announces Elizabeth Czerepak Joining as ...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/isarna-therapeutics-raises-euro-5-5-million-announces-elizabeth-czerepak-joining-as-cfocbo-to-lead-u-s-site/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936706,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T08:17:41Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The New York Fashion Tech Lab, produced in collaboration with the Partnership       Fund
        for New York City, Springboard       Enterprises and Founding Members Alex
        and Ani, ANN INC., The Estee       Lauder Companies, J. Crew, Kate Spade &\u00a0Company,\u2026","title":"The
        Partnership Fund for New York City and Springboard Enterprises Announce the
        Inaug...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/the-partnership-fund-for-new-york-city-and-springboard-enterprises-announce-the-inaugural-new-york-fashion-tech-lab-class-of-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936705,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-20T11:49:28Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Guest
        Post As despised and problematic as it is, the Postal Service is one of the
        most important institutions in this country. It is essential to a functioning
        economy, and thankfully, it\u2019s not going anywhere, anytime\u00a0soon.","title":"Like
        it or not, the U.S. Postal Service isn\u2019t going away anytime\u00a0soon","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:39:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/20/like-it-or-not-the-us-postal-service-isnt-going-away-anytime-soon/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936704,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T18:22:38Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ObserveIT,       a leader in privileged user activity monitoring, announced
        today the       appointment of Paul Brady as the company\u2019s Chief Executive
        Officer. Mr.       Brady, a software and security industry veteran is based
        in ObserveIT\u2019s\u00a0new\u2026","title":"ObserveIT Appoints Paul Brady\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/observeit-appoints-paul-brady-ceo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936703,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-18T13:48:47Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Silicon
        Valley has been prominent in the fight \u2014 particularly around the Startup
        Act \u2014 to admit immigrants who want to start businesses and create\u00a0jobs.","title":"Startups
        and immigration: 500 Startups, Google, and Creative Commons-backed Engine
        speaks to\u00a0Congress","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/18/startups-and-immigration-500-startups-google-and-creative-commons-backed-engine-speaks-to-house-committee-on-small-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936702,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-04T14:02:03Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post As new grads enter the workforce, they expect video to be an essential
        part of corporate learning and communication. And companies that don\u2019t
        embrace the technology risk being at the back of the line for job\u00a0selection.","title":"Video
        is in the classroom \u2013 and your new college recruits expect it in the
        conference\u00a0room","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/04/video-is-in-the-classroom-and-your-new-college-recruits-expect-it-in-the-conference-room/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936701,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T15:45:13Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick \u201cThere\u2019s no true, true competitors for us that do everything
        that we do,\u201d said CTO Ian White, who predicts a public offering within
        5\u00a0years.","title":"ExactTarget, Responsys, meet your newest nemesis:
        Sailthru, on track for a $50M year & an\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/exacttarget-responsys-meet-your-newest-nemesis-sailthru-on-track-for-a-50m-year-an-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936700,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-11T13:46:51Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Three
        female entrepreneurs have developed a website and interactive book called
        My First Website, which teaches kids to\u00a0code.","title":"How three designers
        are teaching toddlers to\u00a0code","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/how-three-designers-are-teaching-toddlers-to-code/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936699,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T14:05:39Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"At
        our DataBeat event next week, we\u2019ve handpicked many of the most astute
        \u201cbig data\u201d investors to join us in debate about how companies can
        use data to achieve more profitability.","title":"Meet 10 of the top data
        investors at DataBeat (special\u00a0offer)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/meet-10-of-the-top-data-investors-at-databeat-special-offer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936698,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T06:13:28Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post There\u2019s no denying the love affair that exists between people and       stores.
        It\u2019s real and it can be powerful \u2013 especially with local       favorites.
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        announced the finalists for its 2013 Science Fair today: 15 teens from eight
        countries including Canada, Russia, Singapore, India, Greece, Australia, and
        Turkey.\nAnd, of course, the\u00a0USA.","title":"Meet the 18 teenage finalists
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        Post Sharecare, the online health and wellness engagement platform founded
        by       Dr. Mehmet Oz and WebMD founder Jeff Arnold, today announced that
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        is a free, iOS-exclusive\u2026","title":"Sharecare\u2019s AskMD Wins Appy
        Award for Best Medical\u00a0App","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/sharecares-askmd-wins-appy-award-for-best-medical-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936695,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T05:47:47Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post SundaySky,       the creator of SmartVideo, unveiled today its SmartVideo
        lifecycle       marketing platform at the second annual SmartVideo Summit.
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        with personalized\u00a0video\u2026","title":"SundaySky Unveils End-to-End
        SmartVideo Lifecycle Marketing\u00a0Platform","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/sundaysky-unveils-end-to-end-smartvideo-lifecycle-marketing-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936694,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-28T07:42:31Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Guest
        Post We\u2019ve seen how to benefit from attending events, but how can trade
        show organizers optimize their\u00a0ROI?","title":"Why events are the final
        frontier in data-driven\u00a0marketing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/28/why-events-are-the-final-frontier-in-data-driven-marketing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936693,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T15:00:45Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"The
        business of marketing has moved from guesswork to a data operation in the
        cloud, or at least that is what Adobe and Oracle would have you believe. In
        the last few days, both of these tech giants have announced significant enhancements
        and additions to their marketing cloud operations.","title":"PR Tech: The
        next automated marketing\u00a0frontier","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/pr-tech-the-next-automated-marketing-frontier/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936692,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T20:15:37Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"With
        so many citizens finding ways around his censorship of Twitter and YouTube,
        Turkey\u2019s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan may not have succeeded
        in silencing Western online media \u2014 but he may well kill off Turkish
        digital startups\u2019 own chances of success.","title":"Turkey\u2019s social
        censorship will hurt\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/turkeys-social-censorship-will-hurt-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936691,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-28T13:00:06Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"If
        the game didn\u2019t depress you enough, we\u2019re here to help with some
        related\u00a0material.","title":"Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for The
        Last of Us\u00a0fans","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/28/read-watch-listen-the-last-of-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936690,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T13:30:50Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Get
        ready to shop in a store where the store lighting is telling your smartphone
        about coupons, specials, and product placement.","title":"GE joins Phillips
        in introducing LEDs that fast-blink coupons to your\u00a0phone","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/ge-joins-phillips-in-introducing-leds-that-fast-blink-coupons-to-your-phone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936689,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T04:00:43Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Shopping cart abandonment \u2014 there\u2019s nothing like those three
        dreaded words to set an ecommerce business on the\u00a0defensive.","title":"3
        reasons your customers are abandoning their\u00a0carts","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/3-unexpected-reasons-your-customers-abandon-cart/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936688,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-30T12:20:24Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: King
        sues copycat company, Nintendo reveals the\u00a02DS","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/30/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-61/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936687,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T04:36:51Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"In
        the explosion of marketing technology over the past three years that has seen
        a tripling in startups with cloud, app, and web-based solutions for your marketing
        department, there\u2019s one company that has been around almost since the
        original dot-com boom.","title":"One-to-one marketing, global scale: Sitecore
        lands L\u2019Or\u00e9al to personalize\u00a0beauty","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/one-to-one-marketing-global-scale-sitecore-lands-loreal-to-personalize-beauty/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936686,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T11:30:11Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"The
        Japanese publisher is learning how to balance a meme with\u00a0restraint.","title":"How
        Nintendo used the Luigi Death Stare without ruining fans\u2019\u00a0fun","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/how-nintendo-used-the-luigi-death-stare-without-ruining-fans-fun/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936685,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-24T06:52:52Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"These
        three teens have designed flashlights that work without batteries, signals
        that move traffic out of the way of emergency vehicles, and new flu\u00a0medicines.","title":"Google
        Science Fair winners: Flashlights without batteries, \u2018bat signals,\u2019
        non-viral\u00a0viruses","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/24/google-science-fair-winners-flashlights-without-batteries-bat-signals-non-viral-viruses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936684,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-17T15:26:48Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Apple
        may be gearing up to build\u00a0its\u00a0own proprietary mobile payment system.","title":"Apple
        has all the ingredients to cook up a massive mobile payment system, Morgan
        Stanley\u00a0says","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/17/apple-has-all-the-ingredients-to-cook-up-a-massive-mobile-payment-system-morgan-stanley-says/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936683,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T15:15:03Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"We
        give out the kind of E3 awards that one else is likely to think\u00a0of.","title":"The
        GamesBeat E3 2014 Non-Award Awards: The stuff no one else is writing\u00a0about","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/the-gamesbeat-e3-2014-non-award-awards-the-stuff-no-one-else-is-writing-about/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936682,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-01T10:28:25Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Everything
        is not Zen as far as sexuality in video games is\u00a0concerned.","title":"There\u2019s
        no sex in (American video game)\u00a0violence","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/01/theres-no-sex-in-american-video-game-violence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936681,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-03T08:00:06Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post As we are finalizing plans for our 2014 Omnichannel conference taking
        place next week, Peter Zaballos, our VP of Marketing, had a chance to talk
        to with Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite and featured keynote speaker about the
        future of\u00a0omnichannel.","title":"Retail is dead, long live\u00a0retail!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/03/retail-is-dead-long-live-retail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936680,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T04:36:10Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Kony,       Inc., the leading enterprise mobility company, today announced
        that       it has raised $50 million in financing. New investor SoftBank Capital,
        a       venture capital firm affiliated with SoftBank Corp., a leading       telecommunications\u2026","title":"Kony
        Secures $50 Million\u00a0Round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/kony-secures-50-million-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936679,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T10:00:58Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"The
        Dutch government has helped start an investment fund, GameOn, that wants to
        find the next\u00a0Supercell.","title":"The Dutch want gaming startups to
        sprout like tulips\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/the-dutch-want-gaming-startups-to-sprout-like-tulips-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936678,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T04:00:04Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Here are five companies that are doing big data analysis\u00a0right.","title":"5
        companies riding the big data wave to\u00a0success","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/5-companies-riding-the-big-data-wave-to-success/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936677,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T07:04:11Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Fitwall,       one of the World\u2019s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies
        in Fitness according       to Fast Company, announced today that it has secured
        additional       funding in order to continue its meteoric growth and dominance
        as the       future of\u00a0fitness\u2026.","title":"Fitwall Secures Additional
        Funding as Demand for Company\u2019s Innovative Approach ...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/fitwall-secures-additional-funding-as-demand-for-companys-innovative-approach-to-fitness-accelerates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936676,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-14T09:00:36Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"We
        caught up with Game Insight CEO Alisa Chumachenko to talk about games that
        are making tens of millions of\u00a0dollars.","title":"Moscow\u2019s Game
        Insight has quietly been amassing big mobile game revenues\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/14/moscows-game-insight-has-quietly-been-amassing-big-mobile-game-revenues-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936675,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T12:30:23Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Five
        global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business \u2014
        and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady\u00a0environment.","title":"Has
        game investing turned into a gold mine or risky bubble\u00a0speculation?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/has-game-investing-turned-into-a-gold-mine-or-risky-bubble-speculation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936674,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T10:28:59Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Investors
        are betting big money on hybrid cloud storage as an attractive option for
        enterprises.","title":"Cloudian\u2019s new $24M shows cloud storage isn\u2019t
        an all-or-nothing\u00a0proposition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/cloudians-new-24m-shows-cloud-storage-isnt-an-all-or-nothing-proposition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936673,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T12:00:46Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Koch
        Media\u2019s publishing label is moving beyond consoles to mobile titles like
        Dead Island:\u00a0Epidemic","title":"Deep Silver expands from Saints Row IV
        to free-to-play mobile\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/deep-silver-expands-from-saints-row-iv-to-free-to-play-mobile-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936672,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T00:01:03Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Shipping
        is that part of life that no one really looks forward to or wants to spend
        time thinking about \u2014 even companies like Shyp have sprung up to save
        people from even having to touch\u00a0an item they want to ship.","title":"PackLink
        gets $9M to cut down the time you\u2019re spending thinking about\u00a0shipping","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/packlink-gets-9m-to-cut-down-the-time-youre-spending-thinking-about-shipping/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936671,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T12:00:16Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Panel
        organizers Brenda Romero and Leigh Alexander made it clear through their slate
        of speakers for the 2014 edition of #1ReasonToBe that the panel is about diversity
        in the video game industry, which goes beyond concerns only about\u00a0gender.","title":"The
        No. 1 \u2018reason to be\u2019 at the Game Developers Conference 2014:\u00a0Diversity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/the-no-1-reason-to-be-at-the-game-developers-conference-2014-diversity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936670,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T10:15:54Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"As
        mobile games grow in importance, it\u2019s a challege for E3 to grow with\u00a0them.","title":"Why
        this one man always gets the best seats at E3\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/why-mike-gallagher-always-gets-the-best-seat-at-e3-events-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936669,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T13:30:35Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"From
        smartphones to smart homes to web-connected fridges, it\u2019s beginning to
        feel like there is no escape from this always-on world.","title":"If you want
        users to love your brand, try helping them \u2018switch off\u2019 when they
        want\u00a0to","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/if-you-want-users-to-love-your-brand-try-helping-them-switch-off-when-they-want-to/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936668,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T13:00:42Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        latest acquisition could change the way humans interact with one another\u00a0forever.","title":"What
        Oculus Rift and virtual reality mean for sex, death, violence, and\u00a0identity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/what-oculus-rift-and-virtual-reality-mean-for-sex-death-violence-and-identity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936667,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T07:02:01Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Two years after launching its local delivery service eBay Now, eBay plans
        to shut it down, a VentureBeat source\u00a0claims.","title":"eBay\u2019s local
        delivery plans unravel: eBay Now may shut down\u00a0(Updated)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/ebays-local-delivery-plans-unravel-ebay-now-may-shut-down/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936666,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T09:58:55Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: CliffyB
        returns, e-sports sexism, and a goat may be the next Flappy\u00a0Bird","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-cliffyb-returns-e-sports-sexism-and-a-goat-may-be-the-next-flappy-bird/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936665,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T04:30:42Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Helpshift
        can reduce mobile app service requests by 90\u00a0percent.","title":"Helpshift
        raises $10M to help mobile game companies (and others) deal with the customer-service
        hordes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/helpshift-raises-10m-to-help-mobile-game-companies-and-others-deal-with-the-customer-service-hordes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936664,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-10T05:00:08Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"The
        iPhone has generated more than 63,000 apps worldwide. But no one has figured
        out the magic formula behind making a hit for the device.","title":"Pocket
        God offers case study of how to build a hit iPhone\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/10/pocket-god-is-a-case-study-of-a-hit-iphone-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936663,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T08:45:05Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"With
        the launch of Amazon Fire smartphone, the question everyone is asking is \u201cWill
        consumers buy Amazon Fire?\u201d But the real question should be \u201cHow
        will Amazon get their phones in the hands of consumers?\u201d","title":"What
        Amazon\u2019s Fire Phone means for the future of mobile\u00a0retail","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/what-amazons-fire-phone-means-for-the-future-of-mobile-retail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936662,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-19T23:26:56Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"The
        results are in from our Bitmob Wants You mega-callout, and\u2026well, it turns
        out that a lot of you enjoy killing zombies, because you all chose to write
        about developer Techland''s new action-RPG Dead Island. Fortunately, you also
        had some excellent insights into the game. We already front-paged Tristan
        Damen''s look at the game''s fight with the Australian government. Here are
        the rest of your submissions.","title":"Bitmob Wants You: The Dead Island\u00a0collection","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/19/bitmob-wants-you-the-dead-island-collection/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936661,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T13:17:25Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"The
        stakes are high in mobile retail, because suddenly more people are shopping
        on their mobile phone than ever before.","title":"Fighting the mobile retail
        war: How to meet customers every step of the\u00a0way","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/fighting-the-mobile-retail-war-how-to-meet-customers-every-step-of-the-way/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936660,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T15:46:05Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"On
        the eve of his opening session at our MobileBeat conference tomorrow, Google\u2019s
        head of performance media, Jason Spero, tells us how the company is approaching
        mobile ads, attribution, and more.","title":"Google\u2019s Jason Spero on
        how Google is embracing the latest mobile ad innovations\u00a0(Q&A)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/googles-jason-spero-on-how-google-is-embracing-the-latest-mobile-ad-innovations-qa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936659,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-04T12:50:25Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"I
        stomp my boot against the head of a zombie and feel its skull slowly pressing
        in and bending. A split-second later, it explodes in a visceral show of blood
        spatter and brain matter. My pants are soaked in it.","title":"Dead Island
        and indiscriminate\u00a0violence","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/04/dead-island-and-indiscriminate-violence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936658,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-27T17:00:25Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"USC
        found that Google has dramatically increased the number of sites around the
        world from which its serves queries by repurposing client\u00a0networks.","title":"Google
        search serves users from 600% more locations than a year ago\u00a0(study)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/27/google-search-serves-users-from-600-more-locations-than-a-year-ago-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936657,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T08:00:42Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Yes, email marketing works. It\u2019s a much more effective way of finding
        prospective customers than display ads or social media, according to many
        experts.  But only 22% of businesses are satisfied with their conversion rates,
        notes\u00a0Econsultancy.","title":"Effective landing pages don\u2019t have
        to be expensive & difficult to\u00a0create","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/effective-landing-pages-dont-have-to-be-expensive-difficult-to-create/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936656,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-07T10:00:51Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Everybody
        should see Marc Benioff live and unplugged. The chief executive of Salesforce.com
        gave an amusing keynote speech at the AME restaurant in San Francisco this
        week after getting booted out of Oracle OpenWorld 2011.","title":"Benioff
        unplugged: Salesforce.com chief says CEOs who don\u2019t change will face
        a Corporate Spring\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/07/benioff-unplugged-salesforce-com-chief-says-ceos-who-dont-change-will-face-a-corporate-spring-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936655,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-17T01:48:16Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
        Standing by a pool you are surrounded by zombies. Some shambling, some running
        at you. They make a gutteral groaning noise and then you are thrown into action.
        Not because you are ready to fight but because your foes have reached the
        length of the bloody oar you hold. One swipe across your field of view leads
        to the zombie dropping. But another is already on you. You kick it away and
        try an overhead strike with your blood cake oar. While doing this you are
        backing up, because you don''t want to get surrounded or cornered. That can
        only mean death. The zombies are on their feet again, and as the first one
        begins to come toward you, you strike again, having your oar snap. You grab
        the broomstick near you and hurl it into the skull of the other zombie just
        as it is beginning to rise again. You are panting and covered in blood.","title":"Dead
        Island a Study in\u00a0Terror!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/17/dead-island-a-study-in-terror/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936654,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T22:30:31Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"The
        Altimeter Group has just released The 2014 State of Digital Transformation,
        its second report on the topic this year. Principal analyst Brian Solis spent
        time researching and interviewing leading businesses from different industries
        to see how they interact with customers through technology. The challenges
        faced in the process were also examined.","title":"People are more important
        than technology, according to new Altimeter Group\u00a0study","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/people-are-more-important-than-technology-according-to-new-altimeter-group-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936653,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-23T19:31:02Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"I
        just sat down with Max Levchin, chief executive of leading widget-maker Slide,
        after his talk at the Web 2.0 Expo this afternoon.  He gave me more information
        on Slide\u2019s interest in forms of revenue besides advertising and the role
        of feeds \u2014 like Facebook\u2019s news feed or Friendfeed \u2014 on the
        web. He also tells me about the increasing number of application programming
        interfaces for third-party developers, and how maybe one day there\u2019ll
        be APIs that let him create multimedia widgets featuring his favorite Russian
        rock band.  VentureBeat: There\u2019s been a lot of talk about sites like
        Friendfeed, that let you see what your friends are up to across the web, on
        various services. Do you think this is a standalone company, or will large
        networks dominate, sites like Facebook that also have feeds?  When there\u2019s
        a powerful network affect, then there\u2019s not a lot of room for more than
        one winner. You have a winner that wins big, then also-rans that occupy niches.
        Its unclear to me whether that\u2019s exactly how it is in Friendfeed\u2019s
        case \u2014 but it\u2019s clear that the news feed within Facebook has a very
        powerful network effect.  Right now, I\u2019m not sure whether [Friendfeed''s]
        service adds so much value that it essentially stands alone [although Max
        notes he hasn''t been focused on studying Friendfeed, and may be wrong]. Any
        one of the sites that appears in a feed can also offer its own feed.  There\u2019s
        a network effect of users, and a separate network effect of aggregated sources.
        I think I\u2019m more drawn to users than sources. If I see what you\u2019re
        up to on Facebook but I don\u2019t see your updates on Flickr, I\u2019ll still
        care about Facebook.  If there\u2019s doubts about the genius of Mark Zuckerberg
        [Facebook''s founder and chief executive], then the feed is proof that he
        has something gray between his ears that ticks pretty well.","title":"Q&A
        with Max Levchin of Slide, on e-commerce, APIs, feeds, and a Russian rock\u00a0band","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/23/qa-with-max-levchin-of-slide-on-e-commerce-apis-feeds-and-a-russian-rock-band/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936652,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-06T12:41:04Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"The
        U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been hemorrhaging members in recent weeks after
        opposing legislation curtailing greenhouse gas emissions. Today, Apple joined
        companies like Nike, Exelon and Pacific Gas & Electric, who have also quit
        or scaled down participation in the organization to take a stronger stance
        on climate change issues. But it\u2019s the first technology company to do
        so \u2014 which could touch off a trend in eco-conscious Silicon Valley.","title":"Apple
        becomes first tech co. to ditch U.S. Chamber of Commerce over\u00a0emissions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/06/apple-joins-droves-departing-us-chamber-of-commerce-over-emissions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936651,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-04T11:45:21Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Two
        weeks ago, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was the target of an elaborate hoax
        by the Yes Men leading some major media outlets to believe that it had reversed
        its opposition to the Kerry-Boxer climate bill pending approval in the Senate.
        Now it seems the chamber has officially expressed support for legislation
        that would cut carbon emissions \u2014 but still in confusingly vague terms.","title":"Chamber
        of Commerce thaws on climate bill (for real this\u00a0time)?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/04/chamber-of-commerce-thaws-on-climate-bill-for-reals-this-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936650,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-19T11:28:57Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"The
        next wave of e-commerce is clearly going to be social \u2014 and there are
        a raft of players looking for an angle on the business.","title":"Groupon
        needs the human touch, not Google''s\u00a0robots","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/19/groupon-google/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936649,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-02T08:18:23Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"E-commerce
        giant eBay is close to announcing it has purchased local shopping search engine
        Milo for $75 million, according to a report by Business Insider.","title":"eBay''s
        $75 million Milo buy: Another reason e-commerce is set to\u00a0boom","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/02/ebay-milo-e-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936648,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-08T14:06:41Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"ModCloth,
        the hot e-commerce startup backed by Accel Partners, First Round Capital,
        and the Floodgate Fund, laid off just over a dozen of its 248 employees today,
        the company told VentureBeat.","title":"Not so pretty: Layoffs at e-commerce
        darling\u00a0ModCloth","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/08/modcloth-layoffs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936647,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-31T07:00:00Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"The
        tech industry still has a lot to do if it wants users to pay for goods with
        smartphones and tablets.","title":"Google''s VP of payments: Mobile commerce
        still needs \"big leap\u00a0forward\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/31/what-google-needs-to-make-mobile-payments-happen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936646,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-27T03:49:28Z","slug":"archipelago-learning","summary":"Previously,
        on Game Diary: Civilization 5, I was dismayed to find my Egyptian civilization
        was stuck on a small island. The imposing appearance of \u201cclouds\u201d
        on low detail levels added to a sense of claustrophobia and isolation, as
        I spent the best part of two thousand years doing everything I could to get
        some units off the island.","title":"Game Diary #4: Civilization\u00a05","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/27/game-diary-4-civilization-5/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936645,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-05T06:00:16Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: David Brussin is the founder and CEO of Monetate. He submitted this
        story to VentureBeat.)","title":"Smart marketing in the era of agile\u00a0commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/05/smart-marketing-in-the-era-of-agile-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936644,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-12T10:45:33Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"[Update:
        Couple of spots left for tomorrow; last call.]","title":"Are you New York\u2019s
        next huge e-commerce startup?: Get feedback from RRE Ventures tomorrow\u00a0(reminder)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/are-you-new-yorks-huge-e-commerce-startup-get-feedback-from-rre-ventures-tomorrow-reminder/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936643,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T22:04:05Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Last
        month, electric car maker Tesla Motors took the unusual step of opening up
        its patents to other automakers.","title":"Detroit seems to be responding
        to Tesla\u2019s patent free-for-all with a collective \u2018meh\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/detroit-seems-to-be-responding-to-teslas-patent-free-for-all-with-a-collective-meh/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936642,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-18T14:43:24Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"As
        a software securities analyst for investment banking firm Canaccord Genuity,
        Richard Davis spends 200 days a year on the road visiting companies. He goes
        to public companies such as Oracle and Salesforce.com, but he also visits
        up-and-coming software companies he thinks will go public in the near future.","title":"Cool
        private companies: Growing e-commerce\u00a0firms","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/18/cool-private-companies-growing-e-commerce-firms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936641,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T01:30:16Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"While
        big companies are working hard to impose standards on the burgeoning Internet
        of things (IoT), little Octoblu is willing to be the translator between whatever
        protocols to connect every thing with every other thing.","title":"Internet
        of things startup Octoblu designs a platform that translates\u00a0protocols","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/internet-of-things-startup-octoblu-designs-a-platform-that-translates-protocols/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936640,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-22T06:00:38Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Turning
        social media influence into gold is one thing, but measuring how you did it
        is quite another, according to social commerce startup Moontoast.","title":"Moontoast\u2019s
        new analytics tool makes sense of all that social commerce data\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/22/social-commerce-analytics-tool/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936639,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T06:00:20Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post Sorry, folks. There\u2019s no longer a place for wishful thinking in
        sales forecasts. Cloud-based tools that use data science make sense for all
        kinds of\u00a0reasons.","title":"3 reasons your sales team needs data\u00a0science","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/3-reasons-your-sales-team-needs-data-science/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936638,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-30T13:37:57Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Recent research indicates that by 2014, more than one in three American
        Internet users will have a tablet device, and that 52 percent of tablet owners
        prefer to shop online using their\u00a0tablets.","title":"A retail revolution:
        How tablets are transforming brick-and-mortar commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/30/tablets-transform-retail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936637,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T13:01:10Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Instead of selling one or two \u201ciWatches,\u201d Apple and its partners
        will offer a family of smartwatches to suit all tastes \u201cfrom geek to\u00a0chic.\u201d","title":"EXCLUSIVE:
        Apple, Swatch working together on an\u00a0\u2018iWatch\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/apple-is-working-with-swatch-others-on-a-family-of-smartwatches/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936636,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-10T15:37:08Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Jessica
        Alba and Brian Lee talk about their ecommerce site The Honest Company and
        how it helps parents and their\u00a0children.","title":"Jessica Alba gets
        her hands dirty (and then clean) as an e-commerce\u00a0entrepreneur","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/10/jessica-alba-gets-her-hands-dirty-and-then-clean-as-an-ecommerce-entrepreneur/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936635,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T05:02:09Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post GetFeedback.com,       the customer feedback company, today unveiled
        GetFeedback for Salesforce       Desk.com, an integrated customer feedback
        system that provides the       insight companies need to deliver world-class
        customer service and\u00a0support\u2026.","title":"GetFeedback.com Unveils
        GetFeedback for Salesforce\u00a0Desk.com","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/getfeedback-com-unveils-getfeedback-for-salesforce-desk-com/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936634,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-15T04:00:16Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"You
        know that semi-neurotic gleam in your friend\u2019s eye when they\u2019re
        telling you about an amazing juice cleanse they just did? If you use this
        startup\u2019s service, you\u2019ll be That\u00a0Guy.","title":"Urban Remedy
        gives subscription commerce a good\u00a0cleanse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/15/urban-remedy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936633,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T10:19:26Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Growing\u00a0commercial
        interest and technological improvements in\u00a0drones are leading to new
        privacy questions. Should drone operators be allowed to spy on private property?
        And if not, how will those laws be enforced?","title":"President Obama to
        issue privacy rules on drone use in\u00a0U.S.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/president-obama-to-issue-privacy-rules-on-drone-use-in-u-s/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936632,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-27T07:00:00Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Guest
        Post There are hundreds of e-commerce sites supporting the sale of any particular
        product or service. Unfortunately, with potential comes saturation. This clutter
        has become the biggest barrier to\u00a0entry.","title":"6 important tips to
        get your e-commerce startup off the\u00a0ground","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/27/6-important-tips-to-get-your-e-commerce-startup-off-the-ground/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936631,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-10T04:00:26Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Braintree
        is making another move in the battle to create a digital wallet people actually
        use. The partnership with online bank Simple is its first direct bank integration
        for Venmo\u00a0Touch.","title":"Braintree partners with online bank Simple
        to expand reach of one-touch\u00a0payments","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/10/braintree-partners-with-online-bank-simple-to-expand-reach-of-one-touch-payments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936630,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T21:00:09Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Guest
        Post They have the most to lose from industry sexism \u2014 and the most to
        gain from demanding\u00a0improvement.","title":"How VCs can help us solve
        tech\u2019s problem with\u00a0women","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/how-vcs-can-help-us-solve-techs-problem-with-women/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936629,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T05:00:18Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Today, technology is touching every corner of our lives \u2014 more than
        ever before \u2014 including the tangible products and services that seemed
        to have nothing to do with the web or internet\u00a0culture.","title":"The
        Internet of Things: How technology is touching\u00a0everything","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/the-internet-of-things-how-technology-is-touching-everything/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936628,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:00:39Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"This
        summer\u2019s animated blockbuster is a technological wonder, made with visual,
        cloud, and software technology that represents the state of the art in enterprise\u00a0computing.","title":"The
        making of DreamWorks Animation\u2019s tech wonder: How to Train Your Dragon\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-main/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936627,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-26T07:00:56Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Let\u2019s
        take a closer look at Zulily, Veeva, and Tableau, the top three companies
        that went public this year, according to\u00a0CBInsights.","title":"Tech IPOs
        in 2013: Enterprise rules, and a watershed e-commerce\u00a0moment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/26/tech-ipos-in-2013-enterprise-rules-and-a-watershed-e-commerce-moment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936626,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T08:00:03Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"The
        crises in Israel and Ukraine have disrupted games, but game developers plod\u00a0onward.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: When real-life war intrudes on game\u00a0development","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/the-deanbeat-when-real-life-war-intrudes-on-game-development/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936625,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T09:35:19Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"StackSocial,
        a 22-person L.A.-based ecommerce startup funded by luminaries such as Tim
        Draper and 500 Startups, has never touched a penny of its $850,000 seed round.
        Instead, the \u2018native commerce\u2019 pioneer is tripling revenue annually,
        hitting a \u201c8-figure annual run rate,\u201d and helping some tech blogs
        earn over a million dollars a year by selling stuff.","title":"\u2018Native
        commerce\u2019 is helping StackSocial \u2014 and tech blogs \u2014 triple
        revenue\u00a0annually","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/forget-native-ads-native-commerce-is-helping-stacksocial-and-tech-blogs-triple-revenue-annually/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936624,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T07:00:28Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Sponsored
        Post U.S. e-commerce reached $230 billion in 2013 according to Forrester research
        and grew 13 percent year-over-year. This growth should continue as more and
        more consumers move their shopping dollars\u00a0online.","title":"4 things
        you should know about e-commerce in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/4-things-you-should-know-about-e-commerce-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936623,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-11T17:15:58Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Communications
        software company Aricent has raised $4.7 million in a sale of regular shares
        to owners Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Flextronics International, VentureBeat
        has learned.","title":"Communications software company Aricent raises $4.7M
        in sale of\u00a0shares","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/11/communications-software-company-aricent-raises-47m-in-sale-of-shares/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936622,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-04T10:50:53Z","slug":"touch-commerce","summary":"Payments
        company Braintree has publicly released Venmo Touch and made updates to its
        iOS software developer kit (SDK) to make mobile purchases as easy as Facebook\u00a0Connect.","title":"Braintree
        launches Venmo Touch to \u2018be as important for next decade of commerce
        as PayPal was for\u00a0last\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/04/braintree-publicly-launches-venmo-touch-to-be-as-important-for-next-decade-of-commerce-as-paypal-was-for-last/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936621,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-17T14:14:09Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"John
        Riccitiello was an interesting personnel experiment when he came from outside
        the video game industry to become the No. 2 executive at Electronic Arts a
        decade ago. He is now the company\u2019s CEO and one of the industry\u2019s
        most respected executives.","title":"EA brings in an outsider as No. 2\u00a0executive","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/17/ea-brings-in-an-outsider-as-no-2-executive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936620,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-12T12:24:00Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"A
        top Microsoft Xbox marketing executive is leaving the company, prompting musical-chair
        changes in the management team.","title":"Top Microsoft games marketing executive
        leaves, prompting\u00a0changes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/12/top-microsoft-games-marketing-executive-leaves-prompting-changes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936619,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-11T15:33:05Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        developer platform \u2014 you know, the software that spawned all of those
        third-party applications that have since invaded users\u2019 lives \u2014
        is going through some managerial changes. Facebook\u2019s newly-hired vice
        president of communications and public policy, Elliot Schrage (pictured),
        is assuming executive-level responsibility for it. The source of this story
        has consistently provided accurate inside information on Facebook in the past.  This
        is a bit odd. Why put the senior communications guy in charge of such a tech-focused
        part of the company?   Schrage, a lawyer turned business executive (but not
        a software engineer), is taking over from Chamath Palihapitiya, who will move
        on to other roles within the company, according to the source. Schrage joined
        Facebook in May. He left a very similar job at Google, where he did things
        like represent the company in front of Congress when it was getting its feet
        held to the fire for censoring its search results in China.  Palihapitiya,
        though, seemed like he would have been a good fit for such a large, tech-oriented
        duty like the platfrom. Earlier in his career, he\u2019d had complete responsibility
        for AOL\u2019s AIM and ICQ instant message services. And he is also a techie,
        having graduated with first class honors the University of Waterloo in electrical
        engineering.","title":"Facebook''s executive musical chairs: Ex-Googler Elliot
        Schrage to manage its developer\u00a0platform","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/11/facebooks-executive-musical-chairs-ex-googler-elliot-schrage-to-manage-its-developer-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936618,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-24T02:17:37Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Microsoft\u2019s
        Kevin Johnson moves to Juniper Networks \u2014 Microsoft\u2019s lead on the
        failed Yahoo acquisition has called it quits, heading for the top post at
        software and device firm Juniper Networks. Johnson was the president of Platforms
        and Services, which meant he oversaw most of Microsoft\u2019s web initiatives.  Xobni\u2019s
        first employee heads to the Xobtuo \u2014 Gabor Cselle, a vice president and
        the first official employee at email startup Xobni, has resigned, stating
        that he wants to start his own company. Given his past experience and expertise,
        the new venture will almost certainly be email-focused as well.  Hackers continue
        to step up attacks in 2008 \u2014 Security firm Sophos has published research
        on the first half of the year, showing that malware levels continue to rise
        on the web. Businesses, also, are increasingly being used as both targets
        and launching points for attacks.  Humanoid robot soon for sale \u2014 No,
        it\u2019s not the next-gen Realdoll. A French company called Aldebaran Robotics
        is preparing to sell its NAO humanoid robots for about $15,000 each. That\u2019s
        far cheaper than the competition from Fujitsu and Honda. Of course, quality
        is the real issue, which is why you should actually use the money to go buy
        a whole herd of Pleos.  Space: The last (solar power) frontier \u2014 Sending
        up satellites to harvest solar energy and beam it back down to earth might
        be a bright idea, according to this New York Times Op-Ed. The solar crowd
        already contains many space cadets, so the scheme should work well.  Amazon
        doubles net with soaring sales \u2014 The web retailer bucked the market trend
        and posted unexpectedly strong results, reporting doubled second-quarter profit
        on a 41 percent increase in revenue.  Google\u2019s Schmidt says the iPhone
        is good for Android \u2014 Top exec Eric Schmidt told an interviewer that
        he believes the iPhone is good for Google\u2019s upcoming Android platform,
        at Fortune\u2019s Brainstorm Tech event. The device, he said, has forced competitors
        to step up and make their own versatile handsets combining GPS, a camera,
        a computer and a browser.  Cisco acquires Pure Networks \u2014 The communications
        and IT giant paid $120 million for Pure, which was funded by Bessemer Venture
        Partners, Ignition Partners, Mayfield and Intel Capital, according to John
        Cook.  Passwords safe, San Francisco accuses admin of IT terror \u2014 The
        bizarre tale of a San Francisco city employee imprisoned for refusing to hand
        over the passwords to a city network continues, even now that the man has
        passed the password to smooth-talking mayor Gavin Newsom. The new accusation
        is that the felony suspect rigged the network to \u201cimplode\u201d.  Classic
        Nintendo controllers at risk of extinction \u2014 The judge in a patent case
        relating to three of Nintendo\u2019s older controller designs will ban sale
        of the controllers this morning. Nintendo can temporarily get out of the ruling
        by posting a bond, which it will do, along with filing an appeal.","title":"Roundup:
        Executives leave, hackers move in, robots\u00a0invade","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/24/roundup-executives-leave-hackers-move-in-robots-invade/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936617,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-05T22:58:16Z","slug":"ringcube-technologies","summary":"RingCube
        Technologies, the Mountain View company that sells the \u201cMojoPac,\u201d
        which is a software to store a virtual PC in your pocket via a USB device
        or iPod, has raised $12 million in a second round of financing.","title":"RingCube
        raises $12M for virtual PC\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/05/ringcube-raises-12m-for-virtual-pc-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936616,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-13T00:01:04Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Mochi
        Media is announcing today that it has named a new chief executive, George
        Garrick, who will take over the Flash game advertising company from founder
        Jameson Hsu.","title":"Mochi Media names new chief executive to spur further\u00a0growth","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/13/mochi-media-names-new-chief-executive-to-spur-further-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936615,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-25T16:01:16Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Youghiogheny
        Communications (much more conveniently dubbed\u00a0Pocket Communications)
        is in the money today,\u00a0closing a $100 million first round of financing
        led by\u00a0Battery Ventures. The San Antonio, Tex.-based company will use
        the new funds to launch its flat-rate unlimited wireless plan in the northeastern
        region of the U.S.","title":"Pocket Communications stuffed with $100M for
        unlimited\u00a0wireless","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/25/pocket-communications-stuffed-with-100m-for-unlimited-wireless/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936614,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-27T19:28:04Z","slug":"ringcube-technologies","summary":"RingCube
        Technologies, maker of operating system virtualization software that facilitates
        more portable computing, is offering $211,000 worth of rights and securities,
        according to a filing with the SEC. Based in Mountain View, Calif., the company
        is backed by Mohr Davidow Ventures and New Enterprise Associates. It last
        raised funds in 2007, bringing in $12 million. In 2006, it took in a first
        round of funding totaling $4 million.","title":"RingCube boxes $211K to virtualize
        operating\u00a0systems","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/27/ringcube-boxes-211k-to-virtualize-operating-systems/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936613,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-20T05:00:46Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"As
        chief executive of Atheros Communications, Craig Barratt has battled big rivals
        in the market for Wi-Fi wireless networking chips \u2014 rivals like Intel
        and Broadcom. It\u2019s a battle that\u2019s lasted the better part of a decade.
        But while there were once 40 Wi-Fi startups in the fray, now there\u2019s
        only a handful of players left, and Barratt is finally sitting on top.","title":"Atheros
        Communications chief Craig Barratt foresees Wi-Fi spreading like\u00a0wildfire","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/craig-barratt-helps-wi-fi-spread-like-wildfire/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936612,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-30T17:12:53Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Steve
        Perlman\u2019s OnLive video games on demand service was the talk of the Game
        Developers Conference in San Francisco last week. Every person I interviewed
        had an opinion about the story, which broke on Monday night.","title":"Game
        industry executives react to OnLive video games on demand\u00a0announcement","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/30/game-industry-executives-react-to-onlive-video-games-on-demand-announcement/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936611,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-27T13:30:19Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"MySpace\u2019s
        plan for rejuvenation is starting to come together. Today, it\u2019s bringing
        on serial entrepreneurs from the tech industry, who can potentially figure
        out how to improve its product. Mike Jones is its new chief operating officer
        and Jason Hirschhorn is its new chief product officer. They\u2019ll be reporting
        to former Facebook executive and Project Playlist chief executive Owen Van
        Natta, who became MySpace\u2019s chief executive in a quick management change-up
        last week. All of these moves are apparently at the instigation of Jon Miller,
        the new digital media head at News Corp, which owns MySpace.","title":"Two
        serial entrepreneurs become MySpace\u00a0executives","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/27/two-serial-entrepreneurs-become-myspace-executives/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936610,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-08T13:52:53Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"German
        chip maker Infineon Technologies has agreed to sell its wired communications
        chip business to Golden Gate Capital for $347 million.","title":"Infineon
        sells wired communications chip business for $347\u00a0million","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/08/infineon-sells-wired-communications-chip-business-for-347-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936609,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-10T11:13:37Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Duke
        Energy, one of the largest utilities in the U.S., has selected the Ambient
        Corporation to provide the wireless communication technology for its smart
        meter roll out. Based in Newton, Mass., the publicly-traded networking company
        provides equipment to beam energy consumption data two ways between consumers
        and utilities, and to integrate various Smart Grid applications and devices.","title":"Duke
        Energy taps Ambient for Smart Grid\u00a0communications","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/10/duke-energy-taps-ambient-for-smart-grid-communications/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936608,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-14T07:28:34Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Intel
        confirmed today it has changed its executive line-up amid two executive departures
        and reorganized its business around three top executives in the biggest shake-up
        since 2005.","title":"Intel confirms management shake-up as EMC hires away\u00a0executive","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/14/intel-confirms-management-shake-up-as-emc-hires-away-executive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936607,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-17T05:00:26Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"CrowdStar,
        the hot social gaming company, will announce Monday that it has hired AdMob
        executive Niren Hiro as its chief executive, VentureBeat has learned.","title":"Hot
        social game firm Crowdstar hires AdMob executive as CEO\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/17/hot-social-game-firm-crowdstar-hires-admob-executive-as-ceo-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936606,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-27T07:45:21Z","slug":"trane","summary":"All
        those crazy hours take their toll, despite the perks, and that stress has
        to come out somewhere. Lucky for us, Googlers find an outlet in sarcastic\u00a0humor.","title":"Memes
        from the Googleplex (yes, Google has its own I Can Haz\u00a0Cheezburger)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/27/memes-from-the-googleplex-yes-google-has-its-own-i-can-haz-cheezburger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936605,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-30T01:11:23Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Intel
        has agreed to purchase Infineon\u2019s mobile chip business for $1.4 billion,
        the companies said late Sunday.","title":"Intel agrees to buy Infineon''s
        communications chip business for\u00a0$1.4B","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/30/intel-agrees-to-buy-infineons-communications-chip-business-for-1-4b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936604,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-01T08:50:19Z","slug":"trane","summary":"DEMO,
        a semiannual showcase of startups and new products, returns to Silicon Valley
        on\u00a0Tuesday!","title":"They\u2019re in! Meet the DEMO Fall 2012\u00a0Speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/01/theyre-in-meet-the-demo-fall-2012-speakers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936603,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-03T13:40:25Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Game
        entrepreneur Sean Ryan has been hired as director of game partnerships at
        Facebook.","title":"Facebook hires game executive to direct\u00a0partnerships","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/03/facebook-hires-game-executive-to-direct-partnerships/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936602,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-17T19:00:27Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Covering
        how to use Satellites, which alien abduction missions to prioritize, how to
        design your main base, and more, this guide to Enemy Unknown\u2019s strategy
        layer will have you beating back the alien invasion in no time at\u00a0all.","title":"8
        tips for saving the world in XCOM: Enemy\u00a0Unknown","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/17/xcom-enemy-unknown-game-guide-strategic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936601,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-04T19:44:22Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"OnStar,
        which has more than 6 million customers using its emergency service in General
        Motors cars, said it will now sell its car communications network service
        as a retail product that can be attached to any car.","title":"OnStar''s rear-view
        mirror can now equip any car with communications\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/04/onstars-rear-view-mirror-can-now-equip-any-car-with-communications-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936600,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-08T17:27:14Z","slug":"trane","summary":"With
        friends like these\u2026","title":"Public Investment in Video Games is Dangerously
        Similar to Lending Money to a\u00a0Friend","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/08/public-investment-in-video-games-is-dangerously-similar-to-lending-money-to-a-friend/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936599,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-17T21:01:39Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Tilera
        is one of the leaders in designing chips with many brains, or cores, with
        as many as 100 on a single chip. The San Jose, Calif.-based company is announcing
        today it has raised $45 million in a fourth round of funding.","title":"In
        a rare chip funding, Tilera raises $45M for multi-core communications\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/17/tilera-raises-45m-for-multi-core-communications-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936598,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-05T13:30:19Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Guest
        Post It\u2019s incredible what a $1.26 billion acquisition can do. Suddenly
        a host of startups are calling themselves \u201csoftware-defined something.\u201d
        Is there any substance to the\u00a0term?","title":"Is \u201csoftware-defined\u201d
        just a new way to whitewash old\u00a0products?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/05/software-defined-everything/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936597,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-07T03:00:43Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Near-field
        communications chips promise to launch a new era of mobile commerce. The wireless
        technology makes it possible to buy something with the swipe of your smartphone,
        rather than cash or a credit card. But the technology requires rock solid
        security.","title":"Before you can pay with phones, near-field communications
        needs better\u00a0security","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/07/before-you-can-pay-with-phones-near-field-communications-needs-better-security/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936596,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-31T10:00:03Z","slug":"trane","summary":"From
        game violence to sex chat, game companies got into hot water in\u00a02012.","title":"Top
        game controversies of\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/31/top-game-controversies-of-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936595,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-20T13:04:03Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Google
        chairman Eric Schmidt attracted headlines recently for visiting North Korea,
        but he had been shy to talk about it. Today he finally opened up about the
        trip in a carefully worded Google+ post. His daughter had some interesting
        things to say\u00a0too.","title":"Eric Schmidt\u2019s daughter on North Korea
        visit: \u2018It\u2019s like The Truman Show, at country\u00a0scale\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/20/eric-schmidt-daughter-north-korea-truman-show/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936594,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-05T11:02:41Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"The
        hacking group Anonymous has targeted Sony web sites to take revenge against
        the company for suing hacker GeoHot. But an offshoot of the group has also
        begun targeting Sony executives by digging up and exposing their private information.","title":"Hackers
        target Sony sites and its top\u00a0executives","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/05/hackers-target-sony-sites-and-its-top-executives/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936593,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-27T04:30:34Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Armor5,
        a startup launching today, addresses BYOD \u2014 \u201cbring your own device,\u201d
        or workers who use their devices, not the company\u2019s \u2014 without requiring
        software installation on a mobile phone or\u00a0tablet.","title":"Armor5 grabs
        $2M for its novel approach to the BYOD\u00a0problem","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/27/628251/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936592,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-30T22:05:43Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sony
        executive Kaz Hirai apologized to gamers around the world today in a press
        event in the wake of the 10-day outage of the hacked PlayStation Network.","title":"Sony
        executive Kaz Hirai apologizes for PlayStation Network\u00a0outage","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:38:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/30/psn-outage-apolog/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936591,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-27T17:12:04Z","slug":"trane","summary":"A
        few hours before Top Chef season 5 finale, here is a serving of funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Top Chef\u00a0finale","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/27/funding-daily-top-chef-finale/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936590,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-01T21:01:02Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"About
        94 percent of media executives polled say they expect an increase in digital
        revenues this year, according to a survey of media and communications executives
        by KPMG.","title":"Media executives see digital revenues on the\u00a0rise","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/01/media-executives-see-digital-revenues-on-the-rise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936589,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-28T12:05:48Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Readers
        have more control than ever over the content that they reader, with tools
        to reformat web pages, remove ads, and save them for later. How should publishers\u00a0respond?","title":"Summly,
        Pocket point the way to publishing\u2019s revival \u2014 or its complete\u00a0destruction","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/read-later-or-read-never/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936588,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-10T12:45:14Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Moving
        into enterprise video communications, on-demand disk publisher Rimage has
        agreed to acquire Qumu for $52 million in cash and stock.","title":"Rimage
        acquires enterprise video communications startup Qumu for\u00a0$52M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/10/rimage-acquires-enterprise-video-communications-startup-qumu-for-52m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936587,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-26T14:28:23Z","slug":"trane","summary":"LivingSocial,
        the international daily deals company, is alerting 50 million of its members
        to hack that left names, emails, birthdays, and hashed passwords\u00a0exposed.","title":"LivingSocial
        hacked, company suspects 50M accounts\u00a0affected","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/26/livingsocial-hacked/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936586,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-18T21:01:55Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Semiconductor
        industry executives worry that profits and revenue are sinking, and they don\u2019t
        plan to hire as many people as they did a year ago.","title":"Chip executive
        outlook reveals bleak times\u00a0ahead","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/18/chip-executive-outlook-reveals-bleak-times-ahead/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936585,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-02T09:38:46Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Guest
        Post We are suffering from a major case of denial. We tend to tell each other
        only the good news, totally ignoring social intranet problems \u2014 low quality
        app and too much hype \u2014 as if they don\u2019t\u00a0exist.","title":"Social
        enterprise tools: an industry in\u00a0denial?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:36:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/02/social-enterprise-tools-an-industry-in-denial/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936584,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-24T16:16:25Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Unlike
        Yahoo, AOL\u2019s activist shareholders won\u2019t be able to boot out the
        company\u2019s CEO due to false information on a resume.","title":"AOL is
        an unsuccessful media company that overpays its executive team, activist investor\u00a0says","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/24/aol-activist-investor-report/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936583,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-24T10:15:12Z","slug":"trane","summary":"After
        the Xbox One reveal event, Thilina finds himself disappointed and looking
        for answers he may never\u00a0find.","title":"Xbox One: Musing on confusion
        and get off my\u00a0lawn","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/24/xbox-one-musing-on-confusion-and-get-off-my-lawn/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936582,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-25T08:45:10Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Rambus
        appointed Ronald Black as the new president, chief executive, and director
        of the company today as it continues to design electronics that improve the
        communications speed of semiconductor chips.","title":"Rambus names new CEO
        in quest to ratchet up electronic communications\u00a0speed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/25/rambus-names-new-ceo-in-quest-to-ratchet-up-electronic-communications-speed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936581,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-12T12:00:41Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Less
        a radical overhaul than a new coat of paint, iOS 7\u2019s design is pretty,
        but falls short of being truly\u00a0innovative.","title":"iOS 7 is not a redesign
        \u2014 it\u2019s a pretty coat of\u00a0paint","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/12/ios-7-is-not-a-redesign/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936580,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-10T22:04:06Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"The
        optimistic outlook bodes well for the tech\u00a0economy.","title":"Executives
        predict a broad chip industry rebound in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/10/executives-predict-a-broad-chip-industry-rebound-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936579,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-24T11:00:12Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Guest
        Post What effect does mobile site speed really have on your bottom line? For
        starters, mobile users expect the same web\u00adbrowsing speed on their phones
        as they do on\u00a0desktops.","title":"Why website speed should be back on
        your\u00a0radar","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/24/why-website-speed-should-be-back-on-your-radar/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936578,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-06T09:48:22Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"You\u2019ve
        probably never heard of WPP, but the communication giant\u2019s various brands
        drive $70 billion in media spend and took in $16.5 billion in revenue last\u00a0year.","title":"Twitter
        and $70B communications giant WPP announce \u2018global strategic partnership\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/06/twitter-and-70b-communications-giant-wpp-announce-global-strategic-partnership/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936577,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-15T09:00:20Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Cloudpaging
        tech lets software users get started after just a small number of bits have
        been downloaded. It is an \u201conramp to the cloud\u00a0economy.\u201d","title":"Numecent
        reveals service that instantly delivers big software downloads to\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/15/numecent-reveals-service-that-instantly-delivers-big-software-downloads-to-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936576,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-10T21:00:11Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"The
        boom and bust cycles of the chip industry are getting smoother as the business
        tracks the global\u00a0economy.","title":"Chip-industry executives expect
        profitable growth in 2014 \u2014 and that China will be their biggest market
        in 3\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/10/chip-industry-executives-expect-profitable-growth-in-2014-and-china-to-be-their-biggest-market-in-three-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936575,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-16T09:43:08Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Security
        experts say the domain expansion plan has been \u201crushed,\u201d and we
        should anticipate a sharp rise in fraud. What steps should consumers and brands
        take\u00a0now?","title":"Why you should prepare for the domain expansion\u00a0plan","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/16/why-you-should-prepare-for-the-domain-expansion-plan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936574,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-08T09:27:44Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Vantage Partners, a leading executive search firm, announces a record       year
        in 2013 completing executive searches for market-leading companies       including
        Silver Spring Networks (NYSE: SSNI), Rocket Fuel (NASDAQ:       FUEL), OpenX,
        Yahoo\u00a0(NASDAQ:\u2026","title":"Vantage Partners Extends Executive Search
        Win Streak in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/08/vantage-partners-extends-executive-search-win-streak-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936573,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-28T13:33:12Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Guest
        Post You\u2019ve probably realized deep down inside that while our smartphones
        are capable of providing amazing experiences, dozens of our most-used apps
        are beginning to feel like clones of each\u00a0other.","title":"Why all your
        apps feel the\u00a0same","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/28/why-all-your-apps-feel-the-same/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936572,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T07:30:03Z","slug":"executive-communications","summary":"Sponsored
        Post KAAZING the pioneering innovator in accelerating the Web for the       Internet
        of Things (IoT) announced today that Vikram Mehta, previously       co-founder,
        President and CEO of BLADE Network Technologies, has joined KAAZING       as
        Chief\u00a0Executive\u2026","title":"KAAZING, Pioneering Web Communications
        Innovator for the Internet of Things, Appoints...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:37:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/kaazing-pioneering-web-communications-innovator-for-the-internet-of-things-appoints-vikram-mehta-as-chief-executive-officer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936571,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-13T10:30:25Z","slug":"trane","summary":"It
        took almost 20 years, but Microsoft has finally developed an ergonomic keyboard
        \u00a0you won\u2019t be embarrassed to use.","title":"Ergonomics with style:
        Microsoft launches a new Sculpt keyboard and\u00a0mouse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/13/ergonomics-with-style-microsoft-launches-a-new-set-of-sculpt-keyboards-and-mice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936570,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-15T17:27:37Z","slug":"trane","summary":"VANCOUVER
        \u2014 Not every tech founder can follow up a massive success with another
        massive success. But a couple years after a failed gaming endeavor, Glitch,
        it looks like Flickr cofounder Stewart Butterfield may have another big winner
        on his\u00a0hands.","title":"Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield\u2019s new
        Slack signed up 8,000 companies in 24\u00a0hours","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/15/flickr-founder-stewart-butterfields-new-slack-signed-up-8000-companies-in-24-hours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936569,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-16T08:30:32Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The Moto X proves you can still make a great phone even if it\u2019s
        not the fastest one\u00a0around.","title":"Moto X: A phone for everyone that
        dares to innovate\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/16/moto-x-a-phone-for-everyone-that-dares-to-innovate-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936568,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-07T08:00:40Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Matt
        Blumberg\u2018s amazing new book\u00a0Startup CEO:\u00a0A Field Guide to Scaling
        Up Your Business\u00a0is out and shipping. The early reviews are great, including
        this detailed one from Tech Cocktail.","title":"Why the Cheezburger empire
        is building a business operating\u00a0system","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/07/why-the-cheezburger-empire-is-building-a-business-operating-system/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936567,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-24T06:29:02Z","slug":"trane","summary":"The
        Internet of Things is about to get a big push into the mainstream, thanks
        to\u00a0Staples.","title":"Staples Connect gives the smart home its best shot
        yet at the\u00a0mainstream","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/24/staples-connect-gives-the-smart-home-its-best-shot-yet-at-the-mainstream/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936566,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-29T15:03:57Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Can
        the principles of crowdfunding work within the walls of an established corporation
        such as IBM?","title":"Enterprise crowdfunding: How an IBM experiment improved
        innovation and\u00a0morale","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/29/enterprise-crowdfunding-how-an-ibm-experiment-improved-innovation-and-morale/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936565,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-11T10:00:46Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Guest
        Post Mobile 3.0 will be defined by mobile devices that can drive emotional\u00a0connections.","title":"The
        best days of mobile are ahead: less distraction, more quality of\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/11/what-will-be-the-killer-app-behind-mobile-3-0/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936564,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-17T21:07:49Z","slug":"howard-raucous","summary":"E3
        is over, but the war has only just started. After Sony\u2019s stunning PR
        victory at the event, Nintendo\u2019s focus on their own games, and Microsoft\u2019s
        dogged determination to demonstrate their vision for the living room and game
        distribution at large, what was left after the dust settled?","title":"E3
        2013: A look at the Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony\u00a0throwdown","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/17/e3-2013-a-look-at-the-microsoft-nintendo-and-sony-throwdown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936563,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T16:00:04Z","slug":"howard-raucous","summary":"Bill
        Gates, the world\u2019s richest technologist has published a recommended summer
        reading list on his blog; it\u2019s a mix of policy, business, and fiction
        for the ambitious intellectual who wants to ponder world domination while
        sipping Mai Tai\u2019s in the shade.","title":"How Bill Gates\u2019 summer
        reading list compares to Amazon\u00a0reviews","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/how-bill-gates-summer-reading-list-compares-to-amazon-reviews/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936562,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-17T09:19:40Z","slug":"trane","summary":"\u201cUnless
        you\u2019re developing for wearable now, you\u2019re going to get left in
        the dust. We actually consider ourselves a wearable-first company,\u201d said
        CEO Peter\u00a0Berger.","title":"This guy beat LinkedIn to a Google Glass
        app, and his just might be\u00a0better","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/17/this-guy-beat-linkedin-to-a-google-glass-app-and-his-just-might-be-better/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936561,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T10:34:10Z","slug":"trane","summary":"\u201cI
        feel photos are the lifeblood of our service,\u201d said Google+ lead Bradley
        Horowitz. \u201cThey are the way we can most immediately and viscerally connect
        as human\u00a0beings.\u201d","title":"Google+ brings massive upgrades for
        its most loyal users:\u00a0photographers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/google-brings-massive-upgrades-for-its-most-loyal-users-photographers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936560,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T19:34:21Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick While I\u2019m now a resident of Austin, Texas, I still couldn\u2019t
        believe some of these companies were operating and based\u00a0here.","title":"Meet
        the 10 startups from TechStars Austin\u2019s demo\u00a0day","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/meet-the-10-startups-from-techstars-austins-demo-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936559,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-06T09:57:14Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Guest
        Post A few months ago, I decided to experiment with a virtual assistant through
        Zirtual, a service that connects you with a dedicated, local\u00a0assistant.","title":"My
        week with a virtual\u00a0assistant","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/06/my-week-with-a-virtual-assistant/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936558,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T07:02:55Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Sponsored
        Post DataRPM, the industry pioneer in natural language and computational       search-based
        Business Intelligence (BI) platform for Big\u00a0Data       analysis,\u00a0today
        announced an $800,000 investment from 20K Industries,       CIT GAP Funds
        and other angel\u00a0investors\u2026.","title":"CIT GAP Funds and 20K Industries
        Lead $800K Investment in DataRPM, a Natural Language...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/cit-gap-funds-and-20k-industries-lead-800k-investment-in-datarpm-a-natural-language-big-data-analytics-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936557,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-07T16:30:48Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Guest
        Post What does 2014 hold for enterprise software and enterprise technology?
        We\u2019ve heard (and started to implement) a few consistent things businesses
        are asking for. Here are a few of our\u00a0favorites.","title":"These 3 trends
        will drive enterprise software development in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/07/these-3-trends-will-drive-enterprise-software-development-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936556,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-03T09:12:06Z","slug":"trane","summary":"A
        Berkeley Calif.-based startup called Exogen Biotechnology is building new
        \u201ccitizen science\u201d tools to better understand DNA\u00a0damage.","title":"How
        damaged is your DNA? Exogen clears $40K for its \u2018citizen science\u2019
        campaign\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/03/how-damaged-is-your-dna-exogen-clears-40k-for-its-citizen-science-campaign-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936555,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-01T08:00:30Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick \u201cThe true promise of wearables is to mitigate the limitations that
        people have,\u201d said Wearable World founder Redg\u00a0Snodgrass.","title":"5
        wearables that could transform our\u00a0lives","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/01/5-wearables-that-could-transform-our-lives/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936554,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-03T10:08:22Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Sponsored
        Post MobileSputnik Direct File Sharing\u2122 supports new collaboration       scenarios
        of corporate tablet users and provides easy and secure       document sharing
        between meetings or conference participants in real       time. MobileSputnik\u00a01.5\u2026","title":"MobileSputnik
        Provides Direct Document Sharing Through iPad and Android Tablets in&nb...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/03/mobilesputnik-provides-direct-document-sharing-through-ipad-and-android-tablets-in-real-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936553,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T17:16:50Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Flick
        co-founder and Slack chief Stewart Butterfield explains why his startup recently
        raised $42 million in venture cash the company didn\u2019t need, and gives
        VentureBeat 5 reasons why Slack is a game\u00a0changer.","title":"5 reasons
        Slack will change the\u00a0workplace","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/5-reasons-slack-will-change-the-workplace/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936552,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T08:15:10Z","slug":"trane","summary":"PARIS
        \u2014 \u00c9cole 42 might be one of the most ambitious experiments in engineering
        education.","title":"This French tech school has no teachers, no books, no
        tuition \u2014 and it could change\u00a0everything","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/this-french-tech-school-has-no-teachers-no-books-no-tuition-and-it-could-change-everything/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936551,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-22T06:00:28Z","slug":"trane","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Curtis Smolar is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley. He submitted
        this column to VentureBeat.)","title":"Can Google+ replace your company\u2019s\u00a0intranet?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/22/can-google-replace-your-companys-intranet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-27T08:00:35Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest from VentureBeat\u2019s Entrepreneur Corner.","title":"Entrepreneur
        Corner: Google+ as intranet and fundraising\u00a0secrets","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/27/entrepreneur-corner-google-as-intranet-and-fundraising-secrets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936549,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-31T09:30:30Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Bitrix24 has announced that it will allocate $2.4 million in to popularize
        social intranet among startups. \u201cWe are giving one thousand startups
        a free social intranet for one\u00a0year\u201d","title":"Bitrix24 bets $2.4
        million on social intranet for\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/31/bitrix24-bets-2-4-million-on-social-intranet-for-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936548,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-30T05:00:57Z","slug":"trane","summary":"Salesforce
        has introduced a new product called Company Communities that aims to replace
        boring corporate intranet with a network that emphasizes mobile and social
        features, the company announced\u00a0today.","title":"Salesforce debuts \u2018Company
        Communities\u2019 to help you kill off your corporate\u00a0intranet","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/30/salesforce-company-communities-intranet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936547,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-19T00:00:00Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"This
        is a re-posting of our Spearhead this week from ForwardsCompatible.comWritten
        by Matthew MasonEditor, Forwards Compatible, The Question Block Each week
        Forwards Compatible takes a topic and thoroughly explores it.  The Spearhead
        opens these discussions by posing thoughts and ideas that will be expanded
        upon and responded to in the Second take and Roundtable. *This was an article
        I submitted to Game Informer in the name of professional integrity. It was
        something I was so proud of that I felt I needed to try and get printed for
        many eyes to see. Unfortunately, I don\u2019t think I had enough credentials
        to meet their criteria as a professional journalist, I haven\u2019t heard
        a single word since. However, just because GI didn\u2019t find my article
        to be up to snuff doesn\u2019t mean a lot of people can\u2019t read and expand
        their thinking. Without further ado, here\u2019s my submission, entitled \u201cKids
        is Not a Four Letter Word\u201d. \u2013 Mason Matthew Mason My wife may have
        looked on with suspicious eyes during Father\u2019s Day; but my son gave me
        the gift that keeps on giving as far as being a gamer is concerned: a shiny,
        new game in the form  of LEGO Indiana Jones. I don\u2019t think she bought
        the whole concept that a nigh thirty year old man would want to play a video
        game based around plastic toys that have an uncanny ability to find itself
        under bare feet that itself is based on a film series created when Steven
        Spielberg still cared about movies. Conspiracy theories aside, it\u2019s a
        well-made title that I had an amazing time playing through with my son. It
        hearkened back to a time when I was his age and nothing mattered but the end
        of the level and the challenges and smiles it took to get there. Eventually
        it set off the rusty cogs in my cobweb filled mind, and I began to wonder:
        where the hell are all the good kids\u2019 games at these days? Why are titles
        aimed at everyone so few and far between? Am I meant to suffer through Naruto
        games until my children are old enough to appreciate the finer things in life?In
        this day and age, it\u2019s safe to assume that the majority of games worth
        playing are either rated T or M. Statistically there\u2019s probably more
        E games out there than anything, but quality-wise the needle points towards
        the older side of the age-related metronome.  I blame it on myself and my
        generation; publishers are always out to reach the \u201ctarget demographic\u201d,
        which invariably are people my age as our years carry on. It\u2019s a little
        ironic to think there might be a marketing exec stalking me from behind the
        elm tree in my front yard.  From NES to PlayStation to Xbox 360, the bottom
        dollar is always spent on us. Which, in the end, is a sound business strategy;
        who wouldn\u2019t want to shill for those who are willing to spend the money
        to fund their empire?  And while I get to enjoy magnanimous, groundbreaking
        titles like BioShock, why is my son forced to play something dredged from
        the bowels of licensed marketing hell? Just because the six to twelve year
        old set has to beg, borrow and steal to get a new video game doesn\u2019t
        mean that the couple that they do manage to snag in the course of a year has
        to be utter garbage.\u00a0\u00a0While one could argue that Nintendo\u2019s
        got everyone covered with their brilliant and universal games, there needs
        to be a wider spectrum of quality titles for various consoles and age groups.
        I hate to use the awful \u201cback in my day\u201d line, but no one whined
        that Super Mario Bros. 3 was \u201ckiddy fare\u201d. It was a time when game
        play reigned supreme, and a good time could be had with nary a hooker or head
        shot in the mix. But nowadays those types of games are the exception, not
        the rule. Originality is reserved for older people whilst the children get
        a shoddy play with a tacked on license involving Nickelodeon or Disney. Even
        these types of titles rocked the gaming world before there was such a thing;
        I doubt you\u2019ll find anyone who has a bad thing to say about Duck Tales
        for the NES. Licenses were coveted prizes and not some lemon to squeeze a
        few bucks out from. But, I should get off the old school bandwagon for a moment
        before I start spouting off about climbing a hill both ways to get to the
        game store. In the snow. Some developers \u201cget it\u201d; striking out
        to create something that\u2019s a blasphemous amalgamation of hardcore and
        casual playing styles.  LostWinds manages to be creative, inventive and challenging,
        and it\u2019s all wrapped in a ten dollar downloadable game. It proves that
        being  simple doesn\u2019t mean it can\u2019t be engrossing. Sony and Microsoft
        are tapping into some really cool D.I.Y. customization for titles like LittleBigPlanet
        and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts that lends itself to both a community of devout
        followers and to those who just want to dink around for thirty minutes or
        so. As to whether the fickle hardcore community will bite remains to be seen.
        Regardless, there are some PR reps that realize younger gamers can\u2019t
        live on Carnival Games alone. Which I appreciate, because in our gaming world,
        my son lives in the equivalent of a third world country. To summarize, which
        is what one says when they don\u2019t know how to end an essay, gamers need
        to kill off that stigma that there are standardized rules that dictate some
        imaginary criteria we need to have in order to enjoy games. Just because a
        game has characters with googly eyes or doesn\u2019t have a deep and comprehensive
        plot involving existentialist undertones or political intrigue does not mean
        that it\u2019s a mediocre game which should be avoided at all costs. So, please,
        get over yourselves, before my son has to play through another damn SpongeBob
        game. And I have to watch him do it. \u2013 Mason,","title":"Forwards Compatible
        Spearhead \u2013 \u201cKids Is Not A Four Letter\u00a0Word\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/19/forwards-compatible-spearhead-kids-is-not-a-four-letter-word/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936546,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-08T00:00:00Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Greetings
        once again to the land of Bitmob! This year\u2019s E3 was my first visit to
        the fabled paradise for gamers. You may have seen my recap over at 1UP.com,
        but I decided to share my experience with this growing mob, too. I\u2019ll
        begin with a recap of my days at E3, and end with a large array of photos
        featuring the many sights of the expo. Yes, that includes booth babes. One
        last warning before the fun begins\u2026 I write seemingly endless but thorough
        convention reports and take way too many photos! \u00a0\u00a0TUESDAYSince
        my trip to E3 was planned about two weeks prior to the actual event, all the
        hotels in the area had no vacancy. Luckily for me, my uncle happens to live
        in the area. Crashing at his place, I\u2019d get dropped off each morning
        as he headed off to work. On Tuesday morning, I knew that I\u2019d arrived
        at the convention center when I saw the giant Mafia 2 advertisement up above.Once
        I entered the massive complex, I picked up my badge and badge holder without
        needing to wait in line. I had quite a bit of time to kill before the exhibit
        halls opened for general attendees at noon, so I started to explore the convention
        center to get a feel of the place. One of the first things I noticed was a
        stage sponsored by Pepsi, where people could play Rock Band 2. If you created
        the best music video, you\u2019d win a prize, which was an MTV VMA trophy.Heading
        towards the western hall, I noticed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 banners
        hanging from up above. Even though I enjoyed some of Call of Duty 2, the series
        has never really been my cup of tea. Still, I would have tried MW2 if it had
        been playable in the hall just to rub it in to my CoD-loving coworkers, but
        that wasn\u2019t meant to be.Outside of the hall, I noticed a stall that was
        filled with free magazines. I made sure to load up my backpack with one of
        each issue so that I\u2019d have something to read on the flight back home.
        I can finally say that I own a copy of Edge! I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll
        read all the magazines, mainly since the Hollywood Reporter and Dealerscope
        aren\u2019t really the kind of publications that mesh with my interests. Oh
        yeah, around this point, I noticed a somewhat recognizable face walk by me
        in the opposite direction. It was Mr. Tony Hawk!Looking outside, I spotted
        a familiar vehicle near the west entrance of the convention center. It was
        Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters! I was somewhat excited when I saw some dude go inside
        the driver\u2019s seat, but then learned that he was one of the workers. I\u2019m
        sure the car would take some damage if thousands of nerds and geeks hopped
        in for photo ops.Since I didn\u2019t have a chance to get breakfast, I stopped
        by a cafeteria for some concessions. I\u2019ve enjoyed convention cuisine
        in the past, but I must say that this $16 meal was not very tasty. Note to
        self\u2026 never eat inside the LA Convention Center again!After throwing
        away the remnants of my gross meal, I joined the growing line outside of the
        west hall. I was fairly close to the beginning of the queue. Turning around
        to look back, I was thankful to be far from the end since the line started
        to stretch to one of the outer passageways. I played Puchi Puchi Virus on
        my DSi until the clock finally struck noon.IT HAS BEGUN! The large mob of
        gamers, media members, and businessmen started marching towards the entrance
        of the west hall. Many cameras went off to record the moment as we all officially
        entered E3, including my own.As a seasoned convention attendee, I knew that
        free swag should be top priority! After looking to the right and spying the
        Atlus booth, I decided to make them my first stop since they were handing
        things out. I took a free Atlus swag bag to store the first of my goods, which
        was a Neo Steam t-shirt that I obtained by signing up for free membership.Rushing
        further into the hall, I spied a woman handing out a special stylus to people
        who sampled the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks on the DS. The portion
        that I was in didn\u2019t feature any combat, but a puzzle that I needed to
        solve by controlling both Link and a knight. I honestly didn\u2019t play enough
        of it to give a fair evaluation, but I did find the dual character aspect
        to be somewhat intriguing. I received my gift and was a bit sad to see that
        it was just the Phantom Hourglass feather stylus in a different box. Oh well,
        free is free!I stumbled upon a demo setup for Real Heroes: Firefighter on
        the Wii, which happened to be handing out reusable shopping bags sporting
        the game\u2019s logo. I took some time to hear about the game from the rep,
        learning that it features the voice of Jamie Kennedy, would be priced at $29.99,
        and part of the proceeds will go to help firefighters. Watching him play it,
        the game basically worked like the arcade game Brave Firefighters, except
        with more exploration. I thanked the man, received my bag, and headed off
        to the next booth.My next destination, Ignition Entertainment, ended up becoming
        one of my favorites at E3. With cool games to play, sweet swag, and lovely
        models, we had a winner on three fronts! I picked up a bunch of nice postcards
        and portfolios featuring artwork from Ignition\u2019s games, plus a drawstring
        bag sporting several game logos.I\u2019ve been eager to get my hands on King
        of Fighters XII for quite some time, so I rushed over and joined the growing
        line. Using my team of Terry Bogard, Iori Yagami, and Kim Kaphwan, I won the
        roughly three matches that I played. I\u2019m a huge Terry fan, so I was kind
        of sad to see him lose the Buster Wolf. At least he regained Rising Tackle
        and his classic costume. Iori\u2019s new set of special moves surprised me,
        so I\u2019ll definitely need to rethink some of my tactics. Kim seemed to
        be the least changed out of my trio. I probably should have substituted Raiden
        in as a team member for a game since I enjoyed using him in Capcom VS SNK
        2, but I guess I\u2019ll have to wait for July before I do that.Next up at
        Ignition was Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny. I didn\u2019t really like it
        at first since it wasn\u2019t like a normal Samurai Shodown, but the changes
        are starting to grow on me. The selection of characters is quite broad, with
        a lot of new faces. I somehow glitched the game and made it lock up when executing
        a deadly attack on my opponent with Galford, which was kind of funny. Switching
        over to the new American Indian warrior known as Black Hawk when the demo
        finished rebooting, I defeated a Kyoshiro, severing his hand with a geyser
        of blood. My last fight was as the hulking viking Garros, who was quite a
        beast! I\u2019ll definitely buy a copy upon release, and hope that the demo
        version\u2019s lengthy load times will be reduced in the final product.The
        last game that I tried at Ignition\u2019s booth was one of my top E3 titles.
        It was the Wii\u2019s Muramasa: The Demon Blade! I\u2019ve never actually
        played my copy of Odin Sphere, so this was my first time seeing Vanillaware\u2019s
        beautiful 2D artwork in motion. Playing as Momohime, I battled several ninjas
        in a forest, samurai warriors in a field, and if I remember correctly, flying
        eyes. The battles were quick and addictive, with special slashes causing neat
        attack animations that were fun to watch. I\u2019ve heard about slowdown issues
        plaguing Odin Sphere, and a rep assured us that this game would not have that
        problem. I\u2019m inclined to believe him after seeing no interruptions in
        the animation during my time with it. I\u2019ll gladly dust off my Wii to
        play Muramasa this fall!Since I\u2019d made a lap around the west hall, I
        left and made a trek for the southern exhibits. Partially as a favor to my
        friend Michael, I made Konami\u2019s Saw the first game I played in the other
        hall. Putting on the demo station\u2019s headphones, I started a new game
        on the default difficulty. My first task was attempting to free my character
        from a bear trap that was attached to his mouth. I failed on my first go since
        I didn\u2019t try to press any buttons until it was too late. Restarting,
        I cleared the trap and solved a combination lock puzzle. Escaping in the darkness,
        I reached another room where my character helped another victim by sticking
        his hand in a toilet full of syringes to hunt for an item. My thanks for saving
        the dude was betrayal, but Jigsaw took care of him with a door trap that blew
        the poor guy\u2019s head off. I fought one battle before leaving to play another
        something else, which felt a bit unnecessary in a game like this. Overall,
        Saw was better than I anticipated, but still nothing I\u2019d like to buy.My
        walking soon led me to a display showcasing the Batman: Arkham Asylum Collector\u2019s
        Edition. I\u2019ve already committed myself to buying it since I\u2019m a
        big fan of the goddamn Batman. Still, I was disappointed to see that the batarang
        was made of plastic. How am I supposed to fight crime with that?!I soon approached
        one of the booths I really wanted to see at E3, which was Koei\u2019s. I was
        kind of bummed out when I looked around and noticed that Warriors: Legends
        of Troy and Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires weren\u2019t playable. After picking
        up a free Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce magnet and PSP wrist strap, I played
        against the dude in the above picture in Monster Racers. The full release
        will have some sort of Pokemon-ish RPG elements, but the trial only featured
        the sidescrolling races. Using my white cat creature, I ran to the finish
        line before my opponent, grabbing turbo boosts power-ups along the way. I
        wouldn\u2019t call it one of my favorite E3 games, but I\u2019ll still pick
        up a copy due to my blatant Koei fanboyism.Moving over a few feet, I reached
        NIS America\u2019s rather plain setup. I was hoping to see some Prinnys! Anyway,
        the only game I ended up trying at their booth was A Witch\u2019s Tale on
        the DS. The game had NIS\u2019s trademark witty humor, but I wasn\u2019t too
        fond of the gameplay. Everything was pretty much controlled by the stylus,
        and the turn-based battle engine didn\u2019t seem to have any really innovative
        bells and whistles. I hope the battle I fought was against a boss since the
        enemies felt like they endured too much damage for a simple random encounter.Going
        further south, I made a stop at E3\u2019s IndieCade. This exhibit featured
        a variety of independent video games. The one that caught my eye was called
        Pluff. Using a stuffed animal as a controller, he would react to your kindness
        or abuse on-screen. If he liked you, he would even do tricks!Next up was Natsume,
        where I wanted to have some serious fun. The first two titles that I tried
        were Adventures to Go on the PSP and Squishy Tank on the DS. In the RPG Adventures
        to Go, you would order a customized quest and complete it with your hero.
        Options included the landscape and types of enemies, plus you could use items
        to spice things up with random events. I fought some insects in a desert land,
        and was fairly entertained by the turn-based grid combat used in the battle
        engine. My only complaint was something that would probably go away after
        time, which was the fact that the isometric angle made using the directional
        pad slightly confusing. I\u2019d accidently hit the wrong direction, making
        my character face another way and lose a few action points. I\u2019ll be brief
        about Squishy Tank. I was expecting some sort of cutesy shooter, but it was
        a puzzle game. The character designs were generally amusing, but I grew tired
        of the game really quickly since all I had to really do was tap on different
        groups of colored blocks until a certain amount disappeared.Two more DS games
        from Natsume were Cheer We Go and Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming. I tried out
        Cheer We Go first since Frantic Farming was in use. It was the more amusing
        game of the pair, basically being a simplified Elite Beat Agents/Ouendan without
        licensed tracks. Frantic Farming was a puzzle game where your farmer would
        move around tiles shaped like crops so that an elf could harvest them. It
        boggled my mind when I first tried to understand the rules, but the tutorial
        gradually broke down the correct way to play the game. Still, I\u2019ll pass
        on the retail release.Namco Bandai\u2019s booth was nearby, so I wandered
        over there. The Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny demo units were surprisingly
        empty, probably due to the masses playing Tekken 6. The rep revealed that
        the ugly Kratos was in the game, which was news to me since I hadn\u2019t
        had a chance to catch up on the latest topics at NeoGAF. Both Kratos and his
        fellow freak Dampierre were on the character select screen, but could not
        be used. Man, I was hoping to use them as practice dummies for Mitsurugi!
        Selecting the samurai, I battled Cassandra. Mitsurugi seemed to retain his
        Soul Calibur 4 move set, but if there were any changes, I didn\u2019t notice.
        The game ran at a smooth 60 FPS, which is always a joy to see in portable
        fighters. Maybe this will top Tekken: Dark Resurrection as my favorite PSP
        game!Up next on my list of things to play was Katamari Forever on the PS Triple.
        The graphics are slightly different and you can now jump, but other than that,
        it\u2019s basically more of the same. That\u2019s not necessarily a horrible
        thing since I\u2019d rather have the Katamari series stick with the formula
        instead of branching out to weird offshoots like Korogashi Puzzle Katamari
        Damacy on the DSi. My session ended with a score of 100 and praise from the
        King of All Cosmos. That\u2019s just how I roll.Since my friend Ryan wants
        info on the new Dead to Rights: Retribution, I stood in the small line to
        play it. My impressions won\u2019t be too favorable! The guy in front of me
        left after he cleared the Jack Slate section, so I was playing as Shadow the
        dog for the first few minutes. While I\u2019ll admit that seeing Shadow taking
        out evil-doers was kind of cool, you had to play with more of a stealth focus,
        which I do not like. You also had to protect an injured Jack, so I restarted
        the demo in order to avoid the nightmarish gameplay combo of escorting and
        sneaking. Even then, Mr. Slate\u2019s action sequences weren\u2019t that great
        in my humble opinion. The mix of hand-to-hand fighting with gunplay just seemed
        dull since you could only perform the somewhat cool moves at context sensitive
        points. Thanks Namco, but I\u2019ll stick with the Musou series for my action
        fix!I made a stop at Konami\u2019s booth since I caught sight of the new Karaoke
        Revolution! I\u2019d read that this version would feature tracks performed
        by the original artists, so I wanted to take a look at the current build\u2019s
        soundtrack. I snapped the photo above which shows most of the songs from the
        demo. That portion was enough to warrant a purchase from me and a few of my
        buddies, so I look forward to the final list.Returning to the west hall, I
        saw a large crowd forming around part of Nintendo\u2019s booth and went to
        investigate. I soon saw Reggie Fils-Aime and Geoff Keighly from Game Trailers
        playing against each other in Wii Sports Resort. I don\u2019t know who won,
        but Reggie gave Geoff a frisbee after their bout. I snapped that photo like
        a paparazzo and moved on.DC Universe Online was my next game. Using some generic
        hero, I helped several Justice League members take on the Joker, Lex Luthor,
        and Sinestro. It was certainly more appealing to me than Champions Online,
        and the inclusion of lesser known characters like Blue Beetle, Ambush Bug,
        and Deathstroke made the comic fan within me happy. I\u2019ll keep an eye
        on this since it was somewhat entertaining, but if there\u2019s a monthly
        fee, that will be enough to push away my interest.The last major thing I did
        on Tuesday was stop by the 1UP booth. Well, it was more of a work room for
        them when compared to the booths they\u2019ve had at PAX. Several staffers
        were there, including a tired Sam Kennedy and Tina Sanchez. Despite their
        weariness from the day\u2019s excitement, they were still very friendly and
        even recognized me from the site, which was cool. They posed for a quick photo
        before I let \u2018em get back to work and headed out of the convention center.WEDNESDAYAfter
        arriving at the convention center on Wednesday, I soon met up with 1UP community
        members Bob Morgan (Naked BoB) and Wayne Sung (Gaian). Since we needed breakfast
        and had an hour to pass before everything opened, Wayne led us to the Original
        Panty Cafe so we could grab a bite to eat. On the way there, we saw these
        beautiful Final Fantasy XIII ads on buildings outside of the expo.Inside and
        outside of the restaurant, we had a few more gamer celebrity sightings! I
        saw 1UP editor Jeremy Parish walking across the street and former 1UP staffer
        Jeff Green dining on breakfast. While some of the service was kind of questionable
        at the restaurant, the grub was more satisfying than anything that the convention
        center had to offer. Before we left, I asked Bob and Wayne to pose for a photo,
        which is shown up above.Returning to E3, I showed Wayne and Bob the Atlus
        booth so they could get themselves some t-shirts and swag bags. While they
        did that, I went over to a PSP to examine the remake of Shin Megami Tensei:
        Persona. It has been over a decade since I played the original on PlayStation,
        but I will gladly pick up this enhanced port due to the improvements. From
        what I recall, movement speed in the first-person dungeons has been increased.
        The world map is no longer shown from a rotatable 3D overhead view, which
        was the only change I didn\u2019t like. The translation has been redone, and
        the cast is once again a bunch of Japanese students, which is a love it or
        hate it thing. I did see mentions of the Snow Queen quest, which made me pleased
        since this alternate path was cut from the original US release. My only other
        issue with the game was that they kept the stupid ellipsis that appears whenever
        you try to run away, making you wait a few extra seconds each time you attempt
        an escape. Get rid of those damn things!Right next to Persona was Shin Megami
        Tensei: Devil Survivor. My overall impression was that the game combined aspects
        from Final Fantasy Tactics and DemiKids. Battles were fought on a turn-based
        grid. When you attacked, the game shifted to a first-person scene like in
        DemiKids or several other SMT titles. Each attack lasted a single turn, well,
        two if you used an attack that the enemy was weak against. You\u2019d return
        to the grid regardless of whether the target died or lived through the encounter
        so that the next character could make their move. As long as their are a bunch
        of cool demons to find and train, I\u2019ll like the final product.An Atlus
        rep in a straw hat showed me how to play Shiren the Wanderer on the Wii. I\u2019ve
        played roguelikes before, so his assistance was primarily for translating
        the menu commands since the demo was actually the Japanese version of Shiren.
        The game had some nice in-game artwork, and I didn\u2019t really have any
        complaints about the way things played. I\u2019ll need to see how the companion
        system works before giving a proper verdict.I\u2019d say my least favorite
        game at the Atlus booth was Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do
        to Deserve This?. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019ll still pick it up once
        it\u2019s released, but the game felt extremely overwhelming for a demo. In
        order to properly play it, you\u2019d have to go through a ton of tutorials
        to learn all the little nuances required to play and win. I\u2019ll save all
        that time and efffort for when the game hits retail!I was ready to pass it
        up since it was only a downloadable game, but after watching Trine in motion
        on the 360, I was intrigued. After playing it to form an opinion, I\u2019m
        impressed! Up to three local players are thrust into a puzzle/platforming
        adventure starring a knight, thief, and a wizard. Each member of the trio
        has different talents and skills that will be necessary to survive. If you\u2019re
        going it alone, you can simply press LB and RB to switch between characters.
        I teamed up with another E3 attendee to defeat a few skeletons and bypass
        several cliffs, but our journey came to an end when we died in a pit of spikes.Splitting
        up from Wayne and Bob, I returned to the south hall. I saw a line forming
        at Alienware\u2019s booth, figuring some freebie was waiting to be mine. Asking
        another person what was up, I learned that the line ended with a quick survey
        about the booth from the two women in black shown above. After you take it,
        a staff member would give you a free 8 GB flash drive. I can finally retire
        the 512 MB drive I bought back around 2003!I remember reading about a cool
        Adventure Island t-shirt that was handed out as swag during the Tokyo Game
        Show, so I dropped by Hudson\u2019s booth to see if they had any of those
        for Americans. They did not. However, they did have the first game from Victor
        Ireland\u2019s Gaijinworks, Miami Law! I\u2019ll still buy it to support the
        man who gave us Working Designs, but I felt that the demo needed some work.
        I basically played through a bunch of the investigation portion of the game
        and never reached any of the shooting or driving scenes. I did encounter a
        few simple puzzle minigames, but other than that I basically got to read a
        bunch of jibberjabber for 15 minutes. No offense intended, as the story was
        interesting, but I felt a demo that easily gave you an option to try each
        of the gameplay modes would have been a better way to present the game at
        E3.Looking at my iPhone, I noticed that it was almost time for Ignition\u2019s
        autograph session with George Kamitani, the artist responsible for the visuals
        in Odin Sphere and Muramasa: The Demon Blade. I texted my colleagues to let
        them know about the event, and ran back to the west hall to get in line. No
        photos were allowed at the event, so I can\u2019t give you a glimpse of George
        at the signing, but I did get a swell autographed poster. You\u2019ll definitely
        see that in the upcoming swag post!I was chatting with a nice guy behind me
        in the autograph line who happened to have a Tekken 6 faceplate and skin.
        He told me that he got them by participating in one of Namco\u2019s Tekken
        6 tournaments and that everyone got them regardless of whether they won or
        lost. They were gorgeous, so I swore right then and there that I would get
        one for myself at all costs! I told Bob and Wayne, who were also up for the
        challenge. Running back to the south hall, we signed up on a list for one
        of the tournaments later in the day.We probably should have practiced to get
        a shot at the grand prize, which was a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360, but
        as usual my desire to get more swag led us away. We ended up at Microsoft\u2019s
        large exhibit since Major Nelson\u2019s Twitter page mentioned that we could
        score a free E3 trophy for our Avatars. It took us a while to find the laptop
        that was used for sign-ups, which happened to be obstructed by a camera filming
        an interview with Epic\u2019s Cliff Bleszinski. Sneaking by, the three of
        us put in our info. Later on, Mr. Bleszinski stood next to me and used his
        iPhone to call someone. OMG!!!While Bob and Wayne went to watch a presentation
        on Halo: ODST, I went off so I could play the demo of Left 4 Dead 2. God,
        I always hate waiting in Valve\u2019s lines! The queue for L4D2 was the longest
        wait I had at all 3 days of E3. In a way, I wish they trimmed the demo down
        to a single act or had more than four demo kiosks so that things would move
        along faster. Sidetracking for a bit, guess who kind of bumped into me as
        she tried to get past the L4D2 line? None other than Jade Raymond of Assassin\u2019s
        Creed fame! Anyway, when my turn finally came up, I was cast in the role of
        Ellis the mechanic. Man, I was hoping to play as the James Avery-esque Coach!I
        grabbed a shotgun and made it a point to try to find one of the new melee
        weapons as soon as possible. I intended on trying to stick with one of those
        till the end of the act just to give them a fair try. I found an axe, and
        after using it for a few minutes, I cast it away for good. Yeah, they give
        you more power than a normal melee swing and did more damage than a pistol,
        but I found them to be rather pointless since you\u2019re still better off
        with just about any other gun due to the range. I would not want to try taking
        on a Tank with one of those! My team soon encountered a Charger, who is basically
        a smaller Tank with one shriveled arm. He charged through and pounced on a
        teammate, but was put down with little effort. Once we reached the safehouse,
        I\u2019d had enough. Left 4 Dead 2 offers slight tweaks for a formula that
        still works fairly well, so I\u2019ll probably pick it up.Wayne had informed
        me that you could get a free Harvest Moon drawstring bag at Natsume\u2019s
        booth for trying out one of their games. I didn\u2019t even notice since I
        was busy playing several of the DS and PSP offerings that they had on Tuesday,
        so I made sure to get one today. I picked Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition
        since the strange lion and burger-ish robot looked cool. This kiosk didn\u2019t
        have any information on the button configuration, so I had to figure out the
        game on my own. I\u2019d drive around in a jeep, looking for anything that
        rustled the plantlife. Once you spotted movement, you\u2019d go on foot and
        try to take photos of animals in their natural habitat. I\u2019m honestly
        not sure if I was supposed to acquire photos of a certain quality or take
        them just for fun, like in Endless Ocean. I\u2019ll find out someday, but
        for the time being, I took my new bag and went off to pursue the flora and
        fauna of E3.I never really got into the Devil May Cry series, but I still
        wanted to give Bayonetta a try. The graphics were great, everything ran at
        a smooth 60 FPS. The heroine seemed to have a wide variety of moves at her
        disposal, most of them being quite over the top. The Climax Action she used
        to finish off a giant monster with a statue\u2019s face looked kind of stupid.
        It had her standing around with some of her hair swirling over her privates
        while the rest of it formed a dragon that took a bite out of the enemy creature.
        I didn\u2019t feel like trying more of the game since I\u2019d seen another
        guy go through the rest of the demo, so I set the controller down and walked
        away.I soon regrouped with Bob and Wayne since it was time to get our asses
        kicked in Tekken 6! Or so we thought. Looks like we accidentally signed up
        for the alternate list since the main one had been full. ARGH! My uncle gave
        me a call, saying he was on his way, so I told Wayne I\u2019d see him tomorrow
        and said farewell to Bob since he was only here for a single day. On the way
        out, I stopped by the registration desk at Namco\u2019s booth and noticed
        a free spot on the main list for Thursday\u2019s 4 PM Tekken tournament. Miracles
        happen, eh?Turns out my uncle got stuck in traffic, so I ended up running
        back to the west hall for another 45 minutes. I certainly didn\u2019t mind
        the chance to play some more games! Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was open at Sony\u2019s
        booth, so I hopped on. I would have liked to try out one of the new playable
        characters like Ayane, but the demo had me playing as Ryu. Maybe I\u2019m
        imagining things, but the game did not seem as gory and the load times felt
        worse than the 360. Since I wasn\u2019t a big fan of NG2 in the first place,
        I\u2019ll pass on this remake unless I get a really good reason to buy it,
        like the new cooperative mode.I was going to pass through the Nintendo booth
        to reach Capcom when I saw some guys begging for someone to be the fourth
        player in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. I planned on playing the game on Thursday
        due to the lines, but looks like I arrived at the nick of time! Yeah, it\u2019s
        not the truly 2D sprite-based Super Mario World sequel I dream of, but I\u2019ll
        gladly take this over any 3D Mario garbage. I had a good time playing through
        the level, which was more chaotic than I imagined since you\u2019d bounce
        off other players and they could also pick you up. I was the first to die
        since some cloud thingie killed me when I tried to grab a mushroom. My character
        eventually floated by in a bubble and was rescued by another player. I didn\u2019t
        personally try any of the new power-ups, which looked nifty from what I observed
        on the screen. The main flaw I saw with the current build was the fact that
        the game would stutter for a second whenever someone would die, which would
        usually throw everyone else off. Hopefully that will be corrected whenever
        this comes out. Oh, and two Toads? C\u2019mon, I like the guy but that\u2019s
        just lazy, there are plenty of other faces in the Mario franchise!The last
        game I tried on Thursday was Capcom\u2019s Lost Planet 2. Right away, I was
        sad to see it running at 30 FPS. At least the actual demo was pretty entertaining.
        I\u2019m glad that I don\u2019t have to worry about my energy draining like
        in the original LP! Three other players and I battled a giant monster. After
        damaging it with a Vital Suit, I attempted to jump in the weakened behemoth\u2019s
        mouth like another player before me. Unfortunately, he recovered before I
        could do that. My uncle gave me another call letting me know it was time to
        head out, so I had to depart before we could finish off the beast.THURSDAYOnce
        my ride dropped me off outside of the convention center on Thursday morning,
        I grabbed the E3 Show Daily and eventually went into the west hall. Since
        this was my last day at E3, I had spent the previous night typinig up a brief
        to-do list on my iPhone. I began to work my way down the list, starting at
        the west hall.First up was playing Sin & Punishment 2 on the Wii. After playing
        the demo, I had found another one of my favorite games at the show! Playing
        as the male lead Isa, I flew through a futuristic city blasting away at baddies
        in a manner similar to Panzer Dragoon and Gamera 2000. Everything flowed well
        at 60 FPS, which was great since frame rate is always one of the first things
        that I notice in a game. Dodge rolls and charged shots were part of the hero\u2019s
        useful repertoire, and they were all easy to perform on the remote and nunchuck.
        I defeated a few choppers and a boss that resembled an eagle, but met my demise
        thanks to a tank. Due to this title and Muramasa, I can honestly say that
        the Wii had my two favorite titles at E3, which is surprising.Treading further
        into Nintendo\u2019s booth, I looked around to see if I could find Wario Ware
        DIY in the DS area. If it was there, I sure didn\u2019t see it! I did see
        a station with a non-interactive demo of Golden Sun DS, so I gave that a glance.
        The sign kind of lied to me since I did have to move Isaac with the stylus
        at one point, but that was the only interaction I had with the demo. The graphics
        on the map and battle were both fine for the DS. Maybe I\u2019ll make this
        the first Golden Sun I actually play.To the right of Golden Sun DS was another
        RPG, Glory of Heracles. I\u2019ve been researching the series on NeoGAF and
        liked what I had read, so I went over to give the latest version a try. Using
        the stylus, I lead the hero around town. None of the shops were available
        in the demo, so I couldn\u2019t see what they had to offer. I eventually made
        it to a boat, where I battled a giant crab boss. The battle system in GoH
        is turn-based, and really reminded me of the classic PS1 RPG Beyond the Beyond.
        Not just due to the look, but due to the fact that you could rapidly tap with
        the stylus at times to power up some attacks, kind of like the button mashing
        in BtB. I can see myself buying the final version, but whether or not I\u2019ll
        be totally motivated to start it up is another story.I\u2019m several months
        behind everybody else, but the next item on my to-do list was finally playing
        Tatsunoko VS Capcom. While waiting in line for my turn, Reggie Fils-Aime and
        several Nintendo executives walked by to observe the game. Before Reggie left,
        I got a handshake with the man himself! I\u2019m glad that he left, otherwise
        he would have got to witness me getting my ass kicked at TVC. I knew that
        I was going to use Alex no matter what, and randomly decided on Soki from
        Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams as his partner. I knew that the game only used four
        buttons, but I couldn\u2019t figure out how to tag out. Combine that with
        the change in Alex\u2019s normal moves from Third Strike and the fact that
        my enemy was an experienced player, the results weren\u2019t pretty!Another
        item on my list of games to see was Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. I knew
        that I was going to be in for disappointment when I noticed the 30 FPS animation.
        At least the game used motion blurring, so it doesn\u2019t look as bad as
        other titles running at that frame rate. Anyway, their were four selectable
        racers in the demo. I skipped Amy Rose and AiAi and decided between Sonic
        and Amigo, with the former winning out. The game\u2019s your typical Mario
        Kart clone. The character roster is what\u2019s going to make or break it
        for me, and right now, I\u2019m saddened by the overuse of Sonic franchise
        characters. I know he\u2019s in the title, but anyone beyond Sonic, Tails,
        Knuckles, or Robotnik is too much for me! I think I\u2019ll borrow the game,
        unless Sega magically adds some characters from my wishlist, which will make
        me pre-order a copy. I really don\u2019t think they\u2019re crazy enough to
        put Lan Di, Domingo, Psycho Fox, Candy/Honey from Fighting Vipers, and other
        obscure Sega stars in the kart racing mix.Since I\u2019ve appreciated SouthPeak\u2019s
        previous titles like Two Worlds and Monster Madness, I visited their booth
        to see what was cooking. Sure enough, they had several restaurant-themed games
        for me to try out. The first one was Fast Food Panic on the Wii. I had to
        use the remote and nunchuck to flip burgers, assemble food, input bills, and
        greet customers at a restaurant. I liked the character designs, but I\u2019ll
        pass on the actual game until it\u2019s dirt cheap.Next up was Sushi Go Round
        on the DS. I had a little more fun with this one, mainly since the gameplay
        seemed more focused than the previous game. All you had to do was use the
        stylus to hand customers menus, assemble their sushi, restock supplies, and
        clear the tables when a customer was finished. Once again, it\u2019s nothing
        I\u2019ll buy right away, but it was a mildly interesting distraction.I soon
        approached the Lips: Number One Hits and played with another E3 visitor. I
        was curious about which songs were on the demo, and saw that there were only
        a couple tracks, and they\u2019d already been revealed in the first press
        release. My duet partner ask if I knew the song Apologize, which I did, so
        we made our choice. I noticed a few differences in this new version of Lips.
        You no longer had to strike poses to start earning stars, you just shake the
        mic. There were also specific points where you were supposed to rattle the
        mic, kind of like the tamborine in Rock Band. I\u2019m not sure if it was
        because the Microsoft guy accidently hit the controller at one point, but
        we easily earned the Party medal without having to press buttons to the rhythm
        like on the previous version. The other player had the higher score at the
        end, so I congratulated him as we each received a prize, which was a set of
        Lips earbuds.Venturing back to Konami\u2019s exhibit, I tried out the new
        Xbox Live Arcade version of Vandal Hearts. Despite the fact that the new heroes
        looked rather childish, the game still had it\u2019s share of blood, so I\u2019m
        sure it will be M-rated like the originals. I never played those two games,
        so I\u2019m not sure if spellcasters took slight damage when casting spells
        like they do in this iteration. I can\u2019t say I really liked that since
        it makes frail mages even weaker. Other than that, the game plays like a traditional
        turn-based strategy RPG. I\u2019ll probably end up downloading VH once it
        is uploaded to the Marketplace.I returned to the west hall and meandered over
        to Sony\u2019s booth in order to look for the PSP Go!. While there, I was
        distracted by the portable version of Army of Two: The 40th Day. This port
        basically changed the game to a shooter kind of like Smash TV, except without
        the constant flow of enemies. Your partner tagged along and could be set to
        passive or aggressive behaviour. I think I encountered a glitch when a bomb
        fell from the sky, making a giant hole appear on the building my character
        was on. Rios disappeared, and I couldn\u2019t get Salem to do anything. It
        didn\u2019t lock up since I could still switch between AI settings. Regardless
        of whether or not that was a glitch, it\u2019s so different from the original
        Army of Two that my verdict is skip it!My pursuit of the PSP Go! continued.
        Perhaps I wasn\u2019t searching hard enough, but I couldn\u2019t find it in
        any of Sony\u2019s game areas. I know Wayne ended up seeing it somewhere,
        so I\u2019m assuming it was available to people other than the media. This
        gigantic display mock-up was as close as I got to seeing the Go! in person.White
        Knight Chronicles was setup in one of the PlayStation 3 demo sections, so
        I headed over to see how the game was shaping up. Wandering around the overworld
        felt a lot like World of Warcraft, where you\u2019d see random mobs going
        about their business. I didn\u2019t really like the battle system too much
        since it reminded me of Final Fantasy XII, which wasn\u2019t my thing. Unlike
        what I remember from XII, you have to hit a button to execute your action
        whenever it\u2019s charged up. I eventually filled up enough of my character\u2019s
        bar to transform. The transformation looked cool, but it seemed to reduce
        the number of moves I had available. At the time, I was fighting a giant troll.
        I noticed I\u2019ve mentioned this quite a bit over the past few blogs, but
        that thing had too much HP! I kept swinging away and taking hits that did
        negligible amounts of damage, but he kept asking for more. Maybe I\u2019m
        just not used to modern RPG mechanics, but I grew weary of fighting him and
        left before the troll met his demise. I\u2019ll still pick up WKC since I
        really like the character designs, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll go through
        and play it.You know what PS3 RPG was better than White Knight Chronicles?
        Demon\u2019s Souls! Okay, I know some of this may be old news to PS3 importers,
        but I\u2019ve been lagging behind on that front. I really liked how you could
        leave cryptic notes to warn people about upcoming danger and see the final
        fates of those who went ahead. Since I\u2019m a hack and slash fan, the battle
        system was more appealing than WKC since I could strike at an enemy on a more
        regular basis. I died when I reached the Vanguard, which the rep informed
        me was a natural part of the game. I was ready to move on, and will definitely
        pick up the domestic release once it arrives in stores.Going back to my list,
        I wanted to spend some time with Red Steel 2. The original sounded interesting
        in previews, but the bad reviews and overall look of the game made me skip
        it. I thought the design of the sequel\u2019s hero looked awesome when he
        was unveiled, and the style used to render the world looked more to my liking.
        The gameplay has lived up to my hopes, too. The Wii Motion Plus accurately
        rendered my sword swings on the TV screen. Using power attacks took some time
        for me since I wasn\u2019t letting my wrists move freely, but I mastered them
        as soon as I did. I couldn\u2019t swing constantly like a lunatic swordsman
        since it would decalibrate the Wii Motion Plus, which was I slight bummer.
        The Ubisoft rep mentioned something about that being due to another demo station
        being next to it, so I\u2019ll find out if I can go nuts when I buy my own
        copy.It was almost 4 PM, so I returned to the south hall to get ready for
        the Tekken 6 tournament. On the way to Namco Bandai\u2019s booth, I saw several
        people with cameras snapping photos of Mario and Sonic. I politely asked someone
        to take my picture with the famous pair of video game heroes.At 4 PM, I officially
        joined the King of Iron Fist tournament! I got a picture with the girl above
        before the tournament bracket was filled out. She ended up being my first
        opponent! She went by the name Princess and is supposedly the #1 ranked female
        player in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. She asked if I was any good, and I told
        her not really since even though I play all the Tekken games, I wouldn\u2019t
        qualify myself as a tournament-caliber player. She soon told me the first
        time she played the game was yesterday, wuh oh! I was in one of those tough
        situations\u2026 go easy on her and lose face by being defeated or show no
        mercy and look bad for beating up a girl! I went with the latter option, since
        a girl is just as worthy of a competitor as any man. Still, I was booed by
        the crowd when I won, haha. Sorry Princess, but at least you managed to hit
        me! I won the first round of my next fight against a Bob user, but he recovered
        and scored two Perfects against me. How embarassing! I got my precious faceplate
        and skin, which is all I really wanted, so all\u2019s well that ends well.I
        soon returned to the Sony exhibit in the west hall and met up with Wayne one
        final time. We tried out the upcoming PSN game PixelJunk Shooter. I liked
        the overall aesthetic style, but the gameplay was just okay in my opinion.
        I\u2019d rather go around shooting everything with my ship instead of rescuing
        people and solving puzzles. After that, I said bye to Wayne and returned to
        the southern hall for one last look.Before the show ended, I decided to play
        a round of Dance Dance Revolution for old time\u2019s sake. Looking at the
        song list, I wasn\u2019t too impressed, just like with other modern DDR mixes.
        When the girl on the left finally got off the pad, I went on and played Daft
        Punk is Playing at My House with the dude. We were both on Difficult, but
        I was the only one who made it to the end of the song with energy in my bar.
        I didn\u2019t full combo the song and had too many Greats, so I do need some
        practice! I eventually left the convention center to meet my uncle and his
        family for sushi, saying a fond farewell to my first E3.SWAGEver wonder about
        what kinds of freebies are being handed out at E3? Well, here\u2019s a look
        at the bag of goodies I picked up at the expo. My two favorites will be up
        near the top.My precious Tekken 6 faceplate and skin that I received at the
        tournamentThe signed Muramasa poster I received at the George Kamitani autograph
        sessionCan\u2019t hold your swag without a bagT-shirts and a pair of briefsA
        poster from Bethesda\u2019s WETFashionable accessoriesGame-related accessoriesComic
        booksA King of Fighters XII portfolio and postcardsA Samurai Shodown: Edge
        of Destiny portfolio and postcardsA Muramasa: The Demon Blade portfolio and
        postcardsA Nostalgia portfolio and postcardsSkins, stckers, temporary tattoos,
        and magnetsMiscellaneous trinketsIncredible ediblesBetas, download keys, and
        codesMagazines and other periodicalsFlyers, business cards, and adverts of
        all shapes and sizesI\u2019d call that a decent sized haul, eh? I\u2019ll
        admit that I usually gather up a better crop at Penny Arcade Expo, but overall
        I scored some fairly nice stuff. I also missed out on a few sweet items, like
        one of the rare Tatsunoko VS Capcom t-shirts. I guess there\u2019s always
        eBay\u2026PHOTO GALLERYYou\u2019re almost to the end. From here on out, it\u2019s
        pretty much just pictures and captions. Keep going, you can do it!\u00a0\u00a0The
        signs outside of the south hall\u00a0\u00a0A giant banner sporting Assassin\u2019s
        Creed 2\u2019s Ezio\u00a0\u00a0The Ghostbusters, but where\u2019s Winston?A
        pile of junk that was promoting the new Rayman gameThe official E3 merchandise
        boothKoei\u2019s trio of lovely ladiesFlare from Koei\u2019s Monster RacersA
        DJ performing at Activision\u2019s boothA giant samurai at the Mini Ninjas
        exhibitMagna Carta 2The Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny demo areaMomiji and Rachel
        from the Ninja Gaiden seriesNeed For Speed: Shift\u2019s demo stationA Darksiders
        advertisementThis Battlefield 1943 booth gave out 100 download codes each
        hourThe VMA prize from Pepsi\u2019s Rock Band 2 contestThese pirates arrrr
        from Tales of Monkey IslandToss the football in the goals to win prizesA wide
        shot of Natsume\u2019s boothA gigantic plush Harvest Moon cowA mech from Ubisoft\u2019s
        boothPoison Ivy art at a Batman: Arkham Asylum exhibitKiller CrocHarley QuinnBaneThe
        gates to the asylumOne of E3\u2019s Lego Rock Band stagesBooth babes playing
        DDRWalk all over Final Fantasy XIIILook Ma, I\u2019m a firefighter!The slightly
        dirty Stay Puft Marshmallow ManFiriona Vie from EverquestBethesda\u2019s booth
        babesRatchet gets interviewedOne of Sony\u2019s demo stations, where people
        can rest in plastic bubblesAlexei Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris, at a panelKoei\u2019s
        boothPart of Microsoft\u2019s exhibitThe IndieCadeWaSaBi, who sold fancy carrying
        cases with Japanese artworkThe stage where Steve Wiebe failed to reclaim the
        Donkey Kong world recordHalf of the Square Enix boothThe other halfTwo of
        Nyko\u2019s redheadsMore of Nyko\u2019s artificial gingersPeople waiting to
        try out New Super Mario Bros. WiiGame Outlet sold PAL g","title":"E3 Through
        the Eyes of a\u00a0Gamer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/08/e3-through-the-eyes-of-a-gamer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936545,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-27T17:56:46Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"The
        first thing you should know about Mafia 2 is that you won''t have to pretend
        that you''re a race car driver.","title":"Not quite Untouchable, but it isn\u2019t
        just another bunch of Mobsters,\u00a0either","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/27/not-quite-untouchable-but-it-isnt-just-another-bunch-of-mobsters-either/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936544,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-17T18:16:19Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"The
        concept of \u201cCollaborative Consumption\u201d is not new in the West, but
        it is in the East and especially in China. The term collaborative consumption
        basically means sharing things with other people \u2014 via barter, trade,
        or rental \u2014 and giving access instead of ownership. The Internet has
        pushed this quaint notion beyond just sharing between friends to create a
        powerful business model.","title":"Could collaborative consumption work in
        China? Not\u00a0yet.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/17/could-collaborative-consumption-work-in-china-not-yet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936543,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-13T20:51:01Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"So,
        did you guys vote or did you just stay at home playing Halo 4? One will determine
        the fate of our country for the next four years while the other the fate of
        the universe. From that perspective the choice seems rather simple. But enough
        about that! Onwards to the industry\u2019s current juggernaut. After that,
        get ready for a full on console launch come this Sunday. Too bad you won\u2019t
        see any of those games here. I\u2019m saving those for a special Coming Soon
        this Friday.","title":"Coming Soon! 11/12/2012 \u2013\u00a0ish","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/13/coming-soon-11122012-isn/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936542,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-16T13:00:55Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"This
        is your in-depth introduction to the world and gameplay of Mike Pondsmith\u2019s\u00a0Cyberpunk.","title":"Cyberpunk\u2019s
        old-school order: The history and future of the tabletop\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/16/cyberpunks-old-school-order/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936541,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-03T13:46:43Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Consumer
        attitudes and behaviors surrounding renting, borrowing, and leasing items,
        versus ownership, are shifting around the country, according to a study conducted
        by Sunrun and Harris\u00a0Interactive.","title":"Disownership is the new normal:
        the rise of the shared economy\u00a0(infographic)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/disownership-is-the-new-normal-the-rise-of-the-shared-economy-infographic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936540,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-04T10:07:59Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"The
        finance industry is under attack from startups. Dealstruck initiated the latest
        front of this battle today with its crowdfunding alternative to business loans
        from\u00a0banks.","title":"Dealstruck takes on banks with its \u2018Lending
        Club for small businesses\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/04/dealstruck-takes-on-banks-with-lending-club-for-small-businesses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936539,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-11T21:07:29Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"It\u2019s
        not perfect, but GTA 5 is still an amazing\u00a0game.","title":"Close, but
        you can still smoke that cigar \u2013 Grand Theft Auto\u00a0V","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/11/close-but-you-can-still-smoke-that-cigar-grand-theft-auto-v/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936538,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T04:00:10Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Research suggests the average time from initial VC funding to IPO is
        seven years. Which of today\u2019s hottest startups will make it to that finish\u00a0line?","title":"Dollar
        signs in their eyes: today\u2019s startups most likely to reach sucessful\u00a0exits","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/dollar-signs-in-their-eyes-todays-startups-most-likely-to-reach-sucessful-exits/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936537,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-17T01:32:37Z","slug":"bag-borrow-or-steal","summary":"Woo-hoo!
        It\u2019s the triumphant return of the Bitmob Mailbag!\u00a0This week we stand
        up to bullies, reveal our inner-fanboy, do the wild thing, talk a little music,
        and more.","title":"The Bitmob Mailbag, December 16\u00a0Edition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/17/the-bitmob-mailbag-december-16-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936536,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-17T14:07:45Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Ten
        companies presented during today\u2019s morning portion of Techcrunch40 conference
        in San Francisco. If we were able to have stock in these companies, here\u2019s
        how we\u2019d rank them: CastTV, Cubic Telecom, Yap, Cognitive Code, Viewdle,
        Powerset, Trutap, Faroo, Ceedo and Loudtalks. Summaries of each company follow.","title":"New
        companies launch: Yap, Cognitive Code, Viewdle, Faroo &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/17/new-companies-launch-yap-cognitive-code-viewdle-faroo-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936535,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-07T07:49:56Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Feb. 7,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/07/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-feb-7-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936534,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-08T00:01:21Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Canesta
        is announcing today it has teamed up with Hitachi to create a next-generation
        user interface for a TV that is similar to the way arm-waving controls the
        Nintendo Wii video game console.","title":"Canesta teams up with Hitachi to
        create a Wii-like next-generation TV\u00a0control","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/08/canesta-teams-up-with-hitachi-to-create-a-wii-like-next-generation-tv-control/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936533,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-09T16:44:27Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Glasshouse
        Technologies, an information technology consultancy specializing in data storage,
        just announced the withdrawal of its initial public offering due to poor market
        conditions \u2014 making it the third venture-backed startup to cancel an
        IPO in 2009. The Framingham, Mass. company originally filed in December 2007
        and expected to rake in $100 million in the sale. It says it plans to refile
        once the economy rebounds.","title":"Glasshouse IPO plans\u00a0shatter","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/09/glasshouse-ipo-plans-shatter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936532,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-07T18:08:39Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"There
        are tens of millions of cell phones around the world that can get TV reception,
        thanks to Telegent Systems. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chip design company
        is announcing today that four more Latin American cell phone companies have
        launched phones with Telegent\u2019s chips in them.","title":"Telegent chips
        bring free mobile TV to emerging\u00a0markets","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:35:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/07/telegent-systems-scores-by-designing-tv-chips-for-cell-phones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936531,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-24T14:15:37Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Chip
        design firm Telegent has filed for a $250 million public offering, capping
        off an exciting few days of IPO action. Last week, network security provider
        Fortinet sold 12.5 million shares of common stock for $12.50, raising just
        over $156.2 million. And web marketer QuinStreet filed for its own $250 million
        IPO.","title":"Telegent files for IPO as public market thaws even\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/24/telegent-files-for-ipo-as-public-market-thaws-even-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936530,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-09T18:00:16Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Two
        weeks ago, several tech  publications wrote about DinglePharb, an exciting
        new social gaming developer based in the Philippines and Hong Kong.","title":"The
        startup con\u00a0man","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/09/the-startup-con-man/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936529,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-28T06:00:28Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Curtis Smolar is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley. He submitted
        this column to VentureBeat.)","title":"Should you pay to trademark your product
        or\u00a0service?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/28/should-you-pay-to-trademark-your-product-or-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936528,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-29T15:37:00Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Enemy
        of the State by Game Informer Associate Editor, Matt Miller, was a piece of
        great interest to me. Legal issues in the gaming sub-culture are important
        and opportunity to honestly discuss how or why these laws will affect jobs,
        hobbies, or passion abound. Sadly, what articles tend to lack in proper focus
        and scope, is made up for in shock and hyperbole. The latter is the reason
        I found Enemy of the State disappointing. I believe that perhaps, the article
        treated the topic irresponsibly and presented facts poorly, if at all.","title":"Opinion:
        And Justice for\u00a0Whom?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/29/opinion-and-justice-for-whom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936527,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-01T11:15:04Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"There
        are actual people behind the cloud, and with people come salaries, and with
        salaries can come overhead. Lewis Cirne, chief executive officer of New Relic
        believes he\u2019s found the way to cut the fat.","title":"Will software marketing
        die as the cloud sells itself? New Relic CEO trims the sales\u00a0fat","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/01/new-relic-cloud-marketing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936526,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-07T00:01:34Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Fujitsu
        revealed today that it has confirmed that startup SuVolta\u2019s PowerShrink
        technology can cut power consumption in a chip by 50 percent without hurting
        performance.","title":"Breakthrough: Chip startup can cut CPU power use by
        50\u00a0percent","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/07/in-fundamental-breakthrough-fujitsu-confirms-suvolta-cuts-chip-power-use-by-50-percent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936525,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-24T06:00:14Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Enterprise
        cloud storage startup Box has launched an app for Microsoft\u2019s Windows
        Phone platform and partnered with chip-maker Qualcomm in hopes of getting
        more pre-installs on phones and tablets, the company announced Tuesday.","title":"Box
        launches sleek Windows Phone app, partners with Qualcomm for\u00a0pre-installs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/24/box-windows-phone-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936524,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-11-11T06:35:23Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Scott
        Sassa, by nndbThe latest board changes at Silicon Valley game publishing company,
        Digital Chocolate, provides insight into the central role venture capital
        firms play here.","title":"Scott Sassa, and the \"Kleiner\u00a0Shuffle\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/11/11/scott-sassa-and-the-kleiner-shuffle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936523,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-28T08:30:30Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"We
        survey the top venture capital investments into tech companies of the year.
        To make this elite list, you needed to raise at least $89 million in\u00a02012.","title":"Top
        15 venture capital deals of\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/28/top-venture-capital-deals-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936522,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-07-18T12:34:49Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Bix,
        to offer online performance contests, raises $7 million \u2014 The start-up,
        previously known as 900 Seconds, wants to let companies (and others) tap into
        the American Idol craze \u2014 giving them a way to create their own performance
        competitions online. The companies come up with sponsorship dollars, and they
        enjoy the positive branding while eager performers do their own thing. Mike
        Speiser, co-founder of Epinions.com, has raised $6.77 million from Sutter
        Hill Ventures, Trinity Ventures and individual investors including ex-Yahoo
        Geoff Ralston, according to Om Malik. Still in testing mode, so you won\u2019t
        be able to see how it works until it launches \u2014 expected soon","title":"Eight
        start-ups & tech ideas\u2026.the latest\u00a0action","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/18/eight-start-ups-tech-ideasthe-latest-action/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936521,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-03T17:36:41Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Here
        are the wheels and deals and cats that took place in today\u2019s Funding\u00a0News.","title":"Funding
        Daily: No cat memes in\u00a0India","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/03/funding-daily-no-cat-memes-in-india/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936520,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-03T21:00:32Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Mobile
        gaming 1.0 is giving way to mobile gaming 2.0, says Isaac Babbs, CEO of Tapatap.
        Today, the San Mateo, Calif. startup is unveiling version 2.0 of its contest
        and social gaming service, which includes games that let players upload pictures
        from camera phones and vote on who is the \u201ccutest couple.\u201d","title":"Tapatap
        rolls out version 2 of its mobile gaming\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/03/tapatap-rolls-out-version-2-of-its-mobile-gaming-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936519,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-20T16:27:14Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Well,
        VCs (and the PR folks they employ) sure were busy today. We saw a huge number
        of deals cross the wire; here\u2019s the tech highlight\u00a0reel.","title":"Funding
        Daily: The night of a thousand\u00a0deals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/20/funding-daily-the-night-of-a-thousand-deals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936518,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-18T05:00:02Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Mobile
        operators can no longer avoid the free voice calling that comes with voice-on-the-Internet
        (VOIP) protocol. They might as well embrace it. And the start-up iSkoot says
        it has a version of mobile VOIP service that could even make wireless carriers
        some money.","title":"iSkoot promises carrier-friendly VOIP","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/18/ecomm-iskoot-promises-carrier-friendly-voip/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936517,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-17T16:52:42Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"When
        a liquor business and a wine company get funding in the same day, we couldn\u2019t
        help but make this a boozy funding\u00a0daily.","title":"Funding Daily: Booze\u00a0news","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/17/funding-daily-booze/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936516,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T09:00:05Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The 26 companies here are a good start on reclaiming your sense of amazement
        at what the tech business, at its best, can come up\u00a0with.","title":"26
        amazing startups you need to watch in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/26-amazing-startups-you-need-to-watch-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936515,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-16T23:33:51Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Mochi
        Media is in a unique place to measure the popularity of Flash-based web games.
        That\u2019s because it measures usage and inserts ads into the most popular
        games in its network of more than 75 million monthly game players. Based on
        Mochi Media\u2019s analytics technology, these were the most popular games
        of the year. The cool thing about this list is its \u201cfight the power\u201d
        theme. There are no giant companies here and these games probably made some
        poor midnight programmer into a rich person, thanks to the ad revenue associated
        with a lot of game plays.","title":"Mochi Media''s top 10 most popular Flash
        games of\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/16/mochi-medias-top-10-most-popular-flash-games-of-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936514,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T05:07:39Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Magnolia       International, the company behind the open Java CMS, Magnolia,       today
        announced its record global growth. Magnolia has doubled global       revenue
        since 2012. This growth was a result of significant sales       increases
        in all\u00a0Magnolia\u2026","title":"Magnolia Announces Record\u00a0Growth","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/magnolia-announces-record-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936513,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-22T05:30:14Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Glu
        Mobile is showing off a new series of cell phone games reflecting the company\u2019s
        heavy focus on smartphone platforms like the iPhone, Google Android and Nokia
        Ngage.","title":"Glu Mobile reveals smartphone focus with upcoming first quarter
        mobile\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/22/glu-mobile-shows-first-quarter-titles-that-reflect-a-new-smartphone-emphasis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936512,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-12T13:33:44Z","slug":"computer-associates-international","summary":"The
        NSA and Carnegie Mellon University kick off a $2 million joint research project
        to study\u00a0SoS.","title":"Carnegie Mellon just got a $2M grant from the\u00a0NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:34:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/12/carnegie-mellon-just-got-a-2m-grant-from-the-nsa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936511,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-14T07:15:21Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"We\u2019ve
        written about how new developers are enamored with the iPhone. But Trip Hawkins
        (founder of Electronic Arts) admits that his mobile game company, Digital
        Chocolate, was late to the iPhone. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company has
        350 employees making games for all sorts of cell phones, but the iPhone\u2019s
        popularity caught it by surprise. Now Hawkins has come back with a vengeance.
        His company has launched five iPhone games since December and four of them
        have hit No. 1. That\u2019s no easy feat, considering there are 7,931 games
        on the iPhone, according to Mobclix. We talked with Hawkins about it at Digital
        Chocolate. ","title":"Late to the iPhone, Trip Hawkins'' Digital Chocolate
        falls in love with\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/14/late-to-the-iphone-trip-hawkins-digital-chocolate-falls-in-love-with-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936510,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-26T05:00:37Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"It
        may have been late to the iPhone, but video game company Digital Chocolate
        is trying to make up for lost time. Today, it\u2019s launching three new titles
        for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.","title":"Digital Chocolate rolls out
        three iPhone games in a\u00a0day","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/26/digital-chocolate-rolls-out-three-iphone-titles-in-a-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936509,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-08T18:08:52Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"The
        developers of iPhone apps face tricky questions about when they should release
        applications that takes advantage of the latest software or hardware from
        Apple.","title":"iPhone owners may be upgrading fast to 3.0\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/08/iphone-owners-may-be-upgrading-fast-to-30-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936508,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-24T18:01:53Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Trip
        Hawkins, chief executive of Digital Chocolate, isn\u2019t shy about describing
        his company\u2019s latest Facebook game, NanoStar Castles. He first conceived
        the game, which you could summarize as Pokemon for grown-ups, more than 16
        years ago.\u00a0He\u00a0boldly says it is \u201cthe best idea I\u2019ve ever
        had\u201d and personally oversaw its design and production.","title":"Sixteen
        years in the making, Trip Hawkins'' latest game for Facebook is \"best idea
        I''ve ever\u00a0had\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/24/sixteen-years-in-the-making-trip-hawkins-latest-game-for-facebook-is-best-idea-ive-ever-had/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936507,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-15T19:51:05Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Demand Media preps for IPO, Gmail\u00a0drags-and-drops","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/15/roundup-demand-media-preps-for-ipo-gmail-drags-and-drops/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936506,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-25T08:03:13Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Casual
        gaming company Digital Chocolate has sued social gaming market leader Zynga,
        alleging that Digital Chocolate has the exclusive rights to the name Mafia
        Wars.","title":"Digital Chocolate claims in Zynga lawsuit it owns Mafia Wars\u00a0name","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/25/digital-chocolate-claims-in-zynga-lawsuit-it-owns-mafia-wars-name/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:33:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936505,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-06T06:00:53Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"When
        a startup changes its name, there is something good about the new name and
        something bad about the old one. That\u2019s the case with Offerpal Media,
        the social monetization company, which is changing its name to Tapjoy today.","title":"Following
        scandal, Offerpal changes name to\u00a0Tapjoy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/06/offerpal-media-becomes-tapjoy-as-it-embraces-mobile-monetization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936504,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-27T13:07:28Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Trip
        Hawkins, the chief executive of mobile gaming firm Digital Chocolate and founder
        of Electronic Arts, may be on the hook for $20 million in back taxes after
        a judge rejected his attempt to use personal bankruptcy to cancel the debt,
        according to Forbes.","title":"The IRS isn''t playing games with Trip\u00a0Hawkins","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/27/the-irs-isnt-playing-games-with-trip-hawkins/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936503,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-29T12:09:42Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Trip
        Hawkins, a pioneer of video games, has resigned from Digital Chocolate, the
        mobile and social game company that he\u00a0founded.","title":"Gaming pioneer
        Trip Hawkins resigns from Digital\u00a0Chocolate","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/29/gaming-pioneer-trip-hawkins-resigns-from-digital-chocolate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936502,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-31T08:47:03Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Trip
        Hawkins, who resigned on Sunday as chief executive of mobile and social game
        maker Digital Chocolate, was trying to form an alliance dubbed FreeGameLeaders
        to generate free traffic for browser-based games. It was like the \u201crebel
        alliance\u201d fighting against the evil empire in Star Wars.","title":"Game
        pioneer Trip Hawkins was forming a \u201crebel alliance\u201d among indie
        game developers\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/31/game-pioneer-trip-hawkins-was-forming-a-rebel-alliance-among-indie-game-developers-before-he-left-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936501,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-19T20:52:17Z","slug":"rockyou","summary":"In-game
        advertiser SupersonicAds grabbed $4.2 million from Greylock Partners to boost
        its competitiveness with international market know-how.","title":"SupersonicAds
        strengthens in-game branded advertising with\u00a0$4.2M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/19/supersonicads-greylock-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936500,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-17T04:00:48Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Spil
        Games is closing in on Facebook\u2019s 251 million monthly active\u00a0gamers.","title":"Digital
        Chocolate launches web racing game exclusively on Spil\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/17/digital-chocolate-launches-web-racing-game-exclusively-on-spil-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-29T14:16:08Z","slug":"rockyou","summary":"Facebook
        game developers were furious when they found out about the tight relationship
        between Facebook and Zynga.","title":"Why game developers hate the Facebook-Zynga
        marriage, and how Google+ can\u00a0benefit","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/29/facebook-zynga-google-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936498,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-16T07:32:25Z","slug":"digitalchocolate","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The Slots! Pocket UK mobile game is Digital Chocolate\u2019s first to
        span the borders of gambling and social casino\u00a0games.","title":"How Digital
        Chocolate teamed with Betable to launch a real-money gambling game in the\u00a0U.K.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/16/how-digital-chocolate-teamed-up-with-betable-to-launch-a-real-money-gambling-title-in-the-uk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936497,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-02T17:59:37Z","slug":"rockyou","summary":"Game-maker
        RockYou is set to announce major layoffs tomorrow just weeks after launching
        two new games, Galactic Allies and Hooked, VentureBeat has learned. Redwood
        City, CA.-based, RockYou makes games for social platforms like Facebook, and
        is responsible for popular titles such as the Zoo World franchise. \u00a0As
        many as 55 employees will lose their jobs, according to a leaked copy of an
        internal document we have seen.","title":"Game maker RockYou to cut staff
        by 40% just weeks after launching two new\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/02/rockyou-layoff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936496,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-13T08:00:57Z","slug":"rockyou","summary":"The
        social and mobile games gold rush inspired lots of investments in 2011, as
        venture capitalists tried to find the next Zynga. But the year was also a
        big one for acquisitions, particularly as big companies such as Electronic
        Arts tried to outmaneuver the social game giant via acquisitions.","title":"DeanBeat:
        Game companies went on a $2.8B buying spree in\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/13/deanbeat-game-companies-went-on-a-2-3b-buying-spree-in-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936495,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-13T10:52:06Z","slug":"rockyou","summary":"Social
        gaming company RockYou has acquired Ryzing,a developer of the game Bingo by
        Ryzing. That title has been available since 2010, but RockYou took over as
        publisher earlier this year.","title":"RockYou acquires social bingo game
        maker\u00a0Ryzing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/13/rockyou-acquires-social-bingo-game-maker-ryzing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936494,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-09T11:17:47Z","slug":"rockyou","summary":"Walkers
        are invading Facebook. Do you have what it takes to\u00a0survive?","title":"The
        Walking Dead shambles over to Facebook in new social\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/09/the-walking-dead-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936493,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-15T11:00:48Z","slug":"rockyou","summary":"Social
        casino games acquired by gambling companies are generating huge revenues even
        after the deals are\u00a0done.","title":"After last year\u2019s boom, social
        casino games remain\u00a0strong","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/15/after-last-years-boom-social-casino-games-remain-strong/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936492,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-30T10:00:24Z","slug":"rockyou","summary":"Our
        panel at the Social Casino Summit covered everything from regulating social
        casino games to the disruption of\u00a0gambling.","title":"The big debate
        about the blurring of social casino games and online\u00a0gambling","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/30/the-big-debate-about-the-blurring-of-social-casino-games-and-online-gambling/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936491,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-11T08:42:34Z","slug":"flextronics-international","summary":"MBA
        Polymers, a Richmond, Calif company that recycles engineering plastics from
        waste streams and things like used computers, automobiles and sporting equipment,
        has raised at least $20 million","title":"MBA Polymers raises $20M to recycle
        \"anything\" with\u00a0plastic","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/11/mba-polymers-raises-20m-to-recycle-anything-with-plastic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936490,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-19T16:05:26Z","slug":"flextronics-international","summary":"InSilica,
        a Santa Clara, Calif.-based fabless semiconductor company focused on delivering
        a comprehensive image processor, has raised $6 million in a second round of
        funding, VentureBeat has learned.","title":"InSilica, fabless chip company,
        raises $6M\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/19/insilica-fabless-chip-company-raises-6m-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936489,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-16T01:07:56Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"updated","title":"Revisiting
        E3''s biggest press conferences, including the Sony \"price\u00a0cut\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/16/a-closer-look-at-e3-press-conferences-and-the-so-called-price-cuts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-03T10:06:28Z","slug":"flextronics-international","summary":"Touch-screen
        interface maker F-Origin has raised $5 million in a third round of funding
        to launch motion-sensitive touch-screens at electronic kiosks in stores.","title":"F-Origin
        raises round to build motion-sensitive touch screens for\u00a0kiosks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/03/f-origin-raises-round-to-build-motion-sensitive-touch-screens-for-kiosks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936487,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-30T18:51:40Z","slug":"flextronics-international","summary":"Only
        one of the eleven funding stories from today had anything at all to do with
        dogs, but that hook is enough for me. Here is your day\u2019s roundup of funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Puppies!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/30/funding-daily-puppies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936486,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-05T05:00:12Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"The
        discovery of water on Mars might spur a lot of interest in the science fiction
        dream of terraforming the Red Planet into a habitable place. That could be
        good for Avatar Reality, a virtual world company in Honolulu that is building
        \u201cBlue Mars,\u201d a 3-D world with ambitious graphics and a setting that
        takes place after the successful colonization of Mars.","title":"Will Martian
        water discovery fuel interest in sci-fi Blue Mars\u00a0world?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/05/qa-will-martian-water-discovery-fuel-interest-in-sci-fi-blue-mars-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936485,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-18T13:56:59Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Virtual
        worlds are in fashion now, drawing investments of $184 million in 23 worlds
        in the first quarter. But the original player here is Linden Lab, which launched
        Second Life in 2002. Mark Kingdon came aboard as chief executive of Linden
        Lab in May, replacing longtime CEO and founder Philip Rosedale, who remains
        chairman. More than 15.1 million registered users have tried out the virtual
        world. Kingdon was formerly the CEO of online creative/marketing agency Organic.
        Today, Linden Lab announced Direct SLurl, a way to get into Second Life from
        the web. We chatted with Kingdon about the state of Second Life and the virtual
        world industry.","title":"Q&A: Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon on Second Life''s
        latest\u00a0evolution","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/18/qa-linden-lab-ceo-mark-kingdon-on-second-lifes-latest-evolution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936484,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-10T13:59:44Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"We
        can argue about whether virtual worlds are a waste of time or great entertainment.
        But the folks at Linden Lab, which runs Second Life, clearly believe that
        virtual worlds can improve our lives in the real world. The company announced
        today that it\u2019s holding a contest where it will pay $10,000 to whoever
        creates a project in Second Life that most improves daily life beyond the
        virtual world.","title":"Can Second Life''s virtual world improve the real
        world? Here''s my\u00a0ideas","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/10/can-second-lifes-virtual-world-improve-the-real-world-heres-my-ideas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936483,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-19T19:40:56Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Lively
        by Google, the search giant\u2019s product for creating 3D virtual worlds
        on the web, will be shutting down at the end of the year.","title":"Google
        buries Lively","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/19/google-buries-lively/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936482,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-14T07:35:07Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Nurien
        Software has been making a splash with its demos of virtual characters dressed
        as fashion models striding down runways in virtual fashion shows. This strategy
        has helped the company raise $10 million in a second institutional round of
        funding.","title":"South Korea''s Nurien raises $10 million for fashion-oriented
        virtual\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/14/south-koreas-nurien-raises-10-million-for-fashion-oriented-virtual-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936481,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-20T21:00:07Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Diving
        into one of the hot business models for virtual labs, Linden Lab said today
        it has acquired two virtual goods markets that sell items for the denizens
        of its Second Life virtual world.","title":"Second Life moves into the virtual
        goods market\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/second-life-moves-into-the-virtual-goods-market-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:32:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936480,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-17T11:26:06Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"The
        media narrative about Second Life and virtual worlds is starting to get past
        the hype stage, past the bashing stage, and is beginning to resemble reality.
        VentureBeat\u2019s Dean Takahashi has covered this shift in a thorough Q&A
        with parent company Linden Lab\u2019s CEO Mark Kingdon.","title":"How I became
        a virtual world\u00a0believer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/17/guest-editorial-how-i-became-a-virtual-world-believer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936479,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-30T00:59:52Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"For
        10 years, IBM has been using its software developer site as a watering hole
        for those who use IBM\u2019s tools. Now the My developerWorks site is becoming
        a social network.","title":"IBM turns its developer site into a social\u00a0network","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/30/ibm-turns-its-developer-site-into-a-social-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936478,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-12T00:00:00Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"I
        once worked with a guy named Ace, and he could save the world faster than
        anybody in the office. He was no slouch in our company soccer games, either,
        but on the field he went by the substantially less awesome name Scott Augustyn.
        The difference here, of course, is that the name Scott came from his parents;
        the name Ace came from his brain. Augustyn was a videogame-strategy editor
        for the late EGM2, sister magazine to the more recently late Electronic Gaming
        Monthly, my ol\u2019 gig. He, like me, is part of the first generation that
        has grown up with a privilege previously reserved for amnesiacs, fugitives,
        and folks in witness-protection programs: We can rename ourselves. And while
        Augustyn could\u2013and did\u2013write books about how to whiz through role-playing
        games and unleash Killer Instinct combos that would last 15 minutes, I was
        more interested in gleaning a different kind of gaming knowledge when I first
        saw him input a character name 13 years ago.\u00a0\"Ace, huh?\" \"Yeah,\"
        he told me. \"I remember playing a game way, way back where if you did really
        well, you were called an ace\u2026. It kinda stuck with me. As I played more
        and more games and found that I was pretty decent at them, I would keep using
        the name.\"  Agustyn admits that the origin of Ace\u2013a name he says is
        still flying high in his games and online profiles today\u2013isn\u2019t all
        that stupendous. The background of my own in-game name since the days of BBS
        handles\u2013Jocko\u2013is even less so: It spawned from an old David Letterman
        skit so obscure you\u2019ll never find it on YouTube.  What, you think you
        can do better? Identify yourselves Most of you, in fact, do. A while ago I
        asked the readers of SoreThumbsBlog.com (this site\u2019s primordial ooze)
        for the origin stories of their electronic identities\u2013let\u2019s call
        them \"e-dentities\" to be cute. Hundreds responded, and I read all your tales.
        For many of you, crafting your e-dentity is a crisis. This single moniker,
        after all, often does double, triple, or quadruple duty, stretched to cover
        everything from your Xbox Live Gamertag to your AIM name to the meat of your
        e-mail address to your online-banking login ID. Pick something lousy and the
        consequences reverberate to every corner of your life. Inspiration for your
        names pops mostly from pop culture\u2013comic heroes, sports stars, products
        (more on the possibility of ad-sponsored game names in a bit), TV shows, and
        anime from Akira to Dragon Ball Z. Heavily used names are customized with
        birth-year suffixes and l33t vowel-numeral swaps. And when the names are more
        personal, they serve as a snapshot of someone\u2019s life. \"[Mine] started
        back when Tripod sites were cool,\" says gamer Corey Baines, aka CBXweb. \"I
        started a site that had\u2013what I didn\u2019t know then\u2013a blog, pictures
        of cars, stupid things that my 15-year-old mind was interested in. I told
        some of my World History classmates about it, and one of them quipped, \u2018What
        is it called? The Corey Baines Experience?\u2019\"The name had a certain something,
        Baines thought\u2013at least once he shortened the last part to \"X-perience\"
        in fitting with the x-phile vibe of the late \u201990s. The Corey Baines X-perience
        then compressed to initials to serve as a character name in Tony Hawk\u2019s
        Pro Skater 3. \"I wanted to add something that reminded me of the Internet,
        so I added \u2018web,\u2019\" Baines says. \"The whole CBXweb thing just took
        off from there. I used it in [Phantasy Star Online], PS2 online games, XBL,
        and so on. But CBX is also now my professional name for music producing. I
        even have a jacket with it written on the back in silver Sharpie.\" Google
        CBXweb and you\u2019ll find a trail of Baines\u2019 business over the years,
        from blogs to YouTube videos to social-networking goings on. He may have crafted
        his identity, but in many ways his identity owns him. He\u2019s locked in
        now. There\u2019s a lesson here if you hope to stick with one game name forever.
        Just ask Kevin Hallaian, who naively opted to use the name his momma gave
        him. \"Most people instinctively know not to use their real names when causing
        trouble online,\" Hallaian says. \"But me\u2013I was a moron. My real name
        is unique. I\u2019m the only Kevin with my last name in the world, so I didn\u2019t
        have the leisure of blending in with the John Smiths or Robert Bakers. The
        day I realized that one could type their name into Google and find everything
        they\u2019ve ever written as a stupid teenager neatly categorized for the
        world to peruse was a sobering moment in my life.\" More web-wise, Hallaian
        uses the less-easy-to-track YoctoYotta today. Stick with an e-dentity long
        enough and it might supplant your own surname, giving future family trees
        some funky-sounding offshoots. \"My brother and I played DOS dial-up modem-to-modem
        games on the PC, and the multiplayer screens asked for a username,\" says
        Illinois gamer Troy Lowe. \"At the time, it appeared that X was a very trendy
        suffix. My favorite GI Joe character was Falcon, so I wrote mine as FalconX.
        My brother likes penguins, and when he saw my name he labeled himself PenguinX.
        Since then, it\u2019s been an entire family tradition. When my brother married,
        his wife became DuckX. My wife now plays as FinchX. My nephew is PigeonX,
        my niece ToucanX\u2026it goes on and on.\" A smuck3r born every minute One
        respondent wrote that he included \"Viper\" in his name because the Dodge
        Viper is his favorite car. And that got me wondering: Hey, could high-profile
        gamers sell their names to the highest ad-buck bidder? Maybe, for instance,
        killer PC pro-gamer Fatal1ty might change his moniker to something less fearsome
        but more financially rewarding like, say, Smuck3rs. Because with a name like
        Smuck3rs, he has to be good, right?Turns out there already is a Smuckers on
        Xbox Live. When I stumbled across this Gamertag, I wondered if maybe I had
        found evidence of corporate backing of a top player. Could the J.M. Smucker
        Company, maker of fine fruity spreads since 1897, have actually paid someone
        to adopt the company name as a Gamertag, promoting the brand through pownage?
        Or perhaps this was simply the Gamertag of Timothy P. Smucker, chairman and
        Co-CEO of the family business?  The latter is more likely, but it was actually
        Smucker\u2019s corporate lawyers that locked down the name. \"The only reason
        that a company would want to buy a [Gamertag] is to make sure that somebody
        else doesn\u2019t perform mischief under that name,\" says Raz Schionning,
        the game-savvy web director at American Apparel. \"The marketing value of
        having a player out there with your company name is limited, but the potential
        for mischief is serious. If reports go out that a gamer under the Gamertag
        American Apparel has been assaulting people, that could do a lot of harm to
        us.\" To head off that calamity, Schionning says the company secured Gamertags
        for American Apparel and its CEO early on, and they take that precaution for
        any new gaming or social-networking service that offers an e-dentity. This
        practice, he says, is common sense across corporate America. Schionning, who
        got the American Apparel brand into Second Life, says the concept of paying
        gamers to adopt brand names as Gamertags isn\u2019t unheard of, but it\u2019s
        an idea fraught with peril. \"I feel like a lot of hardcore gamers would be
        really opposed to it because it\u2019s so blatantly commercial,\" he says.
        \"Imagine running around as Citibank or something\u2013you\u2019d get blasted!\"
        And John Andrew Lindblom, who handles U.S. auto-industry clients for the Wunderman
        ad agency, brings up an even greater hazard: \"When we target gamers, we don\u2019t
        want to seem like Noah\u2019s Arcade from Wayne\u2019s World. You know: \u2018Hey,
        come hang out! It\u2019s hip! It\u2019s gnarly!\u2019\" Lindblom says viral
        marketers have conditioned gamers to wax suspicious at the first whiff of
        shilling, so companies keen on traversing the gaming brandscape would probably
        fair better taking a more obvious approach, such as offering product-related
        avatar skins or logo tattoos that actually look cool. \"If you target gamers
        and treat them right, they\u2019ll become advocates,\" he says. \"Treat them
        wrong and they\u2019ll burn you.\" Unfortunately, the owner of the Smuckers
        Gamertag has yet to accept my friend request on Xbox Live, so I\u2019ve been
        unable to confirm whether he or she is a flesh-and-blood player or just a
        corporate namekeeper. But I did notice that the Gamertag \"Jif\"\u2013aka,
        the peanut-buttery subsidiary of the The J.M. Smucker Company\u2013is still
        available. Better lock that one down fast, Smucker\u2019s Inc., before some
        choosy mom chooses it\u2026. Author\u2019s note: Big thanks to all the SoreThumbsBlog
        readers who sent me their game-name origin stories.\u00a0 They made for such
        interesting reading that I\u2019d hate for them to languish unread in my Gmail
        inbox. So please dig out your stories and paste away in the comments below.","title":"E-dentity
        Crisis: The Birth\u2013and Buying?\u2013of the Names We\u00a0Play","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/12/e-dentity-crisis-the-birth-and-buying-of-the-names-we-play/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936477,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-16T08:00:00Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Navigating
        the laws of cyberspace is getting ever more complex as virtual worlds themselves
        become mirrors of the real world. That\u2019s one clear message from a Stanford
        University event on legal frontiers for digital media that I attended today.","title":"Real
        world laws intrude on virtual world\u00a0behavior","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/16/sofa-king-rude-real-world-laws-intrude-on-virtual-world-behavior/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936476,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-19T21:01:54Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"When
        you think of phone companies, Linden Lab\u2019s Second Life virtual world
        doesn\u2019t come to mind. But the company is announcing today that its users
        have used its web-voice calling feature to talk to each other for a\u00a0
        total of 15 billion minutes since it was introduced 18 months ago.","title":"Second
        Life generates 15 billion minutes in web voice\u00a0calls","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/19/second-life-generates-15-billion-minutes-in-web-voice-calls-to-date/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936475,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-04T13:36:23Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"A
        variety of social network gaming applications are making lots of money from
        virtual goods. But could these services soon find themselves in trouble for
        allowing gambling \u2014 and get slapped with large fines or other punishment?
        The question matters like never before, and the answer\u2019s not clear \u2014
        although from my research, the risk seems relatively low.","title":"Could
        social gaming run afoul of gambling\u00a0laws?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/04/could-social-gaming-companies-get-nailed-for-illegal-gambling/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936474,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-16T18:49:05Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Second
        Life, the sometimes-mocked yet formative and still-popular virtual world,
        has a new investor: Private equity firm Stratim Capital, according to peHUB.
        The firm wanted in because the company is, it seems, making good money from
        its mix of virtual currency and virtual goods.","title":"Investor virtually
        sneaks into Second Life''s equity\u00a0pool","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/16/investor-sneaks-into-second-lifes-equity-pool/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-22T08:31:39Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Linden
        Lab announced today that the users of its Second Life virtual world have spent
        more than\u00a01 billion hours \u2014 or, if you prefer, 115 years \u2014
        \u00a0inside the world.\u00a0","title":"Second Life''s users have spent more
        than a billion hours in the virtual\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/22/second-lifes-users-have-spent-more-than-a-billion-hours-in-the-virtual-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936472,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-14T14:54:08Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"The
        social gaming bubble is getting bigger and it resembles all of the hype that
        used to envelop the mobile phone games and virtual world markets a few years
        ago.","title":"Electronic Arts exec says social gaming bubble resembles mobile
        games\u00a0hype","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/14/ea-exec-says-social-gaming-bubble-resembles-mobile-games-hype/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936471,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-28T15:56:39Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"From
        left to right: Me, Tracy Villareal, and Riley Triggs in Second Life.","title":"Universities
        use Second Life for\u00a0Education.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/28/universities-use-second-life-for-education/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936470,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-03T21:00:29Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Second
        Life is going corporate. The virtual world already has more than 1,400 companies
        staging meetings and conferences inside its virtual landscapes. But Linden
        Lab is now taking Second Life into the companies themselves with an enterprise
        version of the virtual world that sits behind a firewall.","title":"Linden
        Lab launches enterprise version of Second Life virtual\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/03/linden-lab-launches-enterprise-version-of-second-life-virtual-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936469,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-23T13:00:50Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Next
        Island is the latest company to launch an ambitious virtual world. But this
        sci-fi adventure paradise comes with an interesting twist: time travel. The
        company is announcing today that it is building a world in MindArk\u2019s
        massively multiplayer online virtual universe, Entropia Universe.","title":"Next
        Island to launch sci-fi adventure virtual world \u2014 with time\u00a0travel","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/23/next-island-to-launch-a-sci-fi-adventure-virtual-world-with-time-travel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936468,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-17T00:00:06Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Sony\u2019s
        PlayStation Home virtual world on the PlayStation 3\u2019s online network
        has built an audience of 10 million gamers in the past year, largely by providing
        a social world where players can meet each other via 3-D avatars. They can
        play light casual games and visit promotional places in the world such as
        Red Bull\u2019s 3-D spaces.","title":"Sony''s Home virtual world hits 10M
        users, debuts cool 3-D game and embraces virtual\u00a0goods","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/17/sonys-home-virtual-world-hits-10m-users-debuts-cool-3-d-game-and-embraces-virtual-goods/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936467,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-19T12:46:54Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Virtual
        worlds no longer shine as they once did, but Linden Lab, the owner of the
        Second Life 3-D online virtual world, says that its virtual economy has never
        been bigger.","title":"Second Life''s economy grows 65% to\u00a0$567M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/19/second-lifes-economy-grows-65-to-567m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936466,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-07T17:55:14Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Virtual
        worlds aren\u2019t exactly fashionable these days. They went through a hype
        cycle when everyone predicted that we\u2019d all be living virtual lives in
        online worlds like Second Life. Now our expectations of them are more down
        to earth \u2014 but new virtual worlds continue to pop up.","title":"New Zealand''s
        MiniMonos raises $550,000 for kids virtual\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/07/new-zealands-minimonos-raises-550000-for-kids-virtual-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936465,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-28T10:34:17Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Virtual
        worlds, those fully-formed, three-dimensional renderings of the real world,
        are waning as apps take off on social networks and mobile phones. But the
        mother of the virtual-world craze, Second Life, is bucking that trend and
        growing.","title":"Virtual worlds recede, but Second Life keeps\u00a0growing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/28/virtual-worlds-recede-but-second-life-keeps-growing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936464,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-09T13:46:29Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Linden
        Lab, the maker of ostensibly popular virtual world Second Life, said today
        that it\u2019s laying off 30 percent of its staff.","title":"Second Life maker
        Linden Lab cutting 30 percent of\u00a0staff","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/09/second-life-maker-linden-lab-cutting-30-percent-of-staff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936463,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-24T09:24:56Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Linden
        Lab, creator of the 3D virtual world Second Life, said today that Mark Kingdon
        (right) has resigned as chief executive and is being replaced by company founder
        Philip Rosedale, who will serve as interim CEO.","title":"Founder replaces
        CEO of Second Life maker Linden\u00a0Lab","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/24/linden-lab-ceo-resigns-founder-returns-as-interim-boss/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936462,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-28T18:12:40Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Online
        maps are extremely useful, but not very innovative in their present form,
        as most maps we use today merely mirror paper maps. The road map serves most
        of our everyday needs, but as more and more data with a location component
        to it is accumulated \u2013 geo-tagged photos, videos, or information from
        social networks like Facebook and Twitter \u2013 we\u2019ll need to represent
        that data in a way that adds value without overwhelming users.","title":"3D
        maps: you''ll be able to walk around in them like in a virtual\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/28/future-maps-virtual-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936461,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-06T20:20:22Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        emerging virtual currency Credits may look like the cornerstone of a significant
        new source of profits for the social network, but the virtual currency\u00a0won\u2019t
        add to the company\u2019s bottom line for awhile, according to Ethan Beard,
        director of the Facebook Developer Network.","title":"Facebook Credits won''t
        contribute to profits for \"several\u00a0years\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/06/facebook-credits/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936460,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-19T09:00:20Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Sony
        is announcing a deal with indie video-game label Codename to bring a series
        of independently developed social video games to the Sony Home virtual world
        on the PlayStation 3.","title":"Sony''s alliance with Codename to generate
        new games for Sony Home virtual\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:31:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/19/sonys-alliance-with-codename-to-generate-new-games-for-sony-home-virtual-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-09T06:00:32Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Wagner
        James Au has specialized in writing about 3D virtual worlds. Under the name
        Hamlet Au, he has reported from inside Linden Lab\u2019s virtual world of  Second
        Life for three years and he still maintains a blog about it. But  now he is
        moving on to the greener pastures of the latest cool virtual  world, Blue
        Mars.","title":"Blue Mars abducts journalist from Second Life; will other
        virtual citizens\u00a0follow?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/09/blue-mars-abducts-an-embedded-journalist-from-second-life-will-the-rest-of-the-users-follow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936458,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-20T17:06:29Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"The
        game of musical chairs in the executive suite at Second Life parent company
        Linden Lab continued today, as founder Philip Rosedale, who had been serving
        as interim CEO since June, announced he was stepping down from the job immediately.","title":"Amid
        Microsoft buyout rumors, Linden Lab founder leaves CEO\u00a0post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/20/linden-lab-ceo-quits-microsoft/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936457,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-10T20:47:54Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Two
        years after its debut, Sony\u2019s Home online virtual world for PlayStation
        gamers has hit 17 million users worldwide. The virtual community has now grown
        into a gathering place where gamers can play hundreds of games, attend droves
        of events, and buy lots of virtual goods. The multi-year effort is becoming
        Sony\u2019s big play in the digital online marketplace for video game fans.","title":"Sony''s
        Home virtual world hits 17M users and finds a business model in virtual\u00a0goods","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/10/sonys-home-virtual-world-hits-17m-users-and-finds-a-business-model-in-virtual-goods/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-23T11:34:59Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Linden
        Lab, creator of the Second Life virtual world, has hired Rod Humble as its
        new chief executive.","title":"Linden Lab gets second new CEO of the year
        for Second\u00a0Life","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/23/linden-lab-gets-second-new-ceo-of-the-year-for-second-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936455,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-11T21:17:55Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"At
        first glance, the news that the maker of an iPhone app that simulates a Zippo
        lighter received $2.6M in funding sounds like a joke.","title":"Maker of virtual
        Zippo lighter app grabs\u00a0$2.6M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/11/skyrockit-zippo-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-12T07:00:25Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Update:
        This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon\u2019s Kindle
        bookstore.","title":"How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social
        game\u00a0powerhouse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/zynga-history/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936453,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-13T10:19:04Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"","title":"They\u2019re
        in! Meet the DEMO Spring 2012\u00a0Speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/13/demo-sages-spring-201/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-31T05:04:24Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"How
        do you bring a radically distributed workforce together and meld it into a
        single, unified team? Transport them to the same world \u2014\u00a0virtually.","title":"Sococo
        builds a virtual world for real\u00a0work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/31/sococo-builds-a-virtual-world-for-real-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936451,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-05T11:57:09Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"Leap
        Axlr8r is investing in 10 startups building on Leap Motion and other 3D human
        computer interaction\u00a0tech.","title":"Founders Fund and SOSventures launch
        startup accelerator for Leap Motion\u2019s gesture\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/05/founders-fund-and-sosventures-launch-startup-accelerator-for-leap-motions-gesture-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-02-01T10:12:41Z","slug":"linden-lab","summary":"The
        latest in Silicon Valley:","title":"Roundup: Doppelganger targets SecondLife,
        Draper bankrolls sex toys &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/01/roundup-doppelganger-targets-secondlife-draper-bankrolls-sex-toys-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936449,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-12T00:55:57Z","slug":"wefi","summary":"Warner
        Music Group is offering its entire music and video catalog for free streaming
        on imeem, a Web site focused on letting users share music playlists.","title":"Warner
        streams entire catalog of music for free on\u00a0imeem","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/12/warner-streams-entire-catalog-of-music-for-free-on-imeem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-06T10:45:08Z","slug":"wefi","summary":"A
        study of 50 million Wi-Fi networks around the world by WeFi \u2014 the company
        claims to have \u201cthe world\u2019s largest community-based global Wi-Fi
        network\u201d \u2014 found that 40 percent of the American Wi-Fi networks
        it examined were unprotected. No password. Open to everyone.","title":"40
        percent of U.S. Wi-Fi networks have no password, says\u00a0study","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/06/wifi-password/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:30:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-07T17:04:00Z","slug":"wefi","summary":"Editor''s
        note: Wait, I''m promoting a piece on a Harry Potter game? Did someone bash
        me in the head this morning? No. I''ve always rooted for the Harry Potter
        franchise, and I''m excited to see that not only that EA is taking a new approach
        but that someone in the Bitmob community noticed. Would you play a good Harry
        Potter game (that doesn''t involve Legos)? -Jason","title":"Why Harry Potter
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        home energy. It has raised $5.3 million in financing to expand its team and
        release its first product later this\u00a0year.","title":"WeMonitor raises
        $5.3M to keep your energy bills\u00a0down","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/05/wemonitor-raises-5-3m-to-keep-your-energy-bills-down/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-10T05:39:02Z","slug":"wefi","summary":"Remember
        the Internet\u2019s reaction to SOPA and PIPA? Welcome to save the Internet:
        part two.","title":"Reddit, Mozilla, Tumblr and more gear up for massive NSA
        protest\u00a0tomorrow","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/10/reddit-mozilla-tumblr-and-more-gear-up-for-massive-nsa-protest-tomorrow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936443,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T07:55:11Z","slug":"wefi","summary":"In
        protest of government mass surveillance, prominent tech firms\u00a0Reddit,
        DuckDuckGo, Imgur, and more\u00a0today announced a new campaign,\u00a0Reset
        the Net.","title":"Reddit, DuckDuckGo, Imgur & more plan second NSA protest
        of\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/reddit-duckduckgo-imgur-more-plan-second-nsa-protest-of-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936442,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-21T12:30:22Z","slug":"wefi","summary":"Brad
        Greenspan, the jilted MySpace executive, makes play at WSJ \u2014 Greenspan,
        who filed a suit against MySpace\u2019s parent company for ripping off shareholders
        in its sale to News Corp. (the suit was rejected), is now seeking to buy the
        WSJ\u2019s parent company Dow Jones. Of course, this continues the rivalry
        between Greenspan and News Corp\u2019s Rupert Murdoch, another bidder for
        Dow Jones.","title":"Roundup: WSJ''s suitors, odd story of Tom Perkins, VC
        tax, WeFi and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/21/roundup-wsjs-suitors-odd-story-of-tom-perkins-vc-tax-wefi-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-16T14:27:55Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Guest
        Post As the number of systems increase, integration challenges will only grow
        for health\u00a0providers.","title":"How health organizations can tackle integration\u00a0challenges","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/16/how-health-organizations-can-tackle-integration-challenges/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-18T16:00:16Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"GamesBeat
        sifts through all the crap MMOs so that you don\u2019t have\u00a0to.","title":"The
        top 6 MMOs you should be playing this\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/18/the-top-6-mmos-you-should-be-playing-this-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-28T13:27:32Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Over half of doctors in the U.S. have now ditched paper-based systems
        in favor of electronic health records (EHRs). Will this drive down health
        care\u00a0costs?","title":"Now a majority of doctors use electronic health
        records \u2014 what does this mean for\u00a0you?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/now-a-majority-of-doctors-use-electronic-health-records-what-does-this-mean-for-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936438,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-22T05:00:35Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Engineers
        and developers are some of the first people to latch onto startups that succeed.
        And we trust them to pick Silicon Valley\u2019s hottest new tech\u00a0companies.","title":"Here
        are Silicon Valley\u2019s 10 most in-demand\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/22/here-are-silicon-valleys-10-most-in-demand-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936437,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-23T09:13:32Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"A
        host of companies have been scrambling for a leadership position in one of
        the hottest areas of the economy: providing the technology needed by businesses
        to embrace the cloud.","title":"The top 10 \u2018arms merchants\u2019 of the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/23/the-top-10-arms-merchants-of-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936436,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-04T12:01:09Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"If
        you\u2019re interested in enterprise cloud technologies, there\u2019s only
        one event that you need to be at: CloudBeat\u00a02013.","title":"With 85 speakers,
        CloudBeat will be an unmatched cloud tech\u00a0event","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/04/with-85-speakers-cloudbeat-will-be-an-unmatched-cloud-tech-event/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936435,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-23T21:00:05Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"The
        fast-growing online education provider has partnered with 100 academic institutions.
        It now offers 500 courses and works with 5 million students around the\u00a0world.","title":"Coursera
        hits 100 partner milestone on its journey to make higher-ed open to\u00a0anyone","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/23/coursera-hits-100-partner-milestone-on-its-journey-to-make-higher-ed-open-to-anyone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936434,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-01T12:03:17Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"These
        leaks about the NSA are really gumming up the works. U.S. tech companies are
        pissed. Citizens are pissed. The international community is pissed.","title":"Why
        we shouldn\u2019t be shocked about the NSA tapping Google and\u00a0Yahoo","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/01/nsa-google-yahoo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-18T06:00:16Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"The
        next-generation supercomputers will combine IBM processors and Nvidia\u00a0GPUs.","title":"Nvidia
        and IBM team up to build next-generation\u00a0supercomputers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/18/nvidia-and-ibm-team-up-to-build-next-generation-supercomputers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936432,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T12:58:23Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Adobe,
        IBM, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and others succeeded in preventing expansion of
        the \u201cCovered Business Method\u201d (CBM) program, which gives companies
        more opportunities to defend themselves against trolling and cuts down on
        the number of low-quality\u00a0patents.","title":"Tech giants weaken patent-reform
        bill by lobbying to cut one key\u00a0provision","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/tech-giants-weaken-patent-reform-bill-by-lobbying-to-cut-one-key-provision/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936431,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-05T15:05:40Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"The
        House passed the Innovation Act today in an effort to thwart patent trolls
        and their preying. However many advocates for patent reform are saying it
        still falls short, and doesn\u2019t properly consider the consequences to
        small\u00a0businesses.","title":"House overwhelmingly passes landmark patent
        reform bill \u2014 but not without\u00a0dissent","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/05/house-overwhelmingly-passes-landmark-patent-reform-bill-but-not-without-dissent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936430,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-19T11:00:44Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Redstone\u2019s Chris Anderson claims his company has a \u201cmagical\u201d
        wireless networking technology that can deliver wireless data at a rate of
        250 megabits per second over long distances and at very low\u00a0costs.","title":"If
        Redstone\u2019s tech is real, we\u2019ll have cheap and ultrafast wireless
        Internet everywhere\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/19/if-redstones-tech-is-real-well-have-cheap-and-ultrafast-wireless-internet-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936429,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-25T12:33:00Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The Transportation       Security Administration (TSA) has contracted
        with Stratovan       Corporation to develop an enhanced automated explosive
        detection       capability for computed tomography (CT) checked-baggage screening       systems.
        An\u00a0additional\u2026","title":"Stratovan Corporation Awarded $6.2M\u00a0Contract","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/25/stratovan-corporation-awarded-6-2m-contract/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936428,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T14:45:03Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Hadoop company Cloudera is in the midst of a fascinating transition as
        it looks to grow and go public. It needs to work with, not against, the very
        companies that could represent\u00a0competition.","title":"As Cloudera grows,
        it walks a fine line between partnering &\u00a0disrupting","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:29:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/as-cloudera-grows-it-walks-a-fine-line-between-partnering-disrupting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936427,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-09T05:00:53Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Sponsored
        Post For years developers have struggled with trying to figure out how to
        build mobile applications for an increasingly complex matrix of devices and
        platforms, causing them to work in siloes. Rather than focusing on \u201chow\u201d
        to build an app, developers must start focusing first on \u201cwhat\u201d
        an app needs to do \u2013 app requirements should drive the development\u00a0approach.","title":"How
        Enterprises Can Prepare for Modern Application\u00a0Development","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/09/how-enterprises-can-prepare-for-modern-application-development/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936426,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-25T08:45:32Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Watch
        Dogs exposed, Zynga shakeup, and the Game Boy\u2019s\u00a0birthday","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/25/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-watch-dogs-exposed-zynga-shakeup-and-the-game-boys-birthday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936425,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T13:30:19Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Guest
        Post This week, CEO Albert Reed explains the metrics his team\u2019s using
        and goes through a couple of examples of how they\u2019re applying\u00a0them.","title":"Marvel
        Puzzle Quest\u2019s road to the mythical $1 ARPDAU, Part 7: Event\u00a0Analytics","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/marvel-puzzle-quests-road-to-the-mythical-1-arpdau-part-7-event-analytics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936424,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T18:00:58Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Microelectromechanical
        systems (MEMS) are the technology of tiny devices, such as earphone-attached
        microphones, accelerometers, and gyroscopes found in\u00a0smartphones.","title":"Silicon
        bigshots create company to make extremely tiny mechanical\u00a0gadgets","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/silicon-bigshots-create-company-to-make-extremely-tiny-mechanical-gadgets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936423,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T13:09:27Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Earlier
        this month news broke that IBM had finalized an agreement to buy Atlanta-based
        marketing automation system Silverpop for about $250 million. In an exclusive
        interview with IBM\u2019s Kevin Bishop, VP of enterprise marketing management,
        it became\u00a0clear that the purchase is part of\u00a0a plan long in the
        making.","title":"IBM and marketing tech: How Big Blue plans to tackle Adobe,
        Salesforce, Oracle, and\u00a0Sitecore","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/ibm-and-marketing-tech-how-big-blue-plans-to-tackle-adobe-salesforce-oracle-and-sitecore/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936422,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T04:00:37Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Sponsored
        Post What the Evolution of the Web can tell us About the Next Phase of Mobile\u00a0Development","title":"Anticipating
        the future of mobile by looking at the history of the\u00a0Web","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/anticipating-the-future-of-mobile-by-looking-at-the-history-of-the-web/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936421,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T18:00:21Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Guest
        Post Compared to the \u201cConnected Home\u201d of five years ago, the current
        IoT market is much more poised to succeed, but as an industry, we still haven\u2019t
        figured out what consumers\u00a0want.","title":"IoT industry: It\u2019s time
        to sell the product, not just the\u00a0promise","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/iot-industry-its-time-to-sell-the-product-not-the-promise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936420,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T09:19:28Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick This year\u2019s Google I/O developer conference won\u2019t be like any\u00a0other.","title":"What
        to expect at Google I/O 2014: The next steps in Google\u2019s world\u00a0takeover","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/what-to-expect-at-google-io-2014-the-next-steps-in-googles-world-takeover/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T12:02:09Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Guest
        Post A new wireless standard could produce speeds up to 4X faster than the
        current state of the art, 802.11ac. But let\u2019s not get ahead of ourselves
        just\u00a0yet.","title":"Why we need to slow down on the gigabit Wi-Fi standard,\u00a0802.11ax","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/why-we-need-to-slow-down-on-the-gigabit-wi-fi-standard-802-11ax/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936418,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T01:30:16Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"While
        big companies are working hard to impose standards on the burgeoning Internet
        of things (IoT), little Octoblu is willing to be the translator between whatever
        protocols to connect every thing with every other thing.","title":"Internet
        of things startup Octoblu designs a platform that translates\u00a0protocols","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/internet-of-things-startup-octoblu-designs-a-platform-that-translates-protocols/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936417,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:04:42Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Now
        film directors can get an idea of what a scene will look like before they
        commit the resources to create the\u00a0scene.","title":"How DreamWorks created
        a visualization system to prototype scenes in \u2018Dragon\u00a02\u2032","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-visualization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936416,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-13T04:35:18Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"3PAR,
        a Fremont, Calif. provider of data storage virtualization hardware and software,
        is apparently headed toward a public offering, revealing on its Web site that
        it is searching for someone to help it with the IPO registration process","title":"3PAR,
        data storage virtualization company, readying for\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/13/3par-data-storage-virtualization-company-readying-for-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936415,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-30T18:01:44Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Fulcrum
        Microsystems has created an alliance for its partners to adopt its chips more
        quickly and has raised $29.2 million in venture capital.","title":"Fulcrum
        Microsystems creates alliance for partners and raises $29 million\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/30/fulcrum-microsystems-creates-alliance-for-partners-and-raises-29-million-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936414,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-10T10:52:56Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Updated","title":"Carriers
        begin to believe in data revenue, as Android''s puzzle pieces come\u00a0together","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/10/carriers-begin-to-believe-in-data-revenue-as-androids-puzzle-pieces-come-together/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:19Z","domain":"sec.gov","id":3936413,"news_source":"SEC","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:28:18Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":null,"title":"SEC","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:19Z","url":"http://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/1528702/000152870211000004/xslformdx01/primary_doc.xml"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-20T06:38:39Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Updated","title":"Oracle
        to buy Sun Microsystems for $7.4B \u2014 finally, this makes\u00a0sense","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/20/oracle-agrees-to-buy-sun-microsystems/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:17Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3936411,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:28:16Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":null,"title":"Digital
        Greeting Card Site Punchbowl Raises $1.5M From Silicon Valley Bank","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:17Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/digital-greetings-card-site-punchbowl-raises-1-5m-from-silicon-valley-bank/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936410,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-23T08:47:16Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"In
        a kind of Marshall Plan for the U.S. tech economy, Intel said it is starting
        a $3.5 billion fund to invest in American tech companies.","title":"Intel
        starts alliance to invest $3.5B fund in U.S. tech\u00a0industries","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/23/intel-starts-3-5b-fund-to-invest-in-u-s-tech-industries/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:15Z","domain":"masshightech.com","id":3936409,"news_source":"Mass
        High Tech","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:28:15Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":null,"title":"Punchbowl
        mixes up a $580K finance round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:15Z","url":"http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2011/08/29/daily56-punchbowl-mixes-up-a-580k-finance-round.html"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936408,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-30T06:00:34Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"When
        one thinks of green, the first thought that comes to mind probably is not
        a chilly warehouse packed sky-high with servers. Yet in the energy-efficiency
        world, that\u2019s exactly what where an increasingly amount of focus is going
        to \u2014 data centers.","title":"Inside the race to green data\u00a0centers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/30/inside-the-race-to-green-data-centers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936407,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-07T12:53:26Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Vintners\u2019
        Alliance is marching into potentially volatile waters as it attempts to digitize
        a particularly vintage (get it?) industry: wineries.","title":"Vintners\u2019
        Alliance tries to cure the wine world\u2019s eCommerce\u00a0hangover","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/07/wine-vintners-alliance-ecommerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:11Z","domain":"mypunchbowl.com","id":3936406,"news_source":"Punchbowl","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:28:10Z","slug":"punchbowl","summary":null,"title":"Punchbowl
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        every 120 tablets sold, a server has to handle the web traffic they\u00a0generate.","title":"Tablets
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        were too afraid to\u00a0ask.","title":"The Dark Side of BYOD: Privacy, personal
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        health care providers can handle \u201cbig data,\u201d they first need to
        learn how to deal with small\u00a0data.","title":"Health care data stumbles
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        talked with a series of data scientists who went on to become founders and
        CEOs, to learn more about how their background informs their leadership, product,
        and overall business\u00a0strategy.","title":"5 data scientists who became
        CEOs \u2014 and are leading thriving\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:28:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/03/5-data-scientists-who-became-ceos-and-are-leading-thriving-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:27:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936400,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-09T21:00:51Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"\u201cThe
        move is aimed at accelerating the Internet of everything, which will transform
        homes and businesses with a wide range of everyday devices, objects and machines
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        of things is coming on faster than ever thanks to a new, huge\u00a0alliance","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:27:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/09/the-internet-of-things-is-coming-on-faster-than-ever-thanks-to-a-new-huge-alliance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:27:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936399,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T09:25:56Z","slug":"alliance-data-systems","summary":"Trying
        to counter widespread criticism of the National Security Agency\u2019s surveillance
        programs, President Obama on Friday announced a number of reforms to the way
        U.S. intelligence agencies\u00a0operate.","title":"Obama: NSA will not hold
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        Reed is the CEO and cofounder of Demiurge Studios.\u00a0Follow the entire
        series\u00a0here.","title":"Marvel Puzzle Quest\u2019s road to the mythical
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        News. It is part of a package of stories pegged to the quarterly MoneyTree
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        in a second round of funding only three months after its launch. Backed by
        Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the company is unique in its ability to
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        This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon\u2019s Kindle
        bookstore.","title":"How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social
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        Pick Since the original web boom of the 1990s, Jon Marcus has been meeting
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        sink or swim \u2014 and it\u2019s not the one percent of Wozniak-like coding\u00a0geniuses.","title":"Startup
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        founder Michael Lynch and HP, which acquired the company last year, are trading
        public statements over alleged financial improprieties at Autonomy that led
        HP to write off $8.8 billion\u00a0recently.","title":"Autonomy founder lashes
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        Post Other than being hugely misinformed, the Times\u2019 op-ed is a case
        study for why further delay in implementing crowdfund investing is bad for
        Americans, entrepreneurship, investors, and the\u00a0economy.","title":"The
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        really was a cloudy day for funding \u2014 in a good way.","title":"Funding
        Daily: More love for the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/11/funding-daily-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936380,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-16T10:47:48Z","slug":"washington-mutual-card-services","summary":"Singles,
        rejoice! Hinge want to find you dates that aren\u2019t with completely random\u00a0strangers.","title":"Hinge
        wants to find you a date who isn\u2019t a random\u00a0schmoe","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/16/hinge-wants-to-find-you-a-date-who-isnt-a-random-schmoe/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936379,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-28T16:00:20Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"","title":"Education
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        please\u2026. Here\u2019s our finalists for our best game startup battle,
        dubbed the Who\u2019s Got Game? competition. The finalists go up on stage
        for five minutes at our GamesBeat 2012 conference and make their pitches in
        front of a panel of all-star judges and over 500 media, entrepreneurs, investors,
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        2012 \u2018Who\u2019s Got Game\u2019\u00a0Competition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/29/introducing-the-finalists-for-our-gamesbeat-2012-whos-got-game-best-game-startup-contest/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936376,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-17T09:30:45Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"San
        Francisco\u2019s East Bay is known for its hippie movement, Berkeley\u2019s
        Telegraph Avenue, and oil refineries \u2014 not so much for venture capital.
        Claremont Creek Ventures, an East Bay\u2019s VC, wants to change this\u00a0perception.","title":"Need
        startup cash? An Oakland VC firm wants to lure you\u00a0East","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/silicon-valley-easy-bay-investing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936375,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-27T08:15:08Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Here\u2019s
        something to distract people from Samsung\u2019s massive legal loss to Apple:
        Chip technology company ASML announced this morning that Samsung has committed
        around $976 million to help spur next-generation lithography\u00a0techniques.","title":"Samsung
        pours $976M into chip tech firm ASML to keep Moore\u2019s Law\u00a0alive","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/27/samsung-invests-976m-asml/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936374,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-28T17:13:19Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Investments
        on the funding map all had a distinctive local flavor today. VC firms invested
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        Daily: No\u00a0reservations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/28/funding-daily-no-reservations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936373,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-30T09:11:07Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Guest
        Post Faced with a 7- to 10-year IPO on-ramp, private companies are seeking
        alternate ways to unlock liquidity for early-stage investors and incentivize
        valued\u00a0employees.","title":"Need to cash out a bit pre-IPO? Consider
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        chatting company FreshTag is sick of having to invite you to things. Can\u2019t
        you just anticipate what FreshTag wants and do it before it asks? Gosh, be
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        way to video chat without usernames or friend-invites, though it may not be
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        history, debt collectors have been been hated by their community. It\u2019s
        a deeply unpleasant and tough job. So why not let a computer do the\u00a0work?","title":"Here\u2019s
        a friendly, cloud-based alternative to the debt\u00a0collector","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/02/consentsys/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936370,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-02T16:20:57Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"According
        to a 2007 Gartner study, the IT industry produces as much greenhouse gas as
        the entire aviation industry. That\u2019s one of the reasons Eiki Hrafnsson
        and Tryggvi L\u00e1russon created GreenQloud, the first public cloud fully
        powered by 100 percent renewable energy\u00a0resources.","title":"From Iceland
        with green: GreenQloud launches world\u2019s first completely eco-friendly
        cloud computing\u00a0center","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/02/greenqloud-launches-worlds-first-completely-green-cloud-from-iceland/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936369,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-02T16:26:53Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"BellaDati
        gives everybody in a company access to cloud-based analytics for better business\u00a0intelligence.","title":"Analytics
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        news has an international flair today, with companies from around the world
        closing\u00a0rounds.","title":"Funding Daily: It\u2019s a small world after\u00a0all","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/17/funding-daily-its-a-small-world-after-all/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936367,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T13:07:10Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"As
        a new generation of startup entrepreneurs is emerging in Russia, the local
        startup scene tends to look more like its American, European and Asian\u00a0counterparts.","title":"How
        to invest in Russian startups: An investor\u2019s\u00a0guide","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/how-to-invest-in-russian-startups-an-investors-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936366,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-04T05:30:16Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"FoundationDB\u2019s
        team of ambitious founders are launching a new database that borrows from
        existing NoSQL and SQL databases, bringing developers \u201cthe best of both\u00a0worlds.\u201d","title":"SQL
        or NoSQL: FoundationDB launches a \u2018best of both worlds\u2019\u00a0database","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/04/foundationdb-launches-its-best-of-both-worlds-database/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936365,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-07T10:08:41Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Teacher-turned-entrepreneur
        Adam Bellow has launched Educlipper, a tool for kids to save and share content
        from the\u00a0web.","title":"Educlipper launches its \u2018virtual pinboard\u2019
        for teachers &\u00a0students","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/07/educlipper-launches-its-virtual-pinboard-for-teachers-students/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936364,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-23T11:47:25Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post In three weeks, the video game industry will descend on Los Angeles to
        attend E3 2013 to see the future of the video game industry. Will you be\u00a0there?","title":"See
        the future of games at E3\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/23/see-the-future-of-games-at-e3-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936363,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-31T12:34:44Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"With
        the recent tech IPOs of Tableau, Marketo, and ChannelAdvisor, it\u2019s time
        to take a closer look at the NYSE or Nasdaq\u2019s competition for these\u00a0companies.","title":"Look
        out, Nasdaq: NYSE proclaims itself the new king of tech\u00a0IPOs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/31/nasdaq-nyse-tech-ipos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936362,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-10T04:30:38Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Startup
        plans to create chips to improve smartphone image-processing apps.","title":"With
        $16M in funding, Movidius will make chips to vastly improve visuals on mobile\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/10/with-16m-in-funding-movidius-will-make-chips-to-vastly-improve-visuals-on-mobile-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936361,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-18T18:08:36Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"What
        do serial entrepreneurs and breakfast cereal have in common? In both cases,
        one serving is not\u00a0enough.","title":"Funding Daily: \u2018Cereal\u2019
        entrepreneurs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/18/funding-daily-cereal-entrepreneurs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936360,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-15T08:00:22Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"VentureBeat
        asked some of the most well-known cloud investors what technologies they are
        most excited about. Here\u2019s what they\u00a0said.","title":"The top 5 trends
        cloud-focused VCs are most excited\u00a0about","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/15/the-top-5-trends-these-cloud-focused-vcs-are-most-excited-about/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936359,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-06T08:00:29Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Cloud-based developer tooling is still a very new and highly volatile
        marketplace. Here\u2019s how we decided who\u2019s on the rise, who\u2019s
        on the downswing, and who\u2019s capturing the future of\u00a0development.","title":"Developers
        name their top tools: GitHub, Heroku, and yes,\u00a0Azure","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/06/developer-tools-index/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936358,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-13T14:00:08Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"This
        sponsored post is produced by HealthTech Capital.HealthTech Conference 2013
        was bustling with energy with \u201can all-star lineup\u201d of the leading
        minds in the healthcare industry. The sold-out event demystified the tectonic
        shifts in our healthcare system and identified specific actions that startup
        companies must take to be successful.Big takeaway: The healthcare industry
        is being disrupted in a massive way, and 16% of GDP is being turned over,
        creating a tsunami of opportunities!Overcoming challenges to build successful
        healthtech companiesThe conference emphasized the need for collaboration between
        healthcare systems, payors, suppliers, entrepreneurs, and investors around
        emerging opportunities for healthcare innovations. Some of the key takeaways
        included:The existing Gold Rush towards quickly deploying new digital health
        solutions is repeating the mistakes we made during the dotcom years \u2014
        focusing too much on building a demo to show off the digital technologies
        instead of building a proven value-added solution that a lot of people are
        willing to pay for.Entrepreneurs often develop a technology without spending
        enough time defining the pain points for all the stakeholders involved. The
        winners will create total solutions that benefits physicians, patients, and
        the ultimate payors.Existing care delivery is not sustainable for both the
        hospitals and physicians. New models will emerge that deliver care wherever
        patients are: at home, at work, or at the mall.New data created must be liquid
        and easy to integrate with other health information systems from mobile systems
        to hospital EMRs. We do not need more data silos. And don\u2019t forget to
        ensure HIPAA data compliance for security and privacy requirements.Data only
        has value if it becomes actionable with proven impact metrics on the subpopulation
        that needs to change. For example, digital technologies that enable aging
        at home need to address seniors with different technology skill sets than
        they would use to address younger consumers.The HealthTech conference panelists
        offered direct advice on these needs and where they saw the fundamental changes
        and opportunities in healthcare:\u201cWith regard to going direct to consumer,
        everyone is focused on the same set of marketing channels, much of it, digital.
        But what if your target user isn\u2019t online, like potentially in the senior
        space. Your audience may not be accessible via Facebook or SEM/SEO tactics.
        I would challenge startups to look at brute-force feet on the street. There
        are door knockers, multi-level marketing, all sorts of more sales-centric
        strategies that could possibly be applied in this space.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Michael\u00a0Yang,
        Managing Director, Comcast Ventures\u201cIf you really want to disrupt things,
        workflow gets thrown out the window. Something that used to be treated in
        the clinic is now being handled by the patient in their home. This is Henry
        Ford of healthcare. Re-engineer the process of production.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Molly
        Coye, Chief innovation officer, UCLA\u201dThere are a number of key issues
        to consider for startsup in health technology seeking to work with health
        systems. Can the startup assure information security and meet privacy requirements
        at the highest levels? For example, is the company willing to take any liability
        if there are data breaches? Can information from mobile technology systems
        be connected to a health system\u2019s EMR data, versus requiring the use
        of independent dashboards and viewers? How will the technology be implemented
        within a health system and what will its impact be on clinician workflow?
        How does the technology fit within the business model of the health system?\u201d
        \u2013 Amir Dan Rubin, President & CEO, Stanford Hospital & Clinics\u201cDigital
        Health Technology of today aimed for senior population often misses the fact
        that the elders of 75+ needing the most help aren\u2019t quite there technologically.
        Entrepreneurs might consider enabling their alpha daughter/son first.\u201d
        \u2013\u00a0Jack\u00a0Young, Managing Director, Qualcomm Life Fund\u201cWe
        are looking for solutions that brings the healing power of humanity to the
        way we deliver care, use technology, and create a better patient experience\u201d
        \u2013 Rich Roth, VP Strategic Innovation, Dignity HealthWords of wisdom for
        entrepreneursThere are significant opportunities to create large healthtech
        companies right now, especially in providing better productivity tools to
        the existing healthcare players. They have the money, but are hard to sell
        to due to their size, complexities, and the massive changes happening to their
        world.Another massive opportunity is in creating new patient-centric tools
        and services, but building scalable revenue models is still a challenge for
        entrepreneurs. Also looming as formidable competitors are large retail companies
        with powerful branding and marketing expertise.In order to successfully build
        new healthtech companies, it is essential to leverage three sets of expertise:Healthcare:
        Understand the complex healthcare ecosystem, stakeholders, regulation, and
        paymentTechnology: Adapt technologies\u00a0to healthcare pain points to create
        innovative solutionsBehavior: Modify user behaviors to create new delivery
        paradigms from doctors and nurses to patients[caption id=\"attachment_859063\"
        align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"835\"] David Lindeman, Jody Holtzman, Jack Young,
        David Williams, Michael yang[/caption]\u201cDon\u2019t confuse tools with
        competencies. Focus these competencies on the Triple Aim: better outcomes,
        lower cost, better experience of care, and the future will be knocking at
        your door.\u201d\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Gordon Norman, Chief Medical Officer, xG
        Health Solutions\u201cAnticipate what the investor is going to ask. If you
        haven\u2019t thought through the unit economics, if you can\u2019t answer
        fundamental strategic and financial questions quickly, it can really slow
        the process down.\u201d \u2014 Frank Williams, CEO, Evolent Health\u201cHealthcare
        is not for the 1% entrepreneurs. Have to be all in.\u201d\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Kyle\u00a0Armbrester,\u00a0Vice
        President Business Development, Athenahealth\u201cFor the entrepreneurs in
        the room, there are two key elements: first, follow the money by understanding
        all of the stakeholders and second, get a paying customer. GE has interviewed
        companies that have failed in partnerships and companies that have succeeded
        to design a pragmatic approach to help our partner entrepreneurs grow and
        succeed.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Rafael Torres, Managing Director, GE Ventures\u201dDon\u2019t
        come into a discussion without proof points for how something will work. Don\u2019t
        mistake passion for outcomes.\u201d\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0Brad Fluegel, Senior
        Vice President / Chief Strategy Officer, Walgreen Co.HealthTech Capital was
        founded in 2010 as a unique ecosystem with accredited investors, venture capitalists,
        and leading industry players to provide these three sets of expertise to identify,
        finance, and mentor promising entrepreneurs.\u00a0 After we invest, we are
        not only active mentors but we open doors to providers to validate the entrepreneur
        value proposition and facilitate potential partnerships with larger corporations.Anne
        DeGheest is a serial entrepreneur and Healthtech pioneer. She is the Founder
        and Managing director of Healthtech Capital, the organizer of the HealthTech
        Conference on October 30, 2013.Sponsored posts are content that has been produced
        by a company, which is either paying for the post or has a business relationship
        with VentureBeat, and they\u2019re always clearly marked. The content of news
        stories produced by our editorial team is never influenced by advertisers
        or sponsors in any way. For more information, contact sales@venturebeat.com.","title":"HealthTech
        Conference 2013 identifies massive opportunities for healthtech\u00a0entrepreneurs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/healthtech-conference-2013-identifies-massive-opportunities-for-healthtech-entrepreneurs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936357,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-16T12:30:15Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick \u201cThe most grotesquely overinvested category I have seen is anything
        that has to do with sales and marketing,\u201d said one partner. And it only
        got more real from\u00a0there.","title":"What big-data VCs are sick of \u2014
        and what they really\u00a0want","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/16/what-big-data-vcs-are-sick-of-and-what-they-really-want/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936356,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T08:30:01Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Today\u2019s VR experiences are more like the movies than you might\u00a0imagine.","title":"Project
        Morpheus and Oculus Rift are more like \u2018The Matrix\u2019 and the holodeck
        than you\u00a0think","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/3-examples-of-virtual-reality-in-fiction-and-how-they-compare-to-oculus-rift-project-morpheus-and-other-vr-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936355,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T08:36:49Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Amazon
        wants to deliver toilet paper, food, and games into your\u00a0life.","title":"Amazon
        joins the living room gaming brawl with its $99 Fire TV and a sci-fi\u00a0shooter","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/amazon-turns-to-games-to-take-on-the-television-with-its-kindle-fire-tv-box/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936354,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T16:31:38Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"\u201cI
        think we are the first,\u201d Sitecore chief strategy officer Darren Guarnaccia
        told me yesterday. \u201cThis really frees up marketers \u2014 you no longer
        have to make the sacrifices you had to make\u00a0before.\u201d","title":"\u2018Unshackling\u2019
        big data for marketers: Sitecore\u2019s new real-time NoSQL platform is a\u00a0game-changer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/unshackling-big-data-for-marketers-sitecores-new-real-time-nosql-platform-is-a-game-changer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936353,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-11T09:00:10Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"We
        sit down with Will Miller and David McDonough from Firaxis to talk about the
        new space-bound entry in the Civilization\u00a0series.","title":"Humanity
        takes to the stars in Civilization: Beyond Earth\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/11/heres-how-humanity-will-take-to-the-stars-in-civilization-beyond-earth-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936352,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T05:00:09Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Recent studies continue to support astaxanthin\u2019s broad potential
        in       chronic inflammatory disease, adding to more than 1,000 peer-reviewed       papers
        published on astaxanthin. Selected publications from January 2013       to
        April 2014\u00a0include\u2026","title":"Recent Studies Further Demonstrate
        Astaxanthin\u2019s Potential as a Safe and Effect...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/recent-studies-further-demonstrate-astaxanthins-potential-as-a-safe-and-effective-anti-inflammatory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936351,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T06:00:57Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"It
        takes coordinated attacks to bring down the siege worms in Civilization: Beyond\u00a0Earth.","title":"Beware
        the city-devouring worms in Civilization: Beyond Earth (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/beware-the-city-devouring-worms-in-civilization-beyond-earth-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936350,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-07T11:00:09Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"You
        don\u2019t have to wait \u2014 mods can bring the future to Civilization\u00a0V.","title":"The
        future is now: 5 mods to take Civilization V beyond Earth\u00a0today","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/07/the-future-is-now-5-mods-to-take-civilization-v-beyond-earth-today/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936349,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T12:06:28Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"NASA
        scientist Harold White unveiled a new concept design for a spaceship with
        a faster-than-light-speed warp drive engine yesterday that most sci-fi fans
        will probably describe as gorgeous.","title":"NASA\u2019s new \u2018IXS Enterprise\u2019
        is a spaceship worthy of James T.\u00a0Kirk","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/nasas-new-ixs-enterprise-is-a-spaceship-worthy-of-james-t-kirk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936348,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T08:40:17Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Most
        website owners hope\u00a0to win the traffic lottery \u2014 whether that\u2019s
        reaching\u00a0the top of Reddit or getting a celebrity Twitter mention\u00a0\u2014
        but few can actually handle millions of page views without their site grinding
        to a halt.","title":"WP Engine\u2019s new product will keep your website chugging
        along during huge traffic\u00a0spikes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/wp-engines-new-product-will-keep-your-website-chugging-along-during-huge-traffic-spikes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936347,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T08:00:09Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"The
        founder of O\u2019Reilly Media wants the tech industry to help simplify government
        so it can be more\u00a0accessible.","title":"Tim O\u2019Reilly wants tech
        heroes to change government\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/tim-oreilly-wants-tech-heroes-to-change-government-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936346,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:01:44Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"The
        onset of multicore processors and cloud computing made the film\u00a0possible.","title":"How
        DreamWorks made \u2018Dragon 2\u2032 movie with the \u2018absolute pinnacle\u2019
        of tech\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/dragon-making-cto/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936345,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-02-28T12:23:12Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"O\u2019Reilly
        AlphaTech Ventures, a venture fund affiliated with O\u2019Reilly Media, said
        it has officially finished raising its first $51 million fund for early stage
        investing.","title":"O''Reilly AlphaTech Ventures raises $51M fund for\u00a0hackers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/28/oreilly-alphatech-ventures-raises-51m-fund-for-hackers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936344,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-10T17:34:42Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"EcoSmart
        Technologies wants to dispense with manufactured chemical compounds, and look
        to nature for ways to discourage unwanted insects. The Alpharetta, GA company
        has raised $5 million more to help commercialize its insecticides, according
        to a filing acquired by VentureBeat.  EcoSmart makes a line of pesticides
        derived from plants that have natural defenses against pests. Among the company\u2019s
        products are insecticides for commercial and agricultural use, but it also
        sells aerosol sprays for use by consumers.   The company also announced this
        year that its sprays will be carried by Wal-Mart and other retailers.The $5
        million funding was provided by previous investors DFJ Element, Draper Associates,
        Rockport Capital, Industrial Technology Ventures, Early Stage Partners and
        Delta Venture Partners. EcoSmart took $9 million in its last round and $6
        million in 2004, for a total to date of $20 million.","title":"EcoSmart Technologies
        raises $5M for natural\u00a0pesticides","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/10/ecosmart-technologies-raises-5m-for-natural-pesticides/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936343,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-05T15:15:23Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"DEMO
        has long been an awesome conference for launching emerging technology products.
        The alumni say it all: Adobe Acrobat, Sun\u2019s Java, Netscape\u2019s Navigator,
        Palm Computing \u2014 they\u2019ve all launched at DEMO, and that\u2019s just
        the start of the list.","title":"Introducing DEMO''s AlphaPitch: a necessary
        change (and\u00a0tickets)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/05/introducing-demos-alphapitch-a-necessary-change-and-tickets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936342,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-25T19:06:13Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"A
        supersized Reviews Spotlight eagerly awaits the caress of your eyeballs after
        gorging itself full to bursting with reviews from regular and fresh faces
        alike. What are you waiting for? Get to reading!","title":"Reviews Spotlight:
        Limbo, Mass Effect 2, Alpha Protocol, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/25/reviews-spotlight-limbo-mass-effect-2-alpha-protocol-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936341,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-26T12:41:24Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: This story is part of our Microsoft-sponsored     series  on cutting-edge
        innovation. Stefan Weitz is a director of search at Microsoft.","title":"Back
        to the future: Why push technologies and search are about to\u00a0explode","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/26/back-to-the-future-why-push-technologies-and-search-are-about-to-explode/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936340,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-13T16:03:31Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"Sixteen
        startups intend to break out big with consumers in the Consumer Technologies
        category at theDemo Fall 2011\u00a0conference in Silicon Valley. Here are
        two companies that presented today.","title":"Demo: Pinevio and trueRSVP offer
        new consumer\u00a0technologies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/13/demo-pinevio-truersvp-consumer-technologies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T07:30:11Z","slug":"alpha-technologies","summary":"With
        virtual reality and eye-tracking, gaming\u2019s biggest trade show wasn\u2019t
        disappointing with new\u00a0tech.","title":"The 10 coolest technologies for
        gamers at this year\u2019s\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/the-nine-coolest-technoloiges-for-gamers-at-this-years-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936338,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-17T09:30:03Z","slug":"application-service-provider-industry-consortium","summary":"Intel
        favors networking that separates hardware from the\u00a0software.","title":"Intel
        aims to disrupt proprietary networks with software-defined open\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/17/intel-aims-to-disrupt-proprietary-networks-with-software-defined-networking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936337,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-16T15:06:41Z","slug":"application-service-provider-industry-consortium","summary":"The
        cash cow says, \u201cMooooooooo-ney.\u201d","title":"Funding Daily: With a
        big deal here and a small deal\u00a0there\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/16/funding-daily-with-a-big-deal-here-and-a-small-deal-there/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T23:00:01Z","slug":"application-service-provider-industry-consortium","summary":"Guest
        Post So far, there are just a few examples of business applications that have
        leveraged WebRTC. The most well-known is perhaps Amazon\u2019s\u00a0MayDay.","title":"How
        WebRTC is changing the way we connect with\u00a0businesses","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/how-webrtc-is-changing-the-way-we-connect-with-businesses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-09T10:55:54Z","slug":"application-service-provider-industry-consortium","summary":"Android,
        Google\u2019s new mobile operating system, is starting to show up on more
        and more phones. Today, the Open Handset Alliance \u2014 Android\u2019s industry
        consortium umbrella group \u2014 has added 14 new partners, so expect this
        trend to continue. The new partners range from infrastructure service providers,
        like navigation company AMK, to manufacturers like Sony Ericsson, to carriers
        like Vodafone.","title":"Mobile operating system Android gets 14 more industry\u00a0supporters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/09/mobile-operating-system-android-gets-14-more-industry-supporters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936334,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-13T17:16:47Z","slug":"application-service-provider-industry-consortium","summary":"A
        group of 14 European partners have banded together with \u20ac8.4 million
        to launch a major research initiative called\u00a0PaaSage.","title":"European
        consortium builds \u20ac8.4M Paasage in the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:26:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/13/european-consortium-builds-e8-4m-paasage-in-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936333,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-24T16:53:00Z","slug":"florida-research-consortium","summary":"\u201cSmart
        Grid\u201d may be a common enough term to folks in cleantech, but most  people
        don\u2019t know anything about it beyond notice that their utility is  replacing
        their old dusty meters with digital smart meters. The lack of  market education
        has led to backlashes and dead ends. But now  a group of companies and organizations
        with a stake in the Smart Grid  have banded together to change the tide.","title":"Control4
        leads consortium to teach consumers why the Smart Grid is\u00a0important","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/24/control4-leads-consortium-to-teach-consumers-why-the-smart-grid-is-important/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936332,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-25T12:57:25Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Are
        you a money-oriented guy in some part of the finance industry? Here are three
        new TV (and web videos) aimed at you, offered by for-pay, high-definition
        TV channel MOJO HD.","title":"TV channel offers for-pay shows for finance\u00a0types","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/25/mojo-hds-shows-for-finance-types/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936331,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-30T00:48:01Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: Cisco''s digital stereo, Twitter gets
        authority search, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/30/roundup-ciscos-digital-stereo-twitter-gets-authority-search-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-07T00:00:00Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Today\u2019s
        news is dominated by Activision Blizzard. Heard of them? They make games.
        And sequels. Lots (and lots) of sequels. They recently had an investor call,
        so that means a lot of stuff was yapped about. Below you\u2019ll find some
        of the more interesting bits.","title":"Daily Blips: Game News from May 7th,\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/07/daily-blips-game-news-from-may-7th-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936329,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-16T08:00:00Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Navigating
        the laws of cyberspace is getting ever more complex as virtual worlds themselves
        become mirrors of the real world. That\u2019s one clear message from a Stanford
        University event on legal frontiers for digital media that I attended today.","title":"Real
        world laws intrude on virtual world\u00a0behavior","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/16/sofa-king-rude-real-world-laws-intrude-on-virtual-world-behavior/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936328,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-15T11:44:50Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"If
        it wasn\u2019t already, Silver Spring Networks is now the official leader
        of the smart grid sector. Following success in 2009, it is expected to be
        the first startup in the space to go public, as early as next year. And now
        it\u2019s secured $100 million more in equity to continue expanding in the
        U.S. and overseas.","title":"Silver Spring becomes the smart grid''s golden
        goose with new\u00a0$100M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/15/silver-spring-is-the-smart-grids-golden-goose-with-new-100m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936327,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-23T05:00:29Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Curt
        Carlson, the president and chief executive of SRI International, has run the
        research institute in Silicon Valley for 11 years. SRI was spun out of Stanford
        University more than 60 years ago to commercialize research. First named Stanford
        Research Institute and later renamed SRI International, it became independent
        from Stanford University in 1970 and now has more than 2,200 researchers working
        on things such as the cool artificial intelligence, speech recognition, natural
        language processing, and other areas. Carlson sat down for an interview with
        VentureBeat on his predictions for the future.","title":"SRI chief: Now''s
        the best time for innovation \u2014 just don''t choke\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/23/sris-chief-believes-its-the-best-time-for-innovation-as-long-as-we-dont-choke-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936326,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-27T14:59:23Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Little-known
        device manufacturer Augen unveiled its 7-inch Gentouch78 Android tablet in
        the unlikeliest of places this weekend: Kmart\u2019s Sunday flyer.","title":"Augen
        brings its $150 Gentouch78 Android tablet to\u00a0Kmart","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/27/augen-brings-its-150-gentouch78-android-tablet-to-kmart/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936325,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-20T06:00:41Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Joel Bomgar is the founder and CEO of Bomgar Corporation. He submitted
        this story to VentureBeat.)","title":"4 ways to boost collaboration in a remote
        work\u00a0environment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/20/4-ways-to-boost-collaboration-in-a-remote-work-environment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-08T06:00:18Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Dasient
        raises funding for internet security: The developer of anti-malware solutions
        has raised a\u00a0new round of funding for an undisclosed amount from\u00a0Google
        Ventures and others. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based\u00a0company, co-founded
        by former Googlers, monitors web sites and ad networks for web attacks.","title":"Deals
        & More: Dasient gets funding to help businesses protect their web\u00a0sites","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/08/deals-more-dasient-gets-funding-to-help-businesses-protect-their-web-sites/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936323,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-30T08:53:59Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Every
        day, new headlines hit about how near-field communication (NFC) chip technology
        is about to shake up the mobile payment industry. The carriers are pushing
        it. Google and even Mastercard are too, according to reports.","title":"NFC
        is way overhyped, says mobile payment leader\u00a0Sybase","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/30/nfc-is-way-overhyped-says-mobile-payment-leader-sybase/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936322,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-25T03:57:00Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"As
        someone who\u2019s been gaming for well over three decades, I\u2019ve accumulated
        more than my fair share of clutter. For example, my \u201cshrine of cellophane\u201d
        (aka the mountainous stacks of unopened games I have in my collection) has
        become the stuff of legend. I own enough plastic musical instruments to start
        several bands. I have so many light guns that the federal government should
        have me on a watch list. I still have in my possession a fully functional
        R.O.B. the Robot and a Magnavox Odyssey 2 for crying out loud.","title":"Shame
        is plastic: Remembering Steel\u00a0Battalion","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/25/let-me-tell-you-about-the-time-i-was-a-mech-pilot-remembering-steel-battalion-shame-is-plastic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936321,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-26T04:00:42Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Virgin
        Gaming, the online tournament gaming division of Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin
        Group, is announcing today that it has snagged more than a million registered
        users for its prize-based online gaming tournaments.","title":"Virgin Gaming
        hits 1M registered users and $7M in prizes awarded\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/26/virgin-gaming-hits-1m-registered-users-and-7m-in-prizes-awarded-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936320,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-03T11:25:47Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Equity-based crowdfunding platform EarlyShares has raised $1.15 million
        in its first round of funding, so other businesses can raise funding\u00a0too.","title":"Get
        Yer EarlyShares: Equity-based crowdfunding platform raises $1.15M\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/03/earlyshares-get-yer-earlyshares-equity-based-crowdfunding-platform-raises-1-15m-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-11T10:55:54Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Peek.com launches to help travelers find and book the best\u00a0experiences","title":"Peek
        unveils a treasure trove of travel\u00a0experiences","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/11/peek-unveils-a-treasure-trove-of-travel-experiences/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936318,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-24T18:24:44Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Hackers
        compromised credit card readers at 63 Barnes & Noble stores, according to
        the company. The bookseller is urging customers to check their bank statements
        for fraudulent activity and to change their ATM\u00a0pins.","title":"Barnes
        & Noble calls hack on credit card readers a \u2018sophisticated criminal\u00a0effort\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/24/barnes-noble-hack/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936317,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-28T18:04:13Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"What
        do family trees and mobile app discovery have in common? Read a round up of
        today\u2019s funding news to find\u00a0out.","title":"Funding Daily: Wacky\u00a0Wednesday","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/28/funding-daily-wacky-wednesday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936316,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-03T16:45:45Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"A
        startup that bills itself as the \u201cUber for medical devices\u201d just
        secured $750,000 in funding, bringing its total seed funding to $1.5\u00a0million.","title":"Cohealo
        raises $1.5M to help hospitals manage medical\u00a0equipment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/03/cohealo-raises-1-5m-to-help-hospitals-manage-medical-equipment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936315,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-08T14:45:43Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Our
        forecast shows dark days ahead for BlackBerry \u2014 and we\u2019re not talking
        about the BlackBerry Storm. But this hasn\u2019t stopped the ailing smartphone
        maker from unveiling a new cloud service for enterprises.","title":"Grasping
        for relevance, BlackBerry announces cloud service for managing mobile\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/08/grasping-for-relevance-blackberry-announces-cloud-service-for-managing-mobile-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936314,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-10T11:12:28Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Launching
        today, a new mobile app called Doctor on Demand can connect you with a physician
        anywhere and at anytime for a $40 video\u00a0consultation.","title":"Feeling
        fluey? Doctor on Demand can connect you with a physician for a $40 video\u00a0call","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/10/feeling-fluey-doctor-on-demand-can-connect-you-with-a-physician-for-a-40-video-call/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936313,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-20T07:11:38Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Promotron       Holdings Corporation, a Florida-based technology and
        licensing       company, today announced the launch of its Indiegogo       crowdfunding
        campaign to host a 30 day worldwide fraud challenge.       Unlike magnetic
        stripe, RFID,\u00a0hologram\u2026","title":"Unprecedented Anti-Counterfeiting
        and Anti-Data-Fraud Technology, AtomIDTM, Launches ...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/20/unprecedented-anti-counterfeiting-and-anti-data-fraud-technology-atomidtm-launches-indiegogo-crowdfunding-campaign-and-announces-worldwide-fraud-challenge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936312,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T05:00:58Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Synchroneuron       Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing
        new       therapies to treat tardive dyskinesia (TD) and other neuropsychiatric       disorders,
        today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a       Phase 2,
        multi-center,\u2026","title":"Synchroneuron Announces First Patient Dosed
        in Phase 2 Tardive Dyskinesia Clinical&nb...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/synchroneuron-announces-first-patient-dosed-in-phase-2-tardive-dyskinesia-clinical-trial/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936311,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-05T17:00:57Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"As
        Target tries to regain its footing after the massive security breach it suffered
        back in December, its chief information officer, Beth Jacob, announced today
        that she is resigning, effective immediately. Meanwhile, the gigantic retailer
        is speeding up its adoption of smart credit card technology.","title":"Target
        CIO leaves in wake of security breach as chip cards move\u00a0in","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/target-cio-leaves-in-wake-of-security-breach-as-chip-cards-move-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936310,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T10:15:44Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Coding
        is a big deal for kids these days, but it can feel like work. These 12 games
        help teach programming fundamentals while still being\u00a0fun.","title":"12
        games that teach kids to code \u2014 and are even fun,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/12-games-that-teach-kids-to-code/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936309,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T10:37:35Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Softbank
        Capital\u00a0just made a big bet on Kony\u2019s cloud-based development tools
        for\u00a0enterprise mobile apps.","title":"Softbank leads $50M round in enterprise
        mobile app firm\u00a0Kony","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/softbank-leads-50m-round-in-enterprise-mobile-app-firm-kony/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936308,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T16:30:02Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Today
        was a big day for the folks at Couchbase, Wickr, and CareCloud, which\u00a0each
        raised tens of millions in new funding. We\u2019ve got the details on those
        deals and more in today\u2019s edition of Funding Daily.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Big-money\u00a0Thursday","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/funding-daily-big-money-thursday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936307,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-17T14:22:11Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Certify
        Data Systems, maker of software used to safely transmit health information
        online, has raised $1.6 million in second-round funding and is already casting
        an eye toward a third round, reports VentureWire. Ziegler HealthVest Partners
        led the recent investment, which Certify will use to build its brand among
        hospitals and physicians.","title":"Certify secures $1.6M to transmit health
        care\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/17/certify-secures-16m-to-transmit-health-care-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936306,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-26T15:47:50Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Guest
        Post In a field where handwriting notes on paper charts and managing large
        rooms filled with filing cabinets have been the accepted practices for decades,
        healthcare providers are being deluged by a perfect\u00a0storm.","title":"Secure
        cloud services are a silver lining in the perfect storm facing healthcare\u00a0providers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/26/secure-cloud-services-are-a-silver-lining-in-the-perfect-storm-facing-healthcare-providers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936305,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-11T14:47:29Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Locaid,
        a Location-as-a-Service (LaaS) startup, has closed $4.05 million in new funding,
        according to an SEC filing released\u00a0today.","title":"Location API service
        Locaid secures\u00a0$4.05M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/location-api-service-locaid-secures-4-05m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936304,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-04T07:15:44Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Bolt HR LLC, a venture backed provider of human resources support       technology
        announced the close of a significant investment round from a       New York
        City based boutique private equity fund. The round was filled       by the
        one investor,\u00a0and\u2026","title":"Bolt HR Secures Significant Investment
        from New York City Investment\u00a0Fund","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/04/bolt-hr-secures-significant-investment-from-new-york-city-investment-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936303,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T20:00:42Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"A
        group of physicians from the Mayo Clinic have teamed up with Silicon Valley
        investors to launch a\u00a0startup.","title":"Mayo Clinic physicians spin
        out a digital health company & secure\u00a0$1.1M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/mayo-clinic-physicians-spin-out-a-digital-health-company-snag-1-1m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936302,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T07:04:11Z","slug":"secure-florida","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Fitwall,       one of the World\u2019s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies
        in Fitness according       to Fast Company, announced today that it has secured
        additional       funding in order to continue its meteoric growth and dominance
        as the       future of\u00a0fitness\u2026.","title":"Fitwall Secures Additional
        Funding as Demand for Company\u2019s Innovative Approach ...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/fitwall-secures-additional-funding-as-demand-for-companys-innovative-approach-to-fitness-accelerates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936301,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-12T07:00:25Z","slug":"reset-holdings-corporation","summary":"Update:
        This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon\u2019s Kindle
        bookstore.","title":"How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social
        game\u00a0powerhouse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/zynga-history/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936300,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-20T10:14:46Z","slug":"ventana-medical-systems","summary":"(UPDATED
        at 7:10pm PT: See below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Aug. 20,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/20/life-sciences-briefing-monday-aug-20-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936299,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-07T08:06:42Z","slug":"ventana-medical-systems","summary":"With
        the Health 2.0 conference taking place in San Francisco this week and President
        Obama\u2019s bruised but not yet beaten healthcare reform bill still awaiting
        its fate on Capitol Hill, it\u2019s a good time to look at how tech startups
        in the health sector could change the way the US does healthcare.","title":"Will
        Health 2.0 startups usher in consumer-driven\u00a0healthcare?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/07/will-health-20-startups-usher-in-consumer-driven-healthcare/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936298,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-12T18:23:27Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Osama
        bin Laden used a simple but clever way to send lots of emails without being
        detected by the U.S., the Associated Press reports.","title":"Bin Laden relied
        on thumb drive couriers to evade email\u00a0detection","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/12/bin-laden-relied-on-thumb-driver-couriers-to-evade-email-detection/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936297,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-28T08:00:19Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest from VentureBeat\u2019s Entrepreneur Corner.","title":"Entrepreneur
        Corner: Attracting board members and learning from\u00a0SEALs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/28/entrepreneur-corner-attracting-board-members-and-learning-from-seals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936296,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-07T07:15:06Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"If
        anyone doubted the potential of the cloud, SAP\u2019s $3.4 billion acquisition
        of employee performance management company SuccessFactors makes it clear that
        there\u2019s some hard economic reality to all this fluffy, jargony cloud
        business.","title":"Dylan\u2019s Desk: Pick up the phone now! Supercomputers
        are standing\u00a0by","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/07/dylans-desk-supercomputing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936295,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-04T15:58:26Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Invisibility:
        It\u2019s not just for fictional magicians anymore.","title":"Scientists have
        figured out how to make entire events\u00a0disappear","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/04/invisible-events/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936294,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-06T20:58:39Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Electronic
        Arts announced tonight that it will ship Medal of Honor Warfighter, the next
        installment in its modern combat game series, this fall.","title":"EA to launch
        Medal of Honor Warfighter on Oct.\u00a023","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/06/ea-unveils-medal-of-honor-warfighter-for-this-fall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936293,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-27T20:39:17Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"It''s
        not easy creating motivation to save an empty, lifeless galaxy. I''m talking
        about losing the suspension of disbelief, taking out the implied habitations,
        and looking at the numbers. How many people did you see on earth? Maybe a
        few dozen marines, bustling through the military complex, and a small gathering
        of the ruling officers and their lackey''s when the Reapers attacked. Then
        one or dead humans here, a small child there, and then a cityscape with millions
        of implied lives.","title":"Saving an empty galaxy: Why a Mass Effect 4 is\u00a0impossible","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/27/saving-an-empty-galaxy-why-a-mass-effect-4-is-impossible/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936292,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-30T08:33:54Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Naval
        War: Arctic Circle is a dull grey warship riding atop a dull blue ocean underneath
        a dull grey, overcast sky. Boredom permeates so much of the experience that
        GamesBeat can\u2019t even recommend this to the most ardent\u00a0grognards.","title":"Naval
        War: Arctic Circle gives fun the cold shoulder\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/30/naval-war-arctic-circle-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936291,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-21T04:30:01Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Public
        safety company AtHoc\u00a0has developed an emergency alert system for government
        agencies, military organizations, and businesses. The company announced Thursday
        that it has raised $5.6 million from Intel\u2019s investment arm, Intel Capital.","title":"AtHoc
        gets $5M to alert you in an\u00a0emergency","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/21/athoc-gets-5m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936290,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-20T13:40:51Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"The
        author of No Easy Day, a former Navy SEAL who was a member of the team that
        took out Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, contributed to the production of
        Medal of Honor: Warfighter. That\u2019s caused extra scrutiny of the game\u2019s\u00a0realism.","title":"EA
        draws fire for consulting SEAL who wrote tell-all about killing Bin Laden\u00a0[updated]","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/20/ea-draws-fire-for-consulting-seal-who-wrote-tell-all-about-killing-bin-laden/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936289,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-13T00:00:16Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Treyarch took a risk of shaking up one of the world\u2019s most valuable
        video game franchises, and it paid\u00a0off.","title":"Breaking down the four
        different games in Call of Duty: Black Ops II\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/13/call-of-duty-black-ops-ii-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936288,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-14T14:26:09Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Yes,
        it has come to that. Our real-time world of real-time media now includes real-time\u00a0war.","title":"Liveblogging
        war: Israel tweets and liveblogs attacks on Hamas leader and rocket\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/14/liveblogging-war-israel-tweets-and-liveblogs-attack-on-hamas-rocket-site/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936287,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-07T10:16:23Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In BioShock Infinite, developer Irrational Games presents a nuanced experience
        of 1912 U.S. race\u00a0relations.","title":"BioShock Infinite forces players
        to confront racism (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:25:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/07/bioshock-infinite-forces-players-to-confront-racism-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936286,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T12:05:12Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"I
        guess it\u2019s only appropriate that a company started by a Navy Seal and
        a marine is now run by an\u00a0astronaut.","title":"Google\u2019s former advanced
        project group leader \u2014 and astronaut \u2014 creating new crowdsourced
        3-D\u00a0maps","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/googles-former-advanced-project-group-leader-and-astronaut-creating-new-crowdsourced-3-d-maps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936285,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-17T06:00:10Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"EA
        hopes the association with the movie about the hunt for Bin Laden will lift
        sales of Medal of Honor\u00a0Warfighter.","title":"Medal of Honor Warfighter\u2019s
        Zero Dark Thirty map pack\u00a0debuts","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/17/medal-of-honor-warfighters-zero-dark-thirty-map-pack-debuts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936284,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-31T10:00:03Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"From
        game violence to sex chat, game companies got into hot water in\u00a02012.","title":"Top
        game controversies of\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/31/top-game-controversies-of-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936283,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-21T11:00:46Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Activision
        chief says \u201cit may be the best Call of Duty ever.\u201d Among the new
        characters: a bomb-sniffing\u00a0dog.","title":"With Call of Duty: Ghosts,
        Activision seeks to continue a video game franchise that defies gravity\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/21/with-call-of-duty-ghosts-activision-seeks-to-continue-a-video-game-franchise-that-defies-gravity-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936282,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-12T11:00:55Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"The
        president of Activision publishing won\u2019t take sides in the console war,
        but he sure is enjoying\u00a0it.","title":"The chips are down: Publishing
        chief Eric Hirshberg on Activision\u2019s three big bets\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/12/the-chips-are-down-eric-hirshberg-on-activisions-three-big-bets-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936281,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-13T08:05:05Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"The
        Xbox division says he doesn\u2019t even know what it means to live on a nuclear
        submarine. We found out for\u00a0him.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s Xbox chief
        doesn\u2019t know about life aboard a submarine \u2014 so we asked someone
        who\u00a0does","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/13/microsofts-mattrick-doesnt-know-about-living-on-a-submarine-so-we-asked-someone-who-does/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936280,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-21T10:38:17Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"E3
        2013 is over, and Microsoft and Sony have given us a taste of what\u2019s
        to come with the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. But one community writer feels
        that coverage of the two was more hyperbolic and one-sided than it should
        have\u00a0been.","title":"The odd critical reception to the Xbox One and PlayStation\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/21/the-odd-critical-reception-of-the-xbox-one-and-playstation-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936279,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-02T09:00:22Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"The
        former creative director of the original SOCOM shooters turns to Kickstarter
        for his next\u00a0title.","title":"SOCOM creator crowdsources his next team-shooter
        game with H-Hour: World\u2019s\u00a0Elite","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/02/socom-creator-crowdsources-his-next-team-shooter-game-with-h-hour-worlds-elite/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936278,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-13T14:15:17Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Ruling a kingdom may still be a little confusing, but the new systems
        and classic structure provide days worth of interesting strategic choices
        for you to enjoy (and agonize\u00a0over).","title":"Paradox still the grand
        master of grand strategy with Europa Universalis IV\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/13/paradox-still-the-grand-master-of-grand-strategy-with-europa-universalis-iv-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936277,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-03T09:30:40Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Veni,
        Vidi, Video Game. Just think how much simpler Julius Caesar\u2019s life could
        have been if he had played this game instead of doing the real\u00a0thing.","title":"With
        Total War: Rome II, you can conquer the world and watch the\u00a0replay","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/03/veni-vidi-video-game-with-total-war-rome-ii-you-can-conquer-the-world-and-watch-the-replay/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936276,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-21T05:00:01Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"The
        legendary game designer Sid Meier has turned his attention to mobile\u00a0games.","title":"Sid
        Meier\u2019s Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies hits Steam and the\u00a0iPhone","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/21/sid-meiers-ace-patrol-pacific-skies-hits-steam-and-the-iphone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936275,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-22T07:30:39Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Electronic
        Art\u2019s upcoming shooter might\u2019ve just taken a jab at Call of\u00a0Duty.","title":"Battlefield
        4\u2019s story trailer reveals in-squad fighting, apple tossing, and dog\u00a0punching","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/22/battlefield-4s-story-trailer-reveals-in-squad-fighting-apple-tossing-and-dog-punching/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936274,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-05T00:00:15Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Call of Duty: Ghosts is an admirable effort, but it couldn\u2019t fight
        off the effects of gravity for an aging\u00a0franchise.","title":"Call of
        Duty: Ghosts isn\u2019t as good as last year\u2019s Black Ops II \u2014 or
        Battlefield 4\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/05/call-of-duty-ghosts-isnt-as-good-as-last-years-black-ops-ii-or-battlefield-4-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936273,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-05T09:21:14Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"FreedomPop
        is launching a new black smartphone today. Not only black as in color, but
        black as in invisible to spying.","title":"FreedomPop launches smartphone
        that\u2019s invisible to the\u00a0NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/05/freedompop-launches-smartphone-thats-invisible-to-nsa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936272,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-25T16:07:49Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"The
        Pentagon announced today that it has chosen San Francisco-based biofuel company
        Solazyme to supply the Navy with jet fuel made entirely of algae derivatives.
        This isn\u2019t the first time it has worked with the military, having already
        had its research and development funded by the Navy in exchange for 20,000
        gallons of fuel for its ships.","title":"Navy taps Solazyme to make jet fuel
        out of\u00a0algae","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/25/navy-taps-solazyme-to-make-jet-fuel-out-of-algae/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936271,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-07T12:03:52Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"I
        remember when my stepdad got out of the Navy for the first time. Finding a
        new, non-military job ended up being so challenging that he eventually gave
        up and enlisted again. He didn\u2019t get out of the Navy for good until his
        retirement more than a decade later.","title":"As vets come home, White House,
        Google & LinkedIn try to help them find new\u00a0jobs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/07/veterans-job-search/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936270,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-09T12:13:20Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"[Updated:
        Per Gilmore''s request, we are correctly identifying him as a former member
        of Seal Team Seven; we apologize for previously identifying him as a member
        of Seal Team Six]","title":"What a Navy Seal Team Seven veteran can teach
        professionals about\u00a0failure","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/09/what-a-navy-seal-team-six-veteran-can-teach-professionals-about-failure/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936269,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-02T12:42:16Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"The
        U.S. Navy has just taken the wraps off a sexy new robotics facility. The bots
        created and refined there will be automated wonders, some of them amphibious,
        some able to fight fires or fly, and ever so much more.","title":"Like robots?
        Then you\u2019ll love these pics from a new military robotics\u00a0lab","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/02/navy-robots/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936268,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-06T09:07:15Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"DARPA,
        the U.S. military\u2019s research arm, is getting ready to issue a call to
        arms \u2014 specifically, humanoid arms on a new kind of robot.","title":"The
        U.S. military wants YOU\u2026 to build a humanoid\u00a0robot","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/06/the-u-s-military-wants-you-to-build-a-humanoid-robot/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936267,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-09T07:14:35Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"There\u2019s
        a history of the military cracking down on those who talk to outsiders without\u00a0permission.","title":"Navy
        SEALs face disciplinary action for consulting on Medal of Honor:\u00a0Warfighter","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/09/navy-seals-face-disciplinary-action-for-consulting-on-medal-of-honor-warfighter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936266,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-02T18:06:06Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"The
        Navy brought a retired squadron of helicopters called The Magicians back into
        action today. This time around, however, it includes 10 new\u00a0drones.","title":"U.S.
        Navy launches \u2018The Magicians'': A fleet of drones and manned\u00a0aircraft","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/02/navy-drone-fleet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936265,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-17T08:38:38Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"The
        problem with clearing smartphones for use in top secret environments is that
        they are, essentially, full of radios: Bluetooth, WiFi,\u00a0cellular.","title":"Pentagon
        gives green light: Now those hundreds of thousands of iPhones, iPads, and
        iPods can actually be\u00a0used","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/17/pentagon-gives-green-light-now-those-hundreds-of-thousands-of-iphones-ipads-and-ipods-can-actually-be-used/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936264,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-18T09:00:10Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Breach
        & Clear aims to bring the console experience to mobile devices, but it\u2019s
        missing a few important\u00a0pieces.","title":"Breach & Clear is ambitious,
        strategic, and shallow\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/18/breach-and-clear-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936263,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-19T14:21:04Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"\u201cThe
        information we have on the Navy Yard shootings is that he used someone else\u2019s
        ID card,\u201d General Farkash said. \u201cThis cannot happen with our system,
        because you must be identified \u2026 with second-generation biometrics you
        are the key \u2026 your body is the key for your\u00a0building.\u201d","title":"This
        multifactor real-time biometric scanning tech could have prevented the Navy
        Yard\u00a0shootings","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/this-multi-factor-realtime-biometric-scanning-tech-could-have-prevented-the-navy-yard-shootings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936262,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T11:43:36Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"It
        will be interesting to see what the Navy uses smart glasses for. But better
        training is a\u00a0no-brainer.","title":"U.S. Navy buys into smart glasses
        trend in deal with\u00a0Vuzix","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/us-navy-buys-into-smart-glasses-trend-in-deal-with-vuzix/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936261,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T15:04:54Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In his new role at Artis Ventures, Hunt will advise young companies in
        their quest to win lucrative federal\u00a0contracts.","title":"Former CIA
        tech chief is on the prowl for big data & wearables startups\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/former-cia-cto-is-getting-into-tech-investment-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936260,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T12:26:45Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"The
        U.S. Air\u00a0Force\u2019s \u201cBATMAN\u201d research team at Wright Patterson
        Air Force Base in Ohio is beta-testing Google Glass for possible use on the
        battlefield.","title":"U.S. Air Force is testing Google Glass & building apps
        for battlefield use\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/u-s-air-force-is-testing-google-glass-building-apps-for-battlefield-use-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936259,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T10:12:44Z","slug":"us-military-navy","summary":"On
        Thursday, Texas-based security firm ISight Partners said they had uncovered
        a multi-year operation by Iranians that used carefully-constructed fake identities
        on social networks to gain the trust of as many as 2,000 targets.","title":"Iranian
        hackers attack targets with devious weapon \u2013 the friend\u00a0request","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/iranian-hackers-attack-targets-with-devious-weapon-the-friend-request/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936258,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-05T15:22:53Z","slug":"silicon-optix","summary":"Dan
        Primack of PE Week Wire, reports:","title":"Apax continues to raise $1 billion+
        fund, loses Paul\u00a0Vais","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/05/apax-continues-to-raise-1-billion-fund-loses-paul-vais/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936257,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-06T05:00:36Z","slug":"silicon-optix","summary":"Marseille
        Networks is coming out of stealth today and plans to launch new video chips
        for TVs. That, by itself, is nothing remarkable. But the company says it has
        designed those chips using a new kind of virtual prototyping tool that can
        cut the costs of chip development dramatically.","title":"Video chip startup
        Marseille Networks has faster, cheaper way to make\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/06/marseille-networks-to-launch-new-video-chips-designed-with-cool-prototyping-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936256,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T07:00:07Z","slug":"silicon-optix","summary":"With
        high-end graphics chips, Pixar can animate characters and scenes in real\u00a0time.","title":"Here\u2019s
        how Pixar animated Monsters University (behind-the-scenes)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/pixar-reveals-computer-animation-tricks-behind-magical-animated-movie-scenes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936255,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-22T13:53:30Z","slug":"silicon-optix","summary":"Silicon
        Optix, developer of high-definition video processors, has sold out almost
        entirely to Integrated Device Technology (IDT) for an undisclosed amount.
        The sale includes the transfer of intellectual property and engineering teams
        in addition to its Emmy-winning products (it was awarded for producing sharp
        picture quality).","title":"Video processor maker Silicon Optix sells assets
        and tech to\u00a0IDT","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/22/video-processor-maker-silicon-optix-sells-assets-and-tech-to-idt/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936254,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-14T07:15:30Z","slug":"university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill","summary":"The
        latest fund-of-funds, a investment firm that puts its money into other venture
        firms, to close on a round is TrueBridge Capital Partners, with $310 million
        in new money.  Based in Chapel Hill, Calif., TrueBridge is a new firm, and
        this is its first close. It was aiming for $250 million, but ultimately took
        on more. Some 50 of its limited partners are members of the Kauffman Fellows
        Program, a training ground for new VCs.  The fund has already been investing
        in venture firms, according to The News & Observer, which says it has put
        in $195 million to date. TrueBridge declined to name the firms in its portfolio,
        but we can point out one: Boston\u2019s Flybridge Capital, formerly known
        as IDG Ventures Boston.  TrueBridge was founded by Edwin Poston, formerly
        of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Mel Williams, who helped found the University
        of North Carolina\u2019s endowment management firm.","title":"TrueBridge Capital
        captures $310M for fund of\u00a0funds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/14/truebridge-capital-captures-310m-for-fund-of-funds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936253,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-06T17:45:07Z","slug":"university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill","summary":"Less
        than a week after bringing large wind farms online in Pennsylvania and Wyoming,
        Duke Energy has unveiled a new offshore wind project. Partnering with the
        University of North Carolina \u2013 Chapel Hill, the southern utility is funding
        a pilot study of three offshore wind turbines in Pamlico Sound, off the state\u2019s
        coast.","title":"Duke Energy continues wind streak with new offshore\u00a0turbines","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/06/duke-energy-continues-wind-streak-with-new-offshore-turbines/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936252,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-30T06:00:19Z","slug":"university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Phyllis Meyer is director global marketing partnerships and alliances
        for Dun & Bradstreet. She submitted this story to VentureBeat.)","title":"4
        ways to tap into the big contract\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/30/4-ways-to-tap-into-the-big-contract-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936251,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-07T15:51:49Z","slug":"university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill","summary":"Erskine
        Bowles, recent co-chair of President\u00a0Barack Obama\u2019s commission on
        fiscal responsibility and reform, and former president of the University of
        North Carolina system, has joined social networking giant Facebook as a member
        of the board of directors.","title":"Former Clinton aide, UNC-system president
        Erskine Bowles joins\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/07/bowles-joins-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936250,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-07T10:39:41Z","slug":"university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill","summary":"Guest
        Post In the past, online courses and degree programs were viewed as low quality
        or financially unsustainable, but a variety of factors are now allowing online
        programs to\u00a0flourish.","title":"4 school-as-a-service startups that are
        changing higher\u00a0education","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/07/4-school-as-a-service-startups-that-are-changing-higher-education/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936249,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-15T16:10:42Z","slug":"university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill","summary":"Education
        technology startup 2tor releases new mobile app for higher\u00a0education","title":"2tor\u2019s
        new mobile app puts graduate school onto smartphones\u00a0[exclusive]","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/15/2tors-new-mobile-app-takes-graduate-school-off-the-quad-onto-smart-phones-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936248,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-05T12:15:25Z","slug":"university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill","summary":"Guest
        Post Campaigns have entered the era of \u201cBig Data\u201d \u2014 they target
        voters based on scraps of information they gather about\u00a0them.","title":"Coke
        or Pepsi? Politicians say choices like these reveal how you\u00a0vote","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/05/big-data-election/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936247,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-11T10:50:33Z","slug":"university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill","summary":"Guest
        Post Vision can also be a curse. It may actually prove dangerous (and can
        certainly more tempting) to be too early to a market if you do not understand
        the ecosystem and dynamics at\u00a0play.","title":"It doesn\u2019t always
        pay to be\u00a0first","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/11/it-doesnt-always-pay-to-be-first/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936246,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T14:58:57Z","slug":"university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill","summary":"Forget
        the Ivy League and Stanford \u2014 the smartest college in America is not
        what you might\u00a0think.","title":"These are the 50 smartest colleges in
        the U.S. (and #1 will surprise\u00a0you)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/these-are-the-50-smartest-colleges-in-the-u-s-and-1-will-surprise-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936245,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T18:30:04Z","slug":"university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill","summary":"After
        reading George Parrott\u2019s article yesterday about his effortless 1,200-mile
        West Coast road trip along \u00a0Tesla\u2019s Supercharger Highway, I have
        only one thing to say.","title":"Here\u2019s the reality of Tesla road trips
        outside of\u00a0California","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/heres-the-reality-of-tesla-road-trips-outside-of-california/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936244,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-20T03:30:22Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"Hayward,
        Calif.\u2019s Metabolex, a biotech company developing treatments for diabetes
        and related metabolic disorders, said it has raised $32 million in a fourth
        round of financing.","title":"Metabolex raises $32 million for metabolic disease\u00a0treatment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/20/metabolex-raises-32-million-for-metabolic-disease-treatment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936243,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-12T10:09:30Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"Entrigue
        Surgical, a San Antonio, Tex., medical-devices maker, raised $6.3 million
        in a first funding round, VentureWire reports (subscription requires), crediting
        the San Antonio Express-News (no link available). Vertical Group and Prism
        VentureWorks provided the investment.","title":"Entrigue Surgical raises $6.3M
        for ear, nose and\u00a0throat","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/12/entrigue-surgical-raises-63m-for-ear-nose-and-throat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936242,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-07-26T19:37:58Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"Although
        I try to stay on top of events in the life sciences, announcements do sometimes
        manage to slip through the cracks. Some days, in fact, I end up triaging.
        Because the roots of this site \u2014 not to mention many of its readers \u2014
        are in Silicon Valley, Bay Area events are a priority. Then come announcements
        from the rest of the U.S., then Asia, then Europe. Also, smaller or partial
        fundings tend to take a backseat.","title":"Funding roundup: Announcements
        that got\u00a0away","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/07/26/funding-roundup-announcements-that-got-away/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936241,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-06T10:45:35Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"(UPDATED
        at 5:05 p.m. PDT; see below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Aug.
        6,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/06/daily-life-sciences-deal-briefing-monday-august-6-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936240,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-14T10:45:29Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"Featured
        companies: Tenaxis Medical, Aspen MedTech, Biolex Therapeutics","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Tuesday, Aug. 14,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/14/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-aug-14-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936239,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-11T09:51:09Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"Featured
        companies: Enobia, F-star, N Spine, Omni Life Science","title":"Life sciences
        briefing: Tuesday, Sept. 11,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/11/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-sept-11-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936238,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-25T10:00:59Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"Featured
        companies: Biolipox, Inflazyme, Upfront Chromatography, Vertebron00","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Tuesday, Sept. 25,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/25/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-sept-25-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936237,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-27T07:32:08Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"Featured
        companies: AstraZeneca, Atlantis Components, Cara Therapeutics, CardioMems,
        Corium International, New Ortho Polymers, Osprey Pharmaceuticals, Othera Pharmaceuticals,
        StrataGent Life Sciences","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Sept.
        27,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/27/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-sept-27-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936236,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-17T07:56:46Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"Featured
        companies: Algorithme Pharma, Bacchus Vascular, Botaneco, Cubist Pharmaceuticals,
        Ikonisys, Healthcare Management Systems, Illumigen Biosciences, Kilmer Capital
        Partners, Medical Specialties Distributors, Metastatix, Microphage, Orthosoft,
        Thomas McNerney & Partners, TranS1, TriReme Medical, Wren Medical, Zimmer","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Wednesday, Oct. 17,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/17/life-sciences-briefing-wedneday-oct-17-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936235,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-24T07:54:40Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"Featured
        companies: Angstrom Medica, Asuragen, Aryx Therapeutics, HistoRx, MiMedx,
        Pioneer Surgical, Transfusion & Transplantation Technologies, Tolerx, Vivo
        Ventures","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Oct. 24,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/24/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-oct-24-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936234,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-22T06:17:42Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Jan. 22,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/22/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-jan-22-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936233,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-24T07:54:58Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Jan. 24,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/24/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-jan-24-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936232,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-30T13:04:25Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Jan. 30,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/30/life-sciences-briefing-wednesday-jan-30-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936231,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-04T09:02:02Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Monday, Feb. 4,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/04/life-sciences-briefing-monday-feb-4-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936230,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-07T07:49:56Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life sciences briefing: Thursday, Feb. 7,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/07/life-sciences-briefing-thursday-feb-7-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936229,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-19T05:54:24Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES","title":"Life sciences briefing: Tuesday, Feb. 19,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/19/life-sciences-briefing-tuesday-feb-19-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936228,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-18T05:27:29Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Tuesday, March 18,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/18/life-science-briefing-tuesday-march-18-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936227,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-15T11:53:43Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"A
        new cancer discovery puts the emerging field of genomics on the map, may speed
        up the drug approval process, and de-risks groundbreaking research for venture-funded
        biotech\u00a0companies.","title":"Genomics field gets a boost with rare-cancer\u00a0breakthrough","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/15/cancer-research/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936226,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-08T16:10:51Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"I
        didn\u2019t write about Medtronics\u2019 $3.9 billion acquisition of Kyphon
        when it was announced almost two weeks ago, largely because it seemed to be
        a pretty straightforward merger of two big public companies with relatively
        few implications for the venture medical-device business.","title":"Spinal
        fusion: Will the Medtronic/Kyphon deal quell ferment in the orthopedic-implant
        market?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/08/spinal-fusion-will-the-medtronickyphon-deal-quell-ferment-in-the-orthopedic-implant-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936225,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-07T16:40:43Z","slug":"ortho-biotech","summary":"Alpha
        Orthopaedics, a biotech startup that makes non-invasive tools for pain relief,
        has raised $2 million in equity and securities,\u00a0according to a filing
        with the SEC. Industry experts, including surgeons, led the round. The company
        uses thermal energy to treat injuries like tennis elbow and Achilles tendinosis,
        and its technology is less risky and less expensive than traditional surgical
        incisions. Alpha Orthopaedics, which was started by an orthopedic surgeon,
        plans to use its latest funding to launch a new treatment electrode for pain
        management. Based in Hayward, Calif., the company has raised $3.5 million
        to date.","title":"Alpha Orthopaedics brings in $2M for pain\u00a0treatments","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/07/alpha-orthopaedics-brings-in-2m-for-pain-treatments-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936224,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-10T00:01:45Z","slug":"coppereye","summary":"RainStor,
        a SaaS provider of software for storing and retrieving structured data in
        an enterprise or in the cloud, today said it raised $7.5 million in second
        round funding.","title":"Storage SaaS vendor RainStor lands $7.5. million
        in new\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/10/storage-saas-vendor-rainstor-lands-7-5-million-in-new-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936223,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-04T08:54:39Z","slug":"coppereye","summary":"RainStor
        is the second startup today to announce a multimillion-dollar fundraise in
        the \u201cbig data\u201d\u00a0market.","title":"\u2018Big data\u2019 startup
        RainStor pulls in\u00a0$12M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:24:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/04/another-day-another-12m-for-a-big-data-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936222,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-30T10:16:01Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Banks
        and retail companies keep data scientists on staff, not just big web companies,
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        work at every company \u2014\u00a0yet.","title":"Data scientists work at Starbucks,
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        Everywhere is a mobile app that lets you follow locations around the world
        and see all the social activity that is happening there. The company has raised
        a total of $6 million in funding, with $3.4 million closing\u00a0today.","title":"CO
        Everywhere connects you with what\u2019s happening in favorite locations around
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        the\u00a0International CES, wearables are clearly in. While the 2014 edition
        of the influential tech tradeshow is just a day old, we\u2019ve already seen
        a number of new wearable devices from companies large and small. And some
        of them are even offering something new.","title":"Wearables at CES: The useful,
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        Post Goal Zero, leader in portable       power, was named an Innovations Award
        Honoree at 2014 CES for its newly       launched Rock Out2       Solar Speaker.
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        on the market, Rock\u00a0Out2\u2026","title":"Goal Zero Launches Rugged, Solar
        Powered Speaker at\u00a0CES","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/07/goal-zero-launches-rugged-solar-powered-speaker-at-ces/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936218,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-08T09:30:31Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Guest
        Post 2014 2ill see a big move from Facebook, an explosion of Internet Everywhere,
        and big innovation from outside Silicon\u00a0Valley.","title":"5 big changes
        we\u2019ll see this year, starting with new messaging from\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/08/5-big-changes-well-see-this-year-starting-with-a-new-messaging-from-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936217,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-21T11:05:39Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Adblock
        Plus, the ad-blocking menace to publishers everywhere, just won\u2019t stop
        growing.","title":"Uh-oh: Adblock Plus is now offically on every major web\u00a0browser","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/21/uh-oh-adblock-plus-is-now-offically-on-every-major-web-browser/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936216,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-22T07:30:52Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Help
        desk software has changed a lot over the years. It\u2019s gotten prettier,
        for starters, and more accessible. And it\u2019s increasingly multichannel,\u00a0too.","title":"10
        powerful, cloud-based help-desk services to help you win at customer\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/22/help-desk-software-heres-some-of-the-best-and-most-interesting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936215,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-13T17:23:45Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Welltok
        is one of a whole bunch of startups that have disclosed new funding rounds
        today. Read on to see who else\u00a0did.","title":"Funding Daily: Answering\u00a0questions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/13/funding-daily-answering-questions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936214,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T09:15:56Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Guest
        Post So far, access hasn\u2019t equated to\u00a0usage.","title":"What the
        Olympics teach us about \u2018TV everywhere\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/what-the-olympics-teach-us-about-tv-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936213,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-20T18:30:46Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Russia,
        where the encounter rate is 63 percent, is a kind of malware paradise. The
        malware money engine in Russia is leading to a robust environment of rarely
        prosecuted criminal\u00a0startups.","title":"Mobile threats, powered by risky
        behavior, are evolving country by\u00a0country","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/20/mobile-threats-powered-by-risky-behavior-are-evolving-country-by-country/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936212,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T09:30:13Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"You
        can now buy Ouya games on another Android\u00a0microconsole.","title":"Ouya
        store coming to the Mad Catz microconsole as part of a new \u2018Everywhere\u2019
        initiative","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/ouya-store-coming-to-the-mad-catz-microconsole-as-part-of-a-new-everywhere-initiative/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936211,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-07T09:00:20Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Tretton
        leaving Sony, Hennig leaves Naughty Dog, and Batman\u00a0returns","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/07/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-tretton-leaving-sony-hennig-leaves-naughty-dog-and-batman-returns/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936210,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-12T18:57:52Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Rory
        shares his experiences during the Titanfall\u00a0launch.","title":"My Titanfall
        launch diary\u2013 If it ain\u2019t broke, we don\u2019t\u00a0care","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/12/my-titanfall-launch-diary-if-it-aint-broke-we-dont-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936209,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T07:02:22Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"\u201cThe
        languages are in charge at that point. \u2026 It makes me uncomfortable too,
        actually. But what does that mean for the endpoint of human\u00a0purpose?\u201d","title":"In
        Stephen Wolfram\u2019s future, \u2018a box of a trillion souls\u2019 will
        create any universe we want\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/in-stephen-wolframs-future-a-box-of-a-trillion-souls-will-create-any-universe-we-want-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936208,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T07:00:21Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Gorgeous
        visuals and unique superpowers make Infamous: Second Son a stunning showpiece
        for the PlayStation\u00a04.","title":"Infamous: Second Son unlocks the spectacular
        new powers of your PlayStation 4\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/infamous-second-son-unlocks-the-spectacular-new-powers-of-your-playstation-4-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936207,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T14:57:33Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"The
        move is all about control for Google \u2014 over the past few years, Samsung
        has stuffed its Galaxy S smartphones with so many custom features and software
        that it\u2019s hard to tell they\u2019re actually running\u00a0Android.","title":"Google
        forces \u2018Powered by Android\u2019 branding on new Android\u00a0phones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/google-forces-powered-by-android-branding-on-new-android-phones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936206,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-07T06:08:58Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"What
        if you could automate, target, and personalize marketing to anonymous business
        software buyers through their entire purchasing\u00a0journey, and not just
        the last\u00a010 percent of it when they\u2019re making final decisions?","title":"Anonymous
        marketing automation? New tool nurtures unknown prospects\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/07/anonymous-marketing-automation-new-tool-nurtures-unknown-prospects-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936205,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-07T17:53:44Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Paying
        for your coffee with your smartphone is so old-school. So, like, 2010. Today,
        PayPal is working on paying with wearable devices like activity trackers,
        smartwatches, or possibly even smart specs like Google Glass.","title":"PayPal
        CTO on payments, the \u2018Uber experience,\u2019 and paying with wearable
        devices\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/07/paypal-cto-on-payments-the-uber-experience-and-paying-with-fitbit-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936204,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T08:00:07Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"We
        explore the 2014 Call of Duty Championship through the eyes of its international\u00a0teams.","title":"Why
        international e-sports teams struggle with Call of Duty\u2019s powerful\u00a0incumbents","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/international-teams-at-2014-cod-championship/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936203,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-11T08:45:42Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Guest
        Post With Project Tango, we are one massive step closer to a world where all
        PCs, tablets and smartphones have 3D\u00a0sensors.","title":"5 ways Project
        Tango, Google\u2019s 3D mapping initiative, can change how we interact with\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/11/5-ways-project-tango-googles-3d-mapping-initiative-can-change-the-way-we-interact-with-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936202,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T08:55:17Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"A
        New York development project could become a flagship case of the perks of
        instrumenting a community with sensors and analyzing the\u00a0data.","title":"The
        latest perk of your New York luxury condo: Sensors, sensors\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/the-latest-perk-of-your-new-york-luxury-condo-sensors-sensors-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936201,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T12:35:41Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Why
        would anyone want to set up more mics around the house when they already schlep
        their phone with them everywhere? Forrester has the\u00a0answer.","title":"Universal
        voice control will emerge as small mics show up\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/universal-voice-control-will-emerge-as-small-mics-show-up-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936200,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T12:15:58Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Blizzard\u2019s
        free-to-play card game is now out around the\u00a0world.","title":"Never stop
        playing Hearthstone: Blizzard\u2019s card battler available for iPad\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/never-stop-playing-hearthstone-blizzards-card-battler-available-for-ipad-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936199,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-18T10:47:03Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Microsoft
        moves 5 millions Xbox Ones, Sony sells more PlayStation 4s, and FarmVille
        2 hits\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/18/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-microsoft-moves-5-millions-xbox-ones-sony-sells-more-playstation-4s-and-farmville-2-hits-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936198,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T20:50:28Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Sponsored
        Post With a smartphone and the right cocktail of productivity and entertainment
        apps, the dreaded start of the workweek can be made more than\u00a0tolerable.","title":"Stress-free
        Mondays, available on smartphones\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/stress-free-mondays-available-on-smartphones-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936197,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-12T14:01:22Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"New
        York is becoming a major tech hub. San Diego and Chicago are healthy tech
        markets. But when it comes to tech acquisitions, Silicon Valley still reigns\u00a0supreme.","title":"The
        top 10 spots for tech acquisitions: Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley, everywhere\u00a0else","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/12/top-10-spots-for-tech-acquisitions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936196,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T14:30:48Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Paris-based
        startup TVTY has just nabbed $4.5 million to lower the chances that you can
        avoid ads from a specific company by going online during TV commercial breaks.","title":"Go
        online during TV commercials? This startup wants those ads to follow you\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/go-online-during-tv-commercials-this-startup-wants-those-ads-to-follow-you-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936195,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T13:24:13Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Have
        you ever wished you could start a work-related Google Hangout from somewhere
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        wants to bring the Internet to everyone in the world, and Facebook wants to
        bring, well, Facebook to everyone in the world, too.","title":"Facebook\u2019s
        Android app will soon work much better in emerging countries with weaker\u00a0infrastructure","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/facebooks-android-app-will-soon-work-much-better-in-emerging-countries-with-weaker-infrastructure/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936193,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T14:10:58Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"We
        like you, Larry and Sergey. We believe you don\u2019t want to be evil. But
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        everywhere: Is there even one space Google doesn\u2019t want to play\u00a0in?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/google-everywhere-is-there-even-once-space-google-doesnt-want-to-play-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936192,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T09:51:04Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"The
        official theme of Google IO last week was Design, Develop and Distribute \u2014
        but the unofficial one was Android Everywhere, as the mobile OS mounted new
        and renewed assaults on families of consumer devices.","title":"As Android\u2019s
        reach expands, Google attracts fewer pioneer\u00a0partners","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/as-androids-reach-expands-google-attracts-fewer-pioneer-partners/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936191,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T17:30:12Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"You
        knew it was\u00a0inevitable.","title":"Quick, wearables, hide! The ads are
        coming\u00a0\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/quick-wearables-hide-the-ads-are-coming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936190,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T21:50:35Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Can
        you imagine 2,000 watts of alternating current electrical power coming out
        of a device no larger than a small laptop?","title":"Google & IEEE launch
        $1M \u2018Little Box\u2019 challenge to shrink power\u00a0inverters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/google-ieee-launch-1m-little-box-challenge-to-shrink-power-inverters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936189,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-19T12:57:37Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Mobile
        barcodes seem to be about to go mainstream, with Nokia and Sony Ericsson pre-installing
        barcode readers on many of their handsets. Barcodes in mobile are generally
        used to retrieve web content. For example a barcode on a poster can be scanned
        and used to retrieve a web page where the user can win a prize. At the Mobile
        World Congress in Barcelona earlier this week, Virginia-based Neustar announced
        the first clearinghouse for barcodes, which allows barcodes from any advertiser
        or brand to be linked to web content independently of the barcode reader or
        service provider being used.","title":"Mobile barcode breakthrough means we
        may soon see them\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/19/mobile-barcode-breakthrough-means-we-may-soon-see-them-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936188,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-14T09:43:34Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Twitter,
        according to CEO Dick Costolo, needs to be like indoor plumbing: simple,  instantly
        useful and always present. Twitter users should not have to  relearn an interface
        when they switch between devices. To this end, the  company is pursuing deep
        integrations with various mobile OEMs and  carriers","title":"Twitter CEO:
        We need to be everywhere \u2014 like indoor\u00a0plumbing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/14/twitter-ceo-mobile-world-congress/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936187,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-11T10:52:27Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Now
        you can play Nintendo games on a new dual-color\u00a03DS.","title":"Nintendo
        announces Valentine\u2019s Day 3DS for sweeties\u00a0everywhere","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/11/nintendo-announces-valentines-day-3ds-for-sweeties-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936186,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-10T08:05:07Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Is
        this the TV Everywhere solution we\u2019ve been waiting\u00a0for?","title":"Adobe
        launches \u2018Primetime\u2019 TV Everywhere service, points out we\u2019re
        watching a ton more\u00a0video","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/10/adobe-launches-primetime-tv-everywhere-service-points-out-were-watching-a-ton-more-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936185,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-05T05:02:54Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Today, Nimble, the pioneer in       social relationship management software,
        announced the newest release of       its award-winning platform with significant
        updates across the board.       These new features enable true social selling
        at an\u00a0advanced\u2026","title":"Nimble Launches Newest Version of Award-Winning
        Social Relationship Platform \u2013 High...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/05/nimble-launches-newest-version-of-award-winning-social-relationship-platform-highlighted-by-nimble-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936184,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-19T11:00:44Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Redstone\u2019s Chris Anderson claims his company has a \u201cmagical\u201d
        wireless networking technology that can deliver wireless data at a rate of
        250 megabits per second over long distances and at very low\u00a0costs.","title":"If
        Redstone\u2019s tech is real, we\u2019ll have cheap and ultrafast wireless
        Internet everywhere\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/19/if-redstones-tech-is-real-well-have-cheap-and-ultrafast-wireless-internet-everywhere/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936183,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T14:42:17Z","slug":"we-are-everywhere","summary":"These
        top-sellers are getting a healthy\u00a0discount.","title":"Nintendo surprises
        cheap gamers everywhere by lowering the price of five first-party 3DS\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/nintendo-surprises-cheap-gamers-everywhere-by-lowering-the-price-of-five-first-party-3ds-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936182,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-22T18:06:37Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Cofounder
        and chief executive Patrick Collison is just 25, but his startup poses a legitimate
        threat to PayPal, which has dominated the payments space for over a\u00a0decade.","title":"PayPal
        rival Stripe nabs $80M for its developer friendly payments\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/22/paypal-rival-stripe-nabs-80m-for-its-developer-friendly-payments-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936181,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-22T18:34:41Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"There
        will come a day when every sports game will have some element of data \u2014
        a brand that brings you the Halftime analysis in a whole new way.","title":"Zepp
        Labs gets $15M to own the sports data\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/22/zepp-labs-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936180,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T14:31:16Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Major
        enterprises have tens of thousands of employees that are largely cut off from
        general corporate communications. Cotap CEO Jim Patterson has made it his
        mission to bring them into the\u00a0fold.","title":"Cotap grabs $10M to bring
        business messaging to all employees \u2014 even your\u00a0barista","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/cotap-enterprise-messaging-app-raises-10-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936179,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-03T07:30:08Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Berlin-braced
        Mbrace is a new type of dating\u00a0app.","title":"Tinder competitor Mbrace
        nabs seven-figure funding\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/03/tinder-competitor-mbrace-nabs-seven-figure-funding-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936178,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-06T11:00:10Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"PayNearMe
        has developed a solution that lets you buy and make payments online using
        cash. The company announced today that it has raised $20 million in funding
        and that its payment volume tripled in\u00a02013.","title":"PayNearMe nabs
        $20M to bring cash-lovers into the digital\u00a0economy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/paynearme-nabs-20m-to-bring-cash-lovers-into-the-digital-economy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936177,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-12T03:09:13Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Think
        selfies are narcissistic?\u00a0Yevvo wants you to\u00a0live-stream your life.","title":"Yevvo
        nabs $3.7M so you can stream live videos of your life to\u00a0friends","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/yevvo-nabs-3-7m-so-you-can-stream-live-videos-of-your-life-with-friends/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936176,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T09:26:43Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Intacct,
        an early pioneer in cloud software, is ready to get the word out about its
        accounting\u00a0solution.","title":"Intacct nabs $45M to tell CFOs about its
        cloud accounting\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/intacct-nabs-45m-to-tell-cfos-about-its-cloud-accounting-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936175,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T21:01:54Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Nok
        Nok Labs is pushing protocols for logging in by way of technology other than
        old-school usernames and passwords. Lenovo likes the idea, and it\u2019s participating
        in a new funding round for the\u00a0startup.","title":"Passwords? Nah. Nok
        Nok Labs takes $16.5M for the next generation of\u00a0authentication","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/passwords-nah-nok-nok-labs-takes-16-5m-for-the-next-generation-of-authentication/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936174,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-07T06:00:00Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Sponsored
        Post More than $200,000 in prizes will be at stake when 35 startups from 14
        countries compete at our Emerging Companies Summit on March 26th in San Jose,
        Calif. The event, now in its sixth year, takes place during NVIDIA\u2019s
        GPU Technology\u00a0Conference.","title":"$200,000 up for grabs at NVIDIA\u2019s
        emerging companies\u00a0summit","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/07/200000-up-for-grabs-at-nvidias-emerging-companies-summit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936173,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-16T07:10:21Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"IDG
        Ventures\u2019 Phil Sanderson has quietly become one of the most successful
        venture capitalists backing\u00a0games.","title":"How a seasoned venture capitalist
        at IDG Ventures views game investments\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/16/how-a-seasoned-venture-capitalist-at-idg-ventures-views-game-investments-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936172,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-21T11:37:41Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Vicarious,
        a company that produces artificial-intelligence technology, has closed a fresh
        $40 million round of funding today that includes a handful of notable investors
        like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla founder Elon Musk, and actor/investor
        Ashton Kutcher.","title":"Artificial Intelligence startup Vicarious grabs
        $40M from Zuckerberg, Musk, Kutcher, &\u00a0others","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/21/artificial-intelligence-startup-vicarious-grabs-40m-from-zuckerberg-musk-kutcher-others/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936171,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-09T04:30:09Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Health-tech
        startup Omada Health promises to help people with health issues change their
        behavior. And it\u2019s starting out with a program\u00a0to\u00a0help diabetes
        sufferers.","title":"Omada Health grabs a new $23M to \u2018deliver weight
        loss over an Internet connection\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/09/omada-health-grabs-a-new-23m-to-deliver-weight-loss-over-an-internet-connection/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936170,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-11T09:31:00Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Cloud
        infrastructure startup Nebula\u00a0claims its cloud hardware can undercut
        Amazon Web Services by 90 percent.","title":"Affordable-cloud pioneer Nebula
        nabs $3.5M for OpenStack\u00a0hardware","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/11/affordable-cloud-pioneer-nebula-nabs-3-5m-for-openstack-hardware/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936169,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T06:57:53Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Tidemark
        wants more people inside companies to find value in its financial planning\u00a0software.","title":"Tidemark
        brings playbooks to the boardroom and grabs $32M along the\u00a0way","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/tidemark-brings-playbooks-to-the-boardroom-and-grabs-32m-along-the-way/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936168,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T11:01:30Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"France-based
        car rental startup Drivy has secured a new \u20ac6 million ($8.3 million)
        round of funding that should help the service grow beyond French borders.","title":"French
        startup Drivy takes aim at the rest of Europe, grabs\u00a0$8.3M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/05/drivy-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936167,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T15:45:50Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Sierra
        Ventures\u00a0has a new, albeit\u00a0small, bag of cash.","title":"Sierra
        Ventures closes a new, smaller\u00a0fund","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/sierra-ventures-closes-a-new-smaller-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936166,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T05:00:33Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"The
        company\u2019s LogReduce sorting system uses machine learning to filter log
        file data into patterns. That way, customers can find and squash issues before
        they become major problems \u2014 even if they\u2019re not searching for a
        solution in the first\u00a0place.","title":"With another $30M, Sumo Logic
        will keep tabs on your\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/with-another-30m-sumo-logic-will-keep-tabs-on-your-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936165,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T13:45:59Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Sponsored
        Post We spoke with Jeremy Conrad, a founding partner at Lemnos Labs, about
        starting a small hardware-focused company, his career path, and the entrepreneurial
        lessons he\u2019s learned along the\u00a0way.","title":"Lemnos Labs\u2019
        Jeremy Conrad is betting on hardware startups to shake up stagnant\u00a0industries","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/lemnos-labs-jeremy-conrad-is-betting-on-hardware-startups-to-shake-up-stagnant-industries/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936164,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T04:30:53Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Storehouse
        is an iPad app and service that could be called \u201cthe Medium for visual
        stories.\u201d It\u2019s simple, visually pleasing, and enables the creation
        of amazing work in longform.","title":"Former Apple designer nabs fresh funding
        to make photoblogging on the iPad a\u00a0delight","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/former-apple-designer-nabs-fresh-funding-to-make-photoblogging-on-the-ipad-a-delight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936163,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T05:00:24Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Despite
        all the coding bootcamps and the never-ending influx of developers into tech-heavy
        cities, recruiting tech talent still seems to be a challenge \u2014 a challenge
        Gild has been taking on\u00a0since 2011.","title":"Gild grabs a new $13.5M
        because hiring engineers is still a huge\u00a0pain","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/gild-grabs-a-new-13-5m-because-hiring-engineers-is-still-a-huge-pain/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936162,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-07T19:24:39Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Voice
        call app\u00a0Inbilin\u00a0announced this week\u00a0that it has secured $15
        millionin its first institutional round of funding from\u00a0Qiming Venture
        Partners\u00a0and\u00a0Morningside Ventures.","title":"Inbilin, a Chatroulette
        for phone calls, grabs $15M in its first round of\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/07/inbilin-a-chatroulette-for-phone-calls-grabs-15m-in-its-first-round-of-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936161,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T09:00:11Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"News
        aggregation startup Nuzzel\u00a0has raised a fresh $1.7 million round of seed
        funding from a\u00a0set of notable tech investors, the company announced today.","title":"Nuzzel,
        the hot social news discovery startup, grabs another\u00a0$1.7M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/nuzzel-funding-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936160,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T16:10:52Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Location
        sharing startup Glympse raised a fresh $12 million round of funding, the company
        announced today.","title":"Glympse grabs $12M to take real-time location sharing
        tech to the next\u00a0level","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/glympse-grabs-12m-to-take-real-time-location-sharing-tech-to-the-next-level/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936159,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T04:30:14Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Puppet
        wants to get more companies seeing the devops way, and it\u2019s looking to
        expand internationally and improve ease of use in its quest to add paying\u00a0customers.","title":"Devops
        player Puppet Labs adds $40M with high hopes for\u00a0growth","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/puppet-labs-raises-40m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936158,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T09:53:05Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Online
        video community management platform Epoxy has raised a new $6.5 million round
        of funding, the startup announced\u00a0today.","title":"Epoxy grabs $6.5M
        to help video creators get to know their YouTube\u00a0fans","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/epoxy-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936157,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T00:00:31Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Maybe
        now people will actually start using all the complicated software their companies
        shell out tens of thousands of dollars\u00a0for.","title":"Sapho has visions
        of a Google Now for enterprise software, grabs\u00a0$3M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/sapho-has-visions-of-a-google-now-for-enterprise-software-grabs-3m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936156,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T03:16:43Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Anonymous
        messaging apps cause\u00a0gossip, drama, and even media deals\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and
        they apparently also still catch\u00a0investors\u2019 attention.","title":"Anonymous
        messaging app Yik Yak grabs $10M to be the \u2018Twitter of your college\u00a0campus\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/anonymous-messaging-app-yik-yak-grabs-10m-to-be-the-twitter-of-your-college-campus/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936155,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T04:30:13Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"The
        Hadoop wars haven\u2019t actually narrowed to just two companies, Cloudera
        and Hortonworks.","title":"MapR grabs $110M in funding and debt to play harder
        in the Hadoop\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/mapr-grabs-110m-in-funding-and-debt-to-play-harder-in-the-hadoop-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936154,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T12:20:48Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"One
        of Google\u2019s partners in crime on Tango 3D sensing project has just nabbed
        fresh venture\u00a0funding.","title":"3D-sensing camera startup Matterport
        grabs\u00a0$16M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/3d-sensing-camera-startup-matterport-grabs-16m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936153,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T12:43:58Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Everyone
        wants to implement smart voice integration into their devices and apps \u2014
        but few have the expertise to do so.","title":"Expect Labs brings its voice-powered
        predictive API to connected\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/expect-labs-brings-its-voice-powered-predictive-api-to-connected-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936152,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T10:25:37Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Apparently,
        creating apps for anonymous gossip is a lucrative affair: Secret has just
        raised a new round of funding from a crop of esteemed investors and is releasing
        two new features for an enhanced gossiping experience.","title":"Secret grabs
        $25M, lets you add Facebook friends to your gossip\u00a0circle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/secret-grabs-25m-lets-you-add-facebook-friends-to-your-gossip-circle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936151,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T14:15:25Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Payments
        startup Plastiq closed new $10 million round of funding today to enable people
        to pay with their credit cards anywhere.","title":"Ditch your checkbook: Plastiq
        nabs $10M so that you can pay for anything with a credit\u00a0card","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/ditch-your-checkbook-plastiq-nabs-10m-to-let-you-pay-for-anything-with-a-credit-card/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936150,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T06:09:26Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Fashion
        marketplace\u00a0Threadflip\u00a0today announced a $13 million funding round
        to expand its\u00a0online consignment shop.","title":"Threadflip sells fashionistas\u2019
        clothes for them, grabs $13M to\u00a0scale","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/threadflip-sells-fashionistas-clothes-for-them-grabs-13m-to-scale/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936149,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T08:30:26Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Home
        buying and apartment rental company Urban Compass\u00a0just raised $40 million
        from investors, bringing its total valuation to $360 million, reports Bloomberg.","title":"Urban
        Compass nabs $40M to take personalized apartment search\u00a0national","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/urban-compass-raises-40-million-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936148,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T05:30:22Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Imagine
        being able to control all aspects of your mobile app remotely from one central
        place, including push notifications, updates, A/B testing, and more.","title":"Leanplum\u2019s
        one-stop shop for mobile app management and marketing nabs\u00a0$4.8M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/leanplums-one-stop-shop-for-mobile-app-management-and-marketing-nabs-4-8m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936147,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-06T03:00:27Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Popular
        radio app startup TuneIn has raised $16 million in new funding to help grow
        its programming and expand its user base of 40\u00a0million.","title":"TuneIn
        grabs $16M from General Catalyst, Google Ventures, others to dominate radio\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/06/tunein/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936146,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-01T12:42:26Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"On
        Deck says it opened its round to further investment so it can build more products,
        and hire technical talent. But the company will also benefit from its association
        with Thiel, a major player in Silicon Valley, and a notoriously founder-friendly
        investor.","title":"Fin-tech startup On Deck opens its fourth round, nabs
        $17M from Google Ventures & Peter\u00a0Thiel","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/01/fin-tech-startup-on-deck-opens-its-fourth-round-nabs-17m-from-google-ventures-peter-thiel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936145,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-11T05:00:36Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"Custom-made
        goods marketplace CustomMade has raised $18 million in new funding with an
        aim to grow further and connect more makers and buyers who crave one-of-a-kind\u00a0items.","title":"Custom
        marketplace CustomMade grabs $18M from Google Ventures,\u00a0Atlas","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/custom-goods-marketplace-custommade-cooks-up-18m-from-google-atlas-others/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936144,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-02T01:00:24Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"SAP
        Ventures has raised $1 billion in the past year to invest in enterprise startups
        and entrepreneurs. This latest raise brings its total capital under management
        to a massive $1.4\u00a0billion.","title":"SAP Ventures raises over $1B to
        keep tabs on IT\u00a0innovation","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/02/sap-ventures-raises-over-1b-to-keep-tabs-on-it-innovation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936143,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-24T02:01:10Z","slug":"abs-ventures","summary":"The
        fund will invest in early-stage companies across Asia, Europe, Israel, and
        the U.S.. The goal is to support startups with a global\u00a0vision.","title":"SparkLabs
        Global Ventures launches $30M seed fund to help startups go\u00a0global","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/24/sparklabs-global-ventures-launches-30m-seed-fund-to-help-startups-go-global/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936142,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-06T18:15:35Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Guest
        Post One unexpected and dramatic impact of this influx of information is that
        it has exposed the weaknesses of the current design of search as we know\u00a0it.","title":"Can
        Google compete with the next generation of search\u00a0engines?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/06/next-generation-search/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936141,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-30T16:53:55Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"A
        Survey of the 2013 Gaming Post-Apocalypse","title":"Survey of the 2013 Gaming\u00a0Post-Apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/30/survey-of-the-2013-gaming-post-apocalypse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936140,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-31T12:42:05Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"VentureBeat
        invited the experts to engage in a first-of-its-kind debate on whether Big
        Data is a solution to America\u2019s big gun problem. Which side do you agree\u00a0with?","title":"Can
        big data solve America\u2019s gun\u00a0problem?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/31/big-data-gun/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936139,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-27T12:23:13Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Guest
        Post Genomics data is about to change the way doctors discover and treat disease
        \u2014 but there are some significant obstacles standing in the\u00a0way.","title":"The
        personalized medicine revolution is almost\u00a0here","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/27/the-personalized-medicine-revolution-is-almost-here/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936138,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-29T05:00:26Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Guest
        Post Giant tech companies don\u2019t pay much in taxes, even though they derive
        much value from users in many countries. With this proposal, corporate taxes
        could fairly reflect where value is actually\u00a0generated.","title":"Why
        the world needs a new tax system for the digital\u00a0age","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/29/new-digital-tax-system/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936137,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-08T08:00:51Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga\u2019s
        sinking market value crushed\u00a0valuations.","title":"The DeanBeat: After
        Zynga\u2019s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/08/the-deanbeat-after-zyngas-crash-game-investments-dive-44-percent-in-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936136,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-05T09:00:05Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Many of us don\u2019t know how many accounts we have online, though it\u2019s
        likely hundreds. Not knowing where you information is puts us at risk for
        losing that\u00a0information.","title":"Your weakest link: All those online
        accounts you\u2019ve forgotten\u00a0about","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/05/online-accounts-security/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936135,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-15T10:14:08Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Whales
        of social gaming, Starcraft II guide, Saints Row IV, and family Minecraft\u00a0servers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/15/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-40/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936134,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-02T08:00:44Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Unity
        is cutting deals with everyone, and that\u2019s a sign that indie game developers
        are critical to every\u00a0platform.","title":"Unity\u2019s David Helgason
        on why next-gen consoles are embracing indies\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/02/unitys-david-helgason-on-why-next-gen-consoles-are-embracing-indies-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936133,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-09T11:42:45Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"DataBeat
        2103 digs deep into the promise and potential of data. We\u2019re determined
        to cut through the hype around the term \u201cbig data\u201d to discuss the
        real ways in which smart use of data is driving\u00a0change.","title":"DataBeat
        2013: The conference about putting data to\u00a0work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/09/databeat-2013-the-conference-about-putting-data-to-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936132,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-17T12:12:28Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"During
        a session titled \u201cmobile frontiers\u201d at DEMO Mobile,  five startups
        presented their products that are pushing the boundaries of mobile computing.
        These entrepreneurs are combining advanced technology with huge, creative
        ideas to usher in the future for\u00a0smartphones.","title":"Startups on \u2018mobile
        frontier\u2019 let you control computers with your eyes, make virtual friends,
        explore\u00a0space","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/17/startups-on-mobile-frontier-let-you-control-computers-with-your-eyes-make-virtual-friends-explore-space/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936131,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-01T12:05:32Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Alex
        Connolly believes Eugen Systems\u2019 Wargame: AirLand Battle is a high watermark
        in strategy gaming and more people should be playing\u00a0it.","title":"Trading
        APM for ATGMs in Wargame: AirLand\u00a0Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/01/trading-apm-for-atgms-in-wargame-airland-battle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936130,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-24T06:00:47Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Tony Hsieh\u2019s great urban experiment is transforming the downtown
        Vegas economy. Is it a model that can be replicated\u00a0elsewhere?","title":"Tony
        Hsieh\u2019s $350M plan to make Vegas an \u2018entrepreneur\u2019s Disneyland\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/24/part-1-why-zappos-ceo-tony-hsieh-is-investing-350m-into-downtown-vegas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936129,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-25T05:31:07Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick How young is too young to teach children computer programming? We invited
        the experts to duke it out\u00a0\u2026","title":"What\u2019s the right age
        for kids to learn to\u00a0code?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/25/whats-the-right-age-for-kids-to-learn-to-code-debate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936128,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-20T16:48:12Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Standard
        Treasury, Apptimize, and StatusPage are among the highlights at Y Combinator\u2019s
        demo\u00a0day.","title":"Celebrities (but not Ashton Kutcher) share their
        top cloud & infrastructure picks at\u00a0YC","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/20/celebrities-but-not-ashton-kutcher-share-their-top-cloud-infrastructure-picks-at-yc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936127,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-16T20:00:28Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Guest
        Post Everybody benefits from flourishing open web standards. I am happy Adobe
        is continuing to embrace that approach, for its contributions to the web and
        for its Edge tools and\u00a0services.","title":"Why I believe in Adobe and
        the web\u00a0(op-ed)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/16/why-i-believe-in-adobe-and-the-web-op-ed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:23:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936126,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-22T06:00:27Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A \u201ctech surge\u201d is underway to fix the error-plagued HealthCare.gov.
        Sources familiar with the matter say the government needs a focused \u201cIT
        swat\u00a0team.\u201d","title":"Why a \u2018tech surge\u2019 isn\u2019t going
        to save\u00a0HealthCare.gov","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/22/why-a-tech-surge-isnt-going-to-save-healthcare-gov/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936125,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-18T20:34:17Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"The
        Playstation Vita has been in dire need of a killer app since its release.
        Sure it has console ports like Mortal Kombat and Rayman Origins, but nothing
        draw dropping besides Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Well I\u2019m happy to say
        that\u2019s about to change with Gravity Rush from SCE Japan Studio (Project
        Siren). Here\u2019s what I thought of this physics breaking action title.","title":"Gravity
        Rush: Make gravity your plaything in this enthralling third person beat-em\u00a0up","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/18/gravity-rush-make-gravity-your-plaything-in-this-enthralling-third-person-beat-em-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936124,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-05T16:53:23Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"\u201cBy
        2025, 80 percent of the functions doctors do will be done much better and
        much more cheaply by machines and machine learned algorithms,\u201d said Khosla
        at VentureBeat\u2019s DataBeat/Data Science\u00a0Summit.","title":"Khosla
        explains his \u2018robots replacing doctors\u2019 comment and goes on the
        hunt for data\u00a0scientists","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/05/khosla-explains-his-robots-replacing-doctors-comment-and-goes-on-the-hunt-for-data-scientists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936123,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-09T06:00:41Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Sponsored
        Post True       Fit, a big data technology company providing leading fit       personalization
        software to top retailers across the globe, today       announced it has become
        a Demandware LINK Technology Partner, joining a       best-of-breed community\u00a0committed\u2026","title":"True
        Fit and Demandware Partner to Accelerate Commerce\u00a0Growth","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/09/true-fit-and-demandware-partner-to-accelerate-commerce-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936122,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-28T05:02:10Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"As
        I did last year, I thought it would be interesting to survey what the next
        year has to offer between consoles, handhelds, and PCs focusing mainly on
        NA by taking a large sampling of what (we hope) will show up on time and go
        from there with a few thoughts on them in\u00a0general.","title":"A Survey
        of the 2014\u00a0Gamescape","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/28/a-survey-of-the-2014-gamescape/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936121,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-14T08:00:28Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Michael Vick\u2019s STDs, Madden\u2019s dumb defense, and Nintendo\u2019s
        20-year-old rehashes are all unknown aspects of some of the best sports games
        ever\u00a0made.","title":"5 secrets you didn\u2019t know about famous sports\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/14/5-secrets-you-didnt-know-about-famous-sports-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936120,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-14T18:00:24Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"There\u2019s
        a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure\u2028,\u00a0Cause you know sometimes
        words have two meanings.","title":"What\u2019s a pivot, really? Turns out,
        you probably don\u2019t\u00a0know","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/14/whats-a-pivot-really-turns-out-you-probably-dont-know/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936119,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-06T12:08:26Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Mere minutes after Glyph raised $1 million on Kickstarter, I caught up
        with CEO Yobie Benjamin at the InContext conference in San Francisco to find
        out how he did\u00a0it.","title":"Citigroup\u2019s former CTO quit for a hardware
        startup and raised $1M on Kickstarter. Here\u2019s how he did it\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/citibanks-former-cto-quit-for-a-hardware-startup-and-raised-1m-on-kickstarter-heres-how-he-did-it-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936118,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T03:03:54Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Local       Motors, Inc. today announced that Bre Pettis, CEO of MakerBot,       has
        joined its Board of Directors, effective January 30, 2014.         Local Motors
        Rally Fighter wearing custom-designed MakerBot Racing vinyl wrap, and featuring\u00a0parts\u2026","title":"Local
        Motors Welcomes Bre Pettis, CEO of MakerBot, to Board of\u00a0Directors","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/local-motors-welcomes-bre-pettis-ceo-of-makerbot-to-board-of-directors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936117,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-16T06:00:19Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Guest
        Post The computer that we carry in our heads has over 100 trillion connections
        and can operate for hours powered by a hamburger. Compare that to the $1 million
        monthly electric bill of one of today\u2019s most powerful\u00a0supercomputers.","title":"The
        world we see in the movie Her isn\u2019t far\u00a0off","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/16/the-world-we-see-in-the-movie-her-isnt-far-off/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936116,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-10T09:00:24Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Yvolver
        believes the time has come to reward gamers for their\u00a0attention.","title":"Yvolver
        brings the science of loyalty reward programs to mobile games\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/10/yvolver-brings-the-science-of-loyalty-reward-programs-to-mobile-games-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936115,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T10:31:18Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"In
        the good old days of fat cats and see-gars and three TV networks,\u00a0the
        chief marketing officer\u2019s job was easy, if it even existed at all: brand,
        positioning, and placement on TV, newspapers, magazines, plus\u00a0maybe some
        radio.","title":"The new CMO: Customer service, product development, sales,
        data \u2026 oh, and\u00a0branding","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/the-new-cmo-customer-service-product-development-sales-data-oh-and-branding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936114,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T08:00:07Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"We
        explore the 2014 Call of Duty Championship through the eyes of its international\u00a0teams.","title":"Why
        international e-sports teams struggle with Call of Duty\u2019s powerful\u00a0incumbents","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/international-teams-at-2014-cod-championship/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936113,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-17T16:36:22Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Doctors,
        public transit, and talk radio are getting more and more hip to\u00a0technology.","title":"Funding
        Daily: The doctor will see you\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/17/funding-daily-the-doctor-will-see-you-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936112,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T03:30:16Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"The
        remarkable scope, overwhelming ambition, and epic failure of the Better Place
        electric-car service in Israel is worthy of a book, or several.","title":"Why
        Better Place was doomed to epic failure from the\u00a0start","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/why-better-place-was-doomed-to-epic-failure-from-the-start/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936111,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T10:28:05Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"\u201cIf
        a system for metering or paying for content had been devised, the entire business
        of publishing and journalism and blogging would have turned out\u00a0differently.\u201d","title":"Steve
        Jobs biographer: Why online media turned to ads \u2014 and why that\u00a0failed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/steve-jobs-biographer-why-online-media-turned-to-ads-and-why-that-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936110,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-25T09:00:27Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Guest
        Post Businesses spanning finance and tech entail inherent challenges, but
        they also offer substantial opportunities. Here\u2019s some tips to make them\u00a0work.","title":"Making
        financial-tech collaborations\u00a0work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/25/making-financial-tech-collaborations-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936109,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T05:05:11Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Burst,       the technology platform that\u2019s helping content creators
        unlock       the power of mobile video, today unveiled the latest version
        of the       Burst platform. Burst now enables media companies to seamlessly
        crowd       source user-generated\u2026","title":"Burst Unlocks Fan Engagement
        with New Mobile-to-Live TV Broadcast\u00a0Platform","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/burst-unlocks-fan-engagement-with-new-mobile-to-live-tv-broadcast-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936108,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T17:33:17Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Brothers:
        A Tale of Two Sons is a remarkably affecting game, one which starts abruptly,
        with a hollow, emotionally unearned tragedy and ends, thanks to the fantastic
        mechanics underpinning its picture-book plot, in triumph for all\u00a0involved.","title":"Brothers:
        how Riddick saves the\u00a0writing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/brothers-how-riddick-saves-the-writing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936107,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T17:17:14Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Nanigans
        CEO Ric Calvillo talks to a lot of ad-tech analysts. Every time he asks them
        what the biggest disruption in the advertising technology space is, they say
        RTB, or real-time bidding.","title":"The next big ad-tech disruption: Not
        RTB \u2026 and maybe not even Google or\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/the-next-big-ad-tech-disruption-not-rtb-and-maybe-not-even-google-or-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936106,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T11:30:07Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"In
        1973, Martin Cooper of Motorola used the earliest handset to make the first
        cell phone call. Since then, the mobile phone has evolved from a portable
        telephone to a personal digital assistant to a device for consuming nearly
        anything.","title":"The voice renaissance: Why Amazon and Apple are returning
        to the roots of\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/the-voice-renaissance-why-amazon-and-apple-are-returning-to-the-roots-of-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936105,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:15:03Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Google
        is\u00a0joining the quest to map the human body, except it\u2019s not just
        tackling one part of the body, it\u2019s going whole hog\u00a0to find answers
        to questions\u00a0scientists still have about the way the body works \u2014
        and what defines a healthy person.","title":"Google takes on the human body
        to find out what a healthy person looks\u00a0like","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/google-takes-on-the-human-body-to-find-out-what-a-healthy-person-looks-like/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936104,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-29T17:07:54Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"Editor''s
        Note: I''ve always been a fan of complex games. I love getting lost in minutiae
        and wondering, hours later, where the day went. However, Suriel piqued my
        curiosity in Greed Corp. Now I''m eager to give this simpler game a try and
        see if it can capture my interest like it did for him. -Jay","title":"Complexity
        Versus Simplicity: Two Approaches to\u00a0Strategy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/29/complexity-vs-simplicity-two-approaches-to-strategy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936103,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-22T17:05:57Z","slug":"complex-magazine","summary":"It\u2019s
        a hot sticky night in Leeds and I\u2019m backstage at the sizzling Sirloin
        Saturday\u2019s last night of their sold out \u2018Medium Rare\u2019 2013
        UK tour. The Pop Rock 80\u2019s loving sensation have clocked up many a month
        on the road and are now set to \u2018Steak\u2019 their claim for the crown
        at the latest worldwide \u2018Battle of the Rock band\u2019 competition.","title":"Rockband
        3: XBOX 360 \u2013 A Music Magazine style\u00a0review\u2026","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/22/rockband-3-xbox-360-a-music-magazine-style-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936102,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-19T07:29:04Z","slug":"the-quaker-oats-company","summary":"Popular
        mobile check in application Foursquare today launched a new pilot program
        with Pepsi and Safeway that integrates check ins with loyalty rewards, reports
        business magazine Fast Company.","title":"Foursquare kicks off new brand loyalty
        program with Safeway and\u00a0PepsiCo","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/19/foursquare-kicks-off-new-brand-loyalty-program-with-safeway-and-pepsico/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936101,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-25T19:47:21Z","slug":"idg-infoworld-publish-company","summary":"This
        afternoon, Microsoft\u2019s general counsel Brad Smith acknowledged that actions
        speak louder than words. But words are worthwhile too, he said.","title":"Microsoft
        to open source community: Let''s talk\u00a0(maybe)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/25/microsoft-to-open-source-community-lets-talk-maybe/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936100,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-13T14:54:13Z","slug":"idg-infoworld-publish-company","summary":"Corrected:
        Dan Moren, not Dan Warren. Thanks, @MikeTRose.","title":"Macworld iPad panelists
        defy Steve Jobs'' snub of the\u00a0show","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/13/macworld-ipad-panelists-defy-steve-jobs-snub-of-the-show/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936099,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-04T09:12:11Z","slug":"idg-infoworld-publish-company","summary":"Interactive
        Data Corporation,\u00a0a Bedford, Massachusetts-based firm that sells financial
        market data, analytics, and related services to both corporate and individual
        investors looking to stay on top of the market, has been sold by British media
        company Pearson Plc, which founded IDC in 1992.","title":"Financial data firm
        IDC sold in $3B\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/04/financial-data-provider-idc-sold-in-3b-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936098,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-23T09:13:32Z","slug":"idg-infoworld-publish-company","summary":"A
        host of companies have been scrambling for a leadership position in one of
        the hottest areas of the economy: providing the technology needed by businesses
        to embrace the cloud.","title":"The top 10 \u2018arms merchants\u2019 of the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/23/the-top-10-arms-merchants-of-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936097,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T19:30:01Z","slug":"idg-infoworld-publish-company","summary":"The\u00a0movement
        to publish\u00a0branded stories\u00a0across destinations ranging from Facebook
        to The New York Times, also known as native advertising, is drawing a lot
        of attention and ad dollars.","title":"4 tools and 5 tips for making the most
        of native\u00a0advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/4-tools-and-5-tips-for-making-the-most-of-native-advertising/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936096,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-04-02T09:22:20Z","slug":"idg-infoworld-publish-company","summary":"The
        latest action","title":"Roundup: Apple breaks DRM, DoubleClick bids, IDG scuffle,
        Photobucket and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/04/02/roundup-apple-breaks-drm-doubleclick-bids-idg-scuffle-photobucket-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936095,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-03T15:16:56Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"A
        proposed $13.5 million for Sqor, $8 million for Ravel, and\u00a0more.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Feb. 3,\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/03/funding-daily-february-3-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936094,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-06T09:46:32Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Guest
        Post Of all the social networks I\u2019m on \u2014 and I\u2019ve tried pretty
        much everything \u2014 if I could pick only one, it would be Twitter. I get
        an amazing return for the time I spend on the\u00a0platform.","title":"Why
        I love Twitter \u2014 and why that might not\u00a0matter","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/why-i-love-twitter-and-why-that-might-not-matter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936093,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T05:00:47Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Broadcom
        is still aiming to nudge rivals out of\u00a0smartphones.","title":"Broadcom
        packs high-speed 5G Wi-Fi into a single chip for\u00a0smartphones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/broadcom-packs-high-speed-5g-wi-fi-into-a-single-chip-for-smartphones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936092,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-27T04:00:26Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Social networks get a lot of attention in Silicon Valley, and for good
        reason: Over the last decade, almost every consumer exit over $10 billion
        has had a strong network at its\u00a0core.","title":"Want to go big in social?
        Don\u2019t be Facebook,\u00a0Jr.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/want-to-go-big-in-social-dont-be-facebook-junior/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936091,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-16T07:10:21Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"IDG
        Ventures\u2019 Phil Sanderson has quietly become one of the most successful
        venture capitalists backing\u00a0games.","title":"How a seasoned venture capitalist
        at IDG Ventures views game investments\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/16/how-a-seasoned-venture-capitalist-at-idg-ventures-views-game-investments-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936090,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-25T11:00:21Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"SGN
        is making mobile games, but it hasn\u2019t abandoned Facebook as a proving
        ground for new\u00a0ideas.","title":"Discover the state of mobile gaming in
        a fireside chat with SGN\u2019s Chris DeWolfe\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/25/discover-the-state-of-mobile-gaming-in-a-fireside-chat-with-sgns-chris-dewolfe-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936089,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T13:00:51Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Startup & Tech Mixer and Rubicon Venture Capital (formerly Georgetown
        Angels) are excited to kick off a new Speaker\u00a0Series.","title":"Startup
        & Tech Mixer presents Speaker Series 1.0: VC &\u00a0Bitcoin","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/startup-tech-mixer-presents-speaker-series-1-0-vc-bitcoin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936088,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-20T13:00:14Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Guest
        Post The real-time, analytics-intensive model pioneered by Wall Street quants
        is now moving beyond high finance: It\u2019s the future of\u00a0marketing.","title":"Why
        Madison Avenue is becoming more like Wall\u00a0Street","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/20/why-madison-avenue-is-becoming-more-like-wall-street/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936087,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T07:01:09Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Sponsored
        Post MapR       Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution
        for       Apache Hadoop, today announced that first quarter bookings tripled
        over       the prior year. With approximately 90% of its sales from       subscription-based
        product\u00a0licenses,\u2026","title":"MapR Reports Record Growth in the First
        Quarter\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/05/mapr-reports-record-growth-in-the-first-quarter-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936086,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T17:14:36Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Let\u2019s just wait and see if this Helion thing pays off or if the
        tech giant will just trot out a new cloud strategy in a few\u00a0months.","title":"Why
        HP\u2019s latest OpenStack position looks intelligent \u2014 in\u00a0theory","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/hp-helion-analysis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936085,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T14:05:07Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Amid
        all of the hype around \u201cbig data,\u201d\u00a0lots of people are starting
        to doubt whether there\u2019s any evidence that it\u2019s more than just that
        \u2014 hype.","title":"10 ways to use your data to make more money\u00a0(really)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/10-ways-to-use-your-data-to-make-more-money-really/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936084,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T11:05:18Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"When
        it comes to the cloud, Verizon gets pretty cocky. The telecommunications giant
        rebooted its cloud infrastructure efforts late last year, playing feature
        catchup with competitors like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. But Verizon Cloud
        started off with a pair of huge advantages: Verizon\u2019s global data centers
        and networking\u00a0infrastructure.","title":"Verizon thinks its cloud is
        better than yours \u2014 and it may be\u00a0right","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/verizon-thinks-its-cloud-is-better-than-yours-and-it-may-be-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936083,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T13:00:30Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"This
        sponsored post is produced by Terry Koh, the marketing and communications
        manager at TiE Silicon Valley","title":"5 tips for aspiring student\u00a0entrepreneurs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/5-tips-for-aspiring-student-entrepreneurs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936082,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T12:30:59Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"The
        Oscars of Silicon Valley go to people with the vision to change the\u00a0world.","title":"The
        big takeaway from the Silicon Valley \u2018Oscars:\u2019 Be responsible, not\u00a0greedy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/at-their-oscars-silicon-valley-visionaries-urge-entrepreneurs-to-be-responsible-tech-heroes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936081,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T14:42:24Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Last
        week, software-defined networking startup Arista Networks made an initial
        public offering that hit a lofty $3.8 billion. And that\u2019s just the first
        of over 20 similar startups attacking networking incumbent Cisco, according
        to a new\u00a0report from\u00a0longtime industry analyst Scott Raynovich.","title":"Cisco\u2019s
        $20B lunch: Arista and 20+ other startups line up for the\u00a0buffet","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/arista-first-of-20-software-defined-networking-startups-that-will-eat-ciscos-20b-lunch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936080,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T13:45:16Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Guest
        Post Thinking of raising money via an AngelList Syndicate? Here\u2019s what
        you should know before and after jumping\u00a0in.","title":"An angel investor\u2019s
        ultimate guide to AngelList\u00a0Syndicates","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/an-angel-investors-ultimate-guide-to-angellist-syndicates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936079,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T10:25:37Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Apparently,
        creating apps for anonymous gossip is a lucrative affair: Secret has just
        raised a new round of funding from a crop of esteemed investors and is releasing
        two new features for an enhanced gossiping experience.","title":"Secret grabs
        $25M, lets you add Facebook friends to your gossip\u00a0circle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/secret-grabs-25m-lets-you-add-facebook-friends-to-your-gossip-circle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936078,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T17:39:45Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Updated
        Friday with clarification that Sacks\u2019 memo was a Yammer message, not
        an email.","title":"Here\u2019s Yammer cofounder David Sacks\u2019 goodbye
        memo to his team at\u00a0Microsoft","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/david-sacks-goodbye-memo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936077,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-04-21T05:45:41Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"T-RAM
        Semiconductor, a five year old memory cell company in San Jose, has raised
        what looks to us as Silicon Valley\u2019s largest venture round so far this
        year: $40 million.","title":"Memory cell company T-RAM reels in\u00a0$40M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/04/21/memory-cell-company-t-ram-reels-in-40m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936076,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-21T15:59:45Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Lookery,
        a company that sells advertising on Facebook, and more recently also other
        social networks, and other web sites, has been scraping the bottom of the
        social network advertising barrel, and growing fast. Starting at the end of
        January, it began guaranteeing Facebook applications and more recently any
        other web site or widget a cool $0.125 per thousand ad impressions for any
        traditional banner ad it ran \u2014 a trivial amount for so-called cost-per-mille
        (CPM) ads.","title":"Facebook ad network Lookery hits its billion-impression
        target; Social networking\u00a0doomed?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/21/facebook-ad-network-lookery-hits-its-billion-impression-target-social-networking-doomed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-08T15:36:59Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Virtual
        goods may be making billions of dollars for some web companies in Asia, but
        the business model \u2014 which can be as simple as letting users buy virtual
        jackets for their avatars using real money \u2014 hasn\u2019t been a hit here
        until recently. For what has likely been more than a year now, third parties
        on social networking platforms offered by Facebook, MySpace and other sites
        have been experimenting with various forms of virtual goods and currencies
        \u2014 and some have been doing quite well. Playdom is the latest company
        that we\u2019re hearing some interesting things about \u2014 including a rumor
        about its revenue numbers and financing plans, a board member who\u2019s also
        a Facebook executive, and a lawsuit.","title":"Playdom: Another social gaming
        company playing it smart with virtual\u00a0goods","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/08/playdom-another-social-gaming-company-playing-it-smart-with-virtual-goods/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936074,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-26T13:18:53Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Why
        did Facebook just decide to raise money from Russian investment firm Digital
        Sky Technologies \u2014 aside from generally wanting a \u201ccushion\u201d
        of $200 million before it goes public? As Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg
        and DST chief executive Yuri Milner tell me in the interview below, there
        are lots of reasons. One is that DST has invested in five Russian and Eastern
        Europe-based social networks already \u2014 and all of them are \u201cvery
        profitable,\u201d according to Milner. Facebook, Zuckerberg adds, can learn
        a lot from seeing what\u2019s working for these sites.","title":"Zuckerberg
        and Milner, on Facebook''s latest funding \u2014 and social networking\u00a0revenue","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/26/zuckerberg-and-milner-on-facebooks-latest-funding-and-social-networking-revenue/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-28T10:52:58Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"To
        avoid environmental catastrophe within the next century, we, as a world, desperately
        need to cut carbon emissions.","title":"Change the world! Launch your Smart
        Grid company at GreenBeat\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/28/greenbeat-2009-innovation-competition-change-the-world-with-your-smart-grid-company-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936072,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-01T00:52:28Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"The
        heady days of acquisitions are back. Cisco Systems said today it is buying
        Norway\u2019s Tandberg video conferencing business for $3 billion. That\u2019s
        a huge amount of money.","title":"The acquisition days are back as Cisco picks
        up Norwegian firm for $3\u00a0billion","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/01/the-acquisition-days-are-back-as-cisco-picks-up-norwegian-firm-for-3-billion/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936071,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-07T06:11:31Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Two
        weeks ago, the Spanish phone giant Telefonica said it had acquired Internet
        phone company Jajah for $207 million in cash. That\u2019s an excellent return
        for Silicon Valley-based Jajah, considering its investors put in only $33
        million and it launched a little more than four years before.","title":"How
        Jajah, a little phone company, sold for $207M while everyone else got\u00a0killed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/07/how-jajah-a-little-phone-company-sold-for-207m-while-everyone-else-got-killed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936070,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-23T00:30:48Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Oh,
        girl, it\u2019s on! Jason Goldberg is moving in on Scott Gatz\u2019s turf.
        And Gatz is not taking it lying down.\u00a0The two openly gay entrepreneurs
        are both trying to create the hot place for their brethren to check in with
        each other online.","title":"Fabulis vs. GayCities: A social-networking battle
        that''s totally\u00a0gay","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/23/gaycities-fabulis-gay-social-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936069,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-02T17:04:00Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Our
        GreenBeat conference Wednesday and Thursday at Stanford University, we\u2019ll
        be talking about investment opportunities in energy grids. Could it be that
        some of the smartest minds in the business are missing out on the next big
        thing?","title":"Grab those billions! Why weather data is the next big thing
        in energy\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/02/weather-data-land-grab-greenbeat-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936068,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-22T10:47:47Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Here\u2019s
        some of the latest action we\u2019re following on the GreenBeat today:","title":"On
        the GreenBeat: Abegnoa finalizes $1.45 billion DOE backing, oil refiners refuse
        to sell\u00a0E15","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/22/on-the-greenbeat-abegnoa-finalizes-1-45-billion-doe-backing-oil-refiners-refuse-to-sell-e15/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936067,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-10T11:45:14Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Look
        out, a development in mobile is about to impact your company in a big way.","title":"MobileBeat
        2011 \u2014 Five reasons 4G/LTE is about to jolt your\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/10/mobilebeat-2011-five-reasons-why-4glte-is-about-to-jolt-your-company/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936066,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-12T07:00:25Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Update:
        This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon\u2019s Kindle
        bookstore.","title":"How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social
        game\u00a0powerhouse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/zynga-history/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936065,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-17T15:16:19Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"NextIO,
        builder of processors and virtualization\u00a0software for data center servers,
        has raised $12.3 million in its fifth round of funding.","title":"Server and
        data center software company NextIO grabs late-stage\u00a0investment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/17/server-and-data-center-software-company-nextio-grabs-late-stage-investment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936064,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-25T07:53:10Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Guest
        Post SuccessFactors. Taleo. Yammer. What do these companies have in common?
        Each is an enterprise tech company worth billions of dollars, indicating rapid
        growth in the emerging enterprise technology\u00a0industry.","title":"The
        next billion-dollar enterprise tech\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/25/the-next-billion-dollar-enterprise-tech-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-16T13:23:44Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"With
        new owners and a new business plan, the Well is poised for \u2014 well, not
        exactly greatness. But something slightly bigger than\u00a0before.","title":"A
        Well of community support powers the world\u2019s oldest social networking\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/16/a-well-of-community-support-powers-the-worlds-oldest-social-networking-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936062,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-03T12:51:57Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Google
        will keep the lion\u2019s share of mobile ad spend this year. Still, the search
        giant\u2019s stranglehold on ad dollars in mobile is slowly loosening as new
        players like Facebook come onto the\u00a0market.","title":"Facebook will get
        30% of all mobile ad dollars in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/facebook-mobile-ads-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936061,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-26T10:00:55Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"With
        450 people at its U.S. headquarters, Japan\u2019s Gree is chasing after the
        giant mobile\u00a0game.","title":"Gree searches for the billion-dollar game
        from its swanky S.F. headquarters\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/26/grees-search-for-the-billion-dollar-game-from-its-swanky-sf-headquarters-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936060,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-01T10:59:51Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"American
        women have $50 billion worth of unworn clothing in their closets. Online thrift
        store Threadflip released a major update today to help put those forsaken
        garments to\u00a0use.","title":"Threadflip gets more social to sell billions
        of dollars hiding in women\u2019s\u00a0closets","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/01/threadflip-gets-more-social-to-sell-the-billions-of-dollars-hiding-in-womens-closets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936059,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-30T09:44:24Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick There are over four billion street lights in the world. Almost all of
        them are high-intensity discharge lights that use mercury vapor or some other
        toxic substance to create light. All of them are powered, and most burn out
        every two years.\nNow what if all these could become nodes on a sensor network
        spanning the entire\u00a0globe?","title":"Smart city, smart planet: Sensity
        is creating a billion-node network of global sensors \u2014 in street\u00a0lights","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/smart-city-smart-planet-sensity-is-creating-a-billion-node-network-of-global-sensors-in-street-lights/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936058,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-10T16:15:33Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Networking
        startup Viptela has raised $33 million from Sequoia Capital, according to
        a report from AllThingsD. The goals of the young company stand out in a market
        filled with startups and\u00a0heavyweights.","title":"Sequoia invests $33M
        in secretive networking startup\u00a0Viptela","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/10/sequoia-invests-33m-in-secretive-networking-startup-viptela/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936057,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-24T07:15:14Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Cisco
        has pulled the cover off a billion-dollar plan to build a big geographically
        distributed cloud, while working with many\u00a0partners.","title":"Cisco
        reveals billion-dollar plan for a cloud \u2014 and a pack of partners,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/24/cisco-reveals-billion-dollar-plan-for-a-cloud-and-a-pack-of-partners-too/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936056,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T09:22:21Z","slug":"billion-dollar-networking-company","summary":"Cisco
        announced this morning that it has agreed to buy Tail-f Systems for $175 million.
        The company offers \u201cmulti-vendor service orchestration,\u201d which essentially
        means that it provides a software layer that lets\u00a0you manage\u00a0a wide
        range of networking devices via a single interface.","title":"Cisco buys hot
        software-defined networking startup Tail-f for\u00a0$175M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/cisco-buys-hot-software-defined-networking-startup-tail-f-for-175m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936055,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-02T10:24:17Z","slug":"barclaycard","summary":"Soon
        you\u2019ll be able to make purchases in the U.S. by waving your smartphone,
        if AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have their way. The carriers are partnering
        for a joint venture that will aim to displace credit and debit cards, sources
        familiar with the matter tell Bloomberg.","title":"AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile
        make plans to replace credit cards with\u00a0smartphones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/02/att-verizon-and-t-mobile-make-plans-to-replace-credit-cards-with-smartphones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936054,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-11T10:07:02Z","slug":"barclaycard","summary":"Joining
        the race to integrate physical and digital payment services, Visa announced
        today its next-generation payment service, which will reach out to new users
        who don\u2019t have traditional credit cards.","title":"Visa unveils new \"digital
        wallet\" for electronic\u00a0commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/11/visa-unveils-new-digital-wallet-for-electronic-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936053,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-28T03:27:45Z","slug":"barclaycard","summary":"It\u2019s
        easy to think of mobile wallet solutions from companies Google, PayPal, and
        Isis as locked in a heated battle for the future of payments. But according
        to Michael Abbott, CEO of the mobile payments company Isis, that\u2019s far
        from the case.","title":"Isis CEO: Mobile wallet war? What mobile wallet\u00a0war?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/28/isis-ceo-no-mobile-wallet-war/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936052,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-30T12:12:36Z","slug":"barclaycard","summary":"The
        mobile experience is in a renaissance period, from phones to tablets to autos
        and more. We\u2019re seeing multi-core processors come to mobile devices to
        enable new applications like intense gaming and HD video playback, and we\u2019re
        seeing advanced user interfaces, such as gesture and eye tracking, that could
        greatly improve the mobile experience. Then there\u2019s Near Field Communications
        (NFC). Many predict NFC will bring one of the most significant improvements
        to the mobile experience of all.","title":"Get ready: NFC is nearing its tipping\u00a0point","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/30/get-ready-nfc-is-nearing-its-tipping-point/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936051,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-03T08:00:10Z","slug":"barclaycard","summary":"Boku,
        the company that allows you to pay for online purchases with your mobile phone
        number, is announcing today it has signed a deal with Sprint, allowing it
        to process mobile payments with all of the major U.S. mobile phone carriers.","title":"Boku
        locks mobile billing deals with all four major U.S.\u00a0carriers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/03/boku-locks-mobile-billing-deals-with-all-four-major-u-s-carriers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936050,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-10T10:37:08Z","slug":"barclaycard","summary":"Soon
        you\u2019ll be able to apply that famous American Express slogan (\u201cDon\u2019t
        Leave Home Without It\u201d) to your smartphone. Isis, the mobile payments
        venture between AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, announced Thursday that it\u2019s
        adding support for AmEx cards.","title":"Isis adds American Express cards
        \u2014 now you really can\u2019t leave home without\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/10/isis-american-express-cards/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936049,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-28T12:08:26Z","slug":"barclaycard","summary":"Conversocial
        has raised $4.4 million (\u00a32.95) for its social customer service solutions
        that keep businesses connected to their customers and their\u00a0needs.","title":"Conversocial
        raises $4.4M to lower risk of angry customer\u00a0rants","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:22:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/conversocial-raises-4-4m-to-lower-risk-of-angry-customer-rants/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936048,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-21T03:00:01Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"Guest
        Post The NSA\u2019s clandestine mass electronic surveillance data mining didn\u2019t
        sink the cloud industry. But it did bring to the forefront issues related
        to security and compliance that enterprises and vendors need to\u00a0address.","title":"One
        year later: Lessons learned from the Snowden-NSA\u00a0scandal","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/21/one-year-later-lessons-learned-from-the-snowden-nsa-scandal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936047,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T10:30:29Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"SAN
        FRANCISCO \u2014 Declara founder and chief executive Ramona Pierson is a math
        whiz and former Marine who survived a horrible accident and relearned basically
        every normal human function. And now she\u2019s founded a company that uses
        data analysis to optimize people\u2019s learning.","title":"I\u2019m building
        algorithms to help people learn, not to replace them, says Declara\u00a0founder","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/im-building-algorithms-to-help-people-learn-not-to-replace-them-says-declara-founder/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936046,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T15:30:15Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"Healthcare
        providers are looking for ways to connect with potential patients on the web,
        on mobile devices, and through social channels. And San Francisco-based Clariture
        is ramping up to fill the need.","title":"Clariture social-stalks you to learn
        about your health \u2014 so healthcare companies can sell to\u00a0you","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/clariture-social-stalks-you-to-learn-about-your-health-so-healthcare-companies-can-sell-to-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936045,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T14:51:30Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"Where
        social media sites are\u00a0concerned, advertisers see Facebook as by far
        the biggest game in town. And for good reason. Facebook ads are working far
        better than they used to.","title":"Facebook jacks up ad prices as advertisers
        learn the\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/facebook-jacks-up-ad-prices-as-advertisers-learn-the-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936044,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T08:00:24Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"Sponsored
        Post B2B marketers are consistently advised to adopt the principles of B2C.  Here\u2019s
        why that\u2019s not always good\u00a0advice.","title":"What B2B marketers
        should NOT learn from\u00a0B2C","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/what-b2b-marketers-should-not-learn-from-b2c/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936043,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T12:42:46Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"Darktrace
        is run by former British spook Andrew France. Now he wants to sit inside your\u00a0network.","title":"Former
        spy launches startup aimed at building an \u2018immune system\u2019 for\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/former-spy-launches-startup-aimed-at-building-an-immune-system-for-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:20:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936042,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-30T12:30:54Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Following IBM\u2019s deals with Lenovo and SoftLayer, IBM has gradually
        removed its SDN expertise away from product development for selling into a
        hype-filled\u00a0market.","title":"Pssst. IBM has quietly walked away from
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        startup called Ersatz Labs wants to help lots of companies intelligently answer
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        and CMU researchers told VentureBeat the e-learning world needs serious work.
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        seventh annual\u00a0MobileBeat event\u00a0is\u00a0just around the corner\u00a0on
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        small team of developers in Kiev are beta-testing their iBeacon restaurant
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        Post CliniWorks today announced a strategic alliance between its I subsidiary       CliniWorks
        (Israel) Ltd. (\u201cCliniWorks Israel\u201d) and Pfizer Inc.       (\u201cPfizer\u201d)
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        path to unlocking the secrets of the brain is a tough one, but Numenta is
        making progress with apps like\u00a0Grok.","title":"After nine years of research,
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        things work out the way organizers want them to, Metis could become more effective
        at actually training people in data science than lessons from massively open
        online course\u00a0providers.","title":"Starting in September, you can learn
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        about every tech leader in Silicon Valley says they admire Steve Jobs, but
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        to create a dynamic experience for\u00a0kids.","title":"DreamWorks and Microsoft
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        a startup that helps enterprises digitize their paperwork, faxes, scans, mobile
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        machine-learning smarts to their applications, might just be setting the tone
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        Pick The famous game designer leaves an early retirement to work on a new
        free-to-play shooter. But does he know what he\u2019s\u00a0doing?","title":"Cliff
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        onset of multicore processors and cloud computing made the film\u00a0possible.","title":"How
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        article is part of a series of posts about DEMO alumni and news of their progress.
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        been tracking the progress of Dibsie, an New York based e-commerce company\u00a0that
        learns your tastes from your social network and displays items in the form
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        to the public.","title":"Dibsie goes public with a shopping catalog that learns
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        educational gaming company Knowledge Adventure is now focusing on online and
        mobile games as JumpStart, along with DreamWorks\u00a0Animation.","title":"Knowledge
        Adventure rebrands as JumpStart and creates online kids learning alliance
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        Post Here are three big things I learned about teamwork on my ride to South
        by Southwest on the\u00a0StartupBus.","title":"3 things I learned about teamwork
        on the \u2018StartupBus\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:19:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/24/3-things-i-learned-about-teamwork-on-the-startupbus/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:19:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936012,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-08T13:45:43Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Canadian ed-tech company Desire2Learn is positioning itself as a pioneer
        in the accessibility sector. The dedicated R&D team is building learning tools
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        make better accessibility tools for classrooms\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:19:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/08/desire2learns-blind-workers-help-make-better-accessibility-tools-for-classrooms-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936011,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-07T10:44:10Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Mobile Learning Networks, Inc. \u2013 a private tutoring service company       revolutionizing
        the industry by providing a virtual, one-to-one       experience between student
        and tutor via an iPad application \u2013 announced       it has completed
        a\u00a0$350,000\u2026","title":"Mobile Learning Networks, Inc. Converts Traditional
        Tutoring Market to Online\u00a0Co...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/07/mobile-learning-networks-inc-converts-traditional-tutoring-market-to-online-community/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936010,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-25T18:00:06Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"Guest
        Post The truth is, joining a startup kind of feels like joining a crazed gang.
        You aren\u2019t entirely sure what\u2019s going to happen next and how you\u2019re
        going to pull off the job you just pitched, but gosh darnit, there is SO MUCH\u00a0EXCITEMENT.","title":"The
        5 most important things I\u2019ve learned working for a startup (and watching\u00a0Anchorman)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/25/the-5-most-important-things-ive-learned-working-for-a-startup-and-watching-anchorman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936009,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-21T10:13:03Z","slug":"work-n-learn","summary":"It\u2019s
        State Department-sponsored, but it\u2019s also spy-proof. It\u2019s used in
        emergency situations, from earthquakes to censorship. This could be the tech
        to connect us all, one device at a\u00a0time.","title":"We\u2019re approaching
        the post-Internet age. You need to learn about mesh\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/were-approaching-the-post-internet-age-you-need-to-learn-about-mesh-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936001,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-28T10:52:58Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"To
        avoid environmental catastrophe within the next century, we, as a world, desperately
        need to cut carbon emissions.","title":"Change the world! Launch your Smart
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        new flock of experts and industry leaders has joined the roster for GreenBeat
        2009, the seminal event on the Smart Grid, on Nov. 18 and 19. We are very
        excited to announce this group, as it spans analysts, purse-string holders,
        and an inspiring new entrepreneur in the space.","title":"More names for the
        GreenBeat marquee: Gee, Wagner, and\u00a0Wong","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/26/more-names-for-the-greenbeat-marquee-gee-wagner-wong-and-zibelman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935994,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-09T07:48:46Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"We\u2019re
        putting the final touches on the agenda for GreenBeat 2009, the seminal executive
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        Electric Power Research Institute, several major corporations shaping the
        grid, and a bold new startup.","title":"Newest experts recruited for GreenBeat:
        Allan, Hublou, Mezey, Pacyna, Von\u00a0Dollen","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/09/newest-experts-recruited-for-greenbeat-allan-hublou-mezey-pacyna-von-dollen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935992,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-12T14:53:34Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"We\u2019re
        rounding out the agenda for GreenBat 2009, the seminal executive conference
        on the Super Grid taking place NEXT WEEK on Nov. 18-19. Today, we\u2019re
        delighted to announce the addition of still more policy, IT and investment
        experts.","title":"GreenBeat2009: Still more Super Grid\u00a0speakers!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/12/greenbeat2009-still-more-super-grid-speakers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935990,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-13T11:59:29Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"In
        order for a conference to be a catalyst for change, it needs to have people
        asking the right questions. GreenBeat 2009 has recruited a crack team of moderators
        to execute this task \u2014 including two of the most respected analysts speaking
        and writing about the emerging Super Grid.","title":"GreenBeat 2009: Bringing
        in the Grid\u00a0analysts","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/13/greenbeat-2009-bringing-in-the-grid-analysts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935989,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-18T13:07:20Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"The
        seminal conference on the Smart Grid has arrived.","title":"GreenBeat dives
        into the Smart Grid in T-3\u00a0hours!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/18/greenbeat-dives-into-the-smart-grid-in-t-minus-3-hours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935987,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-19T15:35:49Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"Cisco
        Systems put no limit on its budget for Smart Grid development,\u00a0 the company\u2019s
        grid guru Laura Ipsen told the audience at GreenBeat 2009 \u2014 albeit quoting
        her boss John Chambers.","title":"GreenBeat: Cisco has a blank check for Smart
        Grid, but what will it do with\u00a0it?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/19/greenbeat-cisco-has-a-blank-check-for-smart-grid-but-what-will-it-do-with-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935985,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-19T16:22:29Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"Straight
        from VentureBeat\u2019s GreenBeat 2009 event, we bring you former vice president
        and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore. I\u2019ll be live-blogging this session \u2014
        so it won\u2019t be perfect or word-for-word, but it will be fast! We\u2019ll
        pull out the gems as soon as we can.","title":"GreenBeat: Live-blogging Nobel
        Prize winner Al\u00a0Gore","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/19/greenbeat-live-blogging-al-gore/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935983,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-25T12:50:12Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"At
        this time last week, we were just about to kick off our inaugural GreenBeat
        conference focused on the Smart Grid. We\u2019re thrilled to still be receiving
        valuable feedback and new ideas for the event next year. To provide our readers
        \u2014 including those who couldn\u2019t make it out this time \u2014 with
        a taste of the GreenBeat experience, we\u2019re providing some photos and
        videos here, as well as the presentations made by our lineup of speakers.","title":"GreenBeat:
        Ultimate media roundup \u2014 pics, videos, slides and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/25/greenbeat-ultimate-media-roundup-pics-videos-slides-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:18:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935981,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-04T11:31:21Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"Our
        friends at GigaOm\u2019s Earth2Tech blog are putting on their next Green:Net
        conference. Today they\u2019re announcing that Bill Gross, the CEO and founder
        of Idealab, will join their list of speakers at Green:Net 2010.","title":"Bill
        Gross founder of Idealab to speak at Green:Net 2010, saver rate ends\u00a0Friday","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/04/bill-gross-founder-of-idealab-to-speak-at-greennet-2010-saver-rate-ends-friday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935979,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-25T14:31:05Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"Cisco  Systems
        has been scouting for major plays in the Smart Grid  infrastructure arena
        for about a year \u2014 some analysts even speculated  that it would buy wireless
        networking provider Silver Spring Networks. But today, it announced its decision
        to go with Grid Net,  one of the first and only companies to trumpet WiMAX
        as the ultimate  solution for transmitting data between utilities and smart
        meters.","title":"Cisco buys into WiMax for Smart Grid, acquires stake in
        Grid\u00a0Net","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/25/cisco-buys-into-wimax-for-smart-grid-acquires-stake-in-grid-net/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935978,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-21T17:57:54Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"The
        intersection of the Internet and the greentech boom represents an incredible
        opportunity to apply the talent of the Internet industry to the most important
        cause to date: saving the planet. Green:Net 2010 will see top green entrepreneurs,
        technologists and market-leading companies convene on April 29th in San Francisco.
        Maximize the value of your time by meeting with thought leaders, technologists,
        investors, press, new startups and their future customers. One venue. One
        day. San Francisco.","title":"Discover how Internet technologies can save
        the climate at Green:Net 2010 (VB discount\u00a0included)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/21/discover-how-internet-technologies-can-save-the-climate-at-greennet-2010-vb-discount-included/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935977,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-27T10:24:37Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"The
        intersection of the Internet and the greentech boom represents an incredible
        opportunity to apply the talent of the Internet industry to the most important
        cause to date: saving the planet. Green:Net 2010 will see top green entrepreneurs,
        technologists and market-leading companies convene on April 29 in San Francisco.
        Maximize the value of your time by meeting with thought leaders, technologists,
        investors, press, new startups and their future customers. One venue. One
        day. San Francisco.","title":"Green:Net 2010 Conference -\u2013 just a few
        tickets\u00a0left!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/27/greennet-2010-conference-%e2%80%93-just-a-few-tickets-left/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935976,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-28T13:14:48Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"The
        area of technology that is least understood and most controversial right now
        is clean technology. But it\u2019s also where significant amounts of money
        can be made.","title":"GreenBeat 2010: Learn where the \"Super Grid\"  is
        creating billion-dollar\u00a0opportunities","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/28/greenbeat-2010-learn-where-the-super-grid-is-creating-billion-dollar-opportunities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935975,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-28T10:05:11Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"I\u2019m
        pleased to announce that Laura Ipsen, VP and General Manager for Cisco Systems\u2019
        Smart Grid Business Unit, will be joining us as a speaker at GreenBeat 2009.","title":"Latest
        speaker at GreenBeat 2009: Cisco''s Smart Grid guru, Laura\u00a0Ipsen","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/28/latest-speaker-at-greenbeat-2009-ciscos-smart-grid-guru-laura-ipsen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935974,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-28T17:25:43Z","slug":"ipsen","summary":"Laura
        Ipsen is senior vice president and general manager in charge of the Smart
        Grid for Cisco, and she\u2019ll be speaking at our GreenBeat conference next
        month, where we\u2019ll be discussing the most disruptive technologies bringing
        change to the old carbon-based grid system. Below is a Q&A I just had with
        her over the phone.","title":"Q&A with Cisco''s Laura Ipsen: Telepresence
        reduces carbon at\u00a0Copenhagen","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/28/qa-with-ciscos-laura-ipsen-telepresence-reduces-carbon-at-copenhagen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935973,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-13T21:00:28Z","slug":"dyyno","summary":"DEMO
        Fall 2010, the technology launchpad conference coproduced by VentureBeat and
        IDG, is kicking off tomorrow (actually, the parties started tonight), and
        we\u2019ve got a lineup of big-name speakers from the tech world, including
        Twitter cofounder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey, SAP CEO Bill McDermott, LinkedIn
        CEO Jeff Weiner, Hewlett-Packard CTO Phil McKinney, and Google Enterprise
        President Dave Girouard.","title":"DEMO''s next wave of innovation: Here''s
        the launch\u00a0list","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/13/demos-next-wave-of-innovation-heres-the-launch-list/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935972,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-12T03:15:34Z","slug":"dyyno","summary":"While
        Google grapples with making YouTube profitable, a Silicon Valley start-up
        called Dyyno says it has a fraction of the video-sharing site\u2019s distribution
        costs and is focusing on monetization out of the gate.","title":"Dyyno pledges
        video sharing at a fraction of YouTube''s\u00a0costs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/12/dyyno-pledges-video-sharing-at-a-fraction-of-youtubes-costs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935971,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-15T11:05:52Z","slug":"dyyno","summary":"Dyyno
        is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010
        event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies
        pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.","title":"DEMO:
        Dyyno makes capturing and streaming video easy,\u00a0profitable","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/15/demo-dyyno-streaming-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935969,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-22T11:08:45Z","slug":"cambrios-technologies","summary":"Siluria
        Technologies, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based firm specializing in engineering
        inorganic materials with biological nanotechnology, has brought in $3.3 million
        in equity and convertible preferred stock from undisclosed investors, according
        to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.","title":"Siluria
        Tech takes in $3.3M for nanoscale\u00a0engineering","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/22/siluria-tech-takes-in-33m-for-nanoscale-engineering/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935968,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-30T18:15:42Z","slug":"cambrios-technologies","summary":"Siluria
        Technologies, a young startup that engineers bugs to convert  natural gas
        into organic chemicals, has just emerged from  stealth. Sounds dull, but there
        are lots of dollar signs attached \u2014  including an investment from Silicon
        Valley\u2019s cleantech kingmaker,  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.","title":"Kleiner-backed
        Siluria turns natural gas into green\u00a0chemicals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:17:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/30/kleiner-siluria-launches/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935967,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-30T21:01:13Z","slug":"cambrios-technologies","summary":"Cambrios
        Technologies is announcing today that it has hired John LeMoncheck as its
        new chief executive and raised $5 million in a fourth round of funding from
        strategic investor Samsung Venture Investment.","title":"Touchscreen film
        maker Cambrios hires new CEO and raises\u00a0$5M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/30/touchscreen-film-maker-cambrios-hires-new-ceo-and-raises-5m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935966,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-12-08T05:07:43Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Triathlon
        WomanWe mentioned earlier how Shanghai enjoys a lively post-midnight bar scene
        that doesn\u2019t exist to the same extent in Silicon Valley. This well-reported
        piece in the New York Times (sub required) explains what Silicon Valley does
        have. It has a great outdoors. So perhaps we in Silicon Valley have opted
        for the early-morning option voluntarily.","title":"Play in Silicon Valley
        vs\u00a0Shanghai","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/12/08/play-in-silicon-valley-vs-shanghai/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935965,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-01T09:24:27Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"PurpleYogi,
        one of the earliest Silicon Valley companies to focus on \u201cextreme personalization
        of the Internet,\u201d has finally been sold for $158 million after a dramatic
        series of twists in business strategy.","title":"PurpleYogi, the 1999 personalization
        company, finally hits pay\u00a0dirt","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/01/purpleyogi-the-1999-personalization-company-finally-hits-pay-dirt/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935964,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-16T16:34:47Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Hydro
        Green Energy, another player in the burgeoning hydrokinetic sector, has just
        capped a $2.6 million first funding round led by the Quercus Trust.","title":"Hydro
        Green Energy caps off first funding round in growing \"hydrokinetic\" market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/16/hydro-green-energy-caps-off-first-funding-in-growing-hydrokinetic-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935963,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-17T12:23:19Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"[Editor''s
        note: This is an op-ed piece by Bernard Moon, vice president of holding company
        The Lunsford Group.]","title":"Want to be the next Google? Create enduring\u00a0values","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/17/want-to-be-the-next-google-create-enduring-values/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935962,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-30T21:00:38Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Fifteen
        major technology companies are getting together to create an alliance with
        the goal of promoting technologies and interfaces from machines that use visual
        input.","title":"Alliance formed to promote machines that\u00a0see","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/30/alliance-formed-to-promote-machines-that-see/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935961,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-21T13:33:51Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"TV
        Guide Digital has a message for online entertainment guides calling themselves
        the next TV Guide:","title":"Your company is not the next TV Guide, says TV
        Guide\u00a0Digital","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/21/not-the-next-tv-guide-digital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935960,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-02T11:52:51Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"VentureBeat\u2019s
        first annual CloudBeat conference is only a month away. Hosted on Nov. 30
        and Dec. 1 at the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood City, we will be exploring many
        cases of real and revolutionary enterprise adoption of cloud services. We\u2019ll
        be cutting though the hype of the \u201ccloud\u201d and see how it\u2019s
        changing the way business is being done from a customer perspective rather
        than a vendor-focused one.","title":"Meet our first batch of CloudBeat 2011
        speakers: Aaron Levie, Lew Moorman and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/02/meet-our-first-batch-of-cloudbeat-2011-speakers-aaron-levie-byron-sabastian-lew-moorman-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935959,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-20T10:45:21Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Tim
        Sweeney is one of the gods of 3D graphics in video games. He is the founder
        and chief executive of Epic Games, the maker of blockbuster video games from
        Unreal to Gears of War. At the upcoming 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas,
        Sweeney will be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall
        of Fame and he\u2019ll be giving a talk for the first time at the exclusive
        industry event. Sweeney has led Epic Games for more than two decades and is
        the technological wizard behind the company\u2019s industry-leading 3D graphics.
        Not only does Sweeney enable Epic\u2019s designers to create some of the coolest
        games, which are catalysts for creativity that inspire the rest of the game
        developers. He also built the Unreal Engine, which Epic licenses to the rest
        of the game industry, raising the overall graphics quality of many games.
        Sweeney has led the company in its transition from PC game maker to console
        game maker and has helped it expand into iPhone and iPad games. Sweeney is
        a shy programmer, until you get him in a discussion about what is right when
        it comes to a technology decision. He is an advocate of open technology, and
        he has played a big role in pioneering 3D graphics. At Raleigh, N.C.-based
        Epic, his job is to see the future of games and create the technology that
        will deliver it to consumers\u2019 living rooms with the highest fidelity.
        We\u2019ll be covering his award ceremony and talk at the Dice Summit, which
        takes place Feb. 8-10. Meanwhile, we were able to interview him recently.
        Here\u2019s an edited transcript of our interview with Sweeney.","title":"Epic\u2019s
        3D graphics wizard Tim Sweeney says business and technology are \u201cintricately
        linked\u201d\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/20/epics-3d-graphics-wizard-tim-sweeney-says-business-and-technology-are-intricately-linked-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935958,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-03T13:23:32Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Forbes
        today published its Midas List, an annual recounting of who\u2019s who among
        the top investors around the globe.","title":"Need some inspiration, ladies?
        Meet the women of Forbes\u2019 Midas\u00a0List","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/03/women-midas-list/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935957,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-25T18:45:34Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"News
        surrounding yesterday\u2019s company-wide layoff at Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
        developer 38 Studios continues to roll in on as people in and around the event
        speak up about what exactly went\u00a0wrong.","title":"Rhode Island governor,
        former employee, and Salvatore weigh in on 38 Studios\u2019\u00a0collapse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/25/38-studios-quotes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935956,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-02T09:56:33Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Have
        you taken inventory of your coworkers recently? And have you noticed the lack
        of women, and specifically women in leadership roles within the science, technology,
        engineering and math (or STEM) fields? Why is that?","title":"Want more women
        in tech? Get more women leaders in\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/02/women-leaders-in-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935955,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-17T09:00:32Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The trend for Big Data isn\u2019t showing any signs of slowing down.
        Here in Silicon Valley, we\u2019re amid a second California gold rush, but
        this time, we\u2019re turning nuggets of data, not gold, into\u00a0dollars\u2026","title":"So
        you call yourself a data\u00a0scientist?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/17/data-scientist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935954,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-01T11:02:48Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"ShareDesk,
        a Vancouver-based startup, launches its beta today to bring a bit of extra
        cash to individuals and small businesses with idle office space.","title":"ShareDesk
        launches coworking marketplace in 50\u00a0countries","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/01/airbnb-for-office-spaces/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935953,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-07T01:00:53Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"While
        everybody in Europe talks about Berlin, Warsaw is rarely mentioned in startup
        discussions. I believe that this is just about to change and you should keep
        a close eye on\u00a0Poland.","title":"Why Poland is ready to hit the tech
        big\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/07/why-poland-is-ready-to-hit-the-tech-big-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935952,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-10T12:57:57Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick We met up with the director of development to discuss what the Dojo is
        doing about its current woes and why this place is worth\u00a0saving.","title":"Is
        the Hacker Dojo worth saving? (spoilers:\u00a0yes!)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/10/hacker-dojo-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935951,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-04T06:00:25Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Washington D.C. may have with ambition and politics, PhDs and bulging
        bank accounts, and history of technological innovation , but it is not a friendly
        place for entrepreneurs. At least until now. Signs show a startup scene is
        emerging in our Nation\u2019s\u00a0Capital.","title":"DC\u2019s startup scene:
        Entrepreneurship blooms in our nation\u2019s\u00a0capital","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/04/washington-dc-startup-scene/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935950,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-04T09:25:00Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Back in the late 1990\u2032s, Procter & Gamble CEO A. G. Lafley observed
        that the company\u2019s focus on internal R&D was no longer effective for
        anything more than incremental\u00a0improvements\u2026","title":"open2012
        to introduce open innovation to Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/04/open2012-to-introduce-open-innovation-to-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935949,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-17T16:57:15Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The Taploid, a social engine that sends out weekly tabloid-like updates
        about your Facebook friends, is closing down today after difficulties obtaining
        visas for its\u00a0engineers.","title":"U.S. visa system helps stifle early
        stage startup\u00a0Taploid","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:15:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/17/taploid-visas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935948,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-04T14:29:26Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Guest
        Post Early-stage companies that have plenty of engineering talent but insufficient
        investment capital to keep going continue to find opportunities to monetize
        their talent pool and early efforts by selling to a cash-rich larger technology
        company. Here\u2019s the top five ways those deals get killed before they\u00a0begin.","title":"Top
        5 exit-deal killers for early-stage\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/04/top-5-exit-deal-killers-for-early-stage-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935947,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-08T08:28:49Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"An
        unusually high-calibre group of startups debuted at VCIR, which is billed
        as Colorado\u2019s largest and longest-running tech\u00a0conference.","title":"4
        Colorado startups about to break into the big\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/08/4-colorado-startups-about-to-break-into-the-big-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935946,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-08T18:30:13Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Guest
        Post Before our schools leap headlong into an embrace of the iPad, they should
        consider whether that\u2019s the best use of their budget \u2014 or the best
        technological focus for our\u00a0children.","title":"Why most K-12 schools
        aren\u2019t ready for the iPad\u00a0revolution","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/08/k-12-ipad-revolution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935945,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-28T07:15:01Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"For
        women, attending conferences and seeking out mentors is an incredibly important
        networking tool \u2014 and one that not enough women in tech\u00a0understand.","title":"For
        women, conferences can be a powerful career\u00a0booster","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/women-conferences-networking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935944,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-09T14:31:16Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Not
        too many years ago, Pandora and Evernote were tiny startups with uncertain
        futures. But these companies anticipated growth and made steps to prepare
        their infrastructure for rapid\u00a0adoption.","title":"How Pandora & Evernote
        overcame those \u2018white knuckle\u2019 scaling\u00a0challenges","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/09/how-dropbox-evernote-overcame-those-white-knuckle-scaling-challenges/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935943,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-23T14:00:46Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick EA had a good E3, and Frank Gibeau is one reason why that happened. Here\u2019s
        our interview with EA\u2019s studio\u00a0boss.","title":"EA exec Frank Gibeau:
        Betting on next-gen consoles, mobile, and doing right by consumers\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/23/eas-frank-gibeau-on-interview-part-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935942,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-24T07:00:45Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In the still-nascent digital health space, Apple could serve as a regulator
        of sorts \u2014 a platform, perhaps or a hub \u2014 just as it has done with
        smartphone apps, music, podcasts, and even online\u00a0courses.","title":"Why
        health care needs\u00a0Apple","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/24/why-health-care-needs-apple/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935941,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-16T12:02:59Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Sparql City isn\u2019t a typical startup, as it was developed as a spinout
        from ParAccel and its acquirer Actian. The round was led by venture buyout
        firm Garnett & Helfrich\u00a0Capital.","title":"More dollars for big data:
        Stealthy ParAccel spinoff raises\u00a0$10M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/16/more-dollars-for-big-data-stealthy-paraccel-spinoff-raises-10m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935940,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-19T07:00:28Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Nine months ago, Ashana Davenport dropped out of high school and didn\u2019t
        have a home. If you told her that she would have a career in tech, she wouldn\u2019t
        have believed\u00a0you.","title":"A tech Cinderella story: How Silicon Valley
        helped a homeless teen go to\u00a0college","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/19/a-tech-cinderella-story-how-silicon-valley-helped-a-homeless-teen-go-to-college/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935939,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-08T05:30:43Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Companies
        that make investments in big data see significant positive returns, but it
        takes them a while to figure it out. Moreover, many companies are getting
        tripped up by hype about needing to use Hadoop when they should really be
        using simpler technology.","title":"Why companies need to move past Hadoop
        hype and get started on analytics\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/08/why-companies-need-to-move-past-hadoop-hype-and-get-started-on-analytics-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935938,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-14T09:01:22Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Guest
        Post These five NYC startups are successfully challenging the way the real
        estate business is\u00a0done.","title":"These five startups are transforming
        New York City\u2019s real estate\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/14/these-five-startups-are-transforming-new-york-citys-real-estate-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935937,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-21T04:30:56Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The first major investment from Mark Zuckeberg\u2019s education fund?
        Panorama Ed, a polling company started by a Yale student in his college door\u00a0room.","title":"Zuck\u2019s
        first major ed-tech investment? Panorama Education, the brainchild of a Yale\u00a0coder","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/21/zuck-makes-his-first-major-ed-tech-investment-in-panorama-education-the-brainchild-of-a-yale-coder/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935936,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-22T06:00:27Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A \u201ctech surge\u201d is underway to fix the error-plagued HealthCare.gov.
        Sources familiar with the matter say the government needs a focused \u201cIT
        swat\u00a0team.\u201d","title":"Why a \u2018tech surge\u2019 isn\u2019t going
        to save\u00a0HealthCare.gov","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/22/why-a-tech-surge-isnt-going-to-save-healthcare-gov/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935935,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-18T15:11:23Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Academics
        and industry researchers are forming a council to play up ethical issues to
        watch out for when working with big\u00a0data.","title":"The ethics of big
        data: A council forms to help researchers avoid\u00a0pratfalls","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/18/the-ethics-of-big-data-a-council-forms-to-help-researchers-avoid-pratfalls/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935934,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-03T14:12:33Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"VentureBeat
        talked with a series of data scientists who went on to become founders and
        CEOs, to learn more about how their background informs their leadership, product,
        and overall business\u00a0strategy.","title":"5 data scientists who became
        CEOs \u2014 and are leading thriving\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/03/5-data-scientists-who-became-ceos-and-are-leading-thriving-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935933,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-10T21:00:38Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"The
        #1 best tech company to work for recently went public, its mascot is a bird,
        and presents the world through 140 character messages. Can you guess what
        it\u00a0is?","title":"The 50 best places to work \u2014 22 of them are tech\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/10/the-50-best-places-to-work-22-of-them-are-tech-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935932,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T06:46:40Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Although
        companies might want to start big data projects, they aren\u2019t always quick
        to implement Hadoop. Executives responding to a survey cited several issues
        with the open-source\u00a0technology.","title":"Survey: Hadoop still isn\u2019t
        reliable or secure\u00a0enough","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/survey-hadoop-still-isnt-reliable-or-secure-enough/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935931,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-25T08:00:40Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"After
        scanning recent news releases, and consulting our followers on Twitter, here
        are the buzz words we expect to take off in\u00a02014.","title":"\u2018Hyperdata,\u2019
        \u2018growth hacker,\u2019 & other awful buzzwords that will rule in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/25/hyperdata-growth-hacker-other-awful-buzzwords-that-will-rule-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935930,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-27T06:13:14Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"If
        you\u2019ve ever wondered what it\u2019s like behind the scenes of the Shadowrun:
        Dragonfall developer, this is an interview you can\u2019t afford to\u00a0miss.","title":"Know
        your developer: An interview with Shadowrun Returns creator Harebrained\u00a0Schemes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/know-your-developer-harebrained-schemes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935929,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T09:46:13Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick On freelancing site Elance, data scientists are charging as little as
        $25 an hour. That\u2019s astounding, considering that many people think data
        scientists deserve big\u00a0bucks.","title":"Are data scientists now available
        for just $30 an\u00a0hour?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/are-data-scientists-now-available-for-just-30-an-hour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935928,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-10T09:00:24Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Yvolver
        believes the time has come to reward gamers for their\u00a0attention.","title":"Yvolver
        brings the science of loyalty reward programs to mobile games\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/10/yvolver-brings-the-science-of-loyalty-reward-programs-to-mobile-games-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:14:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935927,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-14T08:10:03Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Anaplan
        has been adding features to its cloud-based financial planning software to
        improve user experience, and it\u2019s aiming to collect more data to improve
        things\u00a0further.","title":"Anaplan\u2019s CEO gets it: Use data to make
        your software a\u00a0hit","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/14/anaplans-ceo-gets-it-use-data-to-make-your-software-a-hit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935926,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T21:01:48Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Clari\u2019s
        goal is to know salespeople better than they know\u00a0themselves.","title":"Clari
        wants to be a psychic for sales\u00a0reps","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/clari-wants-to-be-a-psychic-for-sales-reps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935925,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-17T20:06:41Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"It
        is very common for products and technologies presented in science fiction
        and films to come into real life years later, like the submarine in Twenty
        Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and touch screens in Minority Report. It\u2019s
        always been amazing for us that these futuristic technologies and ideas are
        first created in the imaginations of filmmakers and novelists.","title":"Working
        at the intersection of tech & art: An interview with concept designer Scott\u00a0Robertson","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/17/working-at-the-intersection-of-tech-art-an-interview-with-concept-designer-scott-robertson/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935924,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T06:00:04Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick With $1 billion to spend, IBM\u2019s artificial-intelligence Watson Group
        is taking aim at New York\u00a0startups.","title":"IBM wants to give NYC startups
        a chance to to use its brainiest AI,\u00a0Watson","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/ibm-wants-to-give-nyc-startups-a-chance-to-to-use-its-brainiest-ai-watson/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935923,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T21:40:56Z","slug":"consulting-engineers","summary":"Coding
        bootcamps have proven their value to the students, operators, and employers.
        Despite their steep cost, generally about $1,000 per week in tuition, schools
        can\u2019t find enough instructors and expand quickly enough to meet demand.
        Those students are drawn by advertised placement rates of 90\u00a0percent\u00a0or
        higher in software developer jobs with salaries that return their investments
        almost immediately.","title":"Hacking the hacker school: How the bootcamp
        is being taken to scale outside the coding\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:16:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/hacking-the-hacker-school-how-the-bootcamp-is-being-taken-to-scale-outside-the-coding-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936008,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-13T21:00:28Z","slug":"founder-iaspec","summary":"DEMO
        Fall 2010, the technology launchpad conference coproduced by VentureBeat and
        IDG, is kicking off tomorrow (actually, the parties started tonight), and
        we\u2019ve got a lineup of big-name speakers from the tech world, including
        Twitter cofounder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey, SAP CEO Bill McDermott, LinkedIn
        CEO Jeff Weiner, Hewlett-Packard CTO Phil McKinney, and Google Enterprise
        President Dave Girouard.","title":"DEMO''s next wave of innovation: Here''s
        the launch\u00a0list","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/13/demos-next-wave-of-innovation-heres-the-launch-list/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935922,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-20T15:09:04Z","slug":"pulmonx","summary":"Broncus
        Tech, medical device maker, files for $86M IPO \u2014 Broncus Technologies,
        a Mountain View, Calif., developer of minimally invasive devices for treating
        emphysema, filed to raise $86 million in an initial offering. The company\u2019s
        SEC filing is here.","title":"IPO roundup: Broncus Tech aims to breathe in
        $86M, Aegerion Pharma rides again, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/20/ipo-roundup-broncus-tech-aegerion-pharma-rides-again-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935921,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-25T05:33:57Z","slug":"pulmonx","summary":"TODAY\u2019S
        HEADLINES:","title":"Life-science briefing: Tuesday, March 25,\u00a02008","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/25/life-science-briefing-tuesday-march-25-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935920,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-30T07:00:34Z","slug":"pulmonx","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Venture capital is drying up for early-stage medical devices. Experts
        say that American patients are already \u201cmissing out\u201d on the most
        innovative treatment\u00a0options.","title":"Entrepreneurs say the FDA is
        killing medical\u00a0innovation","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/30/stifled-by-regulation-entrepreneurs-take-life-saving-devices-overseas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936007,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-13T22:20:58Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"There
        is a tremendous opportunity in what I call \u201cnew electrons\u201d to help
        drive a substantial change in the energy source of modern society.  New electrons
        are technologies and techniques that efficiently harness and store energy
        and electricity. New electrons, in Venrock\u2019s view, is the most promising
        area of venture\u00a0investing.","title":"What can the VC community do to
        help our energy\u00a0crisis?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/13/what-can-the-vc-community-do-to-help-our-energy-crisis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935919,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T15:04:03Z","slug":"pulmonx","summary":"Once
        again, VentureBeat has rounded up of all the hottest funding stories of the
        day, which you can check out below.","title":"Funding Daily: No fooling\u00a0around","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/funding-daily-no-fooling-around/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936006,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-09T17:47:48Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"This
        fall, if our San Francisco Bay Area readers spot a zeppelin overhead, don\u2019t
        worry \u2014 you haven\u2019t been caught in a time warp. It will just mean
        that a startup called Airship Ventures has succeeded in bringing the zeppelin
        (an icon of 1930s aviation) back to the United States. The company just raised
        $8 million in a first round of funding.","title":"Look, up in the sky: Zeppelin
        company Airship Ventures raises\u00a0$8M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/09/look-up-in-the-sky-zeppelin-company-airship-ventures-raises-8m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935918,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-22T08:14:42Z","slug":"pulmonx","summary":"Pulmonx,
        a Palo Alto, Calif. developer of medical devices for interventional pulmonology,
        has secured commitments of about $18.5 million for a $20.5 million second
        round, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Week. MedVenture Associates
        was joined by existing investors, including Montreux Equity Partners.","title":"Pulmonx,
        a medical device co., raises\u00a0$18.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/22/pulmonx-a-medical-device-co-raises-185m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936005,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-16T01:44:45Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"As
        typical, I spent a good portion of the week listening, if not watching, Colin
        Cowherd''s ESPN Radio show The Herd. I''m pretty fond of Cowherd as generally
        attempts to bring a perspective to sports that doesn''t treat sports as if
        there''s not a world going on outside of the sports world. It''s much of the
        reason I enjoy Stephen A. Smith even if one of my best friends that found
        his giving the sports world a context within the bigger picture of the world
        instead of allowing it to just be an escape. It''s something I often wish
        I saw more in games journalism without the prodding of controversy.","title":"Hero
        Worship: Part\u00a01","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/16/hero-worship-part-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936004,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-02T21:20:53Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"Ys
        III: Wanderers from Ys (Ys is pronounced like \u201cease\u201d) on the SNES
        was my first exposure to Falcom''s action RPG series. At the time, I thought
        it was just a quirky, side-scroller with cool music, neat visual effects,
        and punishing difficulty. Dying within seconds of entering the first \u201cdungeon\u201d
        was my first taste of humble pie with Falcom''s arcade RPG series, a craving
        that had never really gone away.","title":"Lost in Esteria: A Short History
        of Falcom\u2019s Ys\u00a0Series","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/02/lost-in-esteria-a-short-history-of-falcoms-ys-series/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935917,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-07T10:18:45Z","slug":"pulmonx","summary":"See
        David Hamilton\u2019s piece here.","title":"Pulmonx raises $20M for lung\u00a0device","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/07/pulmonx-raises-20m-for-lung-device/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936003,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-24T22:13:20Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"Congratulations!
        You''re reading the first ever issue of The Game Inquisitor, which means you
        want more truth in your game journalism. Tired of being lied to? Of course
        you are. When Nintendo released Wii Music, we were the only outlet to (correctly)
        report that Miyamoto''s\u00a0pact with the devil had expired and he was forced
        to rely on his own ideas.\u00a0In an effort to help spread out the truth around
        the Internet, we''ve developed these issues for sites like\u00a0Bitmob\u00a0to
        enjoy.","title":"The Game Inquisitor Issue #1: Paperboy Reboot, Dyack\u2019s
        an Alien, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/24/the-game-inquisitor-issue-1-paperboy-reboot-dyack-is-an-alien-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936002,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-29T01:11:00Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"Ever
        since we got back from this year''s E3, a lot of us have been bitching about
        the overwhelming number of first- and third-person on display at the trade
        show. Do gamers need them all? Absolutely not. But can you find some gems
        in the pile? Absolutely. But it won''t necessarily be easy.","title":"Your
        Quick-n-Easy Guide to E3\u2032s\u00a0Shooters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/29/your-quick-n-easy-guide-to-e3s-shooters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935916,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-15T11:51:49Z","slug":"pulmonx","summary":"Pulmonx,
        a company developing devices to treat emphysema, has raised $3 million in
        convertible promissory notes, according to VentureWire. The investors in this
        round are not known.","title":"Pulmonx raises $3M to create emphysema treatment\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/15/pulmonx-raises-3m-to-create-emphysema-treatment-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935915,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-19T14:57:34Z","slug":"pulmonx","summary":"Pulmonx,
        maker of medical devices used to treat emphysema and other chronic respiratory
        disorders, has raised $11.5 million in options, warrants and debt financing,
        according to a filing with the SEC. Based in Redwood City, Calif., the company
        is backed by De Novo Ventures, Latterell Venture Partners, MedVenture Associates
        and Montreux Equity Partners. It previously raised $20 million in May 2007
        and a $3 million bridge round in August 2008.","title":"Pulmonx breathes in
        $11.5M to treat chronic respiratory\u00a0disease","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/19/pulmonx-breathes-in-11-5m-to-treat-chronic-respiratory-disease/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3936000,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-09T11:27:31Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"Biofuels
        producer Solazyme inked a massive deal with Dow Chemical today to ship up
        to 60 million gallons of its algae-based oil as an insulating chemical for
        electric transformers in 2015.","title":"Did Solazyme just drop the \"fuel\"
        in\u00a0biofuel?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/09/dow-chemical-solazyme-biofuel/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935998,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-22T06:00:43Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"Music
        and broadcast media discovery app developer Shazam announced that it has raised
        $32 million in its most recent round of funding.","title":"Broadcast media
        discovery app Shazam raises $32M from Kleiner Perkins and\u00a0others","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/22/shazam-series-c-funding-kleiner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935914,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-22T23:12:35Z","slug":"pulmonx","summary":"Pulmonx,  maker
        of medical devices used to treat emphysema and other chronic  respiratory
        diseases, has brought in $31.6 million in equity, options  and warrants, according
        to a  filing with the SEC. Based in Redwood City, Calif., the company is  backed
        by De Novo Ventures, Latterell Venture Partners,  Montreux Equity Partners
        and MedVentures  Associates. It previously raised $20 million in May 2007.","title":"Pulmonx
        inhales $31.6M to treat\u00a0emphysema","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/22/pulmonx-inhales-31-6m-to-treat-emphysema/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935997,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-11T21:31:42Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Wargame:
        European Escalation\u00a0Review","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/11/wargame-european-escalation-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935995,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-20T13:40:51Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"The
        author of No Easy Day, a former Navy SEAL who was a member of the team that
        took out Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, contributed to the production of
        Medal of Honor: Warfighter. That\u2019s caused extra scrutiny of the game\u2019s\u00a0realism.","title":"EA
        draws fire for consulting SEAL who wrote tell-all about killing Bin Laden\u00a0[updated]","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/20/ea-draws-fire-for-consulting-seal-who-wrote-tell-all-about-killing-bin-laden/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935993,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-12T18:27:08Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"U.S.
        Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is freaked out, and for good reason. He advised
        America today that the country is in danger of a cyber attack that could end
        in civilian\u00a0death.","title":"Defense Secretary says U.S. could see \u2018cyber-Pearl
        Harbor\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:13:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/12/panetta-cyber-attack-warning/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935991,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-13T00:00:16Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Treyarch took a risk of shaking up one of the world\u2019s most valuable
        video game franchises, and it paid\u00a0off.","title":"Breaking down the four
        different games in Call of Duty: Black Ops II\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/13/call-of-duty-black-ops-ii-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935988,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-07T10:16:23Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In BioShock Infinite, developer Irrational Games presents a nuanced experience
        of 1912 U.S. race\u00a0relations.","title":"BioShock Infinite forces players
        to confront racism (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/07/bioshock-infinite-forces-players-to-confront-racism-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935986,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T12:26:45Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"The
        U.S. Air\u00a0Force\u2019s \u201cBATMAN\u201d research team at Wright Patterson
        Air Force Base in Ohio is beta-testing Google Glass for possible use on the
        battlefield.","title":"U.S. Air Force is testing Google Glass & building apps
        for battlefield use\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/u-s-air-force-is-testing-google-glass-building-apps-for-battlefield-use-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935984,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T06:01:02Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"The
        10 different shows include the Halo TV series and\u00a0more.","title":"Microsoft
        goes Hollywood as it unveils Xbox Originals television programs for Xbox\u00a0Live","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/microsoft-goes-hollywood-as-it-unveils-xbox-originals-television-programs-for-xbox-live/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935982,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T05:07:39Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Magnolia       International, the company behind the open Java CMS, Magnolia,       today
        announced its record global growth. Magnolia has doubled global       revenue
        since 2012. This growth was a result of significant sales       increases
        in all\u00a0Magnolia\u2026","title":"Magnolia Announces Record\u00a0Growth","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/magnolia-announces-record-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935980,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T05:07:15Z","slug":"united-states-navy","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Magnolia       International has released the 5.3 version of its award
        winning web       content management (WCM) platform. This release focuses
        on building       personalized online experiences, enhancing collaboration
        for content publishers\u00a0and\u2026","title":"Magnolia Extends Customer
        Experience Management Capabilities for Marketers and\u00a0D...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/magnolia-extends-customer-experience-management-capabilities-for-marketers-and-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935913,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-29T01:27:57Z","slug":"zeltiq-aesthetics","summary":"Featured
        companies: Azaya Therapeutics, Global Care Solutions, Oxford Immunotec, RealSelf.com,
        Sequoia Pharmaceuticals, Tactile Systems Technology, WellGen, Zeltiq Aesthetics","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Monday, Oct. 29,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/29/life-sciences-briefing-monday-oct-29-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935912,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-04T13:00:00Z","slug":"power2switch","summary":"Berkeley
        Ventures, the new Bay Area incubator for early-stage tech startups, has announced
        its first four portfolio companies \u2014 all set to take up residence in
        the firm\u2019s 8,400 square-foot office space. The firm says it handpicked
        each of the recipients based on their disruptive potential in each of their
        sectors.","title":"Berkeley Ventures kicks off with four new\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/04/berkeley-ventures-kicks-off-with-four-new-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935911,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-19T07:27:39Z","slug":"power2switch","summary":"Marketing
        budgets have taken a hit in this economy and finding affordable ways to spread
        the word about your company is tougher than ever. VentureBeat can help.","title":"Get
        your company featured on\u00a0VentureBeat","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/19/get-your-company-featured-on-venturebeat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935910,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-14T16:30:08Z","slug":"power2switch","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: This is part of VentureBeat\u2019s series \u201cStartup Spotlight.\u201d
        Every week, we\u2019ll sift through the scores of companies applying to be
        promoted and profile the best one. Companies can sign up here at the Entrepreneur
        Corner, which is currently sponsored by Microsoft. (Of course, we\u2019re
        still interested in covering startup news and innovation in our day-to-day
        coverage.) Today, we continue the series with Power2Switch, below.","title":"Power2Switch
        lets small businesses choose their electricity\u00a0suppliers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/14/power2switch-lets-consumers-choose-their-electricity-suppliers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935970,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-15T21:00:05Z","slug":"domdex","summary":"Magnetic,
        a startup that uses search engine data to help advertisers reach the right
        audience, has raised $4 million in its first round of institutional funding.","title":"Magnetic
        raises $4M to target ads using search\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:12:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/15/magnetic-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:09:17Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3935909,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:09:16Z","slug":"better-ventures","summary":null,"title":"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:09:17Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/14/mobileworks-seed-new-direction/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:09:12Z","domain":"xconomy.com","id":3935908,"news_source":"Xconomy","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:09:11Z","slug":"better-ventures","summary":null,"title":"2NDNATURE
        Obtains $20,000 New Round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:09:12Z","url":"http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2013/03/31/2ndnature-obtains-20000-new-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:09:09Z","domain":"xconomy.com","id":3935907,"news_source":"Xconomy","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:09:08Z","slug":"better-ventures","summary":null,"title":"Eko
        Devices Obtains $20,000 Seed Funding","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:09:09Z","url":"http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2013/03/19/eko-devices-obtains-20000-seed-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:08:55Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3935906,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:08:54Z","slug":"better-ventures","summary":null,"title":"Hub
        Ventures, Excelerate Labs, MuckerLab & DreamIt Announce New Startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:09:05Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/26/hub-ventures-excelerate-labs-muckerlab-announce-new-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:08:51Z","domain":"wsj.com","id":3935905,"news_source":"The
        Wall Street Journal","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:08:50Z","slug":"better-ventures","summary":null,"title":"Socially
        Responsible Start-Ups Graduate From Hub Ventures","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:08:53Z","url":"http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/07/11/new-class-of-socially-responsible-start-ups-graduates-from-hub-ventures/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T21:08:49Z","domain":"angel.co","id":3935904,"news_source":"AngelList","publication_date":"2014-07-28T21:08:47Z","slug":"better-ventures","summary":null,"title":"Share
        Practice releases mobile app to help good doctors become great doctors","updated_at":"2014-07-28T21:08:49Z","url":"https://angel.co/sharepractice"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935903,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T14:02:58Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"It\u2019s
        hard to imagine that AT&T\u2019s $48.5 billion merger with satellite TV service
        provider DirecTV will result in increased competition for consumers. That
        said, I\u2019m sure AT&T will do its best to \u201cprove\u201d this will indeed
        be the end result.","title":"Why you should hate the AT&T-DirecTV merger","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/why-you-should-hate-the-att-directv-merger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935902,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T15:46:22Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In the beginning there was the word. Literally, just text on a web page.
        Today, however, content marketing is evolving into something not unlike freemium\u00a0games.","title":"The
        4 waves of content marketing: text, images, personalization, & now \u2026\u00a0apps?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/the-4-waves-of-content-marketing-text-images-personalization-now-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935901,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-24T14:00:36Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Guest
        Post Focusing on malware detection as a frontline cybersecurity strategy puts
        IT security teams in a never-ending game of cat and\u00a0mouse.","title":"Forget
        malware \u2014 stolen credentials are the real enterprise\u00a0threat","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/24/forget-malware-stolen-credentials-are-the-real-enterprise-threat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935900,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T20:30:15Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"While
        the Microsoft chief defended existing company properties, he acknowledged
        weak points and said the company needs to build big things in the\u00a0future.","title":"In
        Nadella\u2019s \u2018post-post-PC era,\u2019 apps trump devices, and information
        finds\u00a0you","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/in-nadellas-post-post-pc-era-apps-trump-devices-and-information-finds-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935899,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T13:30:50Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Get
        ready to shop in a store where the store lighting is telling your smartphone
        about coupons, specials, and product placement.","title":"GE joins Phillips
        in introducing LEDs that fast-blink coupons to your\u00a0phone","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/ge-joins-phillips-in-introducing-leds-that-fast-blink-coupons-to-your-phone/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935898,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-02T12:24:59Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Apple
        is launching a series of products later this year, and they all point in one
        direction: They want to replace Google.","title":"Apple\u2019s new services
        are a Hail Mary to beat Google in search, calls, &\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/02/apples-new-services-are-a-hail-mary-to-beat-google-in-search-calls-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935897,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T16:50:47Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: Cyber-sec, gadgets,
        juice delivery\u2026 this one\u2019s a truly mixed\u00a0bag","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:49:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/funding-daily-cyber-sec-gadgets-juice-delivery-this-ones-a-truly-mixed-bag/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935896,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T14:37:07Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"As
        cloud services grow in scope and scale, Egenera argues that enterprise IT
        teams need help managing it all \u2014 and it just closed\u00a0a sizable funding
        round to\u00a0help\u00a0make its case.","title":"Cloud manager Egenera nabs\u00a0$16M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/cloud-manager-egenera-nabs-16m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935895,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T08:49:41Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Amazon
        will start handling payment services for startups and other companies starting
        today.","title":"Amazon goes after PayPal by offering to handle payments for
        startups & online\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/amazon-goes-after-paypal-by-offering-to-handle-payments-for-startups-online-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935894,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T08:45:37Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Guest
        Post What every developer building for iBeacon needs to\u00a0know.","title":"The
        6 challenges of building an iBeacon\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/the-6-challenges-of-building-an-ibeacon-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935893,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T01:01:45Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Iskraemeco and EnVerv announced today their partnership for development       of
        next generation multi-standard residential, commercial and industrial       smart
        meters where EnVerv\u2019s EV8000 Power-Line Communications (PLC) modem       System-on-Chip\u2026","title":"Iskraemeco,
        Slovenia and EnVerv, USA Announce Their Strategic Partnership for Next Ge...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/iskraemeco-slovenia-and-enverv-usa-announce-their-strategic-partnership-for-next-generation-multi-standard-smart-meters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935892,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T05:07:12Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cardax, Inc. (\u201cCardax\u201d) (OTCQB:CDXI) announced today the appointment
        of       George W. Bickerstaff, former CFO of Novartis Pharma AG (NYSE:NVS),       Tamar
        D. Howson, former senior business development executive at       Bristol-Myers
        Squibb\u00a0(NYSE:BMY)\u2026","title":"Cardax Appoints Former Novartis, Bristol-Myers
        Squibb, and Boehringer Ingelheim Execu...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/cardax-appoints-former-novartis-bristol-myers-squibb-and-boehringer-ingelheim-executives-as-directors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935891,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T04:00:56Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post In the world of business prospecting, this adage could be considered
        law. Having the appropriate messaging, targeting and outreach strategy are
        essential to any successful prospecting initiative, but what if all the right
        actions happen at the wrong\u00a0time?","title":"Prospecting triggers: Timing
        is\u00a0everything","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/prospecting-triggers-timing-is-everything/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935890,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T01:13:39Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"The
        Amazon Fire Phone is a fascinating machine for connecting you with stuff to
        buy. It\u2019s probably also the biggest single invasion of your privacy for
        commercial purposes ever.\u00a0(UPDATED)","title":"Amazon\u2019s Fire Phone
        might be the biggest privacy invasion ever (and no one\u2019s\u00a0noticed)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/amazon-fire-phone-might-be-the-biggest-privacy-invasion-ever-and-no-ones-noticed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935889,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T13:00:16Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post In the past, VARs had a strong local presence in order to make the sales
        efforts happen and to hold the customer\u2019s hand. Going forward, if the
        customer\u2019s hand needs to be held, it is going to require a special relationship\u00a0between.","title":"Forget
        VARs \u2014 we\u2019re going to see\u00a0VIDs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/forget-vars-were-going-to-see-vids/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935888,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T08:00:17Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Miklas is the chief technical officer for PagerDuty, an incident management
        system for monitoring your IT operations. The company provides SaaS IT on-call
        schedule management, alerting, and incident\u00a0tracking.","title":"PagerDuty
        CTO Andrew Miklas talks operations performance\u00a0management","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/pagerduty-cto-andrew-miklas-talks-operations-performance-management/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935887,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T15:54:07Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"It\u2019s
        what makes the Fire Phone a shopping phone \u2014 and it needs the cloud and
        the retailer\u2019s immense catalog to do\u00a0so.","title":"Amazon Fire Phone
        product manager explains how \u2018Firefly\u2019 really\u00a0works","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/amazon-fire-phone-product-manager-explains-how-firefly-really-works/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935886,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T13:00:32Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Guest
        Post Gamblers rely on speed and relevant information because their money depends
        on it. And you\u2019d better deliver\u00a0it.","title":"Why smart data distribution
        and recovery is a smart wager for mobile betting\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/why-smart-data-distribution-and-recovery-is-a-smart-wager-for-mobile-betting-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935885,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T08:00:32Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Mobile Future is calling on America\u2019s burgeoning tech talent to
        share their cutting edge mobile products \u2013 and be rewarded. The application
        period is officially open for The Mobileys, a national innovation competition
        that recognizes inspiring entrepreneurs whose early-stage wireless apps, services
        and products have the potential to make the world a better\u00a0place.","title":"Rewarding
        ingenuity in mobile: The\u00a0Mobileys","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/rewarding-ingenuity-in-mobile-the-mobileys/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935884,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T11:35:44Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Google
        made its fledgling Google Cloud Platform for making and running apps more
        developer-friendly today.","title":"Google rolls out more public cloud tools
        for devs, including a\u00a0debugger","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/google-cloud-development-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935883,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T17:00:35Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"It\u2019s
        the Russian nesting doll of transparency\u00a0reports.","title":"The NSA admits
        to spying on 89K targets \u2014 but \u2018target\u2019 could mean big groups,
        not just\u00a0individuals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/the-nsa-admits-to-spying-on-89k-targets-but-target-could-mean-big-groups-not-just-individuals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935882,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T12:42:17Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Apple
        appears to be the latest company to venture into an increasingly popular branch
        of artificial intelligence research known as deep learning. The work could
        lead to substantive improvements to Apple\u2019s Siri personal digital assistant.","title":"With
        these Apple hires, Siri should get smarter with speech\u00a0recognition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/with-these-apple-hires-siri-should-get-smarter-with-speech-recognition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935881,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T17:30:54Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Mobile
        analytic firm Kochava has no intention of letting its customers be fined for
        violating COPPA\u00a0rules","title":"Mobile-analytics outfit Kochava gets
        in line with COPPA to avoid fed\u00a0crackdown","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/mobile-analytics-outfit-kochava-gets-in-line-with-coppa-to-avoid-fed-crackdown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935880,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-05T19:30:09Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"AutoNavi,
        the mapping company of Alibaba, launched a coin-sized gadget called Xiaomi
        (which means \u201cyoung secretary\u201d), today. Its core function is launch
        the AutoNavi navigation app in your smartphone with one click.","title":"Alibaba\u2019s
        mapping company, AutoNavi, rolls out a gadget to accompany its navigation\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/05/alibabas-mapping-company-autonavi-rolls-out-a-gadget-to-accompany-its-navigation-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935879,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T08:00:10Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"GeoTrigger
        is all about targeting the right users at the right time and\u00a0place.","title":"Upsight
        unveils GeoTrigger for mobile marketers to tap location data in marketing\u00a0campaigns","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/upsight-unveils-geotrigger-for-mobile-marketers-to-tap-location-data-in-marketing-campaigns/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935878,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T22:00:25Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Guest
        Post Questions worth pondering:  Why are we afraid to allow equipment to fail?
        And why are we working so hard to avoid breaking a server? Too often, data
        center operators are fearful and needlessly cautious when it comes to\u00a0hardware.","title":"5
        essential steps for maximizing power usage in that data center of\u00a0yours","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/data-center-pue-vantage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935877,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T05:05:47Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The implementation of file sharing services has become increasingly       common
        in the workplace. With file sharing capabilities, employees are       able
        to access corporate resources to work collaboratively with others       in
        multiple locations\u00a0and\u2026","title":"HOB\u2019s Remote Access Solutions
        Provide a Secure Alternative to File Sharing&nbsp...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/hobs-remote-access-solutions-provide-a-secure-alternative-to-file-sharing-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935876,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-13T17:49:33Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Guest
        Post Hackers need to find one weak point to steal valuable information, while
        you must account for every possible vulnerability across your entire infrastructure.
        We must band together, think like a bad guy and take action to protect what\u00a0matters.","title":"Hackers
        only need to get it right once; we need to get it right every\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:48:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/13/hackers-only-need-to-get-it-right-once-we-need-to-get-it-right-every-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935875,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T11:11:00Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Has
        Google reached the point where it needs to be regulated like a utility?","title":"Germany
        to Google: maybe you should be treated like an electric\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/germany-to-google-maybe-you-should-be-treated-like-an-electric-company/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935874,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T09:50:10Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Geofilters
        will be available in New York City and Los Angeles starting today. The company
        has also made the filters available in a number of undisclosed locations that
        users will be able to\u00a0discover.","title":"Snapchat now lets you share
        your location with\u00a0Geofilters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/snapchat-now-lets-you-share-your-location-with-geofilters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935873,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T06:16:12Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Even
        if you\u2019re disciplined about wearing a fitness tracker every day to track
        your steps and sleep, there\u2019s a good chance you haven\u2019t gone the
        extra mile and started tracking your food.","title":"Jawbone\u2019s Up fitness
        band gets food tracking you may actually want to\u00a0use","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/jawbones-up-fitness-band-gets-food-tracking-you-may-actually-want-to-use/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935872,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T02:00:10Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Manzama,
        a startup with cloud-based software that helps law firms stay on top of key
        information about their clients, is expanding into consulting and financial
        services markets, thanks to some fresh money.","title":"Manzama raises $1.3M
        to keep more people from drowning in\u00a0information","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/manzama-raises-1-3m-to-keep-more-people-from-drowning-in-information/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935871,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T20:03:34Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"New
        York\u2019s proposed Bitcoin regulations are the most comprehensive in the
        nation and could have major implications for the way Bitcoin is regulated
        in the\u00a0U.S.","title":"New York Department of Financial Services drafts
        nation\u2019s first comprehensive Bitcoin\u00a0regulation","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/new-york-department-of-financial-services-drafts-nations-first-comprehensive-bitcoin-regulation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935870,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T14:00:26Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Today,
        we\u2019re excited to announce a new session with 6Sense CEO and founder Amanda
        Kahlow and Pure Storage head of global campaigns and demand generation Mike\u00a0Kim.","title":"GrowthBeat
        will show you why smarter CRMs enable businesses to get ahead and\u00a0grow","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/growthbeat-will-show-you-why-smarter-crms-enable-businesses-to-get-ahead-and-grow/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935869,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T20:11:40Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"At
        GrowthBeat, One Kings Lane will show how it uses platforms like CommandIQ
        to build unified profiles from its customers\u2019 multiple digital bread
        crumbs and then design A/B testing campaigns to send fewer emails with much
        better chances of driving\u00a0purchases.","title":"One Kings Lane makes data
        count, drives bigger sales with fewer\u00a0emails","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/one-kings-lane-makes-data-count-drives-bigger-sales-with-fewer-emails/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935868,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T12:10:25Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Flurry
        provides analytics that help marketers understand where to spend their money
        on the mobile\u00a0web.","title":"Yahoo targets mobile-ad platform Flurry
        for next acquisition, according to\u00a0rumor","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/yahoo-targets-mobile-ad-platform-flurry-for-next-acquisition-according-to-rumor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935867,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T07:00:29Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Privacy Analytics Inc. (www.privacyanalytics.ca),       a leading provider
        of data anonymization solutions, announced today that       it has raised
        (US) $3.5M in a round led by Vanedge Capital, a       Vancouver-based venture
        capital fund. Vanedge\u00a0joins\u2026","title":"Privacy Analytics Raises
        $3.5M Led by Vanedge\u00a0Capital","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/privacy-analytics-raises-3-5m-led-by-vanedge-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935866,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T12:15:40Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"For
        years, market-leading public cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) has hidden in
        the shadows of Amazon.com\u2019s quarterly earnings statements. But that could
        change.","title":"Amazon can\u2019t use stall tactics to hide its cloud revenues
        for much\u00a0longer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/amazon-cant-use-stall-tactics-to-hide-its-cloud-revenues-for-much-longer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935865,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T13:35:34Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Frontier
        Capital made a $14 million investment in information security firm BEW\u00a0Global.","title":"BEW
        Global gets $14M to protect intellectual property for\u00a0businesses","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/bew-global-gets-14m-to-protect-intellectual-property-for-businesses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935864,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-20T08:20:53Z","slug":"ge-information-services","summary":"Seedcamp,
        a London group that holds a selective week-long boot camp for start-ups, has
        produced an interesting zeitgeist study of the companies applying to be part
        of the program.","title":"Start-up zeitgeist: We''re building social online
        information services, based on advertising, using\u00a0MySQL","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:47:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/20/start-up-zeitgeist-were-building-social-online-information-services-based-on-advertising-using-mysql/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935863,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-03T23:00:17Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post There is no greater force for democracy than social media, and it will
        empower the\u00a0masses.","title":"Facebook is 10 years old, but social media
        is just getting started on changing the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/03/facebook-is-10-years-old-but-social-media-has-barely-begun-to-change-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935862,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-16T06:00:19Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post The computer that we carry in our heads has over 100 trillion connections
        and can operate for hours powered by a hamburger. Compare that to the $1 million
        monthly electric bill of one of today\u2019s most powerful\u00a0supercomputers.","title":"The
        world we see in the movie Her isn\u2019t far\u00a0off","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/16/the-world-we-see-in-the-movie-her-isnt-far-off/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935861,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-22T15:00:39Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post Apple is in a unique position to upend the multi-billion dollar turf
        controlled by a few long-entrenched providers of electronic health record
        systems \u2014 and in so doing, to revolutionize healthcare and put patients
        in\u00a0control.","title":"In Apple\u2019s healthcare play, will BYOD = Bring
        Your Own\u00a0Data?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/22/in-apples-healthcare-play-will-byod-bring-your-own-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935860,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T15:04:54Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In his new role at Artis Ventures, Hunt will advise young companies in
        their quest to win lucrative federal\u00a0contracts.","title":"Former CIA
        tech chief is on the prowl for big data & wearables startups\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/former-cia-cto-is-getting-into-tech-investment-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935859,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-02T11:00:55Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post Software developers are the superheroes of the startup world, and Silicon
        Valley can\u2019t seem to get enough of\u00a0them.","title":"Why it\u2019s
        time to stop worshipping\u00a0coders","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/02/why-its-time-to-stop-worshipping-coders/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935858,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T00:01:00Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post Soon, our devices won\u2019t be turned on or off. Instead, technology
        will be everywhere, it will always be working, and it will motivate us to
        do what we like to\u00a0do.","title":"The future of mobile: Less phone, more
        operating\u00a0system","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/the-future-of-mobile-operating-systems-is-adaptive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935857,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T12:45:04Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"If
        anyone tries to tell you that government grants play no role in technology
        innovation, point them to the field of software-defined networking.","title":"This
        Stanford team is reinventing the entire Internet for just\u00a0$10M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/these-stanford-team-is-reinventing-the-entire-internet-for-just-10m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935856,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-07T12:33:19Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"IBM
        made a big bet in when it released the System/360 family of mainframes in
        1964. They\u2019re not exactly IBM\u2019s biggest hit today, but they did
        help computing move forward, toward interoperability.","title":"Step into
        the IBM time machine: Behold, the 50-year-old System/360\u00a0mainframe","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/07/step-into-the-ibm-time-machine-behold-the-50-year-old-system360-mainframe/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935855,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-18T08:35:44Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post Data analytics will one day help to improve health care and crime detection,
        design better products, and improve traffic patterns and agricultural yields.
        It will also uncover a lot of\u00a0skeletons.","title":"Future big data analysts
        will know everything you did\u00a0today","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/18/future-big-data-analysts-will-know-everything-you-did-today/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935854,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-21T19:30:58Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post There is a belief in the business world that founders can\u2019t scale.
        But one terrifically successful founder, Gail Goodman of Constant Contact,
        has some advice on how to prove that belief\u00a0wrong.","title":"How to smash
        the myth that \u2018founders can\u2019t\u00a0scale\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/founders-cant-scale-fact-or-fiction/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935853,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-25T12:57:15Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Seriously,
        you should really, really come to this event! And bring a nerdy friend. Be
        sure to reserve your seat before we get into standing-room-only territory!","title":"8
        reasons we love the Last Hacker (& a free event where you can meet him\u00a0yourself)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/25/8-reasons-we-love-the-last-hacker-a-free-event-where-you-can-meet-him-yourself/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935852,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T09:30:10Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post Today, we\u2019re experiencing an inflection point for wearable technology
        and augmented reality, and that transition is already underway, as devices
        such as Google Glass and Oculus Rift\u00a0demonstrate.","title":"A new way
        to see: Why Oculus Rift and Google Glass are on a collision\u00a0course","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/a-new-way-to-see-why-oculus-rift-and-google-glass-are-on-a-collision-course/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935851,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-04T14:02:03Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post As new grads enter the workforce, they expect video to be an essential
        part of corporate learning and communication. And companies that don\u2019t
        embrace the technology risk being at the back of the line for job\u00a0selection.","title":"Video
        is in the classroom \u2013 and your new college recruits expect it in the
        conference\u00a0room","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/04/video-is-in-the-classroom-and-your-new-college-recruits-expect-it-in-the-conference-room/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935850,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T15:46:22Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In the beginning there was the word. Literally, just text on a web page.
        Today, however, content marketing is evolving into something not unlike freemium\u00a0games.","title":"The
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        global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business \u2014
        and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady\u00a0environment.","title":"Has
        game investing turned into a gold mine or risky bubble\u00a0speculation?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/has-game-investing-turned-into-a-gold-mine-or-risky-bubble-speculation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935848,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T21:00:06Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Twitter.
        Dropbox. Zynga. These name brand startups are part of the revitalization of
        previously underdeveloped and \u201caffordable\u201d neighborhoods in San
        Francisco.","title":"How to survive the San Francisco tech\u00a0boom","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/how-to-survive-the-san-francisco-tech-boom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935847,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T07:30:11Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"With
        virtual reality and eye-tracking, gaming\u2019s biggest trade show wasn\u2019t
        disappointing with new\u00a0tech.","title":"The 10 coolest technologies for
        gamers at this year\u2019s\u00a0E3","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/the-nine-coolest-technoloiges-for-gamers-at-this-years-e3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935846,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T08:00:08Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"A
        multiplayer-only title once again takes the top honors. And don\u2019t worry
        \u2014 plenty of blockbusters are coming your\u00a0way.","title":"The DeanBeat:
        The top 10 games you\u2019ll be itching to\u00a0play","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/the-deanbeat-the-top-ten-games-youll-be-itching-to-play/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935845,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T11:20:24Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Dumb
        drones are already old hat.","title":"Forget dumb, rude drones. Here come
        smart, polite\u00a0drones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:46:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/forget-dumb-rude-drones-here-come-smart-polite-drones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935844,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T14:10:42Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Facebook
        founder and hoodie-enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg revealed his extremely optimistic
        prediction for how the Internet will reshape the lives of the poorest people
        on\u00a0Earth.","title":"Zuckerberg\u2019s (extremely) optimistic prediction
        of how the Internet benefits the poor, in 3\u00a0quotes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/zuckerbergs-extremely-optimistic-prediction-of-how-the-internet-benefits-the-poor-in-3-quotes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935843,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T04:30:04Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Search
        on mobile devices is a painful experience. Effective queries on mobile are
        at prehistoric levels. And the native search experience has yet to\u00a0arrive.","title":"Relcy
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        told GamesBeat that the reports of its troubles were inaccurate. Now, given
        today\u2019s statement, it seems like the company was purposely misleading
        the\u00a0public.","title":"Crytek secures capital as it finally comes clean
        about its financial\u00a0issues","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/crytek-secures-capital-as-it-finally-comes-clean-about-its-financial-issues/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935841,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-02T15:15:43Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"For
        those of you who don\u2019t know, last year I left my job as an Assistant
        Manager of a GameStop to enter a Master\u2019s Program in order to become
        a middle school teacher. Since then I have had much less time to write posts
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        of writing about games, or to actually play games. I chose to play them! Now
        that I have some time between semesters, I wanted to flesh out an idea which
        I presented on the Weekend Confirmed message boards.","title":"How True Universal
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        what ways could one use a body that one can repair and augment with mechanical
        prosthetics? How would people commute to work, were they to live in a vast
        city located directly below an even larger one? What if corporations became
        so big and powerful they required their own branch of security? These are
        some of the questions that went through the head of Jonathan Jacques-Bellet\u00eate,
        art director for Deus Ex: Human Revolution.","title":"E3 2011: Deus Ex: Human
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        game retailer GameStop has admitted to removing coupons from boxed PC versions
        of Deus Ex: Human Revolution for free versions of the game on cloud gaming
        provider OnLive.","title":"GameStop pulls coupon for free OnLive Deus Ex:
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        crave your reviews. They feed my soul like a thousand hearty chicken soups.
        I can feel the warmth flow through my body as I type this. Mmmmmmmm.","title":"Reviews
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        This two-part series is now available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle for
        your reading comfort.","title":"The making of the Xbox: How Microsoft unleashed
        a video game revolution (part\u00a01)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/14/making-of-the-xbox-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935836,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-25T11:03:24Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Mobile
        payments are a revolution waiting to happen. It just makes sense that, with
        so many of us carrying around increasingly advanced smartphones, we\u2019ll
        be able to use them to pay at brick-and-mortar stores and the check-out line.","title":"Why
        mobile payments still haven\u2019t revolutionized\u00a0retail","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/25/why-mobile-payments-still-havent-revolutionized-retail/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935835,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-30T08:00:15Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Apple
        recently announced iBooks 2 for iPad, which it promises will reinvent the
        textbook. Some even speculate that it will ignite a revolution in education.","title":"iBooks
        is not the education revolution you\u2019ve been looking\u00a0for","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/30/ibooks-is-not-the-education-revolution-youve-been-looking-for/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935834,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-28T16:00:20Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"","title":"Education
        is undergoing a startling revolution: Let\u2019s support\u00a0it!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/28/education-is-undergoing-a-startling-revolution-lets-support-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935833,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-24T06:00:17Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Here\u2019s
        what makes Mark of the Ninja unique to the stealth\u00a0genre.","title":"Mark
        of the Ninja: 5 new revolutionary stealth mechanics, and what it kept the\u00a0same","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/24/mark-of-the-ninja-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935832,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-08T07:08:32Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post The high definition screens, faster processors, and enhanced Wi-Fi capabilities
        of Amazon\u2019s new Kindle Fire tablets are making big news. But these tablets
        won\u2019t catalyze the revolution that is waiting to happen. The magic will
        happen when the price-per-unit drops below $100 on its way towards\u00a0$50.","title":"Tablets
        won\u2019t be revolutionary until they\u2019re $100 or\u00a0less","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/08/why-amazon-apple-tablet-releases-wont-be-a-big-deal-until-theyre-100-or-less/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935831,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-07T13:49:14Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"New
        film Brain Power debuts tomorrow about the brain potential of\u00a0children.","title":"Crowdsourcing
        is creating the cloud filmmaking\u00a0revolution","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/07/crowdsourcing-is-creating-the-cloud-filmmaking-revolution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935830,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-27T12:23:13Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post Genomics data is about to change the way doctors discover and treat disease
        \u2014 but there are some significant obstacles standing in the\u00a0way.","title":"The
        personalized medicine revolution is almost\u00a0here","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/27/the-personalized-medicine-revolution-is-almost-here/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935829,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-27T17:06:48Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post Many people think first about Bitcoin as an unregulated currency. \u00a0I
        think about it as a global interchange where each transaction is transparent,
        verified, and\u00a0frictionless.","title":"Bitcoin: Are we looking at a\u00a0revolution?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/27/bitcoin-are-we-looking-at-a-revolution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935828,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-03T09:32:55Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"It\u2019s
        one thing to make the assessment that the delivery system of how people get
        their news is broken. It\u2019s quite another when you actually build something
        that addresses the broken elements, and offers a better solution.\t \t ","title":"Circa\u2019s
        new app aims to revolutionize how you get breaking\u00a0news","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:45:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/03/news-app-circas-latest-update-aims-to-revolutionize-the-way-you-get-breaking-news/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:44:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935827,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-24T12:17:43Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Here
        are a few of the software guys helping to build the next batch of hardware\u00a0giants.","title":"5
        software developers who are leading the hardware\u00a0revolution","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:44:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/24/5-software-developers-who-are-leading-the-hardware-revolution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:44:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935826,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-11T10:00:31Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Project
        Flare is a new way to create cloud-based games, replacing consoles with virtual
        supercomputers. Square Enix believes it can provide completely new experiences
        for\u00a0players.","title":"Square Enix wants to revolutionize cloud gaming
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        used to be a slice of life, something you did as a child through college,
        and then spent the rest of your life working, and then death,\u201d said Udacity
        CEO Sebastian Thrun onstage at VentureBeat\u2019s DataBeat/Data Summit. \u201cEverything
        is about to\u00a0change.\u201d","title":"How data is driving the biggest revolution
        in education since the Middle\u00a0Ages","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:44:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/04/how-data-is-driving-the-biggest-revolution-in-education-since-the-middle-ages/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:44:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935824,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-18T09:09:00Z","slug":"knowledge-revolution","summary":"Guest
        Post In areas of the U.S. underserved by broadband networks, adults and youth
        without Internet access at home or at school are in danger of never catching\u00a0up.","title":"In
        the Internet revolution, we can\u2019t afford to leave part of the country\u00a0behind","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:44:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/18/in-the-internet-revolution-we-cant-afford-to-leave-part-of-the-country-behind/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935823,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-20T16:27:14Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Well,
        VCs (and the PR folks they employ) sure were busy today. We saw a huge number
        of deals cross the wire; here\u2019s the tech highlight\u00a0reel.","title":"Funding
        Daily: The night of a thousand\u00a0deals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/20/funding-daily-the-night-of-a-thousand-deals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935822,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-28T07:00:01Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Immigration
        reform isn\u2019t just an issue that affects corporations. It\u2019s really
        about the people and their families that are struggling to remain in the U.S.
        and who are victims of an outdated\u00a0system.","title":"5 startup founders
        speak out about their immigration\u00a0struggles","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/28/immigration-horror-stories/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935821,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-11T09:06:05Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Apple\u2019s
        new phone could include a convex home button that will act as a fingerprint
        sensor, according to an analyst report, and could open up all kinds of fun
        possibilities.","title":"Apple\u2019s \u2018iPhone 5S\u2019 rumored convex
        home button \u2014 and the cool stuff it could\u00a0do","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/11/apples-iphone-5s-rumored-convex-home-button-and-the-cool-stuff-it-could-do/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935820,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-22T17:29:09Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Eran
        Laniado is the managing director of\u00a0BMN!","title":"Why you should ignore
        startup failure\u00a0stats","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/22/ignore-startup-failure-stats/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935819,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-03T12:03:53Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"\u201cWe
        want people to associate good startups with RocketSpace in the same way you\u2019d
        think law with Harvard, or tech with\u00a0MIT.\u201d","title":"RocketSpace:
        30 months, 130 companies, 75K square feet: \u2018we want to be the nucleus
        of\u00a0tech\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/03/rocketspace-30-months-130-companies-75k-square-feet-we-want-to-be-the-nucleus-of-tech/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935818,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-08T14:00:34Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"The
        digital health and health tech drumbeat continues unabated in 2013.","title":"5
        tips for health startups targeting the employer\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/08/5-tips-for-health-startups-targeting-the-employer-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935817,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-18T04:34:41Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"\u201cYou
        cannot rest on your laurels, you need to continue to innovate,\u201d Ramakrishnan
        told me in a Blue Jeans videoconference. \u201cWe want to build a platform
        for one billion annual minutes, so we need to\u00a0scale.\u201d","title":"Blue
        Jeans raises a massive $50M round to continue pounding Cisco, Microsoft, and\u00a0Polycom","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/18/blue-jeans-raises-a-massive-50m-round-to-continue-pounding-cisco-microsoft-and-polycom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935816,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-18T08:00:22Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"If
        you want a ringside seat to the Battle Royal, come to GamesBeat 2013 in 11\u00a0days.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: Welcome to the Battle\u00a0Royal","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/18/the-deanbeat-welcome-to-the-battle-royal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935815,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T07:31:26Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Eric
        Bovim is Managing Director at\u00a0McBee Strategic","title":"1776 co-founder
        Donna Harris on tech and government, Silicon Valley and Washington\u00a0D.C.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/1776-co-founder-donna-harris-on-tech-and-government-silicon-valley-and-washington-d-c/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935814,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-30T16:20:14Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Blend
        is a mobile app for college students only, which gives them free stuff in
        exchange for doing college-y things and sharing photos of them. The company
        has raised $1.325 million in seed funding to continue its national\u00a0expansion.","title":"Woohoo
        college! Blend\u2019s mobile app gives students free stuff for sharing\u00a0photos","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/woohoo-college-blends-mobile-app-gives-students-free-stuff-for-sharing-photos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935813,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-17T11:53:54Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Guest
        Post This idea doesn\u2019t do justice to the wonders of the human mind, nor
        to the amazing potential of contemporary\u00a0technology.","title":"No, big
        data will not mirror the human brain \u2014 no matter how advanced our tech\u00a0gets","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/17/no-big-data-will-not-mirror-the-human-brain-no-matter-how-advanced-our-tech-gets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935812,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-01T08:30:00Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"With
        the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, we\u2019ve seen a new drama
        nearly every day. Here we round up 12 of the most controversial moments from
        what have been a truly explosive two\u00a0weeks.","title":"Two weeks, 12 dramas.
        The most controversial console generation\u00a0yet?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/01/two-weeks-twelve-dramas-console-controversies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935811,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-03T11:30:05Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"E-sports
        continue to bring in cash, but is everyone\u00a0benefiting?","title":"How
        the players, developers, and leagues of e-sports are making money and creating
        a thriving\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/03/how-the-players-developers-and-leagues-of-e-sports-are-making-money-and-creating-a-thriving-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935810,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-05T15:05:40Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"The
        House passed the Innovation Act today in an effort to thwart patent trolls
        and their preying. However many advocates for patent reform are saying it
        still falls short, and doesn\u2019t properly consider the consequences to
        small\u00a0businesses.","title":"House overwhelmingly passes landmark patent
        reform bill \u2014 but not without\u00a0dissent","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/05/house-overwhelmingly-passes-landmark-patent-reform-bill-but-not-without-dissent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935809,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-24T11:30:26Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"These
        companies have collectively raised $2.8 billion in 2013\u00a0alone.","title":"The
        11 blockbuster funding rounds of\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/24/the-11-blockbuster-funding-rounds-of-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935808,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-27T08:00:18Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"My
        own picks for the golden year of games include both blockbusters and original
        titles that contributed to the canon of video game\u00a0creativity.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: Creativity thrives in the top 10 games of the year\u00a0(poll)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/27/the-deanbeat-creativity-thrives-in-the-top-10-games-of-the-year-poll/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935807,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T09:25:56Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Trying
        to counter widespread criticism of the National Security Agency\u2019s surveillance
        programs, President Obama on Friday announced a number of reforms to the way
        U.S. intelligence agencies\u00a0operate.","title":"Obama: NSA will not hold
        telephone metadata, nor spy on heads of\u00a0state","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/obama-nsa-speech-reforms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935806,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T17:00:14Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"What
        does Microsoft have in mind for the Internet of things? That question pops
        to mind following news that the tech giant is beefing up its Internet of things
        team.","title":"Microsoft suits up for the Internet of\u00a0things","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/microsoft-suits-up-for-the-internet-of-things/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935805,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-17T09:00:30Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Drama, greed, controversy, conspiracy, crime, risk, theft, speculation,
        wealth \u2014 such was the bitcoin in 2013. But what\u2019s really behind
        all the hype? Let\u2019s take a deep dive into the world of\u00a0bitcoin.","title":"Bitcoin
        for idiots: An introductory\u00a0guide","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/17/bitcoin-for-idiots-an-introductory-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935804,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T07:30:03Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Sponsored
        Post KAAZING the pioneering innovator in accelerating the Web for the       Internet
        of Things (IoT) announced today that Vikram Mehta, previously       co-founder,
        President and CEO of BLADE Network Technologies, has joined KAAZING       as
        Chief\u00a0Executive\u2026","title":"KAAZING, Pioneering Web Communications
        Innovator for the Internet of Things, Appoints...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/kaazing-pioneering-web-communications-innovator-for-the-internet-of-things-appoints-vikram-mehta-as-chief-executive-officer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935803,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-25T07:00:36Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"We\u2019re
        starting a new jobs post will help you choose between an overwhelming number
        of\u00a0startups.","title":"The 5 coolest startup jobs of the\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/25/the-5-coolest-startup-jobs-of-the-week/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935802,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-03T08:07:40Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Cisco, Dell, IBM, and HP are among the tech giants that have apparently
        come to terms with the fact that they can\u2019t be No. 1 in the public-cloud
        business. Now they\u2019re moving toward a cloud-management play.","title":"The
        best hope for a cloud company: Work with Amazon, not against\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/03/if-you-cant-beat-em-manage-em-cloud-companies-are-learning-to-work-with-amazon-instead-of-against-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935801,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T09:00:42Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"So
        you want to join a startup? You\u2019re ready for the crazy perks, long hours,
        and nagging fear that the company may buckle at any\u00a0moment?","title":"The
        5 coolest startup jobs of the\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:43:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/the-5-coolest-startup-jobs-of-the-week-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935800,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-14T05:27:53Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Time
        to talk about private parts and openness. Kid, this is an important conversation,
        so I need you to pay attention. Ready?","title":"Let\u2019s talk about pri-va-cy,
        let\u2019s talk about you and\u00a0me","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/14/lets-talk-about-pri-va-cy-lets-talk-about-you-and-me/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935799,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T11:52:09Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Transcatheter       Technologies GmbH, an emerging medical device company
        that is       developing a third-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation       (TAVI)
        system-Trinity-announced       today the successful 6-month follow-up results\u00a0for\u2026","title":"Transcatheter
        Technologies Reports Six-Month Follow-up Results for Pilot Study of Its...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/transcatheter-technologies-reports-six-month-follow-up-results-for-pilot-study-of-its-truly-repositionable-trinity-tavi-system/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935798,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T12:00:16Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Panel
        organizers Brenda Romero and Leigh Alexander made it clear through their slate
        of speakers for the 2014 edition of #1ReasonToBe that the panel is about diversity
        in the video game industry, which goes beyond concerns only about\u00a0gender.","title":"The
        No. 1 \u2018reason to be\u2019 at the Game Developers Conference 2014:\u00a0Diversity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/the-no-1-reason-to-be-at-the-game-developers-conference-2014-diversity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935797,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T06:13:24Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Local       Motors, Inc. announces the launch of the       3D Printed
        Car Design Challenge to inform and influence the       design of the vehicle
        that will be manufactured at IMTS \u2013 The       International Manufacturing
        Technology Show 2014 in\u00a0Chicago,\u2026","title":"Local Motors Launches
        Design Challenge for First 3D-Printed\u00a0Car","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/local-motors-launches-design-challenge-for-first-3d-printed-car/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935796,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T09:00:24Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"The
        only trouble is that Ubisoft has given you too many things to do in Watch\u00a0Dogs.","title":"Watch
        Dogs really lets you hack your way through a smart city (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/watch-dogs-really-lets-you-hack-your-way-through-a-smart-city-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935795,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T12:00:22Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Even
        though they\u2019re unfinished, DayZ and its post-apocalyptic competitors
        have racked up millions of sales. How did they get so\u00a0popular?","title":"This
        is the end: Why millions of gamers love to play in the\u00a0apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/apocalypse-in-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935794,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-09T12:00:52Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"While
        others are banking on super blockbuster hits, Kabam is betting on a portfolio
        strategy to win in mobile and\u00a0social.","title":"Kabam\u2019s mobile games
        win loyal players who aren\u2019t so easy to please\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/09/kabams-mobile-games-win-loyal-players-who-arent-so-easy-to-please-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935793,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-12T13:33:44Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"The
        NSA and Carnegie Mellon University kick off a $2 million joint research project
        to study\u00a0SoS.","title":"Carnegie Mellon just got a $2M grant from the\u00a0NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/12/carnegie-mellon-just-got-a-2m-grant-from-the-nsa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935792,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T06:48:34Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"The
        National Security Agency and the FBI teamed up in October 2010 to develop
        techniques for turning Facebook into a surveillance\u00a0tool.","title":"How
        the NSA & FBI made Facebook the perfect mass surveillance\u00a0tool","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/how-the-nsa-fbi-made-facebook-the-perfect-mass-surveillance-tool/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935791,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T05:00:09Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Recent studies continue to support astaxanthin\u2019s broad potential
        in       chronic inflammatory disease, adding to more than 1,000 peer-reviewed       papers
        published on astaxanthin. Selected publications from January 2013       to
        April 2014\u00a0include\u2026","title":"Recent Studies Further Demonstrate
        Astaxanthin\u2019s Potential as a Safe and Effect...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/recent-studies-further-demonstrate-astaxanthins-potential-as-a-safe-and-effective-anti-inflammatory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935790,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T14:10:42Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Facebook
        founder and hoodie-enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg revealed his extremely optimistic
        prediction for how the Internet will reshape the lives of the poorest people
        on\u00a0Earth.","title":"Zuckerberg\u2019s (extremely) optimistic prediction
        of how the Internet benefits the poor, in 3\u00a0quotes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/zuckerbergs-extremely-optimistic-prediction-of-how-the-internet-benefits-the-poor-in-3-quotes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935789,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-01-11T10:00:13Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Gesture
        recognition is one of the most exciting new technologies at the International
        Consumer Electronics Show this week. A variety of companies \u2014 inspired
        by the Nintendo Wii\u2019s gesture control and the iPhone\u2019s multi-touch
        screen \u2014 developing new ways to interact with gadgets. Hand, arm or finger
        gestures \u2014 like waving your arms around in circles to make something
        happen on the screen \u2014 are being used in everything from phones to game
        consoles.","title":"CES: Does the future of TV lie in gesture-based\u00a0control?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/11/ces-does-the-future-of-tv-lie-in-gesture-based-control/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935788,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-16T15:25:29Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Defense
        contractor Applied Research Associates has acquired Virtual Heroes, a game
        developer which has shown a particular skill in creating games for business
        or educational purposes.","title":"Applied Research Associates Acquires Virtual
        Heroes to make serious\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/16/applied-research-associates-acquires-virtual-heroes-to-make-serious-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935787,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-20T22:30:32Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"\u00a0","title":"From
        \u201cPassage\u201d To Moscow International:  Narrative and Ethical Design
        in Contemporary\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/20/from-passage-to-moscow-international-narrative-and-ethical-design-in-contemporary-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935786,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-28T11:33:04Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Iraqi
        insurgency groups and Silicon Valley startups may not appear to have a\u00a0lot
        in common, but according to Quid\u2019s Chief Technical Officer Sean Gourley,
        the mathematics underlying innovation and conflict are not that different.","title":"Quid
        makes million-dollar maps of technology\u2019s past, present\u2026 and\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/28/quid-maps-technology-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935785,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-10T10:44:40Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"President
        Barack Obama reportedly asked Steve Jobs what it would take to bring iPhone
        manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. to which Jobs replied, \u201cThose jobs
        aren\u2019t coming back.\u201d","title":"The future of U.S. manufacturing:
        Nanotech, 3D printing, and self-aware\u00a0factories","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/10/the-future-of-u-s-manufacturing-nanotech-3d-printing-and-self-aware-factories/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935784,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-06T08:31:31Z","slug":"national-future-associate","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Greyson International Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets:GYSN), developer of an       innovative
        patented trans-dermal and topical delivery emulsion targeting       the multi-billion
        dollar anti-aging and OTC pharmaceutical industries,       unveiled details\u00a0about\u2026","title":"Greyson
        International Inc. Garners Investor Interest in a Series of Financial Present...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:42:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/06/greyson-international-inc-garners-investor-interest-in-a-series-of-financial-presentations-pre-empting-an-investor-conference/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:41:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935783,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-28T06:44:06Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"With
        its usage in the U.S. at an all-time high, digital comic book startup ComiXology
        announced plans to launch the service into Europe, the company tells\u00a0VentureBeat.","title":"Top
        grossing iPad app ComiXology pushes its digital comics service into Europe\u00a0(scoop)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:41:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/28/comixology-europe/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935782,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-29T09:00:48Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Mobile
        and web analytics company Mixpanel has just launched a new product to help
        companies track their best sources of\u00a0revenue.","title":"Mixpanel\u2019s
        new analytics tool will help you track customer value as easily as you track
        user\u00a0numbers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/29/mixpanel-put-lifetime-value-of-a-customer-right-in-the-middle-of-your-analytics-arsenal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935781,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-21T12:31:16Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The version of Graph Search you\u2019re using right now is just a wee
        little baby demo version of the real thing. Here\u2019s what\u2019s around
        the\u00a0corner.","title":"Here\u2019s what Facebook Graph Search is doing\u00a0next","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/21/facebook-graph-search/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935780,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-08T12:57:36Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"The
        startup only just launched last fall, but four months on the market was enough
        for them. The service had amassed around 200,000 total shared stories as of
        its acquisition and had also launched a read-only iPhone\u00a0app.","title":"Facebook
        acquires Storylane, a brand-new blogging/sharing platform","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/08/facebook-acquires-storylane-a-brand-new-bloggingsharing-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935779,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-09T15:31:42Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"As
        part Comixology\u2019s effort to raise awareness about the creator-owned digital
        comics via Comixology Submit, the startup has teamed up with indie fan favorite
        artist Shannon Wheeler to illustrate the insanity that is\u00a0SXSW.","title":"New
        Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler & Comixology explain SXSW panels\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/09/comixology-shannon-wheeler-sxsw/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935778,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-12T09:53:45Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Digital
        comic book store ComiXology crashed today after Marvel announced its promotion
        to give away 700 books for free through the service, (and dispelling all rumors
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        vs. Zombies Adventures mixes up the franchise\u2019s core gameplay with new
        items, mechanics, and social\u00a0features.","title":"Plants vs. Zombies shuffles
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        and Marvel are once again offering digital comic book fans access to the \u201c700
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        \u201cpartner categories\u201d add data from outside its network, so advertisers
        can target you based on what you buy and do outside Facebook, even including
        offline\u00a0purchases.","title":"Facebook now lets ads target you based on
        what you do outside\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/10/facebook-launches-partner-categories-to-help-advertisers-target-demand-not-just-demographics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935774,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-26T07:00:14Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Digital
        comic book startup ComiXology has removed 56 comic books from its iOS app
        store this past week because they contained content that didn\u2019t meet
        Apple\u2019s\u00a0guidelines.","title":"Too sexy for iOS: Apple directs ComiXology
        to yank 56 comics about sex, Satan, & gay\u00a0heroes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/26/too-sexy-for-your-ios-comixology-yanks-56-comics-at-apples-request-due-to-sexual-satanic-content/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935773,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-28T11:10:52Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"After
        years of false starts, 2013 has become the year of mobile\u00a0advertising.","title":"Behind
        the top mobile ad publishers: Facebook, Google, Pandora and\u00a0Twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/28/behind-the-top-mobile-ad-publishers-facebook-google-pandora-and-twitter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935772,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-01T11:24:19Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Digital
        comic book startup ComiXology is now offering its customers the ability to
        subscribe to monthly and bi-weekly comic series through its website, the company
        announced\u00a0today.","title":"ComiXology rolls out digital comic subscriptions
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        world is bigger than Google now,\u201d co-founder Brandon Chatreau told me
        this morning. \u201cAnd it\u2019s more\u00a0open.\u201d","title":"Dashbook:
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        comics startup Madefire announced a new publisher partnership that will bring
        its motion book technology to a handful of independent and licensed comic
        book series today, including Star Trek, Transformers, and The\u00a0Darkness.","title":"Ahead
        of Comic-Con, Madefire brings its motion book tech to IDW, Top Cow, & Boom\u00a0Studios","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/16/madefire-digital-comics-idw-comic-con/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935769,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-20T10:01:19Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"If
        you\u2019re bummed out about missing all the new digital comic book news and
        discussion coming through the pipeline this weekend at San Diego Comic-Con,
        check out this comic series about the\u00a0show.","title":"Missing Comic-Con?
        ComiXology & New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler have you covered (web\u00a0comics)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/20/missing-comic-con-comixology-new-yorker-cartoonist-shannon-wheeler-have-you-covered-web-comics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935768,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-22T10:10:00Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Vir2o
        wants to be the \u201clocal pub and community center\u201d of the Internet.
        The startup launched a new social media platform today and revealed that is
        is backed by $1 million in seed\u00a0financing.","title":"Vir2o takes on Facebook,
        Google +, Path to combat Internet\u00a0loneliness","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/22/vir2o-takes-on-facebook-google-path-to-combat-internet-loneliness/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:40:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935767,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-26T13:32:07Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Before
        we depart for a weekend of book-reading and beverage-imbibing, here\u2019s
        what we learned from covering financials this week: Facebook is awesome, and
        Amazon investors are 100 percent\u00a0daft.","title":"This week in tech stock:
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        a platform for publishing digital comic books, has just made available the
        first of a 3-volume series on the life of \u00a0John Lewis, a civil-rights
        leader and current U.S. Congressman.","title":"Digital comic book revives
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        Pick Thousands of people are sharing genetic information on social media sites.
        Our in-depth report delves into the privacy\u00a0risks.","title":"Can you
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        has opened up its Kindle MatchBook service today, offering customers a way
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        get many books sent to VentureBeat, but today was the first time we had both
        a hardback and a paperback of the same book sent to one reporter.","title":"Funding
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        names hidden object game Criminal Case as the year\u2019s\u00a0best.","title":"Facebook
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        comic book startup Madefire announced it was bringing new content to its digital
        store today in the form of popular Dark Horse comic series Hellboy.","title":"Madefire
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        true digital equivalent of the \u201cchoose your own adventure\u201d books
        have arrived. And this time, it features The\u00a0Batman.","title":"DC enlists
        Madefire for its cool new Batman Multiverse comics \u2014 a digital version
        of the \u2018choose your own adventure\u2019 books","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/19/dc-multiverse-batman-comics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935759,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-01T11:30:29Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Apple
        missed estimates, Facebook ate Google\u2019s mobile lunch, and Netflix rode
        \u201cOrange is the New Black\u201d all the way to 2 million new subscribers
        and a 24% stock price\u00a0hike.","title":"This week in tech stock: Earnings
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        for authenticity will be a tough balancing act, but Percolate clearly believes
        it\u2019s cut out for the\u00a0job.","title":"This app will put your Facebook
        and Twitter relationships to work \u2014 for your company, that is\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/this-app-will-put-your-facebook-and-twitter-relationships-to-work-for-your-company-that-is-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935757,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T13:17:09Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"While
        the acquisition means even more content for Comixology, many comic fans may
        take issue. It\u2019s the virtual equivalent to an indie comic book store
        being swallowed by\u00a0Walmart.","title":"Holy Bezos, Batman! Amazon is buying\u00a0Comixology","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/holy-bezos-batman-amazon-is-buying-comixology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935756,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T17:37:24Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"YouTube
        cofounders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are splitting up after many years of
        working closely together, reports TechCrunch.","title":"YouTube cofounders
        part ways, will spin off\u00a0Mixbit","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/youtube-cofounders-part-ways-will-spin-off-mixbit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935755,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T08:15:10Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"PARIS
        \u2014 \u00c9cole 42 might be one of the most ambitious experiments in engineering
        education.","title":"This French tech school has no teachers, no books, no
        tuition \u2014 and it could change\u00a0everything","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/this-french-tech-school-has-no-teachers-no-books-no-tuition-and-it-could-change-everything/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935754,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T06:55:46Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Facebook
        released its company diversity stats in a blog post yesterday. The post, by\u00a0Facebook\u2019s
        Global Head of Diversity\u00a0Maxine Williams,\u00a0discussed the company\u2019s
        commitment to diversity \u2014 but even she admits Facebook\u00a0has a long
        way to go.","title":"New stats show Facebook is run by a bunch of white dudes,
        just like Yahoo &\u00a0Google","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/new-stats-show-facebook-is-run-by-a-bunch-of-white-dudes-just-like-yahoo-google/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935753,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T17:17:14Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Nanigans
        CEO Ric Calvillo talks to a lot of ad-tech analysts. Every time he asks them
        what the biggest disruption in the advertising technology space is, they say
        RTB, or real-time bidding.","title":"The next big ad-tech disruption: Not
        RTB \u2026 and maybe not even Google or\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/the-next-big-ad-tech-disruption-not-rtb-and-maybe-not-even-google-or-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935752,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T13:00:08Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"This
        sponsored post is produced by Yetizen.","title":"Sign up now for exclusive
        Ferrari Mixer at Casual\u00a0Connect","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/casual-connect-yetizen-vip-mixer-ferrari-showcase/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935751,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-04T18:13:35Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"The
        new feed-focused Facebook redesign will be fully launched to users next week,
        according to the company \u2014 after a final mystery feature is fully implemented.
        This feature intends to make third-party applications more obvious to users.","title":"Amidst
        mixed signals, Facebook redesign slated for next\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/04/facebook-redesign-coming-to-all-users-in-a-week-im-getting-mixed-signals-about-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935750,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-29T06:32:37Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"FastPencil,
        a startup that shepherds authors through the book-publishing process, launched
        a product today that will make it dead simple to create books in full color.","title":"Make-your-own-book
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        has made it easier than it used to be for users to understand what kinds of
        personal data applications need in order to work. From now on, users will
        get a single dialog box explaining all of the data a third-party app is requesting
        before they install it.","title":"Facebook''s simplified data-sharing: A mixed\u00a0blessing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/30/facebook-data-permissions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935748,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-20T18:02:30Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"NewsMix
        launched its Facebook app today, which will allow people to follow posts from
        their fan pages in one, consolidated digital magazine.","title":"Facebook
        users get a Flipboard-like magazine with\u00a0NewsMix","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/20/newsmix-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935747,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-18T06:00:54Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"If
        you read digital comics, the chances are pretty great that you prefer to do
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        that may\u00a0change.","title":"ComiXology adds continuous bookmarking to
        all its digital comics apps\u00a0(scoop)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/18/comixology-continue-bookmarks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T20:39:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935746,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-10T09:53:19Z","slug":"mix-book","summary":"Yesterday,
        creator Brian K. Vaughn informed the world that issue #12 of his and Fiona
        Staples\u2019 hit comic book series Saga was rejected by Apple due to explicit
        content and subsequently would not be available for sale within any of ComiXology\u2019s
        iOS\u00a0apps.","title":"ComiXology sheds light on explicit comic book ban
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        comic book startup ComiXology is partnering with one of the biggest publishers
        of children\u2019s books, Scholastic, the startup announced yesterday at San
        Diego Comic-Con.","title":"ComiXology signs publishing deal with Scholastic
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        Perkins\u2019 cofounder is afraid of another Kristallnacht \u2014 specifically,
        a \u201cProgressive\u00a0Kristallnacht.\u201d","title":"Kleiner Perkins founder
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        aside, a B2B company that focuses on helping other companies make more money
        is a good business\u00a0bet.","title":"Here\u2019s a big $9M first round for
        the boring but money-making\u00a0Indix","updated_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/26/heres-a-big-9m-first-round-for-the-boring-but-profitable-indix/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935701,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T15:30:47Z","slug":"mon-ki","summary":"80
        percent of developers reported that less than five percent of their users
        made even one single in-app\u00a0purchase","title":"Mobile app monetization:
        Freemium is king, but in-app ads are growing\u00a0fast","updated_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/mobile-app-monetization-freemium-is-king-but-in-app-ads-are-growing-fast/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935700,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T06:00:57Z","slug":"mon-ki","summary":"Gamblit
        hopes to be the platform for new kinds of gambling\u00a0games.","title":"Gamblit
        Gaming raises $12M to create new kinds of real-money gambling\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/gamblit-gaming-raises-12m-to-create-new-kinds-of-real-money-gambling-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935699,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T04:30:55Z","slug":"mon-ki","summary":"ClearStory
        Data wants to help people inside lots of companies analyze multiple different
        kinds of data. A new funding round should help that\u00a0cause.","title":"ClearStory
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        app Quizup today quietly expanded into new territory with the launch of\u00a0branded
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        and Disney Infinity combined to boost interactive-toy sales by 79\u00a0percent.","title":"A
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        18-year-old brothers are the first to score payments for making games inside
        the Roblox virtual\u00a0world.","title":"18 year olds are making $10K a month
        from user-generated games in\u00a0Roblox","updated_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/18-year-olds-make-10k-a-month-from-user-generated-games-in-roblox/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935695,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T05:15:42Z","slug":"mon-ki","summary":"Google
        released\u00a0new Android OS growth rates\u00a0today, and like last month,
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        KitKat is now on 8.5% of Android devices, up by 37% in one\u00a0month","updated_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/05/googles-kitkat-is-now-on-8-5-of-android-devices-up-by-37-in-one-month/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935694,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T09:00:23Z","slug":"mon-ki","summary":"Harmonix
        seeks $775K to create PS3 and PS4 version of 2003 music rhythm action\u00a0game.","title":"Harmonix
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        OpenTable was a great start in improving restaurant reservations and putting
        them online, snagging last-minute spots at tony\u00a0restaurants is different
        matter altogether.","title":"While commoners use OpenTable, fabulous jet-setters
        are booking on\u00a0Table8","updated_at":"2014-07-28T18:13:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/while-commoners-use-opentable-fabulous-jet-setters-are-booking-on-table8/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T18:12:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935692,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-13T11:48:25Z","slug":"mon-ki","summary":"Cloud-based
        financial planning software has never looked this\u00a0good.","title":"Making
        the best use of companies\u2019 money pays off: Anaplan raises\u00a0$100M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T18:12:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/13/anaplan-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T18:12:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935691,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T13:30:02Z","slug":"mon-ki","summary":"Band
        tracking startup SongKick said it now has 10 million unique fans using the
        service every month, which works out to roughly four people\u00a0per second.","title":"SongKick
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        lets players compete against each other for real money prizes in mobile game\u00a0tournaments.","title":"Skillz
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        to know where the real money is in the iTunes App\u00a0Store?","title":"Trends
        in app moneymaking: Buy the code of a popular app and re-skin it \u2013 or
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        new game will have more than 30 songs, with three mixes for each\u00a0song.","title":"How
        Disney and Harmonix tamed Kinect to make the motion game Disney Fantasia:
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        much are real app developers earning and how are they doing it? Let\u2019s
        take a\u00a0look-see\u2026","title":"Real app developer earnings: From 18-year-old
        making $1.1K monthly to apps earning $90K per\u00a0day","updated_at":"2014-07-28T18:12:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/real-app-developer-earnings-from-18-year-old-making-1-1k-monthly-to-apps-earning-90k-per-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T18:12:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935686,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T22:00:48Z","slug":"mon-ki","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick San Francisco attorney Dennis Herrera goes bananas over an app\u2019s
        aim to make cash by reserving public parking\u00a0spaces.","title":"San Fran\u2019s
        beef with mobile parking apps is more than just monkey\u00a0business","updated_at":"2014-07-28T18:12:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/san-frans-beef-with-mobile-parking-apps-is-more-than-just-monkey-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T18:12:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935685,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T18:15:48Z","slug":"mon-ki","summary":"Monkey
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        Pick Monkey Parking app developer Paolo Dobrowolny has vowed to vigorously
        defend himself against San Francisco city Attorney Dennis Herrera, who slammed
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        Perkins Caufield & Byers is making its 16th early-stage fund and its second
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        chief will soon arrive in San Francisco to set the record straight and take
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        startup removes its app, which auctions off public parking spaces, from the
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        Play is actually outpacing iOS in terms of downloads, but people open up their
        wallets more for\u00a0Apple.","title":"iOS still dominates Google Play for
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        site for individual investors.  At stake:  A battle for the hearts, minds
        and wallets of tens of millions of individual investors who use the Web each
        day to track their stock investments.","title":"AOL guns for Yahoo\u00a0Finance","updated_at":"2014-07-28T17:00:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/29/aol-guns-for-yahoo-finance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T17:00:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935616,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-04T16:04:28Z","slug":"dovetail-public-relations","summary":"Hunch.com,
        introduced to us in a early version last March, has demonstrated a growing
        user base and ever-better utility to go along with its fun-to-use design work.","title":"Hunch.com
        checks out healthy at six\u00a0months","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/04/hunch-com-checks-out-healthy-at-six-months/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935615,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T09:21:42Z","slug":"dovetail-public-relations","summary":"Sponsored
        Post STAR Angel Network, a New York City based Angel network founded by       11-year
        NBA veteran Jared Jeffries and comprised of professional       athletes and
        business leaders, announced today its participation in the       Angel round
        for Stockr, a\u00a0leading\u2026","title":"STAR Angel Network Invests in Stockr:
        Managing Partner Shawn Rogers to Join Stockr Ad...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/star-angel-network-invests-in-stockr-managing-partner-shawn-rogers-to-join-stockr-advisory-board/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:43Z","domain":"finsmes.com","id":3935614,"news_source":"FinSMEs","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:59:39Z","slug":"mavern-ventures","summary":null,"title":"Pley
        Raises $6.7M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:43Z","url":"http://www.finsmes.com/2014/03/pley-raises-6-7m.html"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935613,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-02T11:20:17Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Opal
        Brainstorms is a product aimed at helping global teams hold creative, effective
        brainstorming\u00a0sessions.","title":"Global brainstorm sessions with 10K+
        participants: Idealistic or a great startup\u00a0idea?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/02/opal-labs-wants-to-facilitate-global-collaborative-brainstorms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935612,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-14T08:00:23Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"It\u2019s
        time to understand those who are different. The global economy depends on\u00a0it.","title":"Global
        business diversity goes beyond \u2018political correctness\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/14/global-business-diversity-goes-beyond-political-correctness/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935611,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-02T16:53:08Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Hungry
        Globetrotter\u2019s subscription boxes of ingredients highlight an international
        culinary destination each\u00a0month.","title":"Startup Spotlight: Hungry
        Globetrotter turns home cooks into masters of global\u00a0cuisine","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/02/startup-spotlight-hungry-globetrotter-turns-home-cooks-into-masters-of-global-cuisine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935610,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-18T14:02:26Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Hydros
        takes on the global water crisis with its approach to social entrepreneurship.","title":"Startup
        Spotlight: Hydros battles the global water\u00a0crisis","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/18/startup-spotlight-hydros-battles-the-global-water-crisis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935609,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-03T08:45:20Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"From
        Russia and China to the Ivory Coast and Panama, a huge chunk world is getting
        the iPhone 5 this\u00a0December.","title":"iPhone 5 goes global for the holidays:
        Brazil, Russia, S. Korea, and 50+ other\u00a0countries","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:59:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/03/iphone-5-global-rollout/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935608,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-04T04:59:27Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Despite
        the massive growth of Android smartphones, advertisers still covet iPhone
        users more than any other\u00a0platform.","title":"Adfonic Global AdMetrics
        Report: 108 billion mobile ad requests say iPhone still king for\u00a0advertisers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/04/adfonic-global-admetrics-report-108-billion-mobile-ad-requests-say-iphone-still-king-for-advertisers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935607,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-07T08:11:40Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Major
        semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices has substantially sliced orders
        to chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries because it expects a \u201cchoppy demand
        environment\u201d for PCs in\u00a02013.","title":"AMD cuts chip orders with
        global PC market in\u00a0decline","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/07/amd-cuts-chip-shipments-pc-market-decline/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935606,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-24T14:30:23Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Guest
        Post All around the world, crowdfunding is taking off, opening up billions
        of dollars for new ideas. Here\u2019s what a one-percent shift of investments
        to crowdfunding could\u00a0do.","title":"Unlocking the global trillion-dollar
        crowdfunding\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/24/crowdfunding-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935605,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-30T08:22:30Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"With
        her new gig, Keys will become the creative face for BlackBerry\u00a010.","title":"Alicia
        Keys named BlackBerry\u2019s global creative\u00a0director","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/30/alicia-keys-named-blackberrys-global-creative-director/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935604,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-06T07:59:08Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"U.S.
        cable giant Liberty Global has agreed to purchase hot U.K. cable and broadband
        provider Virgin Media in a $23.3 billion cash-and-stock deal, the two companies
        announced this\u00a0morning.","title":"Cable consolidates: Liberty Global
        buys Virgin Media in massive $23.3B\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/06/liberty-global-buys-virgin-media/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935603,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-12T08:00:45Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"The
        global app economy will reach $25 billion this year, according to new data
        from ABI Research. Thirty-five percent of that, or $8.8 billion, will be tablet
        apps, and 65 percent \u2014 16.4 billion \u2014 will be smartphone\u00a0apps.","title":"Apple
        will take 65% of the global $25 billion app economy in 2013, analyst\u00a0says","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/12/apple-will-take-65-of-the-global-25-billion-app-economy-in-2013-analyst-says/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935602,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-13T09:37:00Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Google\u2019s
        ramping up mobile monetization today with a new sponsored search result ad
        type, a product listing ad. It also reduces the mobile search presence of
        the showroomer\u2019s biggest ally:\u00a0Amazon.com.","title":"We love showrooming:
        Google adds new globally available Product Listing Ad to\u00a0mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/13/we-love-showrooming-google-adds-new-globally-available-product-listing-ad-to-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935601,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-20T08:34:41Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"\u201cThe
        world\u2019s leading mobile football community\u2019, The Football App has
        raised $13 million to capitalize on fans love of the game. Otherwise known
        as\u00a0soccer.","title":"Gooooallll! The Football App scores $13M to accomodate
        millions of global\u00a0fans","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/20/gooooallll-the-football-app-scores-13m-to-accomodate-millions-of-global-fans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935600,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-29T08:52:14Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Guest
        Post When I co-founded InMobi in 2007, we took a novel \u201ceast-to-west\u201d
        approach to our growth, starting in India before moving into other developing
        markets, then finally into more traditional \u201cWestern\u201d markets as\u00a0well.","title":"Reverse
        globalization: How we took our startup from India to Asia to Europe to\u00a0global","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/29/reverse-globalization-how-we-took-our-startup-from-india-to-asia-to-europe-to-global/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935599,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-05T09:08:22Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Cavemania
        is a match-3 puzzle game from developer BonusXP. Yodo1 will publish it around
        the\u00a0world.","title":"Chinese game publisher Yodo1 moves into global market
        with\u00a0Cavemania","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/05/chinese-game-publisher-yodo1-moving-into-global-market-with-cavemania/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935598,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-23T06:38:55Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Leave
        it to Amazon to explore something beyond mere cellular networks to get its
        devices online.","title":"Amazon reportedly tested new wireless network with
        spectrum from satellite company\u00a0Globalstar","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/23/amazon-reportedly-tested-new-wireless-network-with-spectrum-from-satellite-company-globalstar/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935597,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-03T06:24:54Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"PopCap
        Games is play testing the Android version of the popular tower defense-style
        game in the real world before launching it\u00a0globally.","title":"Plants
        vs. Zombies 2 soft launches in Australia, New Zealand on Android; global launch
        coming \u2018shortly\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/03/plants-vs-zombies-2-soft-launches-in-australia-new-zealand-on-android-global-launch-coming-shortly/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935596,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-03T21:00:25Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Runa
        Capital\u2019s Ilya Zubarev believes that Rocketbank can success on a global
        scale. \u201cWe are confident that RocketBank has the potential to gain recognition
        among millions of clients around the world,\u201d he\u00a0stated.","title":"RocketBank
        takes $2 million for mobile banking with global\u00a0ambitions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/03/rocketbank-takes-2-million-for-mobile-banking-with-global-ambitions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935595,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-09T08:00:38Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Running
        a truly global business is easier than ever thanks to the web, but language
        issues remain a problem.","title":"Cloud translation service Smartling raises
        $24M to help enterprises globalize their\u00a0content","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/09/cloud-translation-service-smartling-raises-24m-to-help-enterprises-globalize-their-content/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935594,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-28T14:00:11Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Twitch
        will livestream many of the event\u2019s 80-plus speakers to a new GamesBeat\u00a0channel.","title":"Twitch
        takes GamesBeat 2013 to a global stage as our exclusive live broadcasting\u00a0partner","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/28/twitch-takes-gamesbeat-2013-to-a-global-stage-as-exclusive-live-broadcasting-partner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935593,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T09:00:06Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The mobile games marketing platform AppLift together with the global
        games market research firm Newzoo have teamed up in a joint market analysis
        effort to investigate the appeal of various continental regions for mobile
        game publishers, shedding light onto growth opportunities, monetization potential
        and user acquisition\u00a0costs.","title":"AppLift and NewZoo latest report
        finds global mobile games market to double by\u00a02016","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/the-mobile-opportunity-global-mobile-games-market-to-double-by-2016/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935592,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-30T09:44:24Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick There are over four billion street lights in the world. Almost all of
        them are high-intensity discharge lights that use mercury vapor or some other
        toxic substance to create light. All of them are powered, and most burn out
        every two years.\nNow what if all these could become nodes on a sensor network
        spanning the entire\u00a0globe?","title":"Smart city, smart planet: Sensity
        is creating a billion-node network of global sensors \u2014 in street\u00a0lights","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/smart-city-smart-planet-sensity-is-creating-a-billion-node-network-of-global-sensors-in-street-lights/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935591,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T22:00:32Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"\u201cWith
        Blinkist, we want to free the knowledge that is hidden in so many books,\u201d
        said Blinkist CEO and cofounder Holger\u00a0Seim.","title":"Book summary app
        Blinkist rolls out\u00a0globally","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/book-summary-app-blinkist-rolls-out-globally/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935590,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-02T13:12:52Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"BlackBerry\u2019s
        short, unnecessary relationship with singer Alicia Keys has reached its end.","title":"Alicia
        Keys is out as BlackBerry\u2019s global creative officer (and so, too, is
        creativity\u00a0itself)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/02/alicia-keys-is-out-as-blackberrys-global-creative-officer-and-so-too-is-creativity-itself/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935589,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-13T07:44:39Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Sponsored
        Post World Property Exchange, Inc. (www.WPE.co),       the emerging global
        online real estate marketplace, through its parent       company World Property
        Ventures, Inc., has kicked-off its accredited       investor expansion funding
        round as of January\u00a02014\u2026.","title":"World Property Exchange Commences
        $100 Million Global Expansion Funding\u00a0Round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/world-property-exchange-commences-100-million-global-expansion-funding-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935588,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T09:04:11Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"If
        you really hate your slow Internet connection, you might consider packing
        your bags and moving to South Korea.","title":"Global Internet speeds climbed
        29% year-over-year\u00a0(report)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:58:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/akamai-state-of-the-internet-q3-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935587,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-31T13:30:57Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Korean
        developer Devsisters is looking to find a hit in China, North America, and
        elsewhere on the messaging apps that specialize in game\u00a0distribution.","title":"How
        a Korean mobile studio uses messaging apps like Line and Kakao for global\u00a0success","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/31/how-a-korean-mobile-studio-is-leveraging-messaging-apps-like-line-and-kakao-for-global-success/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935586,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-12T10:00:36Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Forecast
        gets a big upgrade. Growth from $68 billion in 2013 will be driven by strong
        console\u00a0sales.","title":"New consoles will drive global game business
        to $96 billion by\u00a02018","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/new-consoles-will-drive-global-game-business-to-96-billion-by-2018/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935585,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T12:44:16Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Sponsored
        Post DocuSign       announced the company has raised an additional $85 million
        with the vast       majority from large institutional public funds and the
        balance from       existing investors. DocuSign will use the funds to fuel
        continued growth as\u00a0the\u2026","title":"DocuSign Raises $85 Million to
        Accelerate Growth as The Global Standard for Digital T...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/docusign-raises-85-million-to-accelerate-growth-as-the-global-standard-for-digital-transaction-management/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935584,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-13T06:00:15Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Mind
        Pirate is making augmented-reality games for the wearable, smartphone, and
        tablet\u00a0markets.","title":"Mind Pirate unveils its first Google Glass
        and mobile augmented-reality game: Global Food\u00a0Fight","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/13/mind-pirate-unveils-its-first-google-glass-and-mobile-augmented-reality-game-global-food-fight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935583,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-13T12:15:13Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"In
        2013, hot startups were able to access capital from a wider variety of sources
        than ever before \u2014 not just the prestigious venture capital firms of
        Sand Hill\u00a0Road.","title":"Venture capitalists face a more competitive,
        global\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/13/venture-capitalists-face-a-more-competitive-global-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935582,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-14T08:46:37Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"The
        new Civ game, with its sci-fi theme, has us reaching out to the stars to\u00a0survive.","title":"Sid
        Meier\u2019s Civilization: Beyond Earth escapes global\u00a0warming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/14/sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth-escapes-global-warming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935581,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T04:36:51Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"In
        the explosion of marketing technology over the past three years that has seen
        a tripling in startups with cloud, app, and web-based solutions for your marketing
        department, there\u2019s one company that has been around almost since the
        original dot-com boom.","title":"One-to-one marketing, global scale: Sitecore
        lands L\u2019Or\u00e9al to personalize\u00a0beauty","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/one-to-one-marketing-global-scale-sitecore-lands-loreal-to-personalize-beauty/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935580,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T11:46:47Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Sponsored
        Post A white paper on water       use in the global production of cement and
        concrete finds that a savings       of two billion tons of water per year
        could be realized with the       adoption of a patented process       developed
        by Solidia       Technologies\u00ae\u2026","title":"Solidia Technologies White
        Paper on Water Use by Global Cement and Concrete Industry ...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/solidia-technologies-white-paper-on-water-use-by-global-cement-and-concrete-industry-finds-potential-savings-of-2-billion-tons-of-water-per-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935579,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T05:09:45Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Unitas       Global, the Enterprise       Private Cloud company, today
        announced their membership in the Cloud       Security Alliance. Unitas Global
        has taken this step to strengthen       its mission to provide private cloud
        solutions that enable\u00a0clients\u2026","title":"Unitas Global Becomes a
        Member of the Cloud Security\u00a0Alliance","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/unitas-global-becomes-a-member-of-the-cloud-security-alliance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935578,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T05:00:11Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Co-creator
        Keith Shepherd says that staying small and focusing on making great games
        is the way to keep the brand\u00a0fresh.","title":"Temple Run crosses a billion
        downloads. But will it become a global gaming\u00a0brand?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/temple-run-crosses-a-billion-downloads-but-will-it-become-a-global-gaming-brand/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935577,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T05:00:27Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Line
        and Disney team up on a puzzle app with cute characters and a line of\u00a0toys.","title":"Disney
        takes one of Japan\u2019s top puzzle games into the global market with a new
        toy\u00a0line","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/disney-takes-one-of-japans-top-puzzle-game-into-the-global-market-with-a-new-toy-line/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935576,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T08:52:50Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Sponsored
        Post BlueLine Grid, a Company wiring the U.S. government and all state and       local
        agencies with a mobile messaging application and global active       directory,
        today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of       the AlwaysOn
        Global\u00a0100\u2026","title":"BlueLine Grid Selected by AlwaysOn as one
        of the Global 100 Companies to\u00a0Watch","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/blueline-grid-selected-by-alwayson-as-one-of-the-global-100-companies-to-watch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935575,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T01:38:09Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"AppFlood,
        a global mobile advertising service with roots in China, found the biggest
        Chinese mobile ad spenders with it in Q2 2014, AppFlood found, are developers
        with\u00a0\u201cproductivity apps.\u201d","title":"Why Chinese apps are conquering
        Western markets: More growth, more ad spend, more\u00a0globalization","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/why-chinese-apps-are-conquering-western-markets-more-growth-more-ad-spend-more-globalization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935574,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T13:33:04Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":"Netflix
        has hit a high mark for subscribers, with\u00a050 million now registered and
        streaming video every month, the company announced today in its Q2 2014 earnings
        report.","title":"Netflix hits a milestone: 50M global\u00a0subscribers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:57:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/netflix-hits-a-milestone-50m-global-subscribers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:55:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935573,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-14T05:00:47Z","slug":"stryker-medical","summary":"Israeli
        chip maker Amimon has raised $10 million in a third round of funding for its
        business of chips for high-definition video wireless networking.","title":"Amimon
        raises $10 million for high-definition video wireless\u00a0networking","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:55:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/14/amimon-raises-10-million-for-high-definition-video-wireless-networking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:55:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935572,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T21:02:23Z","slug":"stryker-medical","summary":"Procured
        is working with U.S. hospital systems to bring some much-needed transparency
        to medical device\u00a0pricing.","title":"Procured Health gets $4M to find
        out why an artificial knee can cost $3,500 or\u00a0$10K","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:55:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/procured-health-gets-4m-to-find-out-why-an-artificial-knee-can-cost-3500-or-10k/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:55:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935571,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-12T10:02:26Z","slug":"sierra-semiconductor","summary":"BroadLight,
        a supplier of \u201cgigabit passive optical network\u201d (GPON) semiconductors
        and software, said it has raised a $12 million fifth round of financing.","title":"BroadLight,
        supplier of passive optical network equipment, raises\u00a0$12M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:55:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/12/broadlight-supplier-of-passive-optical-network-equipment-raises-12m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:55:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935570,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-07T09:42:55Z","slug":"sierra-semiconductor","summary":"VeriSilicon
        Holdings, a provider of a \u201csystem-on-a-chip\u201d design technology,
        said it has raised US$20 million in a fourth round of financing.","title":"VeriSilicon
        raises $20M more for chip design\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:55:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/07/verisilicon-raises-20m-more-for-chip-design-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935569,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-14T10:53:00Z","slug":"sierra-semiconductor","summary":"Nintendo
        announced today that it will launch Wii Sports Resort, a sequel to its flagship
        console game Wii Sports, and an improved version of its motion-sensing controller
        dubbed the Wii MotionPlus. Both are due to come out this summer.","title":"Nintendo
        to launch this summer the long-awaited Wii MotionPlus to improve controller\u00a0accuracy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/14/nintendo-to-launch-this-summer-the-long-awaited-wii-motionplus-to-improve-controller-accuracy-and-wii-sports-resort-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935568,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-06-12T09:13:35Z","slug":"sierra-semiconductor","summary":"Mentor
        Graphics  has acquired Sierra Design Automation, a Santa Clara, Calif. provider
        of IC implementation system technology to the semiconductor industry. The
        deal was valued at $90 million, split evenly between cash and stock, according
        to PE Wire. Sierra Design had raised around $22 million in VC funding since
        2004, from Artiman Ventures, Evercore Partners and TeleSoft Partners.","title":"Mentor
        Graphics buys IC company, Sierra Design for\u00a0$90M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/06/12/mentor-graphics-buys-ic-company-sierra-design-for-90m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935567,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-25T19:03:08Z","slug":"united-state-goverment","summary":"We
        used to joke about the \"European ending\" going to the theater.\u00a0 It
        is not happy.\u00a0 In fact, by the end of the movie, anyone I would have
        liked or hoped the best for would be dead, perhaps in spectacular fashion.\u00a0
        The boy does not get the girl.\u00a0 \"Oedipus, those are your OWN eyes!\"","title":"A
        Sunset Deferred: Looking at the Unsatisfying Ending of Red Dead\u00a0Redemption","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/25/a-sunset-deferred-looking-at-the-unsatisfying-ending-of-red-dead-redemption/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935566,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-02-01T11:00:25Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"clean
        techIn his State of the Union address last night, President Bush said we need
        cut the country dependence on oil. The speech was relatively short on details,
        but gave us a few pointers about where Silicon Valley\u2019s tech machine
        can help.","title":"Bush echoes Silicon Valley''s Doerr \u2014 \"It could
        be the\u00a0stalk\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/02/01/bush-echoes-silicon-valleys-doerr-it-could-be-the-stalk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935565,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-26T13:29:23Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"A
        non-profit think tank based in Washington D.C., has released a service that
        estimates carbon emissions of power plants and power companies throughout
        the world.","title":"CARMA, where anyone can see the sources of greenhouse\u00a0gases","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/26/carma-where-anyone-can-see-the-sources-of-greenhouse-gases/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935564,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-13T09:55:15Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"The
        recession may not prove as much of a barrier to a national carbon cap and
        trade scheme for the United States as pundits thought,\u00a0according to the
        lead energy and environment advisor for Barack Obama\u2019s campaign.","title":"Carbon
        caps coming next year, says key Obama\u00a0advisor","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/13/carbon-caps-coming-next-year-says-key-obama-advisor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935563,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-27T15:02:07Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"There\u2019s
        no question we\u2019re in a bad mess when it comes to state of our power grid,
        not only in the United States but globally.","title":"DEMO: New innovations
        for the smart, open power\u00a0grid","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/27/demo-new-innovations-for-the-smart-open-power-grid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935562,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-08T16:15:02Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"It\u2019s
        been a remarkable few days for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 3 million-member
        business federation that says it spends more money on lobbying than any other
        organization in the U.S.","title":"Is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce corrupt?
        And why it\u00a0matters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/08/is-the-us-chamber-of-commerce-corrupt-and-why-it-matters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935561,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-09T14:25:05Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"U.S.
        Secretary of Energy Steven Chu publicly complimented Apple, PG&E and the other
        companies that have recently resigned from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over
        its opposition to greenhouse gas restrictions. At a solar energy event in
        the nation\u2019s capital, he said \u201cI think it\u2019s wonderful,\u201d
        criticizing the Chamber for its stall tactics and antiquated position on global
        warming.","title":"Energy secretary applauds companies for quitting Chamber
        of\u00a0Commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/09/energy-secretary-applauds-companies-for-quitting-chamber-of-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935560,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-09T18:30:40Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"President
        Barack Obama may be fresh off his Nobel Peace Prize win, but that won\u2019t
        get him any closer to passing the climate legislation he hoped to push through
        \u2014 along with the health care reform package \u2014 by the end of the
        2009. Congressional aides are now saying that Senate votes on the Waxman-Markey
        and Kerry-Boxer (PDF) climate bills (both of which could establish some form
        of carbon trading system) are being delayed and probably won\u2019t take place
        until next year.","title":"Climate bills shifted to back burner yet\u00a0again","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/09/climate-bills-shifted-to-back-burner-yet-again/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935559,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-19T15:30:42Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"Carbon
        \u201ccap-and-trade\u201d has become the ultimate buzzword when it comes to
        climate change and the legislation being drafted to address it. But what exactly
        does it mean?","title":"Cap and Trade 101: For those who haven''t been following
        for the last 30\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/19/cap-and-trade-101-for-those-who-havent-been-following-for-the-last-30-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935558,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-20T14:27:40Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"As
        the United States and world consider new policies and legislation to help
        stop climate change, verifying whether they actually work is going to be a
        big deal.","title":"GreenBeat spotlight: Picarro''s \"sci-fi\" box may prevent
        cap-and-trade fraud after\u00a0Copenhagen","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/20/greenbeat-spotlight-picarros-sci-fi-box-may-prevent-cap-and-trade-fraud-after-copenhagen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935557,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-02T12:36:24Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"Fresh
        off last week\u2019s health care reform win, president Barack Obama and his
        allies in Congress have turned their attention to climate change \u2014 particularly
        the Kerry-Boxer bill that would establish a carbon trading system and set
        renewable energy targets in the U.S. Today, its co-author, senator Barbara
        Boxer (D-Calif.), said she will push the legislation forward, despite stiff
        opposition from Senate republicans and democrats from industrial, emission-heavy
        states.","title":"Boxer pushes Climate Bill forward, whether the GOP likes
        it or\u00a0not","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/02/boxer-pushes-climate-bill-whether-the-gop-likes-it-or-not/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935556,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-07T15:08:50Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"Copenhagen
        is bustling with activity today, marking the opening of the long-anticipated
        United Nations\u2019 COP15 Climate Change Conference. The goal of the two-week
        event: To draw up an international treaty requiring significant carbon emissions
        reductions to stave off global warming. But this aim is looking increasingly
        unlikely as stakeholders from delegates (from 190 countries) to scientists
        to environmental groups remain divided on what needs to be done.","title":"Copenhagen
        Day 1: Diplomats clash, protesters show up in force, Obama reschedules and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/07/copenhagen-day-1-diplomats-clash-protesters-show-up-in-force-obama-reschedules-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935555,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-05T13:37:09Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"Who
        did you vote for in the last Wasteland Elections? The Brotherhood of Steel?
        The New California Republic? Or are you tired of \u201cnew world politics\u201d
        and yearning for a return to this nation\u2019s former glory? Perhaps you
        voted for the Enclave in the hopes that they might restore the nation\u2019s
        capital or put an end to the greed and corruption that\u2019s run rampant
        in New Vegas.\u00a0","title":"Stumping in the wasteland: On the politics of\u00a0Fallout","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/05/stumping-in-the-wasteland-on-the-politics-of-fallout/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935554,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-07T12:14:30Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"Apple
        products will no longer bear the EPEAT seal of approval that adorns environmentally
        friendly tech products.","title":"Apple withdraws from green gadget certification\u00a0program","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:54:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/07/apple-epa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:53:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935553,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-21T12:10:57Z","slug":"united-state-environmental-protection-agency","summary":"Updated
        at 9:10 PM PT with additional details about the contract","title":"Microsoft\u2019s
        latest Office 365 customer: the U.S.\u00a0Army","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:53:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/21/microsofts-latest-office-365-customer-the-u-s-army/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:53:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935552,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-07T20:02:16Z","slug":"ccmi","summary":"\u00a0","title":"First
        Impressions: Pokemon Black and\u00a0White","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:53:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/07/first-impressions-pokemon-black-and-white/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:53:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935551,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-04T05:22:11Z","slug":"ccmi","summary":"The
        term \u2018open-world\u2019 and \u2018sandbox\u2019 have been ran into the
        ground, it\u2019s a gimmick, usually the game takes place in some island just
        to establish geography.\u00a0 L.A. Noire has a barricade effect to keep you
        within it\u2019s boundaries which does feel more natural. Similarly to Red
        Dead Redemption, the map and time are your real boundary, in the wild west
        after a certain point, all you have is dessert, the same goes for 1947 Los
        Angeles; which looks so eerily accurate that I wish there was a debug or at
        least a tour mode that guides you thru every landmark that\u2019s still relevant
        today. The map effectively makes the experience more engrossing and immersive,
        I don\u2019t want to run people over in this game, I don\u2019t want to just
        see things blow-up. A real world makes you instinctively act more like a real
        person and some random jack-ass.","title":"A peak at the future thru 1947
        L.\u00a0A.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:53:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/04/c73c95ee21aa4e9b437ab5e95b205b4eddf36091/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:53:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-23T11:58:23Z","slug":"ccmi","summary":"Guest
        Post When you look at the stakeholders of a website, the folks doing the heavy
        lifting of strategy and execution, you will find two types of\u00a0people\u2026","title":"Your
        cross-platform brand and the Epic Battle between Mad Men & Math\u00a0Men","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:53:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/23/math-men-vs-mad-men/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:52:51Z","domain":"finsmes.com","id":3935549,"news_source":"FinSMEs","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:52:49Z","slug":"ovivo-mobile-communications","summary":null,"title":"OVIVO
        Raises \u00a3150K in Equity Crowdfunding","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:52:51Z","url":"http://www.finsmes.com/2013/03/ovivo-raises-150k-equity-crowdfunding.html"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:52:47Z","domain":"vc4africa.biz","id":3935548,"news_source":"Connecting
        Entrepreneurs and Investors","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:52:46Z","slug":"globa-li","summary":null,"title":"Hotel
        portal Globa.li secured US$675k, goes on to raise US$ 1 million from investors","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:52:47Z","url":"http://vc4africa.biz/blog/2013/08/20/hotel-portal-globa-li-secured-us675k-goes-on-to-raise-us-1-million-from-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:52:40Z","domain":"pr.com","id":3935545,"news_source":"PR.com","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:52:39Z","slug":"voapps","summary":null,"title":"VoAPPs
        Closes 1.5 MM in Series B Financing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:52:40Z","url":"http://www.pr.com/press-release/541749"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:52:36Z","domain":"bizjournals.com","id":3935543,"news_source":"The
        Business Journals","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:52:34Z","slug":"voapps","summary":null,"title":"Voicemail
        tech firm gets $1.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:52:35Z","url":"http://m.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/06/14/voicemail-tech-firm-gets-15m.html"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935458,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-08T17:30:09Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"Recommind,
        which offers an \u201ceDiscovery\u201d service aimed at law firms, has raised
        $7.5 million in a first round of venture funding. Despite the slowing economy,
        chief executive Robert Tennant says  his company should stay very busy in
        the coming months.","title":"Recommind raises $7.5M for eDiscovery\u00a02.0","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/08/recommind-raises-75m-for-ediscovery-20/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935455,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-27T07:33:26Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"Posit
        Science, one of several companies offering software to strengthen cognitive
        function and prevent brain deterioration, has raised $5.6 million in a third
        round of funding to continue product development and ramp up marketing efforts,
        reports VentureWire (subscription). The San Francisco-based company is coming
        off its strongest sales quarter yet, but faces a surprisingly crowded field
        of competition.","title":"Posit Science raises $5.6M for brain fitness\u00a0software","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/27/posit-science-raises-56m-for-brain-fitness-software/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935453,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-17T14:22:11Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"Certify
        Data Systems, maker of software used to safely transmit health information
        online, has raised $1.6 million in second-round funding and is already casting
        an eye toward a third round, reports VentureWire. Ziegler HealthVest Partners
        led the recent investment, which Certify will use to build its brand among
        hospitals and physicians.","title":"Certify secures $1.6M to transmit health
        care\u00a0data","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/17/certify-secures-16m-to-transmit-health-care-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935451,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-15T10:47:54Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"Berkeley
        Ventures, a new Bay Area incubator for early-stage companies across tech sectors,
        has just launched with a unique offering: Unlike Y Combinator or TechStars
        \u2014 incubators that run three-month programs \u2014 Berkeley It will provide
        startups with ongoing support for up to two years.","title":"Berkeley Ventures''
        new incubator breaks from summer program\u00a0model","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/15/berkeley-ventures-new-incubator-breaks-from-summer-program-model/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935449,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-27T11:48:30Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"Executives
        at major cleantech companies say that carbon trading legislation \u2014 namely
        the Kerry-Boxer climate bill pending in the U.S. Senate \u2014 would eventually
        infuse the country\u2019s economy, even though the chief argument against
        it is that it would hike energy prices and damage the rebounding economy (see
        cartoon). That said, they are dubious that such a bill will pass anytime soon.
        Both these findings came out of a survey of industry leaders conducted by
        top-tier law firm Cooley Godward Kronish at its recent Clean Technology Conference.","title":"Cleantech
        execs pessimistic, nonchalant about cap-and-trade\u00a0bill","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/27/cleantech-execs-pessimistic-nonchalant-about-cap-and-trade-bill/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-16T08:32:22Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"Posit
        Science, maker of technology and software tools to keep people\u2019s brain\u2019s
        fit as they age, has raised $500,000 in new equity, according to a filing
        with the SEC. Based in San Francisco, the company is backed by Cooley Godward
        Kronish, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, VSP Capital and Aberdare Ventures.","title":"Posit
        takes in $500K to improve mental\u00a0sharpness","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/16/posit-takes-in-500k-to-improve-mental-sharpness/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935445,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-21T13:00:33Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"Game
        startups continued to score big investments in 2009, but the amount of money
        raised in the year fell considerably compared to 2008.","title":"Game startups
        raised $600.5 million in 2009, down 36\u00a0percent","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/21/game-startup-fundings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935443,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-14T13:30:35Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"Posit
        Science, maker of software tools designed to maintain and improve brain fitness
        as people age, has brought in $2.4 million in equity, a fourth-round of preferred
        stock and common stock issuable upon conversion of fourth-round stock, according
        to a filing with the SEC. Based in San Francisco, the company received its
        recent financing from existing investors Aberdare Ventures, Draper Fisher
        Jurvetson and VSP Capital. It has now raised $8 million to date. Cooley Godward
        and Kronish has also backed the company in the past.","title":"Posit Science
        crams $2.4M to keep your brain\u00a0sharp","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/14/posit-science-crams-2-4m-to-keep-your-brain-sharp/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-05T12:44:35Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"I
        have tons of loyalty cards in my wallet and am always forgetting about them
        or leaving them at home and collecting yet another punch card when I return
        to the same retailer. While this is annoying for me, it\u2019s costly for
        businesses, especially small ones.","title":"Cardagin to digitize loyalty
        cards for local\u00a0businesses","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/05/cardagin-to-digitize-loyalty-cards-for-local-businesses/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-09T07:00:17Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"[Update:
        We''ve added our list with new fundings we''ve heard about from readers and
        Engage Digital Media].","title":"Revised video game financing list: 115 game
        companies raised $663.1M in\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/09/revised-video-game-financing-list-115-game-companies-raised-663-1m-in-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935437,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-27T17:01:33Z","slug":"cooley-godward-kronish","summary":"Want
        an unparalleled opportunity to get your startup in front of top investors
        and influencers at DEMO? Sign up for\u00a0The Founder Showcase on May 18 in
        Mountain View, Calif.","title":"Want to get to DEMO? Stop at the Founder Showcase\u00a0first","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/27/founder-showcase-may-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935436,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-24T08:29:26Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"The
        race is on to make our cars\u00a0smarter.","title":"Zubie\u2019s connected
        car gadget will make you and your family better\u00a0drivers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/24/zubies-always-connected-car-gadget-will-make-you-and-your-family-better-drivers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935435,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-24T12:00:27Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Want
        to indulge in some digital criminal mayhem, but you\u2019re not into the Grand
        Theft Auto series? It\u2019s OK. Here are seven alternative games you can\u00a0play.","title":"7
        crime games you should play right now \u2026 that aren\u2019t Grand Theft
        Auto\u00a0V","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/24/7-crime-games-you-can-play-right-now-that-arent-grand-theft-auto-v/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-28T10:56:34Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Cloud-based
        storage service for enterprise-level customers Nirvanix confirmed rumors that
        it will cease operations at the end of the month, the company announced in
        a letter posted on its website last night.","title":"Nirvanix confirms abrupt
        shut down rumors (but doesn\u2019t apologize for royally screwing\u00a0customers)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/28/nirvanix-confirms-abrupt-shut-down-rumors-but-doesnt-apologize-for-royally-screwing-customers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935547,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-10T05:00:29Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Seedcamp,
        an incubator for young startups in Europe, is hosting its third annual Seedcamp
        Week, a competition that provides mentorship and exposure for all of its finalists
        \u2014 and a $50,000 investment for each of its five winning \u201cteams.\u201d
        Today, it announced its 21 participating finalists.","title":"Incubator Seedcamp
        names 21 finalists for week-long funding\u00a0competition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/10/incubator-seedcamp-names-21-finalists-for-week-long-funding-competition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935431,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-02T14:24:21Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Sponsored
        Post As depicted in the press, the impact of the HTML5 seems to be a battle
        between whether to develop native or for the Web, the reality being that these
        days HTML5 and CSS3 (along with the suite of java script solutions that come
        with CSS3) are actually changing the span of control enjoyed by\u00a0developers.","title":"The
        changing script of the web\u00a0developer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/02/the-changing-script-of-the-web-developer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935546,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-12T20:47:31Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"","title":"A
        Short Report About the ECA (Powerpoint Idiocy\u00a0Included!)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/12/a-short-report-about-the-eca-powerpoint-idiocy-included/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935429,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-17T12:00:01Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"As
        we wave goodbye to this console generation, it\u2019s worth taking a look
        at some of the coolest things the game industry brought us over these past
        eight\u00a0years.","title":"10 current-gen innovations that changed the way
        we play\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/17/10-current-gen-innovations-that-changed-the-way-we-play-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935544,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-11T16:00:29Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Samsung
        will soon launch updated versions of its 7- and 10-inch Galaxy Tab devices
        with better specs and the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the
        company announced Wednesday evening.","title":"Samsung announces new 7- and
        10-inch Galaxy Tab\u00a02s","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/11/samsung-galaxy-tab-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935428,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-28T13:00:12Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Rebel
        Machine is setting out to help indies with promotion, production, and\u00a0business.","title":"Rebel
        Machine is a new indie publisher from gaming PR and development\u00a0veterans","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/28/rebel-machine-is-a-new-indie-publisher-from-gaming-pr-and-development-veterans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935426,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T07:30:39Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Guest
        Post Why consolidation will dominate a rapidly maturing mobile market over
        the next couple of\u00a0years.","title":"Brace yourself for a mobile acquisition
        feeding\u00a0frenzy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/brace-yourself-for-a-mobile-acquisition-feeding-frenzy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935542,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-03T10:05:44Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Soon
        Xbox 360 players will have the full Minecraft tools at their\u00a0disposal.","title":"Patch
        notes: Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition update includes Creative Mode, strongholds,
        and dozens\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/03/patch-notes-minecraft-xbox-360-edition-update-includes-creative-mode-strongholds-and-dozens-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935425,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T13:26:20Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"People
        crying, talking animals, feats of daring, poop jokes. It\u2019s all here,\u00a0folks.","title":"These
        are the 20 most viral video ads of\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/these-are-the-20-most-viral-videos-ads-of-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935424,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-24T15:17:39Z","slug":"flightstats","summary":"But
        will $4.2 million help it compete with the Intel-powered force that is\u00a0Mashery?","title":"3scale
        bags $4.2 million for API\u00a0management","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/3scale-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935423,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-03T00:01:07Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Tiny
        Brains puts a fun variety of powers against a rotating collection of puzzles
        and challenges. Is it enough to add a bit of variety to the PlayStation 4\u2032s
        digital\u00a0offerings?","title":"Tiny Brains is a great PS4 co-op experience
        that\u2019s far too short for the price\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/03/tiny-brains-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935541,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-22T12:13:05Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Characters
        Daryl and Merle Dixon venture into the realm of video games with The Walking
        Dead: Survival Instinct, but technical problems and frustrating design decisions
        mar what could\u2019ve been a thrilling\u00a0experience.","title":"The Walking
        Dead: Survival Instinct leaves you feeling empty\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/22/the-walking-dead-survival-instinct-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935422,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-16T08:45:29Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Once
        upon a time, you could launch a product or a service with a newspaper, radio,
        or TV ad; deliver orders to middlemen; or provide services yourself and watch
        the dollars roll in.\nThat fantasy world is long\u00a0gone.","title":"Superheroes
        of marketing automation: The VentureBeat top\u00a010","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/16/superheroes-of-marketing-automation-the-venturebeat-top-10/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935421,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-24T21:02:19Z","slug":"flightstats","summary":"Wednesday
        was a fairly busy day for deals, with old-industry blue chipper GE investing
        big into a new platform as a service company, Yahoo Japan investing in U.S.
        startups, and API management company 3scale announcing new funding to grow\u00a0faster.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Personalized web, \u2018big data,\u2019 Yahoo Japan, and marketing\u00a0automation","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/funding-daily-personalized-web-big-data-yahoo-japan-and-marketing-automation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935420,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-20T07:47:15Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Consumers
        and businesses alike have something to learn from just about all of your social
        media interactions. Here\u2019s our initial list of the top tools for measuring
        your social impact\u00a0online.","title":"Top 10 social media analytics tools:
        The VentureBeat\u00a0index","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/20/top-10-social-media-analytics-tools-the-venturebeat-index/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935540,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-20T11:01:34Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Y
        Combinator-backed Kippt released a new product for companies today called
        Inc, which seeks to improve communications among teams and provide a better
        alternative to\u00a0email.","title":"YC-backed Kippt launches Inc, the ultimate
        startup communication tool\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/20/yc-backed-kippt-launches-inc-the-ultimate-startup-communication-tool-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-23T13:00:51Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Guest
        Post Corporations are struggling to keep files stored on public clouds secure,
        and the scale of data exposure is\u00a0shocking.","title":"Shadow IT: Why
        companies are exposing your data \u2014 and what to do about\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/23/shadow-it-why-companies-are-exposing-your-data-and-what-to-do-about-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935539,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-31T16:57:54Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Meet the next generation of startup success stories at Be Great Fest
        in Los\u00a0Angeles.","title":"Be Great Partners wants to incubate L.A. into
        a startup\u00a0mecca","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/31/be-great-partners-wants-to-incubate-l-a-into-a-startup-mecca/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935418,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-27T15:17:14Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"VMware
        and Cisco have each made technical progress with networking product releases
        this year, but data center infrastructure buyers aren\u2019t keen on spending
        billions for the technology\u00a0yet.","title":"Cisco\u2019s and VMware\u2019s
        networking tech win analyst points but little\u00a0revenue","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/27/ciscos-and-vmwares-networking-tech-win-analyst-points-but-little-revenue/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935538,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-12T09:39:26Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Though rewards-based marketing has been around for many years in the
        CPG, credit card, and travel industries, it has recently migrated to the mobile
        game consumer acquisition realm, and proven scalable due to the size of the
        mobile\u00a0audience.","title":"The 3 essentials to look for when choosing
        an incentivized\u00a0network","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/the-3-essentials-to-look-for-when-choosing-an-incentivized-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935417,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T20:00:34Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Before
        it\u2019s time for Auld Lang Syne, here\u2019s a look back about the companies,
        products, people, and reporting we loved most in\u00a02013.","title":"Here\u2019s
        the only list you need: All the tech, people, and products that mattered in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/heres-the-only-list-you-need-all-the-tech-people-and-products-that-mattered-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935537,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-07T10:44:10Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Mobile Learning Networks, Inc. \u2013 a private tutoring service company       revolutionizing
        the industry by providing a virtual, one-to-one       experience between student
        and tutor via an iPad application \u2013 announced       it has completed
        a\u00a0$350,000\u2026","title":"Mobile Learning Networks, Inc. Converts Traditional
        Tutoring Market to Online\u00a0Co...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/07/mobile-learning-networks-inc-converts-traditional-tutoring-market-to-online-community/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935416,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-10T15:00:13Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"My
        favorite games from last\u00a0year.","title":"My top 10 games of\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/10/my-top-10-games-of-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935536,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-12T08:34:38Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post 5BARz       International Inc. (OTCBB: BARZ) (Berlin: O5B), a technology
        leader       in the cellular network extender industry, announced today the       completion
        of a private placement, resulting in net proceeds of       $2,610,000. The
        Company\u00a0issued\u2026","title":"5BARz International, Inc. Completes $2.6M
        Private\u00a0Placement","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/12/5barz-international-inc-completes-2-6m-private-placement/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935415,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-20T10:22:28Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"A
        tiny San Mateo startup that has taken no angel money, no venture capital,
        and no outside funding of any kind is growing at the torrid rate of 25 percent
        per month and luring away key employees from hot growing companies like KISSmetrics.","title":"This
        startup tells you when companies try your competitors\u2019 software \u2014
        and it\u2019s growing 25% a\u00a0month","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/20/this-startup-tells-you-when-companies-try-your-competitors-software-and-is-growing-25-a-month/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935535,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T08:59:00Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cornerstone       OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD), a global leader in cloud-based
        talent       management software solutions, today announced the launch of
        the Cornerstone       Innovation Fund, a strategic initiative created to invest
        in, advise and\u00a0collaborate\u2026","title":"Cornerstone OnDemand Launches
        Incubator and Innovation\u00a0Fund","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/cornerstone-ondemand-launches-incubator-and-innovation-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935534,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-09T04:33:02Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Aethon,       the premier developer of autonomous mobile robots for hospitals
        and       health systems announced today that it received a $3.0 million       investment
        from Mitsui       & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. (\u201cMitsui USA\u201d), a wholly
        owned\u00a0subsidiary\u2026","title":"Healthcare Logistics Solution Provider
        Aethon Announces Follow-on Investment from Mit...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/09/healthcare-logistics-solution-provider-aethon-announces-follow-on-investment-from-mitsui-co-u-s-a-inc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935414,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-20T13:47:12Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Almost
        half of companies are using more than one marketing automation system, with
        24 percent using two, 12 percent using three, and smaller percentages of people
        using even\u00a0more.","title":"50% of companies use multiple marketing automation
        systems: VB Marketing Automation index\u00a0update","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/20/50-of-companies-use-multiple-marketing-automation-systems-vb-marketing-automation-index-update/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935533,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T13:04:45Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Over
        the past few months, Microsoft Bing employees have been quietly testing a
        new \u201cincubation\u00a0project.\u201d","title":"A shift in Microsoft\u2019s
        culture: Inside Bing\u2019s new incubation project\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/a-shift-in-microsofts-culture-inside-bings-new-incubation-project-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935413,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-28T07:00:17Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Google\u2019s
        answer to Amazon Web Services has been out for all of two months, but already
        cloud cost-management company Cloudyn believes it could be a\u00a0hit.","title":"Cloudyn
        brings its cost management tools to Google\u2019s\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/28/cloud-management-player-cloudyn-places-a-bet-on-googles-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935532,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T04:02:41Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Ecologic Brands (\u201cEcologic\u201d), makers of America\u2019s first
        recycled paper       bottle and the award-winning eco.bottle\u00ae line, announced
        that it has       completed the first close of a $7 million round of financing.
        Investors       include a\u00a0strategic\u2026","title":"Paper Bottle Maker
        Ecologic Brands Gets Boost from Major Pulp & Paper Company Kru...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/paper-bottle-maker-ecologic-brands-gets-boost-from-major-pulp-paper-company-kruger-inc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T06:30:37Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Even
        if you\u2019re a dog working on the Internet, you need tools. Of course, some
        CEOs \u2014 like Yahoo\u2019s Marissa Mayer \u2014 don\u2019t look too kindly
        on working remotely. But with the right tools, you can be just as productive
        from a coffee shop or your kitchen table as you can from an\u00a0office.","title":"How
        to get your boss to sign off on WFH: Use these 10\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/wfh-remote-working-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935411,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-11T05:00:14Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick We\u2019ve put together this top 10 index of CRM services that are innovative,
        accessible, and validated by the\u00a0market.","title":"The top 10 customer
        relationship management\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/top-10-crm-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935531,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T13:00:09Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post TMM, Inc. (TMMI-PK) (\u201cTMMI\u201d) or (the \u201cCompany\u201d) is
        pleased to announce       that it has entered into a joint research program
        with Raytheon Company       (NYSE: RTN) to test the TRUDEF\u2122 video compression
        technology owned by       TMMI for a\u00a0variety\u2026","title":"TMM, Inc.
        Enters Joint ISR Research Program with Raytheon Company for TMMI\u2019s TR...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/tmm-inc-enters-joint-isr-research-program-with-raytheon-company-for-tmmis-trudef-video-compression-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935410,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-12T14:36:40Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Guest
        Post The oil-rich countries of the Persian Gulf are trying to diversify their
        economies fast \u2014 Lamborghini fast \u2014 and that spells opportunity
        for edtech\u00a0companies.","title":"3 reasons edtech\u2019s next big opportunity
        is in the Persian\u00a0Gulf","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/3-reasons-edtechs-next-big-opportunity-is-in-the-persian-gulf/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935409,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-08-25T07:34:44Z","slug":"wilmerhale","summary":"Congratulations
        to this week\u2019s venture quiz winner, Chris Grew, partner at WilmerHale,
        the legal advisory\u00a0firm.","title":"clock euro Venture Quiz\u00a0Winner","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/08/25/clock-euro-venture-quiz-winner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935408,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-16T13:00:34Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Guest
        Post We live in a country where the people who govern us have a poor understanding
        of the single most important factor of our age \u2013 technology. We need
        to get back to the vision of our Founding Fathers and appoint regular people
        with real skill to lead our\u00a0nation.","title":"Why the next president
        should be a\u00a0CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/16/why-the-next-president-should-be-a-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935407,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-19T12:06:07Z","slug":"wilmerhale","summary":"Guest
        Post When launching a startup, legal issues often get brushed aside in order
        for founders to focus on building the product. But making the wrong legal
        decision early on in the process of starting your company may lead to thorny
        problems in the\u00a0future.","title":"Starting a company? Don\u2019t succumb
        to these 3 common legal\u00a0issues","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/19/avoid-legal-hot-water/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935406,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-24T10:44:42Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Google
        just announced a website where developers can determine how much it would
        cost to run an application on its public\u00a0cloud.","title":"Google debuts
        a calculator to predict public cloud\u00a0costs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/24/google-debuts-a-calculator-to-predict-public-cloud-costs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935405,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-08T17:09:04Z","slug":"wilmerhale","summary":"Guest
        Post With a little more interest from institutional investors, Berlin will
        be the startup capital of\u00a0Europe.","title":"Why Berlin is Europe\u2019s
        next startup\u00a0capital","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/08/why-berlin-is-europes-next-startup-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935404,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-09T17:48:47Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"After
        rounding up the recent events surrounding The Order: 1886 and Watch Dogs,
        Rory explains which title he can\u2019t wait\u00a0for.","title":"The Order:
        1886 vs Watch Dogs\u2013 Which game are you more excited\u00a0for?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/09/the-order-1886-vs-watch-dogs-which-game-are-you-more-excited-for/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935403,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-05T17:10:20Z","slug":"wilmerhale","summary":"Guest
        Post As a startup lawyer, I\u2019m increasingly asked by clients how to be
        more appealing to venture capitalists. What do I say to entrepreneurs who
        ask this\u00a0question?","title":"A startup lawyer\u2019s take on winning
        over a venture\u00a0capitalist","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/05/a-startup-lawyers-take-on-winning-over-a-venture-capitalist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935402,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T07:50:01Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"\u201cWe
        hold ourselves to high standards for the features that we build, and video
        calls aren\u2019t living up to these standards,\u201d the Glass team wrote
        on Google+ last\u00a0night.","title":"Google\u2019s next big Glass update
        kills video calls \u2014 adds KitKat & better battery\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/15/googles-next-big-glass-update-kills-video-calls-adds-kitkat-better-battery-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935401,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T11:00:39Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"We
        received over 100\u00a0quality startup applicants to the DataBeat Innovation
        Showdown, one of the highlights of VentureBeat\u2019s second\u00a0annual big
        data\u00a0event (next Monday and Tuesday, May 19 and May 20, in San Francisco).","title":"Drumroll:
        Announcing the 2014 DataBeat Innovation Showdown\u00a0finalists","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/announcing-the-2014-databeat-innovation-showdown-finalists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935400,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-30T07:30:43Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Big
        games are getting delayed to 2015. But gamers are lucky to have a big open
        world to\u00a0play.","title":"The DeanBeat: Why I\u2019m happy to see Watch
        Dogs stand alone among the big games of\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/30/the-deanbeat-why-im-happy-to-see-watch-dogs-stand-alone-among-the-big-games-of-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935399,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T13:00:36Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"The
        Connected Cloud Summit will bring together executives from the leading IoT
        players and innovative enterprises deploying the IoT solutions. The Summit
        will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to pursue new business
        opportunities and overcome the technology challenges created by IoT to better
        serve their customers, create new offerings, and gain a competitive advantage
        in the\u00a0marketplace.","title":"Connected Cloud Summit showcases the latest
        Internet of things\u00a0innovations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/connected-cloud-summit-showcases-the-latest-internet-of-things-innovations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935398,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-01T23:36:01Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Batman
        has had a number of successes across various mediums. He\u2019s had well-received
        animated series, critically acclaimed films and that\u2019s not to mention
        the number of legendary comic books and graphic novels he\u2019s starred in.
        However, The Dark Knight has always had a bit of trouble when it comes to
        video games.","title":"Batman Arkham Asylum (PS3) Review: The Dawn Is\u00a0Coming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/01/batman-arkham-asylum-ps3-review-the-dawn-is-coming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935397,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-02T21:11:23Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"For
        a game that once again treads the 2D platfomrer path (albeit with meticuluosly
        detailed 3D environments), Trine is able to feel surprisingly original by
        mixing a mastery of the established with the novelty of a couple of interesting
        new concepts.","title":"Trine (PS3) \u2013 The Old,\u00a0New.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/02/trine-ps3-the-old-new/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935396,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-07T18:08:26Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"A
        few months ago my 60GB PlayStation 3 died on me, and I ended up having to
        conduct an assload of research to figure out the best way to get back up and
        running. Since I didn\u2019t find any truly comprehensive PS3 reparation report,
        I\u2019ve decided to share what I\u2019ve learned with all of you in an effort
        to create one.","title":"How to Fix Your\u00a0PS3","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/07/how-to-fix-your-ps3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935395,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-14T23:00:44Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Those
        Spartans in Halo: Reach get all the luck \u2014 cutting-edge weaponry, awesome
        vehicles, and now new locales to wage war in.","title":"News Blips: Reach
        Map Pack, Netflix Native on PS3, Innovative Console Games, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/14/news-blips-reach-map-pack-netflix-native-on-ps3-innovative-console-games-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935394,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-22T00:09:24Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"\u00a0","title":"How
        to Play MKVs (and Other Video Formats) on Your\u00a0PS3","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/22/how-to-play-mkvs-and-other-video-formats-on-your-ps3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935393,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-31T07:48:32Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Keep
        your eyes to sky because clouds are in the forecast. Amazon Web Services has
        reported massive growth for its number of objects stored in the Amazon Simple
        Storage Service (S3), with a 192 percent increase year-over-year.","title":"Clouds
        in the forecast: Amazon S3 grew 192%\u00a0year-over-year","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/31/amazon-aws-s3-growth-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935392,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-22T15:00:59Z","slug":"propel","summary":"Kiip
        has gained a large following of game developers who are connecting its real-world
        rewards network to mobile-game achievements. When you hit a big milestone
        in a game, Kiip will offer you a reward such as a Starbucks coupon.","title":"Kiip
        expands beyond games to rewarding fitness \u201cmoments\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/22/kiip-expands-fitness-moments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935391,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-07T13:21:21Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Amazon
        Web Services, the world\u2019s largest cloud infrastructure provider, has
        lowered the price of S3 cloud storage for its basic U.S. customers, the company
        announced today.","title":"Cloud companies rejoice: Amazon S3 lowers prices
        for storing your precious\u00a0terabytes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/07/amazon-s3-storage-lowers-prices-hell-yeah/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935390,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-29T23:23:44Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"\u00a0","title":"When
        the PS3 breaks, trust in\u00a0Gilsky.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/29/when-the-ps3-breaks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935530,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-09T18:21:39Z","slug":"causes","summary":"Search
        site Ask.com today announced\u00a0the debut of its new Q&A Partner Platform.
        The offering leverages the company\u2019s recently launched Q&A feature, which
        routes questions to appropriate members of the Ask.com community. Members
        are selected based on their interests and areas of knowledge.","title":"Ask.com
        debuts Q&A Partner\u00a0Platform","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/09/ask-com-susan-g-komen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935389,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-06T09:26:23Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Amazon\u2019s
        Simple Storage Service (S3) has posted incredible gains for the first quarter
        of 2012, with the company now storing 905 billion objects, it announced today
        on its AWS blog.","title":"Amazon S3 posts stunning growth, now storing 905B\u00a0objects","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/06/amazon-s3-posts-stunning-growth-now-storing-905b-objects/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935529,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-02T18:11:25Z","slug":"causes","summary":"Whether
        you\u2019re interested in trading dollars for yen, donating to a school in
        Costa Rica, or buying a top-of-the-line office chair, tech companies are raising
        money across the board to help you do just that, as today\u2019s funding news
        shows.","title":"Funding daily: a Mexican-English wedding with a side of\u00a0Oprah","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/02/483630/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935388,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-12T07:37:58Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"Amazon\u2019s
        Simple Storage Service (S3) is now storing more than one trillion objects
        for its cloud customers, the company announced Tuesday in a blog post.","title":"Cloud-tastic:
        Amazon S3 surpasses one trillion objects\u00a0stored","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/12/cloud-tastic-amazon-s3-surpasses-one-trillion-objects-stored/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935528,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-07T13:49:49Z","slug":"causes","summary":"Crowdfunding-for-causes
        platform Rally.org expands into Europe and opens a startup incubator in its
        Berlin\u00a0office.","title":"Save the Prinzessinnengarten! Rally.org launches
        in\u00a0Europe","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/07/save-the-prinzessinnengarten-rally-org-launches-in-europe/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935387,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-02T15:14:48Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"\u00a0","title":"2013
        Gaming Resolutions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/02/2013-gaming-resolutions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935527,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-05T10:26:16Z","slug":"causes","summary":"Causora
        is a social giving platform that rewards donations with gift cards. It launched
        today and announced a round of angel\u00a0funding.","title":"Serial entrepreneur
        founds Causora to reward generosity with massages\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/05/3x-entrepreneur-founds-causora-to-reward-generosity-with-massages-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935526,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-19T21:01:51Z","slug":"causes","summary":"Razoo
        has helped raise over $165 million for nonprofits. Now it is making its crowdfunding-for-causes
        platform available to individuals who need a leg\u00a0up.","title":"Razoo
        expands crowdfunding-for-causes platform to support people in\u00a0need","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/19/razoo-expands-crowdfunding-for-causes-platform-to-support-people-in-need/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935386,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-11T06:00:43Z","slug":"s3-solutions","summary":"This
        VentureBeat offer provides you with a skill-building course that could set
        you up for web dominance. With The HTML5 and CSS3 Code Bundle you\u2019ll
        be on your way to just that\u2026and for only $59 to\u00a0boot!","title":"Learn
        to code with confidence with The HTML5 and CSS3 Code Bundle [VB\u00a0Store]","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/11/learn-to-code-with-confidence-with-the-html5-and-css3-code-bundle-vb-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935525,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-24T10:22:43Z","slug":"causes","summary":"Causes
        unveiled a new version of its online campaigning platform today and introduced
        the Supporter Network, where people can showcase what they believe in and
        rally with like-minded\u00a0people.","title":"Causes relaunches campaign platform
        to put the \u2018act\u2019 back in \u2018activism\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/24/causes-relaunches-campaign-platform-to-put-the-act-back-in-activism/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935524,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T09:59:05Z","slug":"causes","summary":"Tech
        entrepreneur Sean Parker wants to re-energize American democracy through increased
        civic engagement, so he\u2019s directed Brigade Media to buy online campaigning
        platform Causes and its voter network subsidiary Votizen \u2014 all startups
        in which he has a substantial stake. Seems\u00a0legit.","title":"Sean Parker\u2019s
        civic startup buys Sean Parker\u2019s other civic\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/sean-parkers-civic-startup-buys-sean-parkers-other-civic-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935523,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-23T14:12:10Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Now
        that 2010 is almost over, we\u2019re looking back at the year in tech business
        news. Any \u201ctop stories\u201d list that\u2019s not based purely on traffic
        is going to be ridiculously subjective, but with the help of VentureBeat\u2019s
        writers, I\u2019ve tried to focus on the news that had the biggest effect
        on the tech world and drew the most interest from readers, while also touching
        on the biggest companies and trends of the year.","title":"iPads, super angels,
        and Facebook''s trip to the movies: VentureBeat''s 10 biggest stories of\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/23/venturebeat-top-10-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935385,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-30T16:53:55Z","slug":"georgia-tech-school-of-industrial-and-systems-engineering","summary":"A
        Survey of the 2013 Gaming Post-Apocalypse","title":"Survey of the 2013 Gaming\u00a0Post-Apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/30/survey-of-the-2013-gaming-post-apocalypse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935384,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-03T14:15:12Z","slug":"pixlee","summary":"Sponsored
        Post On April 17, Universal McCann, a global media agency, invited members
        of the media and tech communities to support and celebrate the growth of entrepreneurship
        in the Bay Area by hosting a fundraising event for the annual UC Berkeley
        Startup Competition (Bplan) at the Walter A. Haas School of\u00a0Business.","title":"How
        global ad agency UM celebrates\u00a0innovation","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/03/how-global-ad-agency-um-celebrates-innovation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935522,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-29T20:52:00Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"I
        have an interesting relationship with the game industry. Though one of the
        world\u2019s largest game publishers employs me as a quality-assurance tester
        and I contribute to an independent game project in my spare time, I do pretend
        to be a member of the games enthusiast press on occasion. On a technical level,
        you could say that I\u2019m caught in the middle of both the game-critic and
        game-developer camps, possessing some stake in both.","title":"Journal of
        a newbie game tester: The trouble with working for both\u00a0sides","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/29/journal-of-a-newbie-game-tester-the-trouble-with-working-for-both-sides/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935521,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-01T23:21:34Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"The
        Bitmob staff is way too mature to try an elaborate April Fools'' Day prank.
        Maybe we just forgot about April 1, or we were too busy rolling out a new
        version of the site to ever play tricks\u2026.","title":"April Fools\u2019
        Day 2011\u00a0round-up","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-day-2011-round-up/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935520,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-24T00:09:00Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"When
        deciding what movies to go see or what albums to buy, most people turn to
        reviews and ratings. Video games are no different. It\u2019s arguably more
        important for the average gamer to have a reliable way to determine the quality
        of a product \u2013 after all, buying video games can be an expensive hobby.
        The average price of a new console is usually around 300 dollars and the average
        price of a game is generally 50 to 60 dollars, three times the cost of a movie
        ticket or album. With more and more emphasis being placed on these review
        scores, review aggregator Metacritic specifically, it seems that more publishers
        are willing to resort to less-than-honest tactics to secure a high rating.
        Where radio stations used to get paid off for playing a song on-air, game
        journalists are now experiencing a new kind of payola \u2013 one that manifests
        itself in advertising pressure, job perks and swag.","title":"Payola and Metacritic
        in the Gaming\u00a0Press","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/24/payola-and-metacritic-in-the-gaming-press/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935519,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-23T23:04:00Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"A
        few weeks ago, we put out a Bitmob Writing Challenge to help our community
        writers eliminate passive voice and other editor-eyeball-melting no-no''s.","title":"Bitmob
        Writing Tips: A look into our editing\u00a0process","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/23/bitmob-writing-tips-a-look-into-our-editing-process/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935518,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-14T09:59:18Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Thirteen
        startups presented in the Social and Media Technologies category at this week\u2019s
        Demo Fall 2011 conference in Silicon Valley. Common themes were getting advice
        from strangers and trying out items for purchase virtually before buying.
        Here\u2019s a look at three of those startups we haven\u2019t covered yet
        in our Demo reporting:","title":"Demo: Advice-from-strangers theme dominates
        social tech\u00a0demonstrations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/14/demo-advice-from-strangers-theme-dominates-social-tech-demonstrations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935517,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-03T19:00:00Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"So
        you\u2019ve decided to break a video game embargo. You were wined and dined
        by a big game publisher and just got word that the NDA you\u00a0endorsed wasn\u2019t
        signed by everyone in your field. You\u2019ve spent hours, days even, writing
        in the best active voice your weary body would allow.\u00a0Unfortunately,
        the plethora of articles you\u2019ve proofread stand a good chance of being
        glossed over by your site\u2019s readership.","title":"Let\u2019s break a
        video-game\u00a0embargo!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/03/lets-break-a-video-game-embargo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935383,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-01T16:51:26Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"Private
        equity firm teams up with environmentalists: Green really does mean green,
        as in money, these days. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has teamed up with the Environmental
        Defense Fund to create a \u201cgreen portfolio\u201d partnership of companies
        that can help improve the environment and get a return for investors. As of
        Sept. 30, 2007, KKR\u2019s investments were worth $86 billion. It could make
        a big difference if it throws some of that weight behind environmental investments,
        and it\u2019s interesting that it was announced on the same day that Kleiner
        Perkins started a new green fund.","title":"Roundup: KKR goes green, Sun reports
        a loss, RIAA chases\u00a0co-eds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/01/roundup-kkr-goes-green-sun-reports-a-loss-riaa-chases-co-eds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935516,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-21T05:01:57Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: This review contains minor spoilers.","title":"Review: Catwoman steals
        the show in Batman: Arkham\u00a0City","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/21/batman-arkham-city-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935382,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T04:36:10Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Kony,       Inc., the leading enterprise mobility company, today announced
        that       it has raised $50 million in financing. New investor SoftBank Capital,
        a       venture capital firm affiliated with SoftBank Corp., a leading       telecommunications\u2026","title":"Kony
        Secures $50 Million\u00a0Round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/kony-secures-50-million-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935381,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-26T15:32:34Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"A
        new flock of experts and industry leaders has joined the roster for GreenBeat
        2009, the seminal event on the Smart Grid, on Nov. 18 and 19. We are very
        excited to announce this group, as it spans analysts, purse-string holders,
        and an inspiring new entrepreneur in the space.","title":"More names for the
        GreenBeat marquee: Gee, Wagner, and\u00a0Wong","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/26/more-names-for-the-greenbeat-marquee-gee-wagner-wong-and-zibelman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935380,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T07:32:34Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"LinkedIn
        is ending support for numerous features in Rapportive,\u00a0a Gmail plugin
        that gives you\u00a0context about the people you email.","title":"LinkedIn
        kills off Rapportive features to \u2018simplify\u2019 the\u00a0experience","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/linkedin-kills-off-rapportive-features-to-simplify-the-experience/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935515,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-20T03:23:39Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"With
        regard to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3''s perception (forgive me for splurging
        on the topic, yet again) are we as gamers at all being lied to? \u00a0","title":"Are
        We being Lied to by Game\u00a0Publications?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/20/do-game-publications-lie/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935379,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-12T10:28:47Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"GreenBeat
        2009, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid, is just around the
        corner on Nov. 18-19. And one of the key pieces of the event \u2014 perhaps
        the one we\u2019re most excited about \u2014 is the Innovation Competition,
        a chance for startups and big companies alike to go head-to-head showcasing
        their boldest, most disruptive technologies and business models.","title":"GreenBeat
        2009: Meet your Innovation Competition\u00a0judges","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/12/greenbeat-2009-meet-your-innovation-competition-judges/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935514,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-30T09:04:08Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"PC
        fantasy RPG The Witcher 2\u00a0has been a massive success for the developers
        at Poland\u2019s CD Projekt, with over one million sales since the game\u2019s
        May launch. But that sales success is dwarfed by what the company\u2019s CEO
        and co-founder\u00a0Marcin Iwinski estimates is over 4.5 million pirated copies
        of the DRM-free game downloaded via BitTorrent.","title":"Despite heavy Witcher
        2 piracy, CD Projekt still rejects\u00a0DRM","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/30/witcher-2-piracy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935378,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T16:16:28Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"AgeCheq\u2019s
        SDK can help mobile and game developers from getting huge government\u00a0fines.","title":"For
        game developers looking to avoid violating federal laws, AgeCheq releases
        a free\u00a0solution","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/for-game-developers-looking-to-avoid-violating-federal-laws-agecheq-releases-a-free-solution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935377,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-12T13:33:16Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"Investment
        bankers are another key group helping to give birth to the Super Grid, or
        the more efficient electrical grid the nation desperately needs in order to
        lower carbon emissions.","title":"GreenBeat 2009: Meet the Super Grid\u00a0bankers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/12/greenbeat-2009-meet-the-super-grid-bankers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935513,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-30T20:06:08Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Ubisoft
        is increasingly finding the rewards of PC development not worth the risk of
        piracy.","title":"The case against\u00a0piracy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/30/ubisoft-shrugged/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935376,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T04:00:56Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post In the world of business prospecting, this adage could be considered
        law. Having the appropriate messaging, targeting and outreach strategy are
        essential to any successful prospecting initiative, but what if all the right
        actions happen at the wrong\u00a0time?","title":"Prospecting triggers: Timing
        is\u00a0everything","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/prospecting-triggers-timing-is-everything/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935375,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-12T14:53:34Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"We\u2019re
        rounding out the agenda for GreenBat 2009, the seminal executive conference
        on the Super Grid taking place NEXT WEEK on Nov. 18-19. Today, we\u2019re
        delighted to announce the addition of still more policy, IT and investment
        experts.","title":"GreenBeat2009: Still more Super Grid\u00a0speakers!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/12/greenbeat2009-still-more-super-grid-speakers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935512,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:45:06Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"VentureBeat
        is a media company obsessed with covering amazing technology and why it matters
        in our lives. From the most innovative companies and the incredible people
        behind them to the money fueling it all, we\u2019re devoted to exhaustive
        coverage of the technology revolution.","title":"Ethics Statement","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/ethics-statement/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935374,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T05:07:20Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Education technology leader MasteryConnect today announced it is       acquiring
        Cambridge, Mass.-based Socrative, a student response system       that increases
        classroom engagement, for $5 million in cash and stock.       The deal will
        add\u00a0Socrative\u2019s\u2026","title":"MasteryConnect Acquires Socrative
        for $5 Million in Cash and\u00a0Stock","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/masteryconnect-acquires-socrative-for-5-million-in-cash-and-stock/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935511,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-14T13:27:23Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Tim
        Cook, Apple\u2019s new chief executive officer, gave a small \u201cState of
        the Apple\u201d address today, touching on the recent accusations of poor
        working conditions in the factories that make Apple products. He also laid
        out what the iPhone has done for Apple and why cheap tablets just aren\u2019t
        worth it.","title":"Apple CEO Tim Cook gives State of the Apple talk at Goldman
        Sachs\u00a0conference","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/14/apple-ceo-tim-cook-talks-protecting-workers-says-youll-be-disappointed-with-cheap-tablets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935373,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-13T11:59:29Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"In
        order for a conference to be a catalyst for change, it needs to have people
        asking the right questions. GreenBeat 2009 has recruited a crack team of moderators
        to execute this task \u2014 including two of the most respected analysts speaking
        and writing about the emerging Super Grid.","title":"GreenBeat 2009: Bringing
        in the Grid\u00a0analysts","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/13/greenbeat-2009-bringing-in-the-grid-analysts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935372,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T08:00:44Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post If you\u2019re ready to launch a mobile game, competition is stiff \u2013
        there are more than 200,000 games in the App Store \u2013 but opportunity
        is vast \u2013 mobile game usage grew 66% last year. That means getting it
        right the first time is critical, because if you don\u2019t, you risk losing
        your audience and could jeopardize your game\u2019s\u00a0monetization.","title":"Essential
        strategies for soft-launching your mobile\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/essential-strategies-for-soft-launching-your-mobile-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935510,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-22T08:00:58Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"The
        tech business deserves a better press corps.","title":"Dylan\u2019s Desk:
        \u201cTech journalist\u201d doesn\u2019t have to be an\u00a0oxymoron","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/22/dylans-desk-tech-journalist-doesnt-have-to-be-an-oxymoron/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935371,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-13T13:35:05Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"I\u2019m
        delighted to announce that Vinod Khosla, one of Silicon Valley\u2019s highest
        profile green investors, will be speaking at our GreenBeat conference next
        week.","title":"GreenBeat speaker: Vinod Khosla, the Super Grid\u00a0skeptic","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/13/greenbeat-speaker-vinod-khosla-the-super-grid-skeptic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935370,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T08:00:17Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Miklas is the chief technical officer for PagerDuty, an incident management
        system for monitoring your IT operations. The company provides SaaS IT on-call
        schedule management, alerting, and incident\u00a0tracking.","title":"PagerDuty
        CTO Andrew Miklas talks operations performance\u00a0management","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/pagerduty-cto-andrew-miklas-talks-operations-performance-management/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935509,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-27T21:00:02Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Amazon
        is already one of the best places to land a great smartphone deal online,
        so of course the retailer is stepping into the wireless resale market \u2014
        starting with Japan.","title":"Amazon will start selling prepaid wireless
        in Japan \u2014 this was\u00a0inevitable","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:45:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/27/amazon-prepaid-wireless-sim-japan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935369,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-16T15:09:29Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"GreenBeat
        2009 may be the first conference we\u2019ve hosted in the environmental space,
        but it wouldn\u2019t be a VentureBeat event without emphasis on investors
        and innovators. Our Innovation Competition will spotlight some of the most
        promising technologies and business models in the Smart Grid business, hopefully
        attracting the right backers.","title":"GreenBeat 2009: Hot opportunities
        for startups,\u00a0investors","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/16/greenbeat-2009-hot-opportunities-for-startups-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935368,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T14:09:06Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"After
        several months spent\u00a0being acquired by Yahoo and in beta, Aviate, the
        Android app that allows you to tweak\u00a0your homescreen for\u00a0your exact
        location, is ready for the world.","title":"Yahoo finally launches Aviate,
        a location-sensitive, intelligent Android\u00a0homescreen","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/yahoo-finally-launches-aviate-a-location-sensitive-intelligent-android-homescreen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935508,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-10T20:31:36Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Search
        engine marketing guru Danny Sullivan has asked the FTC to review Google\u2019s
        treatment of paid results within, next to, or near organic search results.","title":"Search
        expert Danny Sullivan asks FTC to review Google\u2019s new paid ads\u00a0policies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/10/ftc-review-google-paid-inclusion-policies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935367,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-17T14:49:18Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"There\u2019s
        one day to go before GreenBeat 2009 takes off, and we\u2019re still adding
        Smart Grid experts to the agenda. Rounding out the program, we have Google
        PowerMeter engineer (and former astronaut!) Ed Lu, and OPower CEO Dan Yates,
        each adding their own brand of expertise to the conversation on consumer-facing
        energy management solutions: What will change consumer behavior? What do people
        really want to know about their energy use? Hear answers to these questions
        and more.","title":"GreenBeat: Google''s Lu, OPower''s Yates join the\u00a0program","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/17/greenbeat-googles-lu-opowers-yates-join-the-program-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935366,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-23T14:59:33Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Mobile
        has the fastest adoption of any new medium ever. Companies are watching as
        consumption on mobile screens rapidly outpaces consumption on the\u00a0desktop.","title":"How
        LivingSocial baked marketing into its mobile-first\u00a0approach","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/23/how-livingsocial-baked-marketing-into-their-mobile-first-approach/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935507,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-17T19:04:23Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"[
        Update June 18 ]","title":"Microsoft\u2019s big announcement: Loser + Loser
        =\u00a0Winner?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/17/microsofts-big-announcement-loser-loser-winner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935365,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-20T15:30:08Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"Thanks
        to everyone who made it out to GreenBeat 2009 yesterday and Wednesday!","title":"GreenBeat:
        Big thank you and media\u00a0roundup","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/20/greenbeat-big-thank-you-and-media-roundup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935364,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T07:19:04Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Fine       Point Technologies today announced the limited release of
        Mountain       View, a Java-based application that represents the industry\u2019s
        first       scalable, stable device management software requiring minimum
        hardware, simplified\u00a0integration\u2026","title":"Fine Point Technologies
        Announces Unmatched Broadband Device Management Software Solu...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/fine-point-technologies-announces-unmatched-broadband-device-management-software-solution-for-global-communications-providers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935506,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-22T18:30:56Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"When
        we don\u2019t share our mistakes, no-one else can learn from them. As a result,
        collectively, we waste a huge amount of time, money and our sanity making
        the same ones again and\u00a0again.","title":"The secrets of my failure: Why
        \u2018winning\u2019 is not our natural\u00a0state","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/22/the-secrets-of-my-failure-why-winning-is-not-our-natural-state/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935363,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-07T10:00:07Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"The
        implosion of Infinity Ward, one of the best videogame studios ever founded,
        is the latest chapter in a long saga intertwined with the history of intense
        combat video games.","title":"The making and unmaking of Infinity\u00a0Ward","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/07/the-making-and-unmaking-of-infinity-ward/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935505,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-29T12:55:43Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Everyone
        in the tech echo chamber knows that Apple Maps is the worst mapping service
        in the history of mapping services. Apparently, someone forgot to give Consumer
        Reports the\u00a0memo.","title":"Consumer Reports: Actually, Apple\u2019s
        Maps app doesn\u2019t\u00a0suck","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/29/consumer-reports-actually-apples-maps-app-doesnt-suck/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935362,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T08:00:20Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The biggest gains B2B marketers have made in the last five years \u2014
        in terms of impacting the business \u2013 are thanks to their investment in
        marketing automation, the software platform that enables modern\u00a0nurturing.","title":"Expanding
        nurturing beyond\u00a0email","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/expanding-nurturing-beyond-email/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935361,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-28T21:01:46Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"Dynamics,
        the big winner in the 2010 DEMOfall conference, has raised $35 million in
        funding to accelerate its business of making computerized smartcards and payment
        systems.","title":"Dynamics raises $35M round for computerized smartcards
        and payment\u00a0systems","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/28/dynamics-raises-35m-round-for-computerized-smartcards-and-payment-systems/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935504,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:44:45Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"About
        Us","title":"About GamesBeat","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/about-gamesbeat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935360,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T08:00:47Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"High
        School Story will enable gamers to talk to counselors about body-image issues
        and\u00a0more.","title":"After taking on cyberbullying, one developer zeroes
        in on another tough subject: eating\u00a0disorders","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/after-taking-on-cyberbullying-one-developer-zeroes-in-on-another-tough-subject-eating-disorders/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935503,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-23T15:38:29Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Imagine
        designing and creating a native mobile app for iPhone or Android that connects
        to web services in about 10 minutes. Oh, and you\u2019re creating the web
        services at exactly the same\u00a0time","title":"PHP developers, you MUST
        see this: creating a cloud-enabled native mobile app in 10 minutes or less
        in Zend\u00a0Studio","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/23/php-developers-you-must-see-this-creating-a-cloud-enabled-native-mobile-app-in-10-minutes-or-less-in-zend-studio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935359,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-13T17:36:18Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"Designs
        and user experience are just as important as your product, so tailoring everything
        to your audience\u2013 from your postal packaging to your website\u2019s navigation
        menu \u2014 can make the difference between converting a few customers every
        so often and generating endless leads.","title":"11 ways to tailor online
        products to target\u00a0audience","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/13/11-ways-to-tailor-online-products-to-target-audience/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935358,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T09:38:53Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Today
        at I/O, Google revealed\u00a0the guidelines for its new \u201cMaterial\u201d
        design\u00a0language, a system that\u00a0will influence the design of every
        Android app going forward.","title":"Google reveals its next generation \u2018Material\u2019
        design language \u2014 and it looks a lot like Windows and\u00a0iOS","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/google-reveals-the-next-generation-of-its-design-language-for-android-glass-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935357,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-11T07:01:42Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"A
        year ago UpTo was going to be the social network that lives in your calendar.
        Today, with 250,000 downloads, a million events, and a $2M series A round
        under his belt, CEO Greg Schwartz realizes that a modernized calendar is a
        big enough vision on its own, thank you very\u00a0much.","title":"UpTo 2.0
        re-reinvents the calendar \u2014 this time targeting Google, Outlook, and\u00a0Apple","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/11/upto-2-0-re-reinvents-the-calendar-this-time-google-outlook-and-apple-are-in-the-crosshairs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935502,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-28T18:11:16Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Guest
        Post You can\u2019t just stare at the social stream and use your gut to know
        if it\u2019s working or\u00a0not.","title":"Here are 5 ways to measure your
        company\u2019s social\u00a0impact","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/28/social-enterprise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935356,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T13:00:49Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post A deal with a Fortune 500 brand can denote credibility and help validate
        a startup\u2019s solution. However, courting these deals can become like finding
        water in a desert: The mirages are more frequent than the actual\u00a0thing.","title":"Here\u2019s
        how to tell if that big brand is serious about working with your\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/heres-how-to-tell-if-that-big-brand-is-serious-about-working-with-your-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935501,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-30T17:29:35Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"The
        furore surrounding the GMAs and Robert Florence\u2019s Eurogamer article Lost
        Humanity 18: A Table Of Doritos has got me to thinking about the status quo
        in games journalism and the relationship between those that make and promote
        games and us, the critics.","title":"Journalistic Integrity \u2013 A Pledge
        To The\u00a0Readers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/30/journalistic-integrity-a-pledge-to-the-readers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935355,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-24T12:57:26Z","slug":"schwartz-communications","summary":"A
        recent white paper provides more support for viewing services such as Facebook
        Twitter as tilting the balance of power between customers and companies \u2014
        toward the\u00a0customer.","title":"The revenge of the customer in the age
        of fickle\u00a0loyalty","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/24/the-revenge-of-the-customer-in-the-age-of-fickle-loyalty/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935354,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T20:00:24Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"These
        days, social networks other than Google+ are top of mind. Google seems more
        inclined to layering elements of it onto other Google\u00a0services.","title":"If
        Google+ had a \u2018Meh\u2019 button, Google just pressed it\u00a0today","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/google-plus-io/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935500,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-06T15:39:45Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"There
        has been a considerable amount of discussion currently about game journalism,
        ranging from the debate about the representatives in the field actively pursuing
        freebies, how objective they must be, their attitudes and demeanour towards
        various fields, and the list goes on. One thing I have noticed throughout
        all of this is that one aspect, while often discussed, is rarely brought to
        the forefront. That aspect is integrity.","title":"Game journalism and lack
        of\u00a0integrity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/06/game-journalism-and-lack-of-integrity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935353,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T02:54:18Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"The
        two companies plan to build a health data platform that will connect healthcare
        providers, insurers, and\u00a0consumers.","title":"Salesforce and Philips
        partner in ambitious health data\u00a0venture","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/salesforce-com-and-philips-partner-in-ambitious-health-data-venture/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-14T19:03:17Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Game
        Journalism is in a sorry state but recently the issue is that it\u2019s becoming
        much more blatant though the issue has been long\u00a0running.","title":"Game
        journalism and lack of\u00a0integrity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/14/game-journalism-and-lack-of-integrity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935352,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T16:30:02Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Today
        was a big day for the folks at Couchbase, Wickr, and CareCloud, which\u00a0each
        raised tens of millions in new funding. We\u2019ve got the details on those
        deals and more in today\u2019s edition of Funding Daily.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Big-money\u00a0Thursday","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/funding-daily-big-money-thursday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935498,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-22T08:41:31Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Game designer Cliff Bleszinski finally takes time out of his semi-retirement
        to talk about his career, his past persona, Gears of War, and\u00a0more.","title":"Life
        after Epic: Getting to know Cliff Bleszinski (exclusive interview, part one:
        his\u00a0past)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/22/life-after-epic-getting-to-know-cliff-bleszinski-exclusive-interview-part-one-his-past/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935351,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-30T04:30:30Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"This
        startup is just getting started in its quest to make its always-up-to-date
        server operating system a new\u00a0standard.","title":"The CoreOS revolution
        continues as the startup takes\u00a0$8M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/30/the-coreos-revolution-continues-as-the-startup-takes-8m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935497,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T11:17:14Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Guest
        Post I believe we\u2019re on the threshold of far greater growth \u2014 growth
        that will impact more people, in more age groups, and across more industries
        than ever\u00a0before.","title":"Why I love Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/why-i-love-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935350,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T05:07:23Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Droplet       Robotics, the world\u2019s first smart sprinkler system,
        today announced       the availability of its flagship sprinkler system in
        the U.S. By       combining the latest technology in robotics, cloud computing
        and       connected services,\u00a0Droplet\u2026","title":"Droplet Brings
        Innovative Sprinkler System to the U.S. with Release of its Flagship R...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/droplet-brings-innovative-sprinkler-system-to-the-u-s-with-release-of-its-flagship-robotic-sprinkler-product/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935496,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-07T10:06:20Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Android
        malware has reached a new, dangerous high \u2014 at least if you believe\u00a0F-Secure.","title":"F-Secure
        says Android malware is king, but are these reports just FUD?\u00a0(updated)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/07/f-secure-android-malware-report/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935349,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T07:34:48Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"When
        will a big winner emerge in the mobile personal productivity market?","title":"10
        steps for building mobile productivity apps that make people dump their\u00a0defaults","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/10-steps-for-building-mobile-productivity-apps-that-make-people-dump-their-defaults/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935495,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-13T11:08:57Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"If
        you\u2019ve spent any time working with a lawyer lately, you know how difficult
        it is to track the hours he or she is billing\u00a0you.","title":"Don\u2019t
        trust your lawyer\u2019s billing? Try\u00a0Viewabill","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/13/dont-trust-your-lawyers-billing-try-viewabill/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935348,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T07:22:15Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post CliniWorks today announced a strategic alliance between its I subsidiary       CliniWorks
        (Israel) Ltd. (\u201cCliniWorks Israel\u201d) and Pfizer Inc.       (\u201cPfizer\u201d)
        to jointly advance the parties\u2019 respective capabilities in       working
        with healthcare\u00a0provider\u2026","title":"CliniWorks Forms a Strategic
        Alliance with Pfizer to Develop a Population Health Mana...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/cliniworks-forms-a-strategic-alliance-with-pfizer-to-develop-a-population-health-management-platform-with-advanced-analytics-and-patient-care-capabilities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935494,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-09T06:19:21Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Journalists
        in the videogames industry enjoy a good rant from time to time, but those
        tirades can sometimes turn into plain old proselytizing. This is a commentary
        on morally charged reporting, and why it should be actively\u00a0discouraged.","title":"Between
        pundits and priests: On moral appeal in videogames\u00a0journalism","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/09/between-pundits-and-priests-on-moral-appeal-in-videogames-journalism/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935347,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T16:58:32Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"The
        Chinese government cybergang is changing tactics in reactions to the threat
        ISIS poses to oil\u00a0investments.","title":"Chinese hackers target think
        tanks instead of U.S. tech firms \u2014 to protect oil\u00a0interests","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:48:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/chinese-hackers-target-think-tanks-instead-of-u-s-tech-firms-to-protect-oil-interests/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935493,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-23T19:54:20Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Like
        with most works of pop-culture; a video game will have a story that borrows
        elements from one work as a tribute to its influence or acknowledge that its
        a modern retelling of a classic story. Than you have games that pretty much
        rip-off another work and try to pass it off as their own original content.
        Here are 5 games with stories that ripped off other great\u00a0works.","title":"5
        Games with stories that are total\u00a0rip-offs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/23/5-games-with-stories-that-are-total-rip-offs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935346,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T08:00:43Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"The
        path to unlocking the secrets of the brain is a tough one, but Numenta is
        making progress with apps like\u00a0Grok.","title":"After nine years of research,
        Numenta finally has apps that mimic the way the brain works\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/numentas-brain-research-has-taken-a-long-nine-years-but-it-starting-to-pay-off-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935492,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-18T08:00:39Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"The
        National Security Agency has spent too long doing whatever it wants without
        serious executive or judicial oversight. That\u2019s starting to change, and
        not a moment too\u00a0soon.","title":"The tables have turned: Now we are keeping
        an eye on the\u00a0NSA","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/18/the-tables-have-turned-now-we-are-keeping-an-eye-on-the-nsa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935345,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T13:00:12Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"We
        list every upcoming MOBA we can think of, from those in open beta to others
        barely just\u00a0announced.","title":"Chasing League of Legends: Here\u2019s
        every upcoming MOBA we could think\u00a0of","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/chasing-league-of-legends-heres-every-upcoming-moba-we-could-think-of/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935344,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T13:47:46Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post BitFury Group, the leading Bitcoin infrastructure provider, today       announced
        it is launching \u201cBitFury Capital\u201d: a seed investment fund. The       fund
        will leverage BitFury\u2019s leading position in bitcoin and       cryptocurrency
        infrastructure\u00a0to\u2026","title":"BitFury Group Creates Seed Fund to
        Expand Digital Currency\u00a0Ecosystem","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/bitfury-group-creates-seed-fund-to-expand-digital-currency-ecosystem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935491,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T10:17:06Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"We\u2019ll
        just have to take our schemes\u00a0elsewhere.","title":"Google to discontinue
        Schemer, the goal-sharing service that time\u00a0forgot","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/google-discontinue-schemer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935490,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T20:00:34Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Before
        it\u2019s time for Auld Lang Syne, here\u2019s a look back about the companies,
        products, people, and reporting we loved most in\u00a02013.","title":"Here\u2019s
        the only list you need: All the tech, people, and products that mattered in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/heres-the-only-list-you-need-all-the-tech-people-and-products-that-mattered-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935343,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T14:10:42Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Facebook
        founder and hoodie-enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg revealed his extremely optimistic
        prediction for how the Internet will reshape the lives of the poorest people
        on\u00a0Earth.","title":"Zuckerberg\u2019s (extremely) optimistic prediction
        of how the Internet benefits the poor, in 3\u00a0quotes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/zuckerbergs-extremely-optimistic-prediction-of-how-the-internet-benefits-the-poor-in-3-quotes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935489,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T14:30:41Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Tech
        companies claim their lack of gender diversity is caused by the shrinking
        number of women studying engineering. Sadly, this is a self-perpetuating cycle.","title":"How
        to hire and keep good women\u00a0technologists","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/how-to-hire-and-keep-good-women-technologists/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:44:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935342,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T05:05:47Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The implementation of file sharing services has become increasingly       common
        in the workplace. With file sharing capabilities, employees are       able
        to access corporate resources to work collaboratively with others       in
        multiple locations\u00a0and\u2026","title":"HOB\u2019s Remote Access Solutions
        Provide a Secure Alternative to File Sharing&nbsp...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/hobs-remote-access-solutions-provide-a-secure-alternative-to-file-sharing-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T05:00:54Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Sponsored
        Post OpenX Technologies, Inc. (OpenX), a global leader in digital and mobile       advertising
        technology, and Digiday, the leading media company and       community for
        digital media, marketing and advertising professionals,       today announced
        the\u00a0results\u2026","title":"OpenX and Digiday Research Projects Significant
        Programmatic Growth for Native and Vi...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/openx-and-digiday-research-projects-significant-programmatic-growth-for-native-and-video-on-mobile-devices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935341,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T11:33:24Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Microsoft\u2019s
        Satya Nadella is leading the company toward a new brand.","title":"Microsoft
        is a \u2018productivity and platform company\u2019 now, Nadella\u00a0says","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/microsoft-productivity-platform-nadella/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935487,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T15:39:47Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"April
        Fools\u2019 Day: when engine designer jokes become corporate\u00a0apologies.","title":"EA\u2019s
        Frostbite takes an April Fools\u2019 Day jab at Nintendo, then the gaming
        community wildly\u00a0overreacts","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/eas-frostbite-takes-an-april-fools-day-jab-at-nintendo-then-the-gaming-community-wildly-overreacts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935340,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T15:45:52Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"When
        Amazon enters any market, its objective is to drive down prices and drive
        out the competition. That\u2019s what it\u2019s trying to do\u00a0with Zocalo,
        its new file-sharing and collaboration solution.","title":"AWS Zocalo may
        signal the death of cloud storage as a\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/aws-zocalo-may-signal-the-death-of-cloud-storage-as-a-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935486,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-04T10:43:22Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"The
        stakes are high, because just about every one of the hundreds of millions
        of businesses worldwide needs to know how to grow its profile on\u00a0mobile.","title":"Learn
        the dirty secrets of mobile monetization at the Mobile\u00a0Summit","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/04/learn-the-dirty-secrets-of-mobile-monetization-at-the-mobile-summit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T09:45:18Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"The
        Cloud Wars are in full force.","title":"iCloud in a box: Bitcasa CloudFS API
        gives devs \u2014 and users \u2014 control, privacy,\u00a0ownership","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/icloud-in-a-box-bitcasa-cloudfs-api-gives-devs-and-users-control-privacy-ownership/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935485,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T09:41:17Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"The
        company faces hundreds of competitors, but its extreme real-time reporting
        could help it stand\u00a0out.","title":"Decisive launches to make mobile ads
        cheap, transparent, and real-time (for the little\u00a0guy)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/decisive-launches-to-make-mobile-ads-cheap-transparent-and-real-time-for-the-little-guy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935338,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T11:26:17Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"The
        Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates everything from heart
        monitors to horse vaccines, will soon have its hands full with\u00a0consumer
        health apps and devices.","title":"Could health apps save your life? That
        depends on the\u00a0FDA","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/health-apps-are-changing-so-must-the-fda/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935484,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-05T09:15:41Z","slug":"honest-reporting","summary":"Newsy,
        a startup formed in 2008 and based in Columbia, Missouri, announced this morning
        that the company has raised $2 million from undisclosed angel investors. The
        money, president Jim Spencer wrote in a prepared statement, \u201cwill allow
        us to grow our news operations and deliver a remarkable product.\u201d Separately,\u00a0Newsy\u2019s
        free iPad app, released last week, shot to No. 6 on Apple\u2019s list of most
        popular news apps.","title":"Newsy raises $2M for honest-to-God mobile video\u00a0journalism","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/05/newsy-funding-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935337,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T15:37:13Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"The
        waiting room is a boring place. You wait for the doctor, and you fill out
        forms. And you usually forget all of the information you give or receive while
        you\u2019re there.","title":"Epion Health puts iPads in the waiting room,
        scores\u00a0$4.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/epion-health-puts-ipads-in-the-waiting-room-scores-4-5m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T00:00:11Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs), creator of AISight\u00ae,       the
        artificial       intelligence analytics solution that teaches itself to recognize
        and       alert on unexpected patterns within massive volumes of sensor data,\u00a0announced\u2026","title":"BRS
        Labs to Host SCADA Control Systems Event in Conjunction with SANS Security\u00a0T...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/brs-labs-to-host-scada-control-systems-event-in-conjunction-with-sans-security-training/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-25T11:34:34Z","slug":"baker-and-mckenzie","summary":"Jurify
        launches today with an ambitious goal to convince non-lawyers and lawyers
        to offload their expertise into a database of free legal\u00a0information.","title":"Meet
        the startup with a plan to crowdsource the law\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/25/meet-the-startup-with-a-plan-to-crowdsource-the-law-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935334,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T05:01:47Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Their 40-hour work week might look a little different than yours, but
        here is what ad sales executives are really doing \u2014 and how they\u2019re
        proving a ROI from their business development\u00a0efforts.","title":"Why
        ad sales executives are\u00a0lazy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/why-ad-sales-executives-are-lazy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935333,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T16:00:15Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"This
        suits the middle man-less nature of the alternative\u00a0currency.","title":"Bitcoin
        Foundation throws up everything you need to know about Bitcoin on\u00a0GitHub","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/bitcoin-foundations-throws-up-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitcoin-on-github/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935483,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-23T08:30:41Z","slug":"printi","summary":"While
        most 3D printers create objects using different varieties of plastics, Mcor\u2019s
        tech is all about the magic of plain old\u00a0paper.","title":"Forget thermoplastics
        \u2014 Mcor says the future of 3D printing is in\u00a0paper","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/23/mcor-iris-3d-printing-paper/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935482,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-01T21:00:56Z","slug":"printi","summary":"HP
        launches a new service that makes printing personalized gift cards\u00a0easier.","title":"HP
        moves deeper into digital printing with Two Smiles for Mother\u2019s\u00a0Day","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/01/hp-moves-deeper-into-digital-printing-with-two-smiles-for-mothers-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935332,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-08T09:37:04Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Entering
        a market dominated by the venerable Princeton Review, new startup StudyPlaces
        is a information portal for higher education, with college listings, test
        primers and career advice, as well as community forums.","title":"StudyPlaces
        raises $3M for education\u00a0resources","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/08/studyplaces-raises-3m-for-education-resources/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935481,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-10T08:59:27Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Either
        3D printing has totally jumped the shark, or it\u2019s hitting the mainstream.
        Maybe\u00a0both.","title":"3D printing goes Disney: Turn yourself into a Star
        Wars action figure for\u00a0$99","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/10/3-d-printing-goes-disney-turn-yourself-into-a-star-wars-action-figure-for-99/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935331,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-21T12:45:15Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Technology
        startups and political campaigns are roughly the same thing: smart, driven
        people get together to make something that they think is useful happen for
        the world. ","title":"What\u2019s in your startup\u2019s information\u00a0diet?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/21/startup-information-diet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T11:02:53Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Guest
        Post There are a lot of start up resources out there, but here are some of
        the most useful free\u00a0ones.","title":"Open source entrepreneurship: Free
        resources to help kickstart your\u00a0startup","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:47:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/free-resources-for-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935480,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-10T11:13:57Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick 3D printed guns may be dangerous and controversial, but they also get
        to the heart of why 3D printing is such a powerful\u00a0technology.","title":"Make
        anything: Why 3D printed guns fulfill the promise of 3D\u00a0printing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/10/make-anything-why-3d-printed-guns-fulfill-the-promise-of-3d-printing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935329,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-06T09:27:01Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Big data is so big that it has the potential to disrupt everything we
        think we know about consumer behavior, employment, healthcare, and any other
        sector of our\u00a0lives.","title":"How big data will impact employment and
        human\u00a0resources","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/06/how-big-data-will-impact-employment-and-human-resources/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935479,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-14T08:28:14Z","slug":"printi","summary":"3D
        printing and augmented reality are very different technologies, but, combined,
        they can pull off some very interesting\u00a0things.","title":"What happens
        when you combine 3D printing and augmented reality?\u00a0Magic","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/14/3d-printing-plus-augmented-reality-equals-awesome/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935328,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T09:48:41Z","slug":"information-resources","summary":"Sponsored
        Post PetroCore, LLC (\u201cPetroCore\u201d) is pleased to announce it has
        raised over       $100 million of equity commitments from Natural Gas Partners
        (\u201cNGP,\u201d)       through NGP Natural Resources X, L.P., and the PetroCore
        management       team. Based in Dallas,\u00a0Texas,\u2026","title":"Natural
        Gas Partners Teams Up with Former Managers of Pioneer Natural Resources and
        S...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:46:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/natural-gas-partners-teams-up-with-former-managers-of-pioneer-natural-resources-and-sm-energy-to-create-petrocore-llc-with-100-million-equity-commitment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935478,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-19T16:38:34Z","slug":"printi","summary":"There
        are dozens of companies selling 3D printers and printer supplies now, a sign
        that the market for home-based object printing is about to take off. Here\u2019s
        a gallery of some of the\u00a0contenders.","title":"3D printing poised on
        the edge of the mainstream (photo\u00a0gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/19/3d-printing-mainstream/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935477,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-05T16:32:17Z","slug":"printi","summary":"3D
        printing companies may be looking to acquire MakerBot, but it\u2019s unlikely
        the company will\u00a0sell.","title":"Someone could be looking to buy 3D printing-darling
        MakerBot","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/05/makerbot-acquisition-rumors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935476,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-10T07:08:42Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Amazon
        is throwing its weight behind 3D printing with a section of its website dedicated
        to the\u00a0technology.","title":"Amazon embraces the future with its own
        3D printing\u00a0section","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/10/amazon-embraces-the-future-with-its-own-3d-printing-section/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935475,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-14T12:49:26Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Inside 3D Printing Conference attracted 3,000 attendees and top exhibitors
        like MakerBot and 3D Systems to its inaugural event in New York. Now, after
        months of exponential growth and tremendous 3D printing coverage in the news,
        the conference will head to Chicago this July\u00a010-11.","title":"Inside
        3D Printing\u00a0Chicago","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/14/inside-3d-printing-chicago/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935474,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-19T13:39:21Z","slug":"printi","summary":"The
        rapidly expanding world of 3D printing just got a bit\u00a0smaller.","title":"3D
        printing giant Stratasys acquires MakerBot in $600M\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/19/3d-printing-giant-stratasys-acquires-makerbot/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T06:31:37Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Your
        next iPhone almost certainly won\u2019t be made by a 3D\u00a0printer.","title":"3D
        printing is a gimmick, says Foxconn prez (and he\u2019s sorta\u00a0right)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/3d-printing-is-a-gimmick-says-foxconn-prez-and-hes-sorta-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935327,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-24T23:05:58Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Christine Herron brings us the second installment of geek inventions
        at this year\u2019s Burning Man \u2014 that festival of fun where a lot of
        Silicon Valley techies and others go to escape each year. Her first installment
        is here.)","title":"Geeks at Burning Man, part\u00a0II","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/24/geeks-at-burning-man-part-ii/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935472,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T09:00:19Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Windows
        8.1 is coming with some big improvements for 3D printer\u00a0support.","title":"Windows
        8.1 will feature native support for 3D\u00a0printing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/windows-8-1-3d-printing-support/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935326,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-26T05:00:24Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Ever
        since the Nintendo Wii took the video game market by storm with its motion-sensing
        controller, next-generation user interfaces have become a big attraction.
        Canesta is one of the companies trying to upstage the Wii with a 3-D vision
        system.","title":"Canesta shows off gesture controls for TV, PCs, games and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/26/canesta-shows-off-gesture-controls-for-tv-pcs-games-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935471,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T10:51:03Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Microsoft
        is pushing the future with big support for 3D\u00a0printing.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s
        big 3D printing push: From retail to Windows\u00a08.1","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/microsofts-big-3d-printing-push-from-retail-to-windows-8-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935325,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-10T00:00:00Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"
        ","title":"Fanboy Confessions: Five Games I\u2019ve Obsessed\u00a0Over","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/10/fanboy-confessions-five-games-ive-obsessed-over/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935470,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T15:53:54Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick One of the most pleasant surprises today at Microsoft Build was the news
        that Windows 8.1 will natively support 3D printing. Here\u2019s why it helps
        the big M and small\u00a0companies.","title":"Why 3D printing in Windows 8.1
        is huge for Microsoft and\u00a0entrepreneurs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:43:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/3d-printing-in-windows-8-1-is-huge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-23T23:43:12Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Sony
        and Microsoft are getting ready for the next stage of the console war.","title":"Sony
        and Microsoft square off on launches of next-generation game\u00a0controls","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/23/sony-and-nintendo-square-off-on-launches-of-next-generation-game-controls/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935469,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-27T06:31:59Z","slug":"printi","summary":"While
        the MakerBot acquisition has been getting all of the attention, the move is
        a part of a larger consolidation of the 3D printing industry\u00a0itself.","title":"With
        MakerBot\u2019s buy, consolidation of the 3D printing industry has officially\u00a0begun","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/27/3d-printing-consolidation-makerbot/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935323,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-18T12:35:32Z","slug":"paul-hastings","summary":"The
        Web 2.0 Summit drew the who\u2019s who of the digerati to San Francisco this
        week. Chief among them were conference organizers Tim O\u2019Reilly (left)
        and John Battelle (right). O\u2019Reilly opened the conference talking about
        the theme of \u201cpoints of control,\u201d or key pieces of technology that
        companies can use to dominate their markets. O\u2019Reilly started out with
        a plea that companies not engage in destructive competition. Rather, he suggested
        they find the Blue Ocean of untapped markets and new users. The photo gallery
        below shows many of the speakers and a brief summary of what they talked about.
        Enjoy. And for a fun comparison, check out last year\u2019s photo gallery.","title":"The
        who''s who of the digerati: A gargantuan Web 2.0 Summit photo\u00a0gallery","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/18/the-whos-who-of-the-digerati-a-gargantuan-web-2-0-summit-photo-gallery/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935322,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-27T22:49:50Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Many of us have freaked out when working late and alone. I remember
        hearing some weird noise at the former Ziff towers while editing a World of
        Warcraft cover story \u2014 and walking around the office, Xacto-Knife in
        hand, to see what that noise was. Andy describes a similar, Dead Space-inspired
        freak out he had last year. -Jason","title":"Dead Space 2: Office\u00a0Space","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/27/dead-space-2-office-space/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935468,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-24T08:44:23Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Here\u2019s
        something that you probably don\u2019t need science to tell you: Melting plastic
        in a non-ventilated space can be bad for\u00a0you.","title":"Go figure: 3D
        printing indoors can be bad for your\u00a0health","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/24/3d-printing-health-hazards-you-dont-say/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935321,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-06T13:35:54Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"This
        is probably the longest critique you''ll ever read, about this particular
        game. Critiquing a game that is amazing or terrible is easy. Critique of a
        game that just misses its marks is a lot harder, because a lot more reasoning
        is required. So bear with me, if this feels long.","title":"DANTE, your Beatrice
        is in another CIRCLE OF\u00a0HELL!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/06/sorry-dante-your-beatrice-is-in-another-circle-of-hell/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935467,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-19T10:41:15Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The palpable enthusiasm at the Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expos
        in New York City and Chicago has motivated conference organizer Mediabistro
        to extend the conference to San Jose, Calif., this Sept. 17-Sept.\u00a018.","title":"Inside
        3D Printing Conference heads to San\u00a0Jose","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/19/inside-3d-printing-conference-heads-to-san-jose/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935320,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-22T07:00:52Z","slug":"paul-hastings","summary":"Game
        fundings broke a record this year as 91 companies raised more than $1.05 billion
        in 2010. That number is up 58 percent from a year ago, based on VentureBeat\u2019s
        own research.","title":"Game companies raise record $1.05B in 2010, up 58\u00a0percent","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/22/venturebeats-2010-funding-list-game-companies-raise-record-1-05b-up-58-percent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935466,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-20T14:10:08Z","slug":"printi","summary":"If
        you\u2019re a brand looking for a smart way to incorporate 3D printing in
        your ad campaigns, look no further than this example from\u00a0Coca-Cola.","title":"Coca-Cola
        shows off the untapped potential for 3D printing in\u00a0advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/20/coca-cola-3d-printing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-02T20:09:00Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"The
        biggest gaming event of the year is slowly coming upon us. I know its a little
        premature to be making predictions about what any of the Big Three are going
        to unveil considering we''ve still got a good two weeks before it even happens.
        What can I say other than genuine enthusiasm about what this year''s E3 will
        bring us? Of course there are already some givens most of us expect to be
        there so I''ll merely touch base with those and discuss more about potential
        titles that could make an appearance or that I''m hoping will be there. Mind
        you most of this information will probably bring out the ''duhs'' from the
        back of your brain so bare with me please ladies and gents.\u00a0","title":"E3
        Predictions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/02/e3-stuff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935318,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-07T12:00:02Z","slug":"paul-hastings","summary":"The
        initial votes are in for this year\u2019s Crunchies, the annual tech awards
        cohosted by VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and GigaOm. Now the real fun begins.","title":"Here
        are the Crunchies finalists: Vote for your favorite\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/07/crunchies-finalists-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935317,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-18T12:28:05Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action we\u2019re following on the GreenBeat today:","title":"On
        the GreenBeat: BrightSource raises $1.75 million, Germany to keep cutting
        solar\u00a0subsidies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/18/on-the-greenbeat-brightsource-raises-1-75-million-germany-to-keep-cutting-solar-subsidies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935465,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-22T13:09:31Z","slug":"printi","summary":"If
        3D printing is the end point of a 3D design, the Digitizer is the\u00a0beginning.","title":"MakerBot\u2019s
        $1,400 3D scanner fills the gaps in its fledging 3D printing\u00a0ecosystem","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/22/makerbots-1400-3d-scanner-fills-the-gaps-in-its-fledging-ecosystem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935316,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-06T08:00:16Z","slug":"paul-hastings","summary":"Game
        fundings destroyed the record book for fundings this year as 145 companies
        raised more than $1.540 billion in 2011, not counting initial public offerings.","title":"DeanBeat:
        Game companies raised a record-breaking $1.54B in\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/06/deanbeat-game-companies-raised-a-record-breaking-1-55b-in-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935315,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-01T16:06:41Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"We
        are approaching a sort of event horizon when it comes to gaming graphics.
        Since progressing into the polygonal age, game graphics have arguably seen
        only incremental improvement. Even though today''s high-end PC graphics cards
        can pull off impressive feats, the general consumer consensus is that we''re
        happy to wait another couple of years for the next console hardware generation
        to appear. Conventional wisdom also dictates it won''t be for another year
        or two after that that things will come along to truly melt our faces. However,
        when the result of a ten-year hardware cycle is more realistic mud, you know
        the law of diminishing returns is in effect.\u00a0","title":"Gaming without
        graphics: Letting sound tell a\u00a0story","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/01/let-sonics-tell-a-story-or-1d-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935464,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-23T07:50:35Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Microsoft
        is leading the charge to standardize and simplify 3D printing on\u00a0Windows.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s
        brilliantly simple 3D printing mission: Make it just like 2D\u00a0printing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/23/microsofts-briliantly-simple-3d-printing-mission-make-it-just-like-2d-printing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935314,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-29T19:18:42Z","slug":"paul-hastings","summary":"A
        barnyard roundup of the animals, I mean companies that raised money\u00a0today.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Barnyard\u00a0Fun","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/29/funding-daily-barnyard-fun/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935313,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-11T12:49:15Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action we\u2019re following today on the GreenBeat:","title":"On
        the GreenBeat: GE buys wind turbine tech company, Solazyme to IPO\u00a0soon?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/11/on-the-greenbeat-ge-wind-turbine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935312,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-04T14:13:36Z","slug":"paul-hastings","summary":"The
        big Wall Street banks are among the last Twitterless bastions of the American
        workplace. But even their high walls are crumbling thanks to a new Bloomberg
        terminal product \u2014 and perhaps a recent SEC decision on Netflix CEO Reed\u00a0Hastings.","title":"Wall
        Street, meet Twitter (now on those fancy Bloomberg\u00a0terminals)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/04/wall-street-meet-twitter-now-on-those-fancy-bloomberg-terminals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935463,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-28T01:00:12Z","slug":"printi","summary":"London-headquartered
        VC firm Balderton Capital is betting on popular demand for 3D printing with
        a seed-stage investment in 3D printing network 3D\u00a0Hubs.","title":"Balderton
        Capital backs crowdsourced 3D printing network 3D\u00a0Hubs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/28/balderton-capital-backs-crowdsourced-3d-printing-network-3d-hubs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935311,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-31T06:00:26Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Games
        like Wii Fit have made it more fun to stay fit in your living room. But Silicon
        Valley start-up Striiv wants to motivate you to stay fit outside the living
        room, when you\u2019re walking around at work or running errands. It will
        do so with a $99 portable device that measures your movements and gives you
        rewards based on your activity level.","title":"Striiv to launch portable
        device make fitness more\u00a0fun","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/31/striiv-to-launch-portable-device-make-fitness-more-fun/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935462,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-28T14:04:03Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In matters of digital distribution, Kevin Spacey is a lot smarter than\u00a0most.","title":"What
        the 3D printing world can learn from Kevin\u00a0Spacey","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/28/what-the-3d-printing-world-can-learn-from-kevin-spacey/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935310,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-05T12:00:15Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"EDITOR\u2019S
        NOTE: Each week, I\u2019m writing a column on business and technology called
        Dylan\u2019s Desk, while Dean Takahashi is writing a column on video games
        called The DeanBeat. They are available to newsletter subscribers a whole
        day before they appear on the VentureBeat website.","title":"Dylan\u2019s
        Desk: Software is not eating the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/05/dylans-desk-hardware/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935461,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-24T09:20:58Z","slug":"printi","summary":"For
        some companies, 3D printers aren\u2019t just making objects \u2014 they\u2019re
        printing money,too.","title":"More big bucks for 3D printing: Formlabs raises
        $19M for its high-res Form\u00a01","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/24/more-big-bucks-for-3d-printing-formlabs-raises-19m-for-its-high-res-form-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935309,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-14T14:35:00Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"You
        are about to buy a video game. In order to complete this quest, you will need
        two items: the web browser you are currently using and a single die. If you
        are lame, you may use a normal six-sided die found in such games as Yahtzee
        (only use one) or maybe even that \u00a0Pop-O-Matic die attached to a game
        of Trouble. If you are truly awesome, I suggest the gold-plated, 20-sided
        die you used to wreak havoc across the Forgotten Realms. It doesn''t matter
        too much, and you may not even use it, but as long as your die has odd and
        even numbers, you''ll be fine.","title":"Choose your own adventure: The video-game\u00a0store","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/14/choose-your-own-adventure-the-video-game-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935460,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-24T18:32:08Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Formlabs,
        a 3D printer company, got funding today and has also gotten us all excited
        about being able to print out objects.","title":"Funding Daily: The wow of
        3D\u00a0printing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/24/funding-daily-3d-printing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935308,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-27T16:13:06Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"We\u2019ve
        been thoroughly spoiled in 2011. One triple-A title after another has grabbed
        the headlines and, ultimately, the sales. But what about those in the background,
        without the budget to match their ambitions? Plenty of lesser-known titles
        have flaunted tremendous quality, yet may have slipped under the radar.","title":"Top
        5 sleeper hits of\u00a02011","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/top-5-sleeper-hits-of-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-04T10:00:37Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Lob
        has built an API that powers printing and mailing, to make it easier for organizations
        of all sizes to set up enterprise-scale printing infrastructure. This Y Combinator
        backed company is already profitable, and has raised a hefty $2.4 million
        seed\u00a0round.","title":"Program your printing: Lob\u2019s API helps startups
        automate printing and mailing\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/04/program-your-printing-lobs-api-helps-startups-automate-printing-and-mailing-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935307,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-15T16:10:42Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Education
        technology startup 2tor releases new mobile app for higher\u00a0education","title":"2tor\u2019s
        new mobile app puts graduate school onto smartphones\u00a0[exclusive]","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/15/2tors-new-mobile-app-takes-graduate-school-off-the-quad-onto-smart-phones-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935457,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-12T08:19:39Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Victoria\u2019s
        Secret, Swarovski, and 3D printing marketplace Shapeways have joined forces
        to give Victoria\u2019s Secret models their 3D printed angel\u2019s wings.","title":"3D
        printing hits fashion as Victoria\u2019s Secret \u2018angels\u2019 get their\u00a0wings","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/12/3d-printing-hits-fashion-as-victorias-secret-angels-get-their-wings-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935306,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-05T15:16:16Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The Grand Lighting of the Bay Lights Project takes place tonight, the
        culmination of a massive project that brings together art, technology, and
        the city of San\u00a0Francisco.","title":"Bay Lights Project turns S.F. Bay
        Bridge into a \u2018big-ass\u00a0display\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/05/bay-lights-project-turns-sf-bay-bridge-into-a-big-ass-display/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T08:02:48Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Your
        dusty old HP printer could be the key to unlocking the next generation of
        OLED displays.","title":"Inkjet printing could be the key to cheaper, better
        OLED displays \u2014\u00a0seriously","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/inkjet-printing-could-be-the-key-to-cheaper-better-oled-displays-seriously/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935305,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-10T11:12:31Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"\u201cIt
        is a stunning product,\u201d Schiller said. \u201cThis is without a doubt
        the future of the pro\u00a0desktop.\u201d","title":"Apple teases new Mac Pro:
        tiny, fast, and full HDMI\u00a0out","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/10/apple-teases-new-mac-pro-tiny-fast-and-full-hdmi-out/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-22T09:37:41Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Motorola\u2019s
        futuristic smartphones now have an equally futuristic manufacturing method:
        3D printing.","title":"Motorola turns to 3D printing to bring its ambitious
        modular smartphones to\u00a0life","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/22/motorola-turns-to-3d-printing-to-bring-its-ambitious-modular-smartphones-to-life/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935304,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-22T11:03:29Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Birst
        wants to open a data cafe at companies far and wide. It\u2019s bringing in
        a new chief executive to push that effort\u00a0forward.","title":"Birst\u2019s
        new CEO is building a \u2018data caf\u00e9\u2019 & promising crazy\u00a0growth","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/birsts-new-ceo-is-building-a-data-cafe-promising-crazy-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935303,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-31T11:45:24Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Employee
        wellness represents a $2.7 billion to $8.2 billion market opportunity as regulatory
        changes increase reimbursement rates for related programs. Startups have a
        big chance to use technology to improve worker\u00a0health.","title":"Wellness
        startups find a channel to better health:\u00a0Employers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/31/wellness-startups-find-a-channel-to-better-health-employers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-26T15:23:59Z","slug":"printi","summary":"3D
        printing is a hot category, and HP, the king of printers, hopes to enter the
        market in\u00a02014.","title":"3D printing gets a big endorsement from HP
        CEO Meg\u00a0Whitman","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/26/3d-printing-gets-a-big-endorsement-from-hp-ceo-meg-whitman/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935302,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-27T09:21:18Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Guest
        Post Shuttered products, departing founders\u2026 Acquisitions are a big,
        risky mess. What can companies learn from others\u2019 failed efforts to integrate
        startups into large\u00a0companies?","title":"Corporate acquisitions of startups
        usually fail. Here\u2019s\u00a0why","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/27/corporate-acquisitions-of-startups-usually-fail-heres-why/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935301,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-06T07:30:53Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick 15 examples of technology that will roster your faith in humanity, or
        is just plain\u00a0cool!","title":"Reclaim your wonder! 15 examples of real,
        shipping, actual tech that will blow your\u00a0mind","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/06/reclaim-your-wonder-15-examples-of-real-shipping-actual-tech-that-will-blow-your-mind/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-29T09:25:50Z","slug":"printi","summary":"With
        3D printing, Fripp Design says it can churn out as many as 150 prosthetic
        eyes an hour, and sell them for as low as $160\u00a0each.","title":"3D printing\u2019s
        oddest application yet: Cheaper, better prosthetic\u00a0eyes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/29/3d-printings-oddest-application-yet-cheaper-better-prosthetic-eyes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935300,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-28T05:02:10Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"As
        I did last year, I thought it would be interesting to survey what the next
        year has to offer between consoles, handhelds, and PCs focusing mainly on
        NA by taking a large sampling of what (we hope) will show up on time and go
        from there with a few thoughts on them in\u00a0general.","title":"A Survey
        of the 2014\u00a0Gamescape","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/28/a-survey-of-the-2014-gamescape/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935299,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T22:00:53Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Korea,
        once referred to as the \u2018Land of the Morning Calm,\u2019 has emerged
        as one of the key startup hubs in Asia.","title":"Korea kicks into high gear
        for startups and\u00a0investors","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/korea-kicks-into-high-gear-for-startups-and-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-04T08:16:12Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Hollywood,
        despite being ancient and entrenched, is embracing 3D printing in a big way.","title":"\u2018The
        Hobbit\u2019 and \u2018Ender\u2019s Game\u2019 are making 3D printing Hollywood\u2019s
        smartest new marketing\u00a0tool","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/04/the-hobbit-and-enders-game-are-making-3d-printing-hollywoods-smartest-new-marketing-tool/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935298,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-13T09:00:03Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Samsung
        has launched an Android mobile app that prevents you from texting while driving.","title":"Samsung
        app stops you from texting while\u00a0driving","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/samsung-app-stops-you-from-texting-while-driving/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935297,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T14:05:27Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Location
        data is becoming more valuable for more companies\u2019 applications. And
        with the potential for serving smarter ads, there\u2019s plenty more\u00a0upside.","title":"How
        Factual\u2019s location data comes in handy for startups Emu & Shopular\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/factual-location-data/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-24T07:35:50Z","slug":"printi","summary":"If
        2012 was the year that 3D printing expanded and found its dark side, 2013
        was the year that it found its sugar daddy.","title":"Three words sum up 3D
        printing in 2013: Money, money,\u00a0money","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/24/three-words-sum-up-3d-printing-in-2013-money-money-money/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935296,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-14T15:00:19Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"I\u2019ve
        decided not to receive any more notifications on my phones. No, I\u2019m not
        a Luddite. Just someone who\u2019s escaping the noise and anxiety caused by
        a mostly broken system.","title":"Notification overload: Why I\u2019m turning
        off my phone alerts \u2026 at least until my apps know me\u00a0better","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/14/notification-overload-why-im-turning-off-my-phone-alerts-at-least-until-my-apps-know-me-better/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935295,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-04T15:05:54Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Recent
        years have seen the rise of full-stack startups. Like Apple, these companies
        build an end-to-end offering, owning much of the hardware, software, design,
        distribution, sales, customer service, and supply chain. Examples include
        Uber, Tesla, and Nest.","title":"How full-stack entrepreneurs should build
        their skill\u00a0set","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/04/how-full-stack-entrepreneurs-should-build-their-skill-set/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-06T20:22:31Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Intel\u2019s
        RealSense technology, and its RealSense 3D camera module, will bring 3D interactivity
        to many tablets and laptops by the end of\u00a02014.","title":"Intel CES demo
        includes 3D scanning, 3D printing, 3D interfaces, and a flying\u00a0whale","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/06/intel-flying-whale/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935294,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T00:00:08Z","slug":"sensor-tower","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Behavioral       Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs), creator of AISight\u00ae,       the
        artificial intelligence analytics solution that teaches itself to       recognize
        and alert on unexpected patterns within massive volumes of       sensor data,\u00a0today\u2026","title":"BRS
        Labs\u2019 AISight\u00ae Revolutionizes SCADA With World\u2019s First Behavioral
        Re...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/brs-labs-aisight-revolutionizes-scada-with-worlds-first-behavioral-recognition-analytics-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935293,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T08:00:37Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post In the Neverland of San Francisco\u2019s tech scene, it takes a lot more
        than Waffle Wednesdays and a casual dress code for a startup to stand out
        in the sea of company\u00a0perks.","title":"7 San Francisco startups whose
        offices are their biggest\u00a0perk","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/7-san-francisco-start-ups-whose-offices-are-their-biggest-perk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935442,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-15T21:07:26Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Photoshop,
        the go-to software for visual creatives everywhere, is expanding into the
        world of 3D printing in a big way.","title":"Designers rejoice: Adobe brings
        big 3D printing features to Photoshop\u00a0CC","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/15/designers-rejoice-adobe-brings-big-3d-printing-features-to-photoshop-cc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935292,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T07:30:36Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"SAN
        FRANCISCO \u2014 A statistical model is not a product \u2014 yet.","title":"VCs
        to data startups: Your fancy tool is not a product, it\u2019s just\u00a0nerdy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/vcs-to-data-startups-your-fancy-tool-is-not-a-product-its-just-nerdy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-27T16:02:30Z","slug":"printi","summary":"3D
        printing may have crossed the threshold into the mainstream following a series
        of recent developments \u2014 including Monday\u2019s announcement that Dell
        will now be carrying MakerBot 3D printers and scanners.","title":"Dell deal
        may signal that 3D printing is no longer a niche\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/27/dell-deal-may-signal-that-3d-printing-is-no-longer-a-niche-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935291,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T13:45:59Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post We spoke with Jeremy Conrad, a founding partner at Lemnos Labs, about
        starting a small hardware-focused company, his career path, and the entrepreneurial
        lessons he\u2019s learned along the\u00a0way.","title":"Lemnos Labs\u2019
        Jeremy Conrad is betting on hardware startups to shake up stagnant\u00a0industries","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/lemnos-labs-jeremy-conrad-is-betting-on-hardware-startups-to-shake-up-stagnant-industries/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935438,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-29T15:32:08Z","slug":"printi","summary":"If
        the other indications weren\u2019t enough, the first mutual fund targeted
        at 3D printing and technology shows that the industry has now entered the
        mainstream.","title":"First mutual fund for 3D printing heralds industry\u2019s\u00a0mainstreaming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/29/first-mutual-fund-for-3d-printing-heralds-industrys-mainstreaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935290,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-26T07:00:08Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Dassault\u2019s engineers build 3D D-Day relics that you can view with
        Oculus\u00a0Rift.","title":"Engineers build D-Day relics that you can view
        in virtual reality with Oculus\u00a0Rift","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/26/engineers-build-d-day-relics-that-you-can-view-in-virtual-reality-with-oculus-rift/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935434,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-03T17:34:50Z","slug":"printi","summary":"If
        3D printing becomes common, what model of a modern company should Lego itself
        use? Maybe it\u2019s the modern record company, which doesn\u2019t actually
        create physical products\u00a0anymore.","title":"Will 3D printing turn Lego
        into an intellectual property\u00a0publisher?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/03/will-3d-printing-turn-lego-into-an-intellectual-property-publisher/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935289,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T04:00:10Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Research suggests the average time from initial VC funding to IPO is
        seven years. Which of today\u2019s hottest startups will make it to that finish\u00a0line?","title":"Dollar
        signs in their eyes: today\u2019s startups most likely to reach sucessful\u00a0exits","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/dollar-signs-in-their-eyes-todays-startups-most-likely-to-reach-sucessful-exits/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935432,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-12T11:00:03Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Could
        an office supply store bring 3D printing to middle America? Staples surely
        thinks it can, and this week jump-started a trial program offering 3D printing
        services in New York and Los Angeles,\u00a0Businessweek reports.","title":"Will
        Staples, of all companies, make 3D printing\u00a0mainstream?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/12/will-staples-of-all-companies-make-3d-printing-mainstream/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935288,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-28T21:30:47Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Nine-year
        old venture capital firm Spark Capital just quietly closed a new fund and
        got itself a brand new partner too.","title":"Spark Capital eyes growth-stage
        startups with new fund, adds new partner to lead\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:42:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/28/spark-capital-eyes-growth-stage-startups-with-new-fund-adds-new-partner-to-lead-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935430,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T08:02:36Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Home
        Depot is bringing a high-tech twist to its do-it-yourself wares.","title":"3D
        printing one step closer to mainstream as Home Depot starts stocking\u00a0MakerBot","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/3d-printing-one-step-closer-to-mainstream-as-home-depot-starts-stocking-makerbot/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935287,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T09:18:56Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"\u201cThe
        universe is a really incredible place if you put it to good use,\u201d 6Sense
        CEO Amanda Kahlow said during a conversation with VentureBeat last\u00a0week.","title":"Hard
        knock life for this family led to 3 CEOs & 4\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/hard-knock-life-for-this-family-led-to-3-ceos-4-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935427,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:56:07Z","slug":"printi","summary":"Amazon
        just entered the 3d printing market with a new Shapeways-like\u00a0store.","title":"Amazon
        takes a cue from Shapeways with its own 3D printing\u00a0store","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/amazon-takes-a-cue-from-shapeways-with-its-own-3d-printing-store/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935286,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T14:42:24Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Last
        week, software-defined networking startup Arista Networks made an initial
        public offering that hit a lofty $3.8 billion. And that\u2019s just the first
        of over 20 similar startups attacking networking incumbent Cisco, according
        to a new\u00a0report from\u00a0longtime industry analyst Scott Raynovich.","title":"Cisco\u2019s
        $20B lunch: Arista and 20+ other startups line up for the\u00a0buffet","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/arista-first-of-20-software-defined-networking-startups-that-will-eat-ciscos-20b-lunch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935285,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T09:59:05Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Tech
        entrepreneur Sean Parker wants to re-energize American democracy through increased
        civic engagement, so he\u2019s directed Brigade Media to buy online campaigning
        platform Causes and its voter network subsidiary Votizen \u2014 all startups
        in which he has a substantial stake. Seems\u00a0legit.","title":"Sean Parker\u2019s
        civic startup buys Sean Parker\u2019s other civic\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/sean-parkers-civic-startup-buys-sean-parkers-other-civic-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935284,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T21:30:56Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Russian
        seed-stage fund SpinUp Partners has invested in two Asian startup accelerators,
        a pioneering move among Russian funds that usually look to\u00a0California.","title":"SpinUp
        Partners leads Russian startups to global markets via Singapore\u00a0accelerators","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/spinup-partners-leads-russian-startups-to-global-markets-via-singapore-accelerators/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935283,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T06:00:04Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick With $1 billion to spend, IBM\u2019s artificial-intelligence Watson Group
        is taking aim at New York\u00a0startups.","title":"IBM wants to give NYC startups
        a chance to to use its brainiest AI,\u00a0Watson","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/ibm-wants-to-give-nyc-startups-a-chance-to-to-use-its-brainiest-ai-watson/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935282,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T08:27:44Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Despite
        its decidedly low-tech premise, meal delivery service HelloFresh has captured
        the interest of several prominent high-tech investors.","title":"HelloFresh\u2019s
        $50M round shows that all these food-delivery startups are onto\u00a0something","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/hellofreshs-50m-round-shows-that-all-these-food-delivery-startups-are-onto-something/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935281,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T16:30:58Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Today
        saw big deals for food delivery. Seriously.\u00a0Again.","title":"Funding
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        longstanding analytics and digital asset management (known among marketers
        as DAM) services, ADAM and Sitecore, are joining hands today, marking Sitecore\u2019s
        bid to bite off a larger slice of the global enterprise\u00a0pie.","title":"Sitecore
        teams up with ADAM to build better site experiences, easier\u00a0workflow","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/two-digital-asset-management-companies-team-up-to-get-big-enterprise-business/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935279,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T08:01:26Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"For
        many startups, fundraising is a long and arduous process. But for web dev
        analytics startup Keen IO, this round was the\u00a0opposite.","title":"Keen
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        much is your reputation worth?","title":"Traity, building its reputation by
        measuring yours, scores\u00a0$4.7M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/traity-building-its-reputation-by-measuring-yours-scores-4-7m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935277,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T13:15:55Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Running
        a startup or small business today typically entails monumental workloads,
        so we forgive companies that forget to tweet at their followers every day.
        But Audrey Melnik won\u2019t, because her service makes it stupidly\u00a0easy.","title":"ZootRock
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        for America\u2019s accelerator program is announcing its third class of startups
        aimed at improving government.","title":"Code for America backs 5 new startups
        ready to improve\u00a0government","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/code-for-america-unveils-five-new-startups-aimed-at-improving-government/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935275,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T15:30:45Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"More
        startups are trying to jam up the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s
        \u201cfast lane\u201d proposal \u2014 with\u00a0comments.","title":"As first
        FCC anti-\u2019fast lane\u2019 comment period comes to end, startups rally
        their\u00a0voices","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/as-first-fcc-anti-fast-lane-comment-period-comes-to-end-startups-rally-their-voices/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935274,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-12T17:00:22Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"A
        new study adds some empirical firepower to the idea that poor patent laws
        are crushing innovation in the technology\u00a0industry.","title":"Study:
        Patents hurt tech and startups, help\u00a0pharmaceuticals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/12/study-patents-hurt-tech-and-startups-help-pharmaceuticals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935273,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T09:59:36Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Former
        Digg chief executive Matt Williams\u2019 new home improvement company, Pro.com,
        is announcing a new partnership with home products retailer\u00a0Build.com\u00a0to
        give\u00a0Build.com customers a way to find and connect with professionals
        to contract for the project (check out an example). Pro.com will also give
        you an\u00a0estimate for the labor cost of the\u00a0project.","title":"Bezos-backed
        home improvement startup Pro.com teams up with Build.com for DIY\u00a0projects","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/pro-com-makes-things-easier-for-do-it-yourselfers-with-new-build-com-partnership/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935272,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T07:13:46Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Like
        many startups that begin as side projects and eventually turn into full-fledged
        companies and fulltime jobs, Product Hunt went from Ryan Hoover\u2019s email
        experiment to a veritable community he\u2019s now building as part of the
        current Y Combinator (YC) batch.","title":"Product Hunt\u2019s rise: From
        email experiment to launchpad for startups & VC\u00a0deals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/product-hunts-rise-from-email-experiment-to-launchpad-for-startups-vc-deals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935271,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T13:02:24Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"CMU
        wants startups spun out of its school to succeed. 16 of them just pulled in
        nearly a $1\u00a0million.","title":"Carenegie Mellon bankrolls student startups.
        16 of them just got\u00a0$800,000","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/carenegie-mellon-bankrolls-student-startups-16-of-them-just-got-800000/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935270,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T10:42:22Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Founders
        Fund already stands out for backing startups with radical ideas, including
        Counsyl, Hampton Creek, Planet Labs, and SpaceX. Now the venture firm is making
        a formal commitment to funding startups in aeronautics, life sciences, nanotechnology,
        and other geeky realms.","title":"Founders Fund will give dough to early-stage
        science\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/founders-fund-will-give-dough-to-early-stage-science-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935269,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-27T14:21:25Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"At
        today\u2019s NYC Seed Start Demo Day, companies pitched a crowd of over a
        hundred of New York City\u2019s early-stage investors. Five fledgling startups
        presented to a packed house, hoping to catch the attention of investors willing
        to write them a big check.","title":"NYC Seed Start Demo Day shows New York
        knows how to build\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/27/nyc-seed-start-demo-day-shows-new-york-knows-how-to-build-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935268,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-04T14:21:47Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Cleantech
        startups are expecting that the market for distributed solar energy \u2014
        installing individual solar panels where power is needed \u2014 is going to
        grow as quickly as the personal computer and cellphone markets.","title":"Startups
        bet on solar panels on every home and\u00a0building","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:41:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/04/startups-bet-on-solar-panels-in-every-home-and-building/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935267,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-21T14:46:18Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Please
        join VentureBeat and Akamai for an interactive online webinar on how to quickly
        position a new media startup for growth in online services. The webinar will
        take place Tuesday, November 29 at 11am PST, and you can sign up here.","title":"VentureBeat
        & Akamai to host a webinar on building new media startups for\u00a0growth","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/21/venturebeat-akamai-to-host-a-webinar-on-building-new-media-startups-for-growth/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935266,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-24T05:00:13Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"When
        you think Silicon Valley startups, you think applications, locational data,
        cloud storage and social gaming. We dug around to find some companies that
        still innovating on the physical plane and making actual, tangible products.","title":"Eight
        great gadgets from startups that build\u00a0hardware","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/24/startups-hardware/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935265,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-06T10:00:05Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"A
        cursory glance through the top apps in the Apple App Store or Android Market
        reveal solutions to a variety of first world problems \u2013 from shopping
        dilemmas and cooking catastrophes to simply too much free time. But with so
        much technology out there to make our lives easier and more entertaining,
        what about some that address real problems, like a solution for world hunger,
        an app for purifying water, or a tool that gives a voice to those who have
        been silenced?","title":"Make a difference, then a profit: building startups
        that do social\u00a0good","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/06/make-a-difference-then-a-profit-building-startups-that-do-social-good/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935264,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-17T13:46:56Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Get
        your spaceship ready. NASA is now seeking proposals from startups and small
        businesses to create new tech that will aid it with future missions, the organization
        announced\u00a0today.","title":"NASA seeks startups to build new space-age\u00a0tech","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/17/nasa-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935263,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-27T16:43:43Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Guest
        Post While Mitt Romney and Barack Obama debate foreign policy in the Middle
        East, they may be overlooking a big, positive movement the region is experiencing:
        the growth of its tech\u00a0sector.","title":"Silicon Valley with a side of
        hummus: How startups are building the new Middle\u00a0East","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/27/middle-east-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935262,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-28T10:30:06Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Quasar
        Ventures is a new \u201ctech company builder\u201d based in Buenos Aires that
        made its public debut today with $5.4 million in outside\u00a0investment.","title":"3
        Latin American entrepreneurs set out to build stronger\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/28/3-latin-american-entrepreneurs-set-out-to-build-stronger-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935261,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-17T15:32:52Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"During
        the mobile platforms session at Demo Mobile, 5 startups pitched their technology
        to \u201cbuild your mobile business\u00a0on.\u201d","title":"Here are 5 mobile
        startups that build businesses, not\u00a0apps","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/17/here-a-5-mobile-startups-that-build-businesses-not-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935260,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-17T15:53:13Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Former
        YouTube chief Hunter Walk and former Twitter exec Satya Patel announced today
        that they are launching a new $35 million venture\u00a0fund.","title":"Former
        YouTuber launches $35M fund for startups that are building the \u2018bottom
        up\u00a0economy\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/17/homebrew-fund/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935259,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T03:00:44Z","slug":"build-grunderzentrum-karnten","summary":"Berlin-based
        company builder Project A has won over two new investors for portfolio company\u00a0Kyto,
        a\u00a0B2B marketing service. According to online magazine Deutsche Startups,
        Bauer Digital and Creathor Venture have invested an unknown amount in the
        recently-launched startup.","title":"Berlin company builder Project A secures
        funding for two of its\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:40:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/berlin-company-builder-project-a-secures-funding-for-two-of-its-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935258,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-17T17:57:17Z","slug":"flightview","summary":"JetBlue
        seeks to distinguish itself with fast in-flight\u00a0WiFi.","title":"I want
        my in-flight WiFi: JetBlue\u2019s wireless networks to be fast enough to stream\u00a0movies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/17/jetblues-in-flight-wifi-to-be-fast-enough-to-stream-movies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935257,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T00:00:31Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Maybe
        now people will actually start using all the complicated software their companies
        shell out tens of thousands of dollars\u00a0for.","title":"Sapho has visions
        of a Google Now for enterprise software, grabs\u00a0$3M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/sapho-has-visions-of-a-google-now-for-enterprise-software-grabs-3m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935256,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-28T10:00:16Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Nothing
        can stop the endless army of head, palette, and model swaps that compete in
        every fighting-game\u00a0arena.","title":"Deadly doppelg\u00e4ngers: The best
        (and worst) fighting-game\u00a0clones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/28/deadly-doppelgangers-the-best-and-worst-fighting-game-clones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935255,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T16:30:51Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Here
        are the day\u2019s funding stories:","title":"Funding Daily: BlaBlaCar bags
        big\u00a0bucks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/funding-daily-blablacar-bags-big-bucks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935254,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T05:30:22Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"SV
        Angel, the seed-stage VC firm founded by Ron Conway and ex-Googler David Lee,
        is raising a fifth, $70 million fund.","title":"SV Angel is raising a fifth,
        $70M fund \u2014 its largest to\u00a0date","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/sv-angel-is-raising-a-fifth-70m-fund-its-largest-to-date/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935253,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T16:00:11Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Blackphone\u2019s
        CEO responds swiftly to BlackBerry\u2019s privacy\u00a0criticism.","title":"Blackphone
        CEO responds to BlackBerry\u2019s privacy\u00a0digs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/blackphone-ceo-responds-to-blackberrys-privacy-digs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935252,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T10:30:05Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"It
        took more than added objective markers and radial weapon select menus to bring
        Sniper Elite III to the broader\u00a0masses.","title":"How Sniper Elite III
        broadened its appeal by blowing up nervous systems and\u00a0jeeps","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/how-sniper-elite-iii-broadened-its-appeal-by-blowing-up-nervous-systems-and-jeeps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935251,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T21:06:16Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Do
        you need a router that is also a tablet that is also a home automation hub?
        Of course not. But that\u2019s not stopping Alex Jones from building you\u00a0one.","title":"Listening
        to the crowd proves a slippery slope for\u00a0Soap","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/listening-to-the-crowd-proves-a-slippery-slope-for-soap/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935250,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T14:00:53Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"The
        tools and money behind gaming are changing, and its giving developers a choice
        they haven\u2019t previously\u00a0had.","title":"Why triple-A devs are going
        indie (and why indies aren\u2019t going\u00a0triple-A)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:39:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/why-triple-a-devs-are-going-indie-and-why-indie-arent-going-triple-a/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935249,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T10:19:21Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"The
        world war against Uber has opened another front.","title":"In this week\u2019s
        war on Uber, Seoul government seeks\u00a0ban","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/in-this-weeks-war-on-uber-seoul-government-seeks-ban/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935248,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T15:15:49Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Today,
        FameBit has announced that it has\u00a0completed a $1.4 million seed round
        of funding, which will help it scale its team and give\u00a0more YouTubers
        the opportunity to make money off\u00a0their creativity.","title":"FameBit
        raises $1.4 million to help YouTubers make\u00a0money","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/famebit-raises-1-4-million-to-help-youtubers-make-money/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935247,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-19T07:46:08Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Venture
        capitalists invested $6.64 billion into U.S. companies in the second quarter,
        or 12 percent less compared to the same period last year, according to Dow
        Jones.","title":"Dow Jones: VC investments drop 12 percent from last year,
        fewest deals since\u00a02005","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/19/slowdown-venture-capital-investments-drop-12-percent-from-last-year-fewest-deals-since-2005/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935246,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-06T09:28:41Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"The
        Dow Jones Industrial Average has not closed below 10,000 since 2004. Today
        it might. Well below. As of a little past 9 AM PST, the Dow is down just over
        470 points to 9,854.59. The market is seeing a continuation of the bloodbath
        it saw last week when the Dow fell nearly 1,000 points.","title":"The Down
        Jones: Dow crashes below 10,000 \u2014 Nasdaq doing even\u00a0worse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/06/the-down-jones-dow-crashes-below-10000-nasdaq-doing-even-worse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935245,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-09T14:53:45Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"A
        lot of people have already expressed joy over the confirmation that Apple
        will be unveiling a bunch of new MacBook laptops at an event Tuesday in San
        Francisco. But to most people (not white-collar tech types), Apple computers
        come with one problem: They\u2019re expensive. Given the current economic
        crisis, Apple may have some trouble on its hands trying to sell a premium
        product going into these tough times.","title":"At the rate the market is
        going, Apple may need a sub-$500 laptop on\u00a0Tuesday","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/09/at-the-rate-the-market-is-going-apple-may-need-a-sub-500-laptop-on-tuesday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935244,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-04T10:52:09Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"The
        stock market is up this morning as traders show a dose of election day optimism.
        The Dow Jones is up 2.79 percent, or 260 points, to 9580.04. The tech-heavy
        Nasdaq is up 2.71 percent, or 46.84 points, to 1773.17. The broader S&P 500
        is up 3.46 percent, or 33.43 points,\u00a0 to 999.73.","title":"U.S. stocks
        get election day\u00a0bounce","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/04/us-stocks-get-election-day-bounce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935243,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-11-14T17:18:08Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Just
        in the time for the recession, Intel is rolling out Monday its latest high-end
        family of microprocessors, the Core i7.","title":"Intel releases high-end
        Core i7 consumer processors for\u00a0holidays","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/14/intel-rolling-out-its-high-end-core-i7-consumer-processors-for-holidays/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935242,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-02T00:00:00Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"It\u2019s
        day one of E3 2009, and we\u2019re already exhausted, delirious, and ready
        for some serious therapy. But we\u2019re pretty gung-ho, too, because most
        of the glitz and glamor of old E3 is back and kicking our asses (in a good
        way).","title":"E3 2009: Day One\u00a0Diary","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/02/e3-2009-day-one-diary/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935241,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-18T03:34:59Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Satellite
        radio seems to be something people either fall in love with, or can\u2019t
        understand why anyone would. I\u2019ve been a loyal XM listener for years.
        To my surprise, XM\u2019s merger with Sirius didn\u2019t wipe out my favorite
        channels.","title":"Sirius XM iPhone app offers free 7-day\u00a0trial","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/18/sirius-xm-iphone-app-offers-free-7-day-trial/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935240,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-22T18:37:07Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Does
        anyone dispute that Indiana Jones is the premier archaeologist adventurer?
        Many movie fiends and game fans alike grew up with the man who would come
        to define the term \u201caction-adventure\u201d thanks to Raiders of the Lost
        Ark.","title":"Why did Indiana Jones lose to Nathan Drake and Lara\u00a0Croft?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/22/why-did-indiana-jones-lose-to-nathan-drake-and-lara-croft/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935239,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-06T11:31:21Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Van
        Jones, an activist and \u201cgreen jobs\u201d advisor to President Obama respected
        by many for his work in pushing for environmental justice in low-income neighborhoods,
        has resigned after controversy over statements and actions that enraged the
        Republican right-wing.","title":"Obama''s \"green jobs\" advisor Van Jones
        resigns under attack from\u00a0right-wing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/06/obamas-green-jobs-advisor-van-jones-resigns-under-attack-from-right-wing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935238,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-02T20:08:12Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"LEGO
        Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues is striving to blur the line between
        the movie and the game\u2026or something.","title":"Video Blips: LEGO Indiana
        Jones Film Mashup, Kratos is as Violent as Ever, Ratchet & Clank Does Smash
        TV, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/02/video-blips-lego-indiana-jones-film-mashup-kratos-is-as-violent-as-ever-ratchet-a-clank-does-smash-tv-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935237,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-03T20:59:52Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"The
        latest Dow Jones VentureSource liquidity report, released today at the company\u2019s
        website, forecasts an exciting return to mergers and acquisitions after a
        year of mostly nothing.","title":"Dow Jones predicts affordable M&As will
        boom in\u00a02010","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/03/dow-jones-merger-acquisition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935236,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-21T08:00:00Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"You\u2019re
        not likely to recognize","title":"One Gamer\u2019s Dream: An Interview With
        Tony Jones of Sony Online\u00a0Entertainment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/21/one-gamers-dream-an-interview-with-tony-jones-of-sony-online-entertainment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935235,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-08T07:25:43Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Last
        time, I wrote about history of gaming on the Mac, explaining how it came to
        be in such a sorry state before Apple announced the move from PowerPC to Intel
        architecture. I left off with the reaction to the Intel switch from developers,
        commentators and users. Some predicted the transition would be the final death-knell
        of Mac games, since there was no longer a barrier to playing Windows games
        on the Mac. Others suggested it would kill the porting industry, but only
        harm rather than destroy business for the few surviving developers of original
        Mac games. The more optimistic types thought it might be a boon for Mac gaming,
        as both porting and multi-platform development would be significantly easier
        now that Macs were built from the same parts as their PC brethren.","title":"The
        Current State of Mac Gaming: Part 2 \u2013 The Commercial Reality of\u00a0Today","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/08/the-current-state-of-mac-gaming-part-2-the-commercial-reality-of-today/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935234,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-09T17:12:38Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Fisker
        Automotive, maker of the\u00a0luxury hybrid Karma, says  it will probably
        receive its $529 million loan from the U.S. Department  of Energy by the middle
        of March, according to Dow Jones VentureWire. This follows the  company\u2019s
        announcement that it will shutter its research and development center in Michigan
        (PDF) \u2014 bad news for a state that needs all of the automotive dollars  it
        can cling to.","title":"Fisker pulls out of Michigan just before stimulus\u00a0payday","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/09/fisker-pulls-out-of-michigan-just-before-stimulus-payday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935233,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-28T16:56:00Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Recently
        in\u00a0GamePro, Julian Murdoch examined the reviews aggregator site\u00a0Metacritic.
        His story opens with a rather startling observation from\u00a0Activision\u00a0Vice
        President of Marketing Robin Kaminsky\u00a0at the\u00a02008 Design, Innovate,
        Communicate, and Entertain (DICE) Summit. The opening slide to her presentation
        read: \"For every additional five points over an 80 percent average review
        score, sales may as much double.\"","title":"Metacritic Scores vs. Sales:
        2009 Holiday Season\u00a0Analysis","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/28/metacritic-scores-vs-sales-2009-holiday-season-analysis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935232,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-02T06:00:33Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Megan Jones is an investment banker and former Director at Hadley Partners.
        This story originally appeared on her blog.)","title":"Today''s valuations:
        Is it 1999 all over\u00a0again?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/02/todays-valuations-is-it-1999-all-over-again/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935231,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-30T18:27:22Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"For
        the sake of full disclosure, I''m going to begin by admitting that not only
        have I not played Uncharted: Drake''s Fortune, but the series as a whole never
        really appealed to me. It just didn''t look like my kind of game. But when
        a friend of mine found this out he forced his copy of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
        into my hands in hopes of showing me what evidently the rest of the gaming
        world considers one of the best games ever. Ten minutes in and I was pretty
        sure this was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom directed by Michael Bay.
        Several hours later and I was sure of it. Here''s why that didn''t work for
        me. Beware of spoilers, though I sense I''m the only PS3 owner on Earth who
        hasn''t played this one.","title":"A Late Review of Uncharted 2: Indiana Jones
        Directed by Michael\u00a0Bay","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:38:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/30/uncharted/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935230,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-16T10:33:17Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Zynga
        has struck a number of brand-related deals to keep its social games in the
        forefront of users\u2019 minds. Today, it is extending that strategy by teaming
        up with Lucasfilm to add Indiana Jones to its new Adventure World game.","title":"Zynga
        to add Indiana Jones to its Adventure World social\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/16/zynga-to-add-indiana-jones-to-its-adventure-world-social-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935229,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-28T08:00:02Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Starting
        Tuesday, Zynga will add the Indiana Jones character to its Adventure World
        game on Facebook.","title":"Zynga to add Indiana Jones to Adventure World\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/28/zynga-to-add-indiana-jones-to-adventure-world-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935228,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-10T16:33:22Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"It\u2019s
        been a busy day for startup funding. We\u2019ve got a plethora of stories
        for you today, from mobile analytics and Google Apps security, to web programming
        and a website for movie fanatics. Send funding news our way to tips@venturebeat.com","title":"Funding
        daily: A busy day for startup\u00a0investments","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/10/funding-daily-a-busy-day-for-startup-investments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935227,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-31T12:21:31Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Darth
        Vadar. You were just purchased for over four billion dollars. What are you
        going to do now? Obviously, the answer is go to Disneyland in this\u00a0video.","title":"How
        a Sith Lord spends the day at\u00a0Disneyland","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/31/darth-vadar-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935226,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-21T09:31:29Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"While
        casinos have already banned Google Glass, card counters are still exploring
        how they can use the device for other\u00a0purposes.","title":"Why Google
        Glass could one day be a nightmare for Las\u00a0Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/21/why-google-glass-could-one-day-be-a-nightmare-for-las-vegas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935225,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-10T20:03:05Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Gamers
        will see some cool demos of the long-awaited game from Bungie this\u00a0week.","title":"Bungie\u2019s
        appointment with Destiny sees the light of day at E3 (playable\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/10/bungies-appointment-with-destiny-sees-the-light-of-day-at-e3-playable-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935224,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-07T16:07:17Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Bungie
        co-founder Jason Jones admits to tweaking pistols in\u00a0Halo.","title":"At
        long last, Jason Jones admits tweaking firepower of Halo\u2019s\u00a0pistol","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/07/at-long-last-jason-jones-admits-tweaking-firepower-of-halos-pistol/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935223,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-04T11:55:38Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"New
        trading regulations have enabled a data explosion that one expert refers to
        as The Rise of the\u00a0Machines.","title":"How the financial-trading networks
        can handle 30 billion messages a day \u2014 and avoid \u2018flash\u00a0crashes\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/04/how-the-financial-trading-networks-can-handle-30b-messages-a-day/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935222,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T07:00:39Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"The
        winner who creates the best open-source connected hardware can get a free
        trip on a\u00a0rocket.","title":"Hackaday offers a trip into space for the
        best do-it-yourself\u00a0hardware","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/hackaday-offers-trip-into-space-for-best-do-it-yourself-hardware/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935221,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-29T08:21:23Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"A
        new report out Wednesday suggests that venture capital investment returns
        \u2014 especially very short and very long ones \u2014 might not be as gloomy
        as some previous reports have suggested.That may be especially true for\u00a0early-stage
        VC investments.","title":"Venture capital investments outperformed the NASDAQ
        & Dow Jones in Q4\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/venture-capital-investments-outperformed-the-nasdaq-dow-jones-in-q4-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935220,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T09:00:20Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"Apple
        finally implemented its long-planned 7-for-1 stock split over the weekend,
        which means it began trading at a new price this morning: about $92.70, instead
        of the $645.54 it closed at on Friday.","title":"What you need to know about
        Apple\u2019s 7-1 stock split\u00a0today","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/what-you-need-to-know-about-apples-7-1-stock-split-today/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935219,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T06:00:30Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"The
        contest entries for do-it-yourself hardware projects are pretty\u00a0zany.","title":"Eager
        to win a trip into space, Hackaday\u2019s hardware hackers propose guided
        rockets and mobile 3D\u00a0printers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/eager-to-win-a-trip-into-space-hackadays-hardware-hackers-propose-guided-rockets-and-mobile-3d-printers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935218,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-22T02:17:00Z","slug":"jones-day","summary":"This
        is Part 1 of the 3-part diary I kept during E3.\u00a0 It''s a little late.\u00a0
        My motel''s wifi never worked and the brief internet time I had at the show
        was needed for the work-related stuff.","title":"E3 2010 Diary Day 1: No Time
        For Love, Dr.\u00a0Jones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/22/e3-2010-diary-day-1/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:36:10Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3935217,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:36:08Z","slug":"mark-ferguson","summary":null,"title":"UK
        Gym Network PayasUgym Raises Further \u00a31.6M, Plans To Add Fitness Class
        Comparisons & Bookings","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:36:10Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/25/uk-gym-network-payasugym-raises-further-1-6m-plans-to-add-fitness-class-comparisons-bookings/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:36:07Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3935216,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:36:04Z","slug":"mark-ferguson","summary":null,"title":"Post
        $1.6M Seed Round, Ruffl Launches Real-Time Dining App For London","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:36:07Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/23/post-1-6m-seed-round-ruffl-launches-real-time-dining-app-for-london/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:36:06Z","domain":"propelfuels.com","id":3935215,"news_source":"E85
        Ethanol","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:36:04Z","slug":"propel","summary":null,"title":"Propel
        Fuels Secures $21 Million to Speed Expansion of Alternative Fuel Retail Locations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:36:05Z","url":"http://propelfuels.com/news_and_media/press_releases/propel_fuels_secures_21_million_to_speed_expansion_of_alternative_fuel_reta/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:36:02Z","domain":"marketwatch.com","id":3935214,"news_source":"MarketWatch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:36:01Z","slug":"propel","summary":null,"title":"Propel
        Fuels Receives $10.1 Million Grant Award From California Energy Commission
        to Expand Consumer Access to Alternative Fuels","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:36:02Z","url":"http://www.marketwatch.com/story/propel-fuels-receives-101-million-grant-award-from-california-energy-commission-to-expand-consumer-access-to-alternative-fuels-2012-06-01"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:34:44Z","domain":"sec.gov","id":3935213,"news_source":"SEC","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:34:42Z","slug":"novadigm-therapeutics","summary":null,"title":"SEC","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:34:44Z","url":"http://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/data/1439464/000143946413000001/xslformdx01/primary_doc.xml"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:27:55Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3935212,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T16:27:54Z","slug":"dustin-plett","summary":null,"title":"500px
        Scores $8.8M Series A From Andreessen Horowitz & Harrison Metal To Build A
        Photo Marketplace, Expand Consumer Reach","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:27:55Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/07/500px-scores-8-8m-series-a-from-andreessen-horowitz-harrison-metal-to-build-a-photo-marketplace-expand-consumer-reach/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:16:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935211,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-28T17:48:37Z","slug":"pelamis-wave-power","summary":"European
        cleantech is finally feeling the funding crunch. Market analysts at the Cleantech
        Group released a report today showing that investment in the sector during
        the first quarter fell to $281 million, an 11 percent drop from the previous
        quarter and a 31 percent drop from last year. Fourth quarter figures for 2008
        were also down from the previous quarter.","title":"European cleantech feels
        the pinch \u2014 looks to distinguish itself from\u00a0U.S.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:16:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/28/european-cleantech-feels-the-pinch-looks-to-distinguish-itself-from-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:16:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935210,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-04T01:52:54Z","slug":"pelamis-wave-power","summary":"Vast
        amounts of power are locked away in the movements of the ocean, but because
        of technical challenges, the number of startups that have attempted to harness
        wave power thus far is relatively small when compared to wind or solar.","title":"OreCon,
        another wave-power startup, dives\u00a0in","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:16:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/04/orecon-another-wave-power-startup-dives-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:13:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935209,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T13:29:05Z","slug":"cloud-mobile-social","summary":"Google
        reported a strong second quarter Thursday, highlighted by improved ad revenues
        on and off Google sites.","title":"Google beats analyst revenue projections
        in second quarter\u00a0earnings","updated_at":"2014-07-28T16:13:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/google-smokes-analyst-projections-in-second-quarter-earnings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T16:13:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935208,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T13:56:57Z","slug":"cloud-mobile-social","summary":"Yet
        another tool is available for developers deploying applications on the growing
        Google Cloud\u00a0Platform.","title":"Google rolls out a new monitoring API
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        the busy mobile monetization space, advertising platform developer Supersonic
        (based in Tel Aviv and San Francisco) has closed a $15 million in its second
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        diving deep on mobile app security with top execs from Dell, Expedia, the
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        Brill\u2019s fellow commissioners agree with her, an FTC clampdown on data
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        visitors, and raise revenue, even the most experienced, up-to-date marketer
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        company claims to serve 146 million\u00a0websites.","title":"Latest Nginx
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        an email.","title":"Here\u2019s Yammer cofounder David Sacks\u2019 goodbye
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        summer\u2019s animated blockbuster is a technological wonder, made with visual,
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        costs $350, which isn\u2019t that cheap. But it\u2019s less expensive than
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        You Can Company has a monthly subscription game that it hopes parents and
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        is coming up on August 5-6, and it\u2019s shaping up to be one of the most
        provocative marketing\u00ad-tech events of the year.","title":"Cutting-edge
        marketers, here\u2019s why you don\u2019t want to miss GrowthBeat (pre-registration
        ends\u00a0today)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/heres-why-every-marketer-should-come-to-growthbeat-last-chance-to-save-200/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935128,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-26T10:00:16Z","slug":"main-line-lifestyle-magazine","summary":"An
        app that fights your parking tickets for you. What\u2019ll they think of next?","title":"Fixed
        fights parking tickets on your behalf, raises\u00a0$1.2M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/26/fixed-fights-parking-tickets-on-your-behalf-raises-1-2m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935127,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T07:22:10Z","slug":"main-line-lifestyle-magazine","summary":"You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed.","title":"Hello\u2019s
        Sense sleep tracker is wary of the\u00a0wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935126,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-13T15:00:45Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Nintendo
        experiments with free-to-play with two very different\u00a0models.","title":"Nintendo
        reveals its first experiments in free-to-play\u00a0gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/13/nintendo-reveals-its-first-experiments-in-free-to-play-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935125,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-13T15:45:49Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"The
        country\u2019s largest cable operator, Comcast, wants to merge with the second-largest
        cable, operator Time Warner Cable. And if you ask Comcast, this would be a
        huge win for everyone involved.","title":"Comcast\u2019s weaksauce pro-TWC
        merger argument in 4\u00a0quotes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/13/comcasts-weaksauce-pro-twc-merger-argument-in-4-quotes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935124,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-14T09:58:34Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Flappy
        Bird, Titanfall, and a new Nintendo\u00a0Direct","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/14/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-flappy-bird-titanfall-and-a-new-nintendo-direct/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935123,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-18T14:28:52Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Mayfield
        started investing in India in 2006 with a $111 million effort. This $108 million
        is the second generation of that\u00a0fund.","title":"Mayfield raises $108M
        fund for investments in\u00a0India","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/18/mayfield-raises-108m-fund-for-investments-in-india/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935122,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-20T07:15:18Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Is
        an iTesla in the works?","title":"Tesla CEO: Yeah, I talked to Apple \u2014
        but acquisition \u2018unlikely\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/20/tesla-ceo-yeah-i-talked-to-apple-but-acquisition-unlikely/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935121,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-21T08:00:34Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Will
        games prove to be the decisive source of monetization on mobile messaging\u00a0networks?","title":"The
        DeanBeat: What Facebook\u2019s $16B acquisition of WhatsApp says about the
        rise of Asian\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/21/the-deanbeat-what-facebooks-16b-acquisition-of-whatsapp-says-about-the-rise-of-asian-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935120,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-21T13:00:18Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Guest
        Post The DOJ is out to squash reviews network Bazaarvoice. And emails between
        the company\u2019s own employees are the core of the government\u2019s\u00a0case.","title":"How
        Bazaarvoice became the poster child for how NOT to do an\u00a0acquisition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/21/the-doj-wants-to-squash-reviews-network-bazaarvoice-and-the-company-has-it-coming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935119,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-03T13:21:23Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Nintendo
        is still light on details on its new health\u00a0strategy.","title":"Nintendo
        CEO outlines plan to move into health-related\u00a0entertainment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/03/nintendo-ceo-outlines-plan-to-move-into-healt-related-entertainment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935118,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-03T15:46:24Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"VentureBeat
        has exclusively learned that the deal was formalized early last week. According
        to a D2L spokesperson, \u201cno money has traded hands,\u201d as ASN is currently
        operated by a nonprofit, JES &\u00a0Co.","title":"Desire2Learn acquires massive
        open-learning database to bolster its Common Core offerings\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/03/canadian-ed-tech-giant-desire2learn-acquires-massive-open-learning-database-to-bolster-its-common-core-offerings-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935117,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T02:32:45Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Companisto,
        an equity-based crowdfunding platform headquartered in Berlin, announced the
        launch of its new pan-European crowdfunding\u00a0platform.","title":"Companisto
        launches a pan-European equity crowdfunding\u00a0platform","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/companisto-launches-a-pan-european-equity-crowdfunding-platform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935116,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T06:00:27Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"While
        WeChat, Kakao, and Line dominate Asia, Zedge is making a move in the U.S.
        and\u00a0elsewhere.","title":"DeNA goes with customization app Zedge to drive
        user\u00a0acquisition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/dena-goes-with-customization-app-zedge-to-drive-user-acquisition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935115,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T08:00:18Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Kabam
        is on an acquisition binge, and it has brought aboard an M&A veteran: Chris\u00a0Petrovic.","title":"Kabam
        adds former GameStop veteran as its new acquisition\u00a0chief","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/kabam-adds-former-gamestop-veteran-as-its-new-acquisition-chief/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935114,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-21T15:23:44Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"A
        Seattle-based startup called Mindbloom, which develops healthy living mobile
        applications, was bought by Denver\u2019s fast-growing health-tech company\u00a0Welltok.","title":"Welltok
        moves to be a bigger player in mobile health with Mindbloom\u00a0acquisition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/21/welltok-moves-to-be-a-bigger-player-in-mobile-health-with-mindbloom-acquisition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935113,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T08:00:05Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Here\u2019s the speech I made at the Game Developers\u00a0Conference.","title":"The
        DeanBeat: The questions to ask about the current state of\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/the-deanbeat-the-questions-to-ask-about-the-current-state-of-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935112,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-04T09:30:42Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Amazon
        enters the living room, Hearthstone\u2019s coming to tablets, and Elder Scrolls
        Online\u00a0launches","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/04/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-amazon-enters-the-living-room-hearthstones-coming-to-tablets-and-elder-scrolls-online-launches/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935111,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-08T07:00:18Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Nokia
        finally has a\u00a0green light from China to sell its mobile phone business
        to Microsoft.","title":"Chinese regulators approve Nokia-Microsoft\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/chinese-regulators-approve-nokia-microsoft-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935110,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-16T13:30:08Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Sony
        hopes to make around $47 million in profit from the\u00a0sale.","title":"Sony
        is selling off all its shares in Final Fantasy publisher Square\u00a0Enix","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/16/sony-is-selling-off-all-its-shares-in-final-fantasy-publisher-square-enix/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935109,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-19T08:40:51Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Guest
        Post As digital marketers, we have no excuse not to woo an online visitor
        from their very first click, swipe, or other digital interaction with our\u00a0brand.","title":"A
        marketer\u2019s guide to more effective\u00a0personalization","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/19/a-marketers-guide-to-more-effective-personalization/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935108,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-21T14:30:13Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"The
        Chinese publisher responsible for Star Trek Online is looking to spend some
        cash in its home country to expand its\u00a0business.","title":"Star Trek
        Online publisher to invest $100M in Chinese MMO publisher\u00a0Shanda","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/star-trek-online-publisher-to-invest-100m-at-maplestory-studio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935107,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T11:45:12Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"GameStop\u2019s
        market share of new-gen sales is\u00a0growing.","title":"How the PS4 and Xbox
        One transition has turned out great for GameStop so\u00a0far","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/how-the-ps4-and-xbox-one-transition-has-turned-out-great-for-gamestop-so-far/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935106,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T00:01:35Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Mobile
        app mergers and acquisitions hit $35B in\u00a02013.","title":"Mobile apps
        could hit $70B in revenues by\u00a02017","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/mobile-apps-could-hit-70b-in-revenues-by-2017-as-non-game-categories-take-off/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935105,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T12:45:12Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"With
        nearly $3\u00a0trillion\u00a0in play last year, the land of mergers and acquisitions\u00a0would
        be the world\u2019s fifth largest country, nestling in comfortably between\u00a0Germany
        and France.","title":"Why culture integration is just as important as spreadsheets
        for\u00a0M&A","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/why-culture-integration-is-just-as-important-as-spreadsheets-for-ma/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935104,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T09:42:59Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"A
        study that quantitatively measures customer satisfaction\u00a0released its\u00a0numbers
        for 2014 \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t look good for Time Warner Cable and Comcast.","title":"Time
        Warner Cable, Comcast set record lows for\u00a0satisfaction","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/time-warner-cable-comcast-set-record-lows-for-satisfaction/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935103,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-27T08:17:02Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Foxconn,
        the Taiwan-based company that manufactures gadgets\u00a0for Apple, Microsoft,
        Cisco, and others,\u00a0aims to become a major force in Taiwan\u2019s emergent\u00a0market
        for 4G.","title":"Foxconn to expand outside manufacturing with $390M telecom\u00a0merger","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/27/foxconn-to-expand-outside-manufacturing-with-390m-telecom-merger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935102,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-30T09:30:27Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Bulking
        up on venture capital doesn\u2019t always result in a happy payday down the
        line. It can actually lead to a less valuable exit, a new study\u00a0from
        the research group Exitround finds.","title":"More venture funding doesn\u2019t
        always lead to richer paydays\u00a0(study)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/30/more-venture-funding-doesnt-always-lead-to-richer-paydays-study/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935101,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T05:07:12Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cardax, Inc. (\u201cCardax\u201d) (OTCQB:CDXI) announced today the appointment
        of       George W. Bickerstaff, former CFO of Novartis Pharma AG (NYSE:NVS),       Tamar
        D. Howson, former senior business development executive at       Bristol-Myers
        Squibb\u00a0(NYSE:BMY)\u2026","title":"Cardax Appoints Former Novartis, Bristol-Myers
        Squibb, and Boehringer Ingelheim Execu...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/cardax-appoints-former-novartis-bristol-myers-squibb-and-boehringer-ingelheim-executives-as-directors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935100,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-24T14:59:05Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"AT&T
        CEO Randall Stephenson was on Capitol Hill today to argue in support of his
        company\u2019s proposed $48.5 billion takeover of satellite TV provider\u00a0DirecTV.","title":"AT&T
        CEO: Our DirecTV buy \u2018is not Comcast-Time Warner\u00a0Cable\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/24/att-ceo-our-directv-buy-is-not-comcast-time-warner-cable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935099,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-05T17:30:18Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"iDreamSky
        Technology, a Chinese third-party mobile game\u00a0publishing platform, filed
        with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\u00a0for a Nasdaq IPO to
        raise up to $115 million.","title":"Mobile game publisher iDreamSky files
        for $115M Nasdaq\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/05/mobile-game-publisher-idreamsky-files-for-115m-nasdaq-ipo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935098,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-06T13:05:42Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"There\u2019s
        no better time than the present for established enterprise players like IBM,
        Salesforce, and Oracle to swallow up bleeding-edge business intelligence companies.","title":"Why
        old-school tech giants need M&A to stay\u00a0relevant","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/06/why-old-school-tech-giants-need-ma-to-stay-relevant/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935097,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T15:45:52Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"When
        Amazon enters any market, its objective is to drive down prices and drive
        out the competition. That\u2019s what it\u2019s trying to do\u00a0with Zocalo,
        its new file-sharing and collaboration solution.","title":"AWS Zocalo may
        signal the death of cloud storage as a\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/aws-zocalo-may-signal-the-death-of-cloud-storage-as-a-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935096,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2005-03-29T11:24:56Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Ross
        Mayfield is having fun with all the M&A activity of late. He\u2019s got a
        wiki going to collect  dream merger suggestions.","title":"Dream mergers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2005/03/29/dream-mergers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935095,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-17T00:00:00Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"While
        things are stabilizing a bit in the economy (for now), the damage has already
        been done, and for some developers and publishers, it\u2019s been fatal. Many
        smaller studios have shut their doors or scaled back operations, but some
        of the bigger companies are in just as much trouble. Of course, this distress
        also makes them prime targets for mergers or acquisitions. That leads me to
        think we may not be seeing the end of companies buying out other companies,
        but rather the beginning of a period of further consolidation.In fact, three
        developers/publishers are particularly ripe and may end up with new owners
        by the end of 2009:\u00a0Possible Takeover #1: Take-Two InteractiveThe biggest
        name on the block is Take-Two, a company that made its rise to fame based
        on smart acquisitions at the right time, as well as refusing to bow down to
        pressure from outside groups when it came to the content of its games. The
        end result was games like Bully, Manhunt, Grand Theft Auto III, Civilization
        IV and BioShock, among others. They also struck EA\u2019s weak point, taking
        that company\u2019s stake in the MLB license after EA forced 2K Games out
        of the football market with their exclusive NFL deal.If you look at the company\u2019s
        overall portfolio, it looks strong, so why is it a candidate for a takeover?
        Expensive acquisitions of smaller studios had yet to pay out their full dividend,
        and going head to head against EA in just about every genre was a costly fight.
        Factor in some poorly timed moves, flops and the overall downturn of the economy,
        and Take-Two is a company that really needs a bit of help to stay afloat,
        because all that GTA IV money can\u2019t save it alone.Potential Suitors:
        Electronic ArtsLet\u2019s face it, if it\u2019s going to be anyone buying
        them out, it\u2019s EA or nothing. EA made a very public play for them back
        in 2008, attempting to buy them out for about $26 per share. IT was rejected,
        with the statement Take-Two released stating, \"In addition to undervaluing
        key elements of our business, EA\u2019s proposal fails to recognize the value
        we are building through our ongoing turnaround efforts, which will further
        revitalize Take-Two.\"That was in April, when the stock was over $20 a share.
        Today, it sits at $8.81, having collapsed twice in the past nine months. EA\u2019s
        stock is down, too, but they are still in a position to make a move. It\u2019s
        probably still appealing to them as well, given that a deal would net them
        a few things they covet: the return of the MLB license (with a studio to develop
        it), giving them full monopoly once again over the sports game market, the
        rights to money makers like BioShock, Civilization and Grand Theft Auto, and
        the Midnight Club franchise, which they could promptly kill off to give them
        a stranglehold on the racing genre. The only bad news would be that EA would
        basically be raiding Take Two: as evidenced by several recent moves, they
        are trying to become leaner and more efficient, and that likely means shutting
        down many of Take-Two\u2019s studios and putting hundreds out in the cold.
        If they don\u2019t get bought out \u2026 well, the same thing might happen.
        Either way, not a good time to be at Take-Two. Possible Takeover #2: AtlusAtlus
        has long been beloved for their games and for how they embrace those who love
        them. Few companies have cared as much as Atlus does, with Valve maybe being
        the only other one that comes to mind immediately. But love doesn\u2019t pay
        the bills or print money. In March, Atlus\u2019 financial numbers came out,
        and they were ugly. A $1 million expected profit had crashed into $24 million
        in losses, which is not very good at all.Atlus suffers from two major problems:1.)
        They are a smaller company with less room for error or operating loss.2.)
        They are a niche publisher and developer: the games they like are loved by
        core gamers, but not by all core gamers or by most of the new gaming population.
        So $24 million in losses compared with $5 million in profits last time around
        is about a 600% drop in profits. That is bad. Really, really bad. Profit forecasts
        are expected to be slashed 72%, according to the same report, which leads
        me to believe rough times are ahead for the RPG developer.Potential Suitors:
        Capcom, KonamiThe biggest need Atlus can fill for a company is producing quality
        RPG titles and bringing on board the popular Persona franchise. That being
        said, the company most likely to make a move for Atlus is going to be a company
        that needs a stronger force inside the RPG market, most likely a Japanese
        developer. To that end, Namco Bandai is out, as is Square Enix, especially
        after spending so much to acquire Eidos. Nintendo and Sony would likewise
        probably not be too interested, which really only leaves two Japanese names
        left: Capcom and Konami. Capcom has the funds necessary to go after Atlus
        and likely has the need, as outside of Monster Hunter, they really don\u2019t
        have a strong RPG line-up anymore. Imagine Breath of Fire under Atlus\u2019
        hands. ,It\u2019s a drool-worthy prospect. However, at the same time, Capcom
        has a history of more conservative plays and not liking to eat losses on niche
        titles (see: Clover Studios), so they may be hesitant to go after the biggest
        niche developer out there.Konami, on the other hand, may not have the funding
        in place yet to scoop up Atlus, but they could really, realy use them to be
        more competitive in Japan and the U.S. Outside of the Boktai series, they
        really don\u2019t have anything to speak of in the RPG field (Castlevania
        doesn\u2019t count here), and grabbing the Persona franchise would be a huge
        boon for them, giving them something to move forward with as Metal Gear Solid
        bids adieu (supposedly). \u00a0Possible Takeover #3: MidwayLooking at Midway
        today is like seeing an old friend you grew up with who was at the head of
        their class in high school and graduated valedictorian, except now they live
        in a cardboard box under the railroad tracks, haven\u2019t been able to shower
        in 3 years and are so despondent they offer to shine your shoes if you take
        them to McDonalds for a hash brown. What once was one the biggest names in
        gaming is all but dead, ruined by years of too much debt and poor management
        at the absolute top of the company, a.k.a. its ownership. In all fairness,
        I know a few people who work for Midway and they are among the nicest people
        I\u2019ve ever had the honor of being in contact with, so it pains me to see
        things turn out like this. Even with all the struggles, they managed to put
        out three great games recently in Blitz II, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
        and The Wheelman, so if anything, it\u2019s a testament to how hard everyone
        doing the hard work at Midway hunkered down and got the job done. But all
        that hard work has really been for little because it hasn\u2019t been able
        to save the company they work for, and as they now sit inb bankruptcy, waiting
        to hear what their future is, a buyout by someone, anyone seems really, really
        plausible.Possible Suitors: Whoever wants Mortal Kombat, probably MicrosoftLong
        story short, it\u2019s the only real thing Midway has that people want that
        can\u2019t be duplicated by another studio (sorry, Blitz: I love you, but
        EA could do the same thing if they wanted). Microsoft could certainly use
        a fighting game franchise of its own and Mortal Kombat would fit well on the
        Xbox 360 and its target demographic. That is, unless all those rumors about
        Killer Instinct 3 are really real \u2026(NOTE: The following article was simple
        analysis, not stock advice. The author is not involved in the financial industry
        at all and has only common sense and knowledge from economics classes he took
        in high school and college. If you choose to actually try and use it to predict
        the market and get burned, that\u2019s your own damn fault.)","title":"More
        mergers/takeovers on the\u00a0horizon?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/17/more-mergerstakeovers-on-the-horizon/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935094,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-29T13:00:07Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Tim
        Merel sees lots of action coming in the video game industry as it expands
        to become one of the biggest entertainment industries in the world. Merel
        is corporate finance director for games and other sectors at IBIS Capital
        in London. He just released a 60-slide review of the global opportunities
        for investing in video games. He looks at everything from funding to merger
        opportunities throughout the industry, from console games to social games.
        Here are his thoughts on various sectors and trends in video games. Check
        out his complete slide deck at the bottom of the post.","title":"Investment
        banker predicts big investments, mergers in game\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/29/investment-banker-sees-big-growth-in-game-investment-and-mergers-as-industry-fragments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935093,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-17T15:15:25Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Apple
        taught the tech world that going vertical \u2014 where a company owns many
        of the critical technology ingredients that it uses in its products \u2014
        can result in big payoffs. Products like the iPhone and iPad are made with
        Apple software, chips, and hardware.","title":"Tech banker Frank Quattrone
        foresees lots of cross-industry\u00a0mergers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/17/merger-advisor-frank-quattrone-foresees-lots-of-cross-industry-tech-mergers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935092,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-28T11:56:49Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Republicans
        in the U.S. government are seeking to limit the Federal Communication Commission\u2019s
        power to oversee mergers in the tech and telecommunications arena.","title":"Republicans
        seek to reform FCC, exercise more control over telecom\u00a0mergers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/28/fcc-reform-bill/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935091,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-03T03:13:57Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Apres
        Facebook, le deluge?","title":"Facebook IPO hangover not over yet (but mergers
        and acquisitions pick up the\u00a0slack)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/03/facebook-ipo-hangover-not-over-yet-but-mergers-and-acquisitions-pick-up-the-slack/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935090,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-12T12:31:49Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Guest
        Post We\u2019re supposedly in another \u201cgolden age\u201d for gaming. But
        if so, where are the\u00a0mergers?","title":"\u2018White space\u2019 helps
        us understand the strategic direction of gaming mergers and\u00a0acquisitions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/white-space-helps-us-understand-the-strategic-direction-of-gaming-mergers-and-acquisitions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935089,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-05T08:00:56Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"The
        company has money, but it\u2019s not saying exactly how it will spend\u00a0it.","title":"Nintendo
        considering \u2018mergers and acquisitions\u2019 doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s
        planning anything\u00a0major","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/05/nintendo-considering-mergers-and-acquisitions-doesnt-mean-its-planning-anything-major/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935088,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-13T10:00:15Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Game
        mergers and acquisitions were up 29 percent in value in\u00a02013.","title":"Asian
        companies account for nine of the top 10 game mergers and\u00a0acquisitions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/13/asian-companies-account-for-nine-of-the-top-ten-game-mergers-and-acquisitions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935087,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T11:15:53Z","slug":"mergers-com","summary":"Blockbuster
        deals around the world have \u201914 on pace to demolish 2013\u2032s record
        year for acquisitions in the game\u00a0market.","title":"The year of the deal?
        Game industry already has more than $5B in mergers and acquisitions in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/the-year-of-the-deal-game-industry-already-has-more-than-5b-in-mergers-and-acquisitions-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935086,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-20T07:21:03Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"While
        not specifically stated, I felt like one of the driving points behind Adobe\u2019s
        decision to transform its Creative Suite software bundle into a subscription-based
        online service (Creative Cloud) was an intention to curb the large number
        of people who would pirate apps like Photoshop, Illustrator, and\u00a0InDesign.","title":"Adobe\u2019s
        subscription-only Photoshop Creative Cloud already\u00a0hacked","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/20/adobes-subscription-only-photoshop-creative-cloud-already-hacked/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935085,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-26T09:51:57Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Today,
        the Sponsorfied team announced that it\u2019s rebranding itself as \u201cPartnered,\u201d
        and is pivoting to partnerships between brands and cool, creative\u00a0types.","title":"Sponsorfied
        rebrands as Partnered to connect brands with creative\u00a0types","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/sponsorfied-rebrands-as-partnered-to-connect-brands-with-creative-types/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935084,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-05T07:00:54Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Guest
        Post The trick in mobile advertising is finding the right combination of technology
        for each campaign, and then coming up with the artful and engaging creative
        to\u00a0match.","title":"Why the best mobile ad campaigns start with technology,
        not\u00a0creative","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/05/why-the-best-mobile-ad-campaigns-start-with-technology-not-creative/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935083,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-09T15:38:20Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"With
        mobile ad revenue almost reaching $9 billion in 2012, mobile is a cornerstone
        of any brand marketing campaign. Execs from major brands and ad agencies discuss
        how mobile devices have transformed how they think about reaching\u00a0consumers.","title":"Big
        brands conquer \u2018banner blindness\u2019 with creative mobile ad\u00a0strategies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/09/big-brands-conquer-banner-blindness-with-creative-mobile-ad-strategies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935082,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-10T08:03:41Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Miaymoto
        is staying up late working on a new\u00a0franchise.","title":"Nintendo creative
        director Shigeru Miyamoto teases a new\u00a0franchise","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/10/miyamoto-teases-a-possible-new-franchise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935081,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-17T08:00:46Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Grand
        St., an online marketplace for buying \u201ccreative technology\u201d products,
        has taken down its invite-only wall so anyone on the web can check out and
        buy their\u00a0products.","title":"Smart \u2018creative tech\u2019 marketplace
        Grand St. opens up to\u00a0all","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/17/grand-st-tech-marketplace-open-to-all/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935080,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-17T11:00:40Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The spotlight on indie developers has never been brighter thanks to innovative
        games and interesting creators. We talked to five devs from the San Francisco
        Bay Area to find out why they decided to take the\u00a0plunge.","title":"Going
        indie: Why 5 devs left their day jobs for creative independence (part\u00a0one)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/17/going-indie-part-one/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935079,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-19T12:00:38Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"In
        the last part of our indie developer interviews, we talk to Casey Carlin,
        who used to work at Arc System Works, and Kent Hudson, who used to work at
        2K Games and\u00a0LucasArts.","title":"Going indie: Why 5 devs left their
        day jobs for creative independence (part\u00a0two)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/19/going-indie-part-two/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935078,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-30T10:03:24Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"The
        Samsung Galaxy S4 runs a Exynos 5 Octa central processing unit with multiple
        cores and a GPU, or graphical processing unit, that hums along at 480 MHz
        GPU.\nUnless, of course, you\u2019re running benchmarking\u00a0applications.","title":"Samsung
        caught being \u2018creative\u2019 on Galaxy S4\u00a0benchmarks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/30/samsung-caught-being-creative-on-galaxy-s4-benchmarks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935077,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-04T10:25:51Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Among
        the fixes are updates that address bugs that cause crashes due to hardware\u00a0conflicts.","title":"Creative
        Assembly to release patch to improve Total War: Rome II\u2019s\u00a0performance","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/04/creative-assembly-to-release-patch-to-improve-performance-of-total-war-rome-ii/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935076,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-04T10:41:31Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"\u201cTo
        be clear, $9.99 is not an introductory price,\u201d Adobe employee Winston
        Hendrickson wrote in a blog post on the news. \u201cIt is the price for those
        of you who sign up by December 31,\u00a02013.\u201d","title":"Adobe\u2019s
        giving photogs a crazy deal on Creative Cloud tools: $10 per\u00a0month","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/04/adobes-giving-photogs-a-crazy-deal-on-creative-cloud-tools-10-per-month/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-06T13:57:54Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"\u201cIn
        many instances, the messaging is an afterthought in digital marketing, which
        has become increasingly analytical and data-driven,\u201d said BoostCTR CEO
        David\u00a0Greenbaum.","title":"Can digital ads get creative again? VCs bet
        $8M on \u2018robotic Don\u00a0Draper\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/06/can-digital-ads-get-creative-again-vcs-bet-8m-on-robotic-don-draper/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935074,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T14:12:50Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Almost
        a third of those subscribers were added in the past three months alone. Adobe
        reps say this is much \u201cfaster growth than\u00a0expected.","title":"Adobe
        hits 1 million subscribers for Creative\u00a0Cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/adobe-hits-1-million-subscribers-for-creative-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-30T10:30:51Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"A
        Creative Cloud expert demonstrates some of the simple but powerful potential
        of Adobe\u2019s latest apps in this exclusive\u00a0video.","title":"Adobe
        Creative Cloud: expert tips for beginners (exclusive\u00a0video)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/adobe-creative-cloud-expert-tips-for-beginners-exclusive-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935072,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-09T07:00:24Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"An
        Adobe expert demonstrates some of the lesser-known techniques possible with
        the Creative Cloud\u00a0apps.","title":"Learn 10 secret shortcuts about Creative
        Cloud in 5 minutes\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/09/creative-clouds-best-kept-secrets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935071,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T09:30:14Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"\u201cWhat\u2019s
        cooler: music or computer programming?\u201d I asked Will.i.am, one of the
        founding members of the iconic hip hop band Black Eyed Peas. \u201cCoding,\u201d
        he replied instantly. \u201cBy about 10 times. A trillion\u00a0times.\u201d","title":"Will.i.am:
        Coding is the \u2018most creative space\u2019\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/will-i-am-coding-is-the-most-creative-space-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935070,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T10:58:29Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Penelope Trunk has always been about careers. And she\u2019s always been
        about off-the-wall suggestions, wacky ideas, and colorful ways of expressing
        them. Her new startup, Quistic, is exactly like her.\nQuistic is a career-building
        online learning site focused on people who are not like\u00a0you.","title":"Penelope
        Trunk\u2019s new startup is crazy, creative, insane, and genius \u2014 just
        like\u00a0her","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/penelope-trunks-new-startup-is-crazy-creative-insane-and-genius-just-like-her/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935069,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T19:21:51Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"North
        America and Europe may have the skills to make some the industry\u2019s best
        games, but profits are still hotter in\u00a0Asia.","title":"If the West is
        more creative than the East, why are profits coming from\u00a0Asia?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/if-the-west-is-more-creative-than-the-east-why-are-profits-coming-from-asia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935068,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-14T09:51:36Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"You
        could be harboring the talent of Annie Leibovitz or the creative prowess of
        Francis Ford Coppola and not even know it. CreativeLive has scooped up $21.5
        million to unleash the artist within\u00a0you.","title":"Don\u2019t want your
        brain to rot? CreativeLive makes it easier to continue your\u00a0education","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/14/dont-want-your-brain-to-rot-creativelive-makes-it-easier-to-continue-your-education/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935067,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-15T16:00:36Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Plants
        vs. Zombies 2 only just launched in July, but many of its key creators are
        already moving on to a new project.","title":"The creative minds behind Plants
        vs. Zombies 2 left PopCap in August \u2014 here\u2019s what they are doing\u00a0now","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/15/plants-vs-zombies-2-creators-left-popcap-in-august-form-new-studio-atomjack/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935066,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-28T15:11:01Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Will
        Price is CEO of SaaS ad platform company\u00a0Flite","title":"Design in the
        cloud: Creative tools start embracing the HTML5\u00a0revolution","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/28/design-in-the-cloud-creative-tools-start-embracing-the-html5-revolution/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935065,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-06T06:57:55Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Software
        might be making data science easier and more accessible for the masses, but
        stars in the field are pointing to the power of data scientists who embrace
        creativity and\u00a0accidents.","title":"The data is not enough: Creative
        data scientists make the\u00a0difference","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/06/the-data-is-not-enough-creative-data-scientists-make-the-difference/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935064,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-02T13:12:52Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"BlackBerry\u2019s
        short, unnecessary relationship with singer Alicia Keys has reached its end.","title":"Alicia
        Keys is out as BlackBerry\u2019s global creative officer (and so, too, is
        creativity\u00a0itself)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/02/alicia-keys-is-out-as-blackberrys-global-creative-officer-and-so-too-is-creativity-itself/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-28T08:30:59Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"The
        developers behind Chroma, Dustforce, Volume, and Tomb Raider talk about how
        weapons can change the shape of\u00a0games.","title":"Take my ax \u2014 and
        my broom: How creative weapons improve video\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/28/creative-weapons-improve-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935062,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-28T13:09:15Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Airtight\u2019s
        Matt Brunner explains how the ghostly tale came to be \u2014 and some of the
        cross-cultural perceptions it had to\u00a0overcome.","title":"Murdered: Soul
        Suspect creative director shows how to design a new type of mystery game\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/28/murdered-soul-suspect-creative-director-shows-how-to-design-a-new-type-of-mystery-game-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935061,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-04T21:48:41Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"The
        creative director and writer behind the Uncharted franchise has reportedly
        been \u201cforced out\u201d of developer Naughty\u00a0Dog.","title":"Amy Hennig,
        creative director on the Uncharted series, has left Naughty Dog\u00a0(report)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/04/amy-hennig-creative-director-on-the-uncharted-series-has-left-naught-dog-rumor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935060,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T14:55:58Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Game
        developer Naughty Dog has partnered with film distributor Screen Gems and
        studio Ghost House\u00a0Pictures.","title":"The Last of Us is coming to Hollywood
        \u2014 and its creative director is writing the\u00a0script","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/the-last-of-us-is-coming-to-hollywood-and-its-creative-director-is-writing-the-script/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935059,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T08:59:10Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"3D
        design giant Autodesk has officially acquired Creative Market, a site that
        sells digital stock graphics, typefaces, and themes.","title":"Autodesk snaps
        up design marketplace Creative Market; site will live\u00a0on","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/autodesk-snaps-up-stock-design-marketplace-creative-market-site-will-live-on/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935058,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-10T11:02:08Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Guest
        Post We are sending a message to entrepreneurs around the globe that we want
        them to come here to start and scale\u00a0companies.","title":"It\u2019s all
        about talent, part 1: Creative immigration reform for\u00a0entrepreneurs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/10/its-all-about-talent-part-1-immigration-reform/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935057,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T09:10:40Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Jonathan
        Morin says players will decide if Watch Dogs becomes a multigame\u00a0franchise.","title":"Ubisoft
        creative director tells why Watch Dogs took so frigging long to make \u2014
        and why hacking cities is so much more plausible now\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/ubisoft-creative-director-tells-why-watch-dogs-took-so-frigging-long-to-make-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935056,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-30T09:00:08Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"VentureBeat\u2019s
        DataBeat conference is coming up on May 19-20, and we\u2019re excited to announce
        a very cool session with Sean Gourley of Quid and Dan Buczaczer of VivaKi.","title":"How
        data science and A.I. can enhance the creative\u00a0process","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/data-science-artificial-intelligence/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935055,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T12:03:06Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Oligarchy
        is baked into the system in all sorts of ways. But Larry Lessig believes there\u2019s
        enough small-donor cash to outmatch the 1% that typically steer political\u00a0campaigns.","title":"Creative
        Commons creator is crowdfunding a project to end political corruption in\u00a0America","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/05/creative-commons-creator-is-crowdfunding-a-project-to-end-american-political-corruption/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935054,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T06:54:35Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Flickr
        is quietly rolling out new image license filters in search \u2014 returning
        the capability to easily search for photographs which are labeled for free
        use under\u00a0Creative Commons licenses.","title":"Flickr becomes a free
        use haven (again) with Creative Commons search\u00a0filters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/flickr-becomes-a-free-use-haven-again-with-creative-commons-search-filters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935053,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T21:30:17Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Big
        data isn\u2019t just about understanding past and future corporate operations.
        It can also be about taking the temperature of culture and spotting the latest\u00a0ideas.","title":"Big
        data can help you get more creative,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/big-data-can-help-you-get-more-creative-too/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935052,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T08:00:47Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Owen
        Mahoney, new CEO of Asian free-to-play game giant Nexon, says we\u2019ve gone
        through five years where the best game creators weren\u2019t being\u00a0rewarded.","title":"Nexon\u2019s
        new CEO wants creative devs, free-to-play to be fair \u2014 and cloners to
        take a hike\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/nexons-new-ceo-wants-devs-to-be-creative-free-to-play-to-be-fair-and-cloners-to-take-a-hike-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935051,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T08:40:05Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Forget
        the Creative Suite. Adobe\u2019s\u00a0first major Creative Cloud update\u00a0proves
        that going all-in on subscriptions was the right decision.","title":"Adobe
        launches Creative Cloud 2014 \u2014 its first massive update since killing
        the Creative\u00a0Suite","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/adobe-launches-creative-cloud-2014-its-first-massive-update-since-killing-the-creative-suite/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935050,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T12:32:33Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Al Hope has seen Alien over 100 times. Listen as he explains why the
        film is so great and how it\u2019s influenced the development of his upcoming
        survival-horror game, Alien:\u00a0Isolation.","title":"Alien: Isolation\u2019s
        creative director talks through the classic film in this audio commentary
        track\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/alien-isolations-creative-director-talks-through-the-classic-film-in-this-audio-commentary-track-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935049,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T12:23:44Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Pardo
        touched a lot of franchises in a long career at\u00a0Blizzard.","title":"Blizzard
        Entertainment creative director Rob Pardo calls it quits after 17\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/blizzard-entertainment-creative-director-rob-pardo-calls-it-quits-after-17-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935048,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T20:33:17Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Adobe
        just\u00a0quietly launched the \u201cCreative Cloud Market,\u201d a members-only
        service built directly into the firm\u2019s Creative Cloud\u00a0desktop app.","title":"Adobe
        launches a stock design marketplace for Creative Cloud subscribers, powered
        by\u00a0Behance","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/adobe-launches-a-stock-design-marketplace-for-creative-cloud-subscribers-powered-by-behance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935047,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T09:17:33Z","slug":"i-g-creative","summary":"Otter
        Media, the recently rebranded video-focused joint venture between AT&T and
        Chernin Group, has acquired Demand Media\u2019s Creative Bug, the companies
        announced today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.","title":"Chernin
        & AT&T\u2019s joint video venture buys craft-oriented video service\u00a0Creativebug","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:12:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/chernin-atts-joint-video-venture-buys-craft-oriented-video-service-creativebug/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:56Z","domain":"phillycurrent.com","id":3935046,"news_source":"Your
        City. Done Right.","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:02:55Z","slug":"colabination","summary":"The
        intersection of fashion and technology has hit Philadelphia... ","title":"People
        to See | Homegrown Issue | Philly Current","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:56Z","url":"http://phillycurrent.com/homegrown-issue/index.html#page/45"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:53Z","domain":"regionsbusiness.com","id":3935045,"news_source":"Region''s
        Business: Philadelphia Edition","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:02:52Z","slug":"colabination","summary":"It
        hit you: a brilliant idea! It''s finally time to prove to the world that you''re
        too creative for a 9-5. Strap-on your startup helmet and start shooting.\"Teamwork
        makes the dream work, but vision becomes a nightmare when the...","title":"Diary
        Of A StartUp: Team Work Makes the Dream Work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:53Z","url":"http://philadelphia.regionsbusiness.com/news/diary-of-a-startup-team-work-makes-the-dream-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:51Z","domain":"campusphilly.org","id":3935044,"news_source":"Campus
        Philly","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:02:49Z","slug":"colabination","summary":"Ready
        to get \"out of the box\" and flex your creative muscles? This week''s Top
        5 Careers offer internship and employment opportunities in the tech, education,
        and music industries that require imagination and excellent problem solving...","title":"Top
        5 Careers: Got Imagination?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:50Z","url":"http://campusphilly.org/2014/06/04/top-5-careers-got-imagination/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:42Z","domain":"regionsbusiness.com","id":3935043,"news_source":"Region''s
        Business: Philadelphia Edition","publication_date":"2014-07-28T15:02:40Z","slug":"colabination","summary":"If
        you\u2019re fundrais-ing and feel like it\u2019s not one of the hardest things
        you\u2019ve ever done\u2026there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019re doing it
        wrong. Here are a few tips I\u2019ve picked up during my journey.","title":"Diary
        of a StartUp: Philly Fundraising Survival Guide","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:42Z","url":"http://philadelphia.regionsbusiness.com/news/diary-of-a-startup-philly-fundraising-survival-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935042,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-27T21:24:29Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Update:
        A representative for the Avenger Controller (a new one, obviously) has released
        an official statement regarding Ocean Marketing\u2019s involvement with their
        product and the actions of Paul Christoforo.","title":"Ocean Marketing: How
        to self-destruct your company with just a few measly emails\u00a0[update]","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/ocean-marketing-how-to-self-destruct-your-company-with-just-a-few-measly-emails/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935041,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-09T15:23:34Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"As
        chief executive of Gears of War developer Epic Games, Tim Sweeney has been
        on the forefront of video game graphics for a couple of decades. So the DICE
        Summit, which is giving him a high honor today, turned to him to explain how
        graphics technology for games will evolve over the next 20 years.","title":"Epic\u2019s
        Tim Sweeney predicts the next 20 years in gaming\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/09/epics-tim-sweeney-predicts-the-next-20-years-in-gaming-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935040,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-10T08:39:39Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"The
        Securities and Exchange Commission has finally tracked down a con man who
        courted naive investors with \u201cthe next Google\u201d and promises of quick
        IPOs, tricking them out of a grand total of $7 million \u2014 or more.","title":"Meet
        Benedict Van, the con man of Silicon\u00a0Valley","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/10/silicon-valley-con-man/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935039,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-10T08:56:56Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Yahoo
        is in for some big changes and a huge shakeup in leadership, according to
        a memo issued today by Scott Thompson, the company\u2019s still-new CEO.","title":"Yahoo\u2019s
        new commander in chief gives details on the company\u2019s\u00a0restructuring","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/10/yahoo-restructuring-memo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935038,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-05T08:00:16Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The days of workers showing up at 8 and leaving at 5 are going the way
        of the two-martini lunch. Thanks to mobile devices, employees can always be
        connected, and they\u2019re demanding increased\u00a0flexibility\u2026","title":"How
        to prepare your IT department for a mobile\u00a0workforce","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/05/how-to-prepare-your-it-department-for-a-mobile-workforce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935037,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-12T09:00:07Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Sponsored
        Post It\u2019s no secret that the Bay Area is a mecca for startups. Hundreds
        of ideas have been born, funded, and launched from the Silicon Valley all
        the way up to San Francisco, and quite a few have found\u00a0success\u2026","title":"Best
        affordable Bay Area work spaces for\u00a0entrepreneurs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/12/best-bay-area-work-spaces-for-entrepreneurs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935036,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-15T12:00:58Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Peter
        Yared, CTO of CBS Interactive, stirred up a bit of controversy recently when
        he wrote that adaptive design techniques make it difficult for publishers
        to monetize content.","title":"The case for responsive\u00a0design","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/15/the-case-for-responsive-design/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935035,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-22T08:27:55Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"With
        a $5.7 billion loss in 2011, Sony is coming off its worst year ever.\u00a0Blame
        the Thailand\u00a0floods or its collapsing TV business, but either way the
        result is the same: Sony needs more income.","title":"Sony sinks $997M into
        camera sensor production as revenue\u00a0slides","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/22/sony-sinks-997m-into-camera-sensor-production-as-revenue-slides/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935034,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-24T10:24:45Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Guest
        Post For anyone from California, you know there are vast differences between
        the northern and southern parts of the state \u2013 so vast in fact that,
        to us, they could just as easily stand alone as two separate\u00a0states.","title":"5
        things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern\u00a0California","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/24/5-things-silicon-valley-gets-wrong-about-southern-california/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935033,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-21T10:08:43Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Dan Gilbert is a billionaire entrepreneur, pro sports team owner, and
        massive real estate investor. He also personally runs employee orientation
        for new employees of his more than 50\u00a0businesses.","title":"Billionaire
        entrepreneur Dan Gilbert on Detroit, entrepreneurship, business, and\u00a0design","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/21/dan-gilbert-detroit/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935032,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-20T08:46:45Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Guest
        Post We\u2019ve heard the argument \u2014 investment crowdfunding will be
        a cesspool of fraud, certain to bamboozle layman investors out of their hard-earned
        money. But that argument completely ignores the\u00a0data.","title":"Enough
        with the rhetoric! Crowdfunding works \u2014 here\u2019s the\u00a0proof","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/20/crowdfunding-works-heres-the-proof/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935031,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-25T09:00:15Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Guest
        Post 35 percent of all emails are viewed on mobile devices and tablets. So
        why is mobile email design such a\u00a0quagmire?","title":"Why mobile email
        templates need to\u00a0disappear","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/25/mobile-email-responsive-design/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935030,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-15T06:22:05Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Not
        many people liked Damnation, a game that showed promise but failed on many
        counts. Lead designer Jacob Minkoff delves into its\u00a0development.","title":"Second
        glance: Investigating the creation and failure of Damnation with lead designer
        Jacob\u00a0Minkoff","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/15/second-glance-investigating-the-creation-and-failure-of-damnation-with-lead-designer-jacob-minkoff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935029,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-25T08:25:00Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Closures
        are part of Zynga\u2019s strategy to contain costs using \u201cguard\u00a0rails.\u201d","title":"Zynga
        shuts Baltimore studio and consolidates three other\u00a0locations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/25/zynga-shuts-baltimore-studio-and-consolidates-three-other-locations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935028,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-09T13:00:42Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick A Silicon Valley startup has figured out how to use idle computers, or
        Dark Cores, as a distributed, massively parallel\u00a0computer.","title":"How
        would you like to get your PC and internet access for free?\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/09/leonovus-turns-a-small-canadian-town-into-a-distributed-data-center-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935027,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-29T08:10:33Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Guest
        Post Despite all of the time we spend on our smartphones, mobile advertising
        trails online advertising. CPMs for mobile are a fraction of what they are
        on the\u00a0Web.","title":"Consumers love mobile, but what about advertisers?
        4 top brands give their\u00a0views","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/29/consumers-love-mobile-but-what-about-advertisers-4-top-brands-give-their-views/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935026,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-24T09:00:00Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Monster\u2019s
        University is a technological marvel that took a room full of computers years
        to fully animate. A single frame took 29 hours to\u00a0render.","title":"Creating
        a creature with 5.5M pieces of animated hair in Pixar\u2019s Monsters University\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/24/the-insiders-view-of-the-tech-behind-pixars-monsters-university-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935025,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-09T17:47:13Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Whether
        you are closing a round of funding or pretending to live in the 1920s, champagne
        is in order. Check out today\u2019s 12 funding\u00a0stories.","title":"Funding
        Daily: The Great\u00a0Gatsby","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/09/funding-daily-the-great-gatsby/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935024,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-29T08:38:02Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Android\u2019s market share is a joke, and most tech writers aren\u2019t
        getting the\u00a0punchline.","title":"Android\u2019s market share is a \u2018joke,\u2019
        and \u2018Apple owns the high end\u2019 of the smartphone market\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/29/androids-market-share-is-a-joke-and-apple-owns-the-high-end-of-the-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935023,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-03T11:02:47Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"The
        ten companies were chosen from more than 1,200 applicants \u2014 the most
        competitive class ERA has had so\u00a0far.","title":"Entrepreneurs Roundtable
        Accelerator kicks off its next class of 10\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/03/entrepreneurs-roundtable-acclerator-kicks-off-its-next-class-of-10-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935022,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-25T06:00:15Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick How Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and a small team of entrepreneurs are attempting
        to fix health care and education in one of the most undeserved parts of the\u00a0country.","title":"How
        Vegas entrepreneurs are disrupting education and health\u00a0care","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/25/part-2-how-vegas-entrepreneurs-are-disrupting-education-and-health-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935021,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-02T07:00:55Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"In
        just a few years, London has flourished as a tech hub with abudent startups,
        co-working spaces, and angel investors. The Internet economy now accounts
        for 8 percent of the UK\u2019s\u00a0GDP.","title":"Why London has all the
        ingredients for a successful startup\u00a0ecosystem","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/02/london-has-all-the-ingredients-for-a-successful-startup-ecosystem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935020,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-15T16:05:47Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Guest
        Post I was recently involved with appraising the feasibility of moving one
        of the largest Oracle eBusiness suite installations in the UK to \u201con-demand.\u201d
        This experience gave me some insights into the complexities behind such a\u00a0move.","title":"Migrating
        to the cloud? Here\u2019s how to do it\u00a0right","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/15/migrating-to-the-cloud-heres-how-to-do-it-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935019,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-09T10:35:39Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Guest
        Post Predictive analytics, customized news feeds based on location and previous
        history, weaving reader voices into the storytelling \u2026 all these things
        and more have been thrown onto the \u201cwhat could be\u201d pile for a reinvented
        Post. But the greatest innovation and investment the Bezos-led Post could
        make is in its\u00a0people.","title":"Hey, Bezos, want to revitalize the Washington
        Post? Invest in\u00a0people","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/09/hey-bezos-want-to-revitalize-the-washington-post-invest-in-people/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935018,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-13T11:55:05Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"CloudBeat
        2013 \u2014 our third annual event focusing on revolutionary instances of
        cloud adoption \u2014 is less than a month away.On Sept. 9-Sept. 10, we\u2019re
        gathering the industry\u2019s top players for two days of high-level discussions,
        customer case studies, breakout sessions, and exclusive announcements.Other
        cloud events focus on legacy technologies and incremental change and tend
        to let the cloud \u201cvendors\u201d do the talking. CloudBeat, by contrast,
        delivers actionable lessons by focusing on real customers that are adopting
        the most disruptive technologies out there, regardless of who peddles them.Check
        out the latest additions to the program, and make sure to register today!Rod
        Smith, VP of emerging Internet technologies, IBM Rod Smith leads the IBM jStart
        team, which develops emerging technologies solutions to address immediate
        business needs. He will address the latest and upcoming cloud technologies,
        specifically next-generation platforms, and the challenges and opportunities
        they offer to companies as they move forward with their adoption of the cloud.Dan
        Siroker, CEO/cofounder, Optimizely Prior to leading Optimizely, Siroker was
        the director of analytics for the 2008 Obama campaign. He will discuss how
        its cloud-based solution makes it easy for companies to test and track different
        campaigns and site designs through various strategies like A/B testing. He
        will be joined by a long-time customer, Elizabeth Allen, who\u2019s now at
        Metamarkets.Brian Lillie, chief information officer, Equinix Equinix is a
        global datacenter provider, and like others, it\u2019s working through a transition
        from offering traditional hosting services toward responding flexibly to enterprise
        requirements for secure, scalable, cost-effective cloud resources. Beyond
        this transition, Lillie will also touch upon the services like ServiceNow
        that Equinix relies on to cost-effectively manage their own IT estate so they
        and their customers remain competitive.Patrick White, CEO, Synata White will
        share how even large teams can rely on \u201cintegraters\u201d to keep in
        check the various cloud services they use and pile up as operations grow.
        With some of his customers, from Gree to Airbnb or VMware, he will touch upon
        CloudBeat\u2019s overarching theme \u201cThe Cloud grows up\u201d and how
        it hit and solved certain problems and challenges, like integrating all the
        disparate cloud pieces, or dealt with privacy and SLAs. It\u2019s actually
        pretty easy to start \u2026 and far harder to build sustainable.Full CloudBeat
        2013 details can be found\u00a0here, and make sure to register today! Tickets
        are limited.Special thanks to the industry leaders who are supporting CloudBeat
        2013: IBM jStart as Gold Sponsor; ArchPoint Partners as Silver Sponsor; and
        CareCloud, Norwest Venture Partners, and Plex Systems as Event Sponsors.","title":"IBM,
        Optimizely, Equinix, and more join CloudBeat 2013\u00a0lineup","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/13/ibm-optimizely-equinix-and-more-join-cloudbeat-2013-lineup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935017,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-26T10:56:23Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"VIA
        International will provide a premium home automation experience to people
        with a lot of money to spend on their\u00a0homes.","title":"6 home automation
        companies merge into 1 supercompany for the\u00a0superrich","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/26/6-home-automation-companies-merge-into-1-super-company-for-the-super-rich/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935016,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-30T01:02:17Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Sponsored
        Post 6fusion, the company standardizing economic measurement of IT infrastructure
        and enabling a global marketplace for buyers and sellers, has signed a non-binding
        Letter of Intent (LOI) with CME Group, the world\u2019s leading and most diverse
        derivatives marketplace, to explore the development of an Infrastructure-as-a-Service
        (IaaS)\u00a0Exchange.","title":"6fusion, CME Group Sign Letter of Intent to
        Explore Development of IaaS\u00a0Exchange","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/6fusion-cme-group-sign-letter-of-intent-to-explore-development-of-iaas-exchange/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935015,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-15T22:30:55Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"When
        I travel outside the Mile High City, I\u2019m often asked what makes Denver
        so attractive for startups. While\u00a0our tech community and the\u00a0companies
        it\u2019s home to are gaining traction by the month, the benefits of launching
        a startup in Denver aren\u2019t necessarily as obvious as those associated
        with major tech destinations like the Valley and, more recently, New York.","title":"Denver
        vs. Silicon Valley: Where we\u2019re better and where we need to\u00a0grow","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/15/denver-vs-silicon-valley/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935014,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-25T06:09:08Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Doug
        Van Kirk is the Director of User Experience at\u00a0ServiceMax, a provider
        of field service management software.","title":"Designing mobile enterprise
        apps for \u2018high cognitive load\u2019\u00a0environments","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/25/designing-mobile-enterprise-apps-for-high-cognitive-load-environments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935013,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T07:00:17Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Hotels
        will be able to make money from their in-room movie boxes by letting LeoNovus
        use them for data center\u00a0processing.","title":"LeoNovus to turn hotels
        into virtual data centers with smart set-top\u00a0boxes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/leonovus-to-turn-hotels-into-virtual-data-centers-with-smart-set-top-boxes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935012,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-04T13:04:34Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Business
        software maker Intuit wants to be the go-to destination for entrepreneurs
        and small businesses \u2014 and it just scooped up yet another startup to
        help round out its small business\u00a0division.","title":"Intuit buys Docstoc
        to bolster its small business\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/04/intuit-buys-docstoc-to-bolster-its-small-business-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935011,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-30T00:01:51Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Guest
        Post Choosing how to deliver sites across three screens can be a tough call
        as it is \u2013 but in the digital entertainment world it takes on some additional\u00a0concern.","title":"Startup
        shootout: Delivering digital entertainment to early\u00a0adopters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/startup-shootout-delivering-digital-entertainment-to-early-adopters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935010,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-13T14:53:39Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"\u201cTraditional
        storage is disorganized and unpleasant \u2014 you have to own or rent a vehicle,
        drive to the unit, waste time finding whatever it is you are interested in,
        close up the unit and drive back. I see Boxbee as being in the business of
        making urban life more convenient and\u00a0efficient.\u201d","title":"Boxbee
        has a bigger, better vision for how city dwellers store their\u00a0stuff","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/13/boxbee-has-a-bigger-better-vision-for-how-city-dwellers-store-their-stuff/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935009,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-19T05:00:02Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"A
        small renewable energy device maker will tap LeoNovus\u2019 distributed data\u00a0center.","title":"Renewable
        energy startup AgileSwitch gets a security boost with LeoNovus\u00a0partnership","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/19/leonovus-signs-up-energy-firm-agileswitch-for-distributed-cloud-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935008,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T13:10:17Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"The
        battle against Airbnb\u00a0is heating up with a group of influential\u00a0San
        Franciscans preparing an aggressive city ballot initiative against the home-sharing
        service.","title":"Airbnb bounty hunters: San Francisco may start paying residents
        to snitch on\u00a0hosts","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/airbnb-bounty-hunters-san-francisco-may-start-paying-residents-to-snitch-on-hosts/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935007,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T09:12:27Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Camera-equipped
        drones, already on the edge of becoming mainstream, could help recast the
        balance of power in our information-hungry society.","title":"Flocks of airborne
        camera drones will change journalism \u2014 &\u00a0spying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/flocks-of-airborne-camera-drones-will-change-journalism-spying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935006,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T18:03:16Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"Eastern
        European hackers, in particular the Russians, are the best creators of Malware
        in the world, says Malware expert Adam\u00a0Kujawa.","title":"Russian malware
        creators rule. Here\u2019s how they got so\u00a0good","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/russian-malware-creators-rule-heres-how-they-got-so-good/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935005,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-16T11:55:05Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"VivaReal,
        a Latin American real estate portal we wrote about in 2010, announced that
        it has pulled in its first round of institutional funding for an undisclosed
        amount.","title":"VivaReal raises funding to tackle Brazilian real estate\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/16/vivareal-raises-funding-to-tackle-brazilian-real-estate-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935004,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-08T21:56:19Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"It\u2019s
        been a slowish day for funding news, but with big dollar signs on many of
        the deals that did happen. Here\u2019s a rundown on the days\u2019\u00a0deals.","title":"Funding
        daily: show me the money, say news, health, real estate, and yes, funeral\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/08/funding-daily-show-me-the-money-say-news-health-real-estate-and-yes-funeral-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935003,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-19T07:09:56Z","slug":"resources-real-estate","summary":"In
        a deal that shouldn\u2019t require too much head-scratching to understand,
        Zillow has acquired StreetEasy for $50\u00a0million.","title":"Zillow buys
        NYC real estate site StreetEasy for $50M, plans 2.5M follow-on stock\u00a0offering","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/19/zillow-buys-nyc-real-estate-site-streeteasy-for-50m-plans-2-5m-follow-on-stock-offering/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935002,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-09T09:00:46Z","slug":"philadelphia-film-society","summary":"Startup
        accelerator 500 Startups announced its fourth batch of companies on Wednesday,
        a fun group that includes a necktie subscription service, a Dropbox-based
        collaboration tool for creatives, a consumer-action site currently trying
        to take down Big Cable, and a property-inspection iPad app.","title":"Meet
        500 Startups\u2019 new batch of\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/09/meet-500-startups-new-batch-of-startups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935001,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-20T08:00:08Z","slug":"philadelphia-film-society","summary":"A
        multiplayer-only title once again takes the top honors. And don\u2019t worry
        \u2014 plenty of blockbusters are coming your\u00a0way.","title":"The DeanBeat:
        The top 10 games you\u2019ll be itching to\u00a0play","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/20/the-deanbeat-the-top-ten-games-youll-be-itching-to-play/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3935000,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-30T05:00:21Z","slug":"danone","summary":"Buzzword
        or not, gamification, or the use of game-like rewards to engage customers
        and employees, is getting real. Badgeville, the creator of a popular gamification
        platform, has raised $25 million in a third round of funding.","title":"Badgeville
        raises $25M to break out from the pack in\u00a0gamification","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/30/badgeville-30m-funding-gamification/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934999,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-02T13:52:03Z","slug":"danone","summary":"Guest
        Post For too many American technology start-ups, Europe is a dirty word. But
        here are several reasons why you should make Europe a central part of your
        regional strategy from the get-go, and practical tips on how to do\u00a0so.","title":"How
        to make Europe work for your startup, from day\u00a0one","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:57:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/02/europe-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934998,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"wordpress-com-vip","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
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        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:34Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934997,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"wordpress-com","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
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        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:32Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934996,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"chasing","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:48Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:30Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934995,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"intense","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934994,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"eureka","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:26Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934993,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"top-shelf","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:24Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934992,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"tequila","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:22Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934991,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:20Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934990,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:18Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934989,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:16Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934988,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"woman","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:14Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934987,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"the-doctor","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:11Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934986,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"oliver","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:30Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:10Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934985,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"follow-us","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:30Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:09Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934984,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"john-oliver","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:08Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934983,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"wordpress-com-vip","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:07Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934982,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"hola","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:06Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934981,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"wordpress-com","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:26Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:05Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934980,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"immense","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934979,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"mango","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:24Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934978,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"4","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:23Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934977,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"seedless","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:23Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:56:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934976,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"rhodium","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934975,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"myth","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934974,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"cow","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:26:20Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934973,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"coca-cola","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:19Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934972,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"x","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934971,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"arvind","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:17Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934970,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"follow-us","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934969,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"g","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934968,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"indian-industry","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:15Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934967,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"zomato","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934966,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"nemo","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:12Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934965,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"roy","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:10Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934964,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"10-seconds","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934963,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:08Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934962,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"restored","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934961,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"woman","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934960,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"the-doctor","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934959,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"turf","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934958,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"gecko","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934957,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"here-is-how","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934956,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"purchasing-power","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:31Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934955,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"x","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934954,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934953,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"pawan-kumar","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:52Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:27Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934952,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"mckinsey","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:25Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934951,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"the-consultancy","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:23Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934950,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"capita","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:21Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934949,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"kabir-chibber","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:21Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934948,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"pawan","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:19Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934947,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"interlude","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:12Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934946,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"prime-minister","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:49Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:12Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934945,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"sick","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:10Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934944,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"regular","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:10Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934943,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"victims","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:04Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934942,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"samuel","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:55:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934941,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"taps","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934940,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"hospira","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934939,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"begun","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934938,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"socialist","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934937,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"from-where","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934936,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"danone","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934935,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"kumar","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934934,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"novartis","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934933,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"2","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934932,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"wonders","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934931,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"joint-venture","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:31Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934930,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"glaxosmithkline","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:31Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934929,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"dinesh","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:26Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934928,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"prasad","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:31Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:24Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934927,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:20Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934926,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"his","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:18Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934925,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"go","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:17Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934924,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"artillery","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:16Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934923,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"i","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:25Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:14Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934922,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"on","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:12Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934921,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"world-health-organization","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:22Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:10Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934920,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"photos","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:04Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934919,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"toilets","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:54:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934918,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"recognize","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934917,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"it","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:18Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934916,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"franz","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934915,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:16Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934914,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"cnbc","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934913,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"hundred-years","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934912,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"he","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934911,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"vivian","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934910,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"a-hundred-years","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934909,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"promise","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934908,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"way","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934907,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"instapaper","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:31Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934906,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"his","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:30Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934905,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"starred","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934904,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"on","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934903,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"we","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:27Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934902,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"prime-minister","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:26Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934901,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"quartz","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:24Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934900,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"abe","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:52Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:24Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934899,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:44:01Z","slug":"daily","summary":"The
        Indian Railways has just made a remarkable undertaking. It has officially
        told the National Human Rights Commission that bio-toilets will be installed
        in all coaches by 2022. The World Health Organization deadline for ending
        open defecation is 2025. I have watched the railways closely for the better
        part of two decades. If the organization&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240473&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Indian Railways just made yet another
        futile promise to end this terrible practice","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240473/the-long-history-of-how-indian-railways-has-done-so-little-to-end-a-terrible-practice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:22Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934898,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"it","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:52Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:20Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934897,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"benckiser","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:52Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:18Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934896,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"follow-us","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:16Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934895,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"wordpress-com-vip","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:14Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934894,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"wordpress-com","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:12Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934893,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"chasing","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:23Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:12Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934892,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"reckitt-benckiser","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:10Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934891,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"intense","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:23Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:07Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934890,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"eureka","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:22Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:05Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934889,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"10-seconds","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:22Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:04Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934888,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"jobless","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934887,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"top-shelf","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:22Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:53:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934886,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"way","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:22Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934885,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"tequila","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:22Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934884,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"instapaper","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934883,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:22Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934882,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"starred","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934881,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:22Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934880,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"space","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934879,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"woman","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934878,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"crunch","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934877,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"the-doctor","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934876,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"we","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934875,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"oliver","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934874,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"quartz","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934873,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"john-oliver","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934872,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:01:50Z","slug":"daily","summary":"What
        to watch for today Data from the world&#8217;s biggest economies. The\u00a0US
        releases pending home sales figures for June, with conflicting signs over
        whether it&#8217;s business as usual. Japan&#8217;s jobless rate and household
        spending data will give insight into the nation&#8217;s recovery. Reckitt
        Benckiser spins off its pharmaceutical unit. The consumer\u00a0goods giant
        behind Durex condoms [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241124&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Quartz Daily Brief\u2014Europe edition\u2014Drug
        company deal-making, McDonald\u2019s forced vegetarianism, Ebola outbreak
        spreads, robot hitchhiker","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/241124/quartz-daily-brief-drug-company-deal-making-mcdonalds-forced-vegetarianism-ebola-outbreak-spreads-robot-hitchhiker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934871,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"hola","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934870,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"immense","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934869,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-25T22:01:08Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"By
        the time I crumpled my 100th foe into a wounded heap in Hunted: The Demon''s
        Forge, I had a solid inkling that the game required a different kind of effort
        beyond a Gears of War clone with elf ears. True, the essence of Hunted lies
        within its mixture of hack-n-slash and cover-based elements, but the actual
        magic sits with the synergy between protagonists Caddoc and E''lara, the mercenary
        duo of cautious muscleman and bloodthirsty elf huntress, respectively.","title":"Hunted\u2019s
        harebrained A.I. is a co-op\u00a0primer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/25/hunteds-harebrained-ai-is-a-co-op-primer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934868,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-23T04:00:55Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Chuck
        Ganapathi, the man who created Salesforce.com\u2019s Chatter, the company\u2019s
        largest product development effort ever, has left to join Accel Partners as
        Entrepreneur in Residence.","title":"Salesforce.com\u2019s Chuck Ganapathi
        joins Accel Partners \u2014 to build the next\u00a0Salesforce.com","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/23/svp-chuck-ganapathi-leaves-salesforce-com-to-build-the-next-salesforce-com/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934867,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-30T09:57:02Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"James
        Gosling, the creator of the Java programming language, has joined Liquid Robotics,
        a maker of robot vehicles that explore the bottom of the ocean, as its chief
        software architect.","title":"Java creator James Gosling joins ocean robot
        maker Liquid\u00a0Robotics","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/30/java-creator-james-gosling-joins-ocean-robot-maker-liquid-robotics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934866,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"4","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934865,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-31T02:21:33Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Showing
        off a game usually follows an established procedure: Surround the curious
        with enthusiastic PR folk, jam in enough TVs blaring the latest trailer at
        every 30 seconds with the volume turned up to 11, maybe throw in a playable
        demo build, and you''re golden.","title":"PAX Prime 2011: Citizen Skywatch
        seeks recruits with fantastic\u00a0immersion","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/31/pax-prime-2011/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934864,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-05T13:03:06Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"No
        one embarrasses you like an overbearing mother can, and this is especially
        so when that parent basks in the seductive glow of the pathological delusions
        of the Moral Majority.","title":"The Binding of Isaac: A humiliating\u00a0experience","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/05/the-binding-of-isaac/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934863,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-21T13:15:24Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"This
        article may contain spoilers for Dark Souls.","title":"Dark Souls is more
        Zelda than Zelda, more Metroid than\u00a0Metroid","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/21/dark-souls-is-more-zelda-than-zelda-more-metroid-than-metroid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934862,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-28T01:10:00Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"This
        article may contain spoilers for Dark Souls.","title":"The horror in Dark
        Souls\u2019 online\u00a0play","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/28/the-elements-of-horror-in-dark-souls-online-play/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934861,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-13T22:00:36Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Are
        you based in the London area and think you may have the next big disruptive
        tech product?","title":"London, here we come! Our world search for entrepreneurs
        hits this\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/13/london-here-we-come-our-world-search-for-entrepreneurs-hits-this-week/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934860,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-07T09:04:41Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"If
        you\u2019re based in New York and looking to launch your next big tech product
        soon, join me for a private feedback session on December 13 with one of the
        city\u2019s most respected venture capital groups, RRE Ventures.","title":"NYC
        companies: Get feedback from VentureBeat and RRE Ventures\u00a0(Reprise)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/07/nyc-companies-get-feedback-from-venturebeat-and-rre-ventures-reprise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934859,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-12T10:45:33Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"[Update:
        Couple of spots left for tomorrow; last call.]","title":"Are you New York\u2019s
        next huge e-commerce startup?: Get feedback from RRE Ventures tomorrow\u00a0(reminder)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/are-you-new-yorks-huge-e-commerce-startup-get-feedback-from-rre-ventures-tomorrow-reminder/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934858,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-12T06:00:29Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Are
        you in\u00a0the Boulder, Colorado area and have the next big disruptive tech
        idea?","title":"Denver-Boulder companies: Get feedback from VentureBeat and
        Foundry\u00a0Group","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/12/denver-boulder-companies-get-feedback-from-venturebeat-and-foundry-group/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934857,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-20T09:01:58Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"If
        you\u2019re an entrepreneur based in the Boston area and are building the
        next big disruptive tech company, join us for a private feedback session with
        three of the top tech mentors in town.","title":"Boston companies: Get feedback
        on Feb 14 from the best mentors in\u00a0town","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/20/boston-companies-get-feedback-on-feb-14-from-the-best-mentors-in-town/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934856,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-27T11:05:28Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Just
        a reminder to Silicon Valley- and Colorado-based companies: VentureBeat is
        joining up with two great venture capital firms to offer feedback on your
        product.","title":"Silicon Valley and Colorado companies \u2014 Do you sizzle?\u00a0(Reminder)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/27/silicon-valley-and-colorado-companies-do-you-sizzle-reminder/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934855,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-31T05:32:10Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Triple
        Town is a Soothing (and Free) Puzzle Game for\u00a0iOS","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/31/triple-tower-is-a-soothing-and-free-puzzle-game-for-ios/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934854,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-15T08:00:33Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"","title":"Israel,
        you\u2019ve got mojo, but where\u2019s your\u00a0Instagram?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/15/israel-youve-got-mojo-but-wheres-your-instagram/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934853,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-30T14:08:00Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"In
        the grassy fields of Gransys, my party of four treads the sunlit pastures
        looking out for claymore-wielding bandits and red-skinned goblins. I\u2019m
        prowling for a fight, you see, because that\u2019s what up-and-coming adventurer-heroes
        do. And after the spear-armed lizard men who reside deep in the sewer gave
        us a skewering, I\u2019m itching to hone our battle skills in order to better
        hold our own next time.","title":"Dragon\u2019s Dogma: Bad controls tarnish
        great\u00a0combat","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/30/dragons-dogma-bad-controls-tarnish-great-combat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934852,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"rhodium","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:20Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934851,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-10T16:34:57Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"If
        there could be a worse part to this tragic story, it\u2019s that the teenager
        received only about 10 percent of the total amount realized from the sale
        of his kidney. He used his share of the proceeds, about $3,500 U.S., to buy
        an iPad and an\u00a0iPhone.","title":"Chinese teenager: Mom, I sold my kidney
        for an iPhone,\u00a0iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/10/chinese-teenager-mom-i-sold-my-kidney-for-an-iphone-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934850,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-17T09:00:52Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"The
        similarities between dating and working at a startup are\u00a0undeniable.","title":"Startup
        and the city: You\u2019re dating your\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/17/youre-dating-your-startup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934849,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-09T21:25:50Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Did
        the cops really put a sting on prostitution solication at the\u00a0Rosewood?","title":"Silicon
        Valley VCs flee Cougar Night after false report of vice\u00a0crackdown","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/09/silicon-vcs-flee-cougar-night-after-false-report-of-vice-crackdown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934848,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-23T09:13:20Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Everyone\u2019s
        favorite flower girl makes her own profile on our online dating service for
        game characters, Extra\u00a0Hearts.","title":"If Final Fantasy VII\u2019s
        Aerith had a dating site\u00a0profile","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/23/if-final-fantasy-viis-aerith-had-a-dating-site-profile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934847,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-05T04:00:14Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Robot vehicle makes history for the farthest journey by an autonomous\u00a0vehicle.","title":"Liquid
        Robotics\u2019 robot vehicle journeys 9,000 miles across the Pacific\u00a0Ocean","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/05/liquid-robotics-robot-vehicle-journeys-9000-miles-across-the-pacific-ocean/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934846,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-29T14:56:30Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Many
        of us have already celebrated the finest games of the last 12 months, so now
        it\u2019s time to dig a little deeper into 2012\u2032s catalog of hits and\u00a0misses.","title":"2012:
        The offbeat\u00a0awards","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/29/2012-the-offbeat-awards/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934845,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-19T13:30:25Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"The
        average angel is 47 years old, makes $90,000 a year, invests in one out of
        every 10 deals he sees, invests $37,000 in each deal, and lives in California.
        The halo and the wings? Those are just for\u00a0show.","title":"The rise of
        the angel investor\u00a0(infographic)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/19/the-rise-of-the-angel-investor-infographic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934844,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-02T10:42:03Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"2013
        is the year where most everyone you know not only owns a smartphone, but actually
        starts using it to a fuller\u00a0extent.","title":"Announcing MobileBeat 2013:
        How the Mobile Experience raises the stakes for your\u00a0company","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/02/mobile-experience-mobilebat-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934843,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-20T11:56:57Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Impressive
        looking MMO will bring online flight sim game to the PS\u00a04.","title":"Gaijin
        Entertainment to launch online game War Thunder on PS\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/20/gaijin-entertainment-to-launch-online-game-war-thunder-on-ps-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934842,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-12T11:02:10Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"On
        the evils of handheld cockfighting and its effects on the impressionable minds
        of\u00a0children.","title":"The ESRB has failed your\u00a0children","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/12/the-esrb-have-failed-your-children/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934841,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-30T22:00:24Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"In
        a couple of hours now we are all going to be attacked by zombies. Prepare\u00a0yourselves.","title":"5
        tech tools to manage a zombie\u00a0apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/5-tech-tools-to-manage-a-zombie-apocolypse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934840,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"9-minutes","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
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        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:20Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934839,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-05T17:13:20Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Today\u2019s
        shockingly consistent round up of funding\u00a0announcements!","title":"Funding
        Daily: Gambling, casual gaming, &\u00a0e-commerce","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/05/funding-daily-gambling-casual-gaming-e-commerce/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934838,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-07T18:00:10Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Several
        cities are considering using Nissan Leaf electric cars as taxis, but no place
        has yet replaced every single taxi with the battery-electric hatchback.","title":"Bhutan
        may go electric for all the country\u2019s\u00a0taxis","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/07/bhutan-may-go-electric-for-all-the-countrys-taxis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934837,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-31T11:24:33Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Don\u2019t
        let a bad New Years Eve happen to\u00a0you.","title":"6 tech tricks for having
        a fun (and regret-free) New Year\u2019s\u00a0Eve","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/31/6-tech-tricks-for-having-a-fun-and-regret-free-new-years-eve/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934836,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-04T19:39:34Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Even
        with the recent Survivor 2299 hoax, it is still fun to ruminate on Fallout\u00a04.","title":"10
        Ways Bethesda Can Spruce Up Fallout\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/04/critical-mass-20-ways-bethesda-can-spruce-up-fallout-4-part-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934835,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-02-08T10:39:17Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Someone
        just alerted us to a Web site in India called Alootechie that covers the local
        tech scene similar to SiliconBeat\u2019s coverage of Silicon Valley. (We\u2019re
        semi-amused by the \u201cenlargement\u201d link on the right-hand column.)","title":"The
        Ram Shriram-John Doerr prowl in India, and the local VC news\u00a0sites","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/02/08/the-ram-shriram-john-doerr-prowl-in-india-and-the-local-vc-news-sites/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934834,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-09-28T06:45:08Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Infotone
        Communications, a Redwood City network hardware start-up, has raised a $1
        million in convertible debt bridge capital, and is now looking for $5 million
        to $10 million Series B round of venture capital by the end of the year, the
        company\u2019s chief technology officer Avery Moon told VentureWire (full
        story here; registration required):","title":"Network hardware company Infotone
        on the prowl for $5M to $10M, says\u00a0CTO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/09/28/network-hardware-company-infotone-on-the-prowl-for-5m-to-10m-says-cto/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934833,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-10T11:10:45Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Wink,
        the social search engine that searches for Web pages that people have bookmarked,
        tagged or otherwise marked as interesting, has introduced a people search.","title":"Wink,
        a place to flirt \u2014 and\u00a0prowl","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/10/wink-a-place-to-flirt-and-prowl/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934832,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-12-29T12:01:42Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Profilelinker,
        a Boston start-up, is the latest service letting you aggregate data from your
        profiles on multiple social networking sites.","title":"Prowling with Profilelinker","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/29/prowling-with-profilelinker/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934831,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-27T02:06:27Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Every
        year, the Cleantech Forum sweeps into San Francisco, an industry event including
        banks, corporations, startups and venture capitalists.","title":"Ten great
        cleantech startups on the prowl for\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/27/ten-great-cleantech-startups-on-the-prowl-for-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934830,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-04T14:58:14Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"What
        do you call a smaller update to OS X 10.5 \u201cLeopard\u201d? \u201cSnow
        Leopard,\u201d according to Ars Technica, which has confirmed the existence
        of the new Apple operating system.","title":"Snow Leopard on the prowl at
        WWDC, set to pounce at MacWorld\u00a02009?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/04/snow-leopard-on-the-prowl-at-wwdc-set-to-pounce-at-macworld-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934829,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-06-23T13:04:03Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"We
        continue to search for the most exciting companies and products to launch
        at the\u00a0DEMOfall conference in September.","title":"DEMO & VentureBeat
        visit Los Angeles, prowling for great\u00a0companies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/23/demo-venturebeat-visit-los-angeles-prowling-for-great-companies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934828,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-30T14:49:41Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"We\u2019re
        widening our prowl for the best emerging technology products to launch at
        DEMO this spring.","title":"VentureBeat on the prowl for DEMO startups in
        New York,\u00a0Toronto","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/30/venturebeat-demo-spring-2011-new-york-toronto/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934827,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"cow","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:20Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934826,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-26T15:04:54Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In his new role at Artis Ventures, Hunt will advise young companies in
        their quest to win lucrative federal\u00a0contracts.","title":"Former CIA
        tech chief is on the prowl for big data & wearables startups\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/former-cia-cto-is-getting-into-tech-investment-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:31Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934825,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"x","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
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        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934824,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-30T00:55:23Z","slug":"undefeated","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: Every year, we get new iterations of college football and college hoops
        games. Snore. What about the real sports college kids play these days? Rachel
        gives us her take on two other sports that deserve the video game treatment.
        Developers, are you listening? -Brett","title":"Two College \u201cSports\u201d
        That Deserve Video\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/30/two-college-qsportsq-that-deserve-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934823,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-09T03:29:17Z","slug":"undefeated","summary":"Editor''s
        note: A long, long time ago, in a galaxy called San Andreas, Rockstar destroyed
        my obsessive gaming habits. If they hadn''t, I would probably be just as furious
        and furtive as Jon and Evan are about their Xbox Live Achievements. If you''ve
        ever played Pimp My Ride just to boost your Gamerscore, you''ll definitely
        want to read this article. -James","title":"Bitmob Splitscreen: Xbox 360\u00a0Achievements","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/09/bitmob-splitscreen-xbox-360-achievements/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934822,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-29T17:45:00Z","slug":"undefeated","summary":"\u201cCountdown\u2026that
        sounds fun,\u201d said Jesse Herrera, aka Sensei Squushy, in response to my
        map suggestion. He has the southern drawl of a gentleman and the confidence
        of a killer. It sent a shiver down my spine.","title":"Alpha Team Wins Bitmob\u2019s
        Halo: Reach\u00a0Tournament","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/29/alpha-team-wins-bitmobs-halo-reach-tournament/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934821,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"confusion","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
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        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934820,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-18T06:00:08Z","slug":"undefeated","summary":"(Editor\u2019s
        note: Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software.
        This story originally appeared on his\u00a0blog.)","title":"Your unhealthy
        fixation on being #1 \u2013 and why it''s\u00a0pointless","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/18/your-unhealthy-fixation-on-being-1-and-why-its-pointless/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934819,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-15T13:00:08Z","slug":"undefeated","summary":"On
        Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we met with computer\u00a0manufacturer\u00a0Supermicro\u2019s
        technical marketing manager, Bjoern Metzdorf. Metzdorf was accompanied by
        professional gamer Carlos Rodriguez, as they discussed why Supermicro\u2019s
        current lineup of traditionally non-gaming workstations have all the power
        and affordability a gamer could want.","title":"Supermicro talks multi-purpose
        workstations for the power gamer\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/15/supermicro-talks-multi-purpose-workstations-for-the-power-gamer-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934818,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-23T19:21:04Z","slug":"undefeated","summary":"Killzone:
        Shadow Fall? Nah. Dead Rising 3? I\u2019ll pass. Killer Instinct and Guilty
        Gear Xrd -SIGN-? SIGN ME\u00a0UP!","title":"\u201cYou\u2019re purchasing a
        next-gen console for fighting games?\u201d Yes. Yes, I\u00a0am.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/23/youre-purchasing-a-next-gen-console-for-fighting-games-yes-yes-i-am/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934817,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T08:30:00Z","slug":"undefeated","summary":"Complexity
        beat out 30 other teams to win the world championship title in Call of Duty:\u00a0Ghosts.","title":"Meet
        the best Call of Duty team in the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/meet-the-best-call-of-duty-team-in-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:26Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934816,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"forge","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934815,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-16T20:53:51Z","slug":"emt","summary":"T-Mobile
        devotees are in for a treat tonight, as the carrier has confirmed that it
        will be making its popular Wi-Fi calling feature on supported Android phones
        completely free \u2014 meaning it won\u2019t continue to use up any cellular
        minutes.","title":"T-Mobile makes Wi-Fi calls free \u2014 yet another reason
        to dread the AT&T\u00a0merger","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/16/t-mobile-free-wifi-calls/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934814,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-04T05:22:11Z","slug":"emt","summary":"The
        term \u2018open-world\u2019 and \u2018sandbox\u2019 have been ran into the
        ground, it\u2019s a gimmick, usually the game takes place in some island just
        to establish geography.\u00a0 L.A. Noire has a barricade effect to keep you
        within it\u2019s boundaries which does feel more natural. Similarly to Red
        Dead Redemption, the map and time are your real boundary, in the wild west
        after a certain point, all you have is dessert, the same goes for 1947 Los
        Angeles; which looks so eerily accurate that I wish there was a debug or at
        least a tour mode that guides you thru every landmark that\u2019s still relevant
        today. The map effectively makes the experience more engrossing and immersive,
        I don\u2019t want to run people over in this game, I don\u2019t want to just
        see things blow-up. A real world makes you instinctively act more like a real
        person and some random jack-ass.","title":"A peak at the future thru 1947
        L.\u00a0A.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/04/c73c95ee21aa4e9b437ab5e95b205b4eddf36091/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934813,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-06T18:20:00Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Starting
        the show with Modern Warfare 3 shows you''ve got nothing new to say to the
        hardcore gamers Xbox. Every gamer knows a new Call of Duty is coming this
        fall. I bet most fans could have guessed it was Modern Warfare 3. The gameplay
        itself got off to a boring start. The dude on the stage looked bored playing
        as swam underwater.","title":"Microsoft E3 2011: Kinect Blah Blah\u00a0Blah","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/06/microsoft-e3-2011-kinect-blah-blah-blah/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934812,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-28T00:23:38Z","slug":"emt","summary":"[Update:
        The petition has now gathered more than 2,100 signatures]","title":"Star Wars
        Galaxies players start petition to make game\u00a0free-to-play","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/28/star-wars-galaxies-f2p/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934811,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-31T17:23:44Z","slug":"emt","summary":"\u00a0","title":"I
        bought the Pantheon: Renaissance Italy in Assassin\u2019s Creed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/31/i-bought-the-pantheon-renaissance-italy-in-assassins-creed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934810,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-17T01:49:40Z","slug":"emt","summary":"When
        I first heard of Techland\u2019s tropical first-person-zombie-slaying RPG,
        my first thought was a little something along the lines of \u201cNow Please!\u201d","title":"Dead
        Island: Emotional? No. Fun? You\u00a0Bet.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/17/dead-island-emotional-no-fun-you-bet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934809,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-09T22:57:03Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Twas
        the night before Christmas,","title":"The Front Line Of\u00a0Christmas","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/09/the-front-line-of-christmas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934808,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-26T13:11:34Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Hot
        on the heels of the first set of new maps and downloadable content schedule,
        Activision has updated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with the eighth title
        update. TU8 makes a number of fixes and improvements to the game, including
        a major speed increase for users uploading their recorded videos to YouTube.","title":"Call
        of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gets fixes, improvements, and Akimbo\u00a0nerfs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/26/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-gets-fixes-improvements-and-akimbo-nerfs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934807,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-05T10:46:00Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Networking
        equipment startup SpiderCloud Wireless has raised a new $35 million round
        amid tough competition, with a plan to upgrade its tech that makes cell phone
        service better indoors.","title":"SpiderCloud grabs $35M to improve mobile
        network coverage and capacity\u00a0indoors","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/05/spidercloud-35m-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934806,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-17T00:01:22Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Based
        on conventional wisdom, Quantenna shouldn\u2019t exist as a startup maker
        of Wi-fi chips. It has huge competitors among chipmakers Broadcom, Marvell,
        and Qualcomm-Atheros. But Quantenna is announcing a gargantuan $79 million
        funding round today because it has figured out how to do Wi-Fi chips that
        are faster and have greater range than its rivals.","title":"Quantenna raises
        astounding $79M round so you can have wire-like wireless\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/17/quantenna-raises-astounding-79m-round-so-you-can-have-wire-like-wireless-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934805,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-28T12:20:24Z","slug":"emt","summary":"AMC\u2019s
        bastardization\u00a0adaptation of\u00a0The Walking Dead recently wrapped its
        second season. With over 9M viewers tuning in for the season finale, a third
        season is guaranteed. But while fans wait for the rumored October premiere,
        they\u2019ve taken to analyzing the show up to this point (in meme form, of
        course).","title":"According to the Internet: The Walking Dead season two
        in five pictures or\u00a0less","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/28/according-to-the-internet-walking-dead/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934804,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-28T08:00:43Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Civil
        libertarians aren\u2019t thrilled with the government\u2019s ability to track
        our locations, even after the U.S. Supreme Court put limits on the ability
        for law enforcement to track car locations without search warrants.","title":"Scary
        thought: governments will secretly track our locations via\u00a0smartphones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/28/scary-thought-governments-will-secretly-track-our-locations-via-smartphones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934803,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-26T11:58:05Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Guest
        Post Each generation of wireless network has failed to solve the problems
        that vex carriers and consumers: slower-than-promised data speeds, short battery
        life, mobile devices that are too hot to handle, and generally poor performance.
        Now, as 4G becomes more ubiquitous, we wonder, are we doomed to repeat mobile\u00a0history?","title":"What
        it\u2019ll take to get 4G that really\u00a0works","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/26/what-itll-take-to-get-4g-that-really-works/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934802,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-06T15:45:42Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Guest
        Post As the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by governments increases \u2014
        even by state and city governments \u2014 what does the future hold? Do individuals
        have a right to fly their own drones,\u00a0too?","title":"The right of the
        people to keep and fly\u00a0drones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/06/the-right-of-the-people-to-keep-and-fly-drones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934801,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-04T06:01:44Z","slug":"emt","summary":"GamesBeat
        interviews writers Rob Auten and Tom Bissell about the story in Gears of War:
        Judgment, on what they think about the series\u2019 \u201cdude-bro\u201d image,
        and who their favorite new character\u00a0is.","title":"Gears of War: Judgment
        writers debunk the series\u2019 dude-bro reputation\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/04/gears-of-war-judgment-writers-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934800,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-10T15:24:57Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Check
        out this interview with Chris McQuinn from developer DrinkBox Studios as he
        talks about the ideas behind upcoming platformer\u00a0Guacamelee.","title":"Discussing
        Mexican wrestlers and Day of the Dead with Guacamelee\u2019s Chris\u00a0McQuinn","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/10/platforming-with-an-exclamation-point-a-guacamelee-interview-with-drinkbox-studios-chris-mcquinn/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934799,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-21T09:13:01Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Sapphire
        is the display material clumsy smartphone owners didn\u2019t know they\u00a0needed.","title":"Sapphire
        could be the key to nearly indestructible smartphone\u00a0screens","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/21/sapphire-phones-are-forever/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934798,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-31T22:15:36Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Following
        other Google April Fools\u2019 pranks including the \u201cclosing of YouTube\u201d
        and a \u201cTreasure Map\u201d layer added to Google Maps, the search giant
        has also pushed out another practical joke called Google Nose, a program that
        lets you search by\u00a0scent.","title":"More Google April Fools\u2019 fun:
        Google Nose to help you search by scent\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/31/google-april-fools-google-nose-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934797,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-01T08:07:03Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Every
        April Fools\u2019 Day, a handful of big-name companies get into the spirit
        of pranks and practical jokes. Here are some of the better jokes companies
        announced\u00a0today.","title":"Tech companies celebrate April Fools\u2019
        with fake products & pranks\u00a0(roundup)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/01/companies-april-fools-pranks-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934796,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-03T21:49:48Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Femtocells,
        human organs, and space: funding daily for April 3 is full as 13 companies
        raised money, financing, or were\u00a0sold.","title":"Funding daily: Money,
        money, money, as no fewer than 13 companies get funded or\u00a0acquired","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/funding-daily-money-money-money-as-no-fewer-than-13-companies-get-funded-or-acquired/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934795,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-07T05:00:49Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Quantenna\u2019s
        802.11ac wireless networking can transfer four high-def videos at the same\u00a0time.","title":"To
        boost faster Wi-Fi, STMicroelectronics licenses Quantenna\u2019s technology","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/07/to-boost-faster-wi-fi-stmicroelectronics-licenses-quantennas-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934794,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-11T13:00:26Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Guest
        Post How much does it cost to fund the development of a chip? A few years
        ago the answer to this question would have been many tens, and probably hundreds
        of millions of dollars. But things are\u00a0changing.","title":"Will trend
        for low cost chip development bring back the\u00a0investors?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/11/will-trend-for-low-cost-chip-development-bring-back-the-investors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934793,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-13T18:21:37Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Combining
        gadgets and entertainment, the creators of this carnival hope to get kids
        excited about science, technology, engineering, art, and\u00a0math.","title":"STEAM
        Carnival uses lasers, robots, and electricity to make STEM education into\u00a0STEAM","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/13/steam-carnival/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934792,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-16T14:59:45Z","slug":"emt","summary":"You\u2019d
        think Twitter cofounder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey would be a whiz at social
        media. But his posts to Twitter\u2019s young video-sharing service Vine are
        a mix of weirdly creepy and just-plain-boring clips.","title":"Twitter cofounder
        Jack Dorsey is terrible at\u00a0Vine","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/16/jack-dorsey-is-terrible-at-vine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934791,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-22T15:28:51Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Seattle-based
        Remote Medical just scored $8 million to bring health care to virtually anyone
        in need, anywhere in the world. It\u2019s a popular option for military personnel
        and law enforcement\u00a0groups.","title":"Remote Medical gets $8M to bring
        health care to the remote corners of the\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/22/remote-medical-gets-8m-to-bring-health-care-to-the-remote-corners-of-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934790,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-31T09:00:07Z","slug":"emt","summary":"To
        fix the plumbing with the technical equivalent of a plunger, IBM is creating
        its 9HP siclion germanium chip\u00a0technology.","title":"IBM\u2019s new radio
        chips could help unclog wireless data\u00a0networks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/31/ibm-new-radio-chips-could-relieve-the-plumbing-bottlenecks-in-wireless-data-networks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934789,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-19T08:00:22Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Guest
        Post What follows are 10 questions that every developer should ask herself
        over the next couple weeks in order to conduct an internal COPPA audit and
        ensure\u00a0compliance.","title":"COPPA: 10 rules every business should know
        before July\u00a01","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/19/coppa-10-rules-every-business-should-know-before-july-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934788,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-19T14:55:35Z","slug":"emt","summary":"In
        the not-to-distant future, Google Glass could be as essential to a firefighter
        as the water\u00a0hose.","title":"Google Glass could be the greatest gift
        to emergency response since the\u00a0walkee-talkee","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/19/google-glass-could-be-the-greatest-gift-to-emergency-response-since-the-walkee-talkee/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934787,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-18T10:18:17Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Here is an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the $100M-plus creation
        of the Xbox One joypad. Today, we look at early prototypes and some crazy
        functions that didn\u2019t make it\u00a0in.","title":"The Xbox One controller:
        Projectors, smells (!), and other stuff that didn\u2019t make it in (part
        1,\u00a0exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/18/the-xbox-one-controller-projectors-smells-and-other-stuff-that-didnt-make-it-in-part-1-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934786,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-19T08:30:34Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Today, we look at a completely redesigned D-pad and much grippier analog\u00a0sticks.","title":"The
        Xbox One controller: What\u2019s new with the analog sticks and D-pad (part
        2,\u00a0exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/19/the-xbox-one-controller-whats-new-with-the-analog-sticks-and-d-pad-part-2-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934785,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T08:30:51Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Microsoft spent millions of dollars to get the face buttons to look the
        way they do. Why? Also, check out the much-improved\u00a0triggers.","title":"The
        Xbox One controller: What\u2019s new with the buttons and triggers (part\u00a03,\u00a0exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/the-xbox-one-controller-whats-new-with-the-buttons-and-triggers-part-3-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934784,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T08:30:48Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The Xbox One controller rumbles smarter, has better bandwidth, and is
        made for longer, more comfortable gaming\u00a0sessions.","title":"The Xbox
        One controller: A look at the new rumble, faster speed, smooth design, and
        everything else (part 4,\u00a0exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/the-xbox-one-controller-a-look-at-the-new-rumble-faster-speed-design-and-everything-else-part-4-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934783,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T10:47:47Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Sponsored
        Post BioConsortia, Inc., the newly formed parent company of BioDiscovery New       Zealand
        Limited, has named Marcus Meadows-Smith as its Chief Executive       Officer.
        BioConsortia is an agricultural biotechnology company that has       invented
        a\u00a0method\u2026","title":"Marcus Meadows-Smith to Lead BioConsortia,\u00a0Inc.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/marcus-meadows-smith-to-lead-bioconsortia-inc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934782,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-13T08:00:06Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick \u201cYou don\u2019t need to go in blind anymore,\u201d said Dr. Homero
        Rivas in an interview with\u00a0VentureBeat.","title":"This Stanford surgeon
        shows us the future of medicine: Augmented reality & Google Glass\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/13/this-stanford-surgeon-shows-us-the-future-of-medicine-augmented-reality-google-glass-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934781,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T10:15:44Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Coding
        is a big deal for kids these days, but it can feel like work. These 12 games
        help teach programming fundamentals while still being\u00a0fun.","title":"12
        games that teach kids to code \u2014 and are even fun,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/12-games-that-teach-kids-to-code/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934780,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-01-10T10:44:14Z","slug":"emt","summary":"updated","title":"Airwalk
        latest company to pitch femtocell\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/10/72004/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934779,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-11T11:02:37Z","slug":"emt","summary":"If
        you\u2019ve used an iPhone, you\u2019ll know how frustratingly spotty its
        wireless coverage can be.","title":"Get ready for femtocells: Ubiquisys raises
        $11\u00a0M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/11/get-ready-for-femtocells-ubiquisys-raises-11-m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934778,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-15T10:40:59Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Shortly
        after announcing the design  of a new chip that allows wireless base stations
        to handle far more mobile users \u2014 a practical solution to network congestion
        and dropped calls \u2014 PicoChip has brought in $20  million in equity funding
        to grow fast enough to keep up with demand  and stave off an acquisition.","title":"PicoChip
        lands $20M more to make femtocells commercially\u00a0viable","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/15/picochip-lands-20m-more-to-make-femtocells-commercially-viable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934777,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-22T08:31:18Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Ubiquisys,
        a company known for its femtocell devices which extend 3G cellular networks
        using existing Internet connections, announced today that it has raised another
        $5 million in funding.","title":"Femtocell maker Ubiquisys lands $5M to improve
        cellular\u00a0reception","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/22/femtocell-maker-ubiquisys-lands-5m-to-improve-cellular-reception/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934776,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-03T06:53:08Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Networking
        giant Cisco has agreed to acquire femtocell and small cell manufacturer Ubiquisys
        for $310 million in nearly all-cash\u00a0deal.","title":"Cisco to buy femtocell
        maker Ubiquisys for $310M so it can dig further into\u00a0mobility","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/cisco-buys-ubiquisys/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:19Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934775,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"sue","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:14Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934774,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"ikea","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:52:06Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934773,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"eleven","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934767,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"7-eleven","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934762,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"starbucks","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934760,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"burger-king","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934755,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"pizza-hut","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934750,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"kfc","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934746,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"it","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:26Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934744,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"peoples-daily","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:16Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934740,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"co","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:14Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934738,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"t","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:12Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934736,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"on","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:10Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934735,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"allegations","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934732,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"chain","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:51:00Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934731,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"bobby","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:58Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934729,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:56Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934728,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"lily","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934727,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"instapaper","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934725,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"starred","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934724,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"space","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934723,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"crunch","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934721,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"quartz","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934720,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"daily","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934719,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"yum-brands","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934715,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"osi","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:26Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934712,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:50:23Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934710,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:21:26Z","slug":"we","summary":"Today,
        McDonald&#8217;s restaurants in Beijing, Shanghai, and at least four\u00a0other
        Chinese cities\u00a0have temporarily gone vegetarian today, as the fast food
        chain scrambles to address allegations that one of its biggest\u00a0suppliers
        has been using expired meat for years. A sign at one McDonald&#8217;s in Beijing
        says, &#8220;Thanks for your support. We are so sorry that we [&#8230;]<img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240484&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Some Chinese McDonalds are only selling
        fries and drinks due to a meat recall","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/240484/some-chinese-mcdonalds-are-only-selling-fries-and-drinks-due-to-a-meat-recall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934702,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:53:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934701,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"google-drive","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934700,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"icloud","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934698,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"ad","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934696,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"cd","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934695,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"amazon-com","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:23:32Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934694,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"vladimir","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:23:30Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934692,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"ebay","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:23:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:40Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934690,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:39Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934688,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"european-union","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934687,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"google-drive","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934685,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"subscribed","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934684,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"icloud","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934682,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"games","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934681,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"ad","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
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        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934678,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-06T14:57:48Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"THQ\u2019s
        four internal studios have begun work on new games since company president
        Jason Rubin took over his\u00a0position.","title":"No casual or Facebook games
        for THQ: Internal studios all working on new triple-A\u00a0titles","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/06/no-casual-or-facebook-games-for-thq-internal-studios-all-working-on-new-triple-a-titles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934677,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-19T14:12:30Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"The
        crazy crime title that is Saints Row: The Third accomplishes the first priority
        of which I think games must have to complete first on their \"checklist,\"
        a fun time. From parachuting out of airplanes, navigating tanks through the
        streets, to witty and humorous punch lines and\u00a0whacking assailants on
        the side of the head with giant dildos, Saints Row: The Third was perhaps
        the most fun game I''ve played in a long time!","title":"Saints Row: The Third\u00a0Review","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/19/saints-row-the-third-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934676,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-05T13:53:04Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Struggling
        video game publisher THQ reported a smaller loss than analysts expected, but
        it also warned that some of its upcoming titles need some extra polish. That
        could mean some delays for several of its future games.","title":"THQ reports
        smaller loss than expected but pushes back South Park, Metro, and Company
        of Heroes\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/05/thq-reports-smaller-loss-than-expected-but-foresees-delays-in-game-launches/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934675,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-26T10:58:59Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Only
        a few seats remain for Wednesday and Thursday\u2019s CloudBeat 2012\u00a0event.","title":"Last
        call! Students & early-stage founders save big on CloudBeat\u00a0tickets","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/26/last-call-students-early-stage-founders-save-big-on-cloudbeat-tickets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934674,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-26T10:00:28Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Learn
        the location and benefits of every outfit in the game, including the goofy\u00a0ones.","title":"Hitman:
        Absolution: How to unlock all 53\u00a0disguises","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/26/hitman-absolution-how-to-unlock-all-53-disguises/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934673,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-15T07:28:40Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Publisher
        Deep Silver plans to debut the open-world action game on all current-generation
        consoles.","title":"Fight aliens as the President of the United States in
        Saints Row 4 this\u00a0August","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/15/fight-aliens-as-the-president-in-saints-row-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934672,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-15T10:14:08Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Whales
        of social gaming, Starcraft II guide, Saints Row IV, and family Minecraft\u00a0servers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/15/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-40/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934671,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-11T14:46:56Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"A
        Saints Row movie can\u2019t possibly be crazier than a Saints Row game,\u00a0right?","title":"Saints
        Row film possible under Deep\u00a0Silver","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/11/saints-row-film/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934670,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-12T16:04:09Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"How
        Deep Silver seized an opportunity to become one of the most interesting publishers
        in\u00a0gaming.","title":"Saints Row\u2019s Deep Silver is the opportunistic,
        gamer-focused publisher that we\u00a0deserve","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/12/saints-row-publisher-deep-silver-is-the-opportunistic-gamer-focused-publisher-that-we-deserve/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934668,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-07T08:31:07Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Hail
        to the\u00a0beast.","title":"Volition shows off the President\u2019s superpowers
        in Saints Row\u00a0IV","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/07/volition-shows-off-the-presidents-superpowers-in-saints-row-iv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934667,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-09T08:00:58Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Developer
        Volition shows off six minutes of Saints Row IV\u00a0gameplay.","title":"Death
        by dubstep: Saints Row IV demo reveals gameplay and\u00a0weapons","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/09/death-by-dubstep-saints-row-iv-demo-reveals-gameplay-and-weapons/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934665,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-06T07:18:59Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"And
        the award for most-dramatic music in an open-world crime game\u2019s trailer
        goes to\u2026\u00a0.","title":"The real \u2018Citizen Kane\u2019 of video
        games: Saints Row IV\u00a0(trailer)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/06/the-real-citizen-kane-of-video-games-saints-row-iv-trailer/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934666,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"cd","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934664,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-11T08:20:14Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"How
        do you get even more outrageous than Saints Row the Third? Senior producer
        Jim Boone talks about sexism, invading alien hordes, and taking Saints Row
        IV into the White\u00a0House.","title":"Senior producer Jim Boone on taking
        Saints Row IV as far as it can go (until next\u00a0time)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/senior-producer-jim-boone-on-taking-saints-row-iv-as-far-as-it-can-go-until-next-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934663,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"jd-com","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934662,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-03T09:12:03Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Saints
        Row IV is addictive, action-packed, and\u00a0hilarious.","title":"Why I will
        spend more hours playing Saints Row IV than any other 2013 release\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/03/why-i-will-spend-more-hours-playing-saints-row-iv-than-any-other-2013-release-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934661,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-15T16:15:26Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Tongue-in-cheek
        site has a police scanner that says store robbed with 25 pound sex toy and\u00a0more.","title":"Saints
        Row IV developers launch faux U.S. government\u00a0site","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/15/saints-row-iv-developers-launch-faux-u-s-government-site/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934660,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-21T13:05:56Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"The
        ending of Saints Row IV is going to be very different from what developer
        Volition originally\u00a0envisioned.","title":"Saints Row IV almost ended
        with a Bollywood dance\u00a0number","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/21/saints-row-iv-almost-ended-with-a-bollywood-dance-number/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934659,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-24T08:00:06Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Check
        out part two of our interview with EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, and find
        out more about the software giant\u2019s approach to making\u00a0blockbusters.","title":"Frank
        Gibeau on EA\u2019s digital ecosystems, Star Wars games, and Titanfall (interview
        part\u00a0two)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/24/frank-gibeau-on-eas-digital-ecosystems-star-wars-games-and-respawns-titanfall-interview-part-two/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934658,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-06T08:48:34Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Volition
        is launching the Saints Row IV: Inauguration Station app for Xbox 360, PlayStation
        3, and\u00a0Steam.","title":"Create the first female clown president with
        Saints Row IV\u2019s character-creator app","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/06/create-the-first-female-clown-president-with-saints-row-ivs-character-creator-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934657,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-13T11:51:06Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Saints
        Row IV developer Volition also drank over 120,000 cans of pop during the making
        of the open-world action\u00a0game.","title":"Saints Row IV features 10 different
        words for \u2018crotch\u2019 (infographic)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/13/saints-row-iv-features-10-different-words-for-crotch-and-other-facts-infographic/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934656,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-14T05:58:30Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"The
        open-world crime game rises above its pedigree to create a world worth spending
        countless hours\u00a0with.","title":"Saints Row IV is relentlessly funny and
        surprisingly touching\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/14/saints-row-iv-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934655,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-16T08:42:13Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Volition
        will include the first, 16th, 43rd, 44th presidents in a special preorder
        character\u00a0pack.","title":"Rule the nation as Obama or Bush in Saints
        Row IV when you preorder from\u00a0GameStop","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/16/rule-the-nation-in-saints-row-iv-as-obama-or-bush-when-you-preorder-from-gamestop/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934654,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-16T11:05:45Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Call
        of Duty multiplayer (it has women!), Xbox One does not require\u00a0Kinect","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/16/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-call-of-duty-multiplayer-it-has-women-xbox-one-does-not-require-kinect/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934653,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-22T17:00:25Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Saints Row IV \u2013 the game Australia banned (then un-banned and censored)
        \u2013 released on Tuesday this week. But don\u2019t be a pushover and buy
        at\u00a0MSRP.","title":"Saints Row IV hits digital shelves, 20% off for Steam\u00a0key","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/22/saints-row-iv-hits-digital-shelves-20-off-for-steam-key/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934652,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-28T12:00:50Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"The
        PC version is outpacing Saints Row: The Third by\u00a03-to-1.","title":"Saints
        Row IV sells 1 million copies in its first\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/28/saints-row-iv-sells-1-million-units-in-first-week/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934650,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-06T21:39:13Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"My
        personal thoughts on Saint\u2019s Row 4 as someone who\u2019s played every
        game in the\u00a0series.","title":"When the Saints Go Marching\u00a0In","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/06/when-the-saints-go-marching-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934649,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-09T13:30:10Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Market-analysis
        firm Cowen & Company is predicting that August software sales were up 18\u00a0percent.","title":"Analyst
        predicts Saints Row IV, Madden fueled video game market growth in\u00a0August","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/09/analyst-predicts-saints-row-iv-and-madden-fueled-double-digit-growth-in-august-for-first-time-in-30-months/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934648,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-13T15:00:20Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Saints
        Row IV is out now, and unlike some other open-world crime games that shall
        go unnamed, developer Volition released the game on PC and is planning to
        fully support that platform\u2019s active modding community.","title":"The
        6 craziest Saints Row IV mods: Developer Volition picks its\u00a0favorites","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/13/saints-row-iv-volition-helps-us-pick-the-6-best-mods-so-far/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934647,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-13T16:00:59Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"The
        studio plans to release \u201cWild West\u201d and \u201cGATV\u201d DLC\u00a0packs.","title":"Volition
        dropping new Saints Row IV add-on content next\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/13/volition-dropping-new-saints-row-iv-add-on-content-next-week/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934646,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"amazon-com","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934645,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-16T00:52:36Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Video
        games today are much different from the way they were when my parents were
        growing up. Long gone are the days of Pong and Super Mario Bros. where everything
        was happy-go-lucky and innocent. Some games today are a lot like movies, and
        that means lots of violence, sex, and language. As a society, do we think
        it\u2019s morally acceptable to let our children play Grand Theft Auto, Saints
        Row, and other games of the like?","title":"Should children be allowed to
        play \u201cMature\u201d games? Let them\u00a0decide","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/16/should-children-be-allowed-to-play-mature-games-let-them-decide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934644,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-17T07:02:40Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"Publisher
        Deep Silver plays on the name of one of its characters to help draw attention
        away from Grand Theft Auto\u00a0V.","title":"Saints Row IV add-on pack GAT
        V free today on\u00a0Steam","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/saints-row-iv-add-on-pack-gat-v-free-today-on-steam/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934643,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"jd","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
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        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
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        Vivek Kundra as its executive vice president of emerging markets, the company\u00a0announced
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        more than 16 million registered users, Fantage is one of the rare successes
        among startups focusing on kids virtual worlds.","title":"Fantage recruits
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        back to school time for the world\u2019s largest social network.","title":"Facebook
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        a previous issue of Playing It Old School, I discussed the significance of
        Max Payne with its film-noir story and John Woo choreographed action. With
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        was a game that became an iconic for redefining a classic genre by adopting
        it with a new media.","title":"Playing It Old School \u2013 Max Payne\u2019s
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        Realty closed $3.5 million in financing for HomeSnap, a real estate discovery
        engine that gives house hunters detailed information about a home based on
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        World is making its move into the Western online gaming\u00a0markets.","title":"China\u2019s
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        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
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        startup Evolv has developed a computational method to help job-seekers find
        employment that is best suited to them, and match human resources teams with
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        B.J. Best explains why composing poetry about video games isn\u2019t a written
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        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
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        his ongoing effort to make New York City a technological powerhouse, Mayor
        Michael Bloomberg today revealed the 20 middle and high schools selected for
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        pilot program in Washington, D.C., teaches kids how to apply their creativity
        to the real world, take risks, and follow their\u00a0passion.","title":"Kid\u2019s
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        Post Whether you think of it as some sort of bloated travesty, or what some
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        More claims this is the first time anyone has sold a house in exchange for
        Bitcoins. \u201cThis is a good way to get in on the movement early,\u201d
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        Pick The movement to remove barriers for women in the game business is gathering\u00a0steam.","title":"Women
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        White House just announced a brand new research initiative focused on mapping
        the human brain, which sadly, does not involve a magic school\u00a0bus.","title":"White
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        there, you big ol\u2019 nerd. We know you\u2019re in the mood for growing
        your knowledge base this summer, and we\u2019ve got a couple more resources
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        the job board will have a mix of positions at entry and management levels,
        Treehouse founder Ryan Carson said it speaks to his main passion: serving
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        Obama made a visit to a school in Mooresville, North Carolina today, and announced
        an ambitious plan to get 99 percent of American students connected to lightning
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        99 percent of schools connected to fast\u00a0Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/06/obama-says-hell-get-99-percent-of-schools-connected-to-fast-internet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934602,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-19T13:44:34Z","slug":"school-house","summary":"The
        Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just voted to move ahead with a proposal
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        (XNF) is a digital currency backed by gold and silver bullion. The idea is
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        just made a big addition: a text editor to let students code right on site
        and save their work there,\u00a0too.","title":"Learn-to-code company Treehouse
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        United Kingdom is looking to close the gender gap when it comes to teaching\u00a0math.","title":"To
        get more women in tech, we need to start at\u00a0school","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/08/to-get-more-women-in-tech-we-need-to-start-at-school/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934596,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-29T19:40:15Z","slug":"school-house","summary":"The
        tech behemoth will spend $1 billion to give kids in the country\u2019s 14,000
        public school districts access to affordable mobile devices provided by Microsoft
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        thinks teaching folks how to code online is no longer sufficient.","title":"Treehouse
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        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
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        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
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        Post The old world of marketers using intrusive, interruptive, and confined
        advertising tactics is changing into a world where marketing and content are
        becoming indistinguishable.  Within the span of 15 years, we went from copy-based
        search ads to animated ads, rich media, social media, video ads, mobile ads,
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        new rules of new-school\u00a0marketing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/the-new-rules-of-new-school-marketing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934591,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T08:15:10Z","slug":"school-house","summary":"PARIS
        \u2014 \u00c9cole 42 might be one of the most ambitious experiments in engineering
        education.","title":"This French tech school has no teachers, no books, no
        tuition \u2014 and it could change\u00a0everything","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/this-french-tech-school-has-no-teachers-no-books-no-tuition-and-it-could-change-everything/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934590,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T03:02:17Z","slug":"school-house","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Local       Motors, Inc., the world\u2019s leading open-source hardware       innovation
        company, will be part of the first-ever White       House Maker Faire, June
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        Faire.\u00a0(Photo:\u2026","title":"Local Motors to Be Featured at White House
        Maker\u00a0Faire","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/local-motors-to-be-featured-at-white-house-maker-faire/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934589,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-26T21:40:56Z","slug":"school-house","summary":"Coding
        bootcamps have proven their value to the students, operators, and employers.
        Despite their steep cost, generally about $1,000 per week in tuition, schools
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        Those students are drawn by advertised placement rates of 90\u00a0percent\u00a0or
        higher in software developer jobs with salaries that return their investments
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        is being taken to scale outside the coding\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/26/hacking-the-hacker-school-how-the-bootcamp-is-being-taken-to-scale-outside-the-coding-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934588,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T17:05:55Z","slug":"school-house","summary":"Let\u2019s
        say you want a job making apps or sites. A charming new video from learn-to-code
        online school Treehouse lays out the\u00a0basics.","title":"Treehouse claims
        it can turn waitresses & electricians into $80K/year coders in just two\u00a0years","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/reehouse-claims-it-can-turn-waitresses-electricians-into-80kyear-coders-in-just-two-years/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934587,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T08:41:09Z","slug":"school-house","summary":"You
        may know\u00a0Alexis\u00a0Ohanian as the Reddit guy. Or the \u201cmayor of
        the Internet.\u201d Now, he\u2019s a full-time partner at\u00a0Y Combinator.","title":"Alexis
        Ohanian on the evolution of Y Combinator and the future of Startup\u00a0School","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/alexis-ohanian-on-the-evolution-of-y-combinator-and-the-future-of-startup-school/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934586,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-18T05:57:09Z","slug":"school-house","summary":"Fruition
        Partners raises $12 million to transition legacy enterprise IT systems to
        cloud-based\u00a0operations.","title":"\u2018Halfway house\u2019 for old-school
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        programs to high\u00a0schools","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/09/treehouse-high-school-series-b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934584,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-03T09:00:58Z","slug":"school-house","summary":"\u201cOur
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        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934582,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"ties","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
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        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
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        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
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        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
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        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
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        payment network Dwolla has pulled in$16.5 million in a third funding round
        led by elite venture capital firm Andreessen\u00a0Horowitz.","title":"Dwolla
        raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz to revolutionize\u00a0banking","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/30/dwolla-raises-16-5m-from-andreessen-horowitz-to-revolutionize-banking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934576,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-14T08:03:52Z","slug":"essen","summary":"BlackBerry
        managed to squeeze in one surprise announcement during its huge conference
        keynote this\u00a0morning.","title":"BlackBerry Messenger goes cross-platform
        on iPhone, Android this\u00a0summer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/14/blackberry-messenger-goes-cross-platform-on-iphone-android-this-summer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934575,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-15T10:20:21Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Back
        in 2009, Apptio was famed venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz\u2019s
        first investment. Today Apptio announced closing a $45 million fifth round
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        Horowitz\u2019s first investment Apptio closes $45M fifth\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/15/andreessen-horowitzs-first-investment-apptio-closes-45m-fifth-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934574,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"icloud","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
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        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
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        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
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        Post As a 15-year veteran of the digital marketing world and a captain of
        our agency\u2019s recent remodel, I have gathered years of insight into necessities
        of a website\u00a0relaunch.","title":"10 essential tips for your company\u2019s
        web design\u00a0project","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/07/10-essential-tips-for-your-companys-web-design-project/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934572,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-14T10:41:09Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick If simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, then iOS 7 is very, very\u00a0sophisticated.","title":"iOS
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        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934570,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-19T09:00:27Z","slug":"essen","summary":"With
        its audio-fingerprinting technology, the company says it can pinpoint 80 percent
        of would-be attackers on their first\u00a0call.","title":"Is $11M enough to
        solve phone fraud? Andreessen\u2019s Pindrop hopes\u00a0so","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/19/pindrop-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934569,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934568,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-23T06:00:13Z","slug":"essen","summary":"The
        ESA reports that women make up nearly half of all video game players and that
        consumers purchase many different kinds of games. But without a clearer explanation
        of how it gathered this data, these \u201cessential facts\u201d are\u00a0suspect.","title":"The
        problem with the ESA\u2019s \u2018Essential Facts\u2019 report on gender and\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/23/the-problem-with-esas-essential-facts-report-on-the-video-game-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934567,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-07T09:36:43Z","slug":"essen","summary":"High
        quality photo-sharing service 500px has raised $8.8 million with hopes to
        make 500px a bigger brand and to expand in the U.S. and internationally.","title":"Photo-sharing
        site 500px snaps its way to $8.8M from Andreessen Horowitz,\u00a0others","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/07/500px-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934566,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-12T09:39:26Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Though rewards-based marketing has been around for many years in the
        CPG, credit card, and travel industries, it has recently migrated to the mobile
        game consumer acquisition realm, and proven scalable due to the size of the
        mobile\u00a0audience.","title":"The 3 essentials to look for when choosing
        an incentivized\u00a0network","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/the-3-essentials-to-look-for-when-choosing-an-incentivized-network/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934565,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-12T12:57:50Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Airware
        provides an operating system and development platform for unmanned aerial
        vehicles (UAVs). Today the company announced a strategic partnership with
        UAV leader\u00a0Insitu.","title":"YC, Andreessen-backed Airware takes big
        step into commercial drone\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/yc-andreessen-backed-airware-takes-big-step-into-commercial-drone-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934564,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-15T09:42:16Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Swiftype
        provides solutions that help companies integrate search engines onto their
        websites, no coding\u00a0required.","title":"YC startup Swiftype raises $1.7M
        seed round from Andreessen; NEA;\u00a0Kleiner","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/15/yc-startup-swiftype-raises-1-7m-seed-round-from-andreessen-nea-kleiner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934563,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-22T08:14:18Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Former
        Microsoft executive Steven Sinofsky, who left the company in a shakeup last
        November, has joined VC firm Andreessen Horowitz as a board\u00a0partner.","title":"Former
        Windows guru Steven Sinofsky joins Andreessen Horowitz as board\u00a0partner","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/22/former-windows-guru-steven-sinofsky-joins-andreessen-horowitz-as-board-partner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934562,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-27T08:58:10Z","slug":"essen","summary":"As
        the rest of BlackBerry falls apart, the company may consider spinning off
        its popular Messenger product as a separate\u00a0firm.","title":"BlackBerry
        may spin off Messenger, its one great product, as it weighs\u00a0future","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/27/blackberry-may-spin-off-messenger-its-one-great-product-as-it-weighs-future/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934561,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-29T21:00:39Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Digital
        Fortress, a US-based software developer with Russian roots, has rolled out
        its inaugural mobile app, an English-language instant messenger named Telegram.
        The app is now available on iTunes.","title":"Russia\u2019s Zuckerberg launches
        Telegram, a new instant messenger\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/29/russias-zuckerberg-launches-telegram-a-new-instant-messenger-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934560,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-25T17:58:00Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Ben
        Horowitz and Nicira CEO Scott Shenker sit on the board of a stealthy new \u201cbig
        data\u201d startup from the creator of Apache\u00a0Shark.","title":"Mysterious
        \u2018big data\u2019 startup Databricks gets $14M from Andreessen\u00a0Horowitz","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/25/mysterious-big-data-startup-databricks-gets-14m-from-andreessen-horowitz/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934559,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-01T06:00:24Z","slug":"essen","summary":"The
        Galaxy Gear isn\u2019t a complete disaster \u2014 it\u2019s sort of attractive,
        sort of innovative, sort of futuristic \u2014 but it fails to justify its
        existence.","title":"Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Gear smartwatch: Relentlessly\u00a0inessential","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/01/samsungs-galaxy-gear-smartwatch-relentlessly-inessential/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934558,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-17T10:16:25Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Twitter
        direct messages, or DMs, are broken. But the soon-to-IPO network of the now
        just might fix that with a new dedicated messaging app, a la Facebook Messenger.","title":"Twitter
        could fix its \u2018direct message\u2019 woes with a new WhatsApp-like messenger\u00a0app","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/17/twitter-could-fix-its-direct-message-woes-with-a-new-whatsapp-like-messenger-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934557,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-12T02:30:18Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Telegram,
        a recently launched instant messenger, offers users encryption protection
        too sophisticated even for security agencies to overcome, the Russian business
        daily Vedomosti quoted Pavel Durov, a prominent Russian businessman, as saying.","title":"New
        instant messenger Telegram protected even from spy\u00a0intrusions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/12/telegram-messenger-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934556,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-19T12:57:09Z","slug":"essen","summary":"In
        his final speech as CEO at a Microsoft shareholder meeting, outgoing CEO Steve
        Ballmer fired a shot across the bow of those who are rumored to be thinking
        of splitting the company into component parts and selling some of them.","title":"Xbox
        is an essential piece of the new Microsoft pie, says departing CEO Steve\u00a0Ballmer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/19/xbox-is-an-essential-piece-of-the-new-microsoft-pie-says-departing-ceo-steve-ballmer/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934555,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"ad","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934554,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-05T07:15:42Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Barley & Britches (B&B) founder and CEO Sim Gulati believes that       \u201cpremium
        quality shouldn\u2019t have to come at a premium price\u201d and his       mission
        is to offer products that fit men\u2019s lifestyle and their wallets. (Photo:\u00a0Business\u2026","title":"Barley
        & Britches CEO Says Consumers Are More Value Driven Than Brand Driven and
        ...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/05/barley-britches-ceo-says-consumers-are-more-value-driven-than-brand-driven-and-transparency-is-essential/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934553,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T09:00:13Z","slug":"essen","summary":"If
        you need further proof that something interesting is going on right now in
        mobile-messaging apps, just take a look at Kik.","title":"Kik Messenger hits
        100M users, with 145M HTML5-powered Kik Cards\u00a0added","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/kik-messenger-hits-100m-users-with-145m-html5-powered-kik-cards-added/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934552,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"secretary","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934551,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T18:32:56Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Oculus
        VR will use the money to fund the commercial launch of its virtual reality
        gaming\u00a0goggles.","title":"Oculus VR raises $75M round led by web browser
        inventor Marc Andreessen\u2019s VC firm to launch virtual-reality\u00a0goggles","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/oculus-vr-raises-75m-from-andreessen-horowitz-to-create-consumer-version-of-its-virtual-reality-goggles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-07T09:00:10Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Find
        out how to get a great head start on your adventure in Bravely Default with
        this\u00a0guide.","title":"Essential Bravely Default tips for\u00a0beginners","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/07/essential-bravely-default-tips-for-beginners/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934549,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"jd-com","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934548,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T09:27:20Z","slug":"essen","summary":"The
        spat between venture capitalist Marc Andreessen and activist investor Carl
        Icahn took another turn yesterday, with the former accusing the latter of
        \u201cmaking up a fake conspiracy theory out of thin air.\u201d","title":"Andreessen
        shoots back after Icahn accuses him of misconduct in Skype\u00a0purchase","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/andreessen-shoots-back-after-icahn-accuses-him-of-misconduct-in-skype-purchase/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934547,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T10:22:10Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Andreessen
        Horowitz just announced it has closed its fourth fund at a sizable $1.5 billion.
        In total over its lifetime, the firm has now raised $4.15\u00a0billion.","title":"VC
        giant Andreessen Horowitz raises $1.5B fourth fund \u2014 that\u2019s $4.15B
        in\u00a0total","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/vc-giant-andreessen-horowitz-raises-1-5b-fourth-fund-thats-4-15b-in-total/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934546,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T06:05:34Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick In the five years since launching, Imgur has become a stupidly successful
        and profitable business without a penny of outside funding. Today that\u00a0changes.","title":"Imgur,
        the startup that doesn\u2019t need funding, closes $40M from Reddit & Andreessen\u00a0Horowitz","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/imgur-the-startup-that-doesnt-need-funding-closes-40m-from-reddit-andreessen-horowitz/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934545,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-09T13:24:42Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        bid to take over your homescreen continues.","title":"Facebook cuts chat out
        of its apps so that you\u2019ll download the standalone Facebook\u00a0Messenger","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/09/facebook-cuts-chat-out-of-its-apps-so-youll-download-the-standalone-facebook-messenger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934544,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-18T13:00:36Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The Game Marketing Summit (GMS) is the must-attend event for marketing
        professionals in the interactive game business. GMS offers numerous opportunities
        to expand your professional network, and learn from the best thinkers in our\u00a0industry.","title":"Game
        Marketing Summit: The essential conference for interactive game\u00a0marketers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/18/game-marketing-summit-the-essential-conference-for-interactive-game-marketers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934543,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T15:12:23Z","slug":"essen","summary":"The
        early-stage\u00a0DNA data clearinghouse SolveBio has taken a $2 million first
        round of funding led by\u00a0Andreessen Horowitz and the founders of\u00a0Flatiron
        Health, another health data company.","title":"Andreessen Horowitz makes $2M
        bet on DNA data with\u00a0SolveBio","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/andreessen-horowitz-makes-2m-bet-on-dna-data-with-solvebio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934542,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T12:11:23Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Silicon
        Valley investor and technologist Marc Andreessen today declared\u00a0NSA whistleblower
        Ed Snowden a traitor on national television.","title":"Marc Andreessen & Bill
        Gates agree with Fox News on this: Snowden is a\u00a0traitor","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/marc-andreessen-bill-gates-agree-with-fox-news-on-this-snowden-is-a-traitor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934541,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T04:29:23Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Mesosphere,
        a company aimed at simplifying management of server resources inside data
        centers, has raised a hefty $10 million round.","title":"Mesosphere gets $10M
        from Andreessen Horowitz for data center management\u00a0tools","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/mesosphere-gets-10m-from-andreessen-horowitz-for-data-center-management-tools/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934540,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-16T04:00:32Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Grocery
        delivery startup Instacart just raised $44 million from\u00a0Andreessen Horowitz.","title":"Andreessen
        Horowitz bets $44M on\u00a0Instacart","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/andreessen-horowitz-bets-44m-on-instacart/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934539,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T08:00:44Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Sponsored
        Post If you\u2019re ready to launch a mobile game, competition is stiff \u2013
        there are more than 200,000 games in the App Store \u2013 but opportunity
        is vast \u2013 mobile game usage grew 66% last year. That means getting it
        right the first time is critical, because if you don\u2019t, you risk losing
        your audience and could jeopardize your game\u2019s\u00a0monetization.","title":"Essential
        strategies for soft-launching your mobile\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/essential-strategies-for-soft-launching-your-mobile-game/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934538,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"cd","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934537,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-22T18:44:10Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Andreessen
        Horowitz is betting big on Tanium, a company that lets IT professionals manage
        hundreds of thousands of devices in real-time.","title":"Tanium, a powerful
        IT management tool, gets $90M from\u00a0Andreessen","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/22/tanium-a-powerful-it-management-tool-gets-90m-from-andreessen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934536,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T14:00:08Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        public relations department is apparently letting Marc Andreessen speak for
        the company this weekend.","title":"Facebook investor Andreessen sarcastically
        defends Facebook\u2019s mood\u00a0experiment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/facebook-investor-andreessen-sarcastically-defends-facebooks-mood-experiments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934535,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-03T09:15:52Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Three
        years after Facebook Messenger\u2019s smartphone debut, the chat app finally
        has a\u00a0version optimized for\u00a0Apple\u2019s iPad.","title":"Facebook
        Messenger finally launches on\u00a0iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/03/facebook-messenger-finally-launches-on-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934534,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"im","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934533,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T22:00:25Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Guest
        Post Questions worth pondering:  Why are we afraid to allow equipment to fail?
        And why are we working so hard to avoid breaking a server? Too often, data
        center operators are fearful and needlessly cautious when it comes to\u00a0hardware.","title":"5
        essential steps for maximizing power usage in that data center of\u00a0yours","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/data-center-pue-vantage/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934532,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"jd","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
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        we have\u00a0confirmation on why Facebook hired PayPal\u2019s David Marcus:
        Payments and Messenger will eventually \u201coverlap,\u201d Zuckerberg said
        during today\u2019s earnings call.","title":"Confirmed: Facebook Messenger
        will eventually do\u00a0payments","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/confirmed-facebook-messenger-will-eventually-do-payments/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934530,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T15:45:48Z","slug":"essen","summary":"Facebook
        Messenger will one day delve into e-commerce with Uber possibly leading the\u00a0charge.","title":"Facebook
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        can forgive early believers like Andreessen for taking a few of victory laps,
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        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
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        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
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        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
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        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
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        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
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        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
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        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
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        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
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        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
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        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
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        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
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        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: EA
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        research hospital MD Anderson launched a program, in partnership with IBM
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        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
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        feel like a $135 tagine dish adequately expresses your joy for your betrothed
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        Space Program creator Felipe Falanghe came up with the idea while playing
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        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
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        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
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        is announcing a new software ecosystem for its heterogenous system architecture.
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        is set to become the third Earth nation to successfully land an object on
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        Post 2014 2ill see a big move from Facebook, an explosion of Internet Everywhere,
        and big innovation from outside Silicon\u00a0Valley.","title":"5 big changes
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        a social advertising and marketing startup, has raised a $4.5 million extension
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        company\u2019s new CEO shares his vision for the company with his\u00a0employees.","title":"New
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        sponsored post is produced by Dealzon.","title":"Injustice Gods Among Us on
        the PC hits new low\u00a0price","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/06/injustice-gods-among-us-on-the-pc-hits-new-low-price/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:49:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-16T10:25:46Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"The
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        need leadership in the highest\u00a0places.","title":"Why Obama needs to take
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        a privacy-focused search engine that skyrocketed in size following mass-surveillance
        leaks, will soon be completely\u00a0redesigned.","title":"Google Search competitor
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        your love for classic games like Ms. Pac-Man, Frogger, and Dragon\u2019s Lair
        on Twitter with these header\u00a0images.","title":"Gaming art for your new
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        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
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        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
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        Neumond record label boosts the authenticity of the \u201960s alternative
        universe where the Nazis\u00a0rule.","title":"How developers created a Nazi
        record label for Wolfenstein: The New\u00a0Order","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/how-developers-created-a-nazi-record-label-for-wolfenstein-the-new-order/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934492,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T21:01:16Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"The
        latest in the series\u2019 story aspirations get in the way of the\u00a0action.","title":"Wolfenstein:
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        and Robin will be fighting space battles and solving puzzles on the moon.
        The series has sold about $6B to\u00a0date.","title":"Warner Bros. swings
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        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:17Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934489,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-30T08:45:36Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Watch
        Dogs launches, a new Battlefield, and the history of Mario\u00a0Kart","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/30/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-watch-dogs-launches-a-new-battlefield-and-the-history-of-mario-kart/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T14:00:31Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"Now
        that you\u2019ve toppled the Third Reich, here are some related works for
        you to check\u00a0out.","title":"Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for Wolfenstein:
        The New Order\u00a0fans","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/readwatchlisten-bonus-material-for-wolfenstein-the-new-order-fans/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934486,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T06:38:35Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"Amazon\u2019s
        much-hyped new phone will be a powerful shopping device that launches Amazon
        shopping pages for items you see in the real\u00a0world.","title":"Amazon\u2019s
        new phone is a shopping powerhouse with 3D browsing, augmented reality, and
        indoor\u00a0GPS","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/amazons-new-phone-is-a-shopping-powerhouse-with-3d-browsing-augmented-reality-and-indoor-gps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934487,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934485,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-14T07:00:11Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"EA
        Mobile head Frank Gibeau believes his company has an opening as console quality
        graphics moves to\u00a0mobile.","title":"How EA is marshaling a new assault
        on mobile games\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/14/how-ea-is-marshaling-a-new-assault-on-mobile-games-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934484,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T19:30:47Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The new Amazon phone will have to offer a lot more than just phone features
        to\u00a0compete.","title":"Analysts: New Amazon phone must reinvent shopping
        on\u00a0smartphones","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/analysts-new-amazon-phone-must-reinvent-shopping-on-smartphones/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934483,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-06T08:15:40Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"NASA
        has approved work on the core stage of a rocket for its forthcoming Space
        Launch System project that will take us back to the moon, to mars, and even
        beyond.","title":"NASA OK\u2019s spending on a new rocket built for deep space\u00a0exploration","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/06/nasa-oks-spending-on-a-new-rocket-built-for-deep-space-exploration/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934482,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-06T00:00:00Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"You
        know what we just realized? The guys who are pumping out Guitar Hero sequels
        are the same guys who used to pump out Tony Hawk follow-ups. What whores!","title":"Video
        Blips: Guitar Hero: Van Halen, New Harvest Moon, Aion Character Creation,
        and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/06/video-blips-guitar-hero-van-halen-new-harvest-moon-aion-character-creation-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934481,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-07T20:43:59Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"What
        would an edited version of Left 4 Dead 2 look like? Would it have hugs, not
        guns? Would you bash Infected with flowers instead of crowbars?","title":"News
        Blips: L4D2: The Edited Version, Wii and DS Should Be Available for the Holidays,
        Ex-Bungie Employees Form Moonshot, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/07/news-blips-l4d2-the-edited-version-wii-and-ds-should-be-available-for-the-holiday-ex-bungie-employees-form-moonshot-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934480,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"subscribed","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934479,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-24T22:59:29Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"I
        don''t think Lost Planet 2''s Achievement is the most fool-proof tactic against
        reselling games, but it''s still pretty damn novel.","title":"News Blips:
        Lost Planet 2 Honeymoon, RPG Textbooks, David Jaffe-less Twisted Metal, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/24/news-blips-lost-planet-2-honeymoon-rpg-textbooks-david-jaffe-less-twisted-metal-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934478,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-22T06:00:38Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"Turning
        social media influence into gold is one thing, but measuring how you did it
        is quite another, according to social commerce startup Moontoast.","title":"Moontoast\u2019s
        new analytics tool makes sense of all that social commerce data\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/22/social-commerce-analytics-tool/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934477,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-07T11:00:54Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"Yasuhiro
        Wada wants to make something new. The idea for his latest game, currently
        known as Project Happiness, came because the Harvest Moon creator feels that
        he has come up with every idea that he can for the\u00a0series.","title":"Harvest
        Moon creator wants to spread happiness with his new\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/07/harvest-moon-creator-project-happiness/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934476,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-31T12:24:53Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"We
        know you\u2019re all fired up about Mars lately, but closer to home, NASA
        still has a lot of work to do on the moon \u2014 Earth\u2019s moon. And some
        of that work starts today with the GRAIL\u00a0mission.","title":"Dual-spacecraft
        mission GRAIL begins new measurements of our\u00a0moon","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/31/grail-moon/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934475,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-08T17:53:40Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"HP\u2019s
        Moonshot server, available today, is an extremely compact, low-power server
        meant for datacenters that need to scale quickly. It\u2019s also quite\u00a0expensive.","title":"HP\u2019s
        new Moonshot: 1,800 servers per rack, 3M visitors/day on 720\u00a0watts","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/08/hp-moonshot-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934474,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-17T11:30:36Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"Zynga\u2019s
        games are shedding players at an alarming rate, and the publisher will have
        to explain how it plans to turn things around if it hopes to maintain the
        faith of the investment\u00a0community.","title":"Analyst: Zynga\u2019s new-CEO
        honeymoon could end soon as it continues to bleed\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/17/analyst-zyngas-new-ceo-honeymoon-could-end-soon-as-it-continues-to-bleed-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-17T13:27:07Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"$240,000.
        That\u2019s how much these folks need to launch Israel\u2019s first lunar\u00a0mission.","title":"The
        moon\u2019s about to get a bit more crowded with this new crowdfunding\u00a0campaign","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/17/the-moons-about-to-get-a-bit-more-crowded-with-this-new-crowdfunding-campaign/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934472,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"secretary-of-state","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934471,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"games","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
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        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
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        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934468,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"drew","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934467,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-04T09:58:55Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Check
        out our entire week\u2019s worth of coverage on VentureBeat\u2019s channel
        for video games,\u00a0GamesBeat.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: CliffyB
        returns, e-sports sexism, and a goat may be the next Flappy\u00a0Bird","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/04/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-cliffyb-returns-e-sports-sexism-and-a-goat-may-be-the-next-flappy-bird/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934466,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
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        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
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        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934463,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-04T22:44:43Z","slug":"basilica","summary":"Since
        I work for a newspaper, I\u2019m constantly reminded of how much (or how little)
        space we have. It\u2019s why most of my reviews have had to be short. This
        is one of the rare occasions where it completely slipped my mind, and the
        result is what you see below. There\u2019s a much shorter version of this
        running in the paper(s), but I figured I would share the slightly raw version
        where I got a little carried away \u2013 and I have to admit, it\u2019s the
        most fun I\u2019ve had writing something in a while.","title":"An Assassin\u2019s
        Creed 2 review where I forgot about\u00a0space","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/04/an-assassins-creed-2-review-where-i-forgot-about-space/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934464,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"google-drive","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934462,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-23T08:00:00Z","slug":"basilica","summary":"Have
        you ever enjoyed a game for its environment and setting more than the actual
        gameplay? I recently finished Assassin''s Creed 2 on the Xbox 360, and while
        I had great time with the game itself, I had more fun being in Italy''s Renaissance
        period.","title":"There and Back Again: Assassin\u2019s Creed\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/23/there-and-back-again-assassins-creed-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934461,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-25T13:18:37Z","slug":"basilica","summary":"Weaving
        together pictures to make them worth more than a 1,000 words, Google has given
        life to more than 15,000 landmarks across the world with the release of photo
        tours for Google Maps.","title":"Google Maps launches 3D photo tours to fly
        you around famous\u00a0landmarks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/25/google-maps-photo-tours/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934460,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-05T15:26:40Z","slug":"basilica","summary":"The
        organizers of Startup Weekend, the event where entrepreneurs hack a startup
        in 54 hours, believe that technology can be a unifying\u00a0force.","title":"With
        support from Google & Cisco, Startup Weekend launches in Israel\u2019s \u2018Arab\u00a0capital\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/05/with-support-from-google-cisco-startup-weekend-launches-in-israels-arab-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-13T12:50:18Z","slug":"basilica","summary":"Shortly
        after the newest Pope stood on the balcony of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, the
        Catholic Church tweeted out his\u00a0arrival.","title":"Catholic Church announces
        new Pope Francis on\u00a0Twitter","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/13/pope-francis-twitter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934457,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-15T12:00:47Z","slug":"basilica","summary":"One
        big key to the revamp is that Google Maps is based on vector imagery and delivered
        via\u00a0WebGL.","title":"Google has rebuilt Maps from \u2018ground up,\u2019
        with iPad version coming this\u00a0summer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/15/google-has-rebuilt-maps-from-ground-up-ipad-version-coming-this-summer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:51Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934458,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"agosto","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-05T10:00:13Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"We\u2019ve
        collected 12 extreme examples of video game PR and asked the professionals
        why it always has to be so\u00a0\u201cedgy.\u201d","title":"Guns, goats, and
        bomb scares: When video game PR goes\u00a0bad","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/05/when-video-game-pr-goes-bad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934455,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"jd-com","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934454,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"do","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934453,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"icloud","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T07:30:40Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"We
        look at every classic that inspired the excellent retro action-platformer:
        And how one modern series also influenced\u00a0it.","title":"Mega Man, Castlevania,
        and Mario: Digging through Shovel Knight\u2019s retro\u00a0inspirations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/mega-man-castlevania-and-mario-digging-through-shovel-knights-retro-inspirations/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934451,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"jd","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934450,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"f","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934449,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"ad","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-08-11T07:28:17Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Google
        co-founders have settled with the guy who spilled beans on the secretive Google
        Jet \u2014 A final hearing is scheduled for Aug. 29. Details here in the Mercury
        News story today.","title":"Roundup:  Last Google Jet hearing,  VC China wars,
        Capton, Vysr, Wablet,\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/08/11/roundup-last-google-jet-hearing-vc-china-wars-capton-vysr-wablet-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-27T13:21:36Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Here\u2019s
        a summary of the latest action. See below for more:","title":"Roundup: Forterra,
        Appfuel, AOL''s plans? and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/27/roundup-forterra-appfuel-aols-plans-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-07T04:21:52Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"updated","title":"56.com
        aims to become YouTube of China, raises\u00a0$20M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/07/56com-aims-to-become-youtube-of-china-raises-20m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934445,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-11T10:26:04Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"updated","title":"Pathbreaking
        venture capitalist Kevin Fong departs from\u00a0Mayfield","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/11/pathbreaking-venture-capitalist-kevin-fong-departs-from-mayfield/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-04T15:50:10Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Youku.com,
        Tudou.com and 56.com may be the most popular video-sharing sites in China,
        but within the last few months, they\u2019ve all suffered from downtime \u2014
        due to what each of these venture-backed companies have said are technical
        problems.","title":"Leading Chinese video sharing web sites are having trouble
        staying\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/04/leading-chinese-video-sharing-web-sites-are-having-trouble-staying-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934443,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-24T01:40:44Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"56.com,
        the third largest online video-sharing site in China, has been offline since
        June 3rd. The company says the cause is \u201ctechnical\u201d problems, via
        the error message pictured above, but there are two other possible reasons.","title":"As
        leading Chinese video sites Tudou and Youku battle on, more reasons emerge
        for 56.com''s\u00a0downtime","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/24/as-leading-chinese-video-sites-tudou-and-youku-battle-on-more-reasons-emerge-for-56coms-downtime/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934442,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"curb","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-11T14:20:48Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Financial
        tech might not be the sexiest thing happening around town, but one company\u00a0is
        putting all its bets on it.","title":"Yodlee Interactive\u2019s incubator
        program gives fintech startups $20K for no\u00a0equity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/11/yodlee-interactives-incubator-program-gives-fintech-startups-20k-for-no-equity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-07T18:09:33Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:Facebook suspends RockYou\u2019s Super Wall \u2014 The social
        networking site has turned off the Facebook application\u2019s viral aspects,
        like invitations and notifications, presumably as part of its efforts to crack
        down on spammy app activity. RockYou chief executive Lance Tokuda says he\u2019s
        working with Facebook to get the suspended features restored soon. The move
        follows the shutdown of RockYou competitor Slide\u2019s Top Friends application
        at the end of June due to a security issue. (Top Friends is back up now.)
        Vinod Khosla joins Obama \u2014 The famed venture capitalist spread his bets
        during the primary season, giving the maximum amount to Hillary Clinton, John
        McCain and Barack Obama. But now he has taken sides, in a way, by joining
        Obama\u2019s India Policy team. The alliance makes even more sense because
        Khosla has been a big booster of biofuels like ethanol, and the Obama campaign
        is closely linked to ethanol, at least financially.VeriSign brings back Jim
        Bidzos as interim chief executive \u2013\u00a0 Bidzos, who was the company\u2019s
        founder and first chief executive back in 1995, is replacing William A. Roper,
        who resigned early last week. VeriSign manages the .com and .net domains,
        and Roper had been working to pare the company back down to its core focus.
        As for why Roper left, Bidzos says, \u201cI don\u2019t think it was fair to
        have him around while we were looking for a replacement, so he chose to leave.\u201dLeapfrog
        launches its web-based portable gaming system \u2014 With the Didj, educational
        gaming company Leapfrog is targeting 6- to 10-year-olds, the demographic that
        has embraced the Nintendo DS game system.Vodafone buys a controlling stake
        in Ghana Telecom \u2014 Vodafone is buying a 70 percent stake from the local
        government for $900 million. The mobile network company says Ghana is one
        of the most attractive markets in Africa, because of its young population
        and low mobile penetration.Privacy advocates like Google\u2019s new privacy
        link \u2014 Google\u2019s privacy policy hasn\u2019t changed, but the search
        giant is linking to it from its main page. A number of privacy groups praised
        Google\u2019s decision, albeit rather faintly. For example, Pam Dixon of the
        World Privacy Forum called privacy policies an \u201cimportant tool\u201d
        and noted that displaying such policies is standard practice among most Web
        sites. In other words, everyone\u2019s glad Google made the move, but the
        company probably shouldn\u2019t spend too much time patting itself on the
        back.Study shows airports are a prime hunting ground for laptop thieves \u2014
        Apparently, more than 10,000 laptops are reported lost each week at the United
        States\u2019 36 largest airports, and 65 percent of those are not reclaimed.
        In fact, VentureBeat\u2019s own Eric Eldon had his laptop stolen at SFO earlier
        this year.Sequoia Capital makes three more hires \u2014 The additions include
        Warren Hogarth, who will focus on cleantech; Christopher Lyle, who will focus
        on public market investments; and Michael Dixon, who will focus on systems
        and software investments. Meanwhile, David Su, one of the founding partners
        of Kleiner Perkins\u2019 China Fund, has left the venture firm for reasons
        unknown.PlyMedia raises $6 million for video layers \u2014 The company, which
        adds interactive layers such as speech bubbles to online video, has raised
        $6 million from Greylock and Elron Electronic Industries, according to TechCrunch\u2019s
        sources. Other interesting companies in this space include ad company Veeple
        and commenting company Omnisio.Lifestream.fm relaunches with new features
        and German support \u2014 The lifestreaming site was acquired by the social
        bookmarking company Mister Wong back in April, and now it\u2019s relaunching
        in invite-only mode with new support for comments, filtering, more comprehensive
        searches and German.","title":"Roundup: Facebook suspends Super Wall, Khosla
        joins Obama and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/07/roundup-facebook-suspends-super-wall-khosla-joins-obama-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-22T11:46:39Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"I\u2019ve
        been in Germany since Sunday for the Berlin Web 2.0 Expo, where I participated
        in a workshop to help European start-ups improve their pitches.","title":"The
        German start-up scene: Copycats, but getting\u00a0smarter","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/22/the-german-start-up-scene-copycats-but-getting-smarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934438,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-19T00:00:00Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: GameSetWatch first uncovered the strange story (and alternate reality
        game) behind not-actually-real blogger Rachael Webster, AKA PixelVixen707,
        but this update is well worth checking out. Read Webster\u2019s interview
        with Robert Ashley here (her initial contact email to Robert included a link
        to the GameSetWatch article, but he didn\u2019t click it and was none the
        wiser). -Demian","title":"Reality as it is\u00a0Today","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/19/reality-as-it-is-today/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934437,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-22T15:57:17Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Foundation
        9 Entertainment is the latest game company to cut back on its development
        efforts as a result of a slowdown in the core video game business, VentureBeat
        has learned.","title":"Foundation 9 Entertainment cuts costs and staff in
        game\u00a0studios","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/22/foundation-9-entertainment-cuts-costs-and-staff-in-game-studios/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934436,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"pedro","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934434,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-08T18:19:00Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"This
        week on Hit or Miss: Blizzard figures out how to fleece people in World of
        Warcraft and get away with it; Shigeru Miyamoto hints his next project may
        be about adorable kitties; Halo: Reach screens leak to the net and look exactly
        like a Halo game; and it becomes clearer than ever that Modern Warfare 2 is
        loading up on Juggernaut Perks, because at this point I\u2019m pretty sure
        not even  John McClane himself could take this unrelenting force down.","title":"Hit
        or Miss Weekend Recap \u2013 Nov. 8,\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/08/hit-or-miss-weekend-recap-nov-8-2009/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934435,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"cd","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-17T22:00:46Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"How\u2019s
        this for a psychological thriller? You work on a video game for six years.
        It\u2019s a brand new story, with a plot that is more like something from
        a movie or a novel. It has a different kind of game play, where it makes all
        the difference in the world as to whether your character is in the light or
        the dark.","title":"Stephen King meets Xbox 360: a hands-on preview of psychological
        thriller game Alan\u00a0Wake","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/17/stephen-king-meets-xbox-360-a-hands-on-preview-of-psychological-thriller-game-alan-wake/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934432,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-23T16:54:18Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"The
        Day the Earth Stood Still, Terminator: Salvation, and Pulse (renamed from
        Kairo for the U.S.) all have something in common: They\u2019re all horrible,
        big-Hollywood remakes of or revisits to well-loved films.","title":"E3 2010:
        A Return to Gaming\u2019s Past (Deus Ex, Front Mission,\u00a0XCOM)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/23/e3-2010-a-return-to-gamings-past-deus-ex-front-mission-xcom/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934431,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-21T22:06:53Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"I
        originally posted this on my blog over at Giant Bomb. I''ve been getting good
        feedback so I thought I''d turn to the Bitmob audience. At the end of the
        post I''ve included a list to the other games I''ve covered in such a manner
        so far, so you won''t be lost with regards to references to other blogs I
        may make throughout the following. The second part of the text is on page
        two, which are the short essays I refer to below.","title":"On HL2: Episode
        Two, linearity, the G-Man, and Episode\u00a0Three","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/21/on-hl2-episode-two-linearity-the-g-man-and-episode-three/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934430,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-19T08:00:54Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"The
        game industry has gotten a lot of love from venture capitalists lately. For
        many years, VCs invested a small amount of money into games compared to other
        hot investments such as social media. But in the age of Facebook and mobile
        gaming, that has changed. In 2010, VentureBeat\u2019s own analysis found that
        91 game companies raised $1.05 billion in 2010, up 58 percent from a year
        earlier.","title":"VCs see tough and exciting landscape for game\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/19/vcs-see-tough-and-exciting-landscape-for-game-start-ups/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934429,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-28T01:03:00Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Who
        knew shooting people out of midair with a laser gun after skiing down a huge
        slope and rocketing into the air with a jetpack could be so much fun?","title":"PAX
        Prime 2011: Tribes: Ascend is multiplayer for speed\u00a0freaks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/28/pax-prime-2011-tribes-ascend-takes-multiplayer-to-new-heights/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934428,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T03:00:23Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Dragons
        Adventure World Explorer uses real-world data such as maps, traffic, and weather
        to create a dynamic experience for\u00a0kids.","title":"DreamWorks and Microsoft
        want to make car rides more fun for kids with their\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/dreamworks-and-microsoft-release-a-location-based-dragon-flying-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934427,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"obama","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934426,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-09-07T15:51:49Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Erskine
        Bowles, recent co-chair of President\u00a0Barack Obama\u2019s commission on
        fiscal responsibility and reform, and former president of the University of
        North Carolina system, has joined social networking giant Facebook as a member
        of the board of directors.","title":"Former Clinton aide, UNC-system president
        Erskine Bowles joins\u00a0Facebook","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/09/07/bowles-joins-facebook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934425,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-11T10:00:06Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Update:
        For more Skyrim tips, tricks, and exploits, including how to max out your
        Mage skills and get houses for free, check out our second guide!","title":"Tips
        and tricks: How to get ahead in\u00a0Skyrim","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/11/tips-and-tricks-how-to-get-ahead-in-skyrim/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934424,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"amazon-com","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934423,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-12T07:00:25Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Update:
        This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon\u2019s Kindle
        bookstore.","title":"How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social
        game\u00a0powerhouse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/zynga-history/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934422,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-26T17:17:14Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"So
        what''s in store for 2012?","title":"Surveying the 2012 Gaming\u00a0Apocalypse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/26/surveying-the-2012-gaming-apocalypse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934421,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-30T08:00:37Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Skyrim
        was the \u201cmost played\u201d game of the year, and we voted Uncharted 3:
        Drake\u2019s Deception our Game of the Year. But if you paid attention only
        to the big games this year, you may have missed some of the most important
        news ever to hit the game industry. It\u2019s no exaggeration to say that
        2011 was a transformational year for the game industry. As the game industry\u2019s
        trade group chief, Michael Gallagher, said, \u201cThe word \u2018historic\u2019
        is overused, but as we look back on 2011, it is a perfect fit for our industry\u2019s
        year.\u201d Here\u2019s a recap of 13 events that made this such a big year
        for games.","title":"The DeanBeat: From the Supreme Court to Anonymous, 2011
        was a transformational year for\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/30/the-deanbeat-from-the-supreme-court-to-anonymous-2011-was-a-transformational-year-for-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934420,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-04T12:11:49Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"After
        the tumultuous reign of Carol Bartz, a firebrand whose foul mouth was the
        delight of onlookers and the bane of her own company, Yahoo has settled on
        an entirely different type of leader.","title":"Revenge of the nerd: Yahoo
        swings to Bartz\u2019s opposite with new\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/04/scott-thompson-profile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-02T23:14:51Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"\u00a0","title":"LotRO:
        The Great\u00a0River","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/02/lotro-the-great-river/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934418,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"d","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934417,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-08T06:00:46Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Across
        the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., sits Washington National Airport
        (DCA). It\u2019s one of my favorite airports. Two of the three terminals are
        bright and airy. It\u2019s not as congested as other airports on the East
        Coast. Security lines aren\u2019t usually an issue. It\u2019s connected to
        D.C.\u2019s Metro system more efficiently than BART is connected to San Francisco
        International Airport. If you don\u2019t want to take Metro, downtown D.C.
        is a cheap taxi ride away.","title":"What Silicon Valley can learn from a
        failure in public\u00a0policy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/08/what-silicon-valley-can-learn-from-a-failure-in-public-policy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934416,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-27T14:18:20Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Identity
        is important to everyone, but many startups get it wrong. Getting identity
        right has been one of the main keys to Facebook\u2019s success.","title":"Secrets
        of Facebook\u2019s success:\u00a0Identity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/27/secrets-of-facebooks-success-identity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934415,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-11T08:32:47Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Yahoo
        CEO Scott Thompson\u2019s latest explanations don\u2019t cut it. He needs
        to go.","title":"Thompson needs to go as Yahoo\u2019s\u00a0CEO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/11/thompson-needs-to-go-as-yahoos-ceo/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934414,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"ira","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934413,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T06:22:44Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Jibo
        is stout with a big round glassy face and turns to greet you when you walk
        in the door. When I met this little device, it was sitting on a table inside
        a hotel room in midtown, looking like a sleekly designed minimalist version
        of R2-D2.","title":"A home robot for the price of a\u00a0tablet","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/a-home-robot-for-the-price-of-a-tablet/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-12T23:06:00Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"I
        consider myself to be a \"core\" gamer, by which I mean that I would rather
        shoot things than farm things. I don''t, however, consider myself to be a
        \"hardcore\" gamer, which means that my difficulty setting of choice has always
        been \"Normal.\" I''ve never had a whole lot to prove in the skill department,
        and Xbox Achievements are not actually a huge draw here, contrary to my long,
        torrid history with them.","title":"What it takes for me to play on \u201cHard\u201d","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/12/what-it-takes-for-me-to-play-on-hard/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934411,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-01T09:17:43Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"In
        the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, car ride service Uber is instituting surge
        pricing in New York City \u2014 higher prices during a time of higher demand
        for\u00a0rides.","title":"Uber comes to the rescue in NYC with pricier\u00a0rides","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/01/uber-surge/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934410,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-15T11:00:48Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Social
        casino games acquired by gambling companies are generating huge revenues even
        after the deals are\u00a0done.","title":"After last year\u2019s boom, social
        casino games remain\u00a0strong","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/15/after-last-years-boom-social-casino-games-remain-strong/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934408,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-17T06:00:08Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"EA\u2019s
        Chillingo division will publish the title this\u00a0summer.","title":"With
        $11.3M to back it, Music Mastermind\u2019s Zya app will turn consumers into
        music\u00a0creators","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/17/with-11-3m-to-back-it-music-masterminds-zya-app-will-turn-consumers-into-music-creators/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934409,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"vladimir","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934407,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-24T11:30:07Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"The
        three-album compilation is available for $25. Each volume goes for $10 individually
        and features the original music, the dynamic score, and the hit songs from
        the\u00a0soundtrack.","title":"Grand Theft Auto V digital album available
        now on\u00a0iTunes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/24/grand-theft-auto-v-digital-album-available-now-on-itunes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934406,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T18:30:04Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"After
        reading George Parrott\u2019s article yesterday about his effortless 1,200-mile
        West Coast road trip along \u00a0Tesla\u2019s Supercharger Highway, I have
        only one thing to say.","title":"Here\u2019s the reality of Tesla road trips
        outside of\u00a0California","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/12/heres-the-reality-of-tesla-road-trips-outside-of-california/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934405,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T10:36:50Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Guest
        Post Longtime VentureBeat contributor Rocky Agrawal explains why he is going
        to work for PayPal \u2014 and gives some pointers on how he evaluates startup
        and big-company job\u00a0opportunities.","title":"Why I\u2019m joining\u00a0PayPal","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/why-im-joining-paypal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934404,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-13T10:52:06Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Social
        gaming company RockYou has acquired Ryzing,a developer of the game Bingo by
        Ryzing. That title has been available since 2010, but RockYou took over as
        publisher earlier this year.","title":"RockYou acquires social bingo game
        maker\u00a0Ryzing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/13/rockyou-acquires-social-bingo-game-maker-ryzing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934403,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-11T10:30:11Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"Payment-processing
        giant PayPal wants more small businesses to use its services, especially as
        new-generation players like Square grow larger.","title":"PayPal taps Rakesh
        \u2018Rocky\u2019 Agrawal to bring more small businesses\u00a0aboard","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/11/paypal-taps-rakesh-rocky-agrawal-to-bring-more-small-businesses-aboard/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:40Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934402,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"roses","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:40Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934401,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"ties","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934400,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-20T08:00:01Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Dungeons
        & Dragons may never be the\u00a0same.","title":"The new D&D and Neverwinter:
        Working in the Realms and our favorite dragons (interview, Part\u00a02)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/20/the-new-dd-and-neverwinter-working-in-the-realms-and-our-favorite-dragons-interview-part-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:39Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934399,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"ebay","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934398,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T08:30:45Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The famous game designer leaves an early retirement to work on a new
        free-to-play shooter. But does he know what he\u2019s\u00a0doing?","title":"Cliff
        Bleszinski on his retirement, returning, what he\u2019s learned, and where
        he\u2019s going from here\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/cliff-bleszinski-on-his-retirement-returning-what-hes-learned-and-where-hes-going-from-here-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934397,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934396,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"european-union","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934395,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-08T10:00:25Z","slug":"bushman","summary":"Why
        do many players feel the need to make \u201cgood\u201d choices in video games?
        GamesBeat asked two psychology experts to find\u00a0out.","title":"Playing
        the Hero: Why we make good moral choices in video\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/08/playing-the-hero-why-we-make-good-moral-choices-in-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934394,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"mindy","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934393,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934392,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T06:45:46Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Gamers
        can\u2019t stop discussing the end of Telltale\u2019s latest episodic series.
        Here are their two best interpretations.","title":"The cryptic finale to The
        Wolf Among Us explained: The Internet\u2019s two best guesses (and one crazy\u00a0one)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/the-cryptic-finale-to-the-wolf-among-us-explained-the-internets-two-best-guesses-and-one-crazy-one/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934391,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"secretary-of-state","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934390,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"e","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934389,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"google-drive","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:30Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934388,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-01T00:00:00Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"Gas
        chambers and server browsers. Summary executions and spawn camping. The Holocaust
        and griefing. What do any of these things have in common? At first glance,
        nothing. The calculated extermination of Jews and other Untermensch throughout
        Europe seems antithetical to the irritating antics of bored teenagers on the
        Internet. So why would I choose to compare them? Whether we enjoy the notion
        or not, human beings are horrible creatures. Our history is rife with violent
        tales of betrayal, subversion, and destruction. While I\u2019m sure that you
        \u2014 the reader \u2014 are an open-minded person, equity and tolerance are
        the exception in human history, not the rule. It\u2019s an elemental debate
        we struggle with all the time: Are humans essentially good or bad? The answer
        isn\u2019t simple. We all respond to external social forces \u2014 our identities
        emerge from the environments we\u2019re exposed to. The more extreme that
        environment is, the greater the permutational difference becomes. Radical
        contexts force people to resign their moral proclivities and pursue their
        own, selfish goals. But, not all is lost. As we congregate in groups, we establish
        laws in order to stave the strong, natural desire to ignore morality and seek
        self-interest. Without these laws, the most abrasive side of humanity shows
        itself.Allow me to explore the connection between some of the world\u2019s
        most characteristically uncontrolled environments. Trust me, there is a link!
        \u00a0","title":"\u201cEinsatzgrieffen\u201d: Human Nature and Online\u00a0Gaming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/01/qeinsatzgrieffenq-human-nature-and-online-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934387,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T09:00:41Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"The
        curious case of the smart cup continues.","title":"Vessyl, the \u2018smart
        cup,\u2019 snags a former Nike Jordan and Fuelband design\u00a0lead","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/vessyl-the-smart-cup-snags-a-former-nike-jordan-and-fuelband-design-lead/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934386,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-11T21:46:22Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"\u00a0Advertising
        has been the beacon showing the mainstream & critical media alike where gaming
        currently exists in relation to all other forms of entertainment. With that
        very clinical description out of the way, doesn\u2019t it seem like advertising
        in the gaming market has grown exponentially in the past decade? According
        to TechCrunch\u2019s Robin Wauters, a study conducted by NeoEdge Networks
        \u2014 in-game advertising shows the potential to spend from 738 million dollars
        to 1.8 billion by this year. Aside from in-game advertising, the elephant
        in the room is how successful Modern Warfare 2 has been for Activision. The
        advertising muscle has even expanded to what I would consider \u2018smaller
        games\u2019, or at least smaller in the shadow of an Activision franchise,
        the original Left 4 Dead was a game that had an advertising budget of about
        10 million dollars. Left 4 Dead 2 had an advertising budget of at least twice
        the amount. If it were never more apparent than it was last year, gaming is
        officially big business. To open up a dialogue, let\u2019s talk about how
        this could be good for the gaming culture. Though it is quite easy to acknowledge
        how this could be a negative, we won\u2019t be dodging that bullet either.","title":"Where
        Do You See Gaming Going? Part 2:\u00a0Advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/11/where-do-you-see-gaming-going-part-2-advertising/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934385,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"subscribed","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934384,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-18T00:54:00Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"Editor''s
        note: Let''s hear it for \u2014 no, let''s drink to \u2014 timeliness! -Demian","title":"Gaming
        on St. Paddy\u2019s Day: Five Memorable Irish\u00a0Characters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/18/gaming-on-st-paddys-day-five-games-involving-irish-characters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934383,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-17T16:01:17Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"Are
        we in another tech bubble? I don\u2019t think I\u2019m smart enough to answer
        that question, so I\u2019ve assembled a panel of entrepreneurs and venture
        capitalists to hash out the question of whether startup valuations are getting
        too frothy. This Thursday at the Automattic Lounge on Pier 38 at 5:30, join
        me, our panelists, and our hosts from the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney for
        the discussion. And then we\u2019ll imbibe some bubbles \u2014 in the form
        of much-needed cocktails.","title":"Bubble, bubble: Is Silicon Valley headed
        for trouble?\u00a0(event)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/17/bubble-bubble/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934382,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"secretary","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934381,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-17T19:03:09Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"I
        know that something''s stirred up the Bitmob community because this week''s
        Reviews Spotlight is filled to the brim with spiteful reviews and annoyed
        writers. My advice: Slow your roll. Chillax. Stop drinking all that Hateraid.
        I mean, come on, was Metroid: Other M really that bad? Well\u2026probably.","title":"Reviews
        Spotlight: Sonic 4, FIFA 11, and Metroid: Other\u00a0M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/17/reviews-spotlight-sonic-4-fifa-11-and-metroid-other-m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934379,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-01T13:46:00Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"How
        many of us buy with the hopes of a long future with our toys, only to be stuck
        holding the Super Scope 6?","title":"Justifying Your Purchase: The Divide
        between Developer, Journalist, and Consumer in the Review\u00a0Process","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/01/justifying-your-purchase/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934380,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"instagram","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934378,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-05T22:26:21Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"Excerpt
        from the Skyrim cover story in Game Informer:","title":"Another Forgotten
        Realm: Concerns going into\u00a0Skyrim","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/05/another-forgotten-realm-concerns-going-into-skyrim/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934377,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-30T23:39:14Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"Before
        we begin, give yourself a pat on the back for owning an iPad. Feels good,
        amirite? Our day of reckoning has come. Sword and Sworcery EP is great, but
        I hesitate to call it a great \u201cgame\u201d. It\u2019s swo much more than
        that and deserves a better classification. Allow me to get academic with you
        a moment. It\u2019s a great \u201cart-thing\u201d, yeah, let\u2019s go with
        that. I feel much better now. Problem solved.","title":"A Sort of Sword &
        Sworcery EP Review for Artistic Consideration and Platform Debate and Intelligent\u00a0Discourse","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/30/a-sort-of-sword-and-sworcery-ep-review-for-artistic-consideration-and-platform-debate-and-intelligent-discourse/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934376,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-31T11:50:05Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"A
        recent survey by Match.com has revealed Android users need lovin\u2019 a little
        quicker than iPhone and Blackberry users.","title":"Android users are more
        likely to have sex on first\u00a0date","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/31/match-com-android-users-are-more-likely-to-have-sex-on-first-date/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934375,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-26T20:53:42Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"I
        am a staunch non-drinker.\u00a0 In fact, I\u2019m not a fan of anything that
        alters or limits the way my body feels, even something as simple as Novocaine
        at the dentist.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been putting off getting my wisdom teeth pulled
        just because the thought of being gassed makes me shaky and nauseous.\u00a0
        Those kinds of things just don\u2019t interest me and even frighten me a little.","title":"How
        Being A Teetotaler Inspired My First Immersive Gaming\u00a0Moment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/26/how-being-a-teetotaler-inspired-my-first-immersive-gaming-moment/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934373,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-02T10:32:17Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"If
        you follow VentureBeat but don\u2019t regularly check our GamesBeat site,
        here\u2019s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven
        days that you may have\u00a0missed.","title":"GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney
        buys LucasArts/Lucasfilm, Halo 4 reviewed, and Valve dislikes Windows\u00a08","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/02/gamesbeat-weekly-roundup-27/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934372,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T17:39:45Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Updated
        Friday with clarification that Sacks\u2019 memo was a Yammer message, not
        an email.","title":"Here\u2019s Yammer cofounder David Sacks\u2019 goodbye
        memo to his team at\u00a0Microsoft","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/david-sacks-goodbye-memo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934371,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-04T11:09:24Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"The
        Hidden Secrets DLC gathers up content from exclusive promotions for Assassin\u2019s
        Creed\u00a0III.","title":"First Assassin\u2019s Creed III add-on pack available
        now for Season Pass\u00a0holders","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/04/first-assassins-creed-iii-add-on-pack-available-now-for-season-pass-holders/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934370,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-08T06:00:08Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"The
        end times are caused by greedy corporations, but they enable some zany\u00a0mayhem.","title":"How
        Insomniac designed the zany \u2018awesomepocalypse\u2019 of Sunset Overdrive
        (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/08/how-insomniac-designed-the-zany-awesomepocalypse-of-sunset-overdrive-hands-on-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934374,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"icloud","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:30Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934369,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"we","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934368,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T10:00:46Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"Sunset
        Overdrive is a colorful, unpredictable, and funny title that stands out in
        a typically dreary\u00a0genre.","title":"Insomniac takes us into the \u2018awesomepocalypse\u2019
        with Sunset Overdrive\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/bored-with-the-apocalpyse-insomniac-takes-us-into-the-awesomepocalypse-with-sunset-overdrive-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934367,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-30T10:20:05Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"Another
        publisher is teaming up with another beverage company to cross promote their
        respective\u00a0products.","title":"Imbibe a Nos Energy Drink to unlock Assassin\u2019s
        Creed III multiplayer\u00a0character","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/30/drink-nos-energy-drin/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934366,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"sundays","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934365,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"anders","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934364,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"we","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934363,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-09T22:02:17Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Updated","title":"Smalltown,
        the hyperlocal Web site, worth a\u00a0look","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/09/smalltown-the-hyperlocal-web-site-worth-a-look/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934362,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"ad","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:30Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934361,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934360,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"reality-tv-star","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934359,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-04T08:44:54Z","slug":"drexel-university-college-of-medicine","summary":"Guest
        Post Google Glass for health care will remain a concept \u2014 rather than
        a practice \u2014 until developers gain a better understanding of the medical\u00a0environment.","title":"Is
        Google Glass hospital ready? Advice from a physician to\u00a0developers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/04/is-google-glass-hospital-ready-advice-from-a-physician-to-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934358,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-25T20:19:40Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Digg
        held its first \u201ctown hall\u201d meeting tonight in conjunction with the
        video-streaming site Ustream.tv. Digg chief executive Jay Adelson and founder
        Kevin Rose answered 20 questions (and a few follow-ups) submitted by Digg
        users and voted as the most important.","title":"Digg''s town hall addresses
        many questions \u2013 or the same ones over and over\u00a0again","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/25/diggs-town-hall-addresses-many-questions-or-the-same-ones-over-and-over-again/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934357,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"cd","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934356,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"jd-com","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934355,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-04-10T13:56:15Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"By
        now, you\u2019ve probably read about the rush to jump on the Yahoo acquisition
        train (sorry for the delay, we were switching servers last night), but allow
        me to sum up a few of the finer points.","title":"Yahoo is the town bicycle
        \u2014 everyone wants a\u00a0ride","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/10/yahoo-is-the-town-bicycle-everyone-wants-a-ride/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934354,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T10:00:33Z","slug":"intune","summary":"Windows
        Azure Active Directory has processed more than 200 billion authentications
        for Microsoft services in two years, and it now processes an average of 4.7
        billion logins a\u00a0week.","title":"Cloud-tacular: Windows Azure Active
        Directory processes 4.7B authentications a\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/windows-azure-active-directory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934353,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"amazon-com","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:22Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934352,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-30T12:08:24Z","slug":"intune","summary":"Just
        a month after launching the Windows 8.1 preview for consumers, Microsoft has
        released the preview of Windows 8.1 Enterprise edition with lots of goodies
        for\u00a0businesses.","title":"Microsoft launches Windows 8.1 preview for\u00a0enterprises","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/30/microsoft-windows-8-1-preview-enterprise/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934351,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"jd","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934350,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"airs","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934349,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"adam","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934348,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-03T03:24:26Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Yesterday
        came word that Microsoft was talking to Time Warner and News Corp. about potential
        deals to help it acquire Yahoo. So naturally today comes word that Yahoo is
        talking to those very same companies about doing similar deals \u2014 just
        without Microsoft, according to the Wall Street Journal.","title":"Two-timing:
        Yahoo talking to the same potential partners that Microsoft is talking\u00a0to","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/03/two-timing-yahoo-talking-to-the-same-potential-partners-that-microsoft-is-talking-to/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:22Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934347,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"vladimir","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:22Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934346,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"his","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934345,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-17T07:07:42Z","slug":"copd","summary":"Health
        Hero Network, a Redwood City start-up that provides a Web-based technology
        for people to monitor chronic health problems from their home, has raised
        $16 million in a second round of funding.","title":"Health Hero raises $16M
        for web-based home monitoring\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/17/health-hero-raises-16m-for-web-based-home-monitoring-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934343,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-03-06T05:30:12Z","slug":"copd","summary":"PneumRx,
        a maker of medical devices that diagnose and treat lung cancer and Chronic
        Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD, or emphysema), said it has raised a $27
        million in a second round of funding.","title":"PneumRx, device maker for
        lung cancer, emphysema, raises\u00a0$27M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/06/pneumrx-device-maker-for-lung-cancer-emphysema-raises-27m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934344,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"international-business-times","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934342,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-08-15T10:00:55Z","slug":"copd","summary":"(UPDATED
        at 5:55pm PT: See below.)","title":"Life sciences briefing: Wednesday, Aug.
        15,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/15/life-science-briefing-wednesday-aug-15-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934341,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-11-27T14:51:53Z","slug":"copd","summary":"[NOTE:
        This is a life-sciences perspective piece by Robin Bellas, a partner at Morgenthaler
        Ventures. For previous perspective pieces, see here. --D.P.H.]","title":"Perspective:
        Medical-device startups weather broader market\u00a0storms","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/27/perspective-medical-device-startups-weather-broader-market-storms/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934338,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-24T09:22:48Z","slug":"copd","summary":"Pearl
        Therapeutics, a Redwood City, Calif.-based developer of inhaled drugs to treat
        respiratory diseases like COPD and asthma, just landed $8 million in venture
        debt from Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank to expand its product line.","title":"Pearl
        Therapeutics gathers $8M to treat breathing\u00a0disorders","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/24/pearl-therapeutics-gathers-8m-to-treat-breathing-disorders/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934340,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"urge","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:52:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-09T02:54:23Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Remember
        that pesky Apple non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that prevented iPhone application
        developers from talking about their creations even after they were released?
        Well it\u2019s now a little more clear why Apple relaxed those rules: The
        company is launching a world tour aimed at iPhone app developers and it\u2019d
        be a shame if they had nothing to talk about.","title":"iPhone developers
        are strutting into your town on a world\u00a0tour","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/09/iphone-developers-are-strutting-into-your-town-on-a-world-tour/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934337,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-07T20:02:16Z","slug":"copd","summary":"\u00a0","title":"First
        Impressions: Pokemon Black and\u00a0White","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/07/first-impressions-pokemon-black-and-white/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-24T11:08:32Z","slug":"copd","summary":"Big
        pharma still uses manual methods to recruit participants for drug trials,
        and that costs the industry money. Lots of money. The pharma industry loses
        $4.2 billion per year due to drug trial delays and $250K in lost sales per
        day that a new drug\u2019s market launch is postponed. More importantly, delays
        in the approval of new treatments can also cost lives.","title":"TrialBee
        could save lives by bringing drugs to market\u00a0faster","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/24/trialbee-drugs-to-market-faster/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T05:30:17Z","slug":"copd","summary":"Sponsored
        Post ALung Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of low-flow       extracorporeal
        carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) technologies       for supporting patients
        with acute respiratory failure, today announced       that it has closed on
        approximately $10\u00a0million\u2026","title":"ALung Technologies Raises $10\u00a0Million","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/alung-technologies-raises-10-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934334,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"ebay","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:19Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934333,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"curb","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934332,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"tv","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934331,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"hint","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-10-17T04:59:01Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"The
        lament of newspapers has become familiar by now: With readers moving online,
        the once community-binding dailies are falling apart, losing both readers
        and advertisers. That\u2019s especially true for small town papers. But a
        growing site called Topix is picking up where they\u2019ve left off, self-reportedly
        reaching over one hundred million pageviews a month.","title":"Topix quietly
        builds momentum in small\u00a0towns","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/17/topix-quietly-builds-momentum-in-small-towns/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934329,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"origin","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934328,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"european-union","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934327,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"obama","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934326,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"i","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934325,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"do","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934324,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-01T22:23:56Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Back
        in November, Facebook and Twitter held serious discussions about the social
        network potentially buying the hot shot micro-messaging site. While BoomTown\u2019s
        Kara Swisher published a lot of details about the talks, a few more have trickled
        out in a new BusinessWeek article with investor Peter Thiel.","title":"Twitter
        and Facebook share a lot in common, and are said to still be\u00a0talking","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/01/twitter-and-facebook-share-a-lot-in-common-and-are-still-said-to-be-talking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934323,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-08T04:00:58Z","slug":"choicevendor","summary":"There\u2019s
        a new service listing site launching today, where users can find things like
        mechanics, gardeners, babysitters, and more. The site\u2019s name, Bragadoo,
        suggests how it hopes to stand out from competitors \u2014 it\u2019s all about
        recommendations, specifically \u201cbrags\u201d from people you know about
        service providers they recommend.","title":"Bragadoo launches a service directory
        that''s all about\u00a0recommendations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/08/bragadoo-jobvana/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934321,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-09T16:22:15Z","slug":"choicevendor","summary":"Thumbtack.com,
        a site where users can find local service providers like plumbers, wedding
        officials, dance instructors, and more, said today that it has raised $1.2
        million in new funding.","title":"Well-known angels back local services startup\u00a0Thumbtack.com","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/09/thumbtack-com-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:16Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934322,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"e","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934320,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-03T21:00:57Z","slug":"choicevendor","summary":"There\u2019s
        a new site launching today called ChoiceVendor that\u2019s bringing the user-review
        system that Yelp mastered for restaurants and other local businesses to a
        new market \u2014 business services like accounting and web design.","title":"ChoiceVendor
        launches Yelp-for-business services, acquires\u00a0VendorCity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/03/choicevendor-vendorcity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934319,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-23T07:33:01Z","slug":"choicevendor","summary":"LinkedIn
        announced its second acquisition today with its purchase of ChoiceVendor,
        a review site for business services. Financial terms of the deal were not
        disclosed.","title":"LinkedIn buys business review site\u00a0ChoiceVendor","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/23/linkedin-buys-business-review-site-choicevendor/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934318,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"ira","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934317,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"me","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934316,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"he","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934315,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-04-10T10:37:51Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"This
        might be big, at some point in the future. New Yahoo chief executive Carol
        Bartz and Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer have had some preliminary,
        face-to-face meetings over the last few weeks about a potential search and
        advertising partnership, according to BoomTown.","title":"Yahoo and Microsoft
        said they might talk about a partnership and now they\u00a0are","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/10/yahoo-and-microsoft-said-they-might-talk-about-a-partnership-and-now-they-are/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934314,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"subscribed","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934313,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"ties","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934312,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"enstarz","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934311,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"emt","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934310,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-24T12:49:08Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"\u201cThe
        Social Network\u201d is Hollywood\u2019s adaptation of Ben Mezrich\u2019s
        book about the founding of Facebook, The Accidental Billionaires. The film
        has turned into a pile-on of Tinseltown power players. West Wing creator Aaron
        Sorkin wrote the script. Spacey will produce. The film\u2019s director hasn\u2019t
        been named yet, but Fight Club director David Fincher is said to have dibs
        on the gig.","title":"Video: Kevin Spacey talks about Facebook\u00a0movie","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/24/video-kevin-spacey-talks-about-facebook-movie/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934309,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"games","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934308,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"pablo","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934307,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934306,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"z","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934305,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-26T20:20:05Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Before
        Bitmob, there was Sore Thumbs Blog, a slurry of mostly nonsense posts from
        Dan \u201cShoe\u201d Hsu and me (well, most of the nonsense was from me).
        We\u2019re talking Internet backwater primordial ooze here, where only the
        hardiest of web surfers bushwhacked to our blather.","title":"Ninjatown: The
        Lost\u00a0Review","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/26/ninjatown-the-lost-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934304,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T14:54:30Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Guest
        Post Reactions to #AmazonCart have been surprisingly mild, if not downright
        dismissive. But critics are missing the\u00a0point.","title":"Why #AmazonCart
        is just a taste of where shopping is\u00a0headed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/why-amazoncart-is-just-a-taste-of-where-shopping-is-headed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934303,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-05-31T07:33:43Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"The
        median valuation of U.S. private companies dropped from the six-year high
        reached late last year, but remains higher than a year ago, according to the
        latest quarterly valuation report from Dow Jones VentureOne.","title":"Private
        company values \u2014 are they really\u00a0dropping?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/31/private-company-values-are-they-really-dropping/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934302,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-10T11:39:48Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"User
        generated video sites are proving a major disappointment, as ad revenue goes.","title":"Crackle,
        after dropping user-generated video, sees money roll\u00a0in","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/10/crackle-after-dropping-user-generated-video-sees-money-roll-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934301,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-27T02:59:52Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Despite
        desperate attempts to revive it, the era of big music labels has been dead
        and rotting for a long time.","title":"Topspin Media to music labels: drop\u00a0dead","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/27/topspin-media-to-music-labels-drop-dead/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934300,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-09-21T22:55:38Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Still
        don\u2019t understand the financial crisis? \u2014 Neither does anybody else,
        it seems, but The New York Times has a good write-up of various issues, in
        brief question-and-answer format.","title":"Roundup: The financial crisis
        explained, land line usage still dropping, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/21/roundup-the-financial-crisis-explained-land-line-usage-still-dropping-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934299,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-12-30T19:41:54Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Surprising
        no one, online shoppers cut back on their gift-buying this year. Web sales
        during the holiday season dropped three percent compared to the same period
        last year, according to data from comScore. This is the first time online
        holiday sales have dropped since comScore started collecting e-commerce data
        in 2001.","title":"Online holiday shopping drops 3\u00a0percent","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/30/online-holiday-shopping-drops-3-percent/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934298,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-01T00:00:00Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        note: If you\u2019re planning a trip to San Francisco, make time to visit
        the Musee Mecanique. You not only get a glimpse of gaming\u2019s past, but
        you also get a chance to learn a little about San Francisco in the old days.
        -Jason","title":"Dropping Coins at the Musee\u00a0Mecanique","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/01/dropping-coins-at-the-musee-mecanique/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934297,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934296,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-21T10:26:03Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Wiimotes
        have been hacked to perform tons of actions never originally intended for
        the device. Anything from remotely accessing your PC to controlling RC cars
        can be done with this amazingly functional device. Patrick Flanagan\u2019s
        Jazari project goes above and beyond most of the others. Using a pair of Wiimotes,
        some robotic parts, and intelligent software, this guy is a better percussionist
        than most of us non-musicians will ever be [via Engadget]:","title":"Droppin\u2019
        Mad Beats With Hacked Nintendo\u00a0Hardware","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/21/droppin-mad-beats-with-hacked-nintendo-hardware/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934295,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"secretary-of-state","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934294,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"de","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934293,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-26T10:40:22Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Adobe
        has ambitious plans for Flash Player 10.1 on smartphones. Back in October,
        the company detailed its effort to get the new Flash Player on as many smartphones
        as possible in 2010 \u2014 except the iPhone, of course. Now according to
        IntoMobile, it looks like Windows Mobile 6.5 is going to be left out in the
        cold as well, in favor of the recently announced Windows Phone 7 Series.","title":"Adobe
        dropping Flash Player 10.1 for Windows Mobile 6.5, focusing on Windows Phone
        7\u00a0Series","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/26/adobe-dropping-flash-player-10-1-for-windows-mobile-6-5-focusing-on-windows-phone-7-series/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934292,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-28T16:37:11Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"It
        was billed as a \"live-action short.\" We''ve had those before, for Halo 3\u2026","title":"Dropping
        the ball: Halo Reach\u00a0short","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/28/dropping-the-ball-halo-reach-short/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934291,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-08T12:07:31Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"One
        of the best technology demos at the Game Developers Conference last week came
        from Epic Games, which created an incredible-looking futuristic fight scene
        that pushed the boundaries of 3D graphics.","title":"Epic Games shows jaw-dropping
        graphics for next-generation consoles\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/08/epic-games-shows-jaw-dropping-graphics-for-next-generation-consoles-video/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934290,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"jay","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934289,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-31T12:20:29Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"With
        the recent release of Nintendo 3DS, it\u2019s no surprise that the older DS
        Lite is getting a price drop. On June 5, Nintendo will drop the DS Lite\u2019s
        suggested price from $129.99 to $99.99.","title":"Nintendo dropping DS Lite
        price to\u00a0$100","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/31/nintendo-dropping-ds-lite-price-to-100/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934288,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-12T23:01:12Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Cloud
        storage service Dropbox is raising a new $200-$300 million round of funding
        at a $5-$10 billion valuation, reports TechCrunch.","title":"Jaw-dropping:
        Dropbox raising $200-$300M round at a $5B\u00a0valuation","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/12/dropbox-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934287,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-07-28T18:43:23Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"\u00a0","title":"Nintendo
        3DS dropping from $249 to $169 August\u00a012th","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/28/nintendo-3ds-dropping-from-249-to-169-august-12th/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934286,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-18T07:19:28Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Cloud
        storage startup Dropbox has secured a new $250 million dollar round of funding,
        the company announced\u00a0today.","title":"Dropbox closes a jaw-dropping
        $250M\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/18/dropbox-250-million-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934285,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-01T06:55:22Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Be
        careful the next time you eat a Sandvich. You might get radiation poisoning.","title":"Dropping
        the A-bomb in Team Fortress\u00a02","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/01/dropping-the-a-bomb-in-team-fortress-2/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934284,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-14T22:12:42Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Recent
        rumors spawning from cloud gaming company Gaikai''s chief product officer,
        Nanea Reeves, are pointing to either Microsoft or Sony not joining the next
        generation of hardware. \"Not all of the current console makers will have
        one more generation. That will be the big news at E3.\" Reeves said during
        an interview with IndustryGamers. Quite the bold statement if you ask them
        though I think this has been made without anything to back it up.\u00a0 ","title":"Why
        Sony and Microsoft won\u2019t be dropping out of the console\u00a0race","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/14/why-sony-and-microsoft-wont-be-dropping-out-of-the-console-race/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934283,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-16T10:37:56Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Mark
        Pincus is at the center of the social gaming explosion. The chief executive
        of Zynga has the most popular games on Facebook, and he just raised $180 million
        from Russian investor Digital Sky Technologies. Since early 2007, Zynga has
        ridden Facebook\u2019s success and created the most popular games on the social
        network, from FarmVille to Cafe World.","title":"Zynga and DST talk about
        their big funding deal in social\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/16/zynga-and-dst-talk-about-their-big-funding-deal-in-social-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934282,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-05T14:45:19Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Microsoft
        has removed the \u201cStart\u201d menu button from its upcoming Windows 8
        operating system, according to a consumer preview released earlier this week.","title":"Windows
        8 UI is dropping the \u2018Start\u2019 button","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/05/windows-8-start-button/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934281,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-09T16:23:03Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"[Update:
        Loopt founder Sam Altman says the 500 DAU number is off by more than 100 times,
        and says he''ll be posting data shortly to prove it. We''ll update more as
        soon as he posts the data.]","title":"Loopt was a lemon, dropping to under
        a million daily active users prior to sale\u00a0(updated)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/09/loopt-dau/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934280,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-17T13:53:43Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Returning
        to your roots is a common tactic in the music industry. You start out indie,
        get your first big hit, and before you know it, you\u2019ve done so much boozing
        and whoring and selling-out-ing that even Gene \u201cAngry Birds\u201d Simmons
        ignores you in rehab. Then, years later, it\u2019s all about the music again.
        So you round up the old crew, hug out your petty differences, find a new drummer,
        and \u201creturn to your roots.\u201d","title":"Rock Band Blitz developer
        discusses dropping the plastic\u00a0instruments","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/17/rock-band-blitz-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934279,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-11T00:57:28Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"I
        lost the giant pen-like stylus for my DSi XL a couple months ago. Yes, it
        is possible.","title":"News Blips: Nintendo DSi prices dropping, Dishonored
        in October, and Assassin\u2019s Creed 3\u2032s first gameplay\u00a0trailer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/11/news-blips-nintendo-dsi-prices-dropping-dishonored-in-october-and-assassins-creed-3s-first-gameplay-trailer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934278,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-11T07:09:48Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Apple
        will likely get rid of Google Maps on its upcoming iOS 6 mobile operating
        system and instead offer its own mapping software, according to a 9to5Mac
        report.","title":"Apple dropping Google Maps on iOS 6 in favor of its own
        app, report\u00a0says","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/11/apple-dropping-google-maps-ios-6/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934276,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-05-22T10:30:06Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Attention
        high school graduates with dreams of becoming a doctor: That\u2019s a bad
        idea. Instead, become a plumber. You\u2019ll make more money. If you think
        that sounds crazy, that\u2019s because it is. But that\u2019s precisely the
        message from noted investor and Libertarian Peter Thiel, who sees education
        as a liability rather than an\u00a0asset.","title":"Why you shouldn\u2019t
        listen to Peter Thiel about dropping out of\u00a0college","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/22/why-you-shouldnt-listen-to-peter-thiel-about-college-vs-starting-a-company/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934277,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"jd-com","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934275,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-04T13:54:06Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Talk
        about a backfire. Controversial Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who recently
        renounced\u00a0his U.S. citizenship and came under fire for supposedly skipping
        out on U.S. taxes, might actually end up owing more money \u2014 an estimated
        $43 million.","title":"Backfire: Dropping U.S. citizenship could cost Facebook
        co-founder Saverin\u00a0$43M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/04/backfire-dropping-u-s-citizenship-could-cost-facebook-co-founder-saverin-43m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934273,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-04T18:10:51Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Everyone
        likes a good Apple versus Android video, right? Well,\u00a0SquareTrade, which
        appropriately provides extended warranties on your technology, did a drop
        test of the iPhone 4S versus the Samsung Galaxy S III. Get ready for some
        communications carnage.","title":"Dropping phones: iPhone 4S v. Samsung Galaxy
        S\u00a0III","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/04/iphone-samsung-drop-test/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934274,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"secretary","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934272,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"cote","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934271,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-14T05:53:31Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Finnish
        phone manufacturer Nokia will cut around 10,000 jobs by the end of 2013 in
        a wide-ranging cost reduction measure, the company announced today.","title":"Nokia
        axing 10K jobs, dropping 3 high-level\u00a0execs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/14/nokia-axing-10k-jobs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934270,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-09T07:09:24Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Popular
        social networking service Pinterest has finally ditched invitations and opened
        its doors to anyone who wants to sign up on the\u00a0spot.","title":"Pinterest
        finally drops invites in favor of open\u00a0registration","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/09/pinterest-open-registration/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934269,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"michele","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934268,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-08T07:00:22Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"The
        value of game deals is dropping in 2012 compared to\u00a02011.","title":"2012
        game investments: Number of deals is up, but average raised per startup is\u00a0dropping","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/08/game-acquisitions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934267,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-21T10:21:20Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Popular
        video production company Maker Studios is apparently raising a new round of
        funding led by old media entertainment company Time\u00a0Warner.","title":"Time
        Warner dropping $40M on YouTube channel partner Maker\u00a0Studios","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/21/time-warner-dropping-40m-on-youtube-channel-partner-maker-studios/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934266,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-20T07:27:37Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Publisher
        En Masse moved TERA off mandatory subscriptions and is finding major\u00a0success.","title":"When
        free makes money: How the MMO Tera gains subscribers by dropping\u00a0subscriptions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/20/tera-mmo-has-more-subscribers-as-a-free-to-play-game-than-when-it-required-a-subscription/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934265,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-29T07:28:24Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Markus
        \u201cNotch\u201d Persson found inspiration for his tiny new title from his
        ceiling and a few recent\u00a0games.","title":"Minecraft creator launches
        psychedelic typing game\u00a0Drop","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/29/minecraft-creator-launches-psychedelic-typing-game-drop/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934264,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-19T09:00:27Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"With
        its audio-fingerprinting technology, the company says it can pinpoint 80 percent
        of would-be attackers on their first\u00a0call.","title":"Is $11M enough to
        solve phone fraud? Andreessen\u2019s Pindrop hopes\u00a0so","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/19/pindrop-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934262,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-06T11:00:28Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"GameAnalytics
        plans to introduce new products that will generate\u00a0revenue.","title":"GameAnalytics
        goes free for developers after dropping its\u00a0paywall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/06/gameanalytics-goes-free-for-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934263,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-13T07:07:05Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"[Published
        by D-Dub Software]","title":"That\u2019s Some Good Jerkin\u2019!!! (Bonetown
        PC\u00a0Review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/13/thats-some-good-jerkin-bonetown-pc-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934261,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-13T16:00:59Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"The
        studio plans to release \u201cWild West\u201d and \u201cGATV\u201d DLC\u00a0packs.","title":"Volition
        dropping new Saints Row IV add-on content next\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/13/volition-dropping-new-saints-row-iv-add-on-content-next-week/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934260,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-22T08:58:02Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Titanfall
        developer Respawn makes an\u00a0announcement.","title":"Titanfall dropping
        in March; Respawn reveals the $250 Collector\u2019s Edition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/22/titanfall-dropping-in-march-respawn-reveals-collectors-edition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934259,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-23T15:18:23Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"This
        behemoth of a round brings the company\u2019s total capital raised to $338
        million. It will fuel international\u00a0expansion.","title":"Pin this: Pinterest
        raises a jaw-dropping $225M at $3.8B valuation\u00a0(updated)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/23/pinterest-raises-jaw-dropping-225m-at-3-8b-valuation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934258,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-09T13:06:45Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"That\u2019s
        a big bet on a nascent\u00a0market.","title":"Amazon clone Lazada raises jaw-dropping
        $250M to mainstream e-commerce in Southeast\u00a0Asia","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/09/lazada-raises-jaw-dropping-250m-to-mainstream-e-commerce-in-southeast-asia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934257,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-28T09:30:48Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Developer
        ZeptoLab reworked Cut the Rope 2 to make it free-to-play on Android. It costs
        $1 on\u00a0iOS.","title":"Cut the Rope 2 ready to gobble up players on Android
        after dropping its $1\u00a0pricetag","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/28/cut-the-rope-2-ready-to-gobble-up-players-on-android-after-dropping-its-1-pricetag/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934255,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T17:40:12Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"Dropbox
        has acquired another photo startup \u2014 but don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s
        not going to kill the app (for\u00a0now).","title":"Dropbox puts 3D photo
        startup Bubbli into its shopping\u00a0cart","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/dropbox-puts-3d-photo-startup-bubbli-into-its-shopping-cart/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934256,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"jd","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934254,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T09:10:53Z","slug":"pin-drop","summary":"With
        the new Galaxy Tab S, Samsung finally has a tablet worth paying attention
        to.","title":"Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Tab S: It\u2019s all about the jaw-dropping
        screen\u00a0(hands-on)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/samsungs-galaxy-tab-s-its-all-about-the-jaw-dropping-screen-hands-on/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934253,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"do","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934252,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"tommy","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934251,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-12T01:01:00Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"When
        we get together with our old friends/former co-workers for any sort of coverage,
        we generally take things a little less seriously.","title":"21 Random Qs:
        Getting to Know\u2026Shawn Smith\u00a0(Ninjatown)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/12/21-random-qs-getting-to-knowshawn-smith-ninjatown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934250,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"his","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934249,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"capella","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934248,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-21T22:01:00Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Trying
        to keep up with all of the downloadable games and content that''s out there
        these days is enough to make a person cry. But cry no more, because Download
        Lowdown is here to help. I''ll sift through the good, the bad, and the weird
        to help you get the most from your game system of choice without leaving your
        house.","title":"Download Lowdown: Ninjatown: Trees of\u00a0Doom","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/21/download-lowdown-ninjatown-trees-of-doom/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934247,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"ryan-murphy","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934246,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"curb","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934245,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T12:02:49Z","slug":"consul","summary":"It\u2019s
        possible to make a desk job the best way to become\u00a0fit.","title":"How
        I walked 18.5 miles in a single day without losing productivity at my\u00a0computer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/how-i-walked-18-5-miles-in-a-single-day-without-losing-productivity-at-my-computer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934244,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T18:30:39Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Osteopaths
        urged patients this weekend not to rely solely on health advice from apps
        and the Internet \u2014 an advisory based on the belief that patients are
        increasingly turning to the web for medical\u00a0information.","title":"Osteopathic
        physicians tell patients: Beware of health\u00a0apps!","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/osteopathic-physicians-tell-patients-beware-of-health-apps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934243,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T05:00:08Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Miracor Medical Systems announced today the successful launch of       its
        next-generation PICSO\u00ae Impulse System       for the treatment of myocardial
        infarction. The new PICSO (Pressure-Controlled       Intermittent Coronary
        Sinus Occlusion)\u00a0Impulse\u2026","title":"Miracor Medical Systems Begins
        European Launch of Its Next-Generation PICSO\u00ae Impulse...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/miracor-medical-systems-begins-european-launch-of-its-next-generation-picso-impulse-system-designed-to-reduce-severe-heart-attack-impairment-when-used-as-an-adjunct-therapy-with-angioplasty-in/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934242,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T20:59:01Z","slug":"consul","summary":"LinkedIn
        announced today\u00a0via its marketing blog that it has acquired B2B marketing
        platform Bizo for $175M, its second acquisition this year after acquiring
        data insights and technology company Bright back in February.","title":"Linkedin
        + Bizo: LinkedIn solidifies lead within B2B enterprise\u00a0advertising","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/linkedin-solidifies-lead-within-b2b-enterprise-advertising/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934241,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T06:00:20Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Guest
        Post Sorry, folks. There\u2019s no longer a place for wishful thinking in
        sales forecasts. Cloud-based tools that use data science make sense for all
        kinds of\u00a0reasons.","title":"3 reasons your sales team needs data\u00a0science","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/3-reasons-your-sales-team-needs-data-science/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934240,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T12:49:39Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Xero\u2019s
        announced today that the rumors are true, it\u2019s planning on filing for
        a U.S. initial public offering in 2015; Intuit\u00a0quivers.","title":"Xero
        plans on a U.S. IPO for\u00a02015","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/xero-plans-on-a-u-s-ipo-for-2015/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934239,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"jennifer-love","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934238,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T15:33:47Z","slug":"consul","summary":"\u2018Bug
        Bounty\u2019 guru Gus Anagnos leaves a hefty salary and stock options at PayPal
        to throw in his lot with a small security startup launched by former\u00a0NSA\u2019ers.","title":"\u2018Bug
        Bounty\u2019 pioneer Gus Anagnos leaves PayPal for security startup full of
        ex-NSA\u00a0spooks","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/bug-bounty-pioneer-gus-anagnos-leaves-paypal-for-security-startup-full-of-ex-nsa-spooks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934237,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-23T21:15:23Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Industrial
        design guru Yves B\u00e9har\u00a0is selling 75 percent of his design firm,
        Fuseproject, to Chinese conglomerate BlueFocus Communications Group, reports
        say.","title":"Yves B\u00e9har sells his design agency to Chinese PR firm\u00a0BlueFocus","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/23/yves-behar-sells-his-design-agency-to-chinese-pr-firm-bluefocus/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934236,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T06:00:35Z","slug":"consul","summary":"If
        You Can Company has a monthly subscription game that it hopes parents and
        kids will\u00a0like.","title":"Trip Hawkins releases second chapter of his
        \u2018If\u2019 iPad game for teaching kids emotional life\u00a0skills","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:48:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/trip-hawkins-releases-second-chapter-of-his-if-ipad-game-for-teaching-kids-emotional-life-skills/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934234,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T18:35:06Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Draper\u2019s
        plan would make Silicon Valley into its own state and make it way easier for
        billionaires to influence the\u00a0government.","title":"Stephen Colbert drills
        VC Tim Draper about his \u2018Six Californias\u2019 plan\u00a0(video)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/stephen-colbert-drills-vc-tim-draper-about-his-six-californias-plan-video/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934235,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-17T03:33:44Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Above:
        Flamebot420, the ultimate trash-talking robot.","title":"Trash-talking robot
        takes on human opponent over Xbox\u00a0Live","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/17/fake-news-trash-talking-robot-takes-on-human-opponent-over-xbox-live/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934233,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T02:00:12Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Democracy
        may be one of man\u2019s greatest inventions, but it has suffered lately due
        to low citizen participation and general distrust of politicians and government\u00a0institutions.","title":"Open
        data and crowdfunding can breathe new life into\u00a0democracy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/25/government-2-0-can-open-data-and-crowdfunding-save-democracy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934232,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"obama","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934231,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:30:35Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Tesla
        rocked the automotive world last month with news that it plans to build a
        5 GW lithium ion battery plant in the United States. That\u2019s huge: 5 GW
        is equivalent to all of the world\u2019s current battery production, so, Tesla
        will basically double global battery manufacturing.","title":"3 reasons why
        Tesla can scale where others have\u00a0failed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934230,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:10Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Guest
        Post CIOs still hold a valuable spot in most organizations, but businesses
        would be wise to start planning their approach toward building an IT-capable
        executive\u00a0team.","title":"Why you should fire your\u00a0CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934229,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-28T09:39:19Z","slug":"consul","summary":"http://www.incodewireless.com/","title":"Verisign
        to acquire wireless consultancy, inCode, for\u00a0$52M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/28/verisign-to-acquire-wireless-consultancy-incode-for-52m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934228,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"prowl","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934227,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-10T05:35:07Z","slug":"consul","summary":"CRI
        Technologies, a Shelton, Conn. company that offers consulting about  to businesses
        about when and how to use virtualization technology, has raised $10 million
        in a first round of funding.","title":"CRI Technologies riases $10M for virtualization\u00a0consulting","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/10/cri-technologies-riaises-10m-for-virtualization-consulting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934226,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-14T05:28:26Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Cleantech
        Network, the San Francisco media and conference  company specializing in the
        area of green technology, is about to finish raising $10 million in financing,
        according to VentureWire (subscription required).","title":"Cleantech Network
        to raise $10M for green conferences,\u00a0consulting","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/14/cleantech-network-to-raise-10m-for-green-conferences-consulting/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934225,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"jennifer","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934224,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-10-31T15:58:16Z","slug":"consul","summary":"TeleSoft
        Partners, a San Mateo, Calif., venture firm, has acquired a majority interest
        in Energy Software & Consulting I and II, which combined is the largest preferred
        shareholder in Nextant, an energy software, engineering and consulting firm.","title":"TeleSoft
        Partners buys majority of Energy Software &\u00a0Consulting","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/31/telesoft-partners-buys-majority-of-energy-software-consulting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934223,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-15T12:17:08Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Large
        media organizations need customized and sometimes-complex information technology
        systems to handle large numbers of people publishing content to print and
        to the web.","title":"Publishing software consulting company Really Strategies
        raises\u00a0$1.8M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:58Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/15/publishing-software-consulting-company-really-strategies-raises-18m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934222,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-05-20T23:44:44Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Aragon
        Consulting is a San Francisco, Calif. startup that helps other companies lower
        development costs for new software, and reduce their time to market.","title":"Aragon
        Consulting Group gets $2.5M for software dev\u00a0services","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/20/aragon-consulting-group-gets-25m-for-software-dev-services/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934221,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-07-26T13:53:03Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Waste
        Remedies, a St. Louis, MO-based firm that helps businesses reduce their waste
        management costs and inefficiencies, has secured $7.25 million in second round
        funding from Advantage Capital Partners, working in partnership with Southwest
        Bank.","title":"Waste Remedies raises $7.5M for waste management\u00a0consulting","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/26/waste-remedies-raises-75m-for-waste-management-consulting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934220,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-16T05:00:26Z","slug":"consul","summary":"As
        the global downturn deepens and many companies lay low, business-services
        giant Tata Consultancy Services of Mumbai, India, plans to keep growing worldwide
        and strengthening its global network of startups, venture investors and technology
        partners.","title":"Enterprise consultancy TCS expands in downturn, teams
        with\u00a0startups","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/16/tata-consultancy-services-expands-internationally-and-teams-up-with-startups/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934219,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"ira","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934218,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-18T16:07:15Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Verizon
        is already eying opportunities to provide wireless networks for Smart Grid
        communication systems, but today it\u2019s expanding its presence in the space
        even more with the launch of a security consulting service for utilities rolling
        out smart meters and other advanced grid infrastructure.","title":"Verizon
        expands Smart Grid play, launches\u00a0consulting","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/18/verizon-expands-smart-grid-play-launches-consulting-biz/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934217,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-23T05:00:50Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Solvate
        is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to  launch at the DEMO Spring
        2010 event taking place this week. These  companies do pay a fee to present,
        but our coverage of them remains  objective.","title":"DEMO: Solvate makes
        it easy for companies to connect with\u00a0consultants","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/23/demo-solvate-makes-it-easy-for-companies-to-connect-with-consultants/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934216,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-22T21:01:16Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"The
        biggest hurdle to enjoying The Daily Dot, a fun new online news site that
        launches today, is that its premise is based on a bad metaphor: The Internet
        is a community and The Daily Dot is its local paper.","title":"The Daily Dot
        wants to be a small town paper for the entire\u00a0Internet","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/22/daily-dot-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934215,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-10T09:35:10Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Facebook
        said former FTC chairman Tim Muris hasn\u2019t joined the company, contrary
        to widespread reports that the Bush administration official was becoming part
        of the social network\u2019s growing lobby shop.\u00a0Facebook is still looking
        for a second senior lobbyist to join its D.C. office of four, according to
        Andrew Noyes, who manages public policy communications for the social network.","title":"Facebook
        says former FTC chairman hasn''t joined the company; Muris may be\u00a0consulting","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/10/facebook-muris-ftc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934214,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-26T22:12:28Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Nexant,
        a consultant to the energy industry, has brought in $32.5 million of an expected
        $50.4 million in equity, according to a filing with the SEC. The San Francisco-based
        company provides consulting services and analysis software to clients like
        electric utilities and grid operators.","title":"Energy consultant Nexant
        brings in\u00a0$32.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/26/energy-consultant-nexant-brings-in-32-5m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934213,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-08-16T21:29:12Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Conversion
        marketing startup Runa has closed a $9.2 million round of funding, according
        to a filing with the SEC. Based in Mountain View, Calif., the company helps
        online retailers convert site traffic into sales by offering shoppers personalized
        incentives, like discounts, free shipping or no tax, just before they leave
        a retailer\u2019s site.","title":"Sales consultant Runa brings in $9.2M to
        turn browsers into\u00a0buyers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/08/16/sales-firm-runa-brings-in-9-2m-to-turn-browsers-into-buyers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934212,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-21T21:52:43Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Nexant,
        a clean-energy consulting firm, has closed a $43 million round of funding,
        the company announced today. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners
        and Intel Capital with participation from TeleSoft and Beacon. The San Francisco-based
        startup raised the first $32 million of the round in July.","title":"Nexant
        raises $43M for cleantech\u00a0consulting","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/21/nexant-raises-43m-for-cleantech-consulting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934211,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-16T16:14:46Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Federal
        prosecutors charged five Silicon Valley workers with illegal insider trading
        today, alleging that they used information they obtained about technology
        companies such as Dell, Apple, Advanced Micro Devices and Flextronics to profit
        on their shares.","title":"Feds charge five tech consultants with illegal
        insider\u00a0trading","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/16/feds-charge-five-in-silicon-valley-with-insider-trading-of-tech-stocks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934210,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"a-group","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934209,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-03T20:49:22Z","slug":"consul","summary":"The
        world\u2019s largest social consultancy, Dachis Group, got a late Christmas
        present today, receiving $30 million in second round funding\u00a0from previous
        backers Austin Ventures, CEO Jeff Dachis told VentureBeat.","title":"Dachis
        Group gets $30M to advance social\u00a0consulting","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/03/dachis-group-gets-30m-to-advance-social-consulting/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934208,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-04-07T21:55:16Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Update:
        Intel has clarified some aspects of this story. Find its statement below.","title":"Intel
        leads $30M round for student tablet maker Kno, consult on hardware design\u00a0(updated)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/07/intel-kno-funding/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934207,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"smith","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934206,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-01T17:22:53Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Are
        you an analyst who knows everything about cloud technology and how it\u2019s
        disrupting the enterprise?","title":"VentureBeat is hiring a consultant for
        our disruptive \u201cCloud\u201d event","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/01/venturebeat-is-hiring-a-consultant-for-our-disruptive-cloud-event/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934205,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-20T13:40:51Z","slug":"consul","summary":"The
        author of No Easy Day, a former Navy SEAL who was a member of the team that
        took out Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, contributed to the production of
        Medal of Honor: Warfighter. That\u2019s caused extra scrutiny of the game\u2019s\u00a0realism.","title":"EA
        draws fire for consulting SEAL who wrote tell-all about killing Bin Laden\u00a0[updated]","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/20/ea-draws-fire-for-consulting-seal-who-wrote-tell-all-about-killing-bin-laden/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934204,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-26T10:48:17Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Launching
        today, myRight wants to give you a free, online pre-consultation about legal
        issues before you ever call a lawyer or go to a lawyer\u2019s\u00a0office.","title":"Web
        consultation startup myRight wants to keep you out of the lawyer\u2019s office\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/26/myright/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934202,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-09T07:14:35Z","slug":"consul","summary":"There\u2019s
        a history of the military cracking down on those who talk to outsiders without\u00a0permission.","title":"Navy
        SEALs face disciplinary action for consulting on Medal of Honor:\u00a0Warfighter","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/09/navy-seals-face-disciplinary-action-for-consulting-on-medal-of-honor-warfighter/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934203,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934201,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-21T04:00:50Z","slug":"consul","summary":"ConsultingMD
        offers patients the opportunity to consult a leading medical expert for a
        second opinion \u2014 and receive a detailed response in about 48\u00a0hours.","title":"Need
        a second opinion? ConsultingMD\u2019s \u2018network of medical experts\u2019
        can\u00a0help","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/21/need-a-second-opinion-consultingmds-network-of-medical-experts-can-help/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934200,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-29T08:00:25Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Mark
        Cerny, the architect of the PS4, still works for his own company, Cerny\u00a0Games.","title":"How
        Sony entrusted the design of the PlayStation 4 to an American\u00a0consultant","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/29/how-sony-entrusted-the-design-of-the-playstation-4-to-a-consultant/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934199,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-29T15:35:52Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Ethan:
        Meteor Hunter\u00a0is a new puzzle game and the first title from French indie
        game developer Seaven Studio. It hit the Playstation Store on October 22nd,
        and is also available for download from the game\u2019s website\u00a0here.
        Either can be yours for just $9.99. I was given a copy of the game to review,
        and decided to keep track of my first few hours in this spoiler-free (mostly\u2026)
        virtual diary:","title":"Review of Ethan: Meteor Hunter \u2014 consult your
        cardiologist before\u00a0playing.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/29/review-of-ethan-meteor-hunter-consult-your-cardiologist-before-playing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934198,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-20T09:00:46Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Google has an even bigger vision for Helpouts, its face-to-face video
        consultation platform: To bring affordable health care to\u00a0patients.","title":"Google\u2019s
        big health care play: Helpouts is all about video consultations with your\u00a0doctor","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/20/googles-big-health-care-play-helpouts-is-all-about-video-consultations-with-your-doctor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934197,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T05:32:42Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Experfy,       innovating at the Harvard Innovation Lab, announced today
        that it       has launched a paradigm-changing, online marketplace that will
        allow       industry leaders to solve their \u201cbig data\u201d talent needs.       Enterprises
        now have a\u00a0central\u2026","title":"Experfy, Innovating at the Harvard
        Innovation Lab, Launches a Consulting Marketplace ...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/experfy-innovating-at-the-harvard-innovation-lab-launches-a-consulting-marketplace-to-address-the-growing-big-data-talent-shortage/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934196,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T15:40:51Z","slug":"consul","summary":"Don\u2019t
        know what to do with your big data? Don\u2019t freak. You can sign up reports
        for the latest data technology, and even ask for some hands-on help, from
        a new startup founded by renowned\u00a0data scientist Hilary Mason.","title":"Ex-Bitly
        chief scientist Hilary Mason launches Fast Forward Labs as an all-in-one emerging
        tech\u00a0consultant","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/fast-forward-labs-hilary-mason/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934195,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"ties","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934194,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"co","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934193,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-10T14:39:14Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"In
        this edition of Weekend Recap, Dead Rising 3 joins the border patrol, The
        Last Story enchants Europe in February, and the PlayStation 3 is old enough
        to be childish.","title":"Weekend Recap: Miyamoto talks retirement, Old Republic
        gets crowded, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/10/weekend-recap-miyamoto-talks-retirement-old-republic-gets-crowded-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934192,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"6","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934191,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"chris","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934190,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934189,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"i","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934188,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"go","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934187,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-27T10:00:33Z","slug":"windows-intune","summary":"Windows
        Azure Active Directory has processed more than 200 billion authentications
        for Microsoft services in two years, and it now processes an average of 4.7
        billion logins a\u00a0week.","title":"Cloud-tacular: Windows Azure Active
        Directory processes 4.7B authentications a\u00a0week","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/windows-azure-active-directory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934186,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-11T17:00:57Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Sony
        Online Entertainment (SOE) is celebrating DC Universe Online\u2019s one-year
        anniversary today.\u00a0All current players (with characters created on or
        before today) will receive a mission allowing them to earn a unique One Year
        Anniversary Cape.","title":"DC Universe Online exec talks about the game\u2019s
        future and competition from Star Wars\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/11/dcuo-interview-one-year-anniversary/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934184,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-30T12:08:24Z","slug":"windows-intune","summary":"Just
        a month after launching the Windows 8.1 preview for consumers, Microsoft has
        released the preview of Windows 8.1 Enterprise edition with lots of goodies
        for\u00a0businesses.","title":"Microsoft launches Windows 8.1 preview for\u00a0enterprises","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/30/microsoft-windows-8-1-preview-enterprise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:51Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934185,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"co","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:51Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934183,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"secretary-of-state","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934182,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"the-director","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934181,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"aj","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934180,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-29T10:27:04Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"The
        issue of copycat games is rearing its head in mobile games, just as it had
        with social games on Facebook.","title":"Spry Fox sues 6waves Lolapps for
        copying Triple Town\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/29/spry-fox-sues-6waves-lolapps-for-copying-triple-town-game/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934179,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"glee","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934178,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"secretary","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934177,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-08-28T10:12:12Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Think,
        the Norwegian maker of cute, recyclable electric cars, suspended production
        last December after running out of money. But the company has emerged from
        court-protected bankruptcy with its debt restructured and $47M in new funding
        led by U.S. firm Ener1, Finnish Valmet Automotive and Norway\u2019s Investinor.","title":"Think
        secures $47M, will begin making electric cars again\u00a0soon","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/28/think-secures-47m-will-begin-making-electric-cars-again-soon/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934176,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"on-the-prowl","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934175,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-04T10:29:17Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Vice
        president Joe Biden and Department of Energy Secretary Stephen Chu joined
        forces this morning to officially bestow the $535 million loan guarantee on
        Fremont, Calif.-based Solyndra, one of the leading makers of  cylindrical
        solar panels. The company plans to build a photovoltaic equipment plant large
        enough to employ 1,000 people permanently.","title":"Gov''t shines on Solyndra
        with $535M loan\u00a0guarantee","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/04/govt-shines-on-solyndra-with-535-loan-guarantee/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934173,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-26T09:43:26Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Tioga
        Energy, a San Mateo, Calif. company that facilitates affordable power purchase
        agreements between solar energy generators and commercial, government and
        non-profit consumers, has raised $1 million in debt and rights, according
        to a filing with the SEC.","title":"Tioga Energy captures $1M to broker solar
        power purchase\u00a0agreements","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/26/tioga-energy-captures-1m-to-broker-solar-power-purchase-agreements/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934174,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"bella","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934172,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-18T17:02:57Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Beating
        long-standing predictions that it would be one of the first clean technology
        companies to go public in the next year, cylindrical solar-panel maker Solyndra
        has filed for an IPO that could amount to as much as $300 million.","title":"Solyndra
        files for $300M public sale \u2014 kicking off cleantech IPO\u00a0rally?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/18/solyndra-files-for-300m-public-sale-could-kick-off-cleantech-ipo-rally/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934171,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-05T18:14:25Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"After
        baiting its hook with a $3 million tax incentives package, Elkahart, Ind.
        has finally reeled in Th!nk North America\u2019s new electric vehicle manufacturing
        plant, a facility that represents $43.5 million in local investment and as
        many as 400 jobs by 2013.","title":"Indiana''s incentives pay off, land Th!nk
        EV\u00a0plant","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/05/indianas-incentives-pay-off-landing-thnk-ev-plant/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934170,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-07T09:31:57Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Nanogram,
        maker of nanoscale materials that can be used to build optical, electronic
        and energy storage devices, has brought in $1.2 million of an intended $4
        million round of debt financing, according to a filing with the SEC. Based
        in Milpitas, Calif., the company is backed by ATA Ventures, Masdar, RockPort
        Capital, Bay Partners, Mitsui Ventures, SBV Venture Partners, Global Cleantech
        Capital, Nagase & Co., Technology Partners, Harris & Harris Group, NanoStart
        Investments, TEL, Institutional Venture Partners, Nth Power, and Yasuda Enterprise
        Development.","title":"Nanogram raises $1.2M for nanoscale\u00a0materials","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/07/nanogram-raises-1-2m-for-nanoscale-materials/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934169,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-19T20:18:02Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Pre-fabricated
        buildings have come a long way. Far from shoddy double-wides delivered by
        flat-bed trucks, they have become the hallmark of the green building movement,
        tricked out with natural lighting, ventilation and organic materials. One
        company, Project Frog, is wagering that \u2014 in addition to being eco-friendly
        \u2014 these buildings can actually improve student performance in schools.
        And it just raised more money to prove its point.","title":"Project Frog leaps
        ahead with $5.2M for greener school\u00a0buildings","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/19/project-frog-leaps-ahead-with-5-2m-for-greener-school-buildings/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934168,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-21T21:00:15Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"InVisage
        is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring
        2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present,
        but our coverage of them remains objective.","title":"DEMO: InVisage''s QuantumFilm
        enables gorgeous camera phone\u00a0pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/21/demo-invisages-quantumfilm-enables-gorgeous-camera-phone-pictures/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934167,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-02T15:48:37Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Following
        its loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, solar  module maker
        Solyndra has been facing a battery of audits. Sounds like simple due diligence,  but
        now auditors have called attention to the Fremont, Calif. company\u2019s  avalanche
        of debt and regular losses \u2014 findings that could actually  dash its hopes
        for a $300  million public sale.","title":"Audit dims Solyndra''s IPO\u00a0ambitions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/02/audit-dims-solyndras-ipo-ambitions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934166,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-03T12:41:21Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"In
        January, we posted a rumor citing a reliable inside source at Capcom who told
        us Resident Evil 6 was coming. The game would allegedly feature both Chris
        Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy as the main protaganists, as well as a happy
        mix between classic small-town survival horror and the franchise\u2019s more
        recent action-oriented gameplay. Officially, PR told us, \u201cCapcom has
        made no announcements.\u201d","title":"Inside source reports Darkstalkers
        4 is in the works\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/03/inside-source-reports-darkstalkers-4-is-in-the-works-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934164,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-06T10:50:19Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"EcoFactor,
        a provider of software that automates two-way thermostats for energy efficiency,
        has just banked another $3.5 million, bringing its recent round\u2019s total
        to $5.9 million. For a  company that just launched in November, it\u2019s
        doing pretty well \u2014  raising more than targeted and continuing its partnership
        with major Texan utility Oncor.","title":"EcoFactor makes thermostats smarter
        with new\u00a0$3.5M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/06/ecofactor-makes-thermostats-smarter-with-new-3-5m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934165,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"triangle","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934163,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-13T18:05:52Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Electrical
        equipment manufacturer Cooper Industries expanded its Smart Grid strategy
        today  with the acquisition of  wireless networking provider Eka Systems.","title":"Cooper
        grows Smart Grid presence with Eka Systems\u00a0buy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/13/cooper-grows-smart-grid-presence-with-eka-systems-buy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934162,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-05-10T22:59:11Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action:","title":"Roundup: New Yorker digs into Chatroulette, Motorola
        launches square phone, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/10/roundup-new-yorker-digs-into-chatroulette-motorola-launches-square-phone-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934161,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"we","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934160,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-03T14:22:57Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Kleiner
        Perkins Caufield & Byers is one of the  firms sprinting to grow its cleantech
        practice \u2014 keeping up with Bay  Area competitors like Khosla Ventures
        and CMEA Capital.  To do so, it\u2019s diversifying its  interests in the
        sector and reaching deeper into individual  verticals like the smart grid,
        carbon accounting, and biofuels. Today,  it extended its solar strategy, joining
        a $63  million round of funding from Enphase Energy, one of the  best-known
        makers of solar panel microinverters.","title":"Kleiner throws its weight
        behind solar inverter maker Enphase in $63M\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/03/kleiner-throws-its-weight-behind-solar-inverter-maker-enphase-in-63m-round/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934159,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-18T00:25:53Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Solyndra,  the
        maker of cylindrical solar cells that filed to go  public late last December,
        has withdrawn that filing from the SEC, choosing instead to raise $175 million
        by  selling convertible promissory notes to some of its existing  investors.
        The news spells trouble for  the rapidly growing company, and its thin-film
        solar peers.","title":"Solyndra nixes its IPO, but brings in $175M to keep
        the ball\u00a0rolling","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/18/solyndra-nixes-its-ipo-but-brings-in-175m-to-keep-the-ball-rolling/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934158,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-23T13:19:19Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Recurve,
        a  startup that helps homeowners identify and execute tasks that can make  their
        homes more energy-efficient and thereby slash their monthly electricity  bills,
        has brought in $8 million in a second round of capital.  Notably, about $4
        million came from major hardware store chain Lowe\u2019s.","title":"Recurve
        locks in $8M to make your home energy\u00a0tight","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/23/recurve-locks-in-8m-to-make-your-home-energy-tight/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934157,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-07T10:28:16Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"EcoFactor,  maker
        of software that turns programmable thermostats into smart,  energy-efficient
        devices, has just launched its first commercial  deployment in Dallas and
        Ft. Worth with Texan utility Oncor.","title":"EcoFactor rolls out first energy
        efficient thermostat service in\u00a0Texas","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/07/ecofactor-rolls-out-first-energy-efficient-thermostat-service-in-texas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934156,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-13T10:29:16Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"General
        Electric stepped  up its game in the smart grid industry today, launching
        both a charging device for electric  vehicles and a $200 million  contest
        calling for projects working to make electrical grids cleaner and  more efficient.
        Both developments were rolled out under the banner of Ecomagination, GE\u2019s
        green  initiative.","title":"General Electric unveils EV charger, $200M smart
        grid tech\u00a0contest","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/13/general-electric-unveils-ev-charger-200m-smart-grid-tech-contest/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934155,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-21T13:09:23Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Gazelle,
        a company that buys and resells used consumer electronics, announced Wednesday
        that it has raised a third round of funding for $12 million. The new funding,
        bringing its total to about $22 million, will be used to grow the business
        to meet consumer demand, build pricing models and strengthen retail partnerships,
        according to the company\u2019s announcement.","title":"Gazelle lands $12M
        to buy and resell your used\u00a0electronics","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/21/gazelle-electronics/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934154,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-14T08:39:48Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"In
        its $9.4 million first-round financing, SG Biofuels has attracted the backing
        of a subsidiary of Koch Industries \u2013 the first time the oil and agriculture
        conglomerate has invested in biofuels. SG Biofuels makes fuel from the inedible
        seed of the jatropha plant (pictured). Oils produced from jatropha could be
        made for less than $1 a gallon, Earth2Tech reports.","title":"On the GreenBeat:
        SG Biofuels gets $9.4 million in first round, Toyota to launch six new hybrids
        by\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/14/on-the-greenbeat-sg-biofuels-gets-9-4-million-in-first-round-toyota-to-launch-six-new-hybrids-by-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934153,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-04T18:35:03Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"EcoFactor
        wants to make your home climate system smarter. The company demonstrated its
        product at VentureBeat\u2019s GreenBeat conference today, where it was one
        of the highest ranked among the 10 competing startups (although Redwood Systems
        beat EcoFactor for the grand prize).","title":"EcoFactor impresses judges
        with smarter\u00a0thermostat","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/04/ecofactor-wows-judges-with-smarter-thermostat/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934152,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-16T09:00:06Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"The
        latest winner in GE\u2019s $200 million Ecoimagination smart grid contest
        is Clarian Power, a startup that makes what\u2019s essentially a home solar
        kit in a box.","title":"Clarian''s box o'' solar rides on Kleiner Perkins
        love to nab GE\u00a0win","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/16/clarians-box-o-solar-rides-on-kleiner-perkins-love-to-nab-ge-win/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934151,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-16T09:56:42Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Here
        are the top stories we\u2019re following today on the GreenBeat:","title":"On
        the GreenBeat: Thin-film solar''s prospects look dicey, Nissan to sell 500,000
        electric cars by\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/16/on-the-greenbeat-thin-film-solars-prospects-look-dicey-nissan-to-sell-500000-electric-cars-by-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934150,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-11-18T10:19:48Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"GE
        this week announced 12 winners in the first $55 million phase of its venture-funded
        $200 million\u00a0Ecoimagination contest. The worldwide competition aims to
        hunt down the most promising cleantech startups, an area GE is actively investing
        in and chief executive Jeffrey Immelt has underscored in recent moves and
        speeches.","title":"GE''s cleantech contest highlights 3 trends to\u00a0watch","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/18/three-cleantech-trends-to-watch-in-ge-ecomagination-winners/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934149,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-25T08:00:59Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Solar
        financing and installation startup Solar Universe has raised $7 million in
        a second round of funding, led by RockPort Capital.","title":"Solar Universe
        nabs $7M to install your panels, poaches SolarCity\u00a0exec","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/25/solar-universe-nabs-7m-to-install-your-panels-poaches-solarcity-exec/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934148,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-18T12:14:47Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"In
        the midst of all the turmoil of Groupon, which is now trading at a market
        cap below $8 billion and broke below the $12 mark in trading today, the company\u2019s
        hometown newspaper had a sitdown with Groupon chairman Eric Lefkofsky. As
        a former journalist who once aspired to work at the Tribune, I\u2019m embarrassed
        for\u00a0them.","title":"Chicago Tribune talks to Groupon chairman Lefkofsky;
        asks the wrong\u00a0questions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/18/chicago-tribune-talks-to-groupon-chairman-lefkofsky-asks-the-wrong-questions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934147,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-01T13:54:21Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Here\u2019s
        the latest action we\u2019re following today on the GreenBeat:","title":"On
        the GreenBeat: Warren Buffet, wind king? 1366 raises $28M; Soliant suspends\u00a0operations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/01/warren-buffet-wind-1366-raises-28m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934146,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-24T10:08:15Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Solar
        panel micro-inverter manufacturer Enphase\u00a0Energy is looking to raise
        $51.5 million in a funding round and has raised around $14 million of that
        so far, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.","title":"Solar
        panel micro-inverter maker Enphase looking to raise $51.5M ahead of\u00a0IPO","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/24/enphase-funding-51-million/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934145,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-17T08:00:29Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"For
        a mature and giant industry growing at a few percent a year, the semiconductor
        industry remains active when it comes to the creation of new startups and
        the initial public offerings of young private companies. But just as those
        activities create new companies, acquisitions and mergers count that effect,
        consolidating the industry into fewer companies, according to a report by
        the Global Semiconductor Alliance.","title":"Chip startup fundings, IPOs and
        acquisitions are cooling\u00a0off","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/17/chip-startup-fundings-ipos-and-acquisitions-are-cooling-off/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934144,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-28T10:00:02Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Oil
        is in the news again. Last week, oil prices touched all-time highs due to
        Iranian export declines; the chief economist of the International Energy Agency
        said that high oil prices could cause an international recession. And whereas
        it looked like the State Department had put the breaks on the Keystone pipeline
        in November, President Obama announced last week that he was going to fast-track
        the construction of the southernmost portion of the project.","title":"5 trends
        in oil & gas technology, and why you should\u00a0care","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/28/5-trends-in-oil-gas-technology-and-why-you-should-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934143,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"spread-the-word","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934142,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T18:31:01Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Food,
        food, and more food in today\u2019s Funding Daily. Tis the season to be hungry
        for food\u00a0startups.","title":"Funding Daily: Hungry, hungry\u00a0hippos","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/funding-daily-hungry-hungry-hippos/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934141,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"regular","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934140,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-10T12:55:03Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Streetline\u2019s
        smart parking system attracts a large, third round of\u00a0investment.","title":"Parking
        startup Streetline zooms off with $25M in its\u00a0engine","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/10/parking-startup-streetline-zooms-off-with-25m-in-its-engine/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934139,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-10T17:42:48Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Funding
        Daily, all wrapped up in canvas and oil\u00a0paint.","title":"Funding Daily:
        Artsy\u00a0Thursday","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/10/funding-daily-artsy-thursday/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934138,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-18T13:06:28Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Smart
        electricity and lighting startup Enlighted has raised $20 million to expand
        and bring its smart sensor tech that cuts electric use to many more\u00a0companies.","title":"Smart
        grid startup Enlighted lights up with $20M in new\u00a0funds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/18/enlighted-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934137,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-18T18:02:39Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Funding
        Daily will test the limits of your brain power today, so unless you have a
        deep understanding of \u2018flow processing,\u2019 make sure you bolster up
        with cognitive function enhancing\u00a0foods.","title":"Funding Daily: Brain\u00a0booster","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/18/funding-daily-brain-booster/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934136,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-12T08:00:54Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Flywheel (formerly known as Cabulous) released major updates today to
        its application today that provides existing taxis and fleets with rider-friendly
        features like e-hailing, in-app payment, and a ratings\u00a0system.","title":"Flywheel
        4.0 drives through the traffic jam of taxi apps\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/12/flywheel-4-0-drives-through-traffic-jam-of-taxi-apps-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934135,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-31T10:23:44Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Flywheel
        is trying to change the cab industry from within by giving traditional taxis
        the same benefits and conveniences as controversial ridesharing\u00a0startups.","title":"Flywheel
        raises $14.8M to help taxi drivers keep up with Lyft, Uber,\u00a0Sidecar","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/31/flywheel-raises-14-8m-to-help-taxi-drivers-keep-up-with-lyft-uber-sidecar/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934134,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-31T16:58:19Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Here
        is a roundup of today\u2019s funding\u00a0news.","title":"Funding Daily: Taxi
        cab\u00a0confessions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/31/funding-daily-taxi-cab-confessions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934133,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-11T14:45:48Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Updated
        Sunday, Oct. 13 at 5:15 PM PST with fuel efficiency details from an Achates
        representative","title":"Achates Power secures $35M to fuel efficient engine\u00a0development","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/11/achates-power-secures-35m-to-fuel-efficient-engine-development/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934132,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-11T15:00:53Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Hardware
        has a big showing in this day\u2019s\u00a0roundup.","title":"Funding Daily:
        Cars, builders, and\u00a0boxes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/11/funding-daily-cars-builders-and-boxes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934131,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-14T09:01:22Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Guest
        Post These five NYC startups are successfully challenging the way the real
        estate business is\u00a0done.","title":"These five startups are transforming
        New York City\u2019s real estate\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/14/these-five-startups-are-transforming-new-york-citys-real-estate-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934129,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-04T16:23:47Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Rockport
        Capital Partners, a cleantech-focused venture firm co-located in Boston, MA
        and Menlo Park, Calif., has closed its third fund with $450 million, almost
        twice the size of its last raise.  One of Rockport\u2019s more notable deals
        of late, a partnership with Kleiner Perkins to start a North American subsidiary
        of the Norwegian electric car maker Think, points the way to Rockport\u2019s
        shifting strategy: Mixing later-stage deals in with new startups, and helping
        existing companies to commercialize.  Overall, the firm is looking to invest
        in fewer companies with its new $450 million pot than the 40 startups it put
        money into with its $125 million first and $261 million second fund.  Although
        some are warning of overheating in the cleantech space, Rockport managing
        partner David Prend seems confident his firm will have no trouble doing well.
        \u201cThe prospects for exits look rosier all the time. When successes start
        materializing, you get a lot of me-toos, [but] I don\u2019t think that\u2019s
        necessarily bad,\u201d he told me.  One positive side affect of ever more
        money pouring into cleantech is in the quality of the people it attracts,
        Prend says. \u201cHistorically, the challenge was management and entrepreneurs.
        If you look now, the quality is an order of magnitude higher.\u201d  As to
        where the sector stands overall, Prend says it\u2019s roughly comparable to
        IT some 35 years back, or biotech two decades ago, suggesting that plenty
        of work remains to make it mature. However, he does thinks that it will be
        permanently considered one of the most important areas for investment. \u201cIn
        5 years if you interview anyone from Rockport, we\u2019ll just be another
        venture fund. The fact that we do cleantech won\u2019t be notable,\u201d he
        said.","title":"Rockport Capital closes third cleantech fund at\u00a0$450M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/04/rockport-capital-closes-third-cleantech-fund-at-450m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934130,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"motives","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934128,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-02T22:19:00Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"","title":"Live,
        Labor Day weekend chiptunes in downtown Los\u00a0Angeles","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/02/live-labor-day-weekend-chiptunes-in-downtown-los-angeles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934127,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"moore","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934126,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"the-pitch","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934125,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"montana","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934124,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-28T14:30:38Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Will
        2012 leave a permanent mark on Blizzard Entertainment\u2019s enviable track\u00a0record?","title":"Blizzard
        Entertainment president talks pandas, campers, and launch problems\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/28/blizzard-entertainment-interview/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934123,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"joe","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:16Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934122,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-11T10:04:02Z","slug":"throng","summary":"With
        the steady rise of network-hogging smartphones, it\u2019s clear that cellular
        providers will need more than just equipment upgrades to cope with the throng
        of new subscribers \u2014 they also need access to more wireless spectrum.
        Unfortunately, there isn\u2019t much available spectrum to go around.","title":"FCC
        looking to purchase wireless spectrum from\u00a0broadcasters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/11/fcc-looking-to-purchase-wireless-spectrum-from-broadcasters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934121,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"or-not","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934120,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-04-14T17:04:00Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Editor''s
        note: Video games have a long history of pitting players against a god-like
        end boss or putting them at odds with a religious sect. Ben highlights several
        recent releases and suggests that this trend is back and more vibrant than
        ever. Is killing god in games problematic? -Rob","title":"Gamers in the Hands
        of an Angry\u00a0God","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/14/gamers-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-god/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934119,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-10T14:33:22Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Structure
        2010, GigaOM\u2019s two-day event, will provide you with a content-rich look
        at the next three years of cloud computing. Here\u2019s what\u2019s on the
        agenda:","title":"The future of cloud computing at Structure 2010 (VB discount\u00a0included)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/10/the-future-of-cloud-computing-at-structure-2010-vb-discount-included/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934118,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-19T22:01:00Z","slug":"throng","summary":"If
        you enjoy long lines, cramped conditions, and you don''t really want to play
        any video games, E3 2010 was the place for you. As for me, This is my job,
        and I actually want to play video games at a video games convention. This
        is something that E3 2010 didn''t do very well. As a result, I''m asking the
        ESA to bring back the E3 from 2008.","title":"E3 2010 Stinks. Bring Back E3\u00a02008.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/19/e3-2010-stinks-bring-back-e3-2008/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934117,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-07-30T01:40:16Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Halo:
        Reach is doing it. Gears of War 2 popularized it. Even Modern Warfare 2 (sort
        of) did it. Now BioShock 2 is getting into the scene, too. Its upcoming downloadable
        Protector Trials, due out August 3 for the PS3, 360, and PC, has players taking
        on waves of A.I. baddies, similar to the \"Horde modes\" we''ve seen rise
        in prominence in the last couple of years.","title":"BioShock 2: Protector
        Trials \u2014 A Deadly Return to\u00a0Rapture","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/30/bioshock-2-protector-trials-a-deadly-return-to-rapture/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934116,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"undefeated","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934115,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-09T17:05:14Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Dead
        Rising 2 is not for everyone. In fact, it\u2019s not for most people. In an
        age where games are designed with accessibility in mind, it\u2019s hard to
        imagine that a game with such an unfriendly end user experience. Weapons constantly
        break, leaving players defenseless against the hordes of the undead. Strict
        time limits discourage true exploring, offering a mixed message when the game
        is set in a world that resembles a sandbox.","title":"Dead Rising 2: Gaining
        Through\u00a0Loss","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/09/dead-rising-2-gaining-through-loss/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934114,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-11T12:49:12Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Minecraft\u00a0is
        less a game and more an impressive toolset that throws players into a world
        and allows them to build (or destroy) wonderful things. This is, perhaps,
        the most discussed aspect of indie project; however, the yin to Minecraft''s
        yang of digital Legos gets decidedly less attention: exploring a mysterious
        world.","title":"Minecraft: It\u2019s the Journey \u2014 Not the\u00a0Destination","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/11/minecraft-its-the-journey-not-the-destination/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934113,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-23T12:19:49Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Third-party
        data on last night\u2019s presidential debate confirms what we already know:
        Politics can bring out the worst in\u00a0people.","title":"Final presidential
        debate provoked most social trash\u00a0talk","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/23/presidential-debate-trash-talk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934112,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-30T18:00:53Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Zombies.","title":"Five
        Games That Didn\u2019t Need\u00a0Zombies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/30/five-games-that-didnt-need-zombies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934111,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-01-19T01:44:38Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Back
        in April, I wrote about deicide in video games on Bitmob. It was promoted
        to the front page, and within a couple of weeks had a quarter of my personal
        blog''s lifetime hits. I received some amazing feedback, and the idea of expanding
        on it has been growing in the back of my head. At last, those ideas have begun
        to come to fruition.","title":"Gamers in the Hands of an Angry God: Purgatory,
        Deicide, and Religious Critique in Video\u00a0Games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/19/gamers-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-god-purgatory-deicide-and-religious-critique-in-video-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934110,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-02T04:45:36Z","slug":"throng","summary":"I''ve
        cut a bloody swath through the throngs of minion. I''ve collected the magical
        artifacts from the serpentine halls of a dark dank dungeon. I''ve leveled
        my heroes to pristine fighting condition. I''ve honed my skills to a razor
        sharp edge. I am ready to face the final boss. Controller clenched in my hands,
        I make my last save and walk into my date with destiny. He looks intimidating.
        He has sweeping orchestral music blaring in the background. He has a super
        flashy and ferociously titled special move like World Ender or Meteor Shower
        of DEATH. He goes down without me even breaking a sweat.","title":"Like A
        Boss","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/02/like-a-boss/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934109,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-02-05T02:05:04Z","slug":"throng","summary":"I
        was unaware of the Penny Arcade \"dickwolves T-shirt controversy\" until late
        last week when my wife brought this blog post to my attention. The author,
        who goes by the name \"kirbybits,\" is a game designer in Boston, MA. She
        is also a rape survivor and suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).","title":"Don\u2019t
        be a dickwolf at PAX East next\u00a0month","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/05/dont-be-a-dickwolf/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934108,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-03-17T17:00:09Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Stealth
        games make me feel like an idiot. It doesn''t matter how hard I try or what
        tactics I implement, something about covert action just refuses to jibe with
        my play style. So when I sat down to play Deus Ex: Human Revolution,\u00a0I
        was prepared to accept this failure and go through the massive demo with guns
        blazing.","title":"Suck at stealth games? Deus Ex: Human Revolution can\u00a0help","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/17/suck-at-stealth-games-deus-ex-human-revolution-can-help/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934107,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"theresa","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934106,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-06-01T06:00:02Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Lord
        of the Rings fans are a perpetual market for video games. But they haven\u2019t
        been served well by video game publishers over the past decade, even during
        the years when Peter Jackson\u2019s films were winning Oscars. I\u2019m a
        sucker for these types of games, since I re-read J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s fantasy
        books every five years or so. But I can\u2019t say I\u2019ve been wowed by
        a Tolkien game yet.","title":"Will Tolkien fans finally get a decent Lord
        of the Rings\u00a0game?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/01/will-tolkien-fans-finally-get-a-decent-lord-of-the-rings-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934104,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-08-26T22:21:00Z","slug":"throng","summary":"In
        a hip Boston pub last March, a crowd gathered around Gian Cruz\u2019s iPad.
        I had noticed the cluster of gamers near the bar not because of the iDevice
        \u2014 which are common at PAX East \u2014 but because of the enthusiastic
        faces reflecting the tablet\u2019s light. Sitting down at my table, I continued
        watching the group in between swigs of beer and jokes with fellow convention
        attendees.","title":"Word Fighter is the iPad\u2019s next huge\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/26/word-fighter-is-the-ipads-next-huge-game/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:39Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934105,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"matthew-gray","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934103,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-01T20:33:45Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Hitting
        the dirt only makes the flak worse.","title":"Prone shouldn\u2019t make or
        break Battlefield\u00a03","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/01/prone-shouldnt-make-or-break-battlefield-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934102,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"glimpse","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934101,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-15T00:01:48Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Don\u2019t
        be surprised. The debut of Apple\u2019s iPhone 4S today was met with long
        lines, loud cheers, activation headaches, and interviews with the ubiquitous
        Steve Wozniak, the surviving co-founder of Apple.","title":"iPhone 4S launch
        draws crowds, including Steve\u00a0Wozniak","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/15/iphone-4s-launch-draws-crowds-including-steve-wozniak/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934100,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-15T06:00:01Z","slug":"throng","summary":"In
        many ways the first-person shooters of today owe a lot to the original Halo,
        which launched back in 2001 alongside the original Xbox on November 15. It
        stomped its way onto the scene and proclaimed the genre could indeed be successful
        on consoles despite most gamers believing a keyboard and mouse was needed
        for a truly great experience. The naysayers were incorrect and nowadays first-person
        shooters are the single most popular genre on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation
        3. Halo not only proved that first-person shooters could work on analog sticks
        for a console game controller, but it also created a totally original universe
        steeped in cultural and religious undertones as well as a meaningful, yet
        understated relationship between the main character and his computer-AI fueled,
        yet simply human, compatriot known as Cortana.","title":"Review: Despite its
        age, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is a breath of fresh\u00a0air","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/15/review-despite-its-age-halo-combat-evolved-anniversary-manages-to-be-a-breath-of-fresh-air/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934099,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-19T09:30:27Z","slug":"throng","summary":"The
        smartphone has been at the center of the Occupy Wall Street movement, just
        as it has played a pivotal role in the Arab Spring. And while the cameras
        in phones have recorded some of the movement\u2019s most searing images, a
        growing number of apps are helping protest participants communicate and coordinate
        with one another.","title":"Apps for occupiers make organizing, communicating
        and sharing\u00a0easier","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/19/apps-for-occupy-wall-street/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934098,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-13T20:58:19Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Comedian
        Louis CK has divulged the results of his $5 web special experiment, and the
        numbers look good.","title":"Louis CK\u2019s web-only special makes $500K
        in 4\u00a0days","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/13/louie-ck-web-only-special-500k/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934097,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-01-08T00:51:03Z","slug":"throng","summary":"The\u00a0Community
        Spotlight\u00a0features some of the best unedited articles that didn''t quite
        make the front page. This week, we look back at the works of developer Falcom,
        offer some ideas for improving downloadable content, give e-sports a chance,
        and more. Join us!","title":"Spotlight: A Falcom retrospective, making DLC
        better, giving e-sports a chance, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/08/spotlight-a-falcom-retrospective-making-dlc-better-giving-e-sports-a-chance-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934096,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-02-27T01:30:59Z","slug":"throng","summary":"When
        streaming video service Vimeo launched brand-new Android and Windows Phone
        applications in early January, the company teased that it was also working
        on a major update for iOS so it could support the iPad. Now that wait is finally
        up, with Vimeo launching its much improved iOS app today at Mobile World Congress
        in Barcelona.","title":"Vimeo launches improved iOS app with full-screen iPad\u00a0playback","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/27/vimeo-ios-ipad-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934095,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-16T05:38:38Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Apple\u2019s\u00a0third-generation
        iPad\u00a0drew the expected crowds for its big public debut on Friday. The
        hubbub started a minute after midnight, when select Best Buy and Walmart locations
        opened their doors to customers. There were lines at some third-party resellers,
        but the bigger throngs of diehards went straight to the mother ship, the Apple
        Store, which started selling iPads at 8am local time.","title":"iPad launch
        draws fans and protesters across the U.S.\u00a0(gallery)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/16/new-ipad-launch-crowds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934094,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-03T14:37:20Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"President
        Barack Obama had a little fun today on Twitter despite spending most of his
        time talking about serious topics such as the looming fiscal cliff and middle-class
        tax\u00a0cuts.","title":"The 3 best tweets from Obama\u2019s Twitter town\u00a0hall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/03/obama-best-town-hall-tweets/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934093,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-16T06:30:41Z","slug":"throng","summary":"In
        the crowds at major Apple stores across the U.S. for the new iPad were a few
        people who were decidedly out-of-place: protestors who wanted to remind the
        shoppers about \u201cunethical\u201d working conditions of the Chinese laborers
        who make Apple\u2019s products.","title":"Protesters at iPad launch want Apple
        to \u2018think different\u2019 on worker\u00a0treatment","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/16/protesters-ipad-launch/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934092,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-17T08:22:26Z","slug":"throng","summary":"The
        two hundred people packed into a small screening room in Midtown Manhattan
        on a recent Tuesday night made quite a throng. Engineers, venture capitalists,
        and entrepreneurs sipped Sam Adams and nibbled bits from a fruit plate. They
        were there to learn about CrowdControl, a New York startup that is melding
        human workers with artificial intelligence to create the next paradigm for
        global labor: crowd computing.","title":"Crowd computing taps artificial intelligence
        to revolutionize the power of our collective\u00a0brains","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/17/crowdcontrol-ai-crowdsourcing-crowdcomputing-mechanical-turk/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934091,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-11T08:00:49Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Developer
        Eurocom\u2019s 007 Legends is a full-fledged tribute to the James Bond film
        franchise\u2019s 50th anniversary. Just one problem: Where did Bond\u00a0go?","title":"007
        Legends proves personality makes or breaks a\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/11/007-legends-e3-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934090,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"do","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934089,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-16T13:30:24Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Learn
        guitar while playing video games. What\u2019s not to like? Turns out, it depends
        on how you like to play and\u00a0learn.","title":"Rocksmith or BandFuse? Which
        music game will you\u00a0choose?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/16/rocksmith-or-bandfuse-which-music-game-will-you-choose/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934088,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-03T01:02:00Z","slug":"throng","summary":"If
        you follow video game news, you must be aware that we are on the brink of
        the Nintendo apocalypse (or Nintendocalypse, if you will). The bad\u00a0showing
        at E3, the lack of excitement for the\u00a0Wii U, the falling popularity of
        Nicolas Cage, and clues hidden in the Mayan calendar are all signs pointing
        to the end of the\u00a0Mushroom Kingdom.","title":"The Nintendocalypse and\u00a0you","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/03/the-nintenocalypse-and-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934087,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-04T08:50:21Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Guest
        Post Physicists at CERN believe they have found the elusive Higgs boson\u00a0particle.","title":"Physicists
        at CERN believe they have found elusive Higgs\u00a0boson","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/04/physicists-at-cern-believe-they-have-found-elusive-higgs-boson/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934086,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-28T20:05:00Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Speed
        runs sit within a dignified niche of the PC gaming community. The daunting
        task of sustaining entertainment value for a video typically involving jump-crazy
        players blurring through a level in a matter of seconds falls to a dedicated
        throng of ambitious achievers.","title":"Portal speed run shatters both world
        record and laws of\u00a0nature","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/28/portal-speed-run-shatters-both-world-record-and-laws-of-nature/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934085,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-27T11:33:41Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Guest
        Post Amazon may be on a path to becoming the single most dominant force in
        the technology\u00a0world.","title":"Amazon plays for the\u00a0crown","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/27/amazon-plays-for-the-crown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934084,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"reason","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934083,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-30T15:05:29Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Comic
        imprint Skybound gets into the video game business with this iOS\u00a0title.","title":"The
        Walking Dead: Assault brings top-down black-and-white shooting action to\u00a0iOS","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/30/the-walking-dead-assault-brings-top-down-black-and-white-shooting-action-to-ios/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934082,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-06T09:00:02Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Sly
        and the gang are back to their old tricks (along with some new ones) in Sanzaru
        Games\u2019 take on the stealth platforming\u00a0series.","title":"Pull off
        some ridiculous time traveling heists in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (hands-on\u00a0preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/06/sly-cooper-thieves-in-time-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934080,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-05T06:00:14Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Dead
        Space 3 may not be the pure survival-horror experience the series was once
        known for, but it\u2019s still a hell of a lot of\u00a0fun.","title":"Dead
        Space 3 is a disturbing ride from beginning to end\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/05/dead-space-3-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934081,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"gibson","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934079,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-01T15:26:21Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Guest
        Post Let\u2019s take a step back and understand the technology tools that
        can benefit the largest group of people who have been hardest hit by large
        enterprises and new technologies: the tens of millions of local merchants
        all over the\u00a0world.","title":"Leveling the (local) playing field: How
        tech can help merchants\u00a0compete","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/01/leveling-the-local-playing-field-how-tech-can-help-local-merchants-compete-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934078,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-07T09:00:07Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick What most are hoping for is a massive change that would toy with Facebook\u2019s
        long-cultivated revenue streams and tinker with one of its most precious pieces
        of IP: The News Feed\u00a0algorithm.","title":"Facebook changes News Feed
        forever \u2014 but for the\u00a0better?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/07/facebook-news-feed-updates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934077,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-31T00:46:53Z","slug":"throng","summary":"There
        comes a time when I think I have every video game genre pegged. First person
        shooters more than anything else, I guess \u2013 but, yeah, sometimes I\u2019m
        almost certain of what I\u2019ll find when I boot up a game like Sleeping
        Dogs. Fast cars, awkward cover-shooting, a foul-mouthed supporting cast and
        a seemingly endless run of extremely-violent situations \u2014 some of which
        are either mandatory or optional to experience \u2014 were all I expected
        to find lining the streets of Hong Kong, but thankfully, there were more than
        a few surprises lurking in the ports, markets and alleyways of this neon city.","title":"Sleeping
        Dogs Review (PS3): Undercover Gangster\u2019s Paradise","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/31/sleeping-dogs-review-ps3-undercover-gangsters-paradise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934076,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-18T06:00:10Z","slug":"throng","summary":"It\u2019s
        a whole lot bigger and touts an open world, but does the latest Dead Rising
        have what it takes to compete with the Xbox One launch\u00a0window?","title":"Dead
        Rising 3 is the Xbox One\u2019s gigantic, though bizarre and simplistic, step
        into the next generation (review)\u00a0[update]","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/18/dead-rising-3-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934075,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-21T21:02:42Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Fans
        fill Times Square for the first Microsoft console launch in seven\u00a0years.","title":"The
        next-generation game console wars officially begin. Score so far: Sony sells
        1 million, Microsoft\u00a01","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/21/the-next-generation-console-wars-officially-begin-score-so-far-sony-sells-1-million-microsoft-1/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934074,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-25T05:52:33Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Microsoft
        finally breaks its silence on broadcasting\u00a0gameplay.","title":"Xbox One
        Twitch streaming release date is March\u00a011","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/25/xbox-one-twitch-streaming-release-date-is-march-11/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934073,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T17:42:54Z","slug":"throng","summary":"Way
        too many indie games are coming out, but here are five that caught my\u00a0eye.","title":"5
        indie games I want to play more of in\u00a02014","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/5-indie-games-i-want-to-play-more-of-in-2014/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934072,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-11T09:00:13Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Kevin
        Shortt, the man behind Watch Dogs\u2019 narrative, discusses the art of keeping
        secrets, the thrill of exploiting secrets, and the choices a cyber-vigilante
        must make in a completely connected\u00a0world.","title":"Watch Dogs\u2019
        lead writer talks anti-heroes in the hackable\u00a0city","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/11/watch-dogs-lead-writer-talks-anti-heroes-in-the-hackable-city/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934071,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"light","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934070,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"joanna","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:34Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934069,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"baker","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934068,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-23T11:00:10Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Guest
        Post In addition to local entrepreneurs building startups, I found something
        else I wasn\u2019t expecting in Bend: a deep pool of talented Valley transplants
        who\u2019ve made their way to Bend \u2013 either during their careers or\u00a0after.","title":"Bigger
        in Bend: Building a regional startup cluster in Oregon\u2019s resort\u00a0town","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/23/bigger-in-bend-building-a-regional-startup-cluster-in-oregons-resort-town/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934067,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"endeavour","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934066,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"simon-baker","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934065,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-03-25T23:48:11Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"On
        Saturday night at SXSW a couple weeks ago, I was seriously considering seeing
        how far I could throw my iPhone.","title":"Video: AT&T employees relentlessly
        pat themselves on the back for \"fixing\" SXSW","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/25/video-att-employees-pat-themselves-on-the-back-relentlessly-for-fixing-sxsw/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934064,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-05-06T17:06:19Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"Some
        members of Advanced Micro Devices\u2019 management team just got Fusioned.
        Fusion is the brand name for the company\u2019s plans to put graphics and
        a microprocessor on the same chip. The day that happens is still quite far
        off, but today the chip design company combined management of the two divisions.","title":"AMD
        shuffles executives as it combines graphics and\u00a0microprocessors","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/06/amd-shuffles-executives-as-it-combines-graphics-and-microprocessors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934063,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-23T17:12:21Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"Amazon
        shares hit an all-time record \u2014 Today\u2019s $118.49 price is higher
        than the $400-plus days of 1999, because of splits in the years since. Today\u2019s
        share price would be about $700 without the splits, says the Wall Street Journal.
        The Journal hauled out Mary Meeker, a big booster of Amazon and other dot-com
        stocks in the late 1990s who still follows the sector:","title":"5 O''Clock
        Roundup: Amazon''s all-time high, Microsoft''s ignorable low, the Windows
        7 questions no one but David Pogue wants to be seen\u00a0answering","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/23/5-oclock-roundup-amazons-all-time-high/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934062,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-10-29T20:41:56Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"Spoiler
        warning:\u00a0 I\u2019ll be discussing the leaked footage in some depth.","title":"The
        True Cost of War: Modern Warfare 2 and the Leaked Scene\u00a0(spoilers).","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/29/the-true-cost-of-war-modern-warfare-2-and-the-leaked-scene-spoilers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934061,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-01-29T14:38:01Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"While
        Mass Tuesday fell upon us earlier this week, I was that guy who was playing
        Mag.\u00a0 Mag is Sony\u2019s\u00a0FPS that could hold 256 players (which
        you have to unlock at level 8 or some bullshit).\u00a0\u00a0 This game is
        strickly an online game where you choice what class you want to be, what weapons,\u00a0basically
        what your character carries and BOOM you\u2019re in a game.\u00a0","title":"MAG
        Review \u2013 Just another\u00a0Haze.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/29/mag-review-just-another-haze/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934060,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-09T14:42:29Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"For
        some types of searches, Google totally sucks. Are you looking for a senior
        editor at Wired to pitch? Until recently, Google\u2019s built-in directory
        returned me as a top result, seven years after I\u2019d lost the job. If you\u2019re
        a salesperson, marketer, recruiter, or competitor researching company executives,
        Google is full of non-leads, and its website results are often out of date.
        That\u2019s because one in four Americans changes jobs each year, according
        to the international Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.","title":"Lead411
        buffs up with 1.4 million executive profiles, deeper info\u00a0options","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/09/lead411-buffs-up-with-1-4-million-executive-profiles-deeper-info-options/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934059,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T12:00:42Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"Road
        Not Taken developer Spry Fox sees new consoles as an opportunity, and recounts
        the perils of indie development in the\u00a0process.","title":"Triple Town\u2019s
        makers share how indies don\u2019t have to make compromises on PlayStation
        4 & Xbox\u00a0One","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/the-studio-behind-triple-town-and-road-not-taken-wants-to-create-without-compromising/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934058,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-29T04:30:32Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"Photo
        from Camille Young''s Flickr","title":"The Fantastic, Handmade Mother 3 Figurines
        from Fangamer (PAX East\u00a02010)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/29/the-fantastic-handmade-mother-3-figurines-from-fangamer-pax-east-2010/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934057,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-08T21:01:28Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"Hewlett-Packard\u00a0is
        announcing a new all-in-one consumer desktop under its Envy brand that caters
        to high-end consumers.","title":"HP launches an all-in-one consumer desktop
        that you\u2019ll\u00a0envy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/08/hp-launches-an-all-in-one-consumer-desktop-that-youll-envy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934056,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-15T10:39:09Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"A
        group of pro-Syrian regime hackers attacked the Washington Post this morning,
        redirecting posts to the group\u2019s website.","title":"Hackers who attacked
        Washington Post got Outbrain,\u00a0too","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/15/washinton-post-outbrain-hack/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934055,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T15:24:23Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"Mysterious
        company Citizen.VC, which only has a landing webpage thus far, might be pulling
        back the curtains soon.","title":"Stealthy Citizen.VC reports $4M in new funding,
        reveals few\u00a0details","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/stealthy-citizen-vc-reports-4m-in-new-funding-reveals-few-details/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934054,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"thor","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934053,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"viral","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934052,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"simon","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3934051,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-01T09:46:13Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"President
        Obama posted a call for questions about health care last Saturday. Today at
        1:15 pm Eastern (10:15 Pacific) he\u2019ll answer them on video. Press secretary
        Robert Gibbs is already warming up the crowd with a Q&A session with reporters.","title":"Where
        to talk back to Obama''s town\u00a0hall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/01/where-to-watch-obamas-town-hall/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934050,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"x","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934049,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"zap2it","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934048,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"boxer","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934047,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"loren","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934046,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"sequel","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934045,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"notify","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934044,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"none","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934042,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"span","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934043,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"ingrid","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934041,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"blackberry","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:10Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934040,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"google-play","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934039,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"youtube","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934038,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"foreign-relations","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934035,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"council-on-foreign-relations","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934037,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"plot","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934036,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"tv","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934034,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"photoalto","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:08Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934033,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"taboola","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934032,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"hussein","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934031,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"s","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934029,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"priest","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:25Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934030,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"hints","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934028,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"sri","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934027,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"jonathan","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:07Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934026,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"jeff","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934025,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"saints","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:06Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934024,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"all-saints","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934023,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"frederick","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934022,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"r","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934021,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"picnic","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934020,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"school-house","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:05Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934017,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"eric","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934019,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"whats-next","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934018,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"the-movement","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934016,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"abdel","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934015,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"carolyn","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934014,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"the-scene","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934013,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"jr","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934012,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ohio","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934011,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"bobby","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934010,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"luca","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934009,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"balcony","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:04Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934008,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"noon","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:22Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934007,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"dash","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934006,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"emilio","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934005,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"jorge","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934004,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"cardinal","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934003,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"nun","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934002,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"we","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3934001,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"mary","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3934000,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"lee","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:03Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933999,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"patriarch","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933998,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"enstarz","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933997,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"damascus","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933996,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"syrian","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933995,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"marco","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933994,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"embark","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933993,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"on-its-way","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:02Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933992,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"his","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933991,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"town-hall","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933990,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"be-on","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933989,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"essen","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933988,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"francois","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933987,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"kevin-spacey","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933986,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"e","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933985,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"kite","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933983,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"glide","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:01Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933984,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"writer","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933982,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"claus","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933981,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"kites","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933980,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"kirill","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933979,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"vh","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933978,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"notorious","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933977,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"eight-days","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933976,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"re","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933975,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933974,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"mea","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:00Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933973,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"kevin","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933971,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"lakshmi","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933972,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"it","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933969,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"decorate","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933970,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"writer","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933968,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"sanjay","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933967,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"demon","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933966,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"str","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933965,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ariel","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:59Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933964,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"sundown","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933963,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"mario","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933962,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"raskin","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933961,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"am","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933960,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"aaron-raskin","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933959,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"frank","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933956,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"mustafa","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933958,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"it","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933957,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"asgard","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933955,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"throng","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933954,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ad","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933953,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"urs","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:58Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933952,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"mir","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933951,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"syed","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933950,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"israeli-police","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933949,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"michal","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933948,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"theo","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933947,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"bafta","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933946,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"dawn","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933945,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-02T15:26:19Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Apprehension
        is a word that best describes what I\u2019m about to write and as I type this,
        the soundtrack for my game of the year plays in the background of my home
        office. This approach seemed the most appropriate for me as Journey is a game
        that I have a difficult time going back to. That doesn\u2019t make much sense
        does it? Yet the deeper I\u2019ve delved into player experiences, it\u2019s
        a sentiment that is echoed. This game is something different to nearly everyone
        who has picked up a Sixaxis controller. How does a game with such an abstract
        approach to storytelling evoke so much insightful emotion? That isn\u2019t
        a question I can answer for anyone else, only speculate. What I can answer
        is what that Journey was to me.","title":"My Journey through Journey: An interpretation
        of life and\u00a0music","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/02/journeys-soundtrack-takes-listeners-through-the-cycle-of-life/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933942,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ed-wray","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933943,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"wendy","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933944,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"am","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933941,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ed","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933940,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"crescent","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933939,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"arrive","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933938,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"jakarta","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933937,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"nazar","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933936,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"dinamo","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933934,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"aamir","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933935,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"larry","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933933,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"august","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933931,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"saurabh","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933932,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"his","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933930,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933929,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"shah","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:56Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933928,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"feroz-shah","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933927,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-15T09:30:16Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Just
        as certain games hold their rightful place in history, certain quotes and
        sayings have also managed to leave their\u00a0mark.","title":"Memorable quotes
        from video game\u00a0history","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/15/memorable-quotes-from-video-game-history/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933926,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"he","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933925,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"sunrise","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933924,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"karim","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933923,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"fareed-khan","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933922,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"fareed","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933921,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"piper","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933920,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"i","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933919,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"alvaro","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933918,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"christi","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933916,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"corpus","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933917,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"emily","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933915,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"one-of-them","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933914,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"writer","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933913,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"harvest","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933912,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"nicolas","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933911,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-20T11:33:03Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"As
        the minutes tick down to the reveal of PlayStation\u2019s future, journalists
        and industry pros tweeted their funniest, crudest, most poignant, and most
        inspiring experiences from Sony\u2019s\u00a0past.","title":"Thanks for the
        #PlayStationMemories: The industry tweets Sony\u2019s\u00a0legacy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/20/thanks-for-the-playstationmemories-the-industry-tweets-sonys-legacy/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933910,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"buried","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933908,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"christ","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933909,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"plot","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:22Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933907,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"71","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933906,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"krishna","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933905,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"we","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933904,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"kevin","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:54Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933902,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"das","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933903,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"carter","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933901,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"spring-is","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933899,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"advent","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933900,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"it","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933898,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"cloth","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933897,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-24T13:09:30Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Find
        out why Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a cut above its 3D brawler\u00a0lineage.","title":"Metal
        Gear Rising: Revengeance Review (PS3): A Cut\u00a0Above","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/24/metal-gear-rising-revengeance-review-ps3-a-cut-above/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933896,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933895,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ganga","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933894,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"vacant","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:22Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933893,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"lotus","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933892,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"lantern","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:53Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933891,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"anand","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933890,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"lunar","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933889,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"friedman","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933888,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"new-moon","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933887,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"nina","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933886,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"42","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933885,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"am","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933884,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"manu","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933883,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"shadow","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:52Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933882,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-26T18:57:38Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"The
        technology that the Wii U posses \u2014 not\u00a0necessarily\u00a0the hardware
        \u2014 could change and define gaming as we know it. What I mean by this is
        the way game developers choose to use the new controllers can change how a
        game is played and exactly what games excel on the console itself. As a gamer
        myself, I am very excited to see which games excel on the Wii U and to see
        which developer uses these controllers for advantage and don\u2019t just port
        it from different consoles not embracing what the Wiii U has to offer.","title":"Wii
        U: Want I want as a\u00a0Gamer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/26/wii-u-want-i-want-as-a-gamer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933881,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"paco","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933880,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"elizabeth","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933879,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"brothers-and-sisters","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933878,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"adam","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933877,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"20","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:24Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933876,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"man-to","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933875,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933874,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ties","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933873,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ajit","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933872,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"harris","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933871,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"alessandra","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:50Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933870,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"photos","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933869,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"arrival","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933868,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-05T05:56:05Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"One
        community writer looks back at the games that made him buy a Wii, Xbox 360,
        and PlayStation\u00a03.","title":"The games that sold me on current-gen\u00a0consoles","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/05/what-games-sold-me-on-consoles/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:01Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933867,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"singh","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933866,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"young-and-restless","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933865,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"kumar","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933864,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"google-drive","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933863,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"rajesh-kumar","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:49Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933862,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"rajesh","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:47:00Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933861,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"rivers","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933860,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"confluence","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933859,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933858,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"sangam","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933857,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"games","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933856,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"province","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933855,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-27T11:12:46Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Metal
        Gear creator Hideo Kojima has finally stopped all the teasing and revealed
        what game Kojima productions is really working on. He also showed off the
        new Fox engine that powers\u00a0it.","title":"Surprise! The Phantom Pain is
        actually Metal Gear Solid\u00a0V","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/27/surprise-the-phantom-pain-is-actually-metal-gear-solid-v/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:59Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933853,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"candle","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933854,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"shoot","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933852,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"icloud","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933851,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"the-west","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933850,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"cbs","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933849,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"nelson","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:58Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933848,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"choir","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933847,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"feast","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933845,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"roman","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933846,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"maggie","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933844,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"floyd-mayweather","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933843,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"ad","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933842,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"2","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:57Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933841,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"converge","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933840,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-29T09:39:19Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Kojima
        talks the tech of Fox Engine, which powers Meta Gear Solid V: The Phantom\u00a0Pain.","title":"Check
        out Hideo Kojima\u2019s full Metal Gear Solid V talk from the Game Developers\u00a0Conference","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:56Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/29/check-out-hideo-kojimas-full-meta-gear-solid-v-talk-from-gdc-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933838,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"dec","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933839,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"chamber-of-commerce","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:56Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933837,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"basilica","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933836,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"dad","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933835,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"mary","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933834,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"virgin","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:46Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933833,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"vega","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933832,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"cd","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933831,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"on","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:55Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933830,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"miguel","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:54Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933829,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-21T07:00:40Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"GamesBeat\u2019s
        Dean Takahashi will be on site, reporting live and updating this post. Other
        GamesBeat writers will also be contributing content to this post as it\u00a0arrives.","title":"The
        Xbox One reveal: Live from Microsoft (liveblog,\u00a0livestream)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/21/the-next-gen-xbox-reveal-live-from-microsoft-liveblog-livestream/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933828,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"exodus","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:54Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933827,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"moses","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:45Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933826,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"i","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:24Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933825,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"alexandre","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933824,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"limbo","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:44Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933823,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"amazon-com","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933822,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"bells","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:53Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933820,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"bell","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933821,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933819,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-10T06:00:08Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Join
        GamesBeat for a liveblog of Microsoft\u2019s 2013 Electronic Entertainment
        Expo press\u00a0conference.","title":"Follow our Microsoft E3 press-briefing
        liveblog right\u00a0here","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/10/microsofts-e3-press-briefing-liveblog-livestream/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933818,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"niranjan-shrestha","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:43Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933817,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"richard","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933816,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"ti","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:52Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933815,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"shiva","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:51Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933814,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"vladimir","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:51Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933813,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"on","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:16Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933812,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"andrew","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:51Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933811,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"take-charge","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933810,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:06:47Z","slug":"0","summary":"Elizabeth
        Banks is more than just an actress now. The 40-year old actress is having
        her directorial debut through \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d Enstarz reported.
        Banks, shares a number of behind-the-scene materials, giving fans hints of
        what to expect in the upcoming Universal\u2019s movie.","title":"\u201cPitch
        Perfect 2\u201d Spoilers: Hunger Games Actress leaks car photos and shots
        with Steinfeld laughing; Director Elizabeth Banks teases Bellas drive in the
        wild green yonder;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25005/20140727/pitch-perfect-2-spoilers-elizabeth-banks-leaks-teasers-hunger-games-steinfeld-britanny-snow.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933808,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"vacant","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933809,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-10T10:09:05Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"A
        new trailer for The Phantom Pain shows off the game\u2019s new open world,
        and its new voice actor, Kiefer\u00a0Sutherland.","title":"Red Dead Snake:
        Metal Gear Solid V goes Wild West in the new Phantom Pain\u00a0trailer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/10/e3-2013-metal-gear-solid-phantom-pain-trailer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933807,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"opened","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933806,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"pm","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:50Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933805,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"fisheye","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933804,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"on","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933803,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"reason","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933802,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"ebay","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933801,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"hamed","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933800,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:49Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933799,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ali-hamed","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933798,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ali","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933797,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-10T11:04:22Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"During
        Konami\u2019s pre-e3 conference, Hideo Kojima confirmed that Snake would indeed
        be given a new voice actor with Kiefer Sutherland replaced David Hayter. This
        decision is absolutely necessary in terms of the character of Snake and the
        path that Kojima intends to take the series in the\u00a0future.","title":"The
        voice change: Snake\u2019s\u00a0downfall","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/10/the-voice-change-snakes-downfall/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933796,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"first-day","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:48Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933795,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"e","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:41Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933794,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"european-union","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933793,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933792,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"sword","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933791,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"comeback","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:47Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933789,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"mystical","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933790,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:52:00Z","slug":"0","summary":"\"How
        I Met Your Mother\" (HIMYM) canned spin-off \"How I Met Your Dad\" (HIMYD)
        may still be given the opportunity to air. According to recent reports, CBS
        is considering bringing the show back. CBS boss Nina Tassler said that she
        would love to give HIMYD \"another shot.\" http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/himym-spin-off-how-met-your-3877729","title":"''How
        I Met Your Dad'' to air? CBS Chairman Nina Tassler still adores creators Craig,
        Carter, and Emily;  Alternate ''How I Met Your Mother'' ending to be included
        in DVD","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25014/20140727/how-i-met-your-dad-nina-tassler-cbs-chairman-how-i-met-your-mother-anders-holm-emily-spivey-meg-ryan.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933788,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"patrick","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933787,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-27T09:44:39Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Oddworld
        HD developer Just Add Water wants to re-create Hideo Kojima\u2019s classic
        Metal Gear Solid game using the Fox\u00a0Engine.","title":"Oddworld developers
        petition Kojima to let them remake Metal Gear\u00a0Solid","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/27/oddworld-developers-petition-kojima-to-let-them-remake-metal-gear-solid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933786,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"commit","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933785,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"william","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:40Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:46Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933784,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"starbucks-coffee","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933783,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"e","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933782,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"starbucks","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933780,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"writer","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933781,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:18Z","slug":"0","summary":"T.I.
        and Tiny breaks up, Tiny rumored to have slept with Floyd Mayweather.","title":"T.I.
        and Tiny Break Up? Did Tiny Really Cheat on Husband With Floyd Mayweather?
        Brawl in Las Vegas","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25008/20140727/t-i-tiny-cheat-husband-floyd-mayweather-san-pedro-belize-las-vegas-harris.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933779,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"daniel","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:45Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933778,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ash","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933776,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ethan","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933777,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-04T05:35:27Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Countless
        fans have wondered, what cigar does Big Boss smoke? One community writer provides
        an informed\u00a0answer.","title":"A cigar critic finally identifies Big Boss\u2019s
        brand of\u00a0smokes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/04/what-cigar-does-big-boss-smoke/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:44Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933775,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"rev","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933774,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"subscribed","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933773,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"marks","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:43Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933771,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"tower","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933772,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"it","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:43Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933770,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"eric-winter","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933769,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-04T11:10:13Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Batman
        Arkham City isn\u2019t perfect, no game is, but it does deliver a magnificent
        performance I feel few other games have managed to capture. The voice acting,
        the gripping story, the heart-wrenching conclusion, and the stellar voice
        acting performance all come together to create one the greatest Batman experiences
        of all\u00a0time.","title":"Batman Arkham City\u00a0Review","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/04/batman-arkham-city-review-3/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933768,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"_","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:39Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934772,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"follow-us","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933767,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"divided","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933766,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"we","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:42Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933765,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"nabil","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933764,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"amr","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:41Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933763,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"pillar","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933762,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"am","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933761,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"mercy","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934771,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"wordpress-com-vip","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933760,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"rocky-hill","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:40Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933759,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"games","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933758,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-14T10:25:10Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Activision,
        Infinity Ward, and Microsoft are teaming up to reveal Call of Duty: Ghosts
        competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes in\u00a0action.","title":"Watch
        the Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer reveal right here\u00a0(liveblog)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/14/call-of-duty-ghosts-mp-reveal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:40Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933757,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"dip","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933756,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"devotee","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933755,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"photos","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:39Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933754,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"how-do","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:39Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933753,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"discovery-channel","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934770,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"wordpress-com","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933752,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"or-not","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:37Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933751,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933750,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-08-14T10:43:12Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Activision
        reveals the multiplayer combat in its next big Call of Duty\u00a0game.","title":"Activision
        unveils Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer, and you can play a\u00a0woman","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/14/call-of-duty-ghosts-prewrite/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933749,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"rose","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933748,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"factual","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:38Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933747,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"id","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933746,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"aq","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933745,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"deny","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933744,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"eric","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933743,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"traditions","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:37Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933742,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"native-american","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934769,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"chasing","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933741,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"jd-com","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933740,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"martin","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:36Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933739,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-09-18T16:19:17Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Sony
        announced 20 games in the first year of PS4 by Sony themselves. What are\u00a0they?","title":"What
        do Sony\u2019s first-party developers have in store for\u00a0PS4?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/18/what-do-sonys-first-party-developers-have-in-store-for-ps4/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:36Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933738,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"st","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933737,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"51","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:35Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933736,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"carter","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933735,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"rachel","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934768,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"intense","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933734,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"jd","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933733,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"john-carter","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933732,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-07T11:25:15Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"My
        experience with The Oculus Rift VR at Eurogamer Expo 2013. (Spoilers, it\u2019s\u00a0good)","title":"I
        tried the Oculus Rift, and I liked\u00a0it","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/07/i-tried-the-oculus-rift-and-i-liked-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933731,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"university-of-minnesota","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:35Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:34Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933730,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"a-group","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933729,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"deseret","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933728,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"outright","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934766,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"eureka","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933727,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"curb","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:33Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933726,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"tricky","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:34Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933725,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"columbia-university","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933724,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-23T19:54:20Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Like
        with most works of pop-culture; a video game will have a story that borrows
        elements from one work as a tribute to its influence or acknowledge that its
        a modern retelling of a classic story. Than you have games that pretty much
        rip-off another work and try to pass it off as their own original content.
        Here are 5 games with stories that ripped off other great\u00a0works.","title":"5
        Games with stories that are total\u00a0rip-offs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/23/5-games-with-stories-that-are-total-rip-offs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:32Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933723,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"emeritus","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933722,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"bushman","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:31Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934765,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"10-seconds","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933720,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"richard-bushman","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933721,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"new-season","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933719,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"obama","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:31Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933718,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"richard","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:33Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933717,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"slant","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933716,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-11T20:40:05Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"In
        1998, a new genre was born with the arrival of\u00a0Metal Gear Solid,\u00a0the
        game that effortlessly defined virtual stealth action and brought it into
        the mainstream. A huge commercial success, the game has a loyal fan base that
        is well-earned due to its incredibly cinematic story, well implemented action
        and also quirky break-the-fourth-wall humor. In 2004, the success of\u00a0Metal
        Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty\u00a0prompted a remake of the first game. This
        version implemented the control scheme from\u00a0MGS2 ,\u00a0as well as improved
        graphics, new voice acting and a very distinct cinematic style.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid \u2013 original vs.\u00a0remake","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/11/metal-gear-solid-original-vs-remake/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933715,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"picture","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933714,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"tatum","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933713,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"light","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:32Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:30Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933712,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"people-say","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934764,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"top-shelf","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933711,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"way","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933710,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"ira","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933709,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"4","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:19Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:29Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933708,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"my-way","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933707,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"partly","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933706,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"side-project","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933705,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-13T13:01:53Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"The
        textbook rental site\u2019s stock fell to $9.82 a share, at the time of publishing,
        but board member Paul Holland is optimistic that the stock will ultimately
        go\u00a0up.","title":"Chegg shares fall 23% on first day of trading, but key
        investor\u00a0unfazed","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/chegg-shares-fall-23-on-first-day-of-trading-but-key-board-member-unfazed/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:28Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933704,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"john-paul","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933703,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"jenna","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933702,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"muhammad","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:31Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:27Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934763,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"way","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933701,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"ties","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933700,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"prophet","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933699,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"on","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:18Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933698,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"w","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:27Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933697,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"george","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933696,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"endemic","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933695,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-13T17:00:17Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Revengeance
        is what you get when you blend together the world of Hideo Kojima and the
        arcade action expertise from Platinum responsible for Vanquish and\u00a0Bayonetta.","title":"Platinum
        Strider \u2013 Metal Gear Rising:\u00a0Revengeance","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/13/platinum-strider-metal-gear-rising-revengeance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:26Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933694,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"lid","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:26Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934761,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"tequila","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933693,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"and-black","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:25Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933692,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933691,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"smith","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933690,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"joseph-smith","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:25Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933689,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:18Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:25Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933688,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"pages","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933687,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"university","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933686,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"brigham-young-university","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933685,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-28T05:02:10Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"As
        I did last year, I thought it would be interesting to survey what the next
        year has to offer between consoles, handhelds, and PCs focusing mainly on
        NA by taking a large sampling of what (we hope) will show up on time and go
        from there with a few thoughts on them in\u00a0general.","title":"A Survey
        of the 2014\u00a0Gamescape","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/28/a-survey-of-the-2014-gamescape/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933684,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"he","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:24Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934759,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:24Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933683,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"anthony","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933682,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"secretary-of-state","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:22Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933681,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"tumblr","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933680,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"getty-images","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:23Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933679,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"bonaventure","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:22Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933678,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:26:03Z","slug":"0","summary":"While
        there is no confirmation yet regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d
        due to the dispute between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback
        may be jeopardized because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
        and the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local
        members of their organizations to refrain from assisting the crews who are
        aiming to shoot scenes for the series.\nWhile there is no confirmation yet
        regarding the fourth season of \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d due to the dispute
        between the cast the show\u2019s crew, the series comeback may be jeopardized
        because of another reason. \nThe Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania
        Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau have asked local members of their organizations
        to refrain from assisting the crews who are aiming to shoot scenes for the
        series.\nLocal filmmaker Mary Haverstick started the movement last June. The
        movement aims to fight what she referred to as \u201cAmish-spoilation.\u201d
        The filmmaker hopes that the movement will be an instrument to get shows like
        \u201cAmish Mafia\u201d to taken off air. She believes that such TV programs
        create a negative and wrongful perception of the peace-loving and religious
        people.\nLancaster Online reported that the two organizations signed a joint
        statement on July 23, requesting businesses that have memberships with them
        to stop assisting TV crews who endeavour to give the Amish a negative image.\nA
        part of the joint statement reads, \u201cOver the last few years, a growing
        number of TV-based attempts have been made to exploit this lifestyle. These
        attempts, often under the guise of \u2018reality television,\u2019 raise serious
        questions of religious and cultural bias.\u201d\nAccording to the same statement,
        the exploitation \u201c...consistently portrays the entire county in a negative
        light and stands to significantly damage our overall reputation as a wonderful
        place to live, visit and do business.\u201d\nOver 3,000 local businesses are
        enlisted as members of the two organizations.\nHaverstick also started a website
        RespectAmish.org and a Facebook page to help spread the word and gain support
        from the online community.\nThe website has an introduction that reads, \u201cNo
        religious group in America should have to endure a barrage of ''reality''
        television filled with criminal acts and non-stop images of their youth in
        violation of their beliefs. Neighbors are now speaking out and saying this
        is not the Amish community we know and bears little resemblance to reality.\u201d\nIn
        an interview with a local news station, the filmmaker explained how shows
        like \u201cAmish Mafia, \u201cBreaking Amish,\u201d and \u201cAmish Haunting,\u201d
        are a form of bigotry as they portray a negative light to the Amish lifestyle.\nAs
        of posting, no premiere date for Amish Mafia Season 4 has been announced yet.
        The show is currently on hiatus after the reported cast and crew dispute.","title":"\u201cAmish
        Mafia\u201d Season 4 News: New Season at Risk to Cancel; Two Organizations
        in Pennsylvania with Over 3,000 Business Members Refuse to Allow Filming","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:17Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25012/20140727/amish-mafia-season-4-jeopardy-pennsylvanian-lancaster-risk-cancel.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933677,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"lionel","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933675,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"afp","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933676,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-30T14:41:10Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"A
        Brief History of Video Game Consoles from the Early 1970s to the Late\u00a01990s","title":"A
        brief history of video game consoles from the early 1970s to the late\u00a01990s","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/30/a-brief-history-of-video-game-consoles-from-the-early-1970s-to-the-late-1990s/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:22Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933674,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"julia","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933673,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"am","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:22Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934758,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"woman","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:22Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933672,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"secretary","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:22Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933671,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"bailey","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933670,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"sarah","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933669,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"rage","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933668,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"wikipedia","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:21Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933667,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"previous","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933666,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"francis","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933665,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-10T14:09:26Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"There
        are too many CRMs. Heck, there are too many CRM add-ons. Sales is our livelihood,
        and part of the job has become navigating the labyrinth of choices (and customizations)
        to make something that actually makes your job easier. Marc Andreessen says
        that software is eating the world, but for salespeople, software is eating
        us alive.","title":"Startups, here\u2019s how to cut through the crap when
        you\u2019re looking for a CRM\u00a0tool","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/10/startups-heres-how-to-cut-through-the-crap-when-youre-looking-for-a-crm-tool/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933664,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"do","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:20Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934757,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"the-doctor","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933663,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"tv","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933662,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"4","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:18Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933661,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"i","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:20Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933660,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933659,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"lds-church","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:19Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933658,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"isis","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933657,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"jonah","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933656,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-14T14:12:32Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Unless
        you\u2019ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you\u2019ve heard
        all about Dong Nguyen\u2019s viral mobile game, Flappy Bird. You\u2019ve probably
        also heard that he\u00a0took it down\u00a0after it became \u201ctoo addictive.\u201d
        But why is it exactly that a simple game like Flappy Bird became so popular?","title":"Why
        was Flappy Bird so\u00a0popular?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/14/why-was-flappy-bird-so-popular/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933655,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"dad","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:16Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:18Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934756,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"oliver","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:18Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933654,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933653,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"en","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933652,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"writer","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933651,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"tv","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933650,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"tatum","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:17Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933649,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"spelman-college","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933648,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"huffpost-live","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933647,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"poll-position","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:16Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934754,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"john-oliver","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:16Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933646,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"do","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:16Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933645,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"bi","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933644,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-06T11:16:42Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"The
        new DLC features 4 new maps, a new weapon, and a new Extinction\u00a0episode.","title":"The
        next Call of Duty: Ghosts map pack is coming April 3 \u2014 with a giant\u00a0Kraken","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/06/the-next-call-of-duty-ghosts-map-pack-is-coming-april-3-with-a-giant-kraken/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933642,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"sam","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933643,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"it","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933641,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"pundit","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933640,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"dave","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:27Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:15Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933639,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"brother","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:51Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933638,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"his","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:29Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933637,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"taylor","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:14Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934753,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"hola","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933636,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"he","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933635,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"sparked","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:14Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933634,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"aaron","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:47Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933633,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-07T09:18:38Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"If
        you go up against big home-goods sellers like Sears, you\u2019re going to
        need some money. Wayfair just announced it\u2019s re-upped with $157\u00a0million.","title":"With
        a huge $157M round, Wayfair wants to be the Amazon for home\u00a0goods","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/07/ooh-check-out-this-157m-funding-round-from-wayfair/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933632,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"fox","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933631,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"pm","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933630,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"megan-fox","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:13Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933629,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"megan","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:25Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933628,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"woman","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:48Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:12Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934752,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"immense","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:12Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933627,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"his","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933626,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"famous","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:09Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933625,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"me","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933624,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-15T06:20:19Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"\u201cBe
        careful. You must absolutely not use weapons in that area.\u201d Before the
        release of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, come for a snowy stroll down
        Metal Gear Solid memory lane. Don\u2019t forget your sneaking suit and stay
        out of\u00a0sight!","title":"140.85 \u2013 A Metal Gear Solid retrospective:
        Solid vs.\u00a0Liquid","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/15/140-85-a-metal-gear-solid-retrospective-solid-vs-liquid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:12Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933623,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"6","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933622,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"alien","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933621,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"arc","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933620,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"4","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:28Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933619,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"we","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:11Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933618,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:10Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934751,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"4","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933617,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"mtv","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933616,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"my-wish","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933615,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"2","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:38Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933614,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"victims","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:10Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933613,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"painting","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933611,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"river","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:42Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933612,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-15T14:00:04Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Titanfall\u2019s
        gameplay mechanics are teaching jaded players new tricks in a tired and depleted\u00a0genre.","title":"Titanfall
        forces gamers to rethink how they play first-person\u00a0shooters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/15/titanfall-teaching-old-gamers-new-tricks/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933610,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"sad","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933609,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"broadway","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933608,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"2","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933607,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"bright-lights","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933606,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"instagram","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933605,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"space","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:23Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934749,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"rhodium","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933604,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"reason","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933603,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"trees","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:22Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933602,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"first-american","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:21Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933601,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"obama","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933600,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"cameroon","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:20Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933599,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"dc","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:26Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:08Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933598,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"on","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933597,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"rick","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933596,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-18T00:01:54Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Ground
        Zeroes is just as short, if not shorter, than you\u2019ve heard. Does this
        playable prologue to The Phantom Pain make the best use of its limited run\u00a0time?","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a demo trying to sneak its way into your wallet\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:07Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/18/metal-gear-solid-v-ground-zeroes-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933595,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"heavyweight","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:07Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933594,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"health-news","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933593,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"on","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933592,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"writer","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:07Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934748,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"cow","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:14:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933591,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ingredients","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:19Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933590,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"key","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:30Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933589,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"d","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:06Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933588,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"vitamin-d","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:18Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933587,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-12T08:00:11Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"With
        latest game set in 1984, Kojima wants to remind us of how our wars and allies
        have\u00a0changed.","title":"Hideo Kojima tries to balance open world and
        gripping story with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:05Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/12/hideo-kojima-tries-to-balance-open-world-and-gripping-story-with-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933586,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"vitamin","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933585,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"it","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:05Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934747,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"x","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933584,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:05Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933583,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"go","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933582,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"just-go","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933581,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"netflix","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:04Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933580,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"0","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933579,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-24T21:33:30Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"See,
        games come out on the Mac, just much later than the original release. And
        at full price.","title":"News Blips: BioShock on the Mac, MGS: Peace Walker
        Demo Available Online, Free Euro PSP Go Games w/Upgrade, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:03Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/24/news-blips-bioshock-on-the-mac-mgs-peace-walker-demo-available-online-free-euro-psp-go-games-wupgrade-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933578,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933576,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933577,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"am","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934745,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"co","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933575,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"mg","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:03Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933573,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"jp","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933574,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:42:05Z","slug":"0","summary":"Lifetime''s
        hit drama TV series \"Witches of East End\" revealed several spoilers during
        the past San Diego Comic-Con last Thursday. The panel, which was composed
        by the whole cast and creators, disclosed some of the in-demand spoilers the
        fans wanted - love story arc, sex, and death.","title":"\"Witches of East
        End\" Season 2 Spoilers, Cast Updates: Story arc continues with more sex,
        death, and \"new, sexy monster\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25015/20140727/witches-of-east-end-season-2-spoilers-cast-updates-story-arc-continues-with-more-sex-death-and-new-sexy-monster.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933572,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"it","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933571,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"de","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:02Z","domain":"huffingtonpost.com","id":3933570,"news_source":"Huffington
        Post","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:17:45Z","slug":"ca","summary":"(RNS)
        When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony
        Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with
        frustration.<br />\n<br />\nThe article focused on polygamy, which seemed
        odd since Mormons officially outlawed the practice in 1890. \u201cIt didn\u2019t
        say what Mormons believe or what made them unique,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI
        had the thought, \u2018Who\u2019s editing this stuff?\u2019 and that got me
        hooked.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nSince editing that page and adding 50 percent
        to the content, Willey has made more than 8,000 edits to the editable online
        encyclopedia, mostly on articles related to Mormonism. His top edited pages
        include entries on Joseph Smith, Mormons, Mormonism, and Black people and
        Mormonism.<br />\n<br />\nThe problem confronting many Wikipedia editors is
        that religion elicits passion \u2014 and often, more than a little vitriol
        as believers and critics spar over facts, sources and context. For \u201cWikipedians\u201d
        like Willey, trying to put a lid on the online hate speech that can be endemic
        to Wikipedia entries is a key part of their job.<br />\n<br />\nReligion is
        among several of the top 100 altered topics on Wikipedia, according to a recent
        list published by Five Thirty Eight. Former President George W. Bush is the
        most contested entry, but Jesus (No. 5) and the Catholic Church (No. 7) fall
        closely behind.<br />\n<br />\nIslam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad (No. 35) and
        Pope John Paul II (No. 82) are included, as well as all manner of religions,
        like Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Islam, Christianity and Scientology. And countries
        and topics with religious sensitivities are also controversial, including
        global warming and Israel.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt=\"pages\" src=\"http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1929809/thumbs/o-PAGES-570.jpg?2\"
        /><br />\n<br />\nWikipedia is the fifth most-trafficked website on the Internet
        and its complex policies and regulations for editing \u2014 more than 50 of
        them \u2014 for editing the open-source site total nearly 150,000 words (thick
        enough for a book). <br />\n<br />\nAny registered user can create an entry
        on Wikipedia, a collaboratively edited encyclopedia. Volunteers write Wikipedia\u2019s
        30 million articles in 287 languages.<br />\n<br />\nWilley, 29, is now a
        Wikipedia administrator, which gives him more administrative privileges within
        the volunteer-driven website. The physics graduate is looking for full-time
        work, so his editing is only an occasional side project. And it\u2019s only
        partly driven by his faith.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cI don\u2019t edit as an agent
        of my religion,\u201d Willey said. \u201cI\u2019m not going out of my way
        to promote a certain point of view. I am motivated by when people say things
        that aren\u2019t true.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nIt could be tempting for Wikipedia
        editors to portray their own faiths in the best light, or for people outside
        of the faith to paint a negative picture. In 2009, Wikipedia banned people
        using the Church of Scientology\u2019s computers and some of Scientology\u2019s
        critics from changing Wikipedia articles about Scientology. Wikipedia said
        members of the church and some critics engaged in \u201cedit wars\u201d by
        adding or removing complimentary or disparaging material.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cThe
        worst casualties have been biographies of living people, where attempts have
        been repeatedly made to slant the article either towards or against the subject,
        depending on the point of view of the contributing editor,\u201d a committee
        wrote in its decision to ban users.<br />\n<br />\nSome users might go out
        of their way to portray a religion in a bad light. Several years ago, a user
        who went by the name Duke53 attempted to ensure Mormonism\u2019s sacred undergarments
        got as much exposure as possible \u2014 it\u2019s not a topic the church generally
        likes to discuss. He added images to as many articles as possible, including
        to Wikipedia articles such as \u201cClothing\u201d and \u201cChurch etiquette,\u201d
        regardless of whether the images were relevant.<br />\n<br />\nWhen Willey
        edits an article, he says, he avoids inserting opinions and instead uses a
        trusted source, such as Richard Bushman, a respected emeritus historian at
        Columbia University.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cEven if I don\u2019t agree with
        something in his book, for the purposes of editing Wikipedia, it keeps me
        honest,\u201d Willey said. \u201cIt makes it very hard for people to argue
        with me because when it comes to editing something on Wikipedia, it all comes
        down to who has the best source. If I\u2019m promoting the view of the best
        source, I\u2019m always right.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nHe will occasionally edit
        pages on other religions, such as Islam or Baha\u2019i, or general articles
        on Christianity. \u201cNobody likes to be misrepresented,\u201d he said.<br
        />\n<br />\nThose who engage in outright hate speech are dealt with swiftly
        and blocked, but combating more subtle hate speech can be tricky.<br />\n<br
        />\n\u201cIf somebody\u2019s abiding by the rules, it\u2019s hard to block
        a contributor who\u2019s writing an article if they\u2019re ambiguously promoting
        something,\u201d Willey said.<br />\n<br />\nRoger Nicholson was on the same
        path as Willey, editing Wikipedia pages related to Mormonism for two years
        to experience what the editing was like. His story, featured in the Deseret
        News, ended after he decided all the \u201cedit wars\u201d weren\u2019t worth
        the headaches.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the Wild West of
        the Internet,\u201d said Nicholson, who works with a group called FairMormon
        instead. \u201cYou could spend days and accomplish the change of a few sentences
        and that was it.\u201d<br />\n<br />\nAmong the Wikipedians, a large percentage
        self-identify as atheists, followed by Christians, Muslims, Pastafarians (devotees
        of the farcical religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) and Jews.<br />\n<br
        />\nMost of the edits to Wikipedia articles, especially ones on religion,
        are made by men, according to a 2011 study by the University of Minnesota.
        Women accounted for just 7 percent of the edits on religion articles.<br />\n<br
        />\nJohn Carter, a 51-year-old office worker in St. Louis who is Catholic,
        will sometimes help edit more controversial pages, including ones on Scientology,
        Martin Luther and Wikipedia\u2019s list of new religious movements.<br />\n<br
        />\nMany of the smaller religious groups have editors who are deeply passionate
        about them, but some smaller religions that aren\u2019t as appealing to Westerners
        (including Native American or Central Asian American traditions) are covered
        less well, Carter said.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cAn enemy (or friend) of a \u2018cult\u2019
        in Ecuador could find sources supporting their personal positions and the
        obscurity of the topic in English will make it hard or impossible for most
        of us to confirm or deny,\u201d Carter said.<br />\n<br />\nCarter, Willey
        and other editors discussed editing religion pages in a Q-and-A with Wikipedia
        last year where an editor with the user ID Sowlos said there was quite a bit
        of overlap between religion and mythology on the website.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cIf
        a mythology is a sacred narrative or collection of traditional stories, then
        all religions include mythologies as integral constituents of what they are,\u201d
        Sowlos wrote. \u201cHowever, many people feel uneasy referring to stories
        from their respective religions as \u2018mythology\u2019 for fear that it
        will be interpreted as indicating a lack of factual integrity.\u201d<br />\n<br
        />\nUsing Wikipedia\u2019s rules, Carter says, religion can be difficult to
        independently verify, especially when there\u2019s a range of opinions about
        what events took place and what they mean.<br />\n<br />\n\u201cNo one has
        any real evidence that Jesus rose from the dead or not \u2014 how do you give
        the various opinions balanced coverage? And was he God, or a god, or something
        else?\u201d Carter said. \u201cEven nominal Christians disagree on those and
        several other significant topics.\u201d ","title":"Religion On Wikipedia Is
        A Recipe For Controversy As ''Edit Wars'' Rage On","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:17Z","url":"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/27/religion-wikipedia_n_5618877.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933569,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-09-25T18:23:36Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"We\u2019re
        digging the concept of Dead Rising 2\u2032s fictional reality show, Terror
        is Reality XVII: Payback \u2014 it looks much more exciting than our current
        fave, America\u2019s Next Top Model.","title":"Video Blips: Dead Rising 2
        Does Deadly Reality TV, a Detailed MGS: Peace Walker Trailer, PixelJunk Shooter
        Shoots Stuff, and\u00a0More","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/25/video-blips-dead-rising-2-does-deadly-reality-tv-a-detailed-mgs-peace-walker-trailer-pixeljunk-shooter-shoots-stuff-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934743,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"t","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:46:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933568,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933567,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"justin-timberlake","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:59Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934742,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"ad","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933566,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-10-27T00:58:33Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"I
        have found \u2014 in my travels \u2014 that mixing caffeine, ginkgo, fish
        oil, grams of vitamin-C, and Thai food is the quickest way to cure a cold.
        Now, if you\u2019ll excuse me\u2026BLAARRF!","title":"News Blips: Shiggy working
        on 3DS Mario, MGS HD Collection dated, Blizzard\u2019s \u201cnext-gen\u201d
        MMO, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:59Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/27/news-blips-shiggy-working-on-3ds-mario-mgs-hd-collection-dated-blizzards-next-gen-mmo-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933565,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"justin","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:57Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934741,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"chamber-of-commerce","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933564,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-19T15:01:45Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"In
        this edition of Weekend Recap, Mario wants you to kill raccoons, Skyrim sells
        over 3 million copies, and Square Enix gives the Unreal Engine another try.","title":"Weekend
        Recap: MW3 breaks sales record, Kojima talks MGS5, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/19/weekend-recap-mw3-breaks-sales-record-kojima-talks-mgs5-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933563,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"jessica","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933562,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-22T02:09:00Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"I\u2019m
        looking forward to Thanksgiving. If I find time between all the family and
        football, what\u2019s a good game to play after mashed potatoes clog all of
        my major arteries?","title":"News Blips: MGS5 not yet confirmed, GameStop
        is naughty, GameStop\u2019s streaming service, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/22/news-blips-mgs5-not-yet-confirmed-gamestop-is-naughty-gamestops-streaming-service-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933561,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"on","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933560,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-08T21:33:01Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"I\u2019m
        really not sure how I feel about Big Boss\u2019 voice. It\u2019s weird. It\u2019s
        awkward. It makes me cry. It\u2019s like the finale of the\u00a0Office.","title":"Big
        Boss\u2019 voice in MGSV makes me feel\u00a0awkward","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/08/big-boss-voice-in-mgsv-makes-me-feel-awkward/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:52Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933559,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934739,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"chain","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933558,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-04T07:00:13Z","slug":"mgs","summary":"Konami
        will use Ground Zeroes to introduce new mechanics and story elements to fans
        of Metal Gear\u00a0Solid.","title":"MGS V prologue Ground Zeroes coming this
        spring \u2014 and it\u2019s $10 cheaper digitally (at least on current\u00a0gen)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/04/metal-gear-solid-v-ground-zeroes-is-only-30-at-retail-and-20-digitally-for-current-gen-will-debut-in-spring/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933557,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:19:12Z","slug":"0","summary":"Celebrity
        couple Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel divorce rumors have been circulating
        since last year after Justin was photographed with a mystery blonde, who turned
        out to be a cousin of the singer/actor. The rumors get worse when people noticed
        the couple is rarely seen together, reports Kpopstarz. This time, however,
        there are reports that pregnancy plans is the reason of the couple\u2019s
        alleged parting of ways.","title":"Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Divorce
        Rumor: Pregnancy Plans increase stress on relationship; Biel gives Timberlake
        a ''ultimatum;","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25007/20140727/justin-timberlake-jessica-biel-divorce-pregnancy-plans-rumors-ultimatum.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934737,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"standard-chartered","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934734,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"hsbc","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934733,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"angry","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933556,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T11:06:44Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Nothing like a study to confirm what we suspected all\u00a0along.","title":"Surprise,
        surprise: No one\u2019s using Samsung Galaxy\u00a0bloatware","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/24/suprise-suprise-no-ones-using-samsung-galaxy-bloatware/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934730,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"financial-district","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933555,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-26T06:50:14Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Guest
        Post Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) recently hit the market, and Chinese-character
        domains are selling\u00a0quickly.","title":"Domain gold rush: Why your company
        needs to speak Chinese\u00a0online","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/26/domain-gold-rush-why-your-company-needs-to-speak-chinese-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933554,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-27T15:20:26Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Guest
        Post \u201cChange the world\u201d has become, \u201cWhat, no in-house barista?\u201d
        Or as one recent hire from Yahoo asked us, \u201cWhere are the\u00a0snacks?\u201d","title":"What
        happened to changing the\u00a0world?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/27/what-happened-to-changing-the-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933553,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-02T12:32:28Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Big
        data plus retail equals the potential for greater sales. Google sells lots
        of stuff, so it could could net some perks by acquiring\u00a0Rangespan.","title":"Google
        buys Rangespan, grabbing retail and big data\u00a0smarts","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/02/google-rangespan/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934726,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"a-group","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933552,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T10:46:22Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"You
        don\u2019t need one cloud to run your applications anymore. It\u2019s increasingly
        a multi-cloud world. And Citrix gets\u00a0that.","title":"Citrix gets cloud
        management tech with the acquisition of\u00a0ScaleXtreme","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/citrix-gets-cloud-management-tech-with-the-acquisition-of-scalextreme/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933551,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-07T12:03:21Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"New
        levels of certification give experts recognition for their knowledge. But
        they could also help Amazon\u00a0itself.","title":"You can now get a professional
        certificate for the Amazon\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/07/you-can-now-get-a-professional-certificate-for-the-amazon-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933548,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-09T13:31:52Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Nintendo
        says it will work on adding more inclusiveness to its future\u00a0games.","title":"Nintendo
        apologizes for not including same-sex couples in life sim \u2014 but it won\u2019t
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        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933546,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T05:09:45Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Unitas       Global, the Enterprise       Private Cloud company, today
        announced their membership in the Cloud       Security Alliance. Unitas Global
        has taken this step to strengthen       its mission to provide private cloud
        solutions that enable\u00a0clients\u2026","title":"Unitas Global Becomes a
        Member of the Cloud Security\u00a0Alliance","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/unitas-global-becomes-a-member-of-the-cloud-security-alliance/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933544,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T08:00:21Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Version
        2.0 of the PC online game will feature Oculus Rift virtual reality\u00a0functionality.","title":"Eutechnyx\u2019s
        overhaul of free-to-play Auto Club Revolution adds VR support for Oculus\u00a0Rift","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/eutechnyx-aims-high-with-its-free-to-play-auto-club-revolution-car-racing-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933543,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T09:52:08Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"The
        Walking Dead: Season Two Episode Three \u2014 In Harm\u2019s Way is the most
        brutal entry in the series to\u00a0date.","title":"Growing up is hard to do
        in The Walking Dead: Season Two \u2014 Episode Three\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/the-walking-dead-season-two-episode-three-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:15Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934718,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"previous","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933542,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T13:50:42Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"MLB
        14: The Show celebrates its record first week on the PlayStation 4 by sharing
        some fun\u00a0stats.","title":"We\u2019ve already played 10 million games
        of MLB 14: The Show on PlayStation\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/weve-already-played-10-million-games-of-mlb-14-the-show-on-playstation-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:13Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934717,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"it","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933541,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-17T20:06:41Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"It
        is very common for products and technologies presented in science fiction
        and films to come into real life years later, like the submarine in Twenty
        Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and touch screens in Minority Report. It\u2019s
        always been amazing for us that these futuristic technologies and ideas are
        first created in the imaginations of filmmakers and novelists.","title":"Working
        at the intersection of tech & art: An interview with concept designer Scott\u00a0Robertson","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/17/working-at-the-intersection-of-tech-art-an-interview-with-concept-designer-scott-robertson/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:10Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934716,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"on","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933539,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-19T05:00:09Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Recent studies continue to support astaxanthin\u2019s broad potential
        in       chronic inflammatory disease, adding to more than 1,000 peer-reviewed       papers
        published on astaxanthin. Selected publications from January 2013       to
        April 2014\u00a0include\u2026","title":"Recent Studies Further Demonstrate
        Astaxanthin\u2019s Potential as a Safe and Effect...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:09Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/19/recent-studies-further-demonstrate-astaxanthins-potential-as-a-safe-and-effective-anti-inflammatory/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:08Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934714,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"me","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:31Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:07Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934713,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"about-me","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:30Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933538,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-20T08:05:03Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Powerhouse       Dynamics announced that it has raised $6 million in
        Series B       funding. The round was led by Point Judith Capital and Constellation       Technology
        Ventures (CTV). Existing investors, including SOSVentures and Vision\u00a0Ridge\u2026","title":"Powerhouse
        Dynamics Raises $6M in Series B\u00a0Funding","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:06Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/powerhouse-dynamics-raises-6m-in-series-b-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933537,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T05:00:38Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"We
        talk to Turtle Rock\u2019s co-founders to find out more about the story and
        characters from its alien-hunting cooperative\u00a0shooter.","title":"Evolve
        adds \u2018a hell of a lot more\u2019 to Left 4 Dead\u2019s style of\u00a0storytelling","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:04Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/22/evolve-adds-a-hell-of-a-lot-more-to-left-4-deads-style-of-storytelling/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933535,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-03T13:00:30Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"This
        sponsored post is produced by Terry Koh, the marketing and communications
        manager at TiE Silicon Valley","title":"5 tips for aspiring student\u00a0entrepreneurs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/5-tips-for-aspiring-student-entrepreneurs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:01Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934711,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"feels","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:30Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933533,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T05:00:24Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Despite
        all the coding bootcamps and the never-ending influx of developers into tech-heavy
        cities, recruiting tech talent still seems to be a challenge \u2014 a challenge
        Gild has been taking on\u00a0since 2011.","title":"Gild grabs a new $13.5M
        because hiring engineers is still a huge\u00a0pain","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:45:00Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/gild-grabs-a-new-13-5m-because-hiring-engineers-is-still-a-huge-pain/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933530,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-04T05:05:28Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Even
        with huge financial success, Imangi\u2019s Keith Shepherd wants to preserve
        a small company\u2019s\u00a0creativity.","title":"Even with a Temple Run empire,
        Imangi Studios wants to stay indie at heart\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:57Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/even-with-a-temple-run-empire-imangi-studios-wants-to-stay-indie-at-heart-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933528,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-05T13:00:42Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Facebook\u2019s
        latest acquisition could change the way humans interact with one another\u00a0forever.","title":"What
        Oculus Rift and virtual reality mean for sex, death, violence, and\u00a0identity","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/05/what-oculus-rift-and-virtual-reality-mean-for-sex-death-violence-and-identity/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933527,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"follow-us","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933526,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"wordpress-com-vip","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:20Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933525,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"wordpress-com","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:18Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933524,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"chasing","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934709,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"my-family","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:29Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933523,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"intense","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933522,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"eureka","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933521,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"10-seconds","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933520,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T10:15:54Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"As
        mobile games grow in importance, it\u2019s a challege for E3 to grow with\u00a0them.","title":"Why
        this one man always gets the best seats at E3\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/why-mike-gallagher-always-gets-the-best-seat-at-e3-events-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933519,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"top-shelf","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933518,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"way","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933517,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"tequila","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933516,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933515,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933514,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933513,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"woman","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933512,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"the-doctor","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933511,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"oliver","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933510,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"john-oliver","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933509,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"hola","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933507,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T06:11:40Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Intellinote,       the cloud workspace that improves team productivity,
        has attracted more       than 4,000 organizations since its launch in November
        2013, achieving       350% growth in less than six months. Intellinote\u2019s
        customer base\u00a0includes\u2026","title":"Intellinote Achieves 350% Growth
        in Less Than Six Months, as More Than 4,000 Organiza...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/intellinote-achieves-350-growth-in-less-than-six-months-as-more-than-4000-organizations-adopt-intellinotes-cloud-workspace/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933506,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"immense","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933505,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"4","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933504,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"rhodium","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933503,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"9-minutes","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933502,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"cow","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:12Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933501,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"x","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933500,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"timberland","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:12Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933499,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"rockport","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:10Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933498,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T08:20:12Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Carpooling
        app Carma is\u00a0opening up its API and offering\u00a0developers $2.5 million
        in prizes\u00a0to bring new features to its\u00a0real-time car sharing app.","title":"Carma
        offers up $2.5M in prizes to developers who can help grow the carpooling\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/carma-offers-up-2-5m-in-prizes-to-developers-who-can-help-grow-the-carpooling-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933497,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"lvmh","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:09Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934708,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"he","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:29Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933496,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"on","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:49Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933495,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"follow-us","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933494,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"wordpress-com-vip","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933493,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"prada","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:07Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933492,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"wordpress-com","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933491,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"chasing","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933490,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"foxconn","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:05Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933489,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"it","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933487,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"i","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T05:07:12Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cardax, Inc. (\u201cCardax\u201d) (OTCQB:CDXI) announced today the appointment
        of       George W. Bickerstaff, former CFO of Novartis Pharma AG (NYSE:NVS),       Tamar
        D. Howson, former senior business development executive at       Bristol-Myers
        Squibb\u00a0(NYSE:BMY)\u2026","title":"Cardax Appoints Former Novartis, Bristol-Myers
        Squibb, and Boehringer Ingelheim Execu...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/cardax-appoints-former-novartis-bristol-myers-squibb-and-boehringer-ingelheim-executives-as-directors/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933486,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"intense","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933485,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"the-new-yorker","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933484,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"eureka","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934707,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"do","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:29Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933483,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"top-shelf","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933482,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"mckinsey","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:59:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933481,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"way","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933480,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"tequila","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933479,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"the-consultancy","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933478,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933477,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933476,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933475,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"woman","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933474,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"capita","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933473,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"the-doctor","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933472,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"all-a","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933470,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"oliver","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933471,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T08:00:17Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Patrick
        Soderlund says that if you stop investing in new intellectual property, you
        have signed your death\u00a0certificate.","title":"EA has brands, but it absolutely
        needs to create all-new games\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/ea-has-brands-but-it-absolutely-needs-to-create-all-new-games-interview/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933469,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"john-oliver","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933468,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"new-york-times","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933467,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"hola","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934706,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"his","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:29Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933466,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"immense","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933464,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"4","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933463,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"the-new-york-times","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933462,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"rhodium","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933461,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"cow","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933460,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"the-co","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:44Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933459,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"x","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933458,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"do","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933457,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"chain","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:48Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933456,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"fossil","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933455,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"baidu","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T07:19:25Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Learn-to-code
        startup Codecademy and philanthropic platform DonorsChoose are aiming to double
        the number of girls studying computer science\u00a0in high school in the United
        States.","title":"Google, Codecademy, & DonorsChoose are pulling more girls
        into computer\u00a0science","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/google-codecademy-donorschoose-are-pulling-more-girls-into-computer-science/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:43Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933453,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"lenovo","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:45Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933452,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"local-time","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934705,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"tony","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933451,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"heyday","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933450,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"adopted","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933449,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"the-mark","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:42Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933448,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"landmarks","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933447,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"it","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933446,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"kabir-chibber","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933445,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"sascha-pallenberg","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933444,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"10-seconds","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933443,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"instapaper","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933442,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"sascha","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933441,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"starred","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933439,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"space","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T07:59:24Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"With
        10M users and a new Android app,\u00a0EyeEm is out to build a community of
        real photographers on mobile.","title":"Photography community EyeEm launches
        Android redesign, hits 10M\u00a0users","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/photography-community-eyeem-launches-android-redesign-hits-10m-users/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933438,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"co","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933437,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"lei-jun","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:41Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933436,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"crunch","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933435,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"we","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933434,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"lei","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:30Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933433,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"quartz","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933432,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"follow-us","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933431,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T12:09:27Z","slug":"daily","summary":"Early
        this morning, the three towers of the\u00a0Didcot power station in the UK
        were pulled down in a controlled explosion. The cooling towers were voted
        Britain&#8217;s third-ugliest building by readers of Country Life magazine\u2014but
        were also local landmarks in\u00a0Oxfordshire, both as as a reference point
        and as a source of jobs for many people in [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240976&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Watch a coal power station that stood
        for 44 years disappear in 10 seconds","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/240976/watch-a-coal-power-station-that-stood-for-44-years-disappear-in-10-seconds/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933430,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"wordpress-com-vip","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933429,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"do","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:29Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933428,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"wordpress-com","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:40Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933427,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"t","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:40Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933426,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"chasing","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933425,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"intense","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933424,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"a-black","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:25Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933423,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"eureka","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933422,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"on-stage","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:23Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933421,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"10-seconds","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933420,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933418,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"on","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:21Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933417,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933416,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"lee","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:20Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933414,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933415,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T08:18:32Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"When
        Demon\u2019s Souls first arrived back in 2009, few expected it to be such
        a surprise hit. Aside from its appealing aesthetics, ingenious level design,
        methodical combat, and numerous customization options, it boasted a brutal
        yet rewarding difficulty level the likes of which haven\u2019t been seen since
        the days of the NES, and never did a game feel it did so as fairly as Demon\u2019s
        Souls. Now, Dark Souls, its spiritual successor, seeks to take those same
        positive traits and add onto it substantially. How, you ask? By making it
        harder, more beautiful, deeper in its lore, and more open in terms of exploration
        and customization so that more people can enjoy it, that\u2019s how. And it
        pulls it off splendidly. Dark Souls succeeds where Demon\u2019s Souls fell
        short, and ultimately becomes the better game because of it.","title":"The
        Art of Death: My Dark Souls\u00a0review","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/the-art-of-death-my-dark-souls-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933413,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"woman","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933412,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"jason-lee","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:15Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933411,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"the-doctor","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933410,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"jason","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:13Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933409,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"oliver","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933408,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"john-oliver","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933407,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:11Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933406,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"hola","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:26Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933405,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"kabir-chibber","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:09Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933404,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"immense","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933403,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"instapaper","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:07Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934704,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"afternoon","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933402,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"starred","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:05Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933401,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"4","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:26Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933400,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"space","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933399,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"rhodium","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:26Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933398,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"crunch","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:02Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933397,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"cow","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:26Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933396,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"we","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:58:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933395,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"x","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933393,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"quartz","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933392,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"he","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933391,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"daily","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933390,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"amendments","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933389,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"xiaomi","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933388,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-29T13:45:16Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Guest
        Post Thinking of raising money via an AngelList Syndicate? Here\u2019s what
        you should know before and after jumping\u00a0in.","title":"An angel investor\u2019s
        ultimate guide to AngelList\u00a0Syndicates","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/29/an-angel-investors-ultimate-guide-to-angellist-syndicates/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933387,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"steve-jobs","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:53Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933386,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"headway","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933385,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"steve","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933384,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:36Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933383,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"surge","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933382,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"the-associated-press","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933381,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"lg","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933380,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"key","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933379,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"barra","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:42Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933377,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"skyrocket","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:35Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933376,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"hugo-barra","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:41Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933375,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-05T22:56:51Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"A
        look at how MMORPG Guild Wars 2 is telling its story. Is this the new\u00a0standard?","title":"Has
        Guild Wars 2 set the new standard of storytelling in\u00a0MMORPGs?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/05/has-guild-wars-2-set-the-new-standard-of-storytelling-in-mmorpgs/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:34Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933374,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"guillermo-arias","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:34Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933373,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:30:08Z","slug":"hugo","summary":"Why
        do some of China&#8217;s biggest tech companies engage in the sincerest form
        of flattery? This week Lei Jun, the chief executive of Xiaomi\u2014recently
        rebranded\u00a0internationally as Mi\u2014stood\u00a0on stage in a black T-shirt
        and jeans and announced a new smartphone with a\u00a0notable\u00a0resemblance\u00a0to
        the iPhone\u00a0in front of a slide that said &#8220;one more thing&#8230;&#8221;
        No they didnt? [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240943&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"When China stops copying Western tech
        giants is when they should start worrying","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:57:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/240943/when-china-stops-copying-western-tech-giants-is-when-they-should-start-worrying/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:34Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933372,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"guillermo","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:34Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933371,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"oak","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933370,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"bottle","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934703,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"authorities","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:33Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933369,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"gran","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:32Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933368,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"justin-timberlake","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:32Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933367,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"justin","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933366,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T07:22:15Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Sponsored
        Post CliniWorks today announced a strategic alliance between its I subsidiary       CliniWorks
        (Israel) Ltd. (\u201cCliniWorks Israel\u201d) and Pfizer Inc.       (\u201cPfizer\u201d)
        to jointly advance the parties\u2019 respective capabilities in       working
        with healthcare\u00a0provider\u2026","title":"CliniWorks Forms a Strategic
        Alliance with Pfizer to Develop a Population Health Mana...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/cliniworks-forms-a-strategic-alliance-with-pfizer-to-develop-a-population-health-management-platform-with-advanced-analytics-and-patient-care-capabilities/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:32Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933365,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"george","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:31Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933364,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"imbibe","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:31Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933363,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"the-spirit","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:31Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933362,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"on","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:30Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933361,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"it","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:30Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933360,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"salt","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:30Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933359,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"lime","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933358,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-13T17:49:33Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Guest
        Post Hackers need to find one weak point to steal valuable information, while
        you must account for every possible vulnerability across your entire infrastructure.
        We must band together, think like a bad guy and take action to protect what\u00a0matters.","title":"Hackers
        only need to get it right once; we need to get it right every\u00a0time","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/13/hackers-only-need-to-get-it-right-once-we-need-to-get-it-right-every-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:30Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933357,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"distilled-spirits-council-of-the-united-states","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933356,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"2","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933354,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"kirsten","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933353,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"top-shelf","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:32Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933352,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"way","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:31Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:29Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933351,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"instapaper","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:31Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933350,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"starred","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:31Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933349,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"space","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:31Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933348,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"crunch","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:31Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933347,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"we","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:31Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933346,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"quartz","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:30Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933344,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"daily","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:30Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933345,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-13T21:34:11Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Just
        about every tech leader in Silicon Valley says they admire Steve Jobs, but
        when it comes to following his lead, where\u2019s the love?","title":"What
        Silicon Valley refuses to learn from Steve\u00a0Jobs","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/13/what-silicon-valley-refuses-to-learn-from-steve-jobs/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:28Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933343,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:13:36Z","slug":"tequila","summary":"July
        24 was\u00a0National Tequila Day in the US, where sales of the agave-based
        spirit have more than doubled over the past decade, passing the\u00a0$2-billion
        mark in 2013. The fastest growth in the US market has been in high-end and
        super-premium tequila, which tripled and quintupled in sales between 2003
        and 2013, respectively, according to the [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240230&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"How tequila made its way to the top
        shelf in the US","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:30Z","url":"http://qz.com/240230/how-tequila-made-its-way-to-the-top-shelf-in-the-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:27Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934699,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933341,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T10:00:18Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"The
        new console will be like the Nintendo Wii, but with the purpose of making
        gamers\u00a0smarter.","title":"LeapFrog jumps into game consoles for kids
        with educational\u00a0LeapTV","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/leapfrog-jumps-into-kids-game-consoles-with-educational-leaptv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:25Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934697,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"lily","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:28Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933339,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-24T05:02:09Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Sponsored
        Post GetFeedback.com,       the customer feedback company, today unveiled
        GetFeedback for Salesforce       Desk.com, an integrated customer feedback
        system that provides the       insight companies need to deliver world-class
        customer service and\u00a0support\u2026.","title":"GetFeedback.com Unveils
        GetFeedback for Salesforce\u00a0Desk.com","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/24/getfeedback-com-unveils-getfeedback-for-salesforce-desk-com/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933337,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-11-30T11:05:45Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"InterActiveCorp
        is about to unload a local information and entertainment service, apparently
        named \u201cAsk City,\u201d and it\u2019s about time.","title":"InterActiveCorp
        strives for local holy grail, with \"Ask\u00a0City\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/30/interactivecorp-strives-for-local-holy-grail-with-ask-city/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:19Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934693,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933336,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-18T07:00:23Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"The
        Game Marketing Summit is where marketers go to fill up on inspiration when
        it comes to marketing video games to the largest audiences possible. This
        year\u2019s summit was bigger and better than in years past, even though the
        hardcore part of the industry is in a state of turmoil, with some blockbuster
        winners celebrating and big losers shutting down studios.","title":"Game marketers
        strive to stand out among a sea of social\u00a0noise","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/18/game-marketers-strive-to-stand-out-among-a-sea-of-social-noise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:17Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934691,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933334,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-18T09:01:22Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"XEOPlay
        CEO Nicole Lazzaro has a lofty goal: She wants people to have fun playing
        a game but also translate that fun into solving real-world problems.","title":"XEOPlay\u2019s
        beautiful iOS game Tilt World strives to make a real-world\u00a0impact","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/18/xeoplay-tilt-world-ios/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:15Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934689,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"instapaper","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:27Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:13Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934686,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"starred","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:26Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933333,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-03T10:08:12Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"The
        latest entry in EA Sports\u2019 massive football franchise, FIFA Soccer 13
        is irritating and painful yet wonderful and nuanced, just like the sport it
        painstakingly\u00a0emulates.","title":"FIFA Soccer 13 strives for perfection
        through gameplay imperfection\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/03/fifa-soccer-13-strives-for-perfection-through-gameplay-imperfection-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:11Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934683,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"space","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:26Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933332,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-06T13:04:39Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"Intel
        believes gestures and other user inputs will supplant the mice and\u00a0keyboard.","title":"Intel
        strives to make the PC more\u00a0human-friendly","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/06/intel-strives-to-make-the-pc-more-human-friendly/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:09Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934680,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"crunch","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:26Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:07Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934669,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"we","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:25Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:05Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934651,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"quartz","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:25Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:44:03Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3934636,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:28:27Z","slug":"daily","summary":"A
        popular pro-democracy Hong Kong news site\u00a0abruptly shut down this weekend,\u00a0another
        sign of escalation as the\u00a0city girds for a showdown between\u00a0demonstrators
        demanding universal suffrage and Chinese authorities unwilling to cede more
        control\u00a0over Hong Kong. Visitors to\u00a0House News, a site that had
        set out to be like the US&#8217;s\u00a0Huffington Post, were greeted with
        a notice of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241082&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chinese pressure just shuttered Hong
        Kong\u2019s version of the Huffington Post","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:25Z","url":"http://qz.com/241082/chinese-pressure-just-shuttered-hong-kongs-version-of-the-huffington-post/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933328,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"follow-us","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:19Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933327,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"wordpress-com-vip","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:17Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933326,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"wordpress-com","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:56:16Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:55Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933325,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"chasing","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:25:06Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933324,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"intense","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:25:05Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933323,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"eureka","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:25:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933322,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"10-seconds","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:25:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933321,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"top-shelf","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:59Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:54Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933320,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"tequila","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933319,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"huffington-post","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:56Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933318,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"the-huffington-post","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933317,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:52Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:53Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933316,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"woman","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:50Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933315,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"the-doctor","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:48Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933313,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"oliver","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933312,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"john-oliver","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:44Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:52Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933311,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"hola","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:43Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933310,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"immense","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:47Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933309,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"4","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:39Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:51Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933308,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"rhodium","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:37Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933307,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"9-minutes","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:35Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933306,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"cow","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:24:33Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933305,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"x","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:18Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:50Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933304,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"way","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:17Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933303,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-17T08:49:48Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Aereo
        is rolling out new support for its satellite broadcast TV service on web browsers,
        the company announced\u00a0today.","title":"Aereo adds support for its TV
        anywhere service to web\u00a0browsers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/17/aereo-adds-support-for-its-tv-anywhere-service-to-web-browsers/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933302,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"ad","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:15Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933301,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"do","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:14Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933300,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"google-news","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:12Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:49Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933299,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:11Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933298,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"digg","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:09Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933297,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"it","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:07Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:48Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933296,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"clarify","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
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        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:06Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933295,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-14T04:07:32Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"IAC-backed
        television service Aereo recently announced that it\u2019s reached a deal
        to bring the Bloomberg TV cable network to its lineup of available\u00a0channels.","title":"With
        Bloomberg TV, Aereo takes the first step in truly disrupting the old pay TV
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        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
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        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:04Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933293,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"on","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:03Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:47Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933291,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"francois","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
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        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
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        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:01Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933290,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
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        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:55:00Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933289,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"kabir-chibber","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:58Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933288,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"instapaper","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
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        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:57Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933287,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"starred","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:55Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933286,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-08T13:00:45Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"IAC-backed
        Aereo is expanding its disruptive pay TV service into 22 new markets, the
        company announced\u00a0today.","title":"Aereo\u2019s assault on old-school
        \u2018pay TV\u2019 continues with 22 new cities & $38M\u00a0round","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/08/aereo-expanding-22-cities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:46Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933285,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"space","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:54Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933284,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"crunch","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:52Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933283,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"we","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:51Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933282,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"quartz","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:49Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:45Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933280,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:55:26Z","slug":"daily","summary":"On
        July 22 Spain passed a law (link in Spanish) called the\u00a0canon AEDE, after
        the acronym for Spain&#8217;s daily newspapers&#8217; association. The law
        has been dubbed the tasa Google (&#8220;Google tax&#8221;) in the Spanish
        press and gives these publishers the right\u00a0to seek payment from any site
        that\u00a0links to their content with a &#8220;meaningful&#8221; description
        of [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=241005&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Nobody seems quite sure how Spain\u2019s
        new \u201cGoogle tax\u201d will work","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:54:48Z","url":"http://qz.com/241005/nobody-seems-quite-sure-how-spains-new-google-tax-will-work/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933279,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-01T09:16:00Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Want
        to improve your 2013 Super Bowl experience? We\u2019ve devised a comprehensive
        game day guide for football fans and all their apathetic friends and family\u00a0members.","title":"Punt
        your TV: The Super Bowl is better online\u00a0(guide)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/01/where-to-watch-super-bowl-online/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933278,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-25T08:51:30Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Streaming
        TV startup Aereo has expanded its coverage area to include parts of New Jersey,
        Connecticut, and Pennsylvania \u2014 the first major step in a larger rollout
        that will likely attract more\u00a0consumers.","title":"Aereo brings its streaming
        TV service to 3 more states, launches ad\u00a0blitz","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/25/aereo-expands-to-3-more-states/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933277,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-28T07:40:44Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Amazon
        Prime, the complimentary streaming video service from online retail giant
        Amazon, announced a new licensing deal today with Scripps Network that will
        bring a slew of cable TV show episodes to its library of\u00a0content.","title":"Meh:
        Amazon Prime gets more quasi-entertaining TV shows from HGTV, Food Network,
        & Travel\u00a0Channel","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/28/amazon-prime-deal-hgtv-scripps/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:39Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933275,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:00:40Z","slug":"follow-us","summary":"Why
        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
        to the question of why a girl would want to be a doctor","updated_at":"2014-07-29T12:00:46Z","url":"http://qz.com/240793/this-woman-in-1883-had-the-best-answer-to-the-question-of-why-a-girl-would-want-to-be-a-doctor/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:38Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933271,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:00:40Z","slug":"seedless","summary":"Why
        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
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        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        is apparently making some progress on bringing content for its forthcoming
        pay-TV service that\u2019s expected to launch before the end of the\u00a0year.","title":"Intel
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        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
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        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        anywhere startup Aereo is doing its best to stave off attacks that its business
        is operating illegally, and has now asked a federal court in New York to block
        broadcaster CBS from filing additional\u00a0lawsuits.","title":"Aereo tries
        to prevent CBS from filing more\u00a0lawsuits","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/06/aereo-tries-to-prevent-cbs-from-filing-more-lawsuits/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:26Z","domain":"qz.com","id":3933217,"news_source":"Quartz","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:00:40Z","slug":"instapaper","summary":"Why
        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
        Joshi\u2014in 1883. Before a packed house in Bengal\u2019s Serampore College,
        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        would an Indian woman go so far away for medical school? Because it was the
        best way to serve her country. That was the gist of the answer given by\u00a0Anandibai
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        with an audience that included the American Consul General, Joshi declared
        her intention: \u201cI\u00a0go [&#8230;]<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=qz.com&#038;blog=39587363&#038;post=240793&#038;subd=qzprod&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"This woman in 1883 had the best answer
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        TV startup Aereo has modified its pricing plans to now only offer memberships
        at $8 per month or $12 per month. While the CEO claims it\u2019s about simplifying,
        the real reason is likely\u00a0revenue.","title":"TV streaming startup Aereo
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        TV service, with a roll out scheduled for next\u00a0month.","title":"Aereo
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        down deals for its upcoming set top\u00a0box.","title":"Intel may pay 75%
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        Inc., the company that produces second screen TV service ConnecTV, has raised
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        screen app ConnecTV raises\u00a0$1.4M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/connectv-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933206,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-27T07:38:56Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Aereo,
        the TV anywhere startup founded by veteran media entrepreneur Barry Diller,
        announced today that Chicago will be the next market where its service will
        be\u00a0available.","title":"Aereo\u2019s TV service is coming to Chicago\u00a0next","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/27/aereo-chicago/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933205,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-22T06:44:13Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Aereo
        announced that its launching its TV anywhere service across the entire state
        of Utah\u00a0today.","title":"TV anywhere service Aereo launching in Utah
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        company has been developing a slew of new ad products to make itself look
        very attractive to TV\u00a0stations.","title":"Twitter targets TV Networks
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        advertising strategy through conversations on its social network.The move
        comes just as rival social network Twitter is\u00a0signing major advertising
        deals with media companies like the NFL and CBS. Facebook, however, has started
        sending audience reports to a handful of major networks, like ABC, NBC, Fox,
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        Journal report published today.Facebook is contending that it can provide
        much better data about audiences who engage in conversation about a particular
        television show while it\u2019s currently airing. The reports, which the company
        won\u2019t share publicly, apparently consist of what a particular audience
        is doing on Facebook during the show, such as how often they comment, like,
        or share something with others in their network.Both Facebook and Twitter
        realize that there\u2019s a huge opportunity to grab a piece of the $66.4
        billion in TV advertising that occurs every year. Yet for Twitter, this is
        very much a big part of its overall business model \u2014 especially as it
        heads into an IPO. Not only has Twitter purchased tweet analytics startup
        Bluefin Labs for its new Amplify TV ad service, but it\u2019s also partnered
        up with Nielsen to provide a new standard of accurate TV ratings.But I doubt
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        and it\u2019s something that it should be doing since many people discuss
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        Warner Cable really isn\u2019t doing so hot, as evidenced by its latest earnings
        report. Not only is the company losing a massive number of TV service subscriptions,
        but it\u2019s also losing broadband Internet service customers too. Oh, and
        did I mention TWC kind of sucks in general?","title":"Let the cable TV consolidation
        begin! Comcast mulls Time Warner Cable\u00a0acquisition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:02Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/22/let-the-cable-tv-consolidation-begin-comcast-mulls-twc-merger/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:43:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933196,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-12-12T19:33:46Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Aereo
        issues a bold statement to TV broadcasters regarding their efforts to sue
        the startup over copyright infringement claims. (How bold? Bolder than A1
        \u2018Bold & Spicy\u2019\u00a0sauce.)","title":"Aereo to major TV broadcasters:
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        is exploring the possibility of launching its own streaming video service
        to boost revenues, the company said during an investor meeting yesterday.","title":"DirecTV
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        don\u2019t seem to be that concerned about Aereo\u2019s\u00a0future.","title":"Aereo\u2019s
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        Lee, creative director at Xbox studio in Hollywood, wants to make TV on the
        Xbox One more\u00a0interactive.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s ambition is to
        make TV more interactive and entertaining\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/27/microsofts-ambition-to-make-tv-more-interactive-and-entertaining-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933192,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-10T09:54:01Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Hulu
        has reached a new deal with major broadcaster CBS that will add a ton of new
        content to the streaming video service over the next few weeks, the companies
        announced\u00a0today.","title":"Hulu expands CBS licensing deal & adds original
        kids show \u2018Doozers\u2019 from Jim Henson\u00a0Company","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/10/hulu-expands-cbs-licensing-deal-adds-original-kids-show-doozers-from-jim-henson-company/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933191,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-12T13:45:38Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Apple
        could throw the ailing cable provider a much needed\u00a0lifeline.","title":"Next-gen
        Apple TV to integrate with Time Warner Cable, report\u00a0says","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:50Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/next-gen-apple-tv-to-integrate-with-time-warner-cable-report-says/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933190,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-10T08:28:58Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"\u201cThink
        of it as a late night Google search that goes a hundred pages deep until things
        get weird \u2014 and then you just keep going,\u201d said executive producer
        Craig\u00a0Ferguson.","title":"Facebook group \u2018I f*cking love science\u2019
        gets its own TV\u00a0show","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/10/facebook-group-i-fcking-love-science-gets-its-own-tv-show/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933189,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T06:44:48Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Dish\u00a0is
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        reports Bloomberg.","title":"Dish Network to launch its Internet TV service
        by\u00a0summer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/dish-network-reportedly-launching-its-internet-tv-service-by-summer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933188,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"g","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933187,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-13T06:42:28Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Smart
        TVs share some characteristics with smartphones \u2014 but otherwise they\u2019re
        still pretty dumb. Pixie could change\u00a0that.","title":"Pixie is a Smart
        TV app that can actually make your TV\u00a0smart","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/pixie-is-a-smart-tv-app-that-can-actually-make-your-tv-smart/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933186,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T15:30:01Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"The
        network\u2019s head is \u201cwilling to talk to them\u201d about a\u00a0deal.","title":"CBS
        to Aereo: talk to us, but bring your\u00a0checkbook","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/cbs-to-aereo-talk-to-us-but-bring-your-checkbook/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933185,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-09-22T14:30:39Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"CBS,
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        to release its TV content through online steaming site Hulu\u2019s premium
        subscription service, Hulu Plus, according to a report by Bloomberg. NBC,
        ABC, and Fox all offer their content through Hulu\u2019s free service, but
        CBS has long been a holdout.","title":"CBS may participate in TV show streaming
        site Hulu''s premium service ''Plus''","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/22/cbs-may-participate-in-tv-show-streaming-site-hulus-premium-service-plus/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933184,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"inc-is","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933183,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-11-04T10:31:43Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"Television
        network CBS\u2019 chief executive, Les Moonves, accidentally revealed details
        about an ad-supported Apple TV streaming video service, during the company\u2019s
        quarterly earnings call Thursday.","title":"Whoa, really? CBS chief exec reveals
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        reached a new multi-year licensing agreement with CBS today, meaning the streaming
        video service will now feature content from all the major broadcast TV companies
        in the\u00a0country.","title":"Hulu finally lands licensing deal for CBS TV\u00a0shows","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/05/hulu-finally-lands-licensing-deal-for-cbs-tv-shows/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933181,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-11T12:29:29Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"In
        its latest effort to differentiate its streaming video service from competitors,
        Amazon\u2019s Prime Instant Video service will be getting a hot new TV show
        while it currently airs on television, the company announced\u00a0today.","title":"Amazon
        Prime to get CBS\u2019s new Stephen King show while it airs on\u00a0TV","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/11/amazon-prime-to-get-cbs-new-stephen-king-show-while-it-airs-on-tv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933180,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"uber-technologies","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933179,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-03-26T20:35:31Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"CBS
        is now the proud owner of iconic cable channel and TV program recommendation
        service TV\u00a0Guide.","title":"CBS takes a 50% stake in TV\u00a0Guide","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/26/cbs-buys-tvguide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933178,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-31T16:34:37Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"CBS
        has purchased the remaining 50 percent stake of TV Guide\u2019s digital properties,
        including the TV Guide website and mobile apps, the company announced\u00a0today.","title":"CBS
        acquires the other half of TV Guide\u00a0digital","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/31/cbs-acquires-tvguide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933177,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"radius","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933176,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"reticle-research","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933175,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"moz","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933174,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"profile-cards","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933173,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"reload","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933172,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"ross-rubin","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933171,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"ross","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933170,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"popup","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933169,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"regular","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:06Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933168,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"j","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933167,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"jawbone","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933166,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"uber-com","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933165,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"misfit-wearables","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933164,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933163,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"google-drive","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933162,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"icloud","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
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        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933161,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"ad","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933160,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"cd","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
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        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:42:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933159,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"amazon-com","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933158,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"vladimir","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933157,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"ebay","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
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        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933156,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"european-union","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
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        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
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        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
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        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933152,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"games","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933151,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933150,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"jd-com","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933149,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"jd","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933148,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"his","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933147,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"curb","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933146,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"obama","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933145,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"ira","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:16Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933144,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"ties","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933143,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:17:13Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933142,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"secretary-of-state","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933141,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"secretary","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933140,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"way","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933139,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"some-way","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933138,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"you-i","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933137,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"me","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933136,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"do","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933135,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"invisible","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933134,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"m","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933133,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"he","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933132,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"wise","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933131,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933130,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"x","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933129,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"kevin-spacey","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933128,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"kevin","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933127,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"frank","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933126,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"larry","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933125,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"piper","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933124,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"plot","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933123,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"jennifer-lawrence","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933122,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"jennifer","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933121,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"nick","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933120,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"sum","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933119,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"talk-of-the-town","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933118,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"instagram","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933116,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"nickelodeon","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933117,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"misfit","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933115,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"istrive-to","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933114,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"writer","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933113,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"it","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933112,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"am","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:45Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933111,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"i","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933110,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"photos","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933109,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"selfie","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933108,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"naked","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933107,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"icarly","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:44Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933106,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"sam","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933105,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"on","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933104,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:53Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933103,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:12:54Z","slug":"0","summary":"\"Nickelodeon\"
        star Jennette McCurdy excludes herself from being a role model for the young
        viewers. McCurdy, who is raised in Long Beach, California, says she \"don''t
        claim to be,\" \"try to be,\" nor \"want to be\" a role model.","title":"\"Sam
        & Cat\" star Jennette McCurdy, iCarly, explains of leaked naked selfie photos,
        \"I don''t want to be a role model\"","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25006/20140727/sam-and-cat-jennette-mccurdy-leak-naked-photos-role-model-selfie-ariana-grande.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933102,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"beddit","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
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        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:42Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933101,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
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        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
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        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
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        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
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        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
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        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
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        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
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        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
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        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
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        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
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        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933051,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"slated","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:33Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933050,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"blossom","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:32Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933049,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"tv","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:32Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933048,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"cbs-tv","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:32Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933047,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"enstarz","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:39Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:32Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933046,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"writer","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933045,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"it","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933044,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"am","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933042,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"beverly-hills","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933043,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"glenn","summary":"<p>You
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        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:38Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933040,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933039,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"baker","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933038,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"simon-baker","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933037,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"simon","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:37Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:31Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933036,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"loren","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933035,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
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        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933033,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"plot","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933032,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"on","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933031,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"icloud","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933030,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933029,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"ad","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933028,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"cd","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:30Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933027,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:34:30Z","slug":"0","summary":"The
        Season 7 premiere of the police procedural drama \u201cThe Mentalist\u201d
        is announced to have an official title, Enstarz reports. Slated to return
        on 2015, the CBS TV series\u2019 first episode will be titled \u201cOrange
        Blossom Ice Cream.\u201d","title":"\u201cThe Mentalist\u201d Season 7 Spoilers,
        Plot: Premiere Episode Title Revealed; training with Josie Loren; romance
        with Simon Baker and more","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25009/20140727/the-mentalist-season-7-spoiler-premiere-josie-loren-simon-baker-robin-tunney.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933026,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"amazon-com","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933025,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"vladimir","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933024,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"ebay","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933023,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"light","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933022,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"european-union","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:36Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:29Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933021,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"e","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933020,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"subscribed","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933019,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"we","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933018,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"jd-com","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:28Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933017,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"jd","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933016,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"his","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933015,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"curb","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933014,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"obama","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:35Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933013,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"ira","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:27Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933012,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"ties","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933011,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933010,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"do","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933009,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"secretary-of-state","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933008,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"secretary","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933007,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"wilson","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:26Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933006,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"andrew-wilson","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:25Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933005,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"andrew","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:25Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933004,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"polygon","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933003,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"confidently","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933002,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"how-do","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:24Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933001,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3933000,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"e3","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:32Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932999,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"925","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:32Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:23Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932998,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"xbox-360","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:32Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:22Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932997,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"microsoft-windows","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932996,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932995,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"do","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932994,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"ea","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:21Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932993,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"electronic-arts","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932992,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"elizabeth","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:31Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932991,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"photos","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:30Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932990,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"games","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:30Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:20Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932989,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"justin-timberlake","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932988,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"sphere","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932987,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"justin","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:29Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932986,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"jessica","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932985,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"export","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:19Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932984,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"haven","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932983,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:34Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932982,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"dlc","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932981,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"google-drive","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:32Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932980,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"envision","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932979,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"icloud","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:30Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932978,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"ad","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:28Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:18Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932977,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"hunter-walk","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932976,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"enstarz","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:18Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932975,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"cd","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932974,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"4","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932973,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"amazon-com","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932972,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"sequel","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932971,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"vladimir","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932970,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"writer","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
        Date for PS4 and XBox within Months? Sony and Microsoft Negotiation Battle","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:27Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25013/20140727/titanfall-2-release-date-update-microsoft-sony-xbox-ps4-black-market-rumors.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:17Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932969,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"ebay","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:16Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932968,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"it","summary":"Rumors
        have been going around since early 2014 that there will be a sequel to \"Titanfall\"
        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
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        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:16Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932966,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"am","summary":"Rumors
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        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:19Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:16Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932964,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"sony","summary":"Rumors
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        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:17Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932962,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"Rumors
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        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
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        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:15Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932959,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"on","summary":"Rumors
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        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:15Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932957,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"Rumors
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        game is already in its planning stages. Aside from PlayStation 4, it is also
        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932955,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:13:51Z","slug":"0","summary":"Rumors
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        for PlayStation 4. Reports say that the sequel to the multiplayer first-shooter
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        likely to come out on XBox One and PCs.","title":"''Titanfall 2'' Release
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932953,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"obama","summary":"Metal
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932952,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"ira","summary":"Metal
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        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:14Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932951,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"ties","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932950,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"Metal
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:16:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932949,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"secretary-of-state","summary":"Metal
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        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:13Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932945,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"his","summary":"Metal
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:59Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932943,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p>You
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:55Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932940,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"keith","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932939,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"he","summary":"<p>You
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:52Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:11Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932937,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"4","summary":"Metal
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
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        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932934,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"minecraft","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:46Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932933,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"ps","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:10Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932932,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"v","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:33Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932931,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"reddit","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:26Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932930,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"xbox-360","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:25Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932929,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"positive-feedback","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:23Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:09Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932928,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"peter-thiel","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:09Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932927,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"x","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:21Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:08Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932926,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"u-turn","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932925,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"reason","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:19Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932924,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"writer","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:17Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932923,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"it","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:16Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932922,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"am","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:14Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:08Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932921,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"r-and","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932920,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"r","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932919,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"reuters","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:07Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932918,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"phantom","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932917,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"his","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932916,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"slated","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932915,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"konami","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932914,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:06Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932913,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"on","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:48Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932912,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:42Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:05Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932911,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:18:00Z","slug":"0","summary":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain slated for early 2015 release.","title":"Metal
        Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain Leak Solidifies Release Date for PS4, XBox One;
        Konami Game Slated for March 2015 PS4 Release?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:49:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25011/20140727/metal-gear-solid-5-phantom-pain-leak-release-date-update-konami-game-ps4-xbox.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932910,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"kickstarter","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932909,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:13Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:04Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932908,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"google-drive","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:13Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932907,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"icloud","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:13Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932906,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"ad","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:13Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932905,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"cd","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:13Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:03Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932904,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"amazon-com","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932903,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"vladimir","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932902,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"ebay","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932901,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"european-union","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932900,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"e","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932899,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"subscribed","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:02Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932898,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"we","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:12Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932897,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"games","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932896,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932895,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"jd-com","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932894,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"jd","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932893,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"u","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932892,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"his","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932891,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"curb","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:01Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932890,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"obama","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932889,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"ira","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932888,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"ties","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932887,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:15:54Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932886,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"smith","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:11Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:41:00Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932885,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"secretary-of-state","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932884,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"secretary","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932883,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"peek","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932882,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"dad","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932881,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"rod","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932880,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"he","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932879,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"i","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:59Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932878,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"give-it","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:10Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932877,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"angry","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932876,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"woman","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932874,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"instagram","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932875,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:58Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932873,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"erica","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932872,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"get-involved","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:09Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932871,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"steve","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932870,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"f","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932869,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"3-others","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:57Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932868,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"the-scene","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932867,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"4","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932866,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"hernandez","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:08Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932865,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"co","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932864,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"do","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932863,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"shoot","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932862,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"j","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:07Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932861,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"stevie","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932860,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"lark-technologies","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:56Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932859,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"bros","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932858,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"writer","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932857,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"it","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:06Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932856,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"pm","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932855,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"faust","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:55Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932854,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"vh1","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932853,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"viral-jogani","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932852,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"mimi","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932851,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"on","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932850,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"plus-1","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:54Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932849,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:54:26Z","slug":"0","summary":"Fights
        and controversy continue in the third season of \"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta.\"
        Tension between former bros Benzino and Stevie J has been brewing a while
        now, and the latest episode shows that it has started months ago, when Benzino
        made the decision (without Stevie''s consent) to put Mimi Faust on the cover
        of Hip Hop Weekly.","title":"''Love & Hip Hop Atlanta'' season 3 Update: Mimi
        wants $10,000 for appearing on magazine cover; insists that sex tape was leaked","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25010/20140727/vh1-love-and-hip-hop-atlanta-season-3-mimi-wants-10-000-magazine-cover-sex-tape-leak-benzino.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932848,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932847,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"landy","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:50Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932846,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
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        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
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        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:22:43Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:49Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932840,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"vladimir","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:22:41Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932839,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"ebay","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:22:40Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932838,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"european-union","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932837,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"e","summary":"It
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        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932836,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"subscribed","summary":"It
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        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:05Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932835,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"lark","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
        the argument made by James Proud, the founder of Hello who recently created
        a runaway success on Kickstarter with the launch of the Sense sleep coach.
        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
        wary of the wearable","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hellos-sense-sleep-tracker-is-wary-of-the-wearable/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932834,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"we","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:48Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932833,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"games","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932832,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932831,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"jd-com","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932830,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"his","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932828,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"curb","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932829,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"seeloz","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:04Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:47Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932826,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"ira","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:22:20Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932825,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"ties","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:22:17Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932824,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"mcdonalds","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:22:16Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932823,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"secretary-of-state","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932822,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"secretary","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:03Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932821,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"do","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:46Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932820,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"space","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932819,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"hollywood-reporter","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932818,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"hollywood","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:02Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932817,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"reboot","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:45Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932816,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"damon","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:01Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932815,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"marketing-ai","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
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        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932813,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"joe","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:44:00Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:44Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932811,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"patrick","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
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        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
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        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932804,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"looker","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:42Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932802,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"intune","summary":"The
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        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:58Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932800,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"the-director","summary":"It
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:57Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:41Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932796,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"scribe","summary":"It
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:56Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932798,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:22:10Z","slug":"james-proud","summary":"<p>You
        may love your wearable, but you shouldn\u2019t take it to bed. That\u2019s
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        Proud knows something about decisions that one may lose sleep over. A few
        years back, the&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513678&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hello\u2019s Sense sleep tracker is
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        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/6a60755fecce3ce43ae3f8122e37b807/htc-one-m8-dot-view-case_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        Windows Phone 8.1 may have only just reached the general public, but it''s
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:53Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932781,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"bizo","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
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        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
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        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:51Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:38Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932777,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"orci","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
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        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:37Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932775,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"2","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:50Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932774,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"swrve","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932773,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"slated","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:49Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:36Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932771,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"on","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
        Director Roberto Orci Says No Go Signal Yet from Paramount Pictures","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:43:47Z","url":"http://www.vcpost.com/articles/25016/20140727/star-trek-3-slated-for-release-delayed-2016-amazing-spiderman-2-paramount-pictures.htm"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:35Z","domain":"vcpost.com","id":3932769,"news_source":"VCPOST","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:12:59Z","slug":"0","summary":"It
        was previously reported that Star Trek 3 is set to be released by Paramount
        and Skydance on the series\u2019 50th anniversary in 2016. Recent reports,
        however, claim that fans might have to wait a little longer to see movie hit
        the theaters, Kpopstarz reports.","title":"Star Trek 3 Release News: Sequel
        Reportedly Slated for Release in 2016; \u201cThe Amazing Spiderman 2\u201d
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        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932767,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"t","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932766,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"at-and-t","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:31Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932765,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T09:01:00Z","slug":"alt","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/787a4ff8e7f03c1a2a83a530159c4e9b/200485028/solar-power-grid-ap-photo-ebrahim-noroozi_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        Solar power cells need to stay relatively cool for the sake of both efficiency
        and longevity, but active cooling (like ventilation) isn''t practical; it''s
        expensive, and may block the very rays the cells are supposed to collect.
        To tackle this...","title":"Solar cells cool themselves to produce more power","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:55Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/self-cooling-solar-cells/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:31Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932764,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T09:01:00Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/787a4ff8e7f03c1a2a83a530159c4e9b/200485028/solar-power-grid-ap-photo-ebrahim-noroozi_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        Solar power cells need to stay relatively cool for the sake of both efficiency
        and longevity, but active cooling (like ventilation) isn''t practical; it''s
        expensive, and may block the very rays the cells are supposed to collect.
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        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:30Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932762,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"windows-intune","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:32Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:29Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932761,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:23:00Z","slug":"alt","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/9bf46e69740dfe1d050145932e7d2054/200487178/doom-atm_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        The quest to play Doom on just about everything won''t be over any time soon,
        it seems. A team of Australians has torn open and modified an ATM to play
        id Software''s classic first-person shooter using some of the bank machine''s
        built-in controls. This...","title":"Sure enough, you can play ''Doom'' on
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        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:18Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932759,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"way","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:26Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932758,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:23:00Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/9bf46e69740dfe1d050145932e7d2054/200487178/doom-atm_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        The quest to play Doom on just about everything won''t be over any time soon,
        it seems. A team of Australians has torn open and modified an ATM to play
        id Software''s classic first-person shooter using some of the bank machine''s
        built-in controls. This...","title":"Sure enough, you can play ''Doom'' on
        an ATM","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:46Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/doom-on-an-atm/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932757,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"demandbase","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932756,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"clarify","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932755,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"radius","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:10Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932754,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"venturebeat","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932753,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"forge","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:08Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932752,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"2","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:20Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932751,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"i","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:32Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:20Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932750,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:02:00Z","slug":"alt","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/e75fa90eec0bd422a6d463829cd2b5b5/200485967/bonsai-tree-space-Azuma-Makoto_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week''s most interesting green
        developments and clean tech news for us -- it''s the Week in Green.\n\n\n\nGoogle
        has a long list of environmental initiatives -- and its latest project is
        to outfit its Street...","title":"Inhabitat''s Week in Green: bonsai in space,
        rising sea levels and the blood of horseshoe crabs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/space-bonsai-sea-level-horseshoe-crab-blood/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:20Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932749,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:02:00Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/e75fa90eec0bd422a6d463829cd2b5b5/200485967/bonsai-tree-space-Azuma-Makoto_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week''s most interesting green
        developments and clean tech news for us -- it''s the Week in Green.\n\n\n\nGoogle
        has a long list of environmental initiatives -- and its latest project is
        to outfit its Street...","title":"Inhabitat''s Week in Green: bonsai in space,
        rising sea levels and the blood of horseshoe crabs","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:53Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/space-bonsai-sea-level-horseshoe-crab-blood/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932748,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"leverage","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:01Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932747,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:54:47Z","slug":"boilerplate","summary":"<p>You
        have been&#160;graded.\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514954&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Here\u2019s how to find your secret
        Uber passenger rating","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/heres-how-to-find-your-secret-uber-passenger-rating/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:18Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932746,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"good-ones","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:32Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932745,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"rahul-sachdev","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:54Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:16Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932744,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:00Z","slug":"alt","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/e7d1a236340219fca7079e6404a5a34/200476290/gadget-rewind-benqZ2-hed_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        BenQ may not be a familiar name to some -- at least not in the US -- but its
        roots in the electronics industry date back to the ''80s. The company, formerly
        a division of Acer, was spun off in 2001 in an attempt to build a brand name
        for itself. With...","title":"Gadget Rewind 2005: BenQ Z2","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:52Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/gadget-rewind-2005-benq-z2/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:15Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932743,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:00Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/e7d1a236340219fca7079e6404a5a34/200476290/gadget-rewind-benqZ2-hed_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        BenQ may not be a familiar name to some -- at least not in the US -- but its
        roots in the electronics industry date back to the ''80s. The company, formerly
        a division of Acer, was spun off in 2001 in an attempt to build a brand name
        for itself. With...","title":"Gadget Rewind 2005: BenQ Z2","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:52Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/gadget-rewind-2005-benq-z2/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:11Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932742,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"the-good-ones","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:31Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932741,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"rahul","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:07Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932740,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:03:00Z","slug":"alt","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/bc72dec57bf4212b7b83293f2607137b/200488539/uber_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        Uber''s car service lets you rate your drivers, but it also lets them rate
        you. The customer might always be right, but some customers are simply jerks
        -- and the system lets drivers know what they might be in for. Until now,
        there''s been no way to...","title":"How well do Uber drivers rate you?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:36Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/28/how-well-do-uber-drivers-rate-you/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932738,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"vp","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:04Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932739,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:03:00Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/bc72dec57bf4212b7b83293f2607137b/200488539/uber_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        Uber''s car service lets you rate your drivers, but it also lets them rate
        you. The customer might always be right, but some customers are simply jerks
        -- and the system lets drivers know what they might be in for. Until now,
        there''s been no way to...","title":"How well do Uber drivers rate you?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:35Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/28/how-well-do-uber-drivers-rate-you/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:02Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932737,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"shore-up","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:31Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932736,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"gibson","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:40:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"radius","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933549,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"moz","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933547,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"profile-cards","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932735,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"jeanette-gibson","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932734,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"shore","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:31Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:55Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933545,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"business-development-consultant","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:54Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932733,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:24:00Z","slug":"alt","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/d30b651ee783671a49bb5f7bbf110ba1/200173503/square-payment-iphone_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        Amazon may revolve around online shopping, but it apparently has some interest
        in brick-and-mortar retail -- there are now hints that it''s launching a Square-style
        payment card reader. The crew at 9to5Mac has obtained Staples documents showing
        that a...","title":"Amazon is reportedly making a Square-like payment card
        reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:48Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/amazon-card-reader-leak/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:54Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932732,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:24:00Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/d30b651ee783671a49bb5f7bbf110ba1/200173503/square-payment-iphone_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        Amazon may revolve around online shopping, but it apparently has some interest
        in brick-and-mortar retail -- there are now hints that it''s launching a Square-style
        payment card reader. The crew at 9to5Mac has obtained Staples documents showing
        that a...","title":"Amazon is reportedly making a Square-like payment card
        reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:48Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/amazon-card-reader-leak/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932731,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"6","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:48Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932730,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"way","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:31Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:48Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932729,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:15:00Z","slug":"alt","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/97374085024ba3cf8ab4978f65f5ddf4/200484009/yosemite_feedback_look_thumbnail.png\"/>
        Ready for a fresh edition of Feedback Loop? This week featured discussions
        about Apple''s OS X Yosemite beta, Kindle Unlimited, Nokia''s naming conventions,
        MMO mice and iWatch speculation. Head past the break to talk about all this
        and more with your...","title":"Feedback Loop: Yosemite beta, Kindle Unlimited
        and more!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:44Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/feedback-loop-yosemite-beta-kindle-unlimited-and-more/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:48Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932728,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:15:00Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/97374085024ba3cf8ab4978f65f5ddf4/200484009/yosemite_feedback_look_thumbnail.png\"/>
        Ready for a fresh edition of Feedback Loop? This week featured discussions
        about Apple''s OS X Yosemite beta, Kindle Unlimited, Nokia''s naming conventions,
        MMO mice and iWatch speculation. Head past the break to talk about all this
        and more with your...","title":"Feedback Loop: Yosemite beta, Kindle Unlimited
        and more!","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:43Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/feedback-loop-yosemite-beta-kindle-unlimited-and-more/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932727,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"august","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:46Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932726,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"first-step","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:31Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933540,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"smart-move","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:45Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932725,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"payscale","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:57Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932724,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"sustain","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:44Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932723,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"take-it","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:30Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:43Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932722,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:52:00Z","slug":"alt","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/51d6e90970226a7a148c1fc93e5f666c/200487633/lg-g3-battery_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        The lithium ion batteries in your mobile devices are inherently limited by
        the \"ion\" part of their name; they can safely use lithium only in the part
        of the cell that supplies ions, wasting a lot of potential energy. It''s good
        news, then, that...","title":"Next-generation lithium cells will double your
        phone''s battery life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:21Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/lithium-anode-battery/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:43Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932721,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:52:00Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/51d6e90970226a7a148c1fc93e5f666c/200487633/lg-g3-battery_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        The lithium ion batteries in your mobile devices are inherently limited by
        the \"ion\" part of their name; they can safely use lithium only in the part
        of the cell that supplies ions, wasting a lot of potential energy. It''s good
        news, then, that...","title":"Next-generation lithium cells will double your
        phone''s battery life","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:19Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/lithium-anode-battery/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:43Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932720,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"software-engineer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:55Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:42Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932719,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"do","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:30Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:41Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932718,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"figure-1","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:54Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:40Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932717,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:22:00Z","slug":"alt","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/d2c45801e900f26570ec5465ea6e6b4e/200480142/q10_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        BlackBerry was slow to see the danger of touchscreen phones, which meant that
        BlackBerry 10 was a year or so too late to arrive. When it did, however, the
        company launched the all-touch Z10 first, alienating the keyboard-loving faithful
        that clung to...","title":"How would you change the BlackBerry Q10?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:40Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/hwyc-bb-q10/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:40Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932716,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:22:00Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/d2c45801e900f26570ec5465ea6e6b4e/200480142/q10_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        BlackBerry was slow to see the danger of touchscreen phones, which meant that
        BlackBerry 10 was a year or so too late to arrive. When it did, however, the
        company launched the all-touch Z10 first, alienating the keyboard-loving faithful
        that clung to...","title":"How would you change the BlackBerry Q10?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:50:39Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/hwyc-bb-q10/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:39Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932715,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"we","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:30Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933536,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"opened","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:39Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932714,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"spotify","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:52Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:37Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932713,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"velocity","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:30Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932712,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933534,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"20","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:36Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932711,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:51Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932710,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"reliance","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933532,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"his","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:34Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932709,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933531,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"he","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:32Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932708,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"am","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:48Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933529,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"elon-musk","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:30Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932707,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"homeland","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:29Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932706,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:28Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932705,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:33:00Z","slug":"alt","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/a24018f08800d443be92116c3be91790/200487153/robofan01_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        In South Korea, the Hanwha Eagles baseball team has gained a bunch of new
        fans that''ll never abandon them even if they lose every game they play. After
        all, these new die-hard supporters are robots -- stomping, chanting, Mexican
        waving faceless...","title":"Korean baseball team recruits robots as stand-ins
        for fans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:06Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/28/korea-baseball-fan-robots/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:28Z","domain":"engadget.com","id":3932704,"news_source":"Engadget","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:33:00Z","slug":"engadget","summary":"<img
        src=\"http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/a24018f08800d443be92116c3be91790/200487153/robofan01_thumbnail.jpg\"/>
        In South Korea, the Hanwha Eagles baseball team has gained a bunch of new
        fans that''ll never abandon them even if they lose every game they play. After
        all, these new die-hard supporters are robots -- stomping, chanting, Mexican
        waving faceless...","title":"Korean baseball team recruits robots as stand-ins
        for fans","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:51:05Z","url":"http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/28/korea-baseball-fan-robots/?ncid=rss_truncated"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932703,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"scoop","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933508,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"fisker-automotive","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932702,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"way","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:20Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:24Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932701,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"pierre-valade","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:46Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:23Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932700,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"it","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:29Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:23Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932699,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"clarify","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:21Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932698,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"transmit","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:29Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932697,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"venturebeat","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933465,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"buck","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:19Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932696,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"copd","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:28Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932695,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"2","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:18Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932694,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"pierre","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:44Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932693,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"boilerplate","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932692,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"hootsuite","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"go","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:13Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932691,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"jeremy-le-van","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:43Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933394,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"d","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932690,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T01:00:16Z","slug":"get-satisfaction","summary":"<p>Ninety-three
        percent of human interaction relies on non-verbal queues, so how can brands
        communicate effectively via social and mobile&#160;technologies?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514282&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Hootsuite & Get Satisfaction to share
        strategies on how to keep customers coming back","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/hootsuite-get-satisfaction-to-share-strategies-on-how-to-keep-customers-coming-back/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:10Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933378,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"r-and","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:08Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932689,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"tract","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:28Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:07Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932688,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"le","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:41Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:05Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933355,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"r","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933342,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"2","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933340,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:39:01Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932687,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"jeremy","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:40Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933338,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"battery-cells","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932686,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"blind","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:28Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:55Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932685,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"sunrise","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:37Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933335,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"panasonic","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932684,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"ships","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:28Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:47Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932683,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"prior-experience","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:36Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933331,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"assemble","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:44Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932682,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"on","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:27Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:42Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932681,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"his","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:27Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:40Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932680,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"craig-foster","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:27Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:40Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932679,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"bazaarvoice","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:34Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933330,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"ev","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933329,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"chunk","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:32Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932678,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"gigaom-research","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:27Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:32Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932677,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"observer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:32Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:30Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932676,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"gigaom","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:26Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933314,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"chain","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:27Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932675,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"qualcomm","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:26Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:25Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932674,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"nike","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:25Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:24Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932673,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"lotame","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:31Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:22Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933292,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"the-battery","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:20Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933281,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"dow-chemical","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:18Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932672,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"linux-foundation","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:25Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:16Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932671,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"liveintent","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:29Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933276,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"dow","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933267,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"bosch","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:09Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932670,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T13:00:37Z","slug":"coca-cola","summary":"The
        IoT is already dangerous. Here\u2019s how to help before it gets out of hand.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IoT
        security: How to do it (mostly) right</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860724&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IoT security: How to do it (mostly)
        right","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:25Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/iot-security-how-to-do-it-mostly-right/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:09Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932669,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"jelli","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:27Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:07Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933241,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"valence-technology","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933216,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"bright-automotive","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:38:00Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932668,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"freewheel","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:25Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932667,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-09-17T10:00:58Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Featured
        companies: Bioptigen, Echo Therapeutics, Forest Laboratories, Intrinsic Therapeutics,
        Microbia, Phreesia, Sontra Medical, TransMedics, Xanthus Pharmaceuticals","title":"Life
        sciences briefing: Monday, Sept. 17,\u00a02007","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/17/life-sciences-briefing-monday-sept-17-2007/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:53Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932666,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-02-18T13:45:16Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Bobby
        Kotick, chief executive of Activision Blizzard, runs the biggest independent
        video game development company in the world. Some people have taken potshots
        at him because he doesn\u2019t play games and has said some things that make
        him seems like an abrasive numbers guy who doesn\u2019t respect creative game
        developers.","title":"Despite a couple of bad moves, Activision Blizzard CEO
        says he runs a kindly mothership for game\u00a0developers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/02/18/despite-a-couple-of-bad-moves-activision-blizzard-ceo-says-he-runs-a-kindly-mothership-for-game-developers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932665,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-09T07:00:17Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"[Update:
        We''ve added our list with new fundings we''ve heard about from readers and
        Engage Digital Media].","title":"Revised video game financing list: 115 game
        companies raised $663.1M in\u00a02009","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/09/revised-video-game-financing-list-115-game-companies-raised-663-1m-in-2009/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932664,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-03-15T21:57:56Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Thousands
        of video game developers, students, and journalists made the pilgrimage to
        San Francisco''s Moscone Center last week for the Game Developers Conference.
        Solid crowds constantly travel from one building to the next during the week-long
        event. You\u2019d be hard-pressed to avoid seeing a GDC attendee within a
        five-mile radius of the convention center. ","title":"An outsider\u2019s guide
        to GDC (and the games I\u00a0played)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/15/an-outsiders-guide-to-gdc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932663,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-04-19T18:03:11Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"At
        VentureBeat, we come across a lot of funding news every day. In order to bring
        you the most information possible, we\u2019re rounding up the quick-and-dirty
        details about the funding deals of the day and serving them up here in our
        \u201cFunding daily\u201d column.","title":"Funding daily: Let\u2019s video
        chat with our robotic\u00a0vacuums","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/19/funding-daily-april-19-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932662,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-07T16:48:08Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Today\u2019s
        investment news is filled with good vibes. Anyone who claims that the world
        of technology is cold, hard, and emotionless should take a look at the stories
        below. We\u2019ve got companies promoting family values, technology that puts
        people in touch with their feelings, and all sorts of other avenues for personal
        expression. You may want to read this Funding Daily on a couch with a box
        of tissues and The Interpretation of Dreams nearby.","title":"Funding Daily:
        A big dose of the warm and\u00a0fuzzies","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/07/funding-daily-a-big-dose-of-the-warm-and-fuzzies/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932661,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-30T09:22:17Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Payleven,
        the Square clone backed by the Samwer brothers\u2019 Rocket Internet and formerly
        known as ZenPay and EvoPay, has moved extremely fast since starting up about
        four months\u00a0ago.","title":"Square clone Payleven hits UK, Brazil, confirms
        double-digit million\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/30/square-clone-payleven-hits-uk-brazil-confirms-double-digit-million-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932660,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-04T12:12:40Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Oliver
        Samwer is the German Internet mogul and multi-millionaire owner of startup
        incubator Rocket Internet, best known for his agressive cloning tactics  and
        bullish management\u00a0strategies.","title":"22 secrets of success from Europe\u2019s
        most controversial\u00a0entrepreneur","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:52Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/04/22-secrets-of-success-from-europes-most-controversial-entrepreneur/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932659,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-04T18:14:04Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"A
        round-up of investment news from around the funding\u00a0forest.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Autumn is upon\u00a0us","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/04/funding-daily-autumn-is-upon-us/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933207,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"fisker","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932658,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-26T16:31:31Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Investors
        and online shoppers open their wallets on Cyber\u00a0Monday.","title":"Funding
        Daily: Emerging from\u00a0hibernation","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/26/funding-daily-emerging-from-hibernation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932656,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-12-11T13:07:10Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"As
        a new generation of startup entrepreneurs is emerging in Russia, the local
        startup scene tends to look more like its American, European and Asian\u00a0counterparts.","title":"How
        to invest in Russian startups: An investor\u2019s\u00a0guide","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/11/how-to-invest-in-russian-startups-an-investors-guide/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932657,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"choicevendor","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:24Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932655,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-21T16:57:26Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Despite
        the inaugural festivities, 49ers win yesterday, and MLK Day, there are still
        a few bits of funding news for your reading\u00a0pleasure.","title":"Funding
        Daily: MLK, 49ers, and the First\u00a0Family","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/21/funding-daily-mlk-49ers-and-the-first-family/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932654,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-08T08:00:51Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga\u2019s
        sinking market value crushed\u00a0valuations.","title":"The DeanBeat: After
        Zynga\u2019s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in\u00a02012","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/08/the-deanbeat-after-zyngas-crash-game-investments-dive-44-percent-in-2012/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932653,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-05-10T09:56:46Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Points
        of Light has selected the second class of startups for its civic accelerator
        program. The program is entirely focused on \u2018civic ventures\u2019 and
        entrepreneurs working to strengthen\u00a0communities.","title":"10 startups
        put \u2018civic lens\u2019 on tech to drive change in\u00a0communities","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/10/10-startups-put-civic-lens-on-tech-to-drive-change-in-communities/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932652,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-06-24T06:00:47Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Tony Hsieh\u2019s great urban experiment is transforming the downtown
        Vegas economy. Is it a model that can be replicated\u00a0elsewhere?","title":"Tony
        Hsieh\u2019s $350M plan to make Vegas an \u2018entrepreneur\u2019s Disneyland\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/24/part-1-why-zappos-ceo-tony-hsieh-is-investing-350m-into-downtown-vegas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932651,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2004-11-14T22:24:09Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"Yahoo
        is turning on its home-grown anti-spam technology called DomainKeys today,
        and EarthLink says it too will simultaneously start testing the technology
        today. The average Yahoo Mail user probably won\u2019t notice a thing. But
        it\u2019s a reminder of how disunited the major email providers are about
        which technology to use to combat spam.","title":"Yahoo flips the switch on\u00a0DomainKeys","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2004/11/14/yahoo-flips-the-switch-on-domainkeys/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932650,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-07-29T19:04:32Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"Internet
        security is busted, said researchers at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas
        today.","title":"Security researchers: Online transactions aren''t as safe
        as we\u00a0thought","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/07/29/security-researchers-expose-weaknesses-in-authenticating-most-internet-transactions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932649,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-11-19T15:35:49Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"Cisco
        Systems put no limit on its budget for Smart Grid development,\u00a0 the company\u2019s
        grid guru Laura Ipsen told the audience at GreenBeat 2009 \u2014 albeit quoting
        her boss John Chambers.","title":"GreenBeat: Cisco has a blank check for Smart
        Grid, but what will it do with\u00a0it?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/19/greenbeat-cisco-has-a-blank-check-for-smart-grid-but-what-will-it-do-with-it/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932648,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-10-30T17:18:32Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"We\u2019ve
        written a lot about what it will take to transform today\u2019s energy infrastructure
        into the super grid of tomorrow, from cleaner, cheaper energy sources to smarter
        networks and support for fleets of electric vehicles. But the ultimate requirement
        is people. We\u2019ll have to tap our collective brainpower like never before.
        That\u2019s why VentureBeat is assembling a superstar cast of speakers for
        our GreenBeat 2010 conference, at the academic powerhouse of Stanford University
        on November 3 and 4.","title":"Meet 26 experts charging the super grid: GreenBeat
        2010''s latest\u00a0speakers","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/10/30/greenbeat-2010-speakers/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932647,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-17T10:30:26Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"When
        Facebook decided to open-source the hardware\u00a0that makes its data centers
        some of the most energy-efficient and\u00a0innovative in the tech industry,
        others tech giants were eager to join in and open-source their Internet hardware
        as well. But not the biggest do-gooder, greenster, data center magnate of
        them all: Google.","title":"Desperately seeking Google: Facebook\u2019s open-hardware
        crusade is still missing its biggest\u00a0player","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/17/google-open-compute/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932646,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-18T09:30:23Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"For
        the past year, Facebook has been leading a charge to open-source the world
        of servers and data centers, with the end goal being the cleanest, most energy-efficient
        Internet we humans can dream up.","title":"Why Google is staying away from
        open-source hardware and Facebook\u2019s Open\u00a0Compute","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/18/google-open-compute-response/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932645,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-14T09:00:01Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"When
        you buy a car with a warranty, you still have to get it serviced. Your cloud
        infrastructure is no different. Cloud monitoring is a complex, highly competitive
        space. The experts break it down so you can avoid a full server\u00a0meltdown.","title":"How
        cloud-monitoring services can help you avoid your own \u2018Fail\u00a0Whale\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/14/cloud-monitoring/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932644,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-08T17:15:17Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"A
        leaked press release from gigabit internet organization Gig.U congratulating
        the city of Austin and Google on their new Google Fiber partnership was quickly
        removed\u00a0today.","title":"Gig.U yanks press release congratulating Austin
        on Google Fiber\u00a0(updated)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/08/gig-u-yanks-press-release-congratulating-austin-on-google-fiber/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932643,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-04-23T12:52:41Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"The
        HealthBeat 2013 program is packed with 60 plus industry leading speakers,
        high-level chats, breakout sessions, and a brand new startup competition.
        Here are the new speaker\u00a0additions\u2026","title":"Change.org and U.S.
        Dept. of Health & Human Services join HealthBeat 2013\u00a0roster","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/23/change-org-and-u-s-dept-of-health-human-services-join-healthbeat-2013-roster/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932642,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-18T12:23:52Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"Google,
        Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and many more companies are asking President Barack
        Obama and the U.S. congress for greater transparency on PRISM, NSA surveillance
        of Americans, and government requests for data about their\u00a0customers.","title":"The
        full PRISM letter Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft are sending\u00a0congress","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/18/the-full-prism-letter-google-yahoo-apple-facebook-and-microsoft-are-sending-congress/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932641,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-29T14:59:39Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"Guest
        Post From the startup perspective, there were a number of moments to reflect
        on some important issues \u2014 including immigration, education, and patent\u00a0reform.","title":"What
        tech heard in Obama\u2019s State of the Union\u00a0address","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/29/what-tech-heard-in-obamas-state-of-the-union-address/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932640,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-07-27T10:00:50Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"Paul
        LaFontaine, chief executive of Habbo-creator Sulake, calls for smarter online
        safety practices after his company\u2019s virtual-world site faced a sexual-chat\u00a0controversy.","title":"Habbo\u2019s
        CEO calls for online safety coalition in wake of sex-chat\u00a0crisis","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/07/27/habbos-ceo-calls-for-online-safety-coalition-in-wake-of-sex-chat-crisis/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:45Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933203,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933201,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"tesla-motors","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        dusty old HP printer could be the key to unlocking the next generation of
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        Siri. Today the company announced the close of $8 million in angel funding
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        but the reality is somewhat harsher. The GENerator and its 11 portfolio companies
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        do you modernize an aging technology stack quickly? For PayPal, it\u2019s
        by snapping up a much smaller company that does exactly what you want.","title":"PayPal
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        maker of marketing software that makes actionable data out of phone calls,
        wants to prove that you can get just as much data out of inbound calls as
        you can taking customer service online.","title":"Invoca says purchases made
        over the phone will only\u00a0increase","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/13/invoca-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932632,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T07:38:37Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"In
        a fair world, the HTC One would be the best-selling Android phone on the market.
        It\u2019s well designed, has the perfect screen size, and, most importantly,
        isn\u2019t made out of plastic.","title":"What we can expect from the next
        HTC One: A better camera, a (slightly) bigger screen, and a March\u00a0release","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/what-we-can-expect-from-the-next-htc-one-a-better-camera-a-slightly-bigger-screen-and-a-march-release/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932631,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-20T10:30:20Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"League
        of Legends, Team Fortress 2, and more are now making more than enough from
        selling virtual\u00a0goods.","title":"10 online PC games that made more than
        $100M in microtransaction sales last\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/20/10-online-pc-games-that-made-more-than-100m-in-microtransaction-sales-last-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932630,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-22T13:00:54Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"Dota
        2 will likely double its revenues in 2014, according to the industry analysts
        at SuperData\u00a0Research.","title":"Analyst: Dota 2 made around $80 million
        in microtransaction revenues in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/22/doat-2-made-around-80-million-in-microtransaction-revenues-in-2013-according-to-analyst-firm/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932629,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-31T07:15:06Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"Lenovo
        is no stranger to major acquisitions \u2014 and that\u2019s good news for
        Motorola Mobility.","title":"Lenovo president on why Motorola Mobility will
        be better off in its new home\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/31/lenovo-president-explains-why-motorola-will-better-off-in-its-new-home-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932628,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-02-27T15:58:49Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"If
        real soccer was more like Inazuma Eleven, the world would be a better\u00a0place.","title":"Inazuma
        Eleven\u2019s fantastic take on soccer is better than the real thing\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/27/inazuma-eleven-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932627,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-19T09:30:50Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"The
        block-building phenomenon continues to stack up the\u00a0cash.","title":"Minecraft
        developer made $326M in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/19/minecraft-developer-made-326m-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932626,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-30T08:00:54Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick The makers of Threes hit back with a post describing how they feel about
        competitors cloning their\u00a0title.","title":"Threes vs. 2048: When rip-offs
        do better than the original\u00a0game","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/30/threes-vs-2048-when-rip-offs-do-better-than-the-original-game/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932625,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-31T12:38:29Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"Private
        Wi-Fi networks in your homes, businesses, convention centers, music venues,
        etc., are about to get a lot\u00a0faster.","title":"Zoom zoom. Wi-Fi\u2019s
        getting better, faster thanks to the\u00a0FCC","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/31/fcc-votes-to-boost-spectrum-for-wi-fi-by-15/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:40Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932624,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"brightedge","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
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        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
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        continues its focus on making the Xbox One the ultimate media center with
        new TV features for\u00a0SmartGlass.","title":"Microsoft makes the Xbox One
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        Post Founder and Designer Elizabeth       \u201cLiz\u201d Hostetter announced
        today the U.S. launch of her made-to-order       brand, Ellie       Kai \u2013
        seasonal pieces that give women direct access to       the design, manufacture
        and purchase of their personal\u00a0wardrobe\u2026.","title":"Ellie Kai launches
        Made-to-Order Women\u2019s Fashion Line in\u00a0U.S.","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/ellie-kai-launches-made-to-order-womens-fashion-line-in-u-s/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932621,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-04T14:00:29Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"Some
        programmers have built a machine that can play the popular and difficult\u00a0puzzler.","title":"This
        robot is better at Threes than you\u00a0are","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/04/this-robot-is-better-at-threes-than-you/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932620,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-15T07:50:01Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"\u201cWe
        hold ourselves to high standards for the features that we build, and video
        calls aren\u2019t living up to these standards,\u201d the Glass team wrote
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        is also starting a new series of TV advertisements in Japan to promote the
        social\u00a0puzzler.","title":"Make it Candy Crush Saga time: King opens Japanese
        office to better serve the important\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/22/make-it-candy-crush-saga-time-king-opens-japanese-office-to-better-serve-the-important-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932618,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-24T17:43:15Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"Gary
        Chen, a serial entrepreneur in China\u2019s music industry, never\u00a0believed
        digital music content could be a significant revenue source for\u00a0musicians.","title":"These
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        take a look at what I think makes Darks Souls a better game than its\u00a0sequel.","title":"Why
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        Post Digital marketers have one goal in mind: boosting sales and revenue through
        their company\u2019s online presence. Instead, you should be focused on the
        long-term insights you can gather about your\u00a0audiences.","title":"5 ways
        to get better results from data-driven\u00a0marketing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/1449300/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932615,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T12:55:24Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"With
        \u201cannual franchise\u201d becoming more and more of a dirty phrase, Ubisoft
        masterly found a way to capitalize on Far Cry\u2019s popularity while avoiding
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        FRANCISCO \u2014 Creating the right data collection and analysis tools can
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        businesses better.","title":"Data made this newspaper techier, these teens
        smarter, & these trains\u00a0greener","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/20/data-made-this-newspaper-techier-these-teens-smarter-these-trains-greener/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932613,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-22T08:00:04Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"Distimo
        says that it\u2019s easier to find games and easier for titles to get discovered
        thanks to fine-grained\u00a0categories.","title":"The Google Play Store saw
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        will let video makers who join its program to take an unspecified portion
        of the ad\u00a0money.","title":"Nintendo announces YouTube affiliate program
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        it comes to the cloud, Verizon gets pretty cocky. The telecommunications giant
        rebooted its cloud infrastructure efforts late last year, playing feature
        catchup with competitors like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. But Verizon Cloud
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        and networking\u00a0infrastructure.","title":"Verizon thinks its cloud is
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        versatile free-to-play war game will absolutely infuriate you. I mean that
        in a good\u00a0way.","title":"War Thunder\u2019s PS4 take is better at WWII
        tanks & planes than World of Tanks/Warplanes\u00a0(review)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/03/war-thunders-ps4-take-is-better-at-wwii-tanks-planes-than-world-of-tankswarplanes-review/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932609,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T12:18:24Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"As
        exits have been flowing nicely again the past few years, many of the entrepreneurs
        I work with have experienced their first big exit.","title":"So, you made
        your \u2018f*** you\u2019 money. What\u2019s\u00a0next?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/so-you-made-your-f-you-money-whats-next/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932608,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-06T13:14:05Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"The
        iPhone 6, which will launch this\u00a0fall, will contain several highly anticipated
        features, including near field communication (NFC), wireless charging, a better
        4G antenna, and\u00a0a much bigger screen, a source close to the situation
        tells VentureBeat.","title":"New source: iPhone 6 will feature NFC, wireless
        charging, better 4G antenna, & a much bigger\u00a0screen","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/apple-source-iphone-6-will-feature-nfc-wireless-charging-better-4g-antenna-a-much-bigger-screen/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932607,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-18T12:29:04Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"Amazon
        has debuted its own smartphone with a 24/7 digital support\u00a0system.","title":"Amazon
        has made the perfect phone for everyone\u2019s parents, thanks to 24/7 video
        customer\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/18/amazon-has-made-the-perfect-phone-for-everyones-parents-thanks-to-247-video-customer-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932606,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T13:10:14Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"Facebook
        wants to bring the Internet to everyone in the world, and Facebook wants to
        bring, well, Facebook to everyone in the world, too.","title":"Facebook\u2019s
        Android app will soon work much better in emerging countries with weaker\u00a0infrastructure","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/facebooks-android-app-will-soon-work-much-better-in-emerging-countries-with-weaker-infrastructure/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932605,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-27T07:30:20Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"The
        two consoles are looking more similar every day, but that doesn\u2019t mean
        the Xbox doesn\u2019t still have some\u00a0advantages.","title":"Xbox One
        vs. PS4: What Microsoft\u2019s console still does better than\u00a0Sony\u2019s","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/27/xbox-one-vs-ps4-what-microsofts-console-still-does-better-than-sonys/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932604,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-25T07:01:44Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"The
        onset of multicore processors and cloud computing made the film\u00a0possible.","title":"How
        DreamWorks made \u2018Dragon 2\u2032 movie with the \u2018absolute pinnacle\u2019
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        needs to shower, even gamers! Especially gamers, in some instances. If your
        boring and mildewed curtain is uninspiring, why not replace it with something
        suiting your gaming tastes that\u2019s also fashionable?","title":"Showers
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        is one of the classics of the 8-bit gaming era, and Half-Life 2 is one of
        the best first-person shooters ever made. Together, they make the most kick-ass
        FPS never made.","title":"Half-Life 2 Made Better: We Have the\u00a0Technology","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/27/half-life-2-made-better-we-have-the-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3933197,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:30:35Z","slug":"tesla","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> NOTE: GrowthBeat is less
        than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern
        digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions,
        clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full scoop here,
        and buy your tickets while they last. Tesla rocked the automotive world last
        month&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514845&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"3 reasons why Tesla can scale where
        others have failed","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/3-reasons-why-tesla-can-scale-where-others-have-failed/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932601,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-07T12:43:07Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"I
        called her the Commissioner. In her left hand, she had a credit card to purchase
        video games; in her right hand, she had a fist full of discipline. When playing
        games, I had to control my emotions and make\u00a0good decisions,\u00a0or
        she would come down on me like a\u00a0hammer on an anvil. She was my mother,
        and without her I would not be the gamer I am now.","title":"My mother made
        me a better\u00a0gamer","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/07/how-mother-made-me-a-better-gamer/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932600,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-11-08T08:52:01Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"Popular
        blogging service Tumblr has updated its iPhone app to offer a redesigned dashboard,
        faster posting, and more detailed\u00a0notifications.","title":"Tumblr just
        made its iPhone app way\u00a0better","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/08/tumblr-iphone-app/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932599,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-11-27T07:47:44Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"At
        any given time after a holiday or gift giving occasion I\u2019ll have at least
        three to five gift cards \u2014 many that are issued by credit card companies
        \u2014 that typically sit in a drawer for months before I realize I should
        probably put them to use.","title":"PayPal just made gift cards way better
        (by accepting\u00a0them)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/27/paypal-just-made-gift-cards-way-better-by-accepting-them/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:33Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932598,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"bluekai","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:21Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932597,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T10:15:53Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"A
        startup called\u00a0Spark wants to help you connect all of your stuff \u2014
        home appliances and anything else you can put a chip into\u00a0\u2013\u00a0to
        the web, and it has just raised\u00a0$4.5 million dollars to do it.","title":"Spark
        says it can \u2018connect\u2019 anything you own (pretty\u00a0much)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/spark-says-it-can-connect-anything-you-own-pretty-much/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932596,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T10:00:17Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"GrowthBeat,
        VentureBeat\u2019s brand-new event on the data, apps, and science of successful
        marketing, is coming up on August 5-6 at Hotel Nikko\u00a0in San Francisco.","title":"Marketing
        tech startups: Apply for the GrowthBeat Innovation\u00a0Showdown","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/marketing-tech-startups-apply-for-the-growthbeat-innovation-showdown/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932595,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-09T14:00:06Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"IBM
        is exploring chip alternatives like graphene and carbon\u00a0nanotubes.","title":"IBM
        goes berserk for chips as it announces $3B research\u00a0initiative","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/09/ibm-goes-berserk-for-chips-as-it-announces-a-3b-research-initiative/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932594,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-10T00:01:33Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Guest
        Post Can\u2019t we all be kings and\u00a0queens?","title":"Just drop your
        fantasy of a king of OpenStack \u2014 there won\u2019t ever be\u00a0one","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/10/king-of-openstack/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932593,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-12T17:00:22Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"A
        new study adds some empirical firepower to the idea that poor patent laws
        are crushing innovation in the technology\u00a0industry.","title":"Study:
        Patents hurt tech and startups, help\u00a0pharmaceuticals","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/12/study-patents-hurt-tech-and-startups-help-pharmaceuticals/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932592,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-14T12:25:10Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"As
        Microsoft calls in partners to push its new big-data service in the cloud,
        the company could gain an edge against the big cloud providers and little\u00a0startups.","title":"Microsoft
        clues partners in to its new machine-learning service in the\u00a0cloud","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/14/microsoft-machine-learning-university/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932591,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-15T04:00:30Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Sponsored
        Post With the availability of dual-persona solutions, organizations finally
        have a bring your own device (BYOD) management option that helps satisfy the
        critical security concerns of CIOs while supporting growth strategies for
        CEOs and enabling today\u2019s always-connected employees to efficiently balance
        their personal and professional\u00a0lives.","title":"\u2018Dual-persona\u2019
        devices juggle business/personal use, bring balance to\u00a0BYOD","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/15/dual-persona-devices-juggle-businesspersonal-use-bring-balance-to-byod/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932590,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T02:07:45Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Sponsored
        Post InflaRx       announced today the successful closing of its round B financing
        by       completing the second of two tranches within this round. All current       investors
        as well as new private investors participated in this       financing round
        B\u00a0reaching\u2026","title":"InflaRx Announces Successful Closing of Its
        Round B\u00a0Financing","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/inflarx-announces-successful-closing-of-its-round-b-financing/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932589,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-18T08:30:40Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"IBM
        is betting $1 billion that supercomputer Watson transforms the\u00a0company","title":"Inside
        IBM\u2019s billion-dollar bet on\u00a0Watson","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/18/inside-ibms-billion-dollar-bet-on-watson/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932588,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-19T23:45:37Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"KDDI
        Open Innovation Fund (KOIF), managed by Japanese venture capital Global Brain
        Corporation, announced that it has invested a total of 800 million yen (roughly
        $8 million) in four U.S. startups. Global Brian and\u00a0KDDI, the Japanese
        telecom operator, will help those startups to enter Japanese market.","title":"KDDI\u2019s
        Open Innovation Fund invests in 4 U.S. startups, will bring them to the Japanese\u00a0market","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/19/kddis-open-innovation-fund-invests-in-4-u-s-startups-will-bring-them-to-the-japanese-market/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932587,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T06:25:13Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Techmanity       2014, Silicon Valley\u2019s first official technology
        conference, today       announced its lineup and open registration for its
        inaugural event,       taking place in San Jose October 1-2. Headline speakers
        include Houzz founder\u00a0and\u2026","title":"Techmanity 2014 in Silicon
        Valley Announces Speaker and Performer\u00a0Lineup","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/techmanity-2014-in-silicon-valley-announces-speaker-and-performer-lineup/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932586,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T10:44:14Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Coupa Software announced today that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as       one
        of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners. Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global       250
        signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches       and
        technologies\u00a0that\u2026","title":"Coupa Named an AlwaysOn Global 250\u00a0Winner","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/coupa-named-an-alwayson-global-250-winner/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932585,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-21T13:00:29Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Sponsored
        Post A consistent characteristic of Mobile 3.0 is that the benefits are bi-directional.  A
        large company can hope to achieve lower or negligible mobile development costs,
        accelerated speed to market and deliver products that add value to an existing
        service, all while keeping them relevant in the fast-paced mobile\u00a0space.","title":"The
        Meffys 2014 Awards are open for\u00a0entry","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:29Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/the-meffys-2014-awards-are-open-for-entry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932584,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T08:00:51Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Sponsored
        Post When reducing friction for users meant switching from a desktop computer
        to a laptop, the validity of that phrase wasn\u2019t just obvious, it was
        inarguable. But what about now, when reducing friction means going from two
        taps in an app to just\u00a0one?","title":"Redefining friction in a mobile-first\u00a0world","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/redefining-friction-in-a-mobile-first-world/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932583,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T21:50:35Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Can
        you imagine 2,000 watts of alternating current electrical power coming out
        of a device no larger than a small laptop?","title":"Google & IEEE launch
        $1M \u2018Little Box\u2019 challenge to shrink power\u00a0inverters","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/google-ieee-launch-1m-little-box-challenge-to-shrink-power-inverters/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932582,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2006-10-27T08:15:08Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"We\u2019re
        not sure what is happening, but Energy Innovations has lost another employee,
        just days after announcing its contract to build the largest corporate solar
        installation in the U.S. at Google.","title":"Energy Innovations loses another
        employee, despite Google solar\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/27/energy-innovations-loses-another-employee-despite-google-solar-deal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932581,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2007-12-12T15:14:13Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Nuclear
        power is a bit of a land mine in the field of clean technology. Mention it
        in any given room of environmentalists, and opinions will explode. Some say
        nuclear\u2019s terminally unsafe. Others say it\u2019s the only true cleantech
        solution.","title":"Nuclear innovations \u2014 will they lure cleantech\u00a0capital?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/12/nuclear-innovations-will-they-lure-cleantech-capital/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932580,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-02-28T10:22:38Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Tela
        Innovations is a Campbell, Calif. company with a technology for manufacturing
        45 nanometer chips, which have just coming to the consumer market starting
        with Intel\u2019s Penryn processor.","title":"Tela Innovations funded for
        45 nanometer\u00a0chipmaking","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/tela-innovations-funded-for-45-nanometer-chipmaking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932579,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-08-17T09:57:25Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Marrone
        Organic Innovations, a Davis, Calif.-based based maker of natural pesticides
        and weed killers, has wrapped up a $10 million second round of funding and
        expects a second closing of $1 million later this month. The round was led
        by Stuart Mill Venture Partners and Contrarian Group; returning investors
        included One Earth Capital, Saffron Hill Ventures, Clean Pacific Ventures,
        Wavepoint Ventures and local angel investors.","title":"Marrone Organic Innovations
        raises $10M for green\u00a0pesticides","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/17/marrone-organic-innovations-raises-10m-for-green-pesticides/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932578,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-02-27T15:02:07Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"There\u2019s
        no question we\u2019re in a bad mess when it comes to state of our power grid,
        not only in the United States but globally.","title":"DEMO: New innovations
        for the smart, open power\u00a0grid","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/27/demo-new-innovations-for-the-smart-open-power-grid/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932577,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-03-04T15:52:25Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Sensor  Innovations,
        also known as Sensorin, developer of sensing platforms  for various applications,
        has brought in $2.1 million in a new round of  equity, according to a filing
        with the SEC. Based in Burlingame,  Calif., the company started off making
        precise pH meters for  biopharmaceutical use. Now it is hoping to expand its
        horizons. Its  board of directors includes a representative from Axiom  Venture
        Partners.","title":"Sensor Innovations feels its way to $2.1M for accurate
        sensing\u00a0technology","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/03/04/sensor-innovations-feels-its-way-to-2-1m-for-accurate-sensing-technology/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932576,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-06-21T16:33:48Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"After
        five days of non-stop action at the E3 video game show last week, I\u2019ve
        come up with my list of the top innovations in the video game industry. Naturally,
        the much-ballyhooed Nintendo 3DS is at the top.","title":"E3 2010 roundup:
        The best innovations in the video game\u00a0industry","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:27Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/21/e3-2010-roundup-the-best-innovations-in-the-video-game-industry/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932575,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2010-12-07T06:00:49Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Today\u2019s
        funding announcements include ways to track and monitor company vehicles and
        social media campaigns:","title":"Deals & More: Bespoke Innovations gets $1.6M
        more to design prosthetic limbs, FleetMatics drives away with $68M for live
        GPS\u00a0tracking","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/07/deals-more-bespoke-innovations-gets-1-6m-to-design-prosthetic-limbs-fleetmatics-drives-away-with-68m-for-gps-tracking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932574,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-02T12:15:59Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"\u00a0","title":"What
        innovations have we seen this console\u00a0generation?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/02/what-innovations-have-we-seen-this-console-generation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932573,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-05-07T22:03:57Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"The
        Community Spotlight highlights some of the best articles that didn''t quite
        make the front page.This week, we''ve got cool 3D art with a Portal 2 flavor,
        a look back at canceled titles of yesteryear, and Gears of War 3 strategy
        by way of Shining Force. Oh, and someone wants an American Psycho game. Yikes.","title":"Spotlight:
        Fan-made Wheatley, console innovations, a Shining example, and\u00a0more","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/07/spotlight-console-innovations-a-shining-example-fan-made-wheatley-and-more/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932572,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2011-12-10T12:54:59Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Apple
        has partnered with a patent troll company called Digitude Innovations, VentureBeat
        has confirmed, allowing that company to attack the world\u2019s largest phone
        manufacturers of smartphones.","title":"Apple partners with patent troll Digitude
        Innovations \u2014 and wow, what a\u00a0deal","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/10/apples-patents-digitude-innovations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932571,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-08-24T10:00:12Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Sponsored
        Post The rapid pace of technological change means that fixed and wireless
        telecom carriers must be on the constant search for new technologies. They
        need the new tech to provide new\u00a0services\u2026","title":"What innovations
        do carriers\u00a0need?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/24/what-innovations-do-carriers-need/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932570,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"the-boards","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:19Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932569,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-09-11T11:25:58Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Intel\u2019s
        Kirk Skaugen says there are more innovations coming for the PC in the next
        18 months than have come in the next\u00a0decade","title":"Intel\u2019s checklist
        of innovations coming in the next 18 months on the\u00a0PC","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/11/intels-checklist-of-innovations-coming-the-next-18-months-on-the-pc/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932568,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-10-22T07:11:14Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Microsoft
        chairman and former CEO Bill Gates has joined the company\u2019s marketing
        campaign to praise Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and the Surface tablet, and
        he touts the benefits of all three in a new\u00a0video.","title":"Bill Gates
        calls Windows 8 & Surface \u2018an important set of innovations\u2019 (video)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/22/bill-gates-windows-8/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932567,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-01-12T10:47:07Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Tablets,
        the quantified self movement, big data, new user interface paradigms, and
        the return of manufacturing jobs to the U.S. will help shape the coming\u00a0year.","title":"Five
        innovations that will define tech in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/12/innovations-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932566,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-02-03T09:00:34Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Guest
        Post Living in the technology and startup ecosystem, we are constantly bombarded
        with the latest hot new app, device, technology, or company. They get their
        15 minutes of fame and then something newer, hotter, and latest-er comes along
        to replace them. But every now and then, something sticks around for a\u00a0while.","title":"6
        technologies and innovations that could finally go mainstream in\u00a02013","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/03/6-technologies-and-innovations-that-could-finally-go-mainstream-in-2013/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932565,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-07-19T08:06:22Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"While
        the White House doesn\u2019t have a presence at San Diego\u2019s Comic-Con,
        which kicked off yesterday, it\u2019s certainly there in spirit with today\u2019s
        \u201cWe the Geeks\u201d Google+\u00a0Hangout.","title":"White House Hangout
        covers invisibility cloaks, liquid armor, and other geeky innovations (starts
        at 12PM\u00a0ET)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/19/white-house-hangout-covers-invisibility-cloaks-liquid-armor-and-other-geeky-innovation-starts-at-12pm-et/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932564,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-09T08:00:39Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Apple\u2019s
        latest iPhones may be selling well, but that\u2019s not because they\u2019re
        particularly innovative.","title":"Google\u2019s Moto X innovations are leaving
        Apple behind, says ABI\u00a0Research","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/09/googles-moto-x-innovations-are-leaving-apple-behind-says-abi-research/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932563,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-17T05:00:18Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Sponsored
        Post At AHIP\u2019s Operations and Technology Forum, November 18-20 in Chicago,
        learn more about the evolving needs of the health insurance\u00a0industry.","title":"How
        new technologies and innovations are transforming heath\u00a0care","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/17/how-new-technologies-and-innovations-are-transforming-heath-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932562,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2013-10-17T12:00:01Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"As
        we wave goodbye to this console generation, it\u2019s worth taking a look
        at some of the coolest things the game industry brought us over these past
        eight\u00a0years.","title":"10 current-gen innovations that changed the way
        we play\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/17/10-current-gen-innovations-that-changed-the-way-we-play-games/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932561,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-16T09:50:32Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Sponsored
        Post \u201c6 About to Break\u201d will be the talk of Macworld/iWorld and
        is bound to make an innovator \u2014 or six \u2013\u00a0famous.","title":"SF
        New Tech & Macworld/iWorld partner to discover the best new Apple-centric
        innovations to\u00a0showcase","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/16/sf-new-tech-macworldiworld-partner-to-discover-the-best-new-apple-centric-innovations-to-showcase/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932560,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-01-17T08:00:19Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"Steam
        Machines and Oculus were the highlights of game technology at CES, but there
        was plenty more for gamers waiting in the\u00a0aisles.","title":"The DeanBeat:
        The gaming innovations at CES that go way beyond the\u00a0consoles","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/17/the-deanbeat-ces-unveiled-a-bright-gaming-future-that-goes-way-beyond-the-consoles/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932559,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-07T15:46:05Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"On
        the eve of his opening session at our MobileBeat conference tomorrow, Google\u2019s
        head of performance media, Jason Spero, tells us how the company is approaching
        mobile ads, attribution, and more.","title":"Google\u2019s Jason Spero on
        how Google is embracing the latest mobile ad innovations\u00a0(Q&A)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/googles-jason-spero-on-how-google-is-embracing-the-latest-mobile-ad-innovations-qa/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:24Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932558,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-08T13:00:36Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"The
        Connected Cloud Summit will bring together executives from the leading IoT
        players and innovative enterprises deploying the IoT solutions. The Summit
        will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to pursue new business
        opportunities and overcome the technology challenges created by IoT to better
        serve their customers, create new offerings, and gain a competitive advantage
        in the\u00a0marketplace.","title":"Connected Cloud Summit showcases the latest
        Internet of things\u00a0innovations","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/connected-cloud-summit-showcases-the-latest-internet-of-things-innovations/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:21Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932557,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-06-26T16:03:22Z","slug":"miyowa","summary":"French
        mobile instant messaging company Miyowa announced a second round of funding
        today, to the tune of of $8 million, bringing its total financing to date
        up to $12.7 million. The company has flown largely under the radar in America,
        but it plans to use this shot in the arm to change all that and bring its
        messaging platform to the US as well as Asia.","title":"Mobile instant messaging
        company Miyowa gets $8 million to expand to US,\u00a0Asia","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/26/mobile-instant-messaging-company-miyowa-gets-8-million-to-expand-to-us-asia/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932556,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2008-03-25T08:15:46Z","slug":"insteon","summary":"Zensys,
        a maker of wireless remote control chips, will announce today it has received
        an investment from Panasonic.","title":"Zensys scores investment from Panasonic
        for wireless\u00a0remotes","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/25/zensys-scores-investment-from-panasonic-for-wireless-remotes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932555,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T21:06:16Z","slug":"insteon","summary":"Do
        you need a router that is also a tablet that is also a home automation hub?
        Of course not. But that\u2019s not stopping Alex Jones from building you\u00a0one.","title":"Listening
        to the crowd proves a slippery slope for\u00a0Soap","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/listening-to-the-crowd-proves-a-slippery-slope-for-soap/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:18Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932554,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"scott-cannon","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:36Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932553,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-20T06:00:46Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Russia\u2019s
        big Internet company is making a bigger investment in online\u00a0games.","title":"Russian
        e-commerce giant Mail.Ru adds its own MyGames mobile division with four new\u00a0games","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/20/russian-e-commerce-giant-mail-ru-adds-its-own-mygames-mobile-game-division-with-four-new-titles-coming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:16Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932552,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T11:00:03Z","slug":"visio","summary":"GameStop
        acquired Spawn Labs in 2011 to start streaming games over the cloud, but it
        doesn\u2019t think consumers want something like that\u00a0yet.","title":"GameStop
        closes its game-streaming division \u2014 will focus on PlayStation\u00a0Now","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/gamestop-closes-its-game-streaming-division-will-focus-on-playstation-now/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932551,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-03-27T11:07:54Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Microsoft
        sees a future with lots of devices in use across lots of companies. Today
        it announced new software to give administrators\u00a0control.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s
        new vision: A fear-free, mobile-first\u00a0enterprise","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/27/microsofts-new-vision-all-workers-on-mobile-devices-all-work-in-the-cloud/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932550,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-01T12:15:29Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Sony
        Computer Entertainment\u2019s Chinese expert will oversee the China Strategy\u00a0Department.","title":"PlayStation\u2019s
        \u2018Nixon goes to China\u2019 moment? Sony\u2019s new division focuses on
        huge Asian\u00a0nation","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/01/playstations-nixon-goes-to-china-moment-sonys-new-division-focuses-on-huge-asian-nation/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932549,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-02T09:19:10Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Sponsored
        Post Cognoptix President and CEO Paul Hartung told a group of       analysts
        yesterday: \u201cOur vision is to change the course of Alzheimer\u2019s       disease
        by enabling early diagnosis at the point of care.\u201d              (CLICK       HERE
        FOR VIDEO)\u00a0\u2026","title":"Cognoptix President and CEO Paul Hartung
        Tells Analysts: \u201cOur Vision is to Chan...","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/cognoptix-president-and-ceo-paul-hartung-tells-analysts-our-vision-is-to-change-the-course-of-alzheimers-disease-by-enabling-early-diagnosis-at-the-point-of-care/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932548,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-03T06:00:02Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Gamers
        will soon be treated to unique TV programming on the PlayStation Network and
        Xbox Live. Will this gamble work out for Sony and\u00a0Microsoft?","title":"How
        Sony and Microsoft can conquer television with original new\u00a0shows","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/03/playstation-joins-the-growing-group-of-streaming-services-looking-to-put-tv-on-notice/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932547,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-11T11:38:37Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Despite
        a shaky Q1, Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz expects that Activision will
        still meet its full-year\u00a0guidance.","title":"Analyst: \u2018Poor\u2019
        Call of Duty and Skylanders sales dampen expectations for Activision\u2019s
        first\u00a0quarter","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/11/analyst-poor-call-of-duty-and-skylanders-sales-dampen-expectations-for-activisions-first-quarter/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932546,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-21T08:01:59Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Nokia\u2019s
        phone division will officially be part of Microsoft by the end of the week.","title":"Microsoft\u2019s
        Nokia deal to close on April 25 \u2014 new division may be called Microsoft\u00a0Mobile","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/21/microsofts-nokia-deal-to-close-on-april-25-new-division-may-be-called-microsoft-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932545,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-23T16:00:05Z","slug":"visio","summary":"With
        the new version, you can trap characters in the digital realm and store them
        in a\u00a0toy.","title":"Activision brings life to toys in Skylanders: Trap
        Team\u00a0(preview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/23/activision-brings-life-to-toys-in-skylanders-trap-team-preview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932544,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T06:00:18Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Xbox
        Entertainment Studios chief Nancy Tellem confirms that two major Halo TV projects
        are in the\u00a0works.","title":"Microsoft is taking Halo beyond gaming with
        two television\u00a0projects","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/microsof-has-set-in-motion-two-television-projects-based-on-halo/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932543,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T06:01:02Z","slug":"visio","summary":"The
        10 different shows include the Halo TV series and\u00a0more.","title":"Microsoft
        goes Hollywood as it unveils Xbox Originals television programs for Xbox\u00a0Live","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/microsoft-goes-hollywood-as-it-unveils-xbox-originals-television-programs-for-xbox-live/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932542,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-04-28T10:30:31Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Call
        of Duty creator Vince Zampella and former slot-machine exec Larry Pacey team
        up on mobile game platform Nuclear\u00a0Division.","title":"Titanfall creator
        invests in mobile-gaming startup Nuclear Division\u00a0(exclusive)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/28/titanfall-creator-invests-in-mobile-gaming-startup-nuclear-division-exclusive/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932541,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-01T23:39:27Z","slug":"visio","summary":"The
        next call of Duty features exoskeletons that let players jump really high,
        cloaking, and hover\u00a0bikes.","title":"Updated: Activision acknowledges
        leaks with unveiling of Call of Duty: Advanced\u00a0Warfare","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/01/more-big-leaks-destructoid-finds-video-for-call-of-duty-advanced-warfare/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932540,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-02T16:30:49Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Activision
        confirms Kevin Spacey will play the role of Jonathan Irons in Advanced\u00a0Warfare.","title":"Activision
        discloses more details on Call of Duty: Advanced\u00a0Warfare","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/02/activision-discloses-more-details-on-call-of-duty-advanced-warfare/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932539,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-05T13:40:57Z","slug":"visio","summary":"AMD
        is going with a joint x86-plus-ARM strategy. It\u2019s not one or the other;
        it\u2019s\u00a0heterogenous.","title":"AMD continues its ARM push in \u2018ambidextrous\u2019
        vision for server & mobile\u00a0chips","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/05/amd-continues-its-arm-push-in-ambidextrous-vision-for-server-mobile-chips/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932538,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T08:45:20Z","slug":"visio","summary":"The
        Call of Duty publisher is making a $500 million bet that it hopes will pay
        off over the next\u00a0decade.","title":"Activision reportedly spending $500
        million to launch\u00a0Destiny","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/activision-reportedly-spending-500-million-to-launch-destiny/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932537,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T13:24:49Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Blockbusters
        and digital sales made all the difference for the giant\u00a0publisher.","title":"Call
        of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard blows past earnings and revenue\u00a0estimates","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/call-of-duty-publisher-activision-blizzard-blows-past-earnings-and-revenue-estimates/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932536,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T13:50:42Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Preorders
        with Destiny are consistent with a huge game\u00a0launch.","title":"Activision
        says sci-fi shooter Destiny is on track to become next $1B video game\u00a0franchise","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/activision-says-destiny-on-track-to-become-next-1b-video-game-franchise/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932535,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-06T14:20:02Z","slug":"visio","summary":"No
        surprise \u2014 Activision\u2019s Eric Hirshberg thinks Call of Duty: Advanced
        Warfare will be\u00a0great.","title":"Activision chief on the three things
        that will make Call of Duty different this\u00a0year","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/activision-chief-on-the-three-things-that-will-make-call-of-duty-different-this-year/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932534,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-12T08:22:43Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Federal
        Communication Commission chairman Tom Wheeler has promised critics an updated
        version of the agency\u2019s rules to regulate broadband Internet\u00a0that\u00a0will
        not permit the creation of fast and slow lanes for Internet traffic.","title":"FCC
        chairman to propose revisions to new broadband rules to keep \u2018fast lanes\u2019
        but ban \u2018slow\u00a0lanes\u2019","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/12/fcc-chairman-proposes-new-broadband-rules-to-keep-fast-lanes-but-ban-slow-lanes/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932533,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-14T09:30:04Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Sony
        is also predicting a net loss for fiscal\u00a02015.","title":"Sony\u2019s
        deadweight divisions drag down PlayStation\u00a04","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/14/sonys-dead-weight-divisions-drag-down-playstation-4/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932532,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-15T08:25:17Z","slug":"visio","summary":"T-Mobile\u2019s
        contract-free \u201cUn-carrier\u201d strategy has netted\u00a0the company\u00a0new
        subscribers\u00a0and a sustainable growth plan, according to its first quarter
        earnings report.","title":"T-Mobile and Univision target Latinos with new
        non-contract mobile\u00a0service","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/15/t-mobile-and-univision-target-latinos-with-new-non-contract-mobile-service/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932531,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-16T12:15:05Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Web
        companies and search giants have pledged their allegiance to deep learning
        to improve user experience, and now Baidu is shelling out for a\u00a0luminary.","title":"Baidu
        snatches Google\u2019s deep-learning visionary, Andrew Ng, as its chief\u00a0scientist","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/16/baidu-snatches-googles-deep-learning-visionary-andrew-ng-as-its-chief-scientist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932530,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-05-23T13:00:46Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Editor\u2019s
        Pick Sony and Microsoft said a lot of things to get you to buy their latest
        consoles, but did they fully\u00a0deliver?","title":"Campaign promises: How
        PS4 and Xbox One compare to the original\u00a0visions","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/23/campaign-promises-how-ps4-and-xbox-one-compare-to-the-original-visions/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932529,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T11:00:52Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Microsoft
        bets that the Halo games will pull fans into the TV shows, and vice\u00a0versa.","title":"Microsoft
        bets big that multibillion-dollar game series Halo will thrive on\u00a0television","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/microsoft-bets-big-that-multibillion-dollar-game-series-halo-will-thrive-on-television/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932528,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-09T16:30:23Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Both
        games have unemotional titles, but The Division is hands-down more\u00a0dramatic.","title":"A
        tale of two trailers: Why Ubisoft\u2019s game trailer for The Division works,
        but the one for The Crew\u00a0doesn\u2019t","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/09/a-tale-of-two-trailers-why-ubisofts-game-trailer-for-the-division-works-but-the-one-for-the-crew-doesnt/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932527,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-10T12:00:31Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Massive
        based the scenario for The Division on its research of potential terrorist\u00a0attacks.","title":"The
        real, horrifying reason that The Division takes place during\u00a0Christmas","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/10/the-real-horrifying-reason-that-the-division-happens-during-christmas/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932526,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-11T10:00:23Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Activision
        publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg takes on the big topics of E3, including his
        upcoming blockbuster\u00a0games.","title":"As gaming evolves, Activision zeroes
        in on its Destiny, Call of Duty, and Skylanders\u00a0(interview)","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/11/as-gaming-evolves-activision-zeroes-in-on-its-destiny-call-of-duty-and-skylanders-interview/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932525,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-17T14:00:16Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Around
        75 percent of Watch Dogs\u2019 sales were on the new systems, and Wall Street
        likes what that means for publishers with big games coming later this\u00a0year.","title":"How
        Watch Dogs\u2019 performance on PS4 and Xbox One is helping EA, Activision,
        and\u00a0Take-Two","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/17/how-watch-dogs-performance-on-ps4-and-xbox-one-is-helping-ea-activision-and-take-two/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932524,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-19T11:15:57Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Lego
        is also joining Nintendo and Hasbro in a space that has already made more
        than $2 billion for\u00a0Activision.","title":"\u200bHow Lego Fusion will
        build on Activision\u2019s and Disney\u2019s success with interactive\u00a0toys\u200b","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/19/%e2%80%8bhow-lego-fusion-will-build-on-activisions-and-disneys-success-with-interactive-toys%e2%80%8b/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932523,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T00:00:31Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Maybe
        now people will actually start using all the complicated software their companies
        shell out tens of thousands of dollars\u00a0for.","title":"Sapho has visions
        of a Google Now for enterprise software, grabs\u00a0$3M","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/sapho-has-visions-of-a-google-now-for-enterprise-software-grabs-3m/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932522,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-06-25T11:29:36Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Google
        announced some new gaming initiatives at its annual Google I/O developer\u00a0event.","title":"Google
        is bringing mobile games to television with Android\u00a0TV","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/25/google-is-bringing-mobile-games-to-television-with-android-tv/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932521,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-01T13:57:05Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Call
        of Duty\u2019s artists and developers at Sledgehammer Games describe their\u00a0handiwork.","title":"Activision
        shows off animation and art direction for Call of Duty: Advanced\u00a0Warfare","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/01/activision-shows-off-animation-and-art-direction-for-call-of-duty-advanced-warfare/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932520,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-02T06:00:06Z","slug":"visio","summary":"UIEvolution
        hopes that cool tech features will differentiate its augmented reality\u00a0game.","title":"UIEvolution
        taps computer vision for its augmented reality game Shatter\u00a0Isle","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/uievolution-taps-computer-vision-for-its-augmented-reality-game-shatter-isle/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932519,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-05T16:30:45Z","slug":"visio","summary":"","title":"Validation:
        Be sure your startup vision isn\u2019t a hallucination. 2 minutes to see\u00a0why","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/05/validation-be-sure-your-startup-vision-isnt-a-hallucination-2-minutes-to-see-why/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932518,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-11T14:58:34Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Today,
        Salesforce.com announced it was acquiring \u201crelationship-intelligence\u201d
        company RelateIQ. Soon, Salesforce will use the acquisition to create a new
        research-and-development division, likely called Salesforce X, a source familiar
        with the matter tells VentureBeat.","title":"Salesforce.com plans a new research
        division, based on RelateIQ\u00a0acquisition","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/11/salesforce-com-plans-a-new-research-division-based-on-relateiq-acquisition/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932517,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T09:45:19Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Noriega
        is seeking damages because he claims Activision made more money selling Call
        of Duty: Black Ops II thanks to featuring his\u00a0likeness.","title":"A real-world
        criminal dictator is suing Activision for portraying him as a criminal dictator
        in Call of\u00a0Duty","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/a-real-world-criminal-dictator-is-suing-activision-for-making-him-look-like-a-criminal-dictator-in-call-of-duty/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932516,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-16T18:30:17Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Vivendi\u2019s
        leaders considered firing Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick
        over matters related to the sale of the French company\u2019s stake in the
        big video game company.","title":"Vivendi execs considered firing Activision
        Blizzard\u2019s Bobby Kotick over\u00a0buyout","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/16/vivendi-execs-considered-firing-activision-blizzards-bobby-kotick-over-buyout/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932514,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-17T19:03:57Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Vision
        Critical receives $16 million more in funding to expand its customer intelligence\u00a0platform.","title":"Vision
        Critical raises $16M in additional\u00a0funding","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/vision-critical-raises-16m-in-additional-funding/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932515,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"snooze","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:34Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932513,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-22T12:00:31Z","slug":"visio","summary":"Amazon
        exec says games will go multiplatform and take advantage of new hardware like
        virtual reality. There must be an evil master plan in here\u00a0somewhere.","title":"Amazon
        Appstore exec paints one vision of gaming\u2019s future: wearables, cars,
        and, of course, Fire\u00a0devices","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:11Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/22/amazon-appstore-exec-paints-a-vision-of-the-future-of-gaming/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932512,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"20","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932511,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"he","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932510,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"co","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932509,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"president-ceo","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932508,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"alike","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:04Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932507,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"moot","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932506,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"pinterest","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:03Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932505,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"it","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:33Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932504,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"jk-accounts","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932503,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"e","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:03Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932502,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"reason","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932501,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"m","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932500,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"pages","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932499,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"booked","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932498,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:02Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932497,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"lufthansa","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932496,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"or-not","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932495,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:01Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932494,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"vs","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:00Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932493,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"on","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:31Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932492,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"mindset","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932491,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"do","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932490,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"go","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932489,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"we","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:37:00Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932488,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"a-group","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932487,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932486,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"picture","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932485,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"scoop","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:59Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932484,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"way","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:58Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932483,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"multiple-companies","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:29Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932482,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"clarify","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932481,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"venturebeat","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932480,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"2","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:02:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:58Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932479,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"iris-mobile","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:57Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932478,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"iris","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:56Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932477,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:14:33Z","slug":"cezar-kolodziej","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> Is it better to build a
        site that''s purely mobile -- or one that adapts to mobile and desktop&#160;viewers?\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514839&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Is responsive design killing mobile?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/is-responsive-design-killing-mobile/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932476,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"crawford","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932475,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"radius","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:55Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:51Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932474,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"his","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:28Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932473,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"moz","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:53Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932472,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"hugh","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932471,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"profile-cards","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:51Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932470,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"hat","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932469,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"zebra","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:49Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:51Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932468,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"drawbacks","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932467,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:47Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932466,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"way","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932465,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"apparent","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932464,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"4","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:44Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932463,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"nypd","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:42Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932462,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"go","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932461,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"some-way","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:50Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932460,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932459,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"motorola-mobility","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932458,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"sealed","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932457,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"expo","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932456,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"570","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:49Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932455,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"venturebeat","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:35Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932454,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"2","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932453,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"do","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:33Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932452,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"cobalt","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932451,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"i","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:31Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932450,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"maverick","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932449,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"the-battery","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:48Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932448,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"motorola-solutions","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932447,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932446,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932445,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:02:12Z","slug":"motorola","summary":"<p>With
        a title like &#8220;senior maverick,&#8221; it&#8217;s no surprise that Motorola
        Solutions&#8217; Nicole Tricoukes has an optimistic vision for the future
        of wearables. Even though wearables today are mostly targeted at consumers,
        Tricoukes, the head of Motorola Solutions&#8217; HC1 headset computer project,
        believes they&#8217;ll be far more useful to businesses. &#8220;I do think
        the enterprise&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514864&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Enterprises will benefit the most from
        wearables, says Motorola Solutions\u2019 senior maverick","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:31:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/enterprises-will-benefit-the-most-from-wearables-says-motorola-solutions-senior-maverick/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932444,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"seven","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:47Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932443,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"way","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932442,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"the-university-of-tokyo","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:46Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932441,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:40:10Z","slug":"university","summary":"<p>All
        electric vehicles currently in production use some form of lithium-ion chemistry
        in their battery packs. Finding ways of improving that chemistry is therefore
        very important &#8212; the aim being to make future electric car batteries
        cheaper, more stable and more energy-dense for longer range. Researchers from
        the\u00a0School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514811&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Good news for electric cars: New battery
        tech uses peroxide to boost energy density by 7X","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/good-news-for-electric-cars-new-battery-tech-uses-peroxide-to-boost-energy-density-by-7x/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932440,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"opened","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932439,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"nasdaq","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932438,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"amazon-com","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932437,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"radius","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932436,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"moz","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:44Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932435,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"profile-cards","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932433,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"i","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:43Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932434,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"greylock","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:26Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932432,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932431,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"lab126","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:43Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932430,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"hum","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932429,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"the-wave","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932428,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"sparked","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932427,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"kindle","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:42Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932426,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"tv-2","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932425,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"quickbooks","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932424,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"intuit","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:41Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932423,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"advantage-in","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932422,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"woo","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932421,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"august","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932420,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932419,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"staples","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932418,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"la","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:22Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932417,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"scoop","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:21Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932416,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"way","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:00:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932415,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"clarify","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:00:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932414,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"venturebeat","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:00:40Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932413,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"united-airlines","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:40Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932412,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:03:58Z","slug":"2","summary":"<p>NOTE:
        GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and
        brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify
        the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to success. Get the full
        scoop here, and buy your tickets while they last. All of a sudden, Amazon&#8217;s
        new mobile&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514936&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Amazon reportedly targets Square with
        its own credit card reader","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:00:38Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/amazon-reportedly-targets-square-with-its-own-credit-card-reader/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932411,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"arthur-j-gallagher","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932410,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"brad-feld","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:48Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932409,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"j","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932408,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"arthur","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:39Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932407,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"brad","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:46Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932406,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"eric","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932405,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"these-two","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:45Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932404,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"west-monroe-partners","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932403,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"way","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:43Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932402,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"do","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:41Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932401,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"dimensions","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:39Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:38Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932400,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"co","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932399,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"fischer","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932398,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"ashwin-swamy","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:37Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932397,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:36Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932396,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"dean-fischer","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:37Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932395,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"played","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:34Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932394,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"dean","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932393,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"go-to-market","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:32Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932392,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"as-it-is","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932391,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"go","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:30Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:36Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932390,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"mindset","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:35Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932389,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"dropbox","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:25Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932388,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"we","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:28Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932387,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"wise","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:35Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932386,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"i","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:26Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932385,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:24Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932384,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T04:00:23Z","slug":"boilerplate","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> I was sitting with the
        founders of a company we\u2019ve funded the other day talking about their\u00a0competition.
        I love this\u00a0product and I use it every day. It doesn\u2019t yet have
        widespread adoption, but\u00a0it as extremely actively used by the early adopters.
        This company has several\u00a0competitors &#8212; long time incumbents with
        somewhat stale, but useful products,&#160;[&#8230;]\n</p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\"
        src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1513969&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Use your competitors\u2019 products
        all the time","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:30:23Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/use-your-competitors-products-all-the-time/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932383,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:34Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932382,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"bench","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932381,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"ac","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932380,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"criteria","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:33Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932379,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"we-feel","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932378,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"skillset","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:32Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932377,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"systemic","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932376,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"realm","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:15Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932375,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"silo","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932374,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"c","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:31Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932373,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"all-business","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932372,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"it-innovations","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932371,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"it","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:30Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932370,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"business-environments","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:14Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932369,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"way","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:29Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932368,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"promise-familydentistry","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:13Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932367,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"we","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:28Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932366,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2014-07-28T06:00:10Z","slug":"on","summary":"<p><span
        class=\"post-label guest-post\">Guest Post:</span> CIOs still hold a valuable
        spot in most organizations, but businesses would be wise to start planning
        their approach toward building an IT-capable executive&#160;team.\n</p><img
        alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&#038;blog=342986&#038;post=1514048&#038;subd=venturebeat&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Why you should fire your CIO","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:12Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/27/why-you-should-fire-your-cio/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:27Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932365,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"co","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:23Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:25Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932364,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"he","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:21Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:22Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932363,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"crunchbase","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:20Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:20Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932362,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"satya-patel","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:18Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:15Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932361,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"satya","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:17Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:09Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932360,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"gentry-underwood","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:15Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:36:03Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932359,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"gentry","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:14Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:57Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932358,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"ryan-hoover","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:12Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:50Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932357,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"ryan","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:10Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:45Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932356,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"roy-bahat","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:08Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:39Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932355,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"roy","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:06Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:34Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932354,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"josh-elman","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:05Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:28Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932353,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T23:00:59Z","slug":"tc","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"237\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screenshot-2014-07-27-13-39-15.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-27 13.39.15\"
        />&nbsp;For many users, the desktop productivity app probably never fully
        went away. Anyone who uses Microsoft Exchange for email or calendaring, or
        Microsoft Word as their word processor, can tell you that those applications
        remain omnipresent in a number of organizations. What has changed, however,
        is how users first find and connect with those applications. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Return Of The Desktop Productivity App","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:25:03Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-return-of-the-desktop-productivity-app/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:22Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932352,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"payscale","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:59Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:19Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932351,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"software-engineer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:59Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:17Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932350,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"figure-1","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:59Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:15Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932349,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"m","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:58Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:09Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932348,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:58Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:07Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932347,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:58Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:04Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932346,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"francisco","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:58Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:35:02Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932345,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"miyowa","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:58Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:52Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932344,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"he","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:58Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:47Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932343,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"co","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:57Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:45Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932342,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"the-co","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:57Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:39Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932341,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"pascal-lorne","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:57Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:33Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932340,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"pascal","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:57Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:27Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932339,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"starred","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:57Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:20Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932338,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"spread-the-word","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:56Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:13Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932337,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"it","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:56Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:11Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932336,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"on","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:55Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:09Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932335,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"payscale","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:04Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:08Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932334,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"crunchbase","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:55Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:07Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932333,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"software-engineer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:03Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:06Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932332,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:25Z","slug":"tc","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"308\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/let-homepage.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"let homepage\" />&nbsp;When
        I met Pascal Lorne earlier this week, I expected to get an extended pitch
        for his social networking startup Let. And sure, he ran me through Let&#8217;s
        features and pointed to its early signs of success, but he also detailed the
        bumpy road that he took to get to this point. Lorne sold his last company,
        Miyowa, for $59 million two years ago. Afterwards, he said he made a mistake&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Near-Death And Resurrection Of Teen Social Network
        Let","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:55Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/let-resurrected/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:05Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932331,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"figure-1","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:01Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:34:03Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932330,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"martin-lorentzon","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:59Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:56Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932329,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"martin","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:57Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:54Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932328,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"daniel-ek","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:52Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:48Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932327,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"daniel","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:50Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:43Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932326,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"fm","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:48Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:36Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932325,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"last-fm","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:47Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:27Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932324,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"it","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:45Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:25Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932323,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"crunchbase","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:43Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:24Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932322,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"we","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:55Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:24Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932321,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"os","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:54Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:24Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932320,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"gamut","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:52Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:24Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932319,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"dropcam","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:50Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:24Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932317,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"picture","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:48Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:24Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932318,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"spotify","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:41Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:23Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932316,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"established-brands","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:47Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:23Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932315,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"zonoff","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:45Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:22Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932314,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"granite","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:43Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:22Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932313,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"way","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:41Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:22Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932312,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"can-expect","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:40Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:22Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932311,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"the-nest","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:38Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:21Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932310,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"revolv","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:36Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:21Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932309,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"lifx","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:34Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:21Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932308,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"goji","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:33Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:21Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932307,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"indiegogo","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:31Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:20Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932306,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"kickstarter","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:29Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:20Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932305,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"august","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:28Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:20Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932304,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"rip","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:26Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:19Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932303,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"deutsch","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:24Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:19Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932302,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"time-warner","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:22Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:18Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932301,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"tv","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:20Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:18Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932300,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"t","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:19Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:18Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932299,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"at-and-t","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:17Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:17Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932298,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"zigbee","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:15Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:17Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932297,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:00:12Z","slug":"payscale","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"407\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/shutterstock_149622131-e1406428774305.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"shutterstock_149622131\" />&nbsp;In
        the second of a three-part series exploring the constants of game design,
        we delve into talking about elegance, naturalism and the role of time. <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Seven Constants Of Game Design, Part Two","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:29Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:17Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932296,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"wi-fi","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:13Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:17Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932295,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"ge","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:12Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:17Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932294,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"whirlpool","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:10Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:16Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932292,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"philips","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:08Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:16Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932293,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T22:00:23Z","slug":"tc","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/love-spotify.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"love-spotify\" />&nbsp;If you
        look closely at what I&#8217;ve built&#8212;at my playlists, all of them public&#8212;you
        can see me. You only have to search my name and you&#8217;ll see it all right
        there: what&#8217;s in my head. I&#8217;m 23, and my idea of love isn&#8217;t
        far from the chorus of &#8220;In Your Eyes&#8221;. I&#8217;m living in the
        memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I&#8217;m in the&hellip;
        <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"#Love: In The Time Of Spotify","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:40Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/love-in-the-time-of-spotify/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:16Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932291,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"lg","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:48:06Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:15Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932290,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"consumer-brands","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:56Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:15Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932289,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:00:12Z","slug":"software-engineer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"407\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/shutterstock_149622131-e1406428774305.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"shutterstock_149622131\" />&nbsp;In
        the second of a three-part series exploring the constants of game design,
        we delve into talking about elegance, naturalism and the role of time. <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Seven Constants Of Game Design, Part Two","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:27Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:15Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932288,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"do","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:55Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:15Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932287,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"plethora","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:53Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:15Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932286,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:46:16Z","slug":"payscale","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Film-Speedy Zombies\" />&nbsp;In
        the 2013 film, World War Z, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is riding through the streets
        of Jerusalem as Jurgen Warmbrunn (Ludi Boeken) explains how the city was able
        to avoid the zombie apocalypse: The tenth man. If nine of us look at the same
        information and arrive at the exact same conclusion, it&#8217;s the duty of
        the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable it may seem, the tenth
        man&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The VP of Devil\u2019s Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:14Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932285,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"the-pros","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:51Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:14Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932284,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"he","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:50Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:13Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932283,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"insteon","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:48Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:13Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932282,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"wink","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:46Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:13Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932281,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"i","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:45Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:13Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932280,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"on","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:43Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:13Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932278,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"socket","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:41Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:13Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932279,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:00:12Z","slug":"figure-1","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"407\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/shutterstock_149622131-e1406428774305.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"shutterstock_149622131\" />&nbsp;In
        the second of a three-part series exploring the constants of game design,
        we delve into talking about elegance, naturalism and the role of time. <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Seven Constants Of Game Design, Part Two","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:25Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:12Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932277,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:46:16Z","slug":"software-engineer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Film-Speedy Zombies\" />&nbsp;In
        the 2013 film, World War Z, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is riding through the streets
        of Jerusalem as Jurgen Warmbrunn (Ludi Boeken) explains how the city was able
        to avoid the zombie apocalypse: The tenth man. If nine of us look at the same
        information and arrive at the exact same conclusion, it&#8217;s the duty of
        the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable it may seem, the tenth
        man&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The VP of Devil\u2019s Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:12Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932276,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"the-switch","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:39Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:12Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932275,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"light","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:38Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:12Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932274,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"it","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:36Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:11Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932273,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"thread","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:34Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:11Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932272,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"staples","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:32Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:11Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932271,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"smartthings","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:30Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:11Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932270,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:00:12Z","slug":"4","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"407\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/shutterstock_149622131-e1406428774305.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"shutterstock_149622131\" />&nbsp;In
        the second of a three-part series exploring the constants of game design,
        we delve into talking about elegance, naturalism and the role of time. <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Seven Constants Of Game Design, Part Two","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:24Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:10Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932269,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:46:16Z","slug":"figure-1","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Film-Speedy Zombies\" />&nbsp;In
        the 2013 film, World War Z, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is riding through the streets
        of Jerusalem as Jurgen Warmbrunn (Ludi Boeken) explains how the city was able
        to avoid the zombie apocalypse: The tenth man. If nine of us look at the same
        information and arrive at the exact same conclusion, it&#8217;s the duty of
        the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable it may seem, the tenth
        man&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The VP of Devil\u2019s Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:10Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932268,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"samsung","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:28Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:10Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932267,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"lowe","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:27Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:09Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932266,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"icontrol","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:25Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:08Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932265,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"home-depot","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:23Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:08Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932264,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:00:12Z","slug":"surge","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"407\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/shutterstock_149622131-e1406428774305.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"shutterstock_149622131\" />&nbsp;In
        the second of a three-part series exploring the constants of game design,
        we delve into talking about elegance, naturalism and the role of time. <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Seven Constants Of Game Design, Part Two","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:08Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932263,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:46:16Z","slug":"20","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Film-Speedy Zombies\" />&nbsp;In
        the 2013 film, World War Z, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is riding through the streets
        of Jerusalem as Jurgen Warmbrunn (Ludi Boeken) explains how the city was able
        to avoid the zombie apocalypse: The tenth man. If nine of us look at the same
        information and arrive at the exact same conclusion, it&#8217;s the duty of
        the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable it may seem, the tenth
        man&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The VP of Devil\u2019s Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-28T15:01:29Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:08Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932262,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"comcast","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:22Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:08Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932261,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:00:26Z","slug":"payscale","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k\"
        />&nbsp;The ongoing debate about Europe&#8217;s so-called &#8216;right to
        be forgotten&#8217; ruling on search engines has shone a light onto a key
        pressure point between technology and society. Simply put the ability of digital
        technology to remember clashes with the human societal need to forgive and
        forget. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"On The Importance Of Forgetting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:52Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:08Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932260,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"ampt","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:20Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:08Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932259,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T15:00:27Z","slug":"at-and-ampt","summary":"People
        always ask me where they can buy a smart home. The answer shows how far the
        industry needs to come if it wants to serve mainstream consumers.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">There
        are many paths to a smart home. And that&#8217;s the problem.</a> originally
        published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014.
        \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=854709&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"There are many paths to a smart home.
        And that\u2019s the problem.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:18Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there-are-many-paths-to-a-smart-home-and-thats-the-problem/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:06Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932258,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:00:26Z","slug":"software-engineer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k\"
        />&nbsp;The ongoing debate about Europe&#8217;s so-called &#8216;right to
        be forgotten&#8217; ruling on search engines has shone a light onto a key
        pressure point between technology and society. Simply put the ability of digital
        technology to remember clashes with the human societal need to forgive and
        forget. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"On The Importance Of Forgetting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:52Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:05Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932257,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"be-on","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:52Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:04Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932256,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:00:26Z","slug":"figure-1","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k\"
        />&nbsp;The ongoing debate about Europe&#8217;s so-called &#8216;right to
        be forgotten&#8217; ruling on search engines has shone a light onto a key
        pressure point between technology and society. Simply put the ability of digital
        technology to remember clashes with the human societal need to forgive and
        forget. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"On The Importance Of Forgetting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:52Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:03Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932255,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"his","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:51Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:03Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932254,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"he","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:49Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:02Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932253,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"chain","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:47Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:02Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932252,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"can-be-done","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:45Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:02Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932251,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"time-is","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:44Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:02Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932250,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"51","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:42Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:02Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932249,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"key","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:40Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:02Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932248,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"2","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:39Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:02Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932247,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:00:26Z","slug":"we","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k\"
        />&nbsp;The ongoing debate about Europe&#8217;s so-called &#8216;right to
        be forgotten&#8217; ruling on search engines has shone a light onto a key
        pressure point between technology and society. Simply put the ability of digital
        technology to remember clashes with the human societal need to forgive and
        forget. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"On The Importance Of Forgetting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:52Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:02Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932246,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"it-works","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:37Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:02Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932245,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"athena","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:22Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:01Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932244,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"i3","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:22Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:01Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932242,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"itunes","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:35Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:01Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932243,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:23:26Z","slug":"payscale","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"520\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/fairbanks_and_chaplin_wall_street_rally_new_york_times_1918.jpeg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fairbanks_and_Chaplin,_Wall_Street_Rally,_New_York_Times,_1918\"
        />&nbsp;Recruiting is broken. In fact, it is so broken that almost no one
        I have ever talked to about the subject has offered up a point of disagreement.
        Not one person has said, &#8220;I love recruiting&#8221; or &#8220;We find
        that recruiting works just great for us.&#8221; Among the Valley&#8217;s cognoscenti,
        today&#8217;s startup truism is that recruiting is the most important function
        of a&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/how-can-we-make-recruiting-better/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"How Can We Make Recruiting Better?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:53Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/how-can-we-make-recruiting-better/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:01Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932241,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:00:12Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"407\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/shutterstock_149622131-e1406428774305.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"shutterstock_149622131\" />&nbsp;In
        the second of a three-part series exploring the constants of game design,
        we delve into talking about elegance, naturalism and the role of time. <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Seven Constants Of Game Design, Part Two","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:15Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:01Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932240,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"flux","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:33Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:01Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932239,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"state-of-flux","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:32Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:01Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932238,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"new-core","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:21Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:01Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932237,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:46:16Z","slug":"on","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Film-Speedy Zombies\" />&nbsp;In
        the 2013 film, World War Z, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is riding through the streets
        of Jerusalem as Jurgen Warmbrunn (Ludi Boeken) explains how the city was able
        to avoid the zombie apocalypse: The tenth man. If nine of us look at the same
        information and arrive at the exact same conclusion, it&#8217;s the duty of
        the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable it may seem, the tenth
        man&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The VP of Devil\u2019s Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:48Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:00Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932236,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"on","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:21Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:00Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932235,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"light","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:30Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:00Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932234,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"it","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:21Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:00Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932233,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"done-it","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:28Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:00Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932232,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"do","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:20Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:00Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932230,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"we","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:20Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:33:00Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932231,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:00:26Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k\"
        />&nbsp;The ongoing debate about Europe&#8217;s so-called &#8216;right to
        be forgotten&#8217; ruling on search engines has shone a light onto a key
        pressure point between technology and society. Simply put the ability of digital
        technology to remember clashes with the human societal need to forgive and
        forget. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"On The Importance Of Forgetting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:51Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:59Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932229,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"the-narrative","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:26Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:59Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932228,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"gonna","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:19Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:59Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932227,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:23:26Z","slug":"software-engineer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"520\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/fairbanks_and_chaplin_wall_street_rally_new_york_times_1918.jpeg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fairbanks_and_Chaplin,_Wall_Street_Rally,_New_York_Times,_1918\"
        />&nbsp;Recruiting is broken. In fact, it is so broken that almost no one
        I have ever talked to about the subject has offered up a point of disagreement.
        Not one person has said, &#8220;I love recruiting&#8221; or &#8220;We find
        that recruiting works just great for us.&#8221; Among the Valley&#8217;s cognoscenti,
        today&#8217;s startup truism is that recruiting is the most important function
        of a&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/how-can-we-make-recruiting-better/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"How Can We Make Recruiting Better?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:53Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/how-can-we-make-recruiting-better/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:59Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932226,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:00:12Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"407\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/shutterstock_149622131-e1406428774305.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"shutterstock_149622131\" />&nbsp;In
        the second of a three-part series exploring the constants of game design,
        we delve into talking about elegance, naturalism and the role of time. <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Seven Constants Of Game Design, Part Two","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:13Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:59Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932225,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"we","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:24Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:59Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932224,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:46:16Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Film-Speedy Zombies\" />&nbsp;In
        the 2013 film, World War Z, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is riding through the streets
        of Jerusalem as Jurgen Warmbrunn (Ludi Boeken) explains how the city was able
        to avoid the zombie apocalypse: The tenth man. If nine of us look at the same
        information and arrive at the exact same conclusion, it&#8217;s the duty of
        the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable it may seem, the tenth
        man&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The VP of Devil\u2019s Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:48Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:59Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932223,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"me","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:23Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932222,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"take-over","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:18Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932221,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"workbooks","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:21Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932220,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"access-point","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:18Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932219,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"wi-fi","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:18Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932218,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"am","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:19Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932217,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"tv","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:18Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932215,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"out-of-office","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:18Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:58Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932216,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:00:26Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k\"
        />&nbsp;The ongoing debate about Europe&#8217;s so-called &#8216;right to
        be forgotten&#8217; ruling on search engines has shone a light onto a key
        pressure point between technology and society. Simply put the ability of digital
        technology to remember clashes with the human societal need to forgive and
        forget. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"On The Importance Of Forgetting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:51Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932214,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T14:00:34Z","slug":"rick","summary":"What
        if your Chromecast suddenly started to rickroll you? It\u2019s possible due
        to a vulnerability that\u2019s based on its easy setup process.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Chromecast\u2019s
        easy setup makes it susceptible to hacking</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860720&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Chromecast\u2019s easy setup makes it
        susceptible to hacking","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:38:17Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/chromecasts-easy-setup-makes-it-susceptible-to-hacking/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:57Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932213,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"tableau","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:16Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:57Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932211,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"fulfilled","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:14Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:57Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932212,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:23:26Z","slug":"figure-1","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"520\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/fairbanks_and_chaplin_wall_street_rally_new_york_times_1918.jpeg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fairbanks_and_Chaplin,_Wall_Street_Rally,_New_York_Times,_1918\"
        />&nbsp;Recruiting is broken. In fact, it is so broken that almost no one
        I have ever talked to about the subject has offered up a point of disagreement.
        Not one person has said, &#8220;I love recruiting&#8221; or &#8220;We find
        that recruiting works just great for us.&#8221; Among the Valley&#8217;s cognoscenti,
        today&#8217;s startup truism is that recruiting is the most important function
        of a&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/how-can-we-make-recruiting-better/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"How Can We Make Recruiting Better?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:53Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/how-can-we-make-recruiting-better/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:57Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932210,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"visio","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:12Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:57Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932209,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:46:16Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Film-Speedy Zombies\" />&nbsp;In
        the 2013 film, World War Z, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is riding through the streets
        of Jerusalem as Jurgen Warmbrunn (Ludi Boeken) explains how the city was able
        to avoid the zombie apocalypse: The tenth man. If nine of us look at the same
        information and arrive at the exact same conclusion, it&#8217;s the duty of
        the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable it may seem, the tenth
        man&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The VP of Devil\u2019s Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:47Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:56Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932208,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:00:12Z","slug":"g","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"407\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/shutterstock_149622131-e1406428774305.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"shutterstock_149622131\" />&nbsp;In
        the second of a three-part series exploring the constants of game design,
        we delve into talking about elegance, naturalism and the role of time. <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Seven Constants Of Game Design, Part Two","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:11Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:56Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932207,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"my-company","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:10Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:56Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932206,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"business-analyst","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:09Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:55Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932205,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T18:00:26Z","slug":"tc","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"10574439473_c86e0c4bc7_k\"
        />&nbsp;The ongoing debate about Europe&#8217;s so-called &#8216;right to
        be forgotten&#8217; ruling on search engines has shone a light onto a key
        pressure point between technology and society. Simply put the ability of digital
        technology to remember clashes with the human societal need to forgive and
        forget. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"On The Importance Of Forgetting","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:51Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/on-the-importance-of-forgetting/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932204,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"a-week","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:07Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932203,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"writer","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:05Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932201,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"on","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:03Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:55Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932202,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:23:26Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"520\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/fairbanks_and_chaplin_wall_street_rally_new_york_times_1918.jpeg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fairbanks_and_Chaplin,_Wall_Street_Rally,_New_York_Times,_1918\"
        />&nbsp;Recruiting is broken. In fact, it is so broken that almost no one
        I have ever talked to about the subject has offered up a point of disagreement.
        Not one person has said, &#8220;I love recruiting&#8221; or &#8220;We find
        that recruiting works just great for us.&#8221; Among the Valley&#8217;s cognoscenti,
        today&#8217;s startup truism is that recruiting is the most important function
        of a&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/how-can-we-make-recruiting-better/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"How Can We Make Recruiting Better?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:53Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/how-can-we-make-recruiting-better/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932200,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"my-day","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:01Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932199,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"do","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:47:00Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:54Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932198,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:46:16Z","slug":"steve-jobs","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Film-Speedy Zombies\" />&nbsp;In
        the 2013 film, World War Z, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is riding through the streets
        of Jerusalem as Jurgen Warmbrunn (Ludi Boeken) explains how the city was able
        to avoid the zombie apocalypse: The tenth man. If nine of us look at the same
        information and arrive at the exact same conclusion, it&#8217;s the duty of
        the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable it may seem, the tenth
        man&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The VP of Devil\u2019s Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:47Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932197,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"i","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:58Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932196,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"it","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:56Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932195,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"way","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:54Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932194,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"reason-why","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:53Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932193,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"reason","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:51Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932192,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"tim-cook","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:49Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932191,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"his","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:09Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932190,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"village-associates","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:09Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932189,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:00:46Z","slug":"ibm","summary":"How
        much work can you really get done on an iPad? After Apple CEO Tim Cook said
        he did 80 percent of his work on an iPad, I examined my day to see how much
        I could get done on one.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Could
        I do 80 percent of my work on an iPad?</a> originally published by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>,
        &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860325&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Could I do 80 percent of my work on
        an iPad?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:46:47Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/could-i-do-80-percent-of-my-work-on-an-ipad/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932188,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"general-counsel","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:14Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932187,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"don","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:08Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:53Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932186,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:23:26Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"520\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/fairbanks_and_chaplin_wall_street_rally_new_york_times_1918.jpeg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fairbanks_and_Chaplin,_Wall_Street_Rally,_New_York_Times,_1918\"
        />&nbsp;Recruiting is broken. In fact, it is so broken that almost no one
        I have ever talked to about the subject has offered up a point of disagreement.
        Not one person has said, &#8220;I love recruiting&#8221; or &#8220;We find
        that recruiting works just great for us.&#8221; Among the Valley&#8217;s cognoscenti,
        today&#8217;s startup truism is that recruiting is the most important function
        of a&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/how-can-we-make-recruiting-better/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"How Can We Make Recruiting Better?","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:53Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/how-can-we-make-recruiting-better/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932185,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"imperative","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:08Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932184,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"vp","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:14Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932183,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"the-11","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:08Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932182,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"ben-young","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:13Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932180,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"gigtank","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:08Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:52Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932181,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:46:16Z","slug":"steve","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Film-Speedy Zombies\" />&nbsp;In
        the 2013 film, World War Z, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is riding through the streets
        of Jerusalem as Jurgen Warmbrunn (Ludi Boeken) explains how the city was able
        to avoid the zombie apocalypse: The tenth man. If nine of us look at the same
        information and arrive at the exact same conclusion, it&#8217;s the duty of
        the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable it may seem, the tenth
        man&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The VP of Devil\u2019s Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:47Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932179,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"pragmatic","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:13Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932178,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"hard-work","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:08Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932177,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"crossroads","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:13Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932176,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"tv","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:07Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932175,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"way","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:13Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932174,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"wi-fi","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:07Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932173,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"receptive","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:12Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932172,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"accelerate-business","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:06Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932171,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"us-congress","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:12Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932170,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"steady","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:06Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932169,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"dc","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:12Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932168,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"force-it","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:06Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932167,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"i2","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:12Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:50Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932166,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:46:16Z","slug":"tc","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/film-speedy-zombies_lest.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Film-Speedy Zombies\" />&nbsp;In
        the 2013 film, World War Z, Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is riding through the streets
        of Jerusalem as Jurgen Warmbrunn (Ludi Boeken) explains how the city was able
        to avoid the zombie apocalypse: The tenth man. If nine of us look at the same
        information and arrive at the exact same conclusion, it&#8217;s the duty of
        the tenth man to disagree. No matter how improbable it may seem, the tenth
        man&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The VP of Devil\u2019s Advocacy","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:46Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/the-vp-of-devils-advocacy/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932165,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"t","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:06Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932164,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"coalition","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:12Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:49Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932163,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"at-and-t","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:04Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:49Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932162,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"internet-infrastructure-coalition","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:11Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:49Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932161,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"space","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:04Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:49Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932160,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"chris","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:03Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:49Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932159,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T03:00:12Z","slug":"tc","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"407\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/shutterstock_149622131-e1406428774305.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"shutterstock_149622131\" />&nbsp;In
        the second of a three-part series exploring the constants of game design,
        we delve into talking about elegance, naturalism and the role of time. <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"The Seven Constants Of Game Design, Part Two","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:09Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/constants-of-game-design-2/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:48Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932158,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"made-better","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:03Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:48Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932157,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"eighty","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:11Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:48Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932156,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"we","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:11Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:47Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932155,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"attest","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:11Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:47Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932154,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"strides","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:03Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:47Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932153,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"i","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:11Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:47Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932152,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"practically","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:10Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:47Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932151,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"local-government","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:03Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:47Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932150,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"notorious","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:10Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:47Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932149,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"positive-impact","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:02Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:46Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932148,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"peer-1-hosting","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:10Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:46Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932147,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"idc","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:02Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:46Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932146,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"key","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:02Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:46Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932145,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"president-and-ceo","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:01Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:46Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932144,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"peer-1","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:10Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:45Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932143,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"harold","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:01Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:45Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932142,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"knox","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:09Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:45Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932141,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"we","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:01Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:45Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932140,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"on","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:01Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:45Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932139,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"it","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:09Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:45Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932138,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"advocates","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:00Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:45Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932137,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"do","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:00Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:44Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932136,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"intrusion","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:00Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:44Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932135,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"nsa","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:09Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:44Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932134,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"wilson","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:29:00Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:44Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932133,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"verizon","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:09Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:44Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932132,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"it","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:59Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:44Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932131,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"do","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:09Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:44Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932130,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T19:00:11Z","slug":"fcc","summary":"The
        effort to bring competition to the U.S. broadband market depends on the eradication
        of laws in 19 states that make it difficult or impossible for communities
        to build their own networks.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">States,
        stand down! Let community broadband innovate.</a> originally published by
        <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860585&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"States, stand down! Let community broadband
        innovate.","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:59Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/states-stand-down-let-community-broadband-innovate/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:44Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932129,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"on","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:08Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:43Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932128,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T17:30:30Z","slug":"deutsche-telekom","summary":"Average
        consumers now worry much more about data security than they once did. Service
        providers are encountering new questions and can fill a new role.<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Data
        privacy isn&#8217;t political &#8212; it&#8217;s personal</a> originally published
        by <a href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860564&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"Data privacy isn\u2019t political \u2014
        it\u2019s personal","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:08Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/data-privacy-isnt-political-its-personal/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:24Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932127,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"payscale","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:24Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932126,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"software-engineer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:24Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932125,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"figure-1","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:24Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932124,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:24Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932123,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:23Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932122,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"jason-citron","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:49Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:23Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932121,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"jason","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:48Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:23Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932120,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"truly-unique","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:48Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:23Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932119,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"modern-social","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:48Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:22Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932118,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"quest-to","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:48Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:22Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932117,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"chisel","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:48Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:22Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932116,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"hammer-and-chisel","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:47Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:22Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932115,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"hammer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:47Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:22Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932114,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"can-expect","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:47Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:21Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932113,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"vs","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:46Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:21Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932112,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"crunchbase","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:46Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:21Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932111,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"games","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:45Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:21Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932110,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"2","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:44Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:21Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932109,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"dota","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:43Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:20Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932108,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T21:20:42Z","slug":"tc","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"379\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-20-at-9-37-23-pm.png?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fates Forever\" />&nbsp;Released
        earlier this month, TechCrunch Disrupt alum Hammer &#38; Chisel&#8217;s Fates
        Forever is a well-executed attempt to bring the MOBA to tablets. It doesn&#8217;t
        bring every feature in League of Legends to your iPad, but as you play you
        realize that most of what&#8217;s missing is fat trimmed to make for a better
        handheld experience. <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Fates Forever Is League Of Legends Lite For Your iPad","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:26:43Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/fates-forever-review/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:20Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932107,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:50:54Z","slug":"payscale","summary":"<img
        width=\"670\" height=\"454\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/rockwall.png?w=670\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"rockwall\" />&nbsp;Indoor rock
        climbing is a pretty excellent sport. It&#8217;s great exercise, it works
        your brain, and you can feel yourself getting better each time you reach the
        top.\nBut once you&#8217;ve mastered the fastest/hardest/most creative routes
        up a given wall, that wall becomes\u2026 pretty boring. Perhaps a massive,
        virtual chain saw heading in your direction will liven things up a bit? <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"These Guys Turned A Rock Climbing Wall Into A Big Video
        Game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:17Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:20Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932106,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:50:54Z","slug":"software-engineer","summary":"<img
        width=\"670\" height=\"454\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/rockwall.png?w=670\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"rockwall\" />&nbsp;Indoor rock
        climbing is a pretty excellent sport. It&#8217;s great exercise, it works
        your brain, and you can feel yourself getting better each time you reach the
        top.\nBut once you&#8217;ve mastered the fastest/hardest/most creative routes
        up a given wall, that wall becomes\u2026 pretty boring. Perhaps a massive,
        virtual chain saw heading in your direction will liven things up a bit? <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"These Guys Turned A Rock Climbing Wall Into A Big Video
        Game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:20Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932105,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:50:54Z","slug":"figure-1","summary":"<img
        width=\"670\" height=\"454\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/rockwall.png?w=670\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"rockwall\" />&nbsp;Indoor rock
        climbing is a pretty excellent sport. It&#8217;s great exercise, it works
        your brain, and you can feel yourself getting better each time you reach the
        top.\nBut once you&#8217;ve mastered the fastest/hardest/most creative routes
        up a given wall, that wall becomes\u2026 pretty boring. Perhaps a massive,
        virtual chain saw heading in your direction will liven things up a bit? <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"These Guys Turned A Rock Climbing Wall Into A Big Video
        Game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:13Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:20Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932104,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:50:54Z","slug":"vp","summary":"<img
        width=\"670\" height=\"454\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/rockwall.png?w=670\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"rockwall\" />&nbsp;Indoor rock
        climbing is a pretty excellent sport. It&#8217;s great exercise, it works
        your brain, and you can feel yourself getting better each time you reach the
        top.\nBut once you&#8217;ve mastered the fastest/hardest/most creative routes
        up a given wall, that wall becomes\u2026 pretty boring. Perhaps a massive,
        virtual chain saw heading in your direction will liven things up a bit? <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"These Guys Turned A Rock Climbing Wall Into A Big Video
        Game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:12Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:19Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932103,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:50:54Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<img
        width=\"670\" height=\"454\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/rockwall.png?w=670\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"rockwall\" />&nbsp;Indoor rock
        climbing is a pretty excellent sport. It&#8217;s great exercise, it works
        your brain, and you can feel yourself getting better each time you reach the
        top.\nBut once you&#8217;ve mastered the fastest/hardest/most creative routes
        up a given wall, that wall becomes\u2026 pretty boring. Perhaps a massive,
        virtual chain saw heading in your direction will liven things up a bit? <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"These Guys Turned A Rock Climbing Wall Into A Big Video
        Game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:10Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:19Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932102,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:50:54Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<img
        width=\"670\" height=\"454\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/rockwall.png?w=670\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"rockwall\" />&nbsp;Indoor rock
        climbing is a pretty excellent sport. It&#8217;s great exercise, it works
        your brain, and you can feel yourself getting better each time you reach the
        top.\nBut once you&#8217;ve mastered the fastest/hardest/most creative routes
        up a given wall, that wall becomes\u2026 pretty boring. Perhaps a massive,
        virtual chain saw heading in your direction will liven things up a bit? <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"These Guys Turned A Rock Climbing Wall Into A Big Video
        Game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:08Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:19Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932101,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:50:54Z","slug":"tc","summary":"<img
        width=\"670\" height=\"454\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/rockwall.png?w=670\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"rockwall\" />&nbsp;Indoor rock
        climbing is a pretty excellent sport. It&#8217;s great exercise, it works
        your brain, and you can feel yourself getting better each time you reach the
        top.\nBut once you&#8217;ve mastered the fastest/hardest/most creative routes
        up a given wall, that wall becomes\u2026 pretty boring. Perhaps a massive,
        virtual chain saw heading in your direction will liven things up a bit? <a
        href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"These Guys Turned A Rock Climbing Wall Into A Big Video
        Game","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:07Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/these-guys-turned-a-rock-climbing-wall-into-a-big-video-game/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:19Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932100,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2009-12-18T09:03:07Z","slug":"plotter","summary":"At
        the Le Web conference in Paris last week, there was a debate about whether
        a bright moment for tech startups in London had passed. The Bebo and Last.fm
        acquisitions happened almost two years ago, and several of the startups from
        the \u201cSilicon Roundabout,\u201d an area around Old Street in the East,
        have moved on. Travel social network Dopplr relocated to Berlin after the
        Nokia acquisition, for one.","title":"Running a startup in London? Check out
        White Bear\u00a0Yard","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:19Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2009/12/18/white-bear-yard-london/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:17Z","domain":"venturebeat.com","id":3932099,"news_source":"VentureBeat","publication_date":"2012-06-26T12:41:57Z","slug":"plotter","summary":"Many
        people believe that we\u2019ve run out of ideas and that the future will be
        one of bleak shortages of food, energy, and water. Billionaire Peter Thiel,
        for example, argues that, despite spectacular advances in computer-related
        fields, technological progress has actually stalled because the internal combustion
        engine still rules our highways, the cancer death rate has barely changed
        since 1971, and the top speed at which people can travel has ceased to improve.","title":"Why
        this decade will be the most innovative in\u00a0history","updated_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:17Z","url":"http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/26/why-this-decade-will-be-the-most-innovative-in-history/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:16Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932098,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T00:00:07Z","slug":"payscale","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"443\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b\" />&nbsp;After
        years of backing headline-grabbing consumer internet deals, it seems that
        venture capitalists are paying more attention (and more money) to the seemingly
        staid and stodgy enterprise technology companies (the businesses that sell
        technology to make businesses work better). Their mission: to explore new
        ways of organizing data, to seek out new models for efficiency and security
        for&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Enterprise Investments Surge To Over $5.4 Billion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:16Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:16Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932097,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T00:00:07Z","slug":"software-engineer","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"443\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b\" />&nbsp;After
        years of backing headline-grabbing consumer internet deals, it seems that
        venture capitalists are paying more attention (and more money) to the seemingly
        staid and stodgy enterprise technology companies (the businesses that sell
        technology to make businesses work better). Their mission: to explore new
        ways of organizing data, to seek out new models for efficiency and security
        for&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Enterprise Investments Surge To Over $5.4 Billion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:14Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:16Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932096,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T00:00:07Z","slug":"figure-1","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"443\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b\" />&nbsp;After
        years of backing headline-grabbing consumer internet deals, it seems that
        venture capitalists are paying more attention (and more money) to the seemingly
        staid and stodgy enterprise technology companies (the businesses that sell
        technology to make businesses work better). Their mission: to explore new
        ways of organizing data, to seek out new models for efficiency and security
        for&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Enterprise Investments Surge To Over $5.4 Billion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:12Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:16Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932095,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T00:00:07Z","slug":"daily","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"443\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b\" />&nbsp;After
        years of backing headline-grabbing consumer internet deals, it seems that
        venture capitalists are paying more attention (and more money) to the seemingly
        staid and stodgy enterprise technology companies (the businesses that sell
        technology to make businesses work better). Their mission: to explore new
        ways of organizing data, to seek out new models for efficiency and security
        for&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Enterprise Investments Surge To Over $5.4 Billion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:10Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:16Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932094,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T00:00:07Z","slug":"techcrunch","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"443\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b\" />&nbsp;After
        years of backing headline-grabbing consumer internet deals, it seems that
        venture capitalists are paying more attention (and more money) to the seemingly
        staid and stodgy enterprise technology companies (the businesses that sell
        technology to make businesses work better). Their mission: to explore new
        ways of organizing data, to seek out new models for efficiency and security
        for&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Enterprise Investments Surge To Over $5.4 Billion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:09Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:16Z","domain":"techcrunch.com","id":3932093,"news_source":"TechCrunch","publication_date":"2014-07-28T00:00:07Z","slug":"tc","summary":"<img
        width=\"680\" height=\"443\" src=\"http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b.jpg?w=680\"
        class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"2136948367_aabf3f74e2_b\" />&nbsp;After
        years of backing headline-grabbing consumer internet deals, it seems that
        venture capitalists are paying more attention (and more money) to the seemingly
        staid and stodgy enterprise technology companies (the businesses that sell
        technology to make businesses work better). Their mission: to explore new
        ways of organizing data, to seek out new models for efficiency and security
        for&hellip; <a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss\">Read
        More</a>","title":"Enterprise Investments Surge To Over $5.4 Billion","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:27:07Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/27/enterprise-investments-surge-to-over-5-4-billion/?ncid=rss"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:32:05Z","domain":"google.com","id":3932092,"news_source":"Google","publication_date":"2014-07-28T02:19:14Z","slug":"xbox","summary":"<img
        width=\"520\" height=\"245\" src=\"/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/08/xbox-one-520x245.jpg\"
        alt=\"US-ENTERTAINMENT-IT-INTERNET-VIDEOGAMES-MICROSOFT-XBOX\" title=\"JD.com
        starts taking pre-orders for Microsoft&#039;s Xbox One in China via WeChat\"
        /><br />Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com, although still arguably very\u00a0much
        overshadowed by its larger rival Alibaba, is starting to pick up steam through
        its alliance with Tencent, which gives it access to vastly popular social
        networking channels in China. JD\u00a0announced today that it will be exclusively
        accepting pre-orders for Microsoft\u2019s Xbox One game console in China from
        today till Wednesday through its mobile QQ and Weixin official accounts. Interested
        buyers need to place a deposit of CNY499 ($80) to reserve a console, though
        the full pricing of the Xbox One is still unclear. The latest move taps on
        JD\u2019s partnership with Tencent... <br /><br /><a href=\"http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2014/07/28/jd-com-starts-taking-pre-orders-for-microsofts-xbox-one-in-china-via-wechat/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed\">This
        story continues</a> at The Next Web<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=afhKZ9KRgjg:fLFdZ4d2ktk:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img
        src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?i=afhKZ9KRgjg:fLFdZ4d2ktk:D7DqB2pKExk\"
        border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=afhKZ9KRgjg:fLFdZ4d2ktk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img
        src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a>
        <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=afhKZ9KRgjg:fLFdZ4d2ktk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img
        src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?i=afhKZ9KRgjg:fLFdZ4d2ktk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"
        border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~4/afhKZ9KRgjg\"
        height=\"1\" width=\"1\"/>","title":"JD.com starts taking pre-orders for Microsoft\u2019s
        Xbox One in China via WeChat","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:28:43Z","url":"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thenextweb/~3/afhkz9krgjg/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932091,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"let-me-know","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:42Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932090,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"me","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:42Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:58Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932089,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"plotter","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:42Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:57Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932088,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"am","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:42Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:57Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932087,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"we","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:42Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:57Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932086,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"the-complex","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:41Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:57Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932085,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"survive","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:41Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:57Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932084,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"go","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:41Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:56Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932083,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"absolute","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:41Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:56Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932082,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"elicit","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:41Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:56Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932081,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"greater-good","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:40Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:56Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932080,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"form-and-function","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:40Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:56Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932079,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"the-corporation","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:40Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932078,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"blueprint","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:40Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932077,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"previous","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:40Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932076,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"why-not","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:39Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932075,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"weed","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:39Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932074,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"the-ways","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:39Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932073,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"eg","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:39Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:55Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932072,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"the-flow","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:39Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932071,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"techniques","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:39Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932070,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"on","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:38Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932069,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"one-way","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:38Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932068,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"true-ventures","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:26Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932067,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"apart","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:38Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932066,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"gigaom","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:26Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932065,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"invaluable","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:38Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:54Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932064,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"chase","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:25Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932063,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"imperative","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:38Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932062,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"his","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:25Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932061,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"way","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:37Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932060,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"i","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:25Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932059,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"honestly","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:37Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932058,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"jonathan","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:24Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932057,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"pivotal","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:24Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:53Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932056,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"rackspace","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:24Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932055,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"cloudscaling","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:23Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932054,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"i","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:37Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932053,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"do","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:37Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932052,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"openstack","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:23Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932051,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T20:00:34Z","slug":"it","summary":"The
        days of diagrams showing exactly how everyone (and everything) should work
        together and dictating how information should flow within an organization
        are, in a real sense, over.<p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">The
        Enterprise Architect as Enterprise Ecologist</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=849943&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"The Enterprise Architect as Enterprise
        Ecologist","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:32:37Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/the-enterprise-architect-as-enterprise-ecologist/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932050,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"puppet-labs","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:23Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932049,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"co","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:22Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:52Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932048,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"sales-cycle","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:22Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932047,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"hp","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:22Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932046,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"aws","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:22Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932045,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"no-one-knows","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:21Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:51Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932044,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"cloud-strategies","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:21Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932043,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"amazon-web-services","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:21Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932042,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"make-no-mistake","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:20Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932041,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"we","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:20Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932040,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"svp","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:19Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:50Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932039,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"exec","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:19Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:49Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932038,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"jumpstart","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:19Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:49Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932037,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"pr","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:19Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:48Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932036,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"on","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:18Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:48Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932035,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"it","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:18Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:48Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932034,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"bloomberg","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:18Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:48Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932033,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"watson","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:18Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"organization","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:48Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932032,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"usaa","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:17Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:47Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932031,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"manoj-saxena","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
        military","updated_at":"2014-07-29T11:34:17Z","url":"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/"},{"contact_type":"person","created_at":"2014-07-28T14:31:47Z","domain":"gigaom.com","id":3932030,"news_source":"GigaOM","publication_date":"2014-07-27T16:30:32Z","slug":"manoj","summary":"The
        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
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        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
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        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
        and USAA put Watson to work in the military</a> originally published by <a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
        width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />","title":"IBM and USAA put Watson to work in the
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        week in cloud: IBM wants Watson to be a $10B-a-year and hopes consumer-facing
        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
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        href=\"http://gigaom.com/\">Gigaom</a>, &copy; copyright 2014. \n</p>\n<p>\n\t<a
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        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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        applications to be a big part of that. <p>\n\t<a href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">IBM
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        href=\"http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/ibm-and-usaa-put-watson-to-work-in-the-military/?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Continue
        reading&hellip;</a>.\n</p>\n<img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;post=860728&#038;subd=gigaom2&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\"
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